The 20th annual Florida Film Festival came to a close last weekend with an awards reception recognizing the best in American independent and foreign film.

The jury and audience award-winners of the 2011 Florida Film Festival in the American Independent and International Feature Film, Documentary, and Short Film categories are as follows:

FEATURE FILMS

Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
THE HAPPY POET, directed by Paul Gordon

Special Jury Award for Outstanding Debut Performance
Joslyn Jensen in WITHOUT, directed by Mark Jackson

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
HAMILL, directed by Oren Kaplan

Audience Award for Best International Feature
INCENDIES, directed by Denis Villeneuve

DOCUMENTARIES

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
MADE IN INDIA, directed by Rebecca Haimowitz and Vaishali Sinha

Special Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking
STUFF, directed by Lawrence Johnson

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
LOUDER THAN A BOMB, directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
MINKA, directed by Davina Pardo

SHORT FILMS

Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
WEST OF THE MOON, directed by Brent Bonacorso

Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short
BOTTLE, directed by Kirsten Lepore

Special Jury Award for Short Filmmaking
AFTER THE SNOW, directed by Brooke Sebold

Audience Award for Best Short Film
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Audience Award for Best International Short
PIXELS, directed by Patrick Jean

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