Directors’ Choice Award-Winners

• Best Feature – Ripple Effect
Director: Philippe Caland

• Best Documentary – Semper Fi, One Marine’s Journey
Director: Vince DiPersio

• Best Foreign Feature Film - Ben X
Director: Nic Balthazar

• Best Short Film – Validation
Director: Kurt Kuenne

• Best Foreign Short Film – The Kolaborator
Director: Chris Bessounian

• Best Foreign Language Short – VODA (Water)
Director: Gabriela Ilijeska

• Best Humanitarian Short Film – In the Wake
Director: Craig Strong

• Best Humanitarian Film – The Human Experience
Director: Charles Kinnane

• Best Animation – Papiroflexia (Origami)
Director: Joaquin Baldwin

• Discovery Award-Winner - The Cake Eaters
Director: Mary Stuart Masterson

• Most Inspiring Documentary and winner of the Georgia Frontiere Memorial Scholarship - The Music In Me
Director: Nigel Traill

• Most Compelling Documentary and the winner of the Arizona Republic Bill Muller Award for Excellence in Screenwriting – Fields of Fuel
Director: Josh Tickell

• Best Director - Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job

Audience’ Choice Award-Winners:

• Best Feature – The Flyboys
Director: Rocco DeVilliers

• Best Documentary (tie) – Water Flowing Together
Director: Gwendolen Cates

• Best Documentary (tie) – Standing Silent Nation
Director: Suree Towfighnia

• Best Foreign Feature Film - Ben X
Director: Nic Balthazar

• Best Short Film – Milk Bum
Director: Tim Parker

• Best Animation – Papiroflexia (Origami)
Director: Joaquin Baldwin

• Most Requested Film - Dalai Lama Renaissance
Director: Khashyar Darvich

Oustanding Actor and Birkner Humanitarian Awards: Joe Pantoliano

Directors’ Choice Awards:

Best Feature Film: “Islander”
Directed by: Ian McCrudden

Best Feature Film: “Canvas”
Directed by: Joseph Greco

Best Documentary Film: “War/Dance”
Directed by: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Best Humanitarian Film: “Beyond the Call”
Directed by: Adrian Belic

Best Short Film: “Shipwrecked”
Directed by: Devon Bolton

Best Foreign Language Short Film: “Bawke”
Directed by: Hisham Zaman

Best Animated Film: “Delivery”
Directed by: Till Nowak

Discovery Film Award: “Local Color”
Directed by: George Gallo

Outstanding Directing for “Local Color”
Directed by: George Gallo

Audience Choice Awards:

Best Feature Film: “Coffee Date”
Directed by: Stewart Wade

Best Feature Film– Runner Up: “Away From Her”
Directed by: Sarah Polley

Best Documentary Film: “Beyond the Call”
Directed by: Adrian Belic

Best Documentary Film– Runner Up: “The Cats of Mirikitani”
Directed by: Linda Hattendorf

Best Student Short Film: “Rundown”
Directed by: Patrick Alexander

Best Short Film: “Eramos Pocos”
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga

Best Animated Film: “First Flight”
Directed by: Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson

Excellence in Filmmaking Cash Awards:

“Away From Her” - $7,000
Directed by: Sarah Polley

“War/Dance” - $7,000
Directed by: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

“The Cats of Mirikitani” - $7,000
Directed by: Linda Hattendorf

“Wolves in the Woods” - $5,000
Directed by: B.J. Schwartz

“The Counter” - $5,000
Directed by: Lauren Wagner

“Delivery” - $5,000
Directed by: Till Nowak

“Eramos Pocos” - $5,000
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga

“Shipwrecked” - $5,000
Directed by: Devon Bolton

“Last Day of December” - $5,000
Directed by: Bogdan Apetri