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2012 is the 5th Cannes Independent Film Festival. See below for
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2010 WINNERS
Best
Low-Budget Film: Becky Preston for LOVELORN (UK)
Best Micro-Budget film: Mercy Malick for TALES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ELVIS! (USA)
Best No-Budget film: Kris De Meester for FOUR ROSES (Belgium)
Best actor: Natalie Eleftheriadis for BIRTHDAY (Australia)
Best Horror / Sci Fi: Till Kleinert for LANGE NACHT (Germany)
Best Documentary: Cassie Jaye for DADDY I DO (USA)
Best Short Film: Wanuri Kahiu for PUMZI (South Africa)
Best Short Documentary: Mike Walter BREAKING NEWS BREAKING DOWN (USA)
Best Animated Short Film: Sen Wong for SATAY SATAY (Malaysia)
Best Music Video: Robert Powers for TEST (USA)
Best LGBT film: Bob Christie for BEYOND GAY (Canada)
Best Short Short: Victor Madtev for FAST ONE (Russia)
Best Feature Screenplay: THE NORTH SHORE
by Kathy Scott (Ireland)
Best Sci-Fi / Horror Screenplay: ZERO by Marcus Jensen (Denmark)
Best Comedy Screenplay: STATE OF GRACE by Tito Martinez & Maria Orlov (USA)
2009 WINNERS
Narrative Feature (budget over €150k)
I AM FROM TITOV VELES
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska : Country: Macedonia/Slovenia
Narrative Feature (budget under €150k)
COWBOYS AND ANGELS
Director: Kim Massee : Country: France, Canada
Narrative Feature (under €15k)
SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS
Director: Polly McDermitt : Country: USA
Documentary Feature
BLIND SPOT
Director: Adopho Doring : Country: USA
Experimental Film (under 30 minutes)
ELEGY
Director: Shereen Abdul : Country: Netherlands
Short Film (under 50 minutes)
TARZIU
Director: Paul Negoescu : Country: Romania
Animated Short (under 50 minutes)
LONG WAVES
Director: Michael Goldman : Country: USA
Music Video
GONE
Director: Three Amigos : Country: Canada
Feature Screenplay
WARSAW 2030
Director: Petra Lechowski : Country: Poland
2008 WINNERS
Best Feature:
JETSAM
Dir: Simon Welsford
Female Director:
RUBY BLUE
dir: Jan Dunn
Best Micro-budget Feature:
KILL KILL FASTER FASTER
Dir: Gareth Roberts
Best Documentary:
2nd VERSE
Dir: Carl Brown
Best Short Documentary:
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Dir: Dean Puckett
Best Short:
KURTAXE
Dir: Ulrich Witt
Best Sci Fi/Horror Film:
FALL OF NIGHT
Dir: Derrick Warfel
Best LGBT Film: Joel Moffett for
HORSEPOWER
Dir: Joel Moffett
Best Screenplay:
BRINK
Written by: Tania Meneguzzi
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Screenplay:
WITCHES BREW
Written by: Mike Miller
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