Each member of our jury watched films in at least two awards categories. A big thank you to everyone who helped select the winners!

Best Narrative Feature:

• SATELLITE OF LOVE
• DEAD DAD
• PILGRIM SONG
• DEAD MAN'S BURDEN Winner!
• THE SILENT THIEF

Best Feature Documentary:

• IN ORGANIC WE TRUST
• ANDREW BIRD: FEVER YEAR
• CODE OF THE WEST
• WE ARE LEGION: THE STORY OF THE HACKTIVISTS
• LEMON Winner!
  

Best Short Narrative:

• CURFEW Winner!
  
• L TRAIN
• TUMBLEWEED!
• ELEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY
• WHEN YOU FIND ME
• HATCH
  

Best Short Documentary:

• HAZZARD
• THE FIRST 70
• WRITTEN IN INK
• ODYSSEUS' GAMBIT Winner!
  
• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY
  

Best Regional Film:

• THIS IS OURS
• THE SUMMER HOME
• IN THE PINES
• BRIGHTWOOD Winner!
  
• SURVEYOR

Best Animated Film:

• ZERGUT
• THUMBSNATCHERS FROM THE MOON COCOON Winner!
  
• GOOD NIGHT GUARD
• SHINOBI BLUES
• MURGI KENO MUTANT
  

Local Audience Choice Winner: SHADOWED

The winners (see more info at bottom of page) were announced at 6:30pm, followed by the Sunday Night Showcase screening of VALLEY OF SAINTS on October 7th at the Grand Cinema.

Bao Tran   Tran Quoc Bao started making movies in Hi8 video at an early age and developed his visual sense from Kung Fu movies, silents, musicals and Hitchcock. Twitch Film praises his written-and-directed BOOKIE for its "flawlessly realized world populated by entirely fleshed out and believable characters, driven by a compelling narrative and brought to sumptuous life." He was invited to direct BLACK COFFEE as part of an exclusive filmmaking challenge by the Seattle International Film Festival. BLACK COFFEE caught the attention of Seattle Magazine, which named him with the 2009 Artist Spotlight Award.	Sue Corcoran   Sue's first feature Gory Gory Hallelujah (2003) won Best Feature Film at the Shockerfest International Film Festival and was awarded Bravest Feature of the Bend Film Festival by film director Gus Van Sant. Sue was named One to Watch by the Seattle Stranger Genius Awards in Film and prior to directing her second feature, Ira Finkelstein's Christmas, Sue was the Associate Producer for Lynn Shelton's feature film, Humpday. In December 2010 Sue's 22 documentary pieces were launched for the series $5 Cover on MTV.com. Sue completed her second feature Ira Finkelstein's Christmas in November of 2011.
Derek Young   Derek Young is the founder and editor of Exit133 and a Partner in Seasonal View, LLC. While work has found him living in London and Italy this last year, he is now happily back home in Tacoma where he's mending fences and feeding chickens. He can often be found running in the rain.	Spencer Fornaciari Spencer was born and raised in New Mexico. He grew up with the many great films of the 1980's before having his world rocked after seeing The Usual Suspects. He moved to Washington State to go to the University of Washington, and upon graduation began working in Seattle's independent film community. Since then he has become a core team member for Seattle's True Independent Film Festival, the communications director of IFP/Seattle, and the producer of the MacGuffin Film Podcast and Backroom Comics Podcast. Any free time he currently has is split between working on film projects and watching films.
Tony Kay Tony Kay serves as Film Correspondent at City Arts Magazine, Music Editor at the SunBreak.com, and Seattle Concerts Examiner for Examiner.com. In 2005, he was crowned Ultimate Film Fanatic on the Independent film Channel's Ultimate Film Fanatic game show. He's the recipient of two Washington State Journalism Association Awards for Review and Editorial Writing, has hosted Trivia Nights at Columbia City Theater, and moderated several panels at the 2012 Crypticon Seattle Convention (Where he interviewed actors Richard Kile, Ricou Browning, Dee Wallace, and Marilyn Burns and director Don Coscarelli for convention audiences). Tony also hosts Bizarro Movie Night, a semi-monthly sampler of exploitation cinema at the Aster Coffee Lounge in Ballard.	David Coon   David Coon is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Washington Tacoma. A former producer/director in the world of corporate media, he now teaches classes in film and television studies, advertising and video production. He is also currently working on research about suburban narratives on screen and the work practices of independent media producers.
Richard Beer Richard Beer has spent over 25 years working in film production, distribution, marketing and exhibition and has served as an advisor, programmer and juror for dozens of festivals around the world. Based in Portland, Oregon since 1996, Richard's newest venture, PDX Film Works, consults with independent filmmakers and film festivals.	Philip Cowan   Born in Dallas, Philip has lived in Tacoma since 1998. After working in minor league baseball for ten years, the last eight of those for the Tacoma Rainiers, Philip was named Executive Director of the Grand Cinema late in 2006. Prior to his regular job at the Grand, Philip served as a volunteer and board member for the cinema. His favorite part of the job is picking the films that play at the Grand.
Amy McBride   Amy McBride is the Arts Administrator for the City of Tacoma with over 16 years experience as an art professional. Working with the Tacoma Arts Commission, Ms. McBride manages three funding programs for arts organizations and artists, implements public art projects, develops innovative and collaborative programming and formulate effective policy. She holds an M.A. from the University of Washington in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on urban art and BA from the University of Colorado Boulder in French and Art History with a year of focused study at the Michel de Montaigne University Bordeaux 3, France. Occasionally she still finds time to make art herself. Amy has presented nationally on issues of public art, temporary art interventions, and civic democracy. She was recently invited to be a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts' "Our Town" grant program.	Susan Haley   Susan has 29 year of business management experience with 12 of those years working with the Oregon media industry. Susan worked at the Oregon Governor's Office of Film & Television from July 2000-August 2010 as the Marketing and Administrative Manager. Her focus was on operations, administration of the incentive programs, and outreach to the Oregon Independent filmmaker community, and as liaison to Oregon film festivals and non-profits. She has volunteered as an advisory board member for various educational media programs and has been on the boards of film non-profits such as: Ashland Film Festival, POW Fest, Film Action Oregon, and the North Portland Media Training Center. Paydogs provides payroll and fiscal support services to commercial and feature film production companies including production insurance, accounting, production services and more.

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How are the winners chosen?

Festival staff allowed the highest-rated 4-6 films, according to our team of reviewers and TFF staff, in each category to be eligible for the awards. Our panel of judges each judged two categories, and the consensus among them determines the winners.

Films shown throughout the weekend are eligible for the Audience Choice Award, and ballots will be handed out at each screening. The winner of this award will be announced, along with the juried awards, on Sunday Night prior to the screening of VALLEY OF SAINTS.

Films shown on Monday and Tuesday (or films with a Northwest filmmaker shown over the weekend) are eligible for the Local Audience Choice Award. Ballots will be handed out at each screening; most local films will be played on Monday, October 8th and Tuesday, October 9th.. The winner of this award will be announced at the Closing Night film and celebration.