Three Jurors Select Winners of the awards listed below. The shorts are screened and the filmmakers are recognized during this special program. Each award includes a $1,000 cash prize or the equivalent in cash and Kodak film stock. The Best Animated Short Film Award winner and the Best Live Action Short Film Award winner will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards®.
The Roxanne T. Mueller
Audience Choice Award for Best Film
Sponsored by Cleveland Magazine
Vincent Wants to Sea
Directed by Ralf Huettner, GERMANY
Runners-Up
The Roundup
Directed by Rose Bosch, FRANCE, GERMANY, HUNGARY
The Interrupters
Directed by Steve James, USA
The Hedgehog
Directed by Mona Achache, FRANCE
Facing Forward
Directed by Laura Paglin, USA
Dying to Do Letterman
Directed by Biagio Messina, Joke Fincioen, USA
Desert Flower
Directed by Sherry Horman, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, AUSTRIA
Crime After Crime
Directed by Yoav Potash, USA
Bill Cunningham New York
Directed by Richard Press, USA
Anita
Directed by Marcos Carnevale, ARGENTINA
The Greg Gund Memorial
Standing Up Film Competition
Sponsored by George Gund Foundation
Dying to Do Letterman
Directed by Biagio Messina, Joke Fincioen, USA
Central & Eastern European
Sponsored by George Gund III & Iara Lee
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Directed by Florin Serban, ROMANIA, SWEDEN
Runners-Up
The Ugly Duckling
Directed by Garri Bardin, RUSSIA, FRANCE
Venice
Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski, POLAND
The Nesnandy + Schwartz
Documentary Film Competition
Steam of Life
Directed by Mika Hotakainen, Joonas Berghäll, FINLAND
Runner-Up
Eleanore & The Timekeeper
Directed by Danièle Wilmouth, USA
American Independent Award
Hamill
Directed by Oren Kaplan, USA
Best Animated Short Film Award
Sponsored by Reminger Co., L.P.A.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Directed by Brandon Oldenburg, William Joyce, USA
Runner-Up
Specky Four-Eyes
Directed by Jean-Claude Rozec, FRANCE
Best Documentary Short Film Award
Sponsored by Jules and Fran Belkin
Save The Farm
Directed by Michael Kuehnert, USA
Best International Short Film Award
Sponsored by Mike and Nicki Cancelliere
Drop Dead!
Directed by Arne Toonen, NETHERLANDS
Runner-Up
Carrier of Men
Directed by Antarès Bassis, FRANCE
Best LGBT Short Film
In Celebration of The Life of Nikki Babbitt
Sponsored by Jan and Harold Babbit
Same Difference
Directed by Lisa Udelson, Catherine Opie, USA
Best Student Short Film Award
Sponsored by Mike and Nicki Cancelliere
11 Weeks
Directed by Dipesh Jain, INDIA, USA
Runner-Up
Sudden Death
Directed by Adam Hall, USA
Best Women's Short Film Award
Sponsored by Jinny and John Johnson
The Secret Friend
Directed by Flavio Alves, BRAZIL, USA
Runner-Up
The Roar of the Sea
Directed by Torsten Truscheit, Ana R. Fernandes, CAPE VERDE, GERMANY
Cleveland State University Audience Choice
Best Live Action Short Film Award
Sponsored by Anne Bloomberg and Alan Gordon Lipson & Judy Harris
CarJack
Directed by Jeremiah Jones, USA
The Rice Hershey Memorial Award for Originality
Sponsored by Bill Markstrom
Moving Day
Directed by Jason Wingrove, AUSTRALIA
The Clover and Maggie Award
In Celebration of Life
Sponsored by Barbara Hawley and David Goodman
Na Wewe
Directed by Ivan Goldschmidt, BELGIUM
Best Ohio Short Film Award
Sponsored by University Hospitals
Girlfriends Club
Directed by Diane Suchetka, Dale Omori, USA
The Spalding and Jackson Award
In Celebration of Joy
Sponsored by Marcie Goodman and John C. Williams
God of Love
Directed by Luke Matheny, USA
