The just-wrapped Utah Arts Festival 2012 announced winners of awards in its various Fear No Film programs, including the "Utah Short Film of the Year."---
From the Utah Short Film of the Year program, Ali Barr's Life According to Penny (above) took the award voted on by attendees at the program's three Festival screenings Thursday - Saturday. A full list of winners follows of both jury and audience awards follows:
Grand Jury Best of Show: The Extraordinary Life of Rocky, Belgium
Grand Jury Honorable Mention: The Olláparo, Spain
Grand Jury Honorable Mention: Odokuro, New York
Grand Jury Honorable Mention: Because There Are Things You Never Forget, Spain
2012 Utah Short Film of the Year: Life According to Penny
Fear No Filmmaker Award: MIJO, Maryland
Audience Awards
Applauding The Tipping Point of YOU: Because There Are Things You Never Forget, Spain
Applauding The Tipping Point of THE TWO OF YOU: Love in the Kitchen, Germany
Applauding The Tipping Point of US: The Extraordinary Life of Rocky, Belgium
Applauding The Tipping Point of THEM: The Things My Father Never Taught Me, Australia
Applauding The Tipping Point of WE THE PEOPLE: A Question of Integrity: Politics, Ethics, and the Supreme Court, Alabama
Applauding The Tipping Point of THE CITIZENS OF EARTH: SNAILS!, Spain
Applauding The Tipping Point of THE PLANET: From Dumpster to Dinner Plate, New Zealand
Fear No Film KIDS! Award: My License, Florida
Fear No Film KIDS! Award: They Might Be Giants- Can’t Keep Johnny Down, North Carolina