The 28th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival

This year the  Festival presented 236 films from 42 countries.

SPECIAL PRIZES

The 2011 Best of Fest Award
Maria von Heland, The Star Talers (Germany, 2011)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize - Best Film by an Emerging Director
Helio Villela Nunes, The Stubborn Mule and the Remote Control (Brazil, 2010)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize - Best Child-Produced Film 
First Light, Can You Teach a Worm to Tango? (England, 2010)

The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize
Annelies Kruk, A Dress for Anuschka (Netherlands, 2011)

My First Movie Prize - Best Film for Ages 2-5
Jesús Pérez and Elisabeth Hüttermann, The Big Brother (Switzerland/Germany, 2011)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZES

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM 
1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film 
Joram Lürsen, The Magicians (Netherlands, 2010)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film 
Nila Madhab Panda, I am Kalam (India, 2010)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM 
1st Prize, Live-action Short Film 
Cassandra Nguyen, Play Lunch (Australia, 2011)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film 
Stian E. Forgaard, Shadow of a Midsummer Night (Norway, 2011)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION 
1st Prize, Live-action Television Program
Ann-Catrin Virkama, The Challenge: "Sea Rescue" (Finland, 2010)

2nd Prize, Live-action Television Program 
Dirk Kummer, A Hero on Tuesdays (Germany, 2010)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - DOCUMENTARY FILM 
1st Prize, Documentary Film 
Maartje Bakers, Big (Netherlands, 2010)

2nd Prize, Documentary Film 
Catherine Van Campen, Flying Anne (Netherlands, 2010)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 
1st Prize, Animated Feature Film 
Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, A Cat in Paris (France, 2010)

2nd Prize, Animated Feature Film 
Jean-Christophe Roger, The Storytelling Show (France, 2010)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED SHORT FILM 
1st Prize, Animated Short Film 
Jacob Frey and Harry Fast, Bob (Germany, 2009)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film 
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (USA, 2010)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED TELEVISION 
1st Prize, Animated Television Program
Chloé Miller, Angelo Rules: "Spitball Wars" (France/South Korea, 2010)

2nd Prize, Animated Television Program 
Myriam Ballesteros, Lucky Fred: "Close Shave" (Spain, 2011)

CHILDREN'S JURY PRIZE - CHILD-PRODUCED FILM 
1st Prize, Child-Produced Film 
Magdalena Bala�ević and Zrinka Kovačević, Click (Croatia, 2010)

2nd Prize, Child-Produced Film 
Thomas Keene, Austen Goebel and Noah Staton, Food Deserts: A Film (USA, 2011)

ADULT JURY PRIZES

ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM 
1st Prize, Live-action Feature Film 
Johannes Schmid, Winter's Daughter (Germany, 2010)

2nd Prize, Live-action Feature Film 
Nila Madhab Panda, I am Kalam (India, 2010)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM 
1st Prize, Live-action Short Film 
Steffan Strandberg, Heaven Behind the House (Norway, 2011)

2nd Prize, Live-action Short Film 
Sally Pearce, Hally (Wales, 2011)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION PROGRAM
1st Prize, Live-action Television Program
Andreas Morell, Animals Up to the Roof: "The Wolf is Coming" (Germany, 2010)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM 
1st Prize, Documentary Feature Film 
Elise Swerhone, Tutumuch (Canada, 2009)

2nd Prize, Documentary Feature Film 
Régis Sauder, Children of the Princess of Cleves (France, 2010)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM 
1st Prize, Documentary Short Film 
Katharine Mahalic, The Vacuum Kid (USA, 2011)

2nd Prize, Documentary Short Film 
Annelies Kruk, A Dress for Anuschka (Netherlands, 2011)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY FILM 
1st Prize, Animated Documentary Film 
Tim Rauch, No More Questions (USA, 2011)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 
1st Prize, Animated Feature Film 
Esben Toft Jacobsen, The Great Bear (Denmark, 2011)

2nd Prize, Animated Feature Film 
Michel Ocelot, Tales of the Night (France, 2011)

ADULT JURY PRIZE - ANIMATED SHORT FILM 
1st Prize, Animated Short Film 
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (USA, 2010)

2nd Prize, Animated Short Film 
Jean-Claude Rozec, Specky Four Eyes (France, 2010)

ADULT JURY PRIZE -ANIMATED TELEVISION PRODUCTION
1st Prize, Animated Television Production
Klaus Morschheuser and Johannes Weiland, The Princess' Painting (Germany, 2010)