LaDon Drummond, solo actress from "War"

Adam and Evan Nix, lead actor and director of "Fortune Cookie"

Left to Right: Sherman Payne, Alex Mangen ("Nicked"), and Maya Kuttan ("Shades of Crimson")

Nick Bailey and Chad Arthur, directors of "No News is Good News"

Jeffrey Dates, special guest speaker, and wife Kimberly

Don Winter, director of "13 Days in April"

Left to Right: Vera Freitag ("In a Steel Box"), Connie Ferraro ("Let the Miracle Begin"), Theo Lipfert ("Taubman Sucks")

A pack of directors and crew at "Modern Parables"

James Cullinane, director of "Persistence"

Dean Pizzoferrato, winner of the "Best of Ai" Award, and PR whiz Corrina Ryan

Bill Kersey, director of "Garpenfargle" and "Solace"

Yohei Kawamata, director of "The Bookshelf"

Getting ready for the show (Robert Cochrane, director of "Luckey Quarter," far left)

"Programmers' Picks" Q & A session

Boulder City Mayor Bob Ferraro introduces the Awards party

Festival founders Lee and Anita Lanier give out the Best Documentary Award

Mingling at the Awards Party

Volunteer Ryan McMackin and trailer director, Kirk Buckendorf

Nick Collnis, Board member, and super-volunteer Adele Brown

Volunteers prepare for the onslaught

Happy volunteers Lynn and Linda Lanier