Here they are.

These are the films and performers who
have demonstrated an edge over this years competition and we have
nominated for Wavecrest Awards.

First of all, we must salute this years
Triple Threat Film Maker.  We take great pride in watching every film
submitted for excellence in several aspects of film making that include
acting, writing and directing and sometimes everything else that goes
into making a film.  While several films met the qualifications for this
award only one pushed the envelope so far that it could not be
overlooked.

This year we are happy to present the
Wavecrest Award for Best Triple Threat Film Maker to Luke Matheny for
his short film God Of Love.

Congratulations, Luke, on this achievement
and on your Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.  We are proud
to add you to our roster.

Nominees.

159 films were submitted to this year’s competition.

We are screening 54 of them.  Upon the
heels of his Oscar win and notification of the Triple Threat Award, Luke
Matheny humbly and graciously withdrew from further competition this
year, leaving our judges with even tougher decisions to make about this
years official selections.

Here are the 2011 Wavecrest Award contenders.

Congratulations to all nominees!

Feature Films
Marathon by Biju Viswanath
New Year by Phil Borg CANADA
Sixty in 60 by Ronnie Cramer
Tears Of Remedy by Lee Thongkham
The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun by Alex Colls  SPAIN

Short Films
21 by CB Perlenberg  SWEDEN
Ashley Lynn by Travis Herbert Chapman
Fatakra by Soham Mehta
Finding Soil by Torch Eberhart
Some Jobs Are Simple by Jim Evans

Documentary Films
Ask Us Who We Are by Bess O’Brien
Challenging Impossibility by Sanjay Rawal
Chasing Water by Peter McBride
Return by Cyd Chartier Cohn
The Test by Gary Strieker
The Triangle Of Death by Folleh Tamba

Animated Films
Bait by Michael Moore
Sharfik by Karina Gazizova
The Birds Upstairs by Christopher Jarvis
The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun by Alex Colls  SPAIN
Tooth Fairy Affair by Isabela Melamed BULGARIA

Best Actor
John Bregar in New Year
Ryan Herman in Tears Of Remedy
Bryan Houston in Finding Soil
Mattias Malmgren in 21
Aaron Salgado in Ashley Lynn

Best Actress
Karin Bertling in 21
Joanna Douglas in New Year
Molly Ryman in Some Jobs Are Simple
Meena Serendib in Fatakra

Best Director
Phil Borg – New Year
Alex Colls – The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun
Peter McBride – Chasing Water
CB Perlenberg – 21

Best Film Score/Soundtrack
21 (Twenty One)
Challenging Impossibility
Fatakra
New Year
Sharfik

Wavecrest Awards are presented at the festival.  Details of this event are not yet scheduled.