The Circuit

Ellen Kuras' film "The Betrayal" (Nerakhoon) has won the Ann Arbor fest's top prize. 

The 46th annual event bestowed over $18 grand in awards to 25 filmmakers.  This year's jury included Bill Plympton, Michelle Silva and Bill Brown.

The full list:

Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival - $3,000
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras

Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film - $1,000
Diente por Ojo - Elvind Holmboe

Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film - $1,000
Spontaneous Generation - Andrew Cahill
The Mermaid - Lisa Barcy

The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist - $1,000
Energie! - Thorsten Fleisch

Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film - $1,000
On the Assassination of the President - Adam Keker

Griot Editorial Award for Best Editing - $500
I, of the Cyclops - George Kuchar

Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film - $500
Yours Truly - Osbert Parker

autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film - $500
Cat Dancers - Harris Fishman

Award for Best International Film - $500
Nijuman no Borei - Jean-Gabriel Periot

Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film - $1,000
Office Suite - Robert Todd

Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film - $1,000
kids + money - Lauren Greenfield

Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker - $1,000
Doxology - Michael Langan

The EMPA Work Life Award - $1,300
Beginning Filmmaking - Jay Rosenblatt

Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography - $1,500
Li: Patterns of Nature - John Campbell

Ghostly Award for Best Sound Design - $500
Observando El Cielo - Jeanne Liotta

The VUE/DFC Award for Best Michigan Filmmaker - $750
Mort - Dean Denell
buzzards steal your picnic - Terri Sarris

The Eileen Maitland Award - $500
Teat Beat of Sex - Signe Baumane

Honorable Mentions - $1,050
The Last Moment - Deco Dawson
Number One - Leighton Pierce
The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
Faux Mouvements (Wrong Moves) - Pip Chodorov
My Olympic Summer - Daniel Robin
Victory Over the Sun - Michael Robinson