2012 Award Winners
Here is a recap of the 2012 Gasparilla Int'l Film Festival Winners. For all those who attended, we hope you had the chance to see these great films. And to the filmmakers - cast, crew, and families - CONGRATULATIONS!!!
AWARD/WINNER
Life Achievment Award: Keith David
Career Achievement Award: Chazz Palminteri
Rising Star Award: Ryan O'Nan
Digital Domain Institute Award for Screenwriting Competition
“Heart of a Family” BY Sharon Duncan
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Documentary
Dialogue from the Steppes
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Documentary
Teresa Sareo - Alive Again
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Narrative
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Narrative
Underground
Florida Governor’s Office Film in Florida Award for Best Florida Prod.
Subprime
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Male
Michael Weston in “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Female
Danielle Harris
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Narrative
Wolf Call
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Documentary
Dilli
Digital Domain Institute Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary
The Loving Story
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Animated Short
Live Outside the Box
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Narrative
Downtown Express
Digital Domain Institute Grand Jury Award for Young Filmmaker
According to Plan
2011 Award Winners
Lifetime Achievment Award: M. Emmet Walsh
Career Achievement Award: Tom Berenger
Achievement in Cinema: Joseph M. Monks
Audience Short: War of Our Children
Audience Doc: Voices From Mariel
Audience Narrative: Leave
Best Florida Production: Square Grouper, Godfathers of Ganja
Special Mention Male: Obba Babatunde (Fallen Faithful)
Special Mention Female: Annie Bu Maure, (Los Dioses Rotos)
Grand Jury Short: Missile Crisis
Grand Jury Doc: Hot Coffee
Grand Jury Narrative: Leave
Grand Jury Young Filmmaker: Civil Indigent
2010 Award Winners
Lifetime Achievment Award: Raymond J. Barry
Rising Star Award: Arielle Kebbel
Best feature: Friends with Benefits
Best Florida production: Endure
Audience prize (short): Seven to Ten Business Days (best short)
Audience prize (documentary): Full Signal
Audience prize (feature): Hope for a Thorn
Special merit awards: Prime of Your Life, The Calling
Special Mention, Male and Female (Merit awards for acting): Ryan Donowho (Prime of Your Life),
Margaret Laney (Friends with Benefits)
Young Filmmaker Prize: Kelley Katzenmeyer, To Be Remembered
Best short Jury: Piece of Paper
Honorable mention Jury Prize: Bilal's Stand
2009 Award Winners
Lifetime Achievment Award: Terry Moore
Career Achievment Award: Armande Assante
Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Zona Rossa
Audience Best Short: Gisela's Closet
Best Local Production: Ghost of Ybor - Charlie Wall view trailer
Special Mention Cinema Award: Clear Lake, WI view trailer
Special Mention Cinema Award: Misconceptions
Special Mention Grand Jury: Amal view trailer
Grand Jury: Kassim the Dream view trailer
Audience Best Documentary: Truth in 24 view trailer
Audience Best Narrative: What Doesn't Kill You view trailer
Special Mention: Laura Harrington in Drool
Special Mention: Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You view trailer
2008 Award Winners
Male Rising Star Award: Shane West
Female Rising Star Award: Brittany Snow
Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Oneric
Audience Best Short: Oneric
Best Local Production: Gunn Highway view trailer
Special Mention Cinema Award: The Flock view trailer
Special Mention Grand Jury: Big Rig view trailer
Grand Jury: American Fork view trailer
Audience Best Documentary: Tocar y Luchar “To Play and To Fight view trailer
Audience Best Narrative: The Fly Boys view trailer
Special Mention: Arielle Kebbel "Day Dreamer" view trailer
Special Mention: Shane West "What We Do Is Secret" view trailer
2007 Award Winners
Grand Jury Award: “Say I Do”
Special Grand Jury Mention: “Maroa”
Audience Award, Best Documentary: “Motherland Afghanistan”
Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature: “Immaculate Misconception”
Young Filmmaker Award: “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”
Jury Award, Best Short: “Collision”
Special Mention Award: Johnny Miller, “Toy Attack.”
Special Mention Actress: Yorlis Dominguez , “Maroa.”
Special Mention Actor: Ben Koldyke , “Say I Do.”
Special Mention Cinematography: Armando Salazar, “Que Tan Lejos.” |
