2011 BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -- AWARDS

Director Jim Bigham accepts the award from the Boulder International Film Festival for Best Call 2 Action Film on Sunday night in the Boulder Theater. [Photo by Katelyn Hauge-Aldridge]

These awards were presented by festival directors Kathy and Robin Beeck on Sunday, February 20, 2011 in the Boulder Theater.

Vanguard Award winner (presented Saturday) – James Franco

Best New Filmmaker – “Touch,”Jen McGowan

Best Animated Film --- “Thembi’s Diary,” Jisoo Kim

Best Call 2 Action Film, “For Once in My Life,” Jim Bigham

Best Colorado Film – “Mother,” Christophe Fauchere

Best Short Film – “Glenn Owen Dodds,” Frazer Bailey

Best Short Documentary, “One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey,” Jennifer Stoddart

Best Feature Documentary, “Regretters,” Marcus Lindeen

Best Feature Film – “Mamas & Papas,” Alice Nellis

People’s Choice Award – “Freedom Riders,” Stanley Nelson

Master of Cinema Award winner – Oliver Stone

BIFF presents the People's Choice Award

For the first time, this year the Boulder International Film Festival has instituted the People's Choice Award. This gives you the chance to vote in your favorite film of the Festival for one of our exclusive Vielehr statuettes!

Here's how it works: you will be given a slip of paper marked with the name of the fim and the numbers 1 through 5, 5 being the highest number a film can receive (please note: each film is judged on its own merits, not in relation to other BIFF films). When a screening ends, please TEAR THROUGH the number you think the film merits. Then give your ballot to one of our BIFF volunteers on your way out. It's that simple!

Vox populi, vox dei (that's, uh, let's see . . . Latin, yeah! It means "the voice of the people is the voice of God." And look how the Roman Empire turned out -- ).