The Newport Beach Film Festival 2008 honored the following award-winners:

Outstanding Performance in Acting: Mark Webber for "The Good Life"
Director: Stephen Berra

Outstanding Performance in Acting: Joe Mantegna for "Elvis and Anabelle"
Director: Will Geiger

Outstanding Performance in Acting: Lake Bell for "Still Waters"
Director: Andrew Ford

Outstanding Performance in Acting: Shelly Cole for "The Village Barbershop"
Director: Chris Ford

Breakout Performance: Chris Klein for "The Good Life"
Director: Stephen Berra

Breakout Performance: Blake Lively for "Elvis and Anabelle"
Director: Will Geiger

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: "Lie to Me"
Director: John Stewart Muller

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: "Elvis and Anabelle"
Director: Will Geiger

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: "The Art of Travel"
Director: Thomas Whelan

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: "What We Do Is Secret"
Director: Rodger Grossman

Outstanding Achievement in Directing: Richie Mehta for "Amal"

Humanitarian Vision Award: "Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy"
Director: Jarrad Kritzstein, Drew J. Foster

Humanitarian Vision Award – "For Tomorrow"
Director: Kenneth Kokin

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary: "Hollywood Singing and Dancing"
Director: Mark McLaughlin

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary - "Flow: For Love Of Water"
Director: Irena Salina

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary - "Trying To Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon"
Director: Penny Peyser and Doug Mcintyre

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary - "Beautiful Losers"
Director: Aaron Rose

Outstanding Achievement in Action Sports Filmmaking: "Under The Sun"
Director: Cyrus Sutton

Outstanding Achievement in Family Filmmaking: "The Adventures of Food Boy"
Director: Dane Cannon

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Cinematography: "Night"
Director: Lawrence Johnston

Outstanding Achievement in Short Documentary Filmmaking: "On Great White Wings"
Director: Joshua Colover

Laszlo Kovacs Cinematography Award: "Red Like the Sky"
Director: Cristiano Bortone

Feature Films Best Film: "Fugitive Pieces"
Director: Jeremy Podeswa

Best Actor: Nadim Sawalha, for "Captain Abu Raed"
Director: Amin Matalqa

Best Actress: Rana Sultan, for "Captain Abu Raed"
Director: Amin Matalqa

Best Director: Jeremy Podeswa, for "Fugitive Pieces"

Best Cinematographer: Gregory Middleton, for "Fugitive Pieces"
Director: Jeremy Podeswa

Best Screenplay – Jeremy Podeswa, for "Fugitive Pieces"

Best Documentary Film – "Mardick: From Baghdad to Hollywood"
Director: Ramy Katrib and Evan York

Short Films Best Narrative Short Film – "The Angel"
Director: Paul Hough

Best Animated Short Film – "Yoga Noga Reyoga"
Director: Kengo Kurimoto

Best Short Documentary Film – "Carissa"
Director: David Sauvage

AUDIENCE WINNERS

Audience Winner - Feature: "Leaving Barstow"
Director: Peter Paige

Audience Winner- Foreign Feature: "Red Like the Sky"
Director: Cristiano Bortone

Audience Winner – Documentary (TIE): "Trying to Get Good"
Director: Penny Peyser and Doug Mcintyre
and "Sliding Liberia"
Director: Britton Caillouette

Audience Winner- Shorts: "Father Taken"
Director: Jonathan Ingalls