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RON TIBBETT AWARD
Buoi Chieu
Kim Spurlock – Writer & Director
Mai Spurlock – Producer
Brooklyn, NY
 Ten
years after the Fall of Saigon, a lost spirit finds her way home
to comfort her grieving husband and amuse her grandchildren.
Slamdance; Cinequest; “Audience Top 20,” Seattle Int’l;
San Francisco Int’l; “Jury Prize,” Vietnamese
Int’l; “2nd Place,” Appy Film Fest; IFP/Los
Angeles Int’l; Mill Valley, San Diego Asian; Toronto Reel
Asian; “2nd Place,” Fusion Film Festival; Rocky Mtn.
Women’s Festival.
Short Drama (10 minutes).
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BEST FEATURE
1st Place
Marcus
Rich Robinson & Bob Hardison – Director
  Producer – Damon Chang
Writers – Rich Robinson & Bob Hardison
Valley Village, CA
A troubled young man returns home for Christmas
and his visit turns into a dark, disturbing night of violence
and terror. “3rd Place Feature,” Southern Fried
Flicks Film Festival; 1st Place (Feature) Appalachian Film Festival.
Adult content.
Feature (76 minutes).
2nd Place
Perfect Poison
Frank Sciurba – Writer & Director
Frank Sciurba & Tom Basham – Producers
Purcellville, VA
 The
story of a young woman doomed to live her life devoid of companionship
and love. A plan is devised for her at birth by her domineering
scientist father who exposes his child to a lethal toxin, making
her immune and others susceptible to its deadly effect.
“Best Feature,” Myrtle Beach Film Festival; WV Film
Festival: “Best Thriller,” Bare Bones Film Festival.
Adult content.
Feature (91 minutes).
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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
1st Place
Hand of God
Joe Cultrera – Writer &   Director
Joe Cultrera, Laura Corwin & Hugh Walsh – Producers
New York, NY
Hand of God is an intimate, poetic and outspoken
look at one families journey through Corporate Catholicism –
from indoctrination to abuse; from silence to dialogue.
Big Sky Documentary Festival; Sedona Int’l Film Fest; Cinequest
Film Fest; Florida Film Fest; Ashland Indie Film Festival. “Audience
Award for Best Documentary Feature,” Ashland Independent
Film Festival, Ashland, Oregon, 2006.
Feature Documentary (96 minutes)
2nd Place
Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour
Max Shores – Writer, Producer &  Director
Tuscaloosa, AL
Richard Johnston found his muse in a North Mississippi
juke joint. When the juke joint burned, he took its music
to Beale Street. Alabama Public Television; The University
of North Carolina in Greensboro, Weatherspoon Art Museum; Memphis
Int’l Film Festival; Crossroads Film Festival.
Feature Documentary (57 minutes)
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BEST SHORT DRAMA
1st Place
The Empty Building
Giovanni Sanseviero - Director
Yurgie Ganter & Phillip Gordon -Producers
Giovanni Sanseviero - Writer
 New York City, NY
In this haunting film, damaged people confront
their pasts – and their hopes for the future – in
an empty building. The choices they make will determine
their fate. Over 42 film festivals with over 15 awards.
Adult content.
Short Documentary (39:57 minutes)
2nd Place
Rutherford County
Lis Anna - Director
Producers – Lis Anna & Kristopher Mueller
Lis Anna - Writer
Asheville, NC
 When
three men running contraband from Miami to New York get lost in
a strange place called Rutherford County their lives are forever
changed by a strange encounter with the local people. World
Premiere, Cannes Film Festival; Short Film Market, 2005; Winner
four times Worldfest Winner American Accolades First Place.
Adult language.
Short Drama (35:10 minutes)
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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
1st Place
Whose Children Are These
Theresa Thanjan – Director & Producer
Staten Island, NY
  This
film provides a gripping view into the world of three Muslim teenagers
impacted by the post 9/11 security measure, Special Registration.
“Best Documentary,” Fourth Annual Indian Diaspora
Film Festival (NY) 2004; “Grand Jury Selection Best Documentary,”
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (CA), 2005; “Best Direction
for a Short Documentary,” Brooklyn Arts Council Film Festival
(NY), 2005; San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
(CA); Asian American International Film Festival (NY); Boston
Asian American Film Festival (MA); Southside Film Festival (PA);
“Caring for Children Award,” Coalition for Asian American
Children and Families (NY), 2005.
Short Documentary (26:46 minutes)
2nd Place
A Forest Returns:
The Success Story of Ohio’s Only National Forest
Jean Andrews & Steve Fetsch – Producers & Directors
Athens, OH
  Former
journalist Ora Anderson, now 93, gives a firsthand and uncommonly
human account of the Depression, the New Deal, and our national
forests. “Best Documentary,” Appalachian Film
Festival (as “So Here I Am”); Asheville Film Festival,
“Best Non-Broadcast Film,” Montana CINE Int’l
Film Festival; River’s Edge Film Festival; Beloit Int’l
Film Festival; “Heritage Award for Education,”
Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area; American Association
of Geographers Conference; Appalachian Studies Assoc. Conf.
Short Documentary (29 minutes)
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BEST COMEDY
1st Place
Dummy
Matthew Graves – Writer, Producer & Director
Oxford, MS
  Locked
in an old theatre, a young man is tormented by a ventriloquist
dummy he thinks is coming to life. The Paramount Theatre,
Abilene, TX; “Official Selection,” Santa Clarita Independent
Film Festival, Santa Clarita, CA; “Official Selection,”
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, New
York, NY.
Short Comedy (50 minutes)
2nd Place
 Purdie’s Day In The Sunlight
Rex Harsin – Writer & Director
Jake Reeves - Producer
Tupelo, MS
Purdie is set on an adventure when a lost little
girl attaches herself to him for help. Premiere.
Short Comedy - Premiere (17:30 minutes)
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BEST STUDENT
1st Place
10 Minute Film
Thomas Brandon – Writer & Director
Nick Jones & Melanie Sheerer – Producers
Virginia Beach, VA
 Terry
can’t figure out what’s bothering him, but something
about his life just isn’t right. Eventually he comes
to realize that he might be a character in a ten minute film,
and he decides that he doesn’t like the direction the screenplay
is going. Naro Film Festival, Virginia Beach, VA; Appalachian
Film Festival, Huntington, WVA; Veneration Film Festival, Newport
News, VA; 2nd Place Overall & People’s Choice
Award” Otis Film Fest; Virginia Beach, VA; “2nd Place
Overall,” Salmagundi Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA. Student (15:30 minutes).
2nd Place
A Silent Night
Andy Nguyen – Writer & Director
Trinh Hoan – Producer
Seffner, FL
 On
December 24, 1972, the United States Air Force launched its largest
air raid of the Viet Nam War. Christmas had lost its grace
in the death and destruction from the endless bombing of Vietnamese
homes. Past all the chaos and havoc of war, an innocent
monk who dwells in a peaceful sanctuary steps into a cold world
full of hatred, deception, and death in order to break the cycle
of killing.
Delray Beach Int’l Film Festival; Gloria Int’l Film
Festival; Lake County Film Festival; Heart of Gold Film Festival;
“Jimmy Stewart Memorial Crystal Heart Award, 2005”
Heartland Film Festival; “Columbine Short Film Award,”
Moondance Int’l Film Festival; “Florida Choice Award,”
Independent’s Film Festival; “Best Student and Audience
Choice Awards,” FAIF Film Festival; “Best Cinematography,”
Daytona Beach Film Festival; IFP Los Angeles Film Festival;
Sidewalk Film Festival; deadCenter Int’l Film Festival;
Griffon Int’l Film Festival; Vietnamese Int’l Film
Festival; Tiburon Int’l Film Festival; Global Peace Film
Festival; Hollywood Int’l Film Festival.
Student (13 minutes).
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL
  Apparitions Unrenowned
Tony Caldwell – Writer & Director
Melissa Caldwell - Producer
Tupelo, MS
A lone traveler searches for meaning among the
haunting landscapes of the Mississippi Delta.
Experimental (12 minutes)
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