2008 Nashville Film Festival Award Winners

Nashville Film Festival / Regal Cinemas Dreammaker Award: TWO EMBRACES (Dir. Enrique Begne)
Honorable Mention: COOK COUNTY (Dir. David Pomes, USA)

Best Documentary Feature (Sponsored By Ground Zero): SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF (Dir. Peter Entell)
Honorable Mention: TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Dir.Lisa Merton & Alan Dater)

Audience Award For Best Narrative Feature (Sponsored By Curb Records): COOK COUNTY (Dir. David Pomes, USA)

Audience Award For Best Documentary Feature (Sponsored By The Documentary Channel): SONS OF LWALA (Dir. Barry Simmons, USA)

2008 Nashville Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award: Patricia Neal.

President's Award: Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

Governor's Award: William H. Macy.

Reel Current Award (Presented By Al Gore): MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL (Dir. Michael O'Connell, USA)

NPT Human Spirit Award (Sponsored By Nashville Public Television): SONS OF LWALA (Dir.Barry Simmons, USA)

Best LGBT Film Award (Sponsored By Logo TV): Tie, WERE THE WORLD MINE (Dir.Tom Gustafson, USA) and THE MANUAL (Dir. Sophie Gregg, USA)

Women In Film & Television Award For Best Film Directed By A Woman (Sponsored By Women In Film & Television Nashville Chapter): TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Dir. Lisa Merton & Alan Dater)

Rosetta Miller Perry Award for the Best Film By A Black Filmmaker (Sponsored By The Tennessee Tribune): THE BLACK LIST (Dir. Elvis Mitchell, USA)

Lonely Seal Releasing Feature Film Award: EDEN COURT (Dir. Paul Leuer, USA)

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film (Sponsored By AC, Inc.): TRACING COWBOYS (Dir. David Morrison, USA)

Tennessee Independent Spirit Award for the Best Feature-Length Film Directed By a Tennessee Resident (Sponsored By The Tennessee Film, Music And Entertainment Commission): SONS OF LWALA (Dir. Barry Simmons, USA)

Tennessee Independent Spirit Award for the Best Short-Form Directed By a Tennessee Resident (Sponsored By The Tennessee Film, Music And Entertainment Commission): BLINDSIDED (Dir. Drew Langer, USA)
Honorable Mention: A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM (Dirs. Rachel Lawson, John Edgerton, Terrie Lawrence, USA)

Best Music In A Narrative Feature Film (Sponsored By Naxos of America): Jessica Fogle, Cory James Krueckeberg and Tim Sandusky, WERE THE WORLD MINE

Impact of Music Award: Stephen Walker, YOUNG@HEART
Honorable Mention: Denny Tedesco, THE WRECKING CREW
Honorable Mention: Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden, ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER

Best Documentary Short (Sponsored By Ground Zero): MY OLYMPIC SUMMER (Dir. Daniel Robin, USA)
Honorable Mention: Tim O'Hara, "Swim For Life."

Best Narrative Short: I LOVE SARAH JANE (Dir. Spencer Susser, Australia)
Honorable Mention: CHIEF (Dir.Brett Wagner, USA)
Honorable Mention: SPIDER (Dir. Nash Edgerton, Australia)

Golden Opportunity Award For Best College Student Short (Sponsored By Vanderbilt University): THE EXECUTION OF SOLOMON HARRIS (Dir. Wyatt Garfield & Ed Yonaitis, USA)
Honorable Mention: MY OLYMPIC SUMMER (Dir. Daniel Robin, USA)
Honorable Mention: BRUNO (Dir. Sam Goetz, USA)

Best Animated Short: MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI (Dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowksi, Canada)
Honorable Mention: I MET THE WALRUS (Dir. Josh Raskin)

Best Experimental Short: SEVILLA --> ∞ 06 (Dir. Olivo Barbieri)

Young Filmmaker Scholarship Award (Sponsored By Watkins College of Art & Design/Film School): WESTERN SPAGHETTI (Dir. Joseph Procopio, Canada)
Honorable Mention: SOUTH AFRICA: FROM THE CITY TO THE SLUM, TO THE SAVANNAH (Dir.Roman Dent, USA)
Honorable Mention: A LOVE STORY...KIND OF...WELL...NOT REALLY (Dirs. Ben Clark, Victoria Whitaker, Chris McKie, Andrew Arwood and Andy Fannon, USA)