The 20th annual Florida Film Festival came to a close last weekend with an awards reception recognizing the best in American independent and foreign film.
The jury and audience award-winners of the 2011 Florida Film Festival in the American Independent and International Feature Film, Documentary, and Short Film categories are as follows:
FEATURE FILMS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
THE HAPPY POET, directed by Paul Gordon
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Debut Performance
Joslyn Jensen in WITHOUT, directed by Mark Jackson
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
HAMILL, directed by Oren Kaplan
Audience Award for Best International Feature
INCENDIES, directed by Denis Villeneuve
DOCUMENTARIES
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
MADE IN INDIA, directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha
Special Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking
STUFF, directed by Lawrence Johnson
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
LOUDER THAN A BOMB, directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
MINKA, directed by Davina Pardo
SHORT FILMS
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
WEST OF THE MOON, directed by Brent Bonacorso
Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short
BOTTLE, directed by Kirsten Lepore
Special Jury Award for Short Filmmaking
AFTER THE SNOW, directed by Brooke Sebold
Audience Award for Best Short Film
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Audience Award for Best International Short
PIXELS, directed by Patrick Jean