International Competition

ANIMATED EYE AWARD
Lavatory Lovestory (Konstantin Bronzit, Russia)

BEST COMEDY
Spider (Nash Edgerton, Australia)

BEST DRAMA
Waves (Adrian Sitaru, Romania)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (shared)
Elegy for the Elswick Envoy (Nancy Willis, UK)
Peter and Ben (Pinny Grylls, UK)

BEST SHORT SHORT
John and Karen (Matthew Walker, UK)

BEST STUDENT
On the Line (Reto Caffi, Germany/Switzerland)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Waves (Adrian Sitaru, Romania)

HARD C HIGH-FIVE TO LO-FI
sponsored by Hard C, Aspen Shortsfest alumni Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki’s comedy production company
Spider (Nash Edgerton, Australia)

SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
Brackish Water (David Reiss-Andersen, Norway)
It's My Turn (Ismet Ergün, Turkey/Germany)
Rattlesnakes (Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, Iceland)
Salvador (Abdelatif Hwidar, Spain)

Other Jury Awards

THE ELLEN
Life's Hard (Gabriel Sirbu, Romania)

THE ELLEN SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
The Wednesdays (Conor Ferguson, Ireland)

BAFTA/LOS ANGELES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Sikumi (On the Ice) (Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, USA)

BAFTA/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATES OF EXCELLENCE
Aquarium (Rob Meyer, USA)
Waves (Adrian Sitaru, Romania)

YOUTH JURY PRIZE
Cherries (Tom Harper, UK)

AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD
Come Back to Sudan (Daniel Junge, Patti Bonnet, USA)
One Bridge to the Next (Kim A. Snyder, USA)