2012 CFF Award Nominees | 2012 CFF Award Jurors
| Indie Film Force Award – Best Narrative Feature | |
|---|---|
| Inuk — Mike Magidson, Director | Sylvie Barbe, Mike Magidson, Executive | |
| Regretting Fish — Brad Saville, Director | Zita Vasilisinova, Producer | |
| Restive — Jeremiah Jones, Writer/Director | Jeremiah Jones and Lindy Jones, Producers | |
| Indie Truth Award – Best Documentary Feature | |
|---|---|
| Age of Champions — Christopher Rufo, Director | Keith Ochwat, Producer | |
| Bailout — Sean Fahey, Director | |
| Question One — Joe Fox, Writer/Director | Joe Fox and James Nubile, Producers | |
| YERT — Ben Evans, Director | Mark Dixon, Producer | |
| Indie Spirit Award – Best Narrative Short | |
|---|---|
| Fatakra (Firecracker) — Soham Mehta, Director | Ninaad Vaidya, Producer | |
| Ghost of Old Highways — Dan Bush, Director | Ben Lovett, Executive Producer | |
| Protect the Nation — C. R. Reisser, Writer/Director | Marcus Machura, Producer | |
| Sudd (Out of Erasers) – Erik Rosenlund, Writer/Director | Daniel Wirtberg, Producer | |
| Unemployment – Chris Crutchfield and Austin Herring, Directors/Producers | |
| Indie Focus Award – Best Documentary Short | |
|---|---|
| I Fuck with my Voice: It’s a Cartoon — Evan Rothman, Director/Producer | |
| Look to the Cookie — Lindsay Lindenbaum, Director/Producer | |
| Made By Me – Jess Dang, Director | Jesse Knapp and Lindsey Villareal, Producer | |
| One Night in Kernersville — Rodrigo Dorfman, Director/Producer | |
| The Florestine Collection — Paul Gailiunas and Helen Hill, Writers/Directors/Producers | |
| Indie Hope Award – Best Student Film | |
|---|---|
| Beneath — Christopher Fernandez, Writer/Director | Hans Sahni and Beth Wickman, Producers | |
| Contra el Mar (Against the Sea) — Richard Parkin, Writer/Director/Editor | Laura Arvizu, Producer | |
| Terrebonne — Jeremy Craig, Writer/Producer | Julie Buck and Catherine Shao, Producers | |
| The Maiden and The Princess — Ali Scher, Director | Becca Louisell and Ian Ward, Producers | |
| Wonderland: A True Story — Dana Al Mojil, Writer/Director | Anwar Kneimesh, Producer | |
| Indie Magic Award – Best Animated Short | |
|---|---|
| Being Bradford Dillman — Emma Burch, Director/Producer | |
| Gilded Age Gladiator — Rob Benica and Brad Lambert, Directors/Producers | |
| My Brother Greg — Philipp Enders, Writer/Director/Producer/Animator | |
| The Gravity of Being — Beau Burrows, Writer/Director/Animator | |
| The Man With The Stolen Heart — Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith, Writer/Director | |
| Best Actor – in a short or feature-length fictional film | |
|---|---|
| Erin Cole — Angela | |
| John Fiore — The Mulberry Tree | |
| Brett Gentile — Fork | |
| Ole Jørgen Hammeken — Inuk | |
| Ben Lovett — Ghost of Old Highways | |
| Adolfo Madera — Contra el Mar (Against the Sea) | |
| Marianna Palka — Restive | |
| Mark Scarboro — A Box For Rob | |
| Rob Treveiler — Unemployment | |
| Hannah Utt — Alex | |
| Best Cinematography – in a fictional film | |
|---|---|
| Beneath — Matt Dreiling, Cinematographer | |
| Ghost of Old Highways — J. Christopher Campbell, Cinematographer | |
| Regretting Fish — Will Sargent, Cinematographer | |
| Static — Peter Eastgate, Cinematographer | |
| The Warm-up Guy — Chris Saul, Cinematographer | |
| Best Cinematography – in a documentary film | |
|---|---|
| Made By Me — Alejandro Martinez, Cinematographer | |
| One Night in Kernersville — Rodrigo Dorfman, Cinematographer | |
| Stitched — Tom Gandy, Cinematographer | |
| The Hopeful — Eric Arnold, Cinematographer | |
| Best Music – in any category | |
|---|---|
| Beneath — Melissa Edwards, Composer | |
| Ghost Of Old Highways — music by Lovett | |
| Nathan Davis Still Lives — music by Nathan Davis | |
| One Night in Kernersville — music by John Brown | |
| The Big Bad – Fred Backus, Music Producer | |
