Best Editing - Short
1. Volvo
2. The Silence
3. Hunger
4. Charlie Thistle
5. Solitarius
Best Score Feature
1. In the Eyes of a Killer
2. Victory Day
3. Charlie Valentine
4. Disarmed
5. King of Sorrow
Best Score Short
1. Purge
2. Le Derriere
3. The Ballad of Angel of Face
4. Style Over Substance
No. 4 – Pieces of a Man
5. Death’s Door
Best Soundtrack Feature
1. Poker Run
2. The Other Side of Paradise
3. Lily
4. Solid Country Gold
5. VICKtory to the Underdog
Best Soundtrack Short
1. Pelo Ouvido
2. Leto
3. Another New Bike
4. Arranged: The Musical
5. On the Table
Best Documentary Cinematography
1. Autism: Made in the USA
2. The Klara Wizel Story
3. Soldiers of Peace
4. Along Came Kinky…
Texas Jewboy for Governor
5. Tira Bakal
Best Cinematography Feature
1. Charlie Valentine
2. Gangster Exchange
3. PRE
4. Lily
5. Bronx Paradise
Best Cinematography Short
1. Stranglehold
2. aQua ad lavandum – in brevi
3. The Devil’s Matchmaker
4. Interpretation
5. For Us
Best Title Sequence
1. Good Deeds
2. iMurders
3. Project 7
4. The Condom Killer
5. Under the Influence
Best Visual Effects Feature
1. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle
2. Outrage
3. Text
4. Angel - Dust
5. Eyeborgs
Best Special Effects Feature
1. Sphere of the Lycanthrope
2. Sawblade
3. Disarmed
4. Charlie Valentine
5. It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To
Best Special Effects Short
1. Heroic Bloodshed
2. Burden
3. Enigma
4. Mansfield Path
5. Spaceman on Earth
Best Visual Effects Short
1. The Seer
2. Enigma
3. aQua ad lavandum – in brevi
4. Burden
5. For Us
Best Art Direction - Feature
1. King of Sorrow
2. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle
3. PRE
4. Poker Run
5. Deadland
Best Art Direction – Short
1. Hunger
2. Liminal
3. Charlie Thistle
4. Spaceman on Earth
5. Chambers Street
Best Costumes - Feature
1. Acts of Violence
2. Sphere of the Lycanthrope
3. Spook
4. Charlie Valentine
5. Gangster Exchange
Best Costumes - Short
1. Hunger
2. Afro Samurai: Flesh and Bone
3. Mansfield Path
4. The Ballad of Angel Face
5. Enigma
Best Sound Design – Feature
1. Lily
2. Acts of Violence
3. In the Eyes of a Killer
4. Deadland
5. Dogs of Chinatown
Best Sound Design - Short
1. The Condom Killer
2. The Silence
3. Enigma
4. Wanted
5. Burden
Best Action Sequence Feature
1. Bronx Paradise
2. Disarmed
3. Outrage
4. Acts of Violence
5. Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife
Best Action Sequence Short
1. Action on Film Submission
2. Annulment
3. Heroic Bloodshed
4. Precious Cargo
5. Another New Bike
Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Feature
1. Legendary
2. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle
3. MMA Street Fighter - One Percent Full
4. Disarmed
5. Acts of Violence
Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Short
1. Five Minutes Flat
2. On the Edge
3. Project 7
4. Wanted
5. The Interview
Breakout Action Star – Male – Feature
1. Disarmed – A.J. Draven
2. Charlie Valentine – Michael Weatherly
3. Acts of Violence – Il Lim
4. MMA Street Fighter - One Percent Full –
Burton Richardson
5. Dogs of Chinatown – Eric Jacobus
Breakout Action Star – Male – Short
1. Five Minutes Flat – David Lavallee Jr.
2. The Interview – Tomm Voss
3. Project 7 – Marc David
4. Afro Samurai: Flesh and Bone –
Percy “Spitfire” Brown
5. Heroic Bloodshed – Michael Dufays
Breakout Action Star – Female - Feature
1. Eve: Beauty and the Blade –Ia Villatuya
2. Angel - Dust – Andy Deal
3. It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To – Adrienne Fischer
4. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle – Megan Becker
5. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle – Christy Blankenship
Breakout Action Star – Female - Short
1. Wanted – Casey Hudecki
2. Issa – Somayh Moz
3. The Favor – Ciani Palencia
4. Layla – Ursula Taherian
5. The Astray – Michelle Graci
Male Action Performer of the Year
1. Interpretation – Ian Bohen
2. Man of Blood – Bren Foster
3. Wanted – Simon Fon
4. Man of Blood – Richard Norton
5. Acts of Violence – Il Lim
Female Action Performer of the Year
1. Seasons Beatings – Sunny Smith
2. The Favor – Ciani Palencia
3. Heart Shot Grand Prix – Ashley Rossetti
4. The Favor – Aoui Ma
5. Wanted – Casey Hudecki
Best Fight Choreography - Feature
1. Rules
2. Dogs of Chinatown
3. MMA Street Fighter - One Percent Full
4. Acts of Violence
5. Disarmed
Best Fight Choreography – Short
1. Interpretation
2. Project 7
3. On the Edge
4. Wanted
5. Five Minutes Flat
Action Film of the Year - Feature
1. Charlie Valentine
2. Acts of Violence
3. Disarmed
4. Deadland
5. Dogs of Chinatown
Best Action Short of the Year
1. Precious Cargo
2. Sexual Tension:
The Super Adventures of Steve and Stephen
3. On the Edge
4. Run 2
5. Wanted
Best Actor-Short
1. Wilcox Sex Therapy – David Brainard
2. Dark Readings – Ford Austin
3. Help – Val Lauren
4. Safe Haven – Richard Caines
5. The Astray – James Arlen
Best Actress-Short
1. Psycho Killer Attack – Mallory Carrick
2. Purge – Danielle Hagan
3. The Astray – Michelle Graci
4. Layla – Ursula Taherian
5. Open Your Eyes – Traci Dinwiddie
Best Actor - Feature
1. Bronx Paradise – Wayne Gurman
2. Charlie Valentine – Raymand J. Barry
3. King of Sorrow – Kim Coates
4. In the Eyes of a Killer – Louis Mandylor
5. Acts of Violence – Il Lim
Best Actress Feature
1. The Path of Torment – Dona Elis
2. Suicide is Easy – Rachel Wagner
3. Acts of Violence – Leelee Sobieski
4. Speed Dating – Emma Choy
5. King of Sorrow – Lara Daans
Best Supporting Actor - Feature
1. Acts of Violence – Ron Perlman
2. Deadland – Brian Tee
3. In the Eyes of a Killer – Costas Mandylor
4. The Other Side of Paradise – Frank Mosley
5. Solid Country Gold – Matthew Hagan
Best Supporting Actor - Short
1. Krantz – Will Greenberg
2. Russel Fish:
The Sausage and Eggs Incident – Eddie Ruiz
3. Gideon Falls – Mark Dacascos
4. Clones Gone Wild – Philip Boyd
5. Gary Blaze:
The Devil Wears Product – Sasha Appler
Best Supporting Actress – Feature
1. Chasing the Green – Heather McComb
2. The Other Side of Paradise – Susanna Gibb
3. Poker Run – Debra Hopkins
4. Falling Down – Navah Raphael
5. The Consultants – Robin Campbell
Best Supporting Actress – short
1. Charlie Thistle – Leslie Stevens
2. Manscaping – Diane Chambers
3. Open Your Eyes – Suzy Nakamura
4. Chambers Street – Jennifer Marks
5. The Seer – Linda Purl
Outstanding Cast Performance
1. Slinging Mud
2. Solid Country Gold
3. PRE
4. Speed Dating
5. Manscaping
Best Director-Short
1. Chambers Street – Andrew Swan
2. Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident – Terence Heuston
3. Interpretation – Lin Oeding
4. The Interview – Giovanni Zelko
5. Hunger – Chad Jackson
Best Director – Feature
1. Deadland – Damon O’Steen
2. Eyeborgs – Richard Clabaugh
3. Rounds – Mark Atienza
4. PRE – Steven Tanenbaum
5. Bronx Paradise – William Lappe
Best Picture
1. Deadland
2. Charlie Valentine
3. Eyeborgs
4. King of Sorrow
5. Solid Country Gold
Best Short
1. Charlie Thistle
2. Slim and Lena
3. How to Marry a Mink
4. The Seer
5. Liminal
Best Animation
1. The Missing Sock
2. Magnum Farce: A Shot in the Park
3. Sebastian’s Voodoo
4. Gideon the Great: The Flying Ace
5. Skylight (09-2088)
Best Experimental Project
1. Translucitum
2. Shut Eye
3. Spaceman on Earth
4. Habits
5. The Purple Zone
Best Produced Screenplay - Feature
1. Falling Down
2. Under the Influence
3. PRE
4. Rounds
5. Speed Dating
Best Produced Screenplay – Short
1. Death in Charge
2. The Devil’s Matchmaker
3. Krantz
4. Potluck
5. Sweet Seduction
Best Comedy Scene
1. Slinging Mud
2. PRE
3. Little Boba
4. Sexual Tension:
The Super Adventures of Steve and Stephen
5. Manscaping
Best Comedy – Feature
1. The Consultants
2. Solid Country Gold
3. Golden Blade III –
Return of the Monkey’s Uncle
4. Speed Dating
5. Under the Influence
Best Comedy – Short
1. Sexual Tension:
The Super Adventures of Steve and Stephen
2. Spy for Love
3. The Devil’s Matchmaker
4. Arranged: The Musical
5. Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident
Best Spoof
1. Gary Blaze
2. Sexual Tension:
The Super Adventures of Steve Stephen
3. Hollywood Folklore: Mick Donald
4. Magnum Farce: A Shot in the Park
5. Penthouse One
Best Documentary
1. Moon Rising
2. House of Numbers
3. Creator of God
4. VICKtory to the Underdog
5. Making a Killing:
The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging
Best Documentary Political
1. Soldiers of Peace
2. American Politics All You Can Eat
3. Along Came Kinky…Texas Jewboy for Governor
4. Which Way to the War?
5. Breaking News Breaking Down
Best Sports Documentary
1. Every Second Counts
2. Comrades
3. Armed For the Challenge
4. Legendary
5. In the Ring of Fire
Best Documentary Short
1. Breaking News Breaking Down
2. Tira Bakal
3. Armed for the Challenge
4. India
5. Ken: Story of Western Drifter
Best Drama Feature
1. The Other Side of Paradise
2. In The Eyes Of A Killer
3. Lily
4. PRE
5. Finding Red Cloud
6. Acts of Violence
Best Drama Short
1. Crescendo
2. Solitarius
3. Purge
4. Leto
5. Stranglehold
Best Horror Short Film
1. Followed
2. Carnage on Graves Farm
3. Dead Exit
4. Hunger
5. Excursions
Best Horror Film - Feature
1. It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want To
2. Sphere of the Lycanthrope
3. Text
4. Sawblade
5. Dark Spirits
Best Music Video
1. Secret
2. Ignis Fatuus
3. Until the Sun
4. Blackheart
5. Things People Say
Best Foreign Film – Feature
1. The Map Reader
2. Victory Day
3. Speed Dating
4. Gangster Exchange
5. Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife
Best Foreign Film – Short
1. Pelo Ouvido
2. The Last One
3. Crescendo
4. aQua ad lavandum – in brevi
5. Holy Water
Best Student Film
1. First Kill
2. The Birthday Kidnapping
3. Sweet Seduction
4. Precious Cargo
5. Safe Haven
Best Female Filmmaker – Feature
1. Which Way to the War? – Sue Useem
2. My McDiet – Julie Dove
3. In the Eyes of a Killer – Mamie Jean
4. Comrades – Poppy Simpson
5. A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square – Carolyn Coal
Best Female Filmmaker – Short
1. Open Your Eyes – Susan Cohen
2. Death in Charge – Devi Snively
3. On the Table – Madelaine Hill
4. Layla – Lydia Martinelli
5. Manscaping – Shanra Kehl
Best Science Fiction
1. Project 7
2. Burden
3. Enigma
4. Outrage
5. Ascension
Best Political Statement Movie
1. American Dream
2. Spook
3. Victory Day
4. Which Way to the War?
5. The Man Left Behind
Best Guerilla Film - Feature
1. Suicide is Easy
2. Bronx Paradise
3. It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want To
4. Falling Down
5. Path of Torment
Best Guerilla Film – Short
1. The Lottery: Welcome to Dreadville
2. Annulment
3. Psycho Killer Attack
4. Cherry Poppin’
5. The Mel Bourne Ultimatum
Best LGBT Project
1. Sexual Tension: The Super Adventures of Steve and Stephen
2. Gary Blaze: The Devil Wears Product
3. A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square
4. Dance, Dance Baby!
5. Liminal
Best Villan Short
1. Issa – Sadiq Abu
2. The Interview – Harry Lennix
3. The Astray – John Fava
4. Sexual Tension: The Super Adventures of Steve and Stephen – Frank Medina
5. Layla – Morocco Omari
Best Villian Feature
1. Gangster Exchange – Zeljko Kekojevic
2. Outrage – Michael Madsen
3. Poker Run – Robert Thorne
4. Bronx Paradise – Ralph Squillante
5. Charlie Valentine – James Russo
Best Western
1. Dead Bones
2. The Silence
3. The Man and His Gun
4. The Tombstone Killer
5. Trip Aces
Best Composition
1. Tink!
2. Potluck
3. Arranged: The Musical
4. Want
5. Secret
Best Social Commentary Award
1. Life’s Blood
2. Poppies
3. Breaking News Breaking Down
4. Butterflies
5. VICKtory to the Underdog
The Sirocco Award
1. Skylight (WAB #09-2081)
2. One Nothing
3. Solitarius
4. Charlie Thistle
5. Reach
AOF 2009 Alan J Bailey Excellence Awards:
1. Excellence in Social Commentary The Klara Wizel Story
2. Excellence in Directing Michael O'Connor - Finding Red Cloud
3. Excellence in Action / Drama Feature Category - Acts of Violence
4. Excellence in Screen Writing - Listen To Your Heart - Kent Moran
5. Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking - India - Ron Shaw
American Dumpling – Eileen Nelson
6. Excellence in Filmmaking - Short Category - Lavinia's Heist - Don Goodman
7. Excellence in Political Commentary - American Politics All You Can Eat -
Jordi Ortega
WAB BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN ACTING ROLE - MALE
1. MARC WASSERMAN – FALLING DOWN
2. PRESTON PRATT III - SLIM AND LENA
3. NOBUYA SHIMAMOTO - GANGSTER EXCHANGE
4. LOUIS MANDYLOR - IN THE EYES OF A KILLER
5. ADRIAN PAUL - EYEBORGS
WAB BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN ACTING ROLE - FEMALE
1. CRESCENDO - JULIE GAUVAIN
2. HUNTER’S MOON - TRINE CHRISTENSEN
3. LIMINAL - ALEJANDRA GOLLAS
4. KRANTZ - NATALIE URQUHART
5. DEATH IN CHARGE - KARINA BENEDICT
WAB BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE OR SHORT
1. MARK SANDERS – MAN DOWN
2. MEREDITH ROSE - THE GOLDEN RULE
3. LIN OEDING - INTERPRETATION
4. SAMUEL BENAVIDES – MANSFIELD PATH
5. MAMIE JEAN – IN THE EYES OF A KILLER
WAB BEST IN SHOW
1. SLIM AND LENA
2. SOLID COUNTRY GOLD
3. CHARLIE THISTLE
4. SKYLIGHT
5. IN THE EYES OF A KILLER