2007 Awards:
Best Narrative Feature:
Blood Car
Dir. Alex Orr
Best Drama Feature
Vanaja
Dir. Rajnesh Domalpalli
Best Documentary Feature
Death of Two Sons
Dir. Micah Schaffer
Best Mocumentary Feature
The Doorman
Dir. Wayne Price
Best Comedy Feature
A Balancing Act
Dir. Marc Israel
Best Local Feature
PacifiCALL
Dir. Michael Cruden, Marcel Maduro
Audience Choice Feature
Last Stop for Paul
Dir. Neil Mandt
Best Director(s)
Christopher Metzler, Jeff Springer
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Best Experimental Short
Serenade
Dir. Sara Huslig
Best Animated Short
Life in Transition
Dir. John R. Dilworth
Best Drama Short
Crossing the Heart
Dir. Steven Hood
Best Comedy Short
Speed Dating
Dir. Crystal Liu
Best Sci-Fi Short
Mars Needs Bibles
Dir. Pete Barnstrom
Best Local Short
Atrapar un Ruisenor
Dir. Gustavo Fallas
Best Documentary Short
China: Will to Rise
Best Student Film
Para la Comunidad, Desde La Comunidad
Dir. Mark Kendall
2008 Awards:
Best Feature Film:
Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley
Best Narrative Feature:
Outsourced
John Jeffcoat
Best Documentary:
Love Limits
Thymaya Payne
Best Comedy Feature
Cuba-Libre
Rai García
Best Comedy Documentary
Wiener Takes All
Shane MacDougall
Best Director
Opposite Land
J. Michael Seyfert
Best Short Film
The Adventure
Mike Brune
Best Narrative Short
Victim
Roger D. Florez & Cesar Mazariegos
Best Animated Short
Muto
Blu
Best Local Short
400 Metros Planos
Federico Lang
Best Short Short
My Neighbor's Wife
Jonathan Yonkers
Best Drama Short
Pactum
Dir. J.F. Padron
Best Documentary Short
Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly
Dir. Angel Loza
Best Comedy Short
Made In Japan
Ciro Altabás
2009 Awards:
Best Feature Film
The Nature of Existence
Dir. Roger Nygard
Best Comedy Feature
Love Conquers Paul
Dir. Colin Bannon
Best Documentary Feature
Ni Aqui, Ni Alla (Not Here, Not There)
Directed by: Betsy Haley Hershey
Best Director(s)
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Dir(s). Justin Johnson, Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck
Best Short Film
Promise Kept
Dir(s). Yasmine Temraz and Farah Andersen
Best Drama Short
Solid State
Dir: Le Nouveau-Pauvre
Best Narrative Short
Grace
Dir. Alrick Brown
Best Comedy Short
Donut Heaven
Dir. Annetta Marion
Best Animated Short
Puffer Girl
Dir. Joan Gratz
Best International Short
Landskaber
Dir. Kristoffer Kioerboe
Best Documentary Short
Waiting for Women
Dir. Estephan Wagner
Audience Choice Award
Board Heads
Dir. DavO
2010 Awards:
Best Feature Film:
TheTwo Escobars
Directed by: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Best Narrative Feature:
180º
Directed by: Fernando Kalife
Best Documentary Feature:
The Calling
Directed by: David Ranghell
Best Latin American Feature:
Venezzia
Directed by: Haik Gazarian
Best Dramedy Feature:
A Little Help
Directed by: Michael J. Weithorn
Best Director:
Free Birds
Stephanie Sellars
Best New Director:
Behind the Door of a Secret Girl
Janessa Starke
Best Costa Rican Film:
Voices Restored
Directed by: Jason Knittle
Audience Choice Award:
Vancouver Vagabond
Directed by: Heath Tait
Best Short Film:
Pedro de Bella Vista y Su Sueno
Directed by: Rodrigo Montealegre
Best Narrative Short:
Fluorescent Gray
Directed by: Leo Age
Best Animated Short:
Phillip the Safety Egg
Directed by: Mike Owens
Best Comedy Short:
All Birds Whistle
Directed by: Roy Khalil
Best Experimental Short:
Brethren Arise
Directed by: Brent Chesanek
Best Drama Short:
The Last Moments of Leopoldo Berenguer
Directed by: Jaime Dezcallar
Best Documentary Short:
Pedro de Bella Vista y Su Sueno
Directed by: Rodrigo Montealegre
2011 Awards:
Best Feature Film:
HAPPY
(77m, U S A) dir. by Roko Belic
Best Narrative Feature:
Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story
(90m, U S A) dir. by Steven Crowley
Best Documentary Feature:
YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)
(112m, U S A)
dir. by Ben Evans & Mark Dixon
Best Drama Feature:
Backlight
(105m, Portugal) dir. by Fernando Fragata
http://filmecontraluz.com/CONTRALUZ/Contraluz.html
Best Comedy Feature:
Juko's Time Machine
(72m, U S A) dir. by Kai Barry
http://www.jukostimemachine.com/
Best Costa Rican Feature
Donde Duerme el Horror (The Accursed)
(90m, Costa Rica) dir. by Ramiro & Adrián García-Bogliano
http://www.dondeduermeelhorror.com/
Best International Feature:
Fighting OKAN - ファイティング オカン
(75m, Japan) dir. by Naoki Maeda
Audience Choice Award:
Big in Bollywood
(74m, U S A)
dir. by Bill Bowles and Kenny Meehan
Best Short Film:
Sombras Nada Más
(22m, Costa Rica)
dir. by Max Valverde
Best Narrative Short:
FELT
(5m, U S A)
dir. by Blaise Cepis & Scott Carlson
Best Animated Short:
Fisher
(7m, USA)
dir. by Yoram Benz
Best Comedy Short:
Sudden Death!
(19, USA) dir. by Adam Hall
Best Drama Short:
The Secret Friend
(15m, USA)
dir. by Flavio Alves
Best Documentary Short:
Treeverse
(27m, USA) dir. by John Waller
Best Local Documentary Short:
Between The Harvest
(30m, Costa Rica)
dir. by Scott Drucker
