Announcing the Winners
After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
Kudos to Raven Films for winning Best Film of 2012. Their film Crackerjack will go on to represent Houston against all the other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2013.
1st Place: Best Film of 2012
Crackerjack by Raven Films
2nd Place: Best Film of 2012
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
3rd Place: Best Film of 2012
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Required Elements
- Character: Jacob or Jasmine Alexander, Chef or Cook
- Prop: a briefcase
- Line: "Here's where it gets tricky." (or "Here is where it gets tricky.")
Audience Favorite: Group A
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mentions
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
Lost And Found by T. Berglin
Audience Favorite: Group B
Chance 27 by Houston Film
Honorable Mentions
Twelve Hungry Men by Irony Coast Productions
When I Grow Up by Buttercup Pawductions
Audience Favorite: Group C
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Widow Maker by De-Reality
Honorable Mentions
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Told You So by 4th Collective
Audience Favorite: Group D
The Further Adventures Of Super Karl by Sweet Baby Jesus
Honorable Mention
Dinner Is Served by Purple Wizard Films
Audience Favorite: Group E
Le Chat by Popular Outcasts Productions
Honorable Mention
Naparella by Films For Actors
Best Writing
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mentions
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
The Further Adventures Of Super Karl by Sweet Baby Jesus
Best Editing
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mention
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Best Cinematography
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Honorable Mention
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
Best Musical Score
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mentions
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Best Song
Lost And Found by T. Berglin
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mention
Twelve Hungry Men by Irony Coast Productions
Best Actor
James Glen Tucker Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mentions
Michael Raabe Shell Game by Snap Pack
Lee Nichols Chance 27 by Houston Film
Best Actress
Courtney Lomelo Widow Maker by De-Reality
Honorable Mention
Grace Powell & Shiree Nelson When I Grow Up by Buttercup Pawductions
Best Graphics
The Further Adventures Of Super Karl by Sweet Baby Jesus
Honorable Mention
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Best Special Effects
The Further Adventures Of Super Karl by Sweet Baby Jesus
Honorable Mention
Teardrop by Chicken Fried Time Machine Films
Best Choreography
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Best Costumes
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Best Use of Character
Le Chat by Popular Outcasts Productions
Roadside Chef by XP Crew
Honorable Mention
Chance 27 by Houston Film
Best Use of Prop
All That Glitters by Echo Pictures
Jacob's Destiny by Last Minute Productions
Honorable Mention
Widow Maker by De-Reality
Best Use of Line
Told You So by 4th Collective
Le Chat by Popular Outcasts Productions
Honorable Mention
Teardrop by Chicken Fried Time Machine Films
Best Use of Genre
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Chance 27 by Houston Film
Honorable Mentions
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Jacob's Destiny by Last Minute Productions
Creepiest Villian
Crackerjack by Raven Films
Honorable Mentions
Dinner Is Served by Purple Wizard Films
Widow Maker by De-Reality
Most Annoying Character
Your Turn? by Mixed Nuts
Most Awkward Moment
Sage Like Advice by Spindletop Pictures
Honorable Mention
Le Chat by Popular Outcasts Productions
2012 Film List
All That Glitters by Echo Pictures
Here is where it gets tricky
Chance 27 by Houston Film
Here is where it gets tricky
Crackerjack by Raven Films
In the late 1930s south, a psychopath wreaks havoc on a young couple.
Dinner Is Served by Purple Wizard Films
WNN Action News gives you the latest on zombie and human integration. The story at nine!
Jacob's Destiny by Last Minute Productions
An unexpected surprise drops in on a restauranteur for a morning cocktail
Le Chat by Popular Outcasts Productions
Significant details get lost in translation with their foreign chef when a neurotic couple who owns
Lost And Found by T. Berglin
sometimes you lose things
Naparella by Films For Actors
A dreamer meets her match
Once Upon A Time In India by Low Carbs
Was Gandhi Right?
Roadside Chef by XP Crew
Aspiring food truck operator finds out the dream he pursues is not all it's cracked up to be.
Sage Like Advice by Spindletop Pictures
A quirky office employee takes love advice from a chef.
Shell Game by Snap Pack
Three college coed go to a hostile where they
Southbound by 5aucey Cinema
At a lonely train station, a young man receives love advice from three unlikely strangers
Sugar by GOBO GANG
"It's to die for."
Teardrop by Chicken Fried Time Machine Films
This is where it gets tricky
The Further Adventures Of Super Karl by Sweet Baby Jesus
Knickerbee has finally killed Super Karl. Now his henchmen must dispose of the body.
Told You So by 4th Collective
Put It In the Hole
Twelve Hungry Men by Irony Coast Productions
The twelve children of a recently-deceasetop TV Chef must work together to receive their inheritence
When I Grow Up by Buttercup Pawductions
A family celebration causes an actor to reevaluate her life and her personal definition of success.
Widow Maker by De-Reality
Honor isn't about doing the right thing, its about dealing with the consequence.
Your Turn? by Mixed Nuts
A bomb expert is called to diffuse a bomb and finds out there is something more dreadful than a bomb
Our Partners
Local Sponsors
