BIFF 2011 awards
| People’s Choice Award | Freedom Riders Stanley Nelson |
| Best Feature Film | Mamas & Papas Alice Nellis |
| Best Feature Documentary | Regretters Marcus Lindeen |
| Best Short Documentary | One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey Jennifer Stoddart |
| Best Short Film | Glenn Owen Dodds Frazer Bailey |
| Best Colorado Film | Mother Christophe Fauchere |
| Best Call 2 Action Film | For Once in My Life Jim Bigham |
| Best Animated Film | Thembi's Diary Jisoo Kim |
| Keen Hybrid Life Filmmaker Grant | Waste Land Lucy Walker |
| Best New Filmmaker | Jen McGowan, Touch |
| Master of Cinema Award winner | Oliver Stone |
| Vanguard Award winner | James Franco |
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BIFF films at the Academy Awards
Each year BIFF is proud to have presented films that have gone on to win recognition at the Academy Awards. Congratulations to the following BIFF films that were nominated for an Academy Award.
| Documentary Film | Waste Land |