2013 Film Festival Awards

The Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival awards ceremony took place on Monday, September 2nd. Clips were shown from each of three finalists in the categories of Animated Comedy, Animated Fantasy, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Documentary, Fan Film, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Comedy, Music Video, Musical, Science Fiction, Thrillers, as well as Feature. The finalists, as well as the winners, are listed below.

Best Animated Short and Best Short Film were chosen from the 1st place winners in the genre shorts categories. An Honorable Mention was given to a film that, due to particularly intense competition, did not place first in its category. This was a juried competition.

Best Short Film: Death of a Shadow
Best Animated Film: The Gold Sparrow
Honorable Mention: The Secret Keeper

Animated Comedy

1st Place: Little Red
Create
Shotrocity

Animated Fantasy

1st Place: Theres an Octopus in Your Head
Feral
Transmission

Comedy

1st Place: Fist of Jesus
Karl of the Future
The Robbery

Dark Comedy

1st Place: Blue Division
Freebird
The Meeting

Dark Fantasy

1st Place: Death of a Shadow
The Dark
The Secret Keeper

Documentary

1st Place: With Paper Hands
Keye Luke
Hibakusha

Fan Film

1st Place: Little Man of Steel
Brand Expanders – Vaderade
Red Sand: a Mass Effect Fan Film

Fantasy

1st Place: The Brewmaster
Antoine and the Heroes
Rose, Mary and Time

Horror

1st Place: The Root Of The Problem
Cold Turkey
Locked Up

Horror Comedy

1st Place: Killer Kart
Polterghost
‘Til Death

Music Video

1st Place: The Gold Sparrow
Man of Steel Song
Objects of Desire

Musical

1st Place: Miracle on Metal Street
Poison Apple
Shtarkers: Tough Guys

Science Fiction

1st Place: 113 Degrees
Restitution
Supervised

Thriller

1st Place: Hide n Seek
Girls Named Pinky
Territorial

Feature Film

1st Place: The Human Race
FANomenon
A Plague So Pleasant