The 2006 Rome (Georgia) International Film Festival Awards

The winners are:

Best Animation: Smile, directed by Chris Mais (USA)
Best Experimental: Flight, directed by Mike Pecci (USA)
Best International Short: Lesson Number 5, directed by Philippe Skaff (Lebanon)
Best American Short: The Bread Squeezer, directed by Kasia Kowalczyk (USA)
Best International Documentary: Yanush Korchak, directed by Semion Vinokur (Israel)
Best American Documentary: The Seeker, directed by Evans Somers and Jess Thomas (USA)
Best Director: Nikola Vukcevic, View from the Eiffel Tower (Serbia-Montenegro)
Best Narrative Feature: The Garage, directed by Carl Thibault (USA)
Audience Award for Best Short: The Stranger Malone Video (a work in progress), directed by George King (USA)
Audience Award for Best Feature: Shut Up and Sing!, directed by Bruce Leddy (USA)
Festival Achievement Award: Iris Franklin, President, Rome International Film Festibal Board of Directors
Special Jury Award: Our Very Own, directed by Cameron Watson (USA)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rick Schmidt (director of 1988-The Remake, Morgan's Cake, Emerald Cities, Mirage, Rick's Canoe and many other films; author of Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices; columnist, Moviemaker Magazine)