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List of 2004's Winners –
Place Title Winner Category Level City State
1 Cactus Albert Birney Animation College Glyndon MD
2 Death to the Fly Jesus Narvaez Animation College Omaha NE
3 DUI: Dreaming Under the Influence Peg Reinecke Animation College Omaha NE
1 I.C.B.M. Matthew Glebe Animation High School Bellevue NE
2 Lego Fight Alec Fairbanks Animation High School Council Bluffs IA
1 The Nature of the Creative Process Tim Guthrie Animation Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
2 Mr. Blue Recites Jabberwocky John W. Grassman Jr Animation Non-Academic Amatuer Kansas City MO
1 This is a Family Company John Young Comedy College Lincoln NE
2 Generic Superheroes Darren Brandl Comedy College Northridge CA
3 Zombie Documentary Marcus Schow Comedy College Omaha NE
1 The Order of Mischief Jesse Nigro Comedy Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
2 Biography Eric Green Comedy Non-Academic Amatuer Council Bluffs IA
3 In Search of a Bad Conversation Rob Skippy Williams Comedy Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 The Journals of Lewis and Clark Amanda Link Corps of Discovery College Omaha NE
1 The Bluffs Butcher Andrew Batt Documentary College Council Bluffs IA
2 NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY Luiz Valle Documentary College Omaha NE
3 Cuba: Illogical Temple David Pittock Documentary College Lincoln NE
1 Cox Connects Kids: The Journey of a Cox Connects Kids Computer Thomas Guttermann Documentary High School Omaha NE
2 Teacher Appreciiation: A Student Review KMBC - Monarch Broadcasting Club Documentary High School Papillion NE
3 Who's In The Pit? Pierre-Emile Duhamel Documentary High School Lincoln NE
1 Project Insect James Reitinger Documentary Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
2 Messages From the Burning Shrub David M. Sutera Documentary Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 Late Will Anderson Drama College Omaha NE
2 Saturday's Morning James Brian Strathman Drama College Omaha NE
1 Who Killed Cuddles Westside Middle School - Legacies - Dawn Starr Drama Middle School Omaha NE
1 Julien Aaron Zavitz Drama Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
2 Oscar Holly Lewis Drama Non-Academic Amatuer Loup City NE
3 Aisle to Aisle Chad Bring Drama Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 More By Adam Weaver Kameron Bayne Music Video College Omaha NE
1 Trash Alec Fairbanks Music Video High School Council Bluffs IA
1 ILLCOM: The Uprising Jesse Russell Brooks Music Video Non-Academic Amatuer Los Angeles CA
2 Omaha Brian Allen Music Video Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
3 Soul Trigger Music Video Brad Evert Music Video Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 The Neverender Adam Wiltgen SciFi/Fantasy/Horror College Omaha NE
2 He Who Kills Sean McGill SciFi/Fantasy/Horror College Lincoln NE
3 door Joel Seeger SciFi/Fantasy/Horror College Omaha NE
1 Debrained Alec Fairbanks SciFi/Fantasy/Horror High School Council Bluffs IA
1 Dracula: The Van Helsing Papers Ryle Smith SciFi/Fantasy/Horror Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
2 Nine-Nine_One Lou Moulton & R. J. Vranes SciFi/Fantasy/Horror Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 ame isolee Benjamin Deeb Silent High School Omaha NE
1 come see, beauty is Fleeting Matt Miller Silent Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
1 A Short Rollerblade Film Joe Mc Nally Silent w/snd College Omaha NE
2 Special Delivery Luiz Valle Silent w/snd College Omaha NE
1 Love Triangle Paul-Michael Dalton Silent w/snd High School Omaha NE
2 Toasted: A First Haunting Emma Erickson Silent w/snd High School Omaha NE
3 Juice!!!!! Erik Leahy Silent w/snd High School Omaha NE
1 The Shopping Part Matt Curtis Silent w/snd Non-Academic Amatuer Macomb IL
2 Sedlachek Anthony Fankhauser Silent w/snd Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
3 Mr. Orbit Chad Laurie Silent w/snd Non-Academic Amatuer Omaha NE
Film Festival Prizes – We handed out over $7000 in prize money to the winners of the 2004 Hot Shops Film Festival. Congratulations to all of our winners--and thank you to all of this years' participants! We look forward to seeing you next year.

Also, congratulations to John Grassman and Mike Machian, this year's winners of our AVID Xpress Pro and APPLE Final Cut Pro editing sofware giveaway, respectively. Congratulations also to Alec Fairbanks, Joe McNally, and Matt Miller, winners of a year's subscription to Atomic Learning Web based software training and support.