2012 Festival
2012 Winning Films
Audience Award - Best Animation
Snap directed by Hilere, Thomas G. Murphy
Jury Award – Best Animation
Worlds Apart directed by Michael Zachary Huber (Cogswell Polytechnical College)
Jury Award – Best Family Film
Nanuq directed by Jill Jones
Jury Award – Best Cinematography
The First 70 cinematography by Cory Brown
Audience Award – Best 3D Film
Snap directed by Hilere, Thomas G. Murphy
Audience Award – Best Student Film
Bekas directed by Karzan Kader
Jury Award – Best Student Film
Shoot the Moon directed by Alexander Gaeta (Chapman University, Dodge College of Film & Media Arts) & The Darkness is Close Behind directed by Sheena McCann (American Film Institute)
Audience Award – Best High School Film
Number 2 Pencil directed by Jason Granneman (Bonita High School Students)
Audience Award – Best Big Bear Connection
Into the Unknown directed by John Dion (USC)
Audience Award – Best Short Film
Quiet directed by Lauren Fash
Jury Award – Best Short Film
Crescendo directed by Alonso Alvarez
Audience Award – Best Native American Film
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer
Audience Award – Best LGBT Film
Pursuit directed by Patty Newton
Audience Award – Best Environmental Film
Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey directed by Wendy J.N. Lee
Audience Award – Best Short Documentary
The First 70 directed by Jarratt Moody
Audience Award – Best Feature Documentary
To Them That’s Gone directed by Andrew Mckay
Jury Award – Best Documentary
The Eyes of Thailand directed by Windy Borman
Audience Award – Best Feature Film
Missed Connections directed by Eric Kissack
Jury Award – Best Feature Film
Liars, Fires and Bears directed by Jeremy Cloe
2012 Screenwriting Finalists:
Run by Dennis Luu
The Motherload by Joan Macbeth
The Kingdom of the Dead by Todd Scheiperpeter
The Work of Zombies by Patricia Semler
Will’s Friend Will by Elaine Thomas
2012 Screenwriting Semi-Finalists:
After Her by Michael Egan
Born a Dragon by Michael Spohr
Diamond Express by Kyle Curry
My College Essay by Mary Krell-Oishi
Sand Devils by Blair Cosby
The Black Grail by Keith Russell
The Fugitive Heroes by Scott Wallace
Tower Seige by David Boito
2012 Screenwriting Quarter-Finalists:
Appearances by Frederic Richter
Embargo by Carole Ryavec
God Bless Alec Palmer by Beth Hoover
Headless by John T. Frederick
Holy Mother of God! by Jim Bernfield
Me World by Matthew Stodder
Mistress Mom by Tony Scott
Redmen by Sandy Tung
The Accidental Man by Jennie Evenson
The Kill Zone by Troy Hector
The Kiss by Remi Vaughn
The Unity Trigger by Anthony Moore
Time of the Jaguar by Andrew Arthur
Visionary by Jeff Malphurs
Zoey’s List by Liz Skillman2012 CENTERPIECE FILM
(Saturday, September 15, 2012)ARBITRAGE, the feature directorial debut of writer Nicholas Jarecki, is a taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance. When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. Struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling), Miller’s also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Côte (Laetitia Casta). Just as he’s about to unload his troubled empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker), a face from Miller’s past. One wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer (Tim Roth), who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will hemake it out before the bubble bursts?
ARBITRAGE
Written & Directed by Nicholas Jarecki
Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon , Brit Marling,Tim Roth
Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions
Running Time: 107 minutes
