Best in Fest - Jury Award
"Each One Teach One" - Lila Place, California
[World Premiere]

While in prison Jason "Compa" Tres discovered his own talent as an artist and how art could be used as a powerful tool for transformation and empowerment. Now released from prison, Jason works with youth in crisis in the hope of preventing them from following in his path.

Best Animation - Jury Award
"Dust" - Ryan Sigg, Oregon

An animated fable starring two behemoths with ambiguous feelings for each other and their surroundings.

Audience Choice - First Place
"Getting Through to the President"
Emily Kunstler & Sarah Kunstler, New York
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

For three days, at one Greenwich Village payphone, hundreds of New Yorkers tried to get through to the President. With both humor and sincerity, New Yorkers fed quarters into a payphone and braved busy signals and excessive hold times to get their voices heard on topics such as the environment, healthcare, gay marriage, the war in Iraq, and much more.

Audience Choice - Second Place
"The Effects of Small Change" - Melissa Gerr, Oregon

One tourist witnessed the coin tossing ritual at the Trevi Fountain in Rome and finds change.

Audience Choice - Third Place
"The Return of Peg Leg Pete"
David Cairns and Nigel R. Smith, Scotland, UK
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

Peg Leg Pete, a redundant buccaneer, struggles to find work in today's tough job market. Having a peg leg, a hook and an eye-patch doesn't help. Having no skills beyond drinking rum, singing shanties and yelling "Ha-har!" is a handicap too. Join our salty friend as he turns his hook to window cleaning and waiting tables with unmixed results - complete failure on every level.

"One Small Step for Man"
Andy Gately, Texas

Experimental film which, through manipulation of stock footage, satirizes the 1969 Apollo Moon landings and presents NASA's space program as a microcosm for how America values human life. The director hopes it will encourage people to re-examine the USA's foreign policy, its priorities, and the distribution of wealth, then and now.

"Jane Doe"
Kramer O'Neill, Germany
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

A young woman comes home after a long day at work.

"Series of Shorts"
D.A. Tesch, Oregon
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

After Pixar and Guns and Moses. Animated compelling and super-short parables about the folly of man.

"Wrong Number Phone Message"
Bruce Alcock, British Columbia, Canada

A crazed old man living in the Pacific Northwest woods leaves a vitriolic message on the wrong machine. In stop motion animation and the medium of junk, dollies, lumber, leaves, berries, and plaid, the film pictures who he is and how he lives.

"Runaway Bathtub"
Annie Poon, New York

Bathtime turns into an adventure when the tub floods and two little girls are carried out to sea! They meet fishy friends and sharky foes and even have a rainwater tea party.

"A Whole New You"
Jody Dwyer, Australia
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

Derek, and office worker, goes about his duties and dedication, yet is almost invisible to all. Even the receptionist dismisses him as worthless. The key to making his mark comes from a self-help guru promising "a whole new you".

"Split Pea Soup"
Nick Peterson, Oregon

Three complete strangers go about their lives, sometimes passing each other anonymously. All the while, unspoken desires of companionship, the fear of rejections and a yearning to be alone are subtly played out within the passive city.

"Judgement Call"
Robert Budreau, Ontario, Canada
[World Premiere at PISS Fest!]

As three major league umpires prepare for the first day of spring training, they debate their roles and the value of America's past time.

"Living with Lou"
Steven Morrow & Robert Sharman, California

On a motion picture set, the 1st AD runs the show but how he behaves when he's unemployed was a mystery...until now.

"Solitaire"
Theodore Collatos, Massachusetts

Solitaire's first and last encounter with her father is his death. An edgy off-kilter experimental narrative about how death brings families closer together.

"Stall"
Brian Kerr, Oregon

Identities are increasingly reliant upon numbers. Personal interactions become more disconnected and at times we have a stronger relationship with technology than with other humans. This experimental film explores the struggle for individuality.

"To Whom it May Concern"
Kristina B Nameless, British Columbia, Canada

This short experimental film is a documemory; a letter to an absent father that exists to break a cycle of silence in the family. It is a revelation of loss, hope and identity.