The 11th Annual International Family Film Festival is a Wrap!

The Festival officially closed for the year on October 1, 2005 at the Valencia Hyatt Hotel where over 150 atendees honored Henry Selick with the Friz Award and Lou Florimonte with the Film Excellence Award. The Award Show crowd also celebrated the Finalist Films and the Winning Films in each of the Festival's categories. This award-winning group of films were selected from the 84 films in competition.
The Finalists and the Winners in each of the categories of the festival are posted on the IFFF website.

And now...the Winners:

Feature - Drama
"COME AWAY HOME"
American Family Movies
Producers Robert Slane, Stephen M. Zakman, Gregg Russell

Feature - Comedy
"THE CONNECTICUT KID"
TCK Productions
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Jack Serino

Feature - Documentary
"CITIZEN TANOUYE"
Hashi Pictures
Directors & Producers Craig Yahata, Robert Horsting

Short - Drama
"NO GREATER LOVE"
Ideal Images
Director Arthur Rasco, Producers Arthur & Hanna Rasco

Short - Drama Foreign
"BEFORE I GO"
Heiko Hahn Filmproduction
Director, Screenwriter & Producer Heiko Hahn

Short - Comedy
"NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED"
Purity Productions & MFX Special Effects
Director, Actor & Screenwriter Brian Reed Garvin
Producers Mark Fenlason

Short - Animation Computer
"RED PLANET BLUES"
Mixed Emotions Productions
Producer & Screenwriter Carol Singer
Director David H. Brooks

Short - Animation Classic
"THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN TWO TOWERS"
Weston Woods Studios
Producers Paul Gagne, Michael Sporn. Melissa Reilly

Short - Educational
"THE WHEEL OF PEACE"
Golden Films/Peace Builders
Producer Diane Eskenazi

Student Film Winners:

Student-Drama
"CHASING DAYLIGHT"
Jeff Stephenson

Student-Comedy
"FETCH"
David May

Student-Animation/Classic
"THE RUBBER DUCKLING"
Jody Rice

Student-Documentary
"GONG YI "
Chao Kuang Hsieh