2008 Winners

Best Feature -
The Secrets, director Avi Nesher
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Best Documentary -
Please Vote For Me, director Weijun Chin
Sponsored by Panasonic Touchbook

Best Global Insight -
Where the Water Meets the Sky, directors David Eberts and Helen Cotton
Sponsored by The United Nations Foundation

Best World Program Spotlight: Latin America -
Año Uña (Year of the Nail), director Jonás Cuarón
Sponsored by Bresnan Communications

Best Sports Action -
Class C, directors Justin Lubke and Shasta Grenier
Sponsored by Cloudveil

Best Short -
Dark Yellow, director Glen Luchford
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Best Student Voices -
Clear Cut, Simple; director Vineet Dewan
Sponsored by Entertainment Partners

Best Director: Feature -
Perro Come Perro (Dog Eat Dog), director Carlos Moreno
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Best Director: Short -
Pariah, director Dee Rees
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Best Screenwriter -
The Secrets, writers Avi Nesher and Hadar Galron

Best Editor -
The Butcher's Daughter, editor Terry Walters
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Best Cinematographer -
Das Gefrorene Meer (The Frozen Sea), cinematographer Martin Gschlacht
Sponsored by Panavison

Best Composer -
Everyone But You, composer Eric Shiveley

Audience Choice: Feature -
The Flyboys, director Rocco Devilliers
Sponsored by Wexler

Audience Choice: Documentary -
Pray the Devil Back to Hell, director Gini Reticker
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Audience Choice: Short -
Cute Couple, director Courtney Moorehead Balaker
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Online 2 Onscreen: Best Live Action -
Voice Mail, director Matthew Merkovich
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Online 2 Onscreen: Best Documentary -
Sal Mosca: Unsung, director James Lester
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Online 2 Onscreen: Best Animation -
Attack of the Giant Vegetable Monsters, director Ken Turner
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Wyoming Short Film Contest Winner -
Four Flicks from the Snaz, director David Gonzales
Sponsored by the Wyoming Film Office

Best Video Acceptance Speech -
Sherman's Way, director Craig Saavedra

2008 Judging Committee

For its fifth anniversary, the festival welcomed a prestigious panel of judges to review the films in competition to select the winner in each competitive category. Judges included acclaimed actress Bridget Moynahan and actor Bill Pullman; writer Frank Cappello, vice president of acquisitions and production for National Geographic Kattie Evans; agent Alexis Garcia of Endeavor Talent Agency; executive vice president of production for Participant Productions Jonathan King; producer Samara Koffler; director and photojournalist Brian Liu; chairman and CEO of Reliant Pictures Corporation Thomas Mount; manager of documentary acquisitions for HBO Documentary Films Greg Rhem; literary manager and producer for Anonymous Content Michael Sugar; and writer, producer Stu Zicherman.