36th cleveland international film festival :: march 22 - april 1, 2012
Awards

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


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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


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Save The Farm
Directed by Michael Kuehnert, USA

Best International Short Film Award


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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


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11 Weeks
Directed by Dipesh Jain, INDIA, USA

Runner-Up

Sudden Death
Directed by Adam Hall, USA

Best Women's Short Film Award


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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