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For our fourteenth year in a row, NewFest 2010 is thrilled to announce the winners of the Annual Filmmaker Awards, our highest accolades of the season. All were awarded tonight at the screening party for Violet Tendencies, our closing night feature.

In addtion to emcees Lesli Klainberg, Executive Director of NewFest and Steve Mendelsohn, Co-President of the NewFest Board of Directors, several other boldfaced types turned out to present the honors. They included actor Ash Christian, as well as documentary filmmakers (and past honorees) Kimberly Reed of Prodigal Sons and John G. Young (Rivers Wash Over Me). MORE AFTER JUMP