Dragon Con Independent Film Festival

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Bedtime For Timmy
Bear-Horse
Frowning

Animated Drama

1^st Place: Gilded Age Gladiator
Junk Palace
Milo

Animated Fantasy

1^st Place: Dream Giver
The Lady ParaNorma
Moonfishing

Animated Surrealism

1^st Place: Odokuro
5 Minutes Each
Masks

Comedy

1^st Place: Sudden Death
Bear Force One
Shadow Puppets

Dark Comedy

1^st Place: A Cup of Tea
Abra Cadaver
Balls

Drama

1^st Place: Invasion from Planet Schrump
The Lone Warrior
Triplets (Mitsugo)

Fantasy

1^st Place: Time’s Up, Eve
Early Birds
My Good Fortune

Horror

1^st Place: The Furred Man
Lamaze Of The Dead
Making Friends

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Plush
Certified
Get Off My Porch

Music Video

1^st Place: Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
G33K & G4M3R GIRLS
I Just Want To (Dance)

Science Fiction

1^st Place: James Vs Reality
Blunderkind
Once Upon a Time in 1972

Thriller

1^st Place: Suffer
Deadbeat
Easier Ways To Make A Living

Feature Film

1^st Place: The Millennium Bug

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Chroma Chameleon
Enter The Sandbox
Snuggle Time

Animated Fantasy

1^st Place: Mythic Journeys: The Bone Orchard
Jabbawaki
The Peasant and the Root

Animated Science Fiction

1^st Place: Theosaurology
Cataclysmo
Snapshots

Animated Short-Short

1^st Place: X-Mess Detritus
Loser pays, Winner stays
Tiny Legs of Fire

Action

1^st Place: Interpretation
The Assassin Project
Bridge

Comedy

1^st Place: The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives
Animated American
Be Good

Dark Comedy

1^st Place: Hector Corp.
Altar
The Baby Shredder Song

Documentary

1^st Place: Striking Metal
Springbringer: Songs from the World of New Nature
Tree of Knowledge

Fantasy

1^st Place: Bathtub to happiness
Death in the Garden
The Hunt For Gollum

Horror

1^st Place: On Edge
Dead EXIT
Survivors

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Death In Charge
Deadspiel
Soulmates

Magic Realism

1^st Place: That’s Magic!
In The Rope
Mrs. Brumett’s Garden

Science Fiction

1^st Place: Enigma
Bohemibot
Rosfeld

Thriller

1^st Place: SHADOW.NET
First Kill
The Price to Pay

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Max the Hero
Terrafarmer
Tofu the Vegan Zombie: Zombie Dearest

Animated Horror

1^st Place: The Book Dealers
A Break in the Monotony
Getting Out

Animated Fantasy & Science Fiction

1^st Place: Paper Shepherd
First Time Out
Invisible Master

Experimental Animation

1^st Place: Transrexia
Destiny Manifest
Prometheus’ Garden

Comedy

1^st Place: Lowenstein’s a Terrorist
Booth Girls
Small Talk

Dark Comedy

1^st Place: 3 Stories About Evil
Downsized
Suityman

Fantasy

1^st Place: The Delivery
Lord of Dreams
Straighten Up And Fly Right

Dark Fantasy

1^st Place: Winter’s Tale
Ringtone
Shamus the Myth

Horror

1^st Place: Reflections
The Bug
Centigrade

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Harvest Moon
Casting Call of Cthulhu
Prombies!

Machinima

1^st Place: The Demise
In For a Penny
Monad

Science Fiction

1^st Place: Outsource
EPICAC
The Glitch

Short-Shorts

1^st Place: The Diary of Anne Frank of the Dead
300 Pounds
Hard Stapled

Suspense

1^st Place: By Appointment Only
Paint Shaker
This Is a Story About Ted and Alice

Thriller

1^st Place: Al’s Beef
Dead Bones
Voigtkampff

Drama

1^st Place: Verboten
Leave You In Me
Safe House

Audience Awards for films containing:
The Most Frightening: The Procedure
The Most spectacular Effects: Outsource
The Best Villain: Verboten

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Whale
Clicker Clatter
Dr. Docatto’s Reprise!!!

Animated Drama

1^st Place: When The World Goes Dark
Everything Will Be OK
Snake

Animated Horror

1^st Place: Puppet
Georgie’s Wish
The Intruder

Animated Fantasy & Science Fiction

1^st Place: Operation: Fish
Alien for Christmas
Art’s Desire

Action & Suspense

1^st Place: Forged
Rest Stop for the Rare Individual
Roma Sub Rosa: The Secret Under the Rose

Asian-Themed

1^st Place: Lullaby Crossing
The Laborer
Vengeful Spirit

Comedy

1^st Place: Monster Job Hunter
The Love Box
The Time Machine

Dark Comedy

1^st Place: The Fifth
My Friend Sam
Sparks

Fantasy

1^st Place: Jakob and the Angels
The Henchman
Ordinary Angels

Horror

1^st Place: Para-Normal
A.W.O.L.
Iron Bird

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Zombie Love
Cannibal Flesh Riot
Night of the Hell-Hamsters

Parody

1^st Place: 07
The Ring of Ultimate Power
Thanksgiving With the Kranzes

Magic Realism

1^st Place: Enter the Dragonfly
Belinda’s Swan Song
Vanished Acres

Science Fiction

1^st Place: D-I-M, Deus in Machina
Face Machine
Great Detective

Short-Shorts

1^st Place: A Little Night Fright
Blue Dreams Downtown
Kasting

Audience Awards for films containing:
Insanely Brilliant Original Song: Zombie Love
Kick-Ass Fight: Forged
Deliciously Twisted Relationship: Daddy Why?
Overall Joyously Perverse: The Boy Princes: A Tragedie Most Monstrous

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Hazel’s Hips
Mercury Inspection
Uh-Oh: A Brief Encounter

Animated Fantasy

1^st Place: Dragon
If I Had a Hammer
The Toll

Animated Horror

1^st Place: From Beyond
The Masque of Ollock
The Pit and the Pendulum

Comedy

1^st Place: The Wright Stuff
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Documentary

1^st Place: Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills and Painted Nightmares
Cannes Do
The Curling Stones

Drama

1^st Place: The Analyst’s Goodbye
Earthly Things
Whore

Fantasy

1^st Place: The Greatest Story of All Time
Crooked Mick of the Speewah
Devil’s Rose

Horror

1^st Place: Oculus
The Call of Cthulhu
The Mamtsotsi Bird

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Raven Gets a Life
Danger Zone
The Sparkle Lite Motel

Parody

1^st Place: Bon Appetit
The Injured StormTrooper
Uh Oh Betty

Science Fiction

1^st Place: Helix
The Key
Microgravity

Thriller

1^st Place: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Faceless
Just

Animated Comedy

1^st Place: Rattus Pistofficus
Herman, The Legal Labrador*
Lightman
The Love Train
Surly Squirrel*
Timmy’s Lessons in Nature: Lessons 1-3
To A Man With A Big Nose
Violin
Zombie Skunk Ghouls Preview

Animated Fantasy & Science Fiction

1^st Place: The Mysterious Geographic
Explorations of Jasper Morello
Cold War
Illume
Joy Comes in the Morning
Knights in the Enchanted Museum*
Valley of Gwombi*

Animated Horror

1^st Place: Little Dead Girl
Circle of Freaks
L’amour est…*
Seed*

Comedy

1^st Place: Final Sale
I am Stamos
It’s About Time
Pirates Vs. Ninjas*
Prayers From Pelham
The Three R’s*

Extreme Horror

1^st Place: Means To An End
Filthy*
Jitters*

Fantasy

1^st Place: Apartment 206
The Babel Trunk
The Big Thing
Claang: The Origin
The Commission*
Heyday
Ignoble
Nie solo seiN (Never even)
Rainbow’s End
Turn*

Horror

1^st Place: Colour Blind
208
Clown*
Legion The Word Made Flesh*
I’ll See You in My Dreams
Stephen King’s Gotham Café
Thirty Five
We All Fall Down

Horror Comedy

1^st Place: Pee Shy
Freakshow
Herbie!*
Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day*
To Psigio (The Fridge)

Parody

1^st Place: Confederate Zombie Massacre!
Imperial Chopper*
Jedi House*
Mosquito: Behind the Scenes Preview
Portrait of a Zombie
Teenage Superhero Pregnancy Scare

Science Fiction

1^st Place: Cost Of Living
The Cost of Living
Farmer Brown
Into the Maelstrom
Smartcard*
Star Wars: Revelations*
Terror In The Outer Zone

Thriller

1^st Place: D
1309
Kyoto Nocturnes, Part I: Elegant Slaughter
Latchkey
Le Manian
Morphin(e)*
The Neighborly Thing
One For The Road
Rats
Staring at the Sun*

Classic Animation

Al Roach: Private Insectigator (7 min)
Directed by Obie Scott Wade. James Garner stars as a roach P.I. in a film noir send-up.

Birdon (3 min)
Directed by Jackie Huang. A caged bird tastes freedom.

Don’t Feed the Book (2 min)
Directed by Robin Ator. No food or drinks in this store, please.

Duel (4 min)
Directed by Colin Elliott. Two wizards battle each other in a hand-drawn short.

1^st Place Flyaway (11 min)
Directed by Danny Oakley. A wooden toy plane longs to soar. From the makers of the BAFTA nominee and last year’s winner, Dear, Sweet Emma.

Willis Sillim’s Tall Tale (7 min)
Directed by Steffen Vala. Animation, showing that it’s tough to be tall.

Object Aimation

1^st Place The Devil & Manny Schmeckstein (7 min)
Directed by Jim Goodman. An old comedian dies onstage and goes to claymation hell.

The Ends of the Alphabet (9 min)
Directed by Eric Kurland. More film noir animation, this time with hand puppets.

Laundry Day (10 min)
Directed by Bryan Smith. A family of sock puppets fear the monster in their dryer.

Rex & Red (2 min)
Directed by Chad Meserve. Desktop toys wage epic battles.

The Robot & The Tree (4 min)
Directed by Daniel Robashkin. Object animation about a little robot that needs a battery.

Sci-Fi Animation

1^st Place RockFish (9 min)
Directed by Tim Miller. A man and his little critter buddy go fishing in the core of a hostile planet.

Welcome To Eden (5 min)
Directed by Erin Condy. Two deep-space scientists make a cataclysmic error.

Comedy

Argent Liquide (12 min)
Directed by Shaun Andrews. How a cash deposit is processed.

Big Time (29 min)
Directed by Geofrey Hildrew. A giant (Matthew McGrory, from Big Fish) wants to do standup, but is tricked into joining a circus by Zamboni (Curtis Armstrong).

1^st Place Killing Kevin (16 min)
Directed by Jeanne Kopeck. Things go wrong at a meeting of the Victims of Kevin Costner support group.

The Perfect Proposal (4 min)
Directed by Brandon McCormick. The perplexing perils of proposing.

The Right Hand Man (18 min)
Directed by Simon Williamson. A rookie poker hustler is forced to learn a lesson.

Waiting For Maggio (10 min)
Directed by Jens Conway. He’s late for a meeting with the Don, and the Don is not happy.

Silly Works

The Accusation (4 min)
Directed by Tom Konkle. Shades on Monty Python! A very proper argument.

The End (2 min)
Directed by Tim Clayton and Rob Crowther. Don’t touch that globe! From the makers of Foley Street (Best Documentary in 2002).

First Kiss (1 min)
Directed by Varda Hardy. A young girl describes her very first kiss.

1^st Place The Hero (10 min)
Directed by Michael Field. A desperate chase to stop a kidnapping.

Pinkerton’s Hair Club for Scientists (2 min)
Directed by Lewis D’Aubinv. A hair club infomercial for scientists.

The Secret to Happiness (7 min)
Directed by Tom Konkle. Congratulations after a wedding.

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (6 min)
Directed by Steve Desmond. A school bully faces death.

Contemporary

The Arsonist (15 min)
Directed by Myles Sorensen. A narcoleptic therapist avoids investigating the case of an arsonist.

1^st Place Mindgame (22 min)
Directed by Jamie Neese. A sleazy con man tries to con his own partner in a psychic scam.

The Rules (29 min)
Directed by Laura Black. Two women decide to push the boundaries.

Seventy-Seven Below (26 min)
Directed by Aina Abiodun. A young man is asked to freeze his dying father.

Thriller

1^st Place The Absence of Emily (25 min)
Directed by D. Gillian Truster. His first wife mysteriously disappeared, and now his rich, second wife has gone missing.

The Crimson Hour (21 min)
Directed by Ryan Wick. A police detective hides information about the deaths of two women.

Wrong Way Up (11 min)
Directed by Gabriel Hardman. Tarantula smugglers try to cross the border from Mexico.

Horror Comedy

Photograbber (19 min)
Directed by Pascal Tosi. A henpecked toymaker gets a very special camera.

1^st Place Roadside Attractions (16 min)
Directed by C.J. Roy. A quiet man has his own theories of justice.

Teenage Bikini Vampire (7 min)
Directed by Devi Snively. A lonely vampire surfer chick gets lucky.

Horror

1^st Place (tie) Conversations (17 min)
Directed by Ben Rock. A mortician (Curtis Armstrong) has a solution that ends his loneliness.

1^st Place (tie) Timed Call (15 min)
Directed by Matthew Macknamara. If you could make a phone call back in time, who would you call, and when?

Framed (18 min)
Directed by, Jeff Consiglio. The truth emerges, about her roommate’s suicide.

Bloody Horror

Little Ricky (23 min)
Directed by Michael Condro. A boy finds a desperate solution for his life with a happy, ol’ country family of cannibals.

1^st Place Thanatos Road (25 min)
Directed by Edward Kishel. A girl is missing in Arizona.

There’s Something Out There (17 min)
Directed by Brian Pulido. A man, his wife, and his gnome.

Gothic Horror

The Man on the Side of the Road (14 min)
Directed by Bret Mix. A driver sees a guy by the side of the road.

The Ogre’s Wife (10 min)
Directed by Sean Regan. Reminiscent of silent classics, a young woman’s marriage sets in motion dark events.

The Silvergleam Whistle (25 min)
Directed by Mike Williamson. Starring Patty McCormack, it’s the return of the Train of the Damned!

1^st Place Repossessed (9 min)
Directed by John Coven. A realtor (JoBeth Williams) shows a new listing to a client (Juliet Landau).

Fantasy

1^st Place The Little Shtimmer (11 min)
Directed by Lilly Posner. A quiet boy copes during WWII.

Simone’s Labyrinth (15 min)
Directed by Ivan Sainz-Pardo. A little girl’s reality overlaps her dreams.

Three Keys (18 min)
Directed by Kristine Familletti. A financially strapped couple find a key, which leads to another.

Timeless (15 min)
Directed by, Wynn Padula. A grad student helps his professor decode the music of existence.

Walter (6 min)
Directed by Tamara Maloney. A woman finds a surprise in a swimming pool.

Magic Realism

Autopsy Turvy (14 min)
Directed by Gary Sales. Tech provides more than an autopsy.

1^st Place (tie) The Bar (17 min)
Directed by Richard Stern. After failing as a standup comedian, this guy (Curtis Armstrong) goes into a bar…

1^st Place (tie) Life is a Circus (11 min)
Directed by Max Hochrad. A man moves to London, in a quest to find a lost love.

Science Fiction

A Can of Paint (25 min)
Directed by Robi Michael. A treasure hunter ignores a cryptic warning on a can found in deep space.

E:D:E:N (14 min)
Directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro. Human explorers find a new planet and decide to exterminate the dominate species.

Escape (6 min)
Directed by Patrick Keith. A desperate escape in deep space.

My Robot Baby (25 min)
Directed by Greg Pak. A robot baby tests the determination of potential parents.

1^st Place Natural Selection (17 min)
Directed by Scott Leberecht. In 2097, genetic engineering has been outlawed, and gene poachers go after eggs.

Zero Prospect (47 min)
Directed by Hunter Cressall. Down-on-their-luck prospectors have to deal with asteroid claim jumpers in deep, deep space.

Sci-Fi Comedy

Future Shock (9 min)
Directed by R. Michael Chrisco. Leaving a time capsule can seriously backfire.

1^st Place The Mazinga Paradox (28 min)
Directed by Joe Gressis. What if you could go back in time and grab your classic toys before you opened them?

Singularity (16 min)
Directed by Matthew Nix. He’s as self-centered as a black hole.

Documentary

1^st Place Hula (6 min)
Directed by Kurt Evans. A short history of the Hula Hoop.

Animation—Heavy

1^st Place The Erl-King, 8 min, animation by Hannes Rall.  A stark and powerful version of Goethe’s classic tale of a father and his child traveling at night through a haunted forest.

2^nd Place Rendezvous with Rama, 4 min, animation by Aaron Ross.  An extraordinarily detailed animation sequence, depicting key scenes from Arthur C. Clarke’s classic story.

Dandelion, 11 min, animation by Hal Forsstrom.  A soldier’s personal battle to survive in the wasteland of a future war, told in pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Destroy Old Things, 9 min, animation by Jeff King, Jim Fairchild, and Lewis D’Aubin.  A rocking anthem from the Consortium of Genius is matched by a vibrant mixture of animation techniques.

Animation—Light

1^st Place Dear, Sweet Emma, 6 min, 3D-animation by Rebecca Cernak. A sweet, little old lady is puttering around in her lemon-lime kitchen, as the radio announces that the search for her lost husband has been discontinued.  Then we learn more about the twinkle in her eye.

2^nd Place Puphedz: The Tattle-Tale Heart, 27 min, puppet animation directed by Jurgen Heimann.  A Guignolesque re-telling of Poe’s classic tale, as told by a bizarre traveling puppet troupe.

A Pizza for Sprinkles, 2 min, animation by Hillary Clark.   Short delight, involving a pizza delivery made at an animal shelter, and the surprising tip given to the reluctant driver.

Project Mars, 15 min, directed and animated by Dug Ward.  A farce about the search for water on Mars, mixing silly live action with sillier animation.

Virtual vs. Real, 10 min, directed and animated by Jamie Pilarski.  A rivalry develops during a casting call when the auditioning actress finds that her competition is a computer construct.

Contemporary

1^st Place Bluefish, 25 min, directed by Lucas Howe.  A friendship develops on a remote prison island.  Beautifully shot in black and white, this film combines harsh contemporary realities with mystical, other-worldly elements.

2^nd Place Keys of Life, 13 min, directed by Jeremy Rall, produced by Rachel Curl.  During the worst day of his life, a locksmith learns an important truth.  Beautiful images within a harsh, ironic tale.

Anna’s Room, 20 min, directed by Patrick Boyton.  A cautionary tale, wherein a 16-year-old girl, with a controlling father, is lured into the world of a dangerous stranger.

Backfire, 23 min, directed by Ron Etemad.  Disaster results when a teenage boy attempts to win new friends and join a violent gang.

Eternal, 7 min, directed by Freddie Arnold Jr.  Dark, tightly edited images illustrate the tale of a young man trying desperately to help his brother deal with their abusive father.

Documentary

1^st Place Frazetta, Painting with Fire, 60 min, directed by Lance Laspina, produced by Jeremy DiFiore.  A richly detailed look at Frank Frazetta’s amazing life: his battles, his triumphs, and his incredible artwork.

2^nd Place  UnWound, 45 min, directed by Jeff Cioletti.  A detailed look at classic toy robots, movie robots, and battling robots.

Fantasy

1^st Place String of the Kite, 24 min, directed by Michael Fallavollita.  A grandfather teaches kite-flying and other lessons to his grandson.  An exquisite performance by John Schuck.

2^nd Place Professional Courtesy, 27 min, directed by Mark Price.  The codes of conduct affect dealings between medieval thieves.  A delicate battle of wits in a lush forest setting.

Fantasy Comedy

1^st Place Tea Time, 6 min, directed by Jay Bogdanowitsch.  A tasty bit of Pythonesque battlefield intrigue, centering on a gooey pastry.

2^nd Place Red Wagon, 14 min, directed by Alison Marek.  A delusional woman finds a shipwrecked man on the beach, but will her sister let her keep him?

Time Copy, 11 min, directed by Matt Rosen.  Farce about an office boy who finds that the photocopier has a very special button, one that resets time.

General Comedy

1^st Place Spidermen, 8 min, directed by Harry Kellerman.  A young boy adopts the guise of his favorite super-hero as he endeavors to find where his Mom hide his basket of Halloween candy.

2^nd Place Getting Out, 21 min, directed by Aaron Fishman.  A California trust-fund dude tries everything he can think of to get rid of a stifling girlfriend.

Sticky Fingers, 19 min, directed by Douglas S. Jones.  Complications ensue when a bride finds her mate’s collection of porn, and calculates that he spent less on her engagement ring.

Horror—Gothic

1^st Place The Patchwork Monkey, 10 min, directed by Susan Bell.  A young boy receives a hand-made gift from his babysitter; his sister teases that it’s going to get him.  Little does she know.

2^nd Place The Visage, 40 min, directed by Kirk Henderson.  A man is hired to watch the corpse of a spiritualist for three intense nights.

Endings, 12 min, directed by Danishka Esterhazy.  This dark, atmospheric film presents a young man meeting a young woman who can see when and where people are going to die.

Horror Comedy

1^st Place No Witness, 10 min, directed by Michael Valverde, story by Steve Antczak. A crafty politician orders the hiring of a contract killer, with the stipulation that there be no witnesses.  Cross-cut storylines and handheld shots reflect the escalating chaos.

2^nd Place Fun with Clones, 11 min, directed by Matthew Pristave.  In this heady farce, you can use clones to satisfy your desires to take revenge on teasing classmates, evil bosses, and teens blasting music.

Blood Shot, 22 min, directed by Dietrich Johnston, produced by Jacqueline Johnston.  The CIA’s top agent is a vampire, sent to wipe out terrorists, but he’s being stalked by a police officer.

Run, 5 min, directed by Katharine Leis, edited by Gary DeJidas.  A woman is stalked while jogging at night.  Tautly cut, filmed in low light, with a neat kicker.

Magic Realism

1^st Place Family Tree, 36 min, directed by Vicky Jenson.  Inspired by Ovid’s tale of Baucis and Philemon, this film presents a bickering family’s celebration of Thanksgiving.  Harland Williams gives us the outsider’s perspective, as a man struggling to understand the quirky family he has married into.  Talia Shire and Ethan Phillips play the grandparents, in a uniformly excellent ensemble cast, all creating vivid characters who reveal life-long passions, rivalries, and frustrations in scenes laced with humor and warmth.  (Family Tree was Jenson’s first project since co-directing Shrek.)

2^nd Place The Mother Tree, 27 min, directed by Shaeri Scholzman Richards, Sedona, Ariz.  Mysticism meets domestic abuse, as an orphaned boy encounters an African drum healer.

The Appointment, 16 min, directed by Earl A. Hibbert.  A businessman, pre-occupied with success, has to wonder, after an auto accident, if he has been sacrificing too much family time.

Science Fiction

1^st Place Phoenix , 19 min, directed by Steven Bordelon.  Something is dangerously wrong in a school for telekinetic children—three failures lead to elimination.  Strong cinematic tale, with minimal dialogue.

2^nd Place Circle, 13 min, directed by Whitney Hamilton.  An NSA agent discovers that extra-terrestrials are after him.  For once the men in black are not in charge, not by a long shot.

Night Cap, 16 min, directed by Brandon Kahn.  A beautifully filmed, scored, and paced tale of a perfect future, and one young man who discovers a book of poems and dares to think.

Sci-Fi Comedy

1^st Place Untitled: 003 Embryo, 28 min, directed by Mike Goedecke.  An agoraphobic man receives a package containing an ultra-hi-tech helmet, that proceeds to capture other people’s dreams and promises to make his own dreams come true.  Ethan Phillips has an outrageous cameo.

2^nd Place New Verdiform City, 13 min, directed by Brad Abrahams. In glorious retro black-and-white, this film presents a fantastical alternative version of 1952, where obsolete humans fight a robot takeover.

Stranded, 13 min, directed by Don Waters, produced by Franco Calabrese, Don Waters, Phil Mell, and Joel Austin.  After crashing on a strange planet, two bounty hunters wonder who’s on top of the food chain.

Mon Star, 10 min, directed by Glenn S. Abbott.  An absolutely unique sci-fi monster musical, with a truly bizarre creature and rousing battle songs.

The Mazinga Paradox, 28 min, directed by Joseph Gressis, produced by Michael D. Yates.  This film sends up every time travel story as the hero decides to go back in time and snatch his classic sci-fi toys before he could open them on Christmas morning.

Spoof

1^st Place I’ll Save You!!!, 6 min, directed by Damian Beurer.  When a purse is stolen in New York City , who comes to the rescue?  A veritable plethora of classic, head-knocking, Marvel super-heroes!

2^nd Place The Convention, 12 min, directed by Georgia Clark.  It’s her son’s birthday, but a woman has to go to work, waitressing at a Superhero Banquet.

King Blade, 16 min, directed by John Stewart.  Part camp, part horror—the tale of an abused janitor who turns to the ghost of Elvis for advice, help, and inspiration.

Animation

1^st Place Mechbird, 6 min, directed by Ashley Auld.  A clockwork baby bird learns to fly.

2^nd Place The Day of the Subgenius, 8 min, directed by Chris Hopewell.  A British town is invaded by dinosaurs, flying saucers, and bloody big cooties.

Baby-Cue, 14 min, directed by Hazel Grian.  A bizarre stop-motion adventure done with toys, action figures, and Barbies.

Documentary

1^st Place Foley Street, 8 min, directed by Tim Clayton and Rob Crowther.  The man who puts sound into movies does some experimenting.

2^nd Place Jack Pierce–The Man Behind the Monsters, directed by Scott Essman.  The life of Universal makeup legend Jack P. Pierce is told through narration, stills, and recreations of scenes from six famous Universal horror films.

Extreme Horror

1^st Place Grasp, 18 min, directed by Brendan Donovan.  Two cops follow the trail of a bloody hand found in a laundromat dryer.

2^nd Place Daddy’s Little Girl, 17 min, directed by Andrew Landesman.  A young woman finds a brutally murdered man.

Fantasy

1^st Place Habirth, 13 min, directed by Martin Thorne.  After the apocalypse, a wanderer tries to stay alive and sane.

2^nd Place Hope, 20 min, directed by Ron Brinkmann.  A young woman needs some serious help finding a little girl what has disappeared.

General Comedy

1^st Place Only Joking, 17 min, directed by Michael Patrick Kelly.  The penultimate male chauvinist gets major payback.

2^nd Place Quest for the Holy Porcelain, 8 min, directed by Ari Eisner.  A young boy has an urgent problem after 4 hours of monster movies and 4 bottles of lemonade.

C.O.G. vs. The Phantom, 30 min, directed by Lewis D’Aubin and Jim Fairchild.  The chronicles of the Consortium of Genius’s disastrous attempt to master the power of the Lost Book of the Dead.

Gothic Horror

1^st Place August, 17 min, directed by Hoku Uchiyama.  A young girl wonders what happened to her little brother and who, or what, is crying under the house.

2^nd Place SadoMannequin, 14 min, directed by Jim Torres.  It’s hell being a night watchman when the moon is full.

Shadowbox, 4 min, directed by Michael Malone.  Death stalks a mother and her baby.

Horror Comedy

1^st Place The Boogerman, 10 min, directed by Jeff Eagle. If your finger goes up your nose, he must remove the finger you chose.

2^nd Place Timmy’s Wish, 10 min, directed by Patrick Cannon.  Little Timmy wishes that his parents were dead.  Luckily, Jesus is always there to help.

Quiet, 33 min, directed by Sylvain White.  Junior’s ghost suggests how Daddy can avenge what Mommy did.

Magic Realism

1^st Place Dwindling, 19 min, directed by Arnie Lerner.  A young boy deals with some puzzling changes in his family.

2^nd Place Fate & Fortune, 16 min, directed by Keith Jefferies.  Strange things happen when Fate and Fortune are dealing the cards.

The Reckoning, 12 min, directed by Chris Barfoot and Robert Clother.

Science Fiction

1^st Place The Machine, 18 min, directed by Michael Craft.  A man finds a machine which provides a wide range of experiences.

2^nd Place Redemption: Episode I, 26 min, directed by Jay A. Kelley.  One disastrous rescue attempt in an asteroid field was enough, but now they have to go back.

Division Trade, 27 min, directed by Christos Chrestatos.  Survival is the key when violent industrial espionage drives the future.

Paranoia 3, directed by Cathy Raymond, Saif Ansari, and Nick Nigro.  A science fiction thriller about alien conspiracy.

Spoof

1^st Place Nerd Wars, 19 min, directed by Elton Sebastian.  A Star Wars fan discovers that Trekkies plan to destroy George Lucas.

2^nd Place Dial “A” for Alphaman, 16 min, directed by Mike Jackson.  The world’s greatest hero meets his match, Dr. Cerebro

The Human BEEing, directed by Tony Shea.  An homage to 1950’s B-horror movies. It’s the story of an evil boss and a mad scientist who plan to get rich by turning all their employees at a typing company into worker bees.

Evilbusters, 6 min, directed by Aaron King.  Who are you going to call when you mess up with the Book of the Dead.