2012 Highlights

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OIFF 2012 Jury Award Winners:

BEST ANIMATION FILM: Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (Bradley Schaffer, Los Angeles, CA)

BEST STUDENT FILM: Water On Mars (Chase Smith, Los Alamitos, CA)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM: Angel’s Reach (Al Germani, San Diego, CA)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM: Working Class (Jeff Durkin, San Marcos, CA)

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: Curvas (David Galan Galindo, Bilbao, Spain)

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM: Boy With Blue (David Liddell Thorpe, Salt Lake City, UT)

BEST PICTURE: Working Class (Jeff Durkin, San Marcos, CA)

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Director Jeff Durkin Accepts the Best Picture Award for “Working Class”. Also Pictured is Film’s Star & Local Street Artist, Mike Maxwell.

OIFF 2012 Audience Choice Award Winners:

BEST ANIMATION FILM: Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (Bradley Schaffer, Los Angeles, CA)

BEST STUDENT FILM: Expiration Date (Ryan Lagerstrom, Azusa, CA)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM: The American Dream of Owning a Mobile Home (Promise Yee, Encinitas, CA)

BEST FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM: Working Class (Jeff Durkin, San Marcos, CA)

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: The Lucky One (Bala Balakrishnan, Tustin, CA)

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM: Boy With Blue (David Liddell Thorpe, Salt Lake City, UT)

BEST PICTURE:  Washed Up (Mark Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA)

OIFF 2012 Special Awards:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: William T. Stromberg (Contribution to Composition in Film)

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Everett Peck (Contribution to the Modern Animation Industry)

OIFF 2012 Took Place August 16 – 19, 2012 in Downtown Oceanside, CA

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