Awards

Awards will be given out for:

• Audience Favorite
• Best Director
• Best Live-Action Comedy
• Best Live-Action Drama
• Best Animation/Digital Media
• Best in Show

Prizes

Audience Favorite
Netflix giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Best Director
Netflix giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Best Live-Action Comedy
$100 Best Buy giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Best Live-Action Drama
$100 Best Buy giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Best Animation/Digital Media
$100 Best Buy giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Best in Show
iPad, Adobe Editing Software, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Shorts On The Hill Winner
$50 AMC giftcard, pair of Shorttakes boxing shorts, ooo boutique designer condom gift set, subscription to Filmmaker Magazine, and a trophy

Judges:

More judges will be announced soon, so keep checking back!

• Nancy Cartwright
  Voice artist for Bart Simpson on "The Simpsons." Also a voice artist for "Rugrats," "Kim Possible" and "Family Guy."
• Jude Ciccolella (will be attending as a panelist)
  Known for playing Mike on the TV series 24 and having roles in the movies Sin City and The Terminal.
• Kim Coates (will be attending as a panelist)
  Actor, Black Hawk Down, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Sons of Anarchy
• Andy Cohen
  Well-known producer of titles such as It Takes Two, and TV series such as "Top Design," "Project Runway," "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," and "The Real Housewives of Atlanta (New York City and Orange County)."
• Melora Hardin (will be attending as a panelist)
  Recently known for playing Jan in "The Office," but has also been seen in other roles in movies such as 27 Dresses, 17 Again and played Trudy in the TV series "Monk."
• Catherine Hardwicke
  Well known for being the director of Twilight and Red Riding Hood. Also known for her other smaller yet amazing works Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown.
• Lloyd Kaufman
  Cult darling known for his offbeat films such as The Toxic Avenger and Surf Nazis, major influence on directors such as Peter Jackson and Quentin Tarantino. Also a producer for titles such as Tromeo and Juliet and The Girl Who Returned.
• Oscar Nunez
  Recently known for playing Oscar in "The Office." Oscar also plays the entertaining Ramone in The Proposal and plays a role in the TV series "Reno 911!"
• Brendan O'Brien
  Feature film screenwriter and producer. After working for producer Shauna Robertson on The 40-Year Old Virgin, Brendan wrote the short film, "American Storage," directed by Andrew Jay Cohen.
• Nick Offerman (will be attending as a panelist)
  Film and television actor, best known for playing Ron Swanson in the sitcom "Parks and Recreation." His recent movies include Sin City and The Men Who Stare at Goats.
• Michael Peraza (will be attending as a panelist)
  Art director of the Disney classic The Little Mermaid. Has also worked on the design teams of animated features like The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective and Anastasia.
• Patricia Peraza (will be attending as a panelist)
  Visual effects animator of various animated features such as The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective and Tom and Jerry: the Movie.
• F.J. Pratt
  TV comedy writer. Known for shows such as "Frasier," "Ellen," and "Less Than Perfect" and is an executive producer for "Glory Daze." Another fellow Bruin who graduated from UCLA that started out as an actor later to become and esteemed writer for television.
• Danny Pudi (will be attending as a panelist)
  Known for the character Abed from "Community," also appeared in several episodes of the TV series "Gimore Girls" and "Greek."
• Alan Ruck (will be attending as a panelist)
  Actor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Twister, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Happening, and Speed.
• Momita SenGupta (will be attending as a panelist)
  Senior VP of production, MTV. Known for titles on TV such as "Nitro Circus," "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila," and "Paris Hilton's My New BFF." Was also a production liaison for Varsity Blues and Election.
• Chuck Sheetz
  Animation director. He has worked on the TV series "The Simpsons," "The Critic," “What’s New Scooby-Doo?," "King of the Hill," "Recess" and "Drawn Together" and directed the feature film Recess: School’s Out.
• Willard Tressel (will be attending as a panelist)
  A fellow Bruin alumnus who is currently the GM of OnDIRECTV, a top 20 general entertainment channel for DIRECTV Latin America. He also runs the DIRECTV HD channel in addition to overseeing pay-per-view and on-demand content distribution.

Judging Criteria

Films will be judged on a holistic approach, evaluating a film on many levels. Judges will consider:

• Originality
• Storyline content
• Visual creativity in cinematography
• Effectiveness of editing
• Overall quality