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Published: Nov 8, 2009

SAVANNAH, Ga.—The 2009 Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, concluded its 12th year on Nov. 7 with the presentation of the competition film awards.

Student Competition Film Awards

• Savannah Film Commission Award: "The Fakers," Director Evan Watkins, SCAD
• Best Student Animation Award: "Sebastian's Voodoo," Director Joaquin Baldwin, University of California, Los Angeles
• Best SCAD Student Film Award: "Farewell to the Sparrow," Director Shane Ladd, SCAD
• Panavision Professional Education and Cinematography Award: SCAD Professor Michael Hofstein (winner for fifth straight year)
• Panavision’s Tracy Langan Student Cinematography Award: "Quality Time," Charlie Baird, Columbia University ($60,000 Panavision camera package for use on next film)
• 2009 HBO Films Student Competition Award: "Joy in the Morning," Director Gina Atwater, Columbia University ($5,000 prize)

Professional Competition Film Awards

• Best Dramatic Short: "Underwear," Director Tomer Gendler
• Best Editing Award, presented by Avid: "An Unlikely Weapon," Director Susan Morgan Cooper
• Best Documentary Award: "45365," Directors Bill Turner and Ross Turner
• Best Narrative Feature Award: "Mercy," Director Patrick Hoelck
• Best Director Award (tie): "Bomber," Director Paul Cotter and "Mercy," Director Patrick Hoelck
• Diane Passage Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award: Actor Bill Camp for "Love and Roadkill"
• Best Animated Film Award: "Pigeon Impossible," Director Lucas Martell
• 2009 HBO Films Producer Award: "An Unlikely Weapon," Producers Susan Morgan Cooper and Cindy Lou Adkins ($5,000 prize)

The weeklong Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 7, also honored actors Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Emmy Rossum, Hugh Dancy, Patricia Clarkson and Jeremy Renner.

For more information, visit www.scad.edu/filmfest.

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