$5,000 Grand Prize Whale Sharks of Holbox Michael Wham JR: Home School Home School Teacher: Renee Wham	$2,500 2nd Place Hypersensitive Fives Alicia Severson Candace Graves SR: Clements HS Fort Bend ISD Teacher: Sally Doyle	$1,500 3rd Place Fred is Dead Vincent Vo SR: Humble HS Humble ISD Teacher: Roger Soden	$1,000 4th Place Evolution Babak Sadri SR: Elsik HS Alief ISD Teacher: Grant Mury	$500 5th Place Don't Jump Josh Spires SR: Humble HS Humble ISD Teacher: Roger Soden
$250 6th Place A Thousand Words Zach Garrett SR: Humble HS Humble ISD Teacher: Roger Soden	$250 7th Place Deception Zach Hankin SR: Humble HS Humble ISD Teacher: Roger Soden	$250 8th Place Spiritual Forces Jesse Daniel SR: Fellowship Christian Homeschool Teacher: Claudia Daniel	$250 9th Place Byte Gerald Morris Jr. SR: Nimitz HS Aldine ISD Teacher: Connie Radford	$250 10th Place Butting Heads Alizsha Pennington SR: The Guthrie Center Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Michael Radler
Honorable Mention...
Moving America River Rooney JR: Home School Home School Teacher: Tina Rooney	Fest Blues Owen Schwartzbard S: The Guthrie Center Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Patricia Nilsson	A Figure in the Dark Leif Sheenson SR: The Guthrie School Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Michael Radler	The Hard Road Eric Smith JR: Home School Home School Teacher: Leigh Ann Smith	Crossword Robert Sterling SR: Humble HS Humble ISD Teacher: Roger Soden

About the Jurors...

Cash Anthony is a Houston writer and director. Her most recent screenplay, TAKING UP SERPENTS, was a Second Rounder at the 2006 Austin Film Festival and a Finalist at Film Expo Texas 2006. Cash has written and directed three short films and comes from a background as an actor and director for stage. Because she writes and directs thrillers and murder mysteries, Cash tends to focus on story structure as well as acting and plot. She is pleased to be a returning judge for the Culture Shapers short film competition.

Rona Lamont has been a Casting Director, Costume Designer/Stylist and Make-Up Artist in TV, Movies, Stills, Commercials and Industrial production for over 25 years. She trained in make-up and wardrobe on commercials in Houston and soon became a CDG Costumer Designer of TV movies and TV series in Houston and Los Angeles. She has cast thousands of commercials and often also styled them. She teaches workshops occasionally in "auditioning for commercials" and has styled the Chevrolet clothing/product catalogs for the past three years. This year has been extremely busy...utilizing all her skills in all her areas and has Costume Designed four rewarding and exciting "family values" films.

Screenwriter Jill Lefforge holds a master's degree in drama from the University of Houston. Two of her screenplays won top festival honors in Houston (romantic comedy A PART OF THE FAMILY) and Flagstaff (mystery THE FALL OF THE SPARROW). Actress Lindsay Wagner optioned her family comedy A NORMAL LIFE, producer Leigh Murray her mystery, and currently Casey Kelly (director of THE BRACELET OF BORDEAUX) holds a producing interest in A PART OF THE FAMILY.

Marian Luntz has been involved with the exhibition, distribution, production and advocacy of independent film and video for over 25 years. Since 1990 she has served as Curator of Film and Video at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where she is responsible for the museum's year-round repertory film series and coordinates the museum's involvement with the annual Houston's Young Moviemakers student film contest. She has previously worked for the Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), the American Film Institute and the Independent Feature Project. She is on the production team for the Texas PBS showcase THE TERRITORY and has served on juries and panels for film festivals throughout the U.S.

Gerard Martin is a film and HD camera assistant and film loader. His credits include movie features and documentaries, commercials and music videos. Born in New Orleans and originally from Louisiana, he also grew up in Canada, attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where he earned a degree in political science and cinema studies.

Michelle Mower currently serves as Program Coordinator for Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP), a non-profit media arts organization based in Houston, Texas, where she is responsible for organizing monthly film and video workshops, screenings and other media-related events. Michelle also teaches an after-school filmmaking class at Cullen Middle School. She is very active in the Houston filmmaking community and is a member of Women In Film and Television and Texas Motion Picture Alliance. Michelle is currently producing and directing a documentary titled "Katrina's Kids: The Art of the Storm."