posted by Milan on October 8th, 2012

It’s not unreasonable to spend a Sunday morning in Milwaukee sipping mimosas, bloody marys or Alterra coffee, listening to Dewey Gill’s Sunday Morning Big Band show on WMSE 91.7 FM, eating breakfast foods in a neighborhood favorite like oh, say, Beans and Barley. And if you’re us, you figure out a way to do all this while simultaneously handing out some film festival awards.

That’s exactly what we did this past Sunday, at the incredible home of dear, generous Milwaukee Film friend Andy Nunemaker. Our great friends at Beans and Barley provided the breakfast, proper morning beverages were served, and Dewey Gill broadcast his Sunday Morning Big Band show live on location! What did we do? We gathered together many of the folks who made this year’s festival possible, including (and especially) the filmmakers. And then we handed out the following awards:

Competition Winner
Crulic - The Path to Beyond (dir. Anca Damian)

Competition: Honorable Mention
5 Broken Cameras (dirs. Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi)

Competition: Best Acting
Saul Williams, Tey

Competition: Best Directing
Mohammad Rasoulof, Goodbye

Cream City Cinema: Filmmaker-in-Residence
Chris James Thompson, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
(The year-long residency includes a $20,000+ Filmmaker Services Prize Package, sponsored by Independent and North American Camera, and a $2,500 cash award. The Competition Award also comes with a $2,500 cash award.)

Cream City Cinema: Special Jury Prize for Short Film
So I Could Fly Away (dir. Blyth Renate Meier)

Cream City Cinema: Special Jury Prize for Feature Film
As Goes Janesville (dir. Brad Lichtenstein)

And who exactly was on our esteemed juries?

Cream City Cinema Jury
John Axford – Milwaukee Brewers
Deb McClutchy – Oscilloscope Pictures
Michael Raisler – Creative Director, Cinereach; Executive producer, Beasts of the Southern WildLaurel Ward – VP of Development, Ocean Pictures

Competition Program Jury
Ildi Toth Davy – Altadena Pictures
David Heuring – Independent freelance writer and consultant
Brad Wilke – Programmer, Seattle International Film Festival

Of course, if you’ve been to any films, you’ve heard us talk about The Allan (H.) Bud and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Awards for Feature and Short Films. (That’s what you tear all those ballots for.) We’ll announce those winners once the festival ends this Thursday, October 11, and post 'em for all the world to see.