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RON TIBBETT AWARD
 Angela’s
Decision
Gena Ellis – Writer & Co-Producer
Matt King – Director
Matt King and Kate Croser – Producers, Madison, AL
Defined by Australia’s desolate landscape and her bleak
future in a small town, Angela makes a decision that changes her
life.
Awards - Gold ACS Award for Best Cinematography in Short Fiction,
Australian Cinematographers Society, Adelaide, SA; Honorable Mention,
Best Full Narrative, George Lindsey Film Festival.
Honorable Mention
 How
to Play Cops and Robbers
Alejo Levis – Writer & Director
Sebastian Mery - Producer
Madrid, Spain
Musical and colorful explanation of one of the
most popular schoolyard games. Lalo Pazzia, President of
the Friends of the Schoolyard Games Association, tells us about
the rules of the game, interacting with the actors.
Short Drama – 10 minutes
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BEST FEATURE
1st Place
The Garage
Carl Thibault – Writer, Producer, & Director
Burbank, CA
 A
mechanic at his father’s garage, Matt dreams about leaving
his small town and pursuing grander ambitions. Despite pressure
from his best friend Schultz to take off immediately, Matt is
bound by family ties.
Awards - Best Picture and Best Director, California Independent
Film Festival; Best Narrative Feature, Best Director and Best
Screenplay, Fargo Film Festival; Best Narrative Feature, Rome
International Film Festival; Best Narrative Feature and Best Screenplay,
Idaho Panhandle International Film Festival; Best actor, Solstice
Film Festival; Honorable Mention for Cinematography, Long Island
International Film Expo; 2nd Place Feature, Twin Rivers Media
Festival; Best Feature Film, Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival;
Best Feature and Best Director, Trail Dance Film Festival; Best
Impact of Music in a Feature Film, Park City Film Music Festival;
Best Cinematography, Foursite Film Festival; Honorable Mention/Professional
Full-Length Narrative, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival; Top Ten
Feature Film, Top Ten Films in America Festival; Remi Award, WorldFest
Houston Int’l Film Festival.
Feature – 94 minutes
 2nd
Place
Inn on the Road to Europe
Mladen Krstevski – Writer & Director
Pitomir Despotovski – Producer
Skopje, Macedonia
In turbulent pre-World War I, Sara arrives in the Balkans and becomes the catalyst for change. .
Language, Adult Content
Feature – 93 minutes
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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
1st Place
 Mississippi
Son
Don Wilson & Leslie Wilson – Writers & Producers
Don Wilson – Director
Toluca Lake, CA
This award-winning documentary tells the stories
of life on the MS Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. The
film features never-before-seen storm footage and an original
blues-rock soundtrack. Three Telly Awards in the categories
of documentary filmmaking, editing and use of music.
Feature Documentary – (World Premier) 100 minutes. Don Wilson
& Leslie Wilson will be attending
2nd Place
 Brick
by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
Bill Kavanagh – Writer and Director
Bill Kavanagh and Linda Porto – Producers
New York, NY
This story follows three families in Yonkers, New
York, in the middle of a confrontation about the politics of racial
discrimination in housing and schools. Their actions challenge
and change their hometown.
Feature Documentary – Premier – 53 minutes
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BEST SHORT DRAMA
 Willow
Garden
Don Henderson Baker – Writer
Don Henderson Baker and Jim Haverkamp – Producers &
Directors
Durham, NC
In 1740s Northern Ireland, a young man becomes
ensnared in a deadly love triangle and must decide whether to
follow his heart or his father’s twisted advice. Shot
in an expressionistic, film noir style, “Willow Garden”
tells the backstory of one of America’s strangest murder
ballads.
Awards - Best Short Film, Appalachian Film Festival
Language
Short Drama – 44 minutes
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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
 On
the Water with Joe Mac Hudspeth, Jr.
Luke Duncan – Director
Oxford, MS
By the time you hit the snooze button, Joe Mac
Hudspeth, Jr. is already on the water stalking the wildfowl of
Mississippi with an unconventional weapon - a 35mm camera.
This short documentary puts you in the Poke Boat and on the water
with Joe Mac as he navigates alligators and lotus blossoms in
search of the next unique vista on the wild South. Original
blues soundtrack by Greg Brownderville.
Short Documentary – 12:59 minutes
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BEST SHORT COMEDY
 The
Wine Bar
Christian Remde and Seth Fisher – Writers and Producers
Christian Remde - Director
New York, NY
When blue-collar Henry orders a beer in a snooty
wine bar he offends everyone and has to defend himself as well
as the woman sitting next to him.
Awards - Best Comedy Short Film; Audience Award, Omaha Film Festival;
Best Narrative, Caroline Film Festival; Audience Award, Chlotrudis
Film Festival Gem City Film Festival
Short Comedy – 12 minutes
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BEST STUDENT FILM
 CouCou
Clock
Fobis Audrey – Writer
EESA (European High School of Animation) – Producer
Cailleau Francois – Director
Objects of a kitchen take life when nobody is there.
Awards – Numerous int’l awards
Student – 3 minutes
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL
 Vitruvius’
Toybox
Dennis Michael Iannuzzi – Writer, Producer, & Director
Philadelphia, PA
Vitruvius was a Roman architect whose ideas about
proportion shaped the visual look of the Renaissance.
Awards - 2006 Next-Frame Film Festival, 2nd Place, Animation Category;
2006 Twin Rivers Multi-Media Festival, Honorable Mention
Experimental – 6 minutes
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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
 Melvinie’s
Real Old Turnip Greens
Tony Carter – Writer and Director
Tony Carter and Carl Ross – Producers
Hand drawn animation mixes with live-action in
this mock commercial featuring an odd cast of characters promoting
“Melvinie’s Real Old Turnip Greens.” It’s
the parts she puts in there that makes them so supreme.
Awards - ACE award for Best Song, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Music Video – 2:5 minutes
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