NARRATIVE COMPETITION FEATURE

JURY AWARD FOR NARRATIVE FEATURE:
Winner: "Luck"
Directed by Peter Wellington
Produced by Jennifer Weiss and Simone Urdl
Synopsis: Set in the early 1970's, this film takes us into the world of a group of young, free-spirited underachievers who enjoy a good bet. A bit lost, and paralyzed by his own obsession with luck and destiny, one of the group members wonders if he's lucky enough to win Margaret, the girl of his dreams. It seems that luck is not on his side. Or is it?

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR NARRATIVE FEATURE:
Winner: "Mind the Gap"
Directed by Eric Schaeffer
Produced by Chip Hourihan, Robert Kravitz, Terence Michael, and Eric Shaeffer
Synopsis: Five seemingly unrelated adults decide to take huge risks with their lives, searching for the happiness constantly eluding them.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Winner: "A Hard Straight"
Directed by Goro Toshima
Produced by Goro Toshima, Lindsay Sablosky
Synopsis: A Hard Straight follows 3 parolees in their post-prison lives; enjoying their newfound freedom, as well as negotiating the difficulties of re-entering an uncaring and sometimes hostile society.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Winner: "Witches In Exile"
Directed by Allison Berg
Produced by Allison Berg
Co-produced by: Frank Keraudren
Synopsis: "Witches in Exile" follows these accused women through their daily struggle to survive in the Kukuo Witches Camp. As government agencies attempt to abolish this age-old tradition, these women find themselves caught between their society's deeply-rooted beliefs and its drive toward modernization.

COMPETITION SHORTS

SPECIAL JURY AWARD:
Winner: "9:30"
Directed by Mun Chee Yong
Produced by Ryan Sturz and Brett Henenberg
Synopsis: "9:30" is a story about a man's intense longing and his futile attempt to put it to an end. Chan Kin Fai flies to Los Angeles from Singapore to forget the person he loves. He doesn't manage to forget. He ends up calling his love everyday at 9:30 Singapore Time.

ANIMATED SHORT

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ANIMATED SHORT:
Winner: "Subsidized Fate"
Directed and produced by Lance Myers
Synopsis: A man is instructed to burglarize another man's house by mysteriously placed commercial messages. Are these signs in his head or has capitalism become an omnipotent force?

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL SHORT:
Winner: "Roothold"
Produced by Eric Patrick
Synopsis: Roothold is a divination film that speculates on Gene Rowley; a woman pictured on an abandoned gravestone in Port Arthur, TX.

MUSIC VIDEO

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR MUSIC VIDEO:
Winner: Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp"
Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Produced by Miwa Okamura

AUDIENCE AWARDS

EMERGING VISIONS:
Winner: "The Naked Feminist"
Directed by Louisa Achille
Produced by Louisa Achille, co-produced by Stephen Kijak
Synopsis: This film challenges the mythology surrounding women in the porn industry head-on, through a series of candid interviews with porn stars, academics, and feminists. The film seeks to strip away the ideological straitjacket surrounding the decades old "porn versus feminist" debate.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Winner: "A League of Ordinary Gentlemen"
Directed by Christopher Browne
Produced by Wilhelmus Bryan and Alex H. Browne
Synopsis: Four professional bowlers' lives are interrupted when their league is purchased by a trio of Microsoft programmers who hire a Nike marketing guru to turn professional bowling into the next "second tier sports franchise."

NARRATIVE FEATURE:
Winner: "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story"
Directed by Brant Sersen
Produced by Dominic Amatore, Allen Bain, Seth Eisman, Peter Gelles, Darren Goldberg, Chris Lechler, Jesse Scolaro, Brant Sersen, and Brian Steinberg
Synopsis: Banned from paintball for ten years, Bobby Dukes, the former Hudson Valley Champ, has returned to reclaim his title.

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) AWARD
(for Competition Shorts 15 minutes or under):
Winner:"Underground"
Directed by Aimee Lagos and Kristin Dehnert
Produced by Aimee Lagos, Kristin Dehnert, Estee Chandler, and Joanne Duray.

Runners' Up (in order):
• "The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja," directed by Peter Craig. Produced by Rachel Craig. Synopsis: A frazzled auteur struggles to keep his lead actor, avoid heatstroke and weather creative differences, while attempting to shoot his movie's climactic final scene. A mannequin, four ninjas and a five year-old lost in the woods are not making it any easier.

•"We Have Decided Not To Die," directed by Daniel Askill. Produced by Christopher Seeto and Daniel Askill. Synopsis: Three Rituals. Three Figures. Three modern day journeys of transcendence.

• "Excursion" directed by Cris Jones. Produced by Cris Jones and Jessica Brookman. Synopsis: You wake up. That`s how it always starts. But what next? What do you do? What do you have for breakfast? Burn your house. Quit your job. Never trust a refrigerator. Set off the smoke alarms. Turn on the gas. Peace.