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