Some of 2012 Award Winners pictured (from left to right) Sangeeta Nambiar, Alex Brüel Flagstad, Bernadine Santistevan, Sebastian Doggart, Fran Tarr, Gene Gallerano, Mozell Miley-Bailey, Tony Ducret, YaVaughnie Wilkins and Zachary Kerschberg
BEST FILM
True Bromance Sebastian Doggart (UK, US)
BEST WORLD FILM
A.L.F. Jerome Lescure (France)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Herman’s House (Canada, US)
Angad Bhalla
BEST WORLD DOCUMENTARY
Not My Life Robert Bilheimer (Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Romania, Senegal, US)
BEST DIRECTOR
Gene Gallerano The Talk Man (US)
BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Dalton Narine Mas Man (Trinidad & Tobago, US)
MIRA NAIR AWARD for Rising Female Filmmaker
Sangeeta Nambiar A Gran Plan (Singapore)
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Glamorous Lie (US)
BEST ACTOR
Maurice Ripke Hombre y Tierra (US)
Directed by Christian Cisneros
BEST ACTRESS
Farida Jalal A Gran Plan (Singapore)
Directed by Sangeeta Nambiar
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Check the Rhyme Tim Smoove (US)
TOP SEVEN SHORTS (NARRATIVE)
Amos Taylor Maxwell (US)
I Can Smoke? Tony Ducret (US)
Playing Grown Up Javier Solorzano Casarin (Mexico)
Shoot the Moon Alexander Gaeta (US)
The Darkness is Close Behind Sheena McCann (US)
The Hole Joon Seong Ahn (South Korea)
The Pilgrim & the Private Eye Joel Johnstone (US)
BEST SHORT SHORTS*
And I on the Opposite Shore Mozell Miley-Bailey (US)
Co Raz Zostalo Zapisane Martin Rath (Poland)
Raise My Hands Frank Kelly (Ireland)
The Future Venetia Taylor (Australia)
The World Outside Zachary Kerschberg (US)
*12 minutes and under
BEST ANIMATION
The Hopper Alex Brüel Flagstad (Denmark)
Wolf Dog Tales Bernadine Santistevan (US)
BEST YOUTH (FEATURE) FILM
Brooklyn Bridges Fran Tarr (Palestine, US)
BEST YOUTH SHORT
Cross Court Rafael Cortina (US)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Soldier Cinque Northern (US)
HARLEM SPOTLIGHT
Stonefaced Vivian Ducat (US)
WINNING FEATURE SCRIPT
Eternal Spring Fist Erik Bernard
WINNING SHORT SCRIPT
The Tenth Door Michael D. Lies
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
Hope is Not a Black and White Rainbow Harold Brown
Resilience Lena Slachmuijlder
You Dresses, Me Shoes S.A. Green
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
Fall Out Michael Gold
In 2 Me U Kimberly Fernandez & Jeanette Villafane
Kingpin RM Chepesiuk
Undivided Trevor and Troy Parham