2009 AWARD WINNERS


SHORTS

Special Jury Prize
Feeder by Joseph Ernst

Best Student Film
Token Hunchback by Tim Reckart

Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award
Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter

Best Alabama Short (includes CineFilm gift certificate for $1,000 in services)
Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival by Jason LaRay Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter

Best Animated Film (includes $500 cash prize)
Dahlia by Michael Langan

Best Short Film (includes $1,000 cash prize)
I Am So Proud of You by Don Hertzfeld

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Special Jury Award for Artistic Vision
45365 by Bill Ross & Turner Ross

Special Jury Award for Artistic Portrait
Luckey by Laura Longsworth

Best Documentary Feature Film (includes $1,000 cash prize)
Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson

NARRATIVE FEATURES

Grand Prix
Modern Love is Automatic by Zach Clark

Best Director
Scott Teems, That Evening Sun

Mise en Scene Award
David Lowery, St. Nick

Best Performance
Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind

The Clint Howard Character Actor Award
Clint Howard, Alabama Moon

Best Narrative Feature Film (includes $1,000 cash prize)
The House of the Devil by Ti West

AUDIENCE CHOICE

Best Alabama Film
Interplanetary by Chance Shirley

Best Short Film
Some of What I Know About Tommy by Chris Hilleke

Best Documentary Feature
Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson

Best Narrative Feature
Alabama Moon by Tim McCanlies

ALABAMA AWARDS

A.C.E. Award (Alabama Citation of Excellence)
Cerebella by Adam Windgard and Alex Justinger

Scramble Best in Show
Natural Selection by Team Blue Mug

SideWrite Production Prize Winner
"The Burden" by Bill Barnett

SideWrite Grand Prize
"Lost in Transmission" by Carl Edward Orr