The 2012 Lewiston Auburn Film Festival winners are:

• Best in Festival: Children of the Air
• Best Maine Film: Last Rung on the Ladder
• Best Director: Damian Horan, Children of the Air
• Producer’s Award: Lea Girardin

People’s Choice Awards:

• Best Feature: You Can’t Kill Stephen King
• Best Short: Last Rung on the Ladder
• Best Documentary: Among Trees
• Best Experimental: Colony Collapse

The 2012 Nominees were:

Best Film in Festival:

The Carrier
Children of Air
Last Rung On The Ladder
Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story
Schizophrenic Love Story
The Selling
You Can’t Kill Stephen King

Best Maine Film:

Among Trees
April’s Heart
Humanzoo
Last Rung On The Lad
Question One
Welcome to Lee, Maine

Best Director:

The Carrier – Scott Schaeffer
Children of Air –Damian Horan
Last Rung On The Ladder – Lucas Stewart
The Selling — Emily Lou
Some Guy Who Kills People — Jack Perez
You Can’t Kill Stephen King — Monroe Mann, Ronnie Khalil, Jorge Valdes-Iga

People’s Choice ­– Documentary:

Welcome to Lee, Maine – USA (Maine)
Question One – USA (Maine and New York)
Are All Men Pedophiles? – The Netherlands
Four Guys, No Ball – Surviving The World Cup – Germany and Argentina
Finding Donn Fendler: Lost on a Mountain in Maine 72 Years Later – (Maine, NH)
Among Trees – USA (Maine, Taylor McIntosh – Winner of Best Exper. in 2011)

People’s Choice ­– Short:

The Carrier – USA (California)
Children of Air – USA (California)
Bekännelser — Sweden
Last Rung On The Ladder – USA (Maine)
Noreen – Ireland
With No One In The World – Israel

People’s Choice ­– Feature:

Bad is Bad – USA (Virginia)
Kopfkino — Germany
Moment of Truth: The Andy Myers Story – USA (New Jersey)
Schizophrenic Love Story – USA (Texas)
The Selling – USA (California)
You Can’t Kill Stephen King – USA (Maine, New York, California)

People’s Choice ­– Experimental:

Automata – Australia
Bein Hashurot — Israel
Colony Collapse – USA (Lewiston, Craig Saddlemire – Winner Best Maine Film 2011)
Elko — USA