Narrative Features
Filmmaker to Watch: Murder Party
Original Vision: Last Stop for Paul
Best First Feature: August the First
Best Director: Low and Behold
Best Narrative Feature: ($1,000): Low and Behold
Documentaries
Special Jury Award: Join Us
Best Student Doc: A Street Divided
Best Short Documentary: Salim Baba
Best Documentary Feature ($1,000): Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life
Short Films
Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Animation: Their Circumstances
Special Jury Directing Award: Archer House
Special Jury Award for Brilliance in Imagery: Help is Coming
Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award: A Death in the Woods
Best Alabama Short Film: I'm Nostalgic
Best Student Film:
· 2nd Place: Heartburn
· 1st Place: Caress of the Creature
Best Animated Film (includes $500): Everything Will Be OK
Best Short Film ($1,000): Pop Foul
Alabama Citations of Excellence (ACE) Awards:
· Excellence in Storytelling: Asclepius Fandango
· Excellence in Imagery: Modern Plays: the Music Video
· Excellence in Directing: Cup of Joe
· Excellence in Originality: Lunch with Lincoln
· Excellence in Comedy: Lunch
· Excellence in Comedy Writing: The Little Things
· Excellence in Acting: Tallie Medel (I’m Nostalgic)
· Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking: Dick-George, Tenn-Tom
· Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking: Speaking Without Speaking
Audience Choice
Alabama Film: Overflow
Short Film: Deface
Documentary Feature: Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life
Narrative Feature: American Fork
SideWrite
Production Prize: ''Face Value'' by Julie Pritt
Grand Prize: ''Self-Addressed'' by James Pihakis
2nd place: ''Stuck'' by Susan C. McCain