| 2008 Oxford International Film Festival **Award Winners** |
--Award
Winners and Nominees--
Award Winners are Marked with "*".
Special
Awards ...
- BEST OF FESTIVAL
(as selected by both the Jury and Audiences):
**INDESTRUCTIBLE,
Directed by Ben Byer
- Special Jury Award, Emerging
Filmmaker
**Eric
Shiveley, for "Everyone But You"
Grand
Jury Awards ...
-
FEATURE COMPETITION
Best
Narrative Feature
Kabluey
*The Tracey Fragments, Directed
by Bruce McDonald
Ruby Blue
Best
Documentary Feature
Beyond the Call
*Indestructible, Directed
by Ben Byer
Pirate Radio USA
Best
Director
*Richard Stevenson for
"Expiration Date"
Jan Dunn for "Ruby Blue"
Bruce McDonald for "The Tracey Fragments"
Best
Ohio Film
Eastern College
From the 50 Yard Line
*Swing State, Directed
by Jason Fisher, John Intrader & H. Spencer Young
Best
Foreign Language Film
Bliss
*WatchMe, Directed
by Tikeshi Yokoi
The Cream
Best
Actress
*Ozgu Namal for
"Bliss"
Ellen Page for "The Tracey Fragments"
Josiane Balasto for "Ruby Blue"
Best
Actor
David Deluise for "Bachelorman"
*Bob Hoskins
for "Ruby Blue"
Rupert Graves for "Intervention"
Best
Screenplay
*Bachelorman, Written
by Rodney Lee Conover, Jeffrey C. Hause & David Hines,
Directed by John Putch
Ruby Blue
The Cake Eaters
Best
Cinematography
*The Art of Travel, Cinematography
by Lawson Deming, Directed by Thomas Whelan
Bliss
The Lodge
Best Sound Design
The Art of Travel
Bliss
*The Tracey Fragments, Sound
Design by Steve Munro, Mixed by Brad Dawe & Matthew
Chan, Directed by Bruce McDonald
Best
Art Direction
Frost
*Bliss, Directed
by Abdula Ogus
Expiration Date
-
SHORTS COMPETITION
Best
Narrative Short
Security
*Son,
Directed by Daniel Mulloy
Katie's Journey
Best
Documentary Short
Human Scale
*Sounds of Silent Cinema,
Directed by Jeff Callaway &
Craig Forest
Sunlight and Babies
Best
Director Short
My Mother
*Security, Directed
by Matthew Linel
Son
Best
Foreign Language Short
If You're Not Here
*Now You See Me, Now You Don't,
Directed by Attila Szase
Of a Hedgehog
Best
Animated Film
Carried Away
*The Lemon Tree,
Directed by Will Campbell &
Anh Vu
Final Journey
Best
Student Film
*In The Name of The Son,
Directed by Harun Mehmedinovic
Itsy Bitsy
Fatherland
Audience
Awards ...
- Best Narrative Feature:
*Eastern College,
Directed by
James Francis Flynn
AND (tie)
*The Lodge,
Directed by Brad Helmink
& John Rauchelbach
- Best Documentary Feature:
*Our
Arctic Challenge, Directed
by Eskil Hardt
-
Best Foreign Language Film:
*The Cream,
Directed
by Reynald Bertrand
-
Best Narrative Short:
*The State,
Directed
by Mikhail Morskov
-
Best Documentary Short:
*Pollen Nation, Directed
by Josh Fisher
-
Best Animated Short:
*Inside the Box,
Directed
by John Doublestein
