2012 Grand Winners
Grand Jury Award: Wampler's Ascent - Elizabeth Wampler (USA)
Special Jury Prize: Uprising - Fredrik Stanton (Egypt, USA)
Special Jury Prize: Eternity - Alex Galvin (New Zealand, Hong Kong)
Special Jury Prize: End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless - Tim Delmastro (Australia)
Special Jury Prize: Dance of Love - Wilco de Groot (Netherlands)
Special Jury Prize: Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Robert Lemelson (USA)
Best Narrative Feature : 180º - Fernando Kalife (Mexico)
Best Documentary Feature: American Songwriter - Michael Altman (USA)
Best Narrative Short: Fight Night Legacy - Hisonni Johnson and Michael Sarnoski (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Beyond Superman - Alexander Hadden (USA)
Best Foreign Feature: Siberia, Monamour - Slava Ross (Russia)
Best Foreign Short: Passage 2011 - Sisy Boat, Thomas Huber, Wolfgang Aichner, & Matthias Fuchs (Germany)
Best Student Feature: Life Without - Franz Erian (USA)
Best Student Short: Ave Rats Lost Downtown - Christopher Schlumpf (USA)
Best Animation: Trid an Stoirm - Fred Burdy (Ireland)
Best Animated Short: Vengeance + Vengeance - Mark Chavez
Best Director: Mossadegh - Roozbeh Dadvand (USA)
Best Screenplay: 35 South - John Morton (USA)
Best Actor: Dio Johnson of Fight Night Legacy - Hisonni Johnson and Michael Sarnoski (USA)
Best Actress: Amber Kent in CiviliTEA - Johnnie Hector (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Tomas Boykin of Elegy for a Revolutionary - Paul van Zyl (South Africa, USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Bari Hyman of Damaged Goods - Michael Miceli (USA)
Best California Feature: Bank Roll - Doug Maguire (USA)
Best California Short: The Body Bag - Dean Whitney (USA)
Best Experimental Film: Counterfeiters - Bryce Hirschberg (USA)
Best Music Video: Super Bass Man (The Fishing Song) - Greg Zajac and Simon L. Baker (Canada)
Best Television Pilot: Mevuasim (Busted) - Asaf Yecheskel (Israel)
Best Comedy: Spaghetti Fur Zwei - Matthias Rosenberger (Germany)
Best Family Film: Small Market, Big Heart - Tobin Halsey (USA)
Best First-time Director: RGB - Kailas Prasannan (Australia)
Best First-time Documentary: American Autumn: an Occudoc - Dennie Trainor Jr. (USA)
Best Dramatic Film: A Drop of Love - Golam Mustofa (Canada)
Best Television Commercial: LAZR - Xiao Zheng (USA)
Orson Welles Awards
Animated Film: Devils, Angels & Dating - Michael Cawood (United Kingdom, USA)
California Film: From the Fields: An American Journey - Carolyn E. Brown (USA)
Documentary Film: Caravan of Hope - Alejandro Pereira (Canada)
Music Video: Sadder by Nik Day - Tucker Dansie (USA)
Narrative Film: The Three Way - Julian Renner (USA)
Screenplay: Resilience - Lena Slachmuijlder (USA)
Short Film: CiviliTEA - Johnnie Hector (USA)
Student Film: Skeleton Canyon - Kenneth Oefelein (USA)
Television Pilot: Holt & Randy - Russell Griffith (USA)
Screenplay Competition
1st Place: Pearl written by Lyvia A. Martinez
2nd Place: Squiddy, Sedona, and Me written by Steven M. Hirohama
3rd Place: How I Became a Hot Chick With Average Breast Size written by Dong Won Kang
4th Place: Marriagehood written by John Harris
5th Place: Worm written by Keir Burrows
Official Finalists
Land of The Free, Home of The Slave written by Cliff Zimowski
The Last Exodus written by Michael Baley
Taking The Last Shot written by Randy Hatch
Detective Force written by Randall Sawka
The City of Burning Bridges written by Ivana Dolic
My Mother's Eyes written by Matthew Paris
Rethinking Rhea written by Bradford Willis & Anne Dunkin
Forgive Not Their Trespasses written by John J. Maffucci
The Lord's Lie written by Randy Hatch
Getting the Business written by Haik Hakobian
Honorable Mentions
The Helping Stone written by Robert Tolz
Old Habits Die Hard written by Michael Cox
Letters From Wolfie written by James Christopher
Committed written by Jeff Sussman
Turning the Right Way written by Jose Olivier
Complaisant 1 written by Tiffany Jaide Hightower
Love Interrupted written by Rewa Fyles
Original Sin written by Charles Conrad Laulette
Neversleep written by Giles Daoust
Out of the Wetlands written by Bruce Golde
Short Script Competition
1st Place: Disabled Parking written by Alon Bar
2nd Place: Shopping Mall Santa written by John Harris
3rd Place: Silent Partner written by Philip Henson
4th Place: Twin Graves written by Paul Ellington
5th Place: Small Potatoes written by Charles Laulette
Official Finalists
Zombeo & Juliecula written by Richard Moon, Colleen Kelly, and Isabel J Hildebrandt
You Bet written by Sky Wang
Dating Alfie written by Paul Ellington
The Things My Father Never Taught Me written by Burleigh Smith