The 2009 Shortie Awards Winners and Finalists:
Live Action 15-18:
Winner: The Ragdoll Girl, St. Cecilia’s College, Derry, Northern Ireland and First Light Movies, Birmingham, UK.
Runner Up: One Week Later, Ferndown Upper School, Ferndown, Dorset and First Light Movies, Birmingham, UK.
Animation 15-18:
Winner: By My Side, by Sam Ekren of the Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN.
Runner Up: Brainfreeze, by Ramez Hashlamon of Fairfax Academy, Fairfax, VA.
Live Action 11-14:
Winner: The Great Bug Deception, by the Sobrinski siblings, Stroudsburg, PA.
Runner Up: The Story Behind the Dance Theatre of Harlem, James Dempsey, advisor, Roberto Clemente Middle School, Germantown, MD.
Animation 11-14:
Winner: Ekki Dokki, Preeya Nair and Maikki Kantola, advisors, Pirkanmaa Film Center/Flying Elephant Films, Hyderbad India.
Runner Up: Red-Tailed Angels, by Gerald Foster of Gava/Gate Animation, Greenbelt Access Television, Inc, Greenbelt, MD.
Live Action 7-10:
Winner: Let's Be Green When It's Time to Clean, Tricia Fuglestad, advisor, Dryden Elementary School, Hoffman Estates, IL.
Runner Up: Spaghetti Monster: A Spaghetti Western, Renee Shaw, advisor, Barrett Elementary School, Arlington, VA.
Animation 7-10:
Winner: The Lost Colony, Kerry Brown Abbott, advisor, Abingdon Elementary School, Arlington, VA.
Runner Up: Valtteri, the Blue Whale, Pirkanmaa Film Center, Tampere, Finland.
News:
Best News High School: Parkland Morning News, Marilyn Stinebaugh, advisor, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA.
Runner Up: E-MAK Team 1380, Don Goble, advisor, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO.
Best News Middle School: SMS Live Morning Show, Kel Wetherhold, advisor, Salisbury Middle School, Allentown, PA.
Runner Up: Medal of Honor Productions, Michael DiSalvo, advisor, Francis Hammond Middle School, Alexandria, VA.
Best News Elementary School: KEC-TV News Report: Joe Biden Visits Palm Beach County, Brian Zimmerman, advisor, Canal Point Elementary School, Canal Point, FL.
Runner Up: HBTV, Barbara Papantoniou, advisor, Hoffman Boston Elementary School, Arlington, VA.
Documentary:
Winner: A Generation of Consolidation, by Samantha Muilenburg and Brooke Noel of Reel Grrls, Seattle, WA.
Runner Up: Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life, Native Lens, Seattle WA.
Regional Representative at SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival: Grey, Brittney Barbour, Our Stories, Washington, DC.
Teacher Created:
Winner: Complementary in Every Way, by Tricia Fuglestad of Dryden Elementary School, Hoffman Estates, IL.
Runner Up: Hope for Technology, by Karen Rose of McKillop Elementary School, Plano, TX.
PSAs (tie):
Winner: Ask for Help, by Kendall Davidson of Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO.
Winner: We’re All Wieners!, Mitchell Rygiel, advisor, Shaughnessy Park School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Runner Up: Paint Yourself In!, Mitchell Rygiel, advisor, Shaughnessy Park School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.