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Matthew Hammett Knott (writer of Indiewire's Heroines of Cinema column) accepting the Golden Egg for best short film. RIFF

Golden Puffin. Awarded to a film from the section New Visions.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dir. Benh Zeitlin
USA, 2012

On the jury: Geoffrey Gilmore, Cedomir Kolar and Erna Kettler.

FIPRESCI Critics’ Award.Awarded to a film from the section New Visions.
Starlet
Dir. Sean Baker
USA, 2012

On the jury: Carmen Gray, Christian Monggaard Christensen and Wieslaw Godzic.

The Church of Iceland Award.Awarded to a film from the section New Visions.
God’s Neighbours (Ha-Masgihim)
Dir. Meni Yaesh
Israel/France, 2012

On the jury: Rev. Árni Svanur Daníelsson, Grétar Halldór Gunnarsson and Rev. María Ágústsdóttir.          

Audience Award. Online vote in co-operation with mbl.is.
Queen of Montreuil
Dir. Sólveig Anspach
France, 2012

Environment Award. Awarded to a film in the section A Different Tomorrow
¡Vivan las Antipodas!
Dir. Viktor Kossakovsky
Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Chile, 2011

On the jury: Árni Finsson, Helena Stefánsdóttir og Tinna Ottesen.

Best Icelandic Short. Awarded to a short in the section Icelandic Panorama.
Sailcloth
Dir. Elfar Aðalsteins
Iceland/UK, 2011.

On the jury: Dögg Mósesdóttir, Ísleifur Þórhallsson and Sæmundur Norðfjörð.

Golden Egg for best short film in RIFF’s Talent Lab.
On this Island
Dir. Matthew Hammett Knott (EDITOR'S CELEBRATORY NOTE: Knott is a contributor to Indiewire).
UK

On the jury: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir and Örn Marinó Arnarson.