Best Narrative Feature

WINNER
The Mulberry Tree
Mark Heller, Director  |  Michael DeLiso, Russell Gray, Producers

RUNNER UP
A Box For Rob
Renzo Vasquez, Director  |  Michael Davis, Producer

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER
Nathan Davis Still Lives
Dean Garris, Writer/Producer/Director/Editor

RUNNER UP
The Hopeful
Brendan Kirsch, Director  |  Jon Treadway, Eric Arnold, Eric Nelson, Ryan Eslinger, Lisa Goldstein, Producers

Best Narrative Short

WINNER
Unemployment
Chris Crutchfield and Austin Herring, Directors/Producers

RUNNER UP
Fork
Austin Herring, Director  |  Josh Barkey, Austin Herring, and Raúl Martínez, Producers

Best Documentary Short

WINNER
Delmar
Matt Dine, Director | Matt Dine and Dan Pacek, Producers

RUNNER UP
The Florestine Collection
Paul Gailiunas, Helen Hill, Writers/Directors/Producers

Best Student Film

WINNER
Wonderland: A true story
Dana Al Mojil, Writer/Director | Anwar Kneimesh, Producer

RUNNER UP
Terrebonne
Jeremy Craig, Writer/Director  |  Julie Buck, Catherine Shao, Producers

Best Animated Short

WINNER
Gilded Age Gladiator
Rob Benica and Brad Lambert, Directors/Producers

RUNNER UP
The Gravity of Being
Beau Burrows, Writer/Director/Animator

We hope you will have a chance to stop by. See you at the movies.

PROTECT THE NATION – Winner of Best Narrative Short
THE MAIDEN AND THE PRINCESS – Winner of Best Student Film
GILDED AGE GLADIATOR – Winner of Best Animation
GHOST OF OLD HIGHWAYS – Winner of Best Cinematography in a Narrative Film and Best Music
ONE NIGHT IN KERNERSVILLE – Winner of Best Cinematography in a Documentary Short

6:45 PM – The Mulberry Tree
8:45 PM – Flood Streets
9:00 PM – A Box For Rob

We hope to see you there.

Winners of the Audience Choice Awards will be announced after the festival.

Indie Film Force Award – Best Narrative Feature

WINNER
INUK
Mike Magidson, Director  |  Sylvie Barbe, Mike Magidson, Executive

RUNNER UP
RESTIVE
Jeremiah Jones, Writer/Director  |  Jeremiah Jones and Lindy Jones, Producers

 Indie Truth Award – Best Documentary Feature

WINNER
AGE OF CHAMPIONS
Christopher Rufo, Director   |   Keith Ochwat, Producer

RUNNER UP
QUESTION ONE
Joe Fox, Writer/Director  |  Joe Fox  and James Nubile, Producers

Indie Spirit Award – Best Narrative Short

WINNER
PROTECT THE NATION
C. R. Reisser, Writer/Director  |  Marcus Machura, Producer

RUNNER UP
UNEMPLOYMENT
Chris Crutchfield and Austin Herring, Directors/Producers

Indie Focus Award – Best Documentary Short

WINNER
LOOK TO THE COOKIE
Lindsay Lindenbaum, Director/Producer

RUNNER UP
MADE BY ME
Jess Dang, Director  |  Jesse Knapp and Lindsey Villareal, Producers

Indie Hope Award – Best Student Film

WINNER
THE MAIDEN AND THE PRINCESS
Ali Scher, Director  |  Becca Louisell and Ian Ward, Producers

RUNNER UP
TERREBONE
Jeremy Craig, Writer/Producer  |  Julie Buck and Catherine Shao, Producers

Indie Magic Award – Best Animated Short

WINNER
GILDED AGE GLADIATOR
Rob Benica and Brad Lambert, Directors/Producers

RUNNER UP
BEING BRADFORD DILLMAN
Emma Burch, Director/Producer

Best Actor – in a short or feature-length fictional film

WINNER:
ROB TREVEILER
Unemployment

RUNNER UP
OLE JØRGEN HAMMEKEN
Inuk

Best Cinematography – in a fictional film

WINNER
GHOST OF OLD HIGHWAYS
J. Christopher Campbell, Cinematographer

RUNNER UP
REGRETTING FISH
Will Sargent, Cinematographer

Best Cinematography – in a documentary film

WINNER
ONE NIGHT IN KERNERSVILLE
Rodrigo Dorfman, Cinematographer

RUNNER UP
MADE BY ME
Alejandro Martinez, Cinematographer

Best Music – in any category

WINNER
GHOST OF OLD HIGHWAYS
music by Lovett

RUNNER UP:
BENEATH
Melissa Edwards, Composer

Edwin Gil

We are pleased to announce that an art installation by one of our favorite artists, Charlotte’s own  Edwin Gil, will be on exhibit at the 2012 Charlotte Film festival.

Edwin was born in Itagui, Colombia He is a contemporary conceptual artist best known for his vibrant colors and proprietary paint technique used to achieve depth and movement in his works.

The installation, which will be on exhibit on the second floor of the Epicentre Theaters, was made as part of Edwin’s project called “Quilting Differences”. The project itself is a multicultural art initiative by the artist in which different races, colors and creeds are connected through social media. The art piece you see will see is Gil’s visual interpretation of interviews conducted via Skype with people from China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, France, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States.

Participants were asked to share one childhood memory specific to their culture, a brief bio and a favorite color in order to create the “quilt” pieces represented in this artwork. The art piece includes QR codes that you can scan with your smartphone and be directed to the online video that relates to the segment of the painting where the code is found. The installation also includes a video screen on which you can watch the various videos.

Artist Edwin Gil says Quilting Differences is indicative of how cultures around the world can instantly be connected through the power of social media and demonstrates how we are all interconnected. He goes on to say how interesting it is to see the similarities and importance that people place on a strong support network of family, friends and community.

The project promotes unity among cultures, while also giving us an inside look at how people’s childhood memories can make a lasting impression on how they view the world. Through art we can build social capital, bridge cultural gaps and empower communities.

We are honored to have such an important exhibit be a part of our festival and hope you will enjoy it during your attendance.

The film up for most awards, this year, is the short “Ghost of Old Highways” with four nominations. The film, which is based on a song by the artist Ben Lovett, was shot almost entirely in North Carolina, atop Black Balsam Knob in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville.

Another film from North Carolina (Durham), the documentary short “One Night in Kernersville” is up for three awards. The film, a raw and vibrantly-shot masterpiece, is set in the legendary recording studios of Mitch Easter, and follows bass player John Brown as he lives the dream of his life: making a big band Jazz recording.

Also with three nomination is the psychological mystery, “Beneath” about a woman pleading for her husband to return after she has an extra-marital affair.

Other films with multiple nominations include the feature-length films “Inuk“, “Regretting Fish“, and “Restive“; and the short films “Contra el Mar“, “Made By Me“, and “Unemployment”

For a complete listing of each film in the category they were nominated, as well as a list of the 2012 CFF Award Jurors, click here.