Presented by Del Weston and Jean Lupien

Best Editing
1. The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq
2. The Aviatrix
3. Rabia
4. Collector
5. No Middle Ground

Best Score Feature
1. Treasure Blind
2. Atom Nine Adventures
3. The Art of Pain
4. Fat Stupid Rabbit
5. The Flyboys

Best Score Short
1. Persona
2. Al’s Beef
3. Berlin
4. I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face
5. The Boy Princes: A Tragedie Most Monstrous

Best Soundtrack Feature
1. The Red Canvas
2. An American in China
3. Dolphins
4. The Rainbow Tribe
5. Attitude for Destruction

Best Soundtrack Short
1. Boyfriend Latte
2. Siren
3. Mercy
4. Cutter
5. A.T.F. Asian Task Force


Best Documentary Ci nematography
1. The Awakening Fire: A Buddhist’s Prayer
2. The Way Bobby Sees It
3. Borrowing Time
4. To Touch the Soul
5. Beyond Borders

Best Cinematography Feature
1. Broken Fences
2. Fat Stupid Rabbit
3. Dolphins
4. Greater Threat
5. Rigged

Best Title Sequence
1. American Piety
2. Atom Nine Adventures
3. Al’s Beef
4. Fat Stupid Rabbit
5. Virtual Vision

Best Visual Effects Feature
1. Atom Nine Adventures
2. The Art of Pain
3. Conjurer
4. Among Dead Men
5. GPS

Presented by Del Weston and Tiffany Paige

Best Special Effects Feature
1. Target Practice
2. Attitude for Destruction
3. Contract Killers
4. Born
5. Ghost Town

Best Special Effects Short
1. Code Blue
2. Apparition
3. Attackazoids
4. Push
5. Run

Best Visual Effects Short
1. The Aviatrix
2. Tracker
3. Mercury Men
4. SuperHUMAN
5. Believe

Best Art Direction
1. Persona
2. The Aviatrix
3. Berlin
4. Blind Ambition
5. Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1

Best Costumes
1. Face of Justice
2. Ghost Town
3. Elysian
4. The Hope Ruby
5. The Boy Princes: A Tragedie Most Monstrous

Best Sound Design
1. The Double
2. Reflection (08-1800)
3. The Art of Pain
4. Collector
5. Conjurer


Best Action Sequence Feature
1. Target Practice
2. The Flyboys
3. Rigged
4. Dolphins
5. Contract Killers

Best Action Sequence Short
1. Animal Instincts
2. Cutter
3. Visceral
4. The Messenger
5. Fifth Street


Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Feature
1. Break
2. The Red Canvas
3. Hard Balls: All Balls Don’t Bounce
4. Rigged
5. Drifter TKD

Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Short
1. The Initiation
2. Brothers Forever
3. A.T.F. Asian Task Force
4. The Breakout
5. Death Wish

Breakout Action Star – Male – Feature
1. Break – Xin Sarith Wuku
2. The Red Canvas- Ernie Reyes Jr.
3. Hard Ball: All Balls Don’t Bounce - Cilton J. Beard III
4. The Korean- Josiah D. Lee
5. Among Dead Men - El Rico

Breakout Action Star – Male Short
1. Asian Task Force - Teddy Chen Culver
2. Cutter - Alan Simpson
3. SuperHUMAN - Keaton Tay lor
4. Visceral – Whit Busey
5. The Swordsman – Minh Trieu

Presented by John Hogan and Eve Hogan

Breakout Female Star – Feature
1. Rigged - Rebecca Neuenschwander
2. Contract Killers – Frida Farrell
3. Conjurer - Maxine Bahns
4. Attitude for Destruction - Laura Lyon
5. Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1 – Devon Bailey

Breakout Action Star – Female - Short
1. She Wore a Yellow Scrunchy – Danielle Hartnett
2. TRUNK: A Love Story – Bianca Luisa Butti
3. Cleaner – Michelle Lee
4. Mercy – Emilee Harris
5. The Aviatrix – Jessica Robertson

Male Action Performer of the Year
1. The Initiation – Mike Wilson
2. Brothers Forever – Yannick Van Dam
3. Virtual Vision – Fabien Garcia
4. The Red Canvas – Ernie Reyes Jr.
5. Johnny Owes – Micah Brock

Female Action Performer of the Year
1. SuperHUMAN – Majolie Nadeau
2. Cleaner – Michelle Lee
3. Rigged – Rebecca Neuenschwander
4. The Living Sword - Michelle Lee
5. Mercy – Emilee Harris

Best Fight Choreography - Feature
1. Cowboy Smoke
2. Red Canvas
3. Among Dead Men
4. Drifter TKD
5. Hard Ball: All Balls Don’t Bounce

Best Fight Choreography - Short
1. The Initiation
2. Visceral
3. Virtual Vision
4. The Breakout
5. Johnny Owes

Action Film of the Year - Feature
1. Target Practice
2. The Red Canvas
3. Contract Killers
4. The Sensei
5. GPS

Best Action Short of the Year
1. SuperHUMAN
2. The Messenger
3. Push
4. Cleaner
5. Recruited

Best Actor-Short
1. Collector – Brad Renfro
2. The Double – Eric Roberts
3. Beach Cops – Paul Hughes
4. Some of an Equation – Kent Harper
5. Learning How to Speak - Ryan Cusino

Best Actress-Short
1. Rabia – Hanieh Jodat
2. Stalker’s Dating Guide-Joanie Bannister
3. Theogony – Sharon Ferguson
4. Fighting Auditions – Nadege Traore
5. Flashover – Erin Hogan

Best Actor - Feature
1. The Rat Thing – Kevin Keresey
2. Treasure Blind – Brian Shoop
3. Tale of a Suicidal Narcoleptic – Brett Rosenberg
4. Conjurer - Andrew Bowen
5. Strength and Honour – Michael Madsen

Best Actress Feature
1. Defying Gravity – Alexandra Matthews
2. Sweets and Teats – Stephanie Berger
3. Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1 - Eilis Cahill
4. Maid to Kill – Chantelle Nicole
5. Trail of Crumbs - Molly Leland

Presented by Del Weston and Jean Lupien

Best Supporting Actor - Feature
1. The Rat Thing – Michael McGee
3. The Red Canvas-John Savage
4. The Rainbow Tribe – Grayson Russell
5. Strength and Honour-Vinnie Jones
6. 20The Flyboys – Stephen Baldwin

Best Supporting Actor - Short
1. I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face – Luis Guzman
2. The Boy Princes – Myles Nye
3. Boyfriend Latte –Dan Galea
4. Plain and Simple – Trent
5. Al’s Beef – Dean Stockwell

Best Supporting Actress – Feature
1. P.J. - Patricia Rae
2. Broken Fences – Earla Stewart
3. Grappling with your Demons – Navah Raphael
4. The Red Canvas – Maria Conchita Alonso
5. Blind Ambition – Vanessa Angel

Best Supporting Actress - Short
1. The Double – Shannyn Sossamon
2. It’s All a Game – Maria Delle Grazie
3. Jemima: Photographic Trophy – Hollie Gallen
4. The Impossible Race - Shawneen O’Brian Lee
5. The Lucky 7 – Valerie V. Michelson

Outstanding Cast Performance
1. The Rainbow Tribe
2. Exploring Love
3. Loon
4. Paradise Gym (formerly Spot Me, Baby)
5. Learning How to Speak

Best Director-Short
1. The Strange Case of Salman abd al Haqq – Jeff Orlowski & Tim Gregory
2. Rabia – Muhammad Ali Hasan
3. The Double – Rani DeMuth
4. The Cereal Aisle – Johnny Roc
5. Boyfriend Latte – Mark Sanders


Presented by Del Weston and Tiffany Paige

Best Short
1. Drain
2. Mercury Men
3. I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face
4. My Dad
5. The Cereal Aisle

Best Animation
1. L’amie De Zoe
2. Animal Instincts
3. Duel in the Ether
4. Crema Suprema
5. Beatgirl: A Piece of Action!

Best Experimental Project
1. Attackazoids
2. Theogony A Creation Myth
3. Mars
4. Fusionism
5. Adam

Best Produced Screenplay
1. Stalker’s Dating Guide
2. I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face
3. My Dad
4. Captured Girl – 6 Films in 7 Days
5. It Really Happened: Flight of the Apollo

Best Comedy Scene
1. Beach Cops
2. My Dad
3. Swing Vote
4. El Cazador de Vanganza
5. Death of an Agent

Best Comedy – Feature
1. The Art of Pain
2. Turn Left at Pennsylvania Avenue
3. The Rat Thing
4. Sweets and Teats
5. Ahmed, Say Something Funny

Best Comedy – Short
1. Boyfriend Latte
2. Killing Time
3. Crime Sweepers
4. Soft Cop
5. El Percance Perfecto

Best Documentary
1. Thank You Tanzania
2. A Creative Life: Who is Ed Harvey?
3. Shall We Gather at the River
4. Filming Kelly
5. Ahmed, Say Something Funny

Best Documentary Political
1. Finding Our Voices
2. Beyond Borders
4. Knowledge is the Beginning
5. Ahmed, Say Something Funny
6. Vaccine Nation

Best Documentary Short
1. Giving Thanks
2. The Awakening Fire: A Buddhist’s Prayer
3. James Gill Full Circle
4 . A Drop in the Bucket
5. The Swinging of the Fireballs

Presented by Del Weston and Jean Lupien

Best Drama Feature
1. Treasure Blind
2. Tale of a Suicidal Narcoleptic
3. Defying Gravity
4. Exploring Love
5. Among Dead Men

Best Drama Short
1. Skeletons in the Closet
2. Learning How to Speak
3. Jump Start
4. Ancestor Eyes
5. Coons

Best Horror Film - Feature
1. Conjurer
2. Attitude for Destruction
3. Thicker Than Water: The Vampire Diaries Part 1
4. Discipline
5. Born

Best Horror Short Film
1. Gnaw
2. Welcome to the Party
3. Apparition
4. Reflections
5. Jemima: Photographic Trophy

Best Music Video
1. Mamasita
2. Winded
3. Panoramic “Sinister”
4. Loser
5. White Wizzard – High Speed GTO

Best Foreign Film Feature
1. 100 Yuan
2. Fat Stupid Rabbit
3. Dolphins
4. Last Letters to Monte Rosa
5. Strength and Honour

Best Foreign Film - Short
1. Stato Di Grazia
2. Mit Sechzehn Bin Ich Weg (With Sixteen I’ll be Gone)
3. Running with the Boys
4. Le Boucher
5. Skelett I Garderoben (Skeletons in the Closet)



AOF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO JOHN SAVAGE
PRESENTED BY DR. ANDREW AND BRITA MULLER

ALTADIS USA AWARDS PRESENTED BY DR. ANDREW AND BRITA MULLER
(Each of the filmmakers named below is a winner of the Altadis Honor and Award)
1. Velvet Rhodes / David Bacon - The Cell Phone
2. Mike Rose - Six Films in Seven Days
3. Mekita Faye -Maid To Kill
4. Ray O’Neil – Greater Threat
5. Paul Moukperian - Unique I.D.
6. Martin Mayo - Discipline
7. Hanieh Jobat - Rabia

Presented by Del Weston and Tiffany Paige

Best Student Film
1. Saint Nick
2. The Greeting Card Salesman
3. Trunk: A Love Story
4. Believe
5. Iron Curtain

Best Female Filmmaker – Feature
1. Maid to Kill – Mekita Faye
2. Sweets and Teats – Geretta Geretta
3. Finding Our Voices – Victoria Hughes
4. Ahmed, Say Something Funny – Thelma Vickroy
5. Defying Gravity – Lisa James

Best Female Filmmaker - Short - The Wasserman Award
1. Swing Vote – What Side Are You On? – Rebecca Peltier and Emily Morse
2. Look Again – Jennifer Lin
3. The Swinging of the Fireballs-Gail Anderson
4. Gambler’s Anonymous – Jennifer Lee Loy
5. The Truth is Underrated-Stacey K. Black

Best Science Fiction - The Eric Anthony Award
1. The Lucky Seven
2. The Mercury Men
3. The Aviatrix
4. Attackazoids
5. SuperHUMAN

Best Political Statement Movie
1. Undocumented
2. Ode to Peace and Love – Armed Forces Tribute
3. Beyond Borders
5. Turn Left at Pennsylvania Avenue
6. Swing Vote – What Side Are You On?

Best Guerilla Film - The Xristos Award
1. Hardball: All Balls Don’t Bounce
2. The Day I Tried to Live
3. Johnny Owes
4. Red in Dreadville: Welcome to Dreadville
5. Still My Child

Best LGBT Project
1. Mars
2. Look Again
3. Serving Madame G ina
4. Defying Gravity
5. The Last Visit

Best Western
1. Face of Justice
2. Ghost Town
3. Cowboy Smoke
4. Broken Fences
5. Al’s Beef

Best Director - Feature
1. The Rainbow Tribe - Christopher R. Watson
2. Strength and Honour - Mark Mahon
3. Grappling with your Demons – Ford Austin
4. An American in China - Ron Berrett
5. So You Want Michael Madsen - Stan Harrington

Best Picture
1. The Rainbow Tribe
2. The Flyboys
3. Red Canvas
4. Blind Ambition
5. Strength and Honour

ALAN J. BAILEY AWARDS

Presented by Alan Bailey and Tiffany Paige

2008 Will Rogers Pioneer’s Award: Michael Madsen
Best Supporting Actor: Vinnie Jones “Strength and Honour”
Best Drama: “Break”
Best Action Feature: “The Korean”
Best Documentary Film: “Borrowing Time”
Best Cinematography: “ Waiting In Beijing”/ De-Guang Wen
Best Short Documentary: “ Flashover”
Best Screenplay: “ Strength and Honour”/ Mark Mahon
Best Director: “Cowboy Smoke”/ Will James Moore
Best Foreign Film: “ Kids in Shanghai”
The Stanley Kramer Lifetime Achievement Award
Directors’ Legacy Award; Recognizing outstanding achievement
by first time Directors: to Alan Zhang for “Waiting in Beijing”

AOF WAB (WITHOUTABOX) AWARDS-
PRESENTED BY DEL WESTON AND TIFFANY PAIGE

WAB BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN ACTING ROLE - MALE
1. Broken Fences – Jan Van Sickle
2. Grappling with Your Demons – Marc Wasserman
3. The Lucky 7 - Max Williams
4. The Aviatrix - Nicholas Vedinak
5. The Korean – Josiah D. Lee

WAB BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN ACTING ROLE - FEMALE
1. Ancestor Eyes - Rulan Tangen
2. Intruder - Jodi Miller
3. Reflections - Adrienne Wilkinson (08-1960)
4. Blind Ambition - Michelle Massey
5. TK The Series - Erica Corvette

WAB BEST ACTION - The Wizzard Award
1. CHASE
2. BACKYARD SUICIDE
3. AN ACT OF REVENGE
4. REFLECTIONS (08-1800)
5. GPS

WAB BEST DRAMA - The Kenya Cagle Award
1. ALTERNATIVE
2. THE ARAB
3. WHERE THE HEART LIES
4. DOLPHINS
5. DISCIPLINE

WAB BEST IN SHOW SHORT
1. ROBBIE THE REINDEER in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2. I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU
3. VISIT
4. THE PERFECT CRIME
5. STILL MY CHILD

WAB BEST IN SHOW FEATURE - The Indie Club Award
1. THE LAST BAD NEIGHBORHOOD
2. 100 YUAN
3. THE SILENT REVOLUTION OF TRUTH
4. GREATER THREAT
5. THE FLYBOYS

WAB BEST NEW DIRECTOR
1. THE CELL PHONE - VELVET RHODES / DAVID BACON
2. AN IMPERIAL MESSAGE - GARRY MESSICK
3. BEYOND BORDERS - BRIAN GING
4. PLAIN AND SIMPLE - MERRIN MARRA
5. ALTERNATIVE - ANDREW SWAN