The 2012 Phoenix Film Festival Award Winners have been announced over an amazing weekend at the festival! Here are the list of winners in their individual categories:

International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Fest Awards

Best Sci-Fi Short Film – Secret Identity
Best Sci-Fi Feature Film – Pig
Best Horror Short Film – Brutal Relax
Best Horror Feature Film – It’s In The Blood

Short Film Awards

Best Grade/HS Short Film – Trolley
Best College Short Film – The Life Smugglers
Best Arizona Short Film – Parallax
Best Documentary Short Film – Sacred Poison
Best Live Action Short Film – Play By Play
Best Animated Short Film – Masks

World Cinema Awards

World Cinema Short Film – La Media Pena
World Cinema Documentary – Wolves Unleashed
World Cinema Director – Ruggero Dipaola, Apartment in Athens
World Cinema Best Picture – Apartment in Athens
World Cinema Audience Award Winner – Lidice

Foundation Awards

Arizona Filmmaker of the Year – Diane Dresback
Volunteer of the Year – Tiffany Hutson
Board Member of the Year – Lori Alderfer

Film Awards

Dan Harkins Breakthrough Filmmaker Award – Gary King, How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song
Best Documentary – We Run Sh*t
Best Ensemble – Searching for Sonny
Best Director – Kurt Kuenne, Shuffle
Best Screenwriting – Andrew Disney, Searching for Sonny
Cox Audience Award – How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song
Best Picture – Shuffle

The Phoenix Film Festival isn’t over just yet, check out the schedule to see what you have to look forward to in the final two days of the festival!