BASTARD WANTS TO HIT ME
Courtney Booker, Aaron Sorenson Portland, OR
This music video for They Might Be Giants is a work of art in itself, harkening back to the animation style of Tex Avery. (2 mins.)

JUDGE'S AWARD
"One of the wilder music videos I can remember seeing--a weirdly lucid cartoon nightmare."—M.A.

3 OUT OF 4
Stephen Slappe Portland, OR
A charming portrait of a dying breed: the giant rotating sign. (1 min.)

WHAT IN GOD’S NAME
Vance Malone Portland, OR
The three mysterious landmarks on the side of the highway are familiar to anyone driving between Portland and Seattle, but few know their significance. An in-depth look behind these strange landmarks finds a surprising level of passion and clarity. (5 mins.)

DARLING DARLING
Matthew Lessner Roseburg, OR
The only thing more nerve wracking than meeting your date’s family right before the prom, is meeting the Darling family right before the prom.
(13 mins.)

JUDGE'S AWARD
"A fine exercise in sweet surreal suburban behavior, centering on a few priceless visual conceits, audacious lighting, and a superb performance by Mr. Michael Cerra." —M.A.

A EULOGY FOR MEMORY
Karl Lind Portland, OR
Utilizing imagery inherent in digital image making, Lind’s film imbues the familiar genre of found footage filmmaking with a new visual urgency. (2 mins.)

THE LEEWARD TIDE
Brett Eichenberger Beaverton, OR
In this lushly photographed period piece set on the Oregon coast, an old fisherman finds a message in a bottle that draws him into a mystical conversation with his past and a chance to reconcile love lost (15 mins.)

AGUA
Enie Vaisburd Portland, OR
Vaisburd takes a look at our most precious resource, examining it’s ability to both preserve and endanger life by layering footage of the sea with text from escape legend Harry Houdini. (6 mins.)

INCONVENIENCE
John Penhall Vancouver, BC
Henry has sold more lottery tickets than he can remember, but has no qualms about telling his customers that they’re wasting their money. But his tune changes when a series of events places the winning ticket in his hands, causing him to forsake everything to keep his “fortune”. (17 mins.)

HONORABLE MENTION
"Finely-detailed storytelling and a lovable central performance by its lead actor. (Best use of a Chinese-speaking mouse). " —M.A.

DRIVER’S ED
Thom Harp Seattle, WA
Poor Katherine has taken and failed her driver’s test four times, but with the help of the Safe-T driver’s training program, she hopes to finally get her license so she can go to meet her boyfriend at college. (11 mins.)

JUDGE'S AWARD
"A pleasurably silly story, laugh-out-loud funny, expertly filmed, acted, paced, edited."— M.A.

GEEK LIKE ME
John Vechey Seattle, WA
Chopper is a geek, but not the kind that wears a pocket protector. Unfortunately, his new girlfriend Chloe is a strict vegan and animal rights activist, and Chopper can’t quite figure out how to negotiate these two extremely divergent parts of his life. A traditional love story set in the very un-traditional world that asks what it means to be a “freak.” (18 mins.)

MOON GIRL
Henry Selick Portland, OR
When avid night fisher Leon gets swept into the Moon by a magic constellation, he meets the Moon Girl, the latest in a long line of proprieters who carefully guard the moonlight against the monsters who seek to desroy it. Selick’s animated short is a tour de force of animation and storytelling, sure to delight all. (9 mins.)