Beat the Clock 2011
Judges ranked their top 12 films and assigned 12 points to their 1st place choice, 11 points to 2nd place choice, etcetera. In the event of a tie, the film with the greater number of individual rankings in that place or above takes the spot.
Points across all judges were accumulated to find final ranking.
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Top 10 Films
| Film Title | Judge1 | Judge2 | Judge3 | Judge4 | Judge5 | Judge6 | Judge7 | Judge8 | Total | Place |
| Shine Like Gold | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 85 | 1 |
| Covet | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 2 |
| Morning Boy | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 77 | 3 |
| Second Thoughts | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 4 |
| Busted | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 5 |
| Clint Norwood | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 6 |
| Automatic Woman | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 7 |
| Something More | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 8 | |
| Desperate Lies | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 9 | ||
| Scavenger | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 10 |
** Out of 21 total films judged. Judge numbers above do not directly correspond with the order of the judges listed below to preserve anonymity of scoring.
… and yes, coincidentally the judges ranked 4th place WAS the Audience Choice.
Specialty Awards
Best Actor – Peter Smyer / Clint Norwood / Mambo Grin Films
Best Actress – Morgan Darian / i / Mike Wazowski
Best Ensemble – Cavin Gray, Amanda Melby, Kane Black, Steve Brisccoe, Cedric Katambwa, Justin Gagen / Covet / UAT Digital Video
Best Director – Paul DeNigris / Covet / UAT Digital Video
Best Story – Keith Downey, Audrey Farnsworth, Mat Montgomery, Brian Rhoads, Danny Vega / Busted / Raspberry Sparkletinis
Best Cinematography – Izzy Hyman / Morning Boy / Minus Mitchell Films
Best Editing – Ryan Lee Caldwell / Morning Boy / Minus Mitchell Films
Best Music – Gregg Caraway / Shine Like Gold / Mike Wazowski
Best Use of Line – Covet / “As long as it’s free” / UAT Digital Video
Best Use of Prop – Second Thoughts / “Battery” / 7 Sides Productions
Best Use of Genre - Clint Norwood / Mockumentary / Mambo Grin Films
Best Harold and Kumar Wanna-Be’s – Jason Yeung & Eddie Sanchez / Second Thoughts / 7 Sides Productions
Better Late than Never – Alter Ego / Colorblind Films
Audience Favorite - Second Thoughts / 7 Sides Productions
Screening and Ceremony Program
Judging Panel
- Bill McComas, Film Enthusiast
- Deborah Hildebrandt, Phoenix Film Festival Short Film Programmer
- Greg Hall, Phoenix Film Festival Program Director
- Jason Carney, Phoenix Film Foundation Executive Director
- Keegan Ead, IFP/PHX Film Challenges Director
- Natara Osbourne, Screenwriter / Director
- Rachelle McCray, Actress / Host / Producer
- Webb Pickersgill, IFP/PHX Executive Director
** Note: Order of judges does not represent the order listed in the top-10 films listed above to preserve anonymity of scoring.
