2010 Ventura Film Festival Awards

Exodus Fall
Best of Fest

Charlie Valentine
Best Drama

Best Director, Narrative Features
Jesse V. Johnson

The Desperate
Best Short Film

Best Director, Narrative Shorts
Ben Hur Sepehr

Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story
Best Documentary Short

Baker Boys: Inside the Surge
Best Documentary Feature

A Sea Change
Best Environmental Documentary

Best Surf Film
Hawaiin Surf Stories

Clones Gone Wild
Best Comedy

Thirsty Guy
Best Comedy Scene

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas
Best Animation

Thrown
Best Young Director – Justin Walker
Best Young Writer – Jeff Erwin, Justin Walker

Renzo Gracie – Legacy
Audience Choice Award

Road Kill
Fan Favorite

Honorable Mention
Slice of Pie
Cangleska Wakan
Retrato
Yoga Man
Winter
Big Bully Bank
Spells

Miss Ventura Film Festival
Lea Baskas

Mr. Ventura Film Festival
Michael Kessler

Screenplay Competition

1st place

Carla
by Christoph Schinko

2nd place

Season of Mists
by Kevin Stuart Brodie

3rd place

Falling From The Rainbow
by Tess Ortbals & JR Burningham

Teleplay Competition

1st place

The Janissary Patrol
by Igor Ogorodnev

2nd place (tie)

The Colonnade Deal
by Gregory Boytos

Shooting Earth
by Louis Rosenberg