AFI

AFI FEST announced the audience and jury award winners today. Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all the filmmakers who submitted their films.

JURY AWARDS
Grand Jury Prize Shorts: SPIDER (Directed by Nash Edgerton)
Grand Jury Prize for Feature: MUNYURANGABO (Directed by Lee Isaac Chung)
Grand Jury Prize for Documentary: tie between AFGHAN MUSCLES (Directed by Andreas Mol Dalsgaard ) and OPERATION FILMMAKER (Directed by Nina Davenport)
Best Animated short: I MET THE WALRUS (Directed by Josh Raskin)

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Shorts: KIDS + MONEY (Directed by Lauren Greenfield)
Documentary: SPINE TINGLER! THE WILLIAM CASTLE STORY (Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz)
Feature: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Directed by Julian Schnabel)

AUDI "TRUTH IN ART" COMPETITION
Michael Addis, director of the documentary, HECKLER

The three Jury Award winners each receive a $5000 prize of Eastman Kodak Motion Picture Film stock & Entertainment Partners Budgeting and Scheduling software package.

The three Audience Award winners receive an AVID Technology Suite & Entertainment Partners Budgeting and Scheduling software package.

As the winner of the Audi "Truth in art" competition, Michael Addis, director of the documentary HECKLER, won a free lease of an Audi S5 automobile for one year. For the winning project, Addis created and shot a short film featuring a theme of family and security with the safety of driving an Audi.