Best of Festival: Kevin Burke & Steve Dickman, University of Cincinnati; The 2012 Gold Rush Expedition Race Documentary (Mixed Video - Teacher/Student Co-Production)
Commercial or PSA Video Best of Competition: Jason Balas, University of North Texas; Game of LIFE Spec Spot
Award of Excellence: Andy Opel & Ian Edward Weir, Florida State University; Bus Ride Zero
Educational or Instructional Video Best of Competition: Paul Daugherty, University of Colorado at Boulder; CU Science Update - The Observatory
Award of Excellence: Babak Sarrafan, San Jose State University; The Green Ninja Episode 4 Styrofoam Man
Mixed Video (Teacher/Student Co-Production) Best of Competition: Scott Hodgson, Janelle Barrick, Joshua Shockley & Zach Strauss, University of Oklahoma; Tornado Emergency: Moore
Award of Excellence: Donald Pollock, Raven Freret, Ashley Rozatti, Carissa Miranda & Claudia Gonzalez, University of La Verne; Spotlight #3
Award of Excellence: Cory Byers & Ashley Seering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Everything Will Be Forgotten
Narrative Video Best of Competition: James Babanikos, University of Florida; Coming Home
Award of Excellence: Lorene M. Wales & Booker T. Mattison, Regent University; Habeas Corpus
Promotional Video Best of Competition: John C.P. Goheen, Loyola University Chicago; Chile Study Abroad
Award of Excellence: Bernard "Barney" McCoy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Black Jack: the John J. Pershing Story
Award of Excellence: Scott Hodgson, University of Oklahoma & Chandra Clark, University of Alabama, University of Oklahoma & University of Alabama; Communicating Sandy