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2012 CICFF Awards:

SPECIAL PRIZES

The 2012 Best of Fest Award
Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, Zarafa (France, 2011)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize – Best Film by an Emerging Director
Christopher Palmer, The Boy With Chocolate Fingers (England, 2011)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize – Best Child-Produced Film
Joana Torgal, The Pencil That Didn’t Know How to Write (Portugal, 2011)

The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize
Maryam Milani, The Rooster Trademark Paper (Iran, 2012)

Best Film for Young Children (Ages 2-5)
Edmunds Jansons, How Shammies Guessed (Latvia, 2012)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZES

Children’s Jury Prize – Live-action Feature Film

1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film
Mike Marzuk, Famous Five (Germany, 2012)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film
Ellen Perry, Will (Turkey/England, 2011)

Children’s Jury Prize – Live-action Short Film

1st Prize, Live-action Short Film
Christopher Palmer, The Boy With Chocolate Fingers (England, 2011)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film
Annie Gibbs, What Makes Me Happy – Bushra’s Film (Bangladesh, 2012)

Children’s Jury Prize – Live-action Television

1st Prize, Live-action Television Program
Anton Riedel and David Gromer, Open House: “Enough Open House” (Germany, 2011)

2nd Prize, Live-action Television Program
Phillip Lim, The Diary of Amos Lee: “Baby Envy” (Singapore, 2012)

Children’s Jury Prize – Documentary Film

1st Prize, Documentary Film
Rohan Fernando, Elisha and the Cacao Trees (Belize/Canada, 2011)

2nd Prize, Documentary Film
Saskia Gubbels, Through Ellen’s Ears (Netherlands, 2011)

Children’s Jury Prize – Animated Feature Film

1st Prize, Animated Feature Film
Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, Zarafa (France, 2011)

2nd Prize, Animated Feature Film
Enrique Gatu, Tad, the Lost Explorer (Spain, 2012)

Children’s Jury Prize – Animated Short Film 

1st Prize, Animated Short Film
Maggie Rogers, The Squeakiest Roar (England, 2010)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film
Marieke Verbiesen, Reloaded (Norway, 2011)

Children’s Jury Prize – Animated Television

1st Prize, Animated Television Program
Olivier Lelardoux, Zou: “Zou the Artist” (France, 2012)

2nd Prize, Animated Television Program
Neil Affleck, Mike the Knight and the Dragon Squires (England, 2011)

Children’s Jury Prize – Child-Produced Film

1st Prize, Child-Produced Film
Susan and Katherine Procopio, Piece of Cake (Canada, 2012)

2nd Prize, Child-Produced Film
Baltimore Speaks Out! Youth Producers, Human Rights Are For Everyone! (USA, 2011)

YOUTH JURY PRIZES

Youth Jury Prize – Youth-Produced Film

1st Prize, Youth-Produced Film
Greyson Horst, The Social Addicts (USA, 2012)

2nd Prize, Youth-Produced Film
Dylen Papazian, Baseline (USA, 2012)

Youth Jury Prize – Feature Film

1st Prize, Feature Film
Robert Thalheim, Westwind (Germany, 2011) 

ADULT JURY PRIZES

Adult Jury Prize – Live-action Feature Film

1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film
Gustavo Ron, Ways to Live Forever (Spain, 2010)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film
Evgeny Ruman, Igor and the Cranes’ Journey (Germany/Israel/Poland, 2012)

Adult Jury Prize – Live-action Short Film

1st Prize, Live-action Short Film
Khen Shalem, The Other Side (Israel, 2011)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film
Jan Buttler, Lilli (Germany, 2011)

Adult Jury Prize –  Live-action Television Program

1st Prize, Live-action Television Program
Yi-Chi Shu and Chieh-Jen Chu, My 3 Days as a Muslim (Taiwan, ROC, 2012)

2nd Prize, Live-action Television Program
Juri Tetzlaff, A Hero on Tuesdays (Germany, 2011)

Adult Jury Prize – Documentary Short Film

1st Prize, Documentary Short Film
Saskia Gubbels, Through Ellen’s Ears (Netherlands, 2011)

Adult Jury Prize – Animated Documentary Film

1st Prize, Animated Documentary Film
Mike Rauch, Eyes on the Stars (USA, 2012)

Adult Jury Prize – Animated Feature Film

1st Prize, Animated Feature Film
Jean-François Laguionie, The Painting (France, 2011)

2nd Prize, Animated Feature Film
Janno Poldma, Lotte and the Moonstone Secret (Estonia, 2011)

Adult Jury Prize – Animated Short Film

1st Prize, Animated Short Film
Regina Pessoa, Kali the Little Vampire (Canada/France/Portugal, 2012)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film
Tariq Rimawi, Missing (Jordan/England, 2010)

Adult Jury Prize –Animated Television Production

1st Prize, Animated Television Production
Ted Sieger, Molly Monster: “New Toy” (Germany/Switzerland/Sweden, 2011)

2nd Prize, Animated Television Production
Andreas Hykade, Tom & the Queen Bee (Germany, 2012)