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Award Winners

2009 Charlotte Film Festival Award Winners

  • Jury Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "In/Significant Others"
    John Schwert and Jason King, producers
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "My Normal"
    Adam Sales and Renee Garzon, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "9500 Liberty"
    Eric Byler and Annabel Park, producers
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "The Human Experience"
    Joseph Campo, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Short Film
    "Surprise !"
    Fabrice Maruca, producer
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Short Film
    "The Inappropriate Behavior Of Our Alleged Loved Ones"
    James Lin, Stephanie Kemp, and Tegan Jones, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Documentary Short Film
    "I Am a Man: From Memphis, a Lesson in Life"
    John Hubbell, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary Short Film
    "I Am a Man: From Memphis, a Lesson in Life"
    John Hubbell, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Student Film
    "stereolife"
    Michael Peluso, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Student Film
    "stereolife"
    Michael Peluso, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Music In a Documentary (new category)
    "Pickin' n Trimmin'"
    Matt Morris, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Cinematography in a Narrative Film (new category)
    "My Sweet Misery"
    Bill Burton, cinematographer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Cinematography in a Documentary (new category)
    "Pickin' n Trimmin'"
    David Schmidt, cinematographer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Screenplay (new category)
    "Falling to the Top"
    Wes Edwards, screenwriter
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Actor (new category)
    "Altar"
    Andrew Jenner, lead actor

2008 Charlotte Film Festival Award Winners

  • Jury Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "Dakota Skye"
    John Humber and Shawn O’Banion, producers
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "Nacht vor Augen" (A Hero’s Welcome)
    Didi Danquart and Boris Michalski, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "Immokalee USA"
    Georg Koszulinski and Dan Gloeckner, producers
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "Children of All Ages"
    Scott Galloway and Brent Pierson, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Short Film
    "A Day’s Work"
    Aleksandar Manic, producer
  • Audience Choice Award Winner – Best Short Film
    "A Day’s Work"
    Aleksandar Manic, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Student Film
    "The Aviatrix"
    Graham Davidson, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Student Film
    "African-Booty Scratcher"
    Artesia Balthrop, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Short Screenplay
    "Tommy & the Beast"
    Frederick Weller, screenwriter

2007 Charlotte Film Festival Award Winners

  • Jury Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "Black Bird"
    Romans Bruce, producer
  • Audience Choice Award - Narrative Feature
    "Body/Antibody"
    Jordan Hoffman and Kerry Dye, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "Mountain Top Removal"
    Michael O’Connell, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary
    "Come Walk in My Shoes"
    Melanie Star Wilson and Robin Smith, producers
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Short film
    "The Visitors" (Die Besucher)
    Molsen Ulrike, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Short Film
    "Harvest"
    Keith Harris, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Student Film
    "The 5:22"
    Bernadette Demisay, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Student Film
    "The Little Gorilla"
    Harry Kellerman, producer

2006 Charlotte Film Festival Award Winners

  • Jury Award Winner – Best Narrative Feature
    "Approaching Union Square"
    Jody Girgenti and Marc Meyers, producers
  • Audience Choice Award - Narrative Feature
    "Self-Medicated"
    Tommy Bell, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Documentary
    "Willie Francis Must Die Again"
    Allan Durand, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary
    "Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture"
    Sabrina Gordon, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Short film
    "Lucia"
    Giovanni Mancini, Rodrigo Lopresti and Franceasca Seiden, producers
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Short Film
    "Bjorn"
    Andy Wiessner, producer
  • Jury Award Winner – Best Student Film
    "My Backyard Was A Mountain"
    Austin Wakefield, producer
  • Audience Choice Award – Best Student Film
    "My Backyard Was A Mountain"
    Austin Wakefield, producer