AFI 2011 Brings Diverse Filmmakers to Hollywood (Photo Gallery)

The 25th annual AFI Fest came to a close Nov. 10, after screening more than 150 films from all over the world in an eight-day period. "It has been an exciting year for world cinema and emerging international filmmakers," said fest director Jacqueline Lyanga in a press release. "We've had incredibly enthusiastic audiences for all of the screenings at AFI Fest. It's wonderful to discover the films that especially resonate with audiences and put a spotlight on filmmakers as part of awards season critical acclaim."

The winners of the Audience and Jury Awards were announced on closing night, and the films had encore screenings at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. "What a wonderful way to end AFI Fest's 25th edition by acknowledging the films our distinguished juries and esteemed audiences have bestowed on these talented filmmakers," said Lane Kneedler, the fest's associate director of programming, in the press release.

The Acting Award Prize went to Matthias Schoenaerts for "Bullhead," directed by Michaël R. Roskam, "for his nuanced and intensely physical embodiment of bruised masculinity," according to an AFI press release. "Bullhead" also won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs section. The Breakthrough Audience Award and a $5,000 prize went to Alexandra-Therese Keining's "With Every Heartbeat." Winners of the Jury Awards, which now qualify for Academy Awards, included Grzegorz Jaroszuk's live-action short "Frozen Stories" "for its world of meta-reality suffused with enough context to rend a beautifully nuanced story for the most heightened elements," and Michael Please's animated short "The Eagleman Stag" "for its ambitious and elegant storytelling, both narrative and aesthetically, in which the bigness of life and the concept of time are deftly unpacked in a moving nine minutes."

The full list of winners:

Audience Awards

World Cinema: (Tie) "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" (David Gelb) and "Kinyarwanda" (Alrick Brown)
New Auteurs: "Bullhead" (Michaël R. Roskam)
Young Americans: "Wuss" (Clay Liford)
Breakthrough: "With Every Heartbeat" (Alexandra-Therese Keining)

Jury Awards—New Auteurs

Grand Jury Prize: "The Loneliest Planet" (Julia Loktev)
Special Jury Prize: "Attenberg" (Athina Rachel Tsangari)
Acting Award Prize: "Bullhead" 's Matthias Schoenaerts

Jury Awards—Shorts

Grand Jury Prize—Live Action Short: "Frozen Stories" (Grzegorz Jaroszuk); Honorable Mention: "Babyland" (Marc Fratello)
Grand Jury Prize—Animated Short: "The Eagleman Stag" (Michael Please); Honorable Mention: "The Voyagers" (Penny Lane)