Awards
2010 Traverse City Film Festival Awards
The following festival awards were announced Sunday, August 1 at the Closing Night Party:
Audience Award, Best Fiction Film
First Place: “The Concert”
Second Place: “The Secret in Their Eyes”
Third Place: “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil”
Audience Award, Best Non-Fiction Film
First Place: “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
Second Place: “Reel Injun”
Third Place: “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage”
Founders Prize, Best Fiction Film
“Lebanon, PA.”
“A Brand New Life”
Founders Prize, Best Non-Fiction Film
“The Elephant in the Living Room”
“The Tillman Story”
Founders Prize, Best of Fest, Fiction
“Will You Marry Us?”
Founders Prize, Best of Fest, Non-Fiction
“Budrus”
Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Filmmaking
“Dreaming in Blue”
“Horn of Plenty”
“Strawberry and Chocolate”
“Viva Cuba”
Jury Award, Best Fiction Film
“In the Beginning”
Jury Award, Best Original Vision, Fiction
“Castaway on the Moon”
Jury Award, Best Debut Fiction Feature
“Mid-August Lunch”
Fiction Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance
“Farsan (Father)” – Jan Fares
Fiction Jury Prize for Emerging Talent – TIE
“Tiny Furniture” – Lena Dunham
“The Happy Poet” – Paul Gordon
Non-Fiction Jury Award, Best Film
“The Miscreants of Taliwood”
Non-Fiction Jury Award, Best U.S. Film
“How to Fold a Flag”
Non-Fiction Jury Award, Best Foreign Film
“His & Hers”
Non-Fiction Special Jury Prize
“Smile ‘Til It Hurts: The Up with People Story”
Non-Fiction Jury Award, Best Environmental Film
“Gasland”
Best Fiction Short Film
“The Hardest Part” – Oliver Refson
Best Non-Fiction Short Film
“How To Save A Fish From Drowning” – Kelly Neal
Best Animated Short Film
“The Man Who Slept” – Ines Sedan
Emerging Filmmaker Short Film
“God Of Love” – Luke Matheny
Judges’ Special Mention Short Film
“Off Season” – Jonathan Van Tulleken






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