Newport Beach Film Festival announces awards

Audience Award Winner Feature (U.S.): "Hamil," Oren Kaplan

Audience Award Winner Feature (Foreign): "My Afternoons With Margueritte," Jean Becker

Audience Award Winner Documentary: "Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America," Alexis Ostrander

Audience Award Winner Action Sports Feature: "Splinters," Adam Pesce

Audience Award Winner Short Film: "Moonfishing," David Michael Friend

2011 Newport Beach Film Festival honors:

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Acting: Jericho Rosales, "Subject: I Love You"

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Directing: Matt Walsh, "High Road"

Outstanding Achievement in Feature Filmmaking: Takeshi Koike, "Redline"

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: André Øvredal, "The Troll Hunter"

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Drew Pierce, Brett Pierce, "Deadheads"

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Liz Garbus, "Bobby Fischer Against The World"

Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Alana Morshead, "Peach Plum Pear"

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary: James Marsh, "Project Nim"

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary: David Dworsky and Victor Köhler, "PressPausePlay"

Outstanding Achievement in Action Sports Filmmaking: Adam Pesce, "Splinters"

Outstanding Achievement in Action Sports Filmmaking: Eric Iberg and Shane Nelson, "Like A Lion"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Animation: Robert Kohn, "The Lift"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Horror: Jerome Sable, "The Legend of Beaver Dam"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Directing: Skot Bright, "Ollie Klublershturf vs. the Nazis"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking: Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia, "Rita"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking: Vicky Mather, "Stanley Pickle"

Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking: David Yarovesky, "Ghild"

The 2011 Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Award for Achievement in Animation

The Chuck Jones Award for Direction, Story and Character Development: "Le cirque," Nicolas Brault

Chuck Jones Special Recognition Award For Comic Timing: "Fly"

Chuck Jones Special Recognition Award For Art Direction: "Thought For You"

Chuck Jones Special Recognition Award For Character Development: "Blind Date"

2011 MacGillivray Freeman Films Awards

MacGillivray Freeman Films Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking (feature): "My So-Called Enemy"

MacGillivray Freeman Films Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking (short): "The Dancer"

MacGillivray Freeman Films Special Achievement Award in Environmental Filmmaking: "This is Your Ocean: Sharks"