Best Feature Film:
BOMBER (UK/USA | 2009 | 84 min. | Director: Paul Cotter)
Best International Feature Film:
SNOW & ASHES (Canada | 2010 | 110 min. | Director: Charles-Olivier Michaud)
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Historical Feature:
VENEZZIA (Venezuela | 2009 | 106 min. | Director: Haik Gazarian)
New Belgium Indie Feature Film Award:
SOMETHING BLUE (USA | 2009 | 85 min. | Directors: Sean Dillon & Curtis Krick)
Sonoma International Film Festival Showcase Award:
LEADING LADIES (USA | 2010 | 106 min. | Directors: Daniel Beahm & Erika Randall Beahm)
Best Documentary:
Shared between:
CITY LAX: AN URBAN LACROSSE STORY (USA | 2010 | 83 min. | Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite)
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (USA | 2009 | 94 min. | Directors: Jim Bigham & Mark Moorman)
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary:
BHUTTO (USA | 2010 | 115 min. | Directors: Duane Baughman & Johnny O'Hara)
Turning Point Award:
FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD (USA/Australia | 2010 | 98 min. | Directors: Joe Cross & Kurt Engfehr)
Best Food Doc:
THE RESTAURATEUR (USA | 2010 | 60 min. | Director: Roger Sherman)
Best Sports Doc:
SECOND NATURE (USA | 2009 | 17 min. | Director: Colin Blackshear)
Best Comedy Short Film:
THINK TANK (USA | 2009 | 11 min. | Director: Peter Calloway)
Best Dramatic Short Film:
THE HIROSAKI PLAYERS (USA | 2009 | 19 min. | Director: Jeff Sousa)
Best International Short Film:
CHICKEN HEADS [ROOS DJAJ] (Palestine | 2009 | 15 min. | Director: Bassam Jarbawi)
Best Animated Short Film:
THE INCIDENT AT TOWER 37 (USA | 2009 | 11 min. | Director: Chris Perry)
Audience Choice Award - Short Film:
Shared between:
BANANA BREAD (USA | 2010 | 9 min. | Director: Barton Landsman)
KAVI (USA | 2009 | 19 min. | Director: Greg Helvey)
Honorable Mention to:
A LETTER FROM HOME (USA | 2010 | 10 min. | Director: Mark Kirkland)
Audience Choice Award - Documentary Film:
Shared between:
CITY LAX: AN URBAN LACROSSE STORY (USA | 2010 | 83 min. | Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite)
FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD (USA/Australia | 2010 | 98 min. | Directors: Joe Cross & Kurt Engfehr)
Audience Choice Award - Feature Film:
OUTSOURCED (USA | 2006 | 103 min. | Director: John Jeffcoat)
WORLD PREMIERES:
An unprecedented 17 World Premieres were featured at the 2010 Sonoma International Film Festival:
- BEACH MUMMY (USA | 2010 | 10 min. Director: Chris Merrill)
- CITY LAX: AN URBAN LACROSSE STORY (USA | 2010 | 83 min. | Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite)
- COALS TO NEWCASTLE: THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS, FROM LEEDS TO NEW ORLEANS (USA/UK | 2010 | 86 min. Directors: Aaron Dunsay & Marca Hagenstad)
- FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD (USA/Australia | 2010 | 98 min. | Directors: Joe Cross & Kurt Engfehr)
- GIRLBAND "TALK IN ESPANOL" (USA | 2010 | 4 min. | Director: 'burpo')
- HISTORICAL FICTION (USA | 2010 | 86 min. | Director: Patrick Foster)
- I JUST DON'T CARE (USA | 2010 | 4 min. | Director: Howard Egger-Bovet)
- LEADING LADIES (USA | 2010 | 106 min. | Directors: Daniel Beahm & Erika Randall Beahm)
- A LETTER FROM HOME (USA | 2010 | 10 min. | Director: Mark Kirkland)
- LIFE OF MAKING (USA | 2010 | 10 min. | Director: Daedalus Howell)
- THE MAKING OF A RIVER OF SKULLS (USA | 2010 | 17 min. | Director: Trent Anderson)
- PINOT: SONOMA DREAMS (USA | 2010 | 75 min. | Director: Stefan Sargent)
- QUAND TU VEUX (WHATEVER, WHENEVER) (USA | 2010 | 7 min. | Director: Peter Burns)
- THE RESTAURATEUR (USA | 2010 | 60 min. | Director: Roger Sherman)
- SUCKER PUNCH (USA | 2010 | 19 min. | Director: Ryan Gould)
- THINK TANK (USA | 2010 | 11 min. | Director: Peter Calloway)
- WHERE THE WIND BLOWS (USA | 2010 | 40 min. | Director: Ari Marcopoulos)