To recognise the outstanding achievements of the filmmakers showcased at the 16th Raindance Film Festival in 2008, a number of jury prizes were awarded before the screening of the Closing Night Film Hush at the Cineworld Trocadero on Sunday 12 October at 7:30PM. Winners are bolded.

UK FEATURE
*The Blue Tower
Dummy
Flick
Senseless
Zebra Crossings

UK SHORT * sponsored by Delta Airlines
Broken
Like Other People Do
Ottica Zero
Player
*Red Sands

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
*Estomago [Brazil]
Fine, Totally Fine [Japan]
Goliath [USA]
The Tour [Serbia]
Watch Out [USA]

INTERNATIONAL SHORT
*A Juicy Turkey [France]
Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Cara [USA]
Small Collection [USA]
The Tournament [Italy]
Trouble Sens [France]

DEBUT FEATURE
No Through Road [Australia]
*Production Office [Canada]
PVC-1 [Colombia]
The Rind [Uruguay]
This World of Ours [Japan]
Who is KK Downey? [Canada]

DOCUMENTARY
Agile, Mobile, Hostile [USA]
*Indestructible [USA]
Today, The Same Day Is Different [Spain]
Wings of Defeat [Japan]
Wild Blue Yonder [USA]

AUDIENCE AWARD [FEATURE]
*Zebra Crossings

DAILYMOTION SHORT CIRCUIT AWARD
*The Driving Test
Graffiti
The Wind of Change

SAE DIGITAL SHORT FILM AWARD
Alfie Is Go [USA],
The Eye [Argentina],
Fight [UK],
Mime and Punishment [USA],
Letter to Colleen [USA].

FILM OF THE FESTIVAL [SHORT] * Sponsored by the Independent Film Trust
The winner will make next year's cinema advert.
*Red Sands