The 13th Annual Gen Art Film Festival Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Feature went to Jennifer Phang's Half-Life and the Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Short went to Christina Voros' The Ladies.

The Stargazer Award honouring breakout talent for excellence in acting went to Luis Chavez from the short film A Day's Work.

The Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature and Best Short went to Doug Pray's Surfwise and Rajeev Dassani's A Day's Work, respectively.

Diminished Capacity, directed by Terry Kinney and starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen opened the festival in New York on April 2 and The Take with John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez closed the event on April 8.