International Competition

ANIMATED EYE AWARD
Ryan (Chris Landreth, Canada)

BEST COMEDY (shared)
Home Game (Martin Lund, Norway)
Our Time Is Up (Rob Pearlstein, USA)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Family Portrait (Patricia Riggen, USA)

BEST DRAMA
Smoke-Flavored Life (Eunjung Ryou, South Korea)

BEST STUDENT
Victoria Para Chino (Cary Joji Fukunaga, USA/Mexico)

BEST SHORT SHORT
My Head (Knut Petter Ryan, Norway)

MOST INNOVATIVE SHORT
City Paradise (Gaelle Denis, UK)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ($2500 in KODAK film stock)
Rain Is Falling (Holger Ernst, Germany)

SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
Alice and Me (Micha Wald, Belgium)
Goodnight Irene (Sterlin Harjo, USA)
Rave Against the Machine (Richard Rudy, James Harvey, Stevan Riley, Holly Lubbock, UK)
Silent Companion (Elham Hossein zadeh, Iran)
La Vie d'un Chien (The Life of a Dog) (John Harden, USA)


Other Jury Awards

THE ELLEN AWARD for Most Original Work
Ryan (Chris Landreth, Canada)

THE ELLEN Certificates for Excellence and Originality
Goodbye, Cruel World (Vito Rocco, UK)
Tama Tu (Taika Waititi, New Zealand)

(The Ellen Awards, named in honor of Festival Founder, Ellen Hunt, are selected by a special jury.)

BAFTA/L.A. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Rain Is Falling (Holger Ernst, Germany)

BAFTA/L.A. Honorable Mentions
Little Terrorist (Ashvin Kumar, UK/India)
Screwback (Brian O'Malley, Ireland)
Victoria Para Chino (Cary Joji Fukunaga, USA/Mexico)

(The BAFTA/LA Awards are chosen by members of the Los Angeles Chapter of the British Academy of Film and Television.)

AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD
God Sleeps in Rwanda (Kimberlee Acquaro & Stacy Sherman, USA)

(The Audience Favorite Award is selected by ballots from Aspen Shortsfest's audience.)


Local Filmmaker Showcase 2005 Awards

BEST FILM
A Good Strong Roof (Tony Gault, Glenwood Springs)

BEST STUDENT FILM
State Dreams (Matt Hobbs, Basalt)

JURY RECOGNITION
From Fear to Faith (Annalisa Hodgkins, Basalt)

(The Local Filmmakers Awards are selected by a panel of local educators, parents and students.)