Monday, July 18, 2011

Announcing 2011 Award Winners

Congratulations to all the filmmakers who screened at our 2011 festival! Some walked away with trophies, and for the record here is the complete list of award winners and nominees:

Best Picture (Danny Award)
Winner
Habermann (Juraj Herz, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany)

Honorable Mention
Among Us (Johan Brisinger, Sweden)

Nominees
Meteoro (Diego de la Texera, Brazil)
Greasewood Flat (Susan Brigham, USA)
99 Percent Sure (Pat Taggart, USA)
The Fallen Faithful (Csaba Bereczky, USA)
Where I Begin (Thomas Phillips, USA)
Asylum Seekers (Rania Ajami, USA)
The Bad Penny (Todd Bellanca, Thailand, USA)

Best Documentary
Winner
The World's Tallest Man: Still Growing (Stuart Clarke, UK)

Nominees
For Aaron the Documentary (Justin Jarrett, USA)
Call of the Maestro (Lou Hamilton, UK)
Beatboxing: The Fifth Element of Hip Hop (Klaus Schneyder, Germany)
Concrete, Steel and Paint (Cindy Burstein, Tony Heriza, USA)
Love & Valor—The Intimate Civil War Letters (Charles Larimer, USA)

Best Short Film
Winner
The Mirror (Sebastien Rossignol, France)

Nominees
The Desperate (Ben Hur Sepehr, USA)
Surviving Hunger (Balgum Song, USA)
The Moment (Paddy Slattery, Ireland)
Dreaming American (Lee Percy, USA)
...for peace comes dropping slow... (Lisa Vandegrift Davala, Ireland)

Cultural Spirit Award
Winner
Concrete, Steel and Paint (Cindy Burstein, Tony Heriza, USA)

Nominees
Call of the Maestro (Lou Hamilton, UK)
Where the Streets Have No Name (Vijaykumar Mirchandani, Australia)
Healing Neen (Laura Cain, USA)
Scientists Under Attack (Bertram Verhaag, Germany)
March On (Laura McFerrin, USA)
DHS: Give Us Back Our Children (Phoebe Jones, USA)

Indie Spirit Award
Winner
Director's Cut (Elana Mugdan, USA)

Nominees
My Brother's War (Whitney Hamilton, USA)
Where I Begin (Thomas Phillips, USA)
For Aaron the Documentary (Justin Jarrett, USA)
99 Percent Sure (Pat Taggart, USA)
Bucks County (Jason Sherman, USA)
Radio Cape Cod (Andrew Silver, USA)

Artistic Spirit Award
Winner
For Aaron the Documentary (Justin Jarrett, USA)

Nominees
Greasewood Flat (Susan Brigham, USA)
Earth Songs (Brian Luke Seaward, USA)
Director's Cut (Elana Mudgan, USA)
Z: The World of Zbigniew Fiks (Brad Besser, Vince Clemente, USA)
Call of the Maestro (Lou Hamilton, UK)

New Hope Award
Winner
Healing Neen (Laura Cain, USA)

Nominees
Humble Beauty (Judith Vogelsang, Letitia Schwartz, USA)
The Road Home (Phil Hopper, USA)
For Aaron the Documentary (Justin Jarrett, USA)
Where the Streets Have No Name (Vijaykumar Mirchandani, Australia)

Best Student Film
Winner
The Forgery (Gabriella Loutfi, USA)

Nominees
Toot Toot (Andrea Boo, Singapore)
Classroom 417 (Adrian Halter, Canada)
The Christmas Valentine (Zack Birlew, USA)
Controlled Burn (Dan Van Wert, USA)

Audience Choice - Best Feature Film
99 Percent Sure (Pat Taggart, USA)

Audience Choice - Best Documentary
For Aaron the Documentary (Justin Jarrett, USA)

Audience Choice - Best Short Film
Bubblegum (Marco Chiavarelli, Italy)

Audience Choice - Best Mid-Atlantic Film
Bucks County (Jason Sherman, USA)

Audience Choice - Best Student Film
Behind the Door of a Secret Girl (Janessa Starkey, Jack Kohler, USA)

Audience Choice - Best Mid-Atlantic Student Film
A Day at the Mall (Scott Schuler, USA)