BIFF 2007 Winners

Best Feature Film sponsored by Gallery 104- "The Metrosexual" directed by Adam Kaufman of Los Angeles, CA
Director's Choice Feature Film - "Commit" directed by Mickey Blaine of Los Angeles, CA
Third Place Feature Film - "Last Stop for Paul" directed by Neil Mandt of Los Angeles, CA
Best Family Film sponsored by Norton Brownsboro Hospital - "From the 50 Yard Line" directed by Doug Lantz
Director's Choice Family Film - "Living Lightly" directed by Robin Burke of Louisville, KY
Third Place Family Film - "Bowl Digger" directed by Kristy Higby of Mercersburg, PA
Best Documentary sponsored by Acclaimed Studios - "The Rhythm of My Soul: Kentucky Roots Music" directed by Roger Sherman of New York, NY
Director's Choice Documentary Film - "MIA: A Soldier's Homecoming" directed by Randall Wilson of Sherman Oaks, CA
Third Place Documentary Film - "20,000 Miles on a Horse" produced by Tom Jennings of Santa Monica, CA
Best Regional Full Length Film sponsored by Baptist Hospital Northeast - "Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton" directed by Morgan Atkinson of Louisville, KY
Director's Choice Regional Full Length Film - "The Clinton 12" directed by Keith McDaniel of Oakridge, TN
Third Place Regional Full Length Film - "Divine Manipulation of the Threads" directed by Anthony Howald of Bartlett, TN
Best Regional Short Film sponsored by Messer Construction Company - "Available Men" directed by David Dean Bottrell of Louisa, KY/Los Angeles, CA
Director's Choice Short Film - "Living Lightly" directed by Robin Burke of Louisville, KY
Third Place Short Film - "H2O Polluted" directed by Shane Sooter of Louisville, KY
Best Regional Student Film sponsored by Oldham County Tourism Commission - "Audition" directed by Sam Holdren of South Charleston, W.VA.
Director's Choice Regional Student Film - "Joy" directed by Joe Ensley of Burke, VA
Best Short Film sponsored by Turn Key Concepts - "Plainview" directed by Scott T. Jones of Chicago, IL
Director's Choice Short Film - "Available Men" directed by David Dean Bottrell of Louisa, KY/ Los Angeles, CA
Third Place Short Film - "Living Lightly" directed by Robin Burke of Louisville, KY
Best Animation Film sponsored by Blue Bell Creamery - "Shark Suit: The Musical" directed by Stephen Neary of New York, NY
Director's Choice Animation Film - "Snapshots" directed by James Mullins of Guyton, GA
Third Place Animation Film - "When The World Goes Dark" directed by Anthony Scalmato of Broadview Heights, OH
Best Comedy Film sponsored by Best Western Ashbury - "The Mini" directed by Ron Beck of Los Angeles , CA
Director's Choice Comedy Film - "Available Men" directed by David Dean Bottrell of Louisa, KY/ Los Angels, CA
Third Place Comedy Film - "Divine Manipulation of the Threads" directed by Anthony Howald of Bartlett, TN
Best Student Feature Film sponsored by AT&T - "Thursday" directed by Thadd Williams of Richmond, VA
Best Student Short Film - "Audition" directed by Sam Holdren of South Charleston, W.VA.
Director's Choice Student Short Film - "The Lonely Lights. The Color of Lemons." directed by Ben Piety from University of Central Florida
Third Place Student Short Film - "American Deluxe" directed by Aaron Brownlee from University of Central Florida
Best Foreign Full Length Film sponored by Keerthi & Poorna Kemparajurs - "Pleure en Silence" directed by JG Biggs of Paris, France
Best Foreign Short Film - "Homefront" directed by Ava Karvonen of Edmonton, AB, Canada
Director's Choice Short Film - "Absolute Zero" directed by Alan Woodruff of Australia Third Place Foreign Short Film - "Die Flugbegleiterin" directed by Marcin Glowacki of Berlin, Germany
2007 BIFF Jury Award - "Once Upon a Film" directed by Decker of New York, NY
Best Musical - "My Hammer, My Friend the Musical" directed by O.D. McConnell of Washingtonville, NY
Best Mockumentary - "Monsters in Autumn" directed by Charlie Cline of Grand Rapids, MI
Best Special Effects Make-up - "Twilight of Youth" directed by Jerald Fine of Aventura, AL
Best Period Film - "Willow Garden" directed by Don Henderson Baker & Jill Haverkamp of Durham, NC