The 27 Competition Shorts fought for a new Audience Award this year: Best Short Idea.
The results were impressive: 24 of the 27 shorts received 50% or more a positive answer to the question “Did you at least like its main idea?” – the “at least” qualifier inserted in order to signal that ideas matter in themselves, irrespective of what the overall film result is.
| Rank | Title | Director |
| 24 | SURVEILLANCE 2011 | Thanos Karvounis & Demos Kapogiannis |
| 23 | MOON DUST | Ezequiel Romero García |
| 22 | FILE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS | Jeff Barnaby |
| 21 | GENIO Y FIGURA | Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorilla |
| 20 | CRACKS | Stuart Mannion |
| 19 | COCKPIT: THE RULE OF ENGAGEMENT | Jesse Griffith |
| 18 | CEKANJE | Daniel Beres |
| 17 | 36EME SOUS-SOL | PH Debies |
| 16 | THE TOWER OF TIME | JOSE LUIS QUIROS |
| 15 | BY HER HAND, SHE DRAWS YOU DOWN | Anthony G. Sumner |
| 14 | THE HAPPY LIFE | Minos Nikolakakis |
| 13 | DARKNESS’ SEED | John Butler |
| 12 | SALVA EL MUNDO | Borja Echeverria Lamata |
| 11 | ONCE UPON A TIME ON EARTH | Ian Hothersall |
| 10 | BOTTLES | Jon Stout |
| 9 | ONE MAN AND HIS DOG | Jonathan Hopkins |
| 8 | LOVEC OBLAKOV | MIHA KNIFIC |
| 7 | TIMELARKS | John Edwards |
| 6 | ‘SWEETHEART’ | Michael Matthews |
| 5 | LA TERRIBLE MALEDICTION | Stephane Papet |
| 4 | THE ADJUSTABLE COSMOS | Adam Duncan |
| 3 | MERIDIAN | Ryan Phillips |
| 2 | DEAD ON TIME | A. Labropoulos & K. Skyftas |
Three of the first 5 shorts were also in the first quintet for Short Supreme. But the Audience Award for Best Short Idea went to
“Tous Les Hommes S’appellenet Robert”, dir. Marc-Henri Boulier, France.
Marc-Henri Boulier was notified about the news, and this is what he had to say to the Greek Audience:
“We are very happy that Robert was able to run in Greece thanks to the festival. We are proud to receive this new award. Long live the SFF-rated !”
Another example of the traditional Greece-France friendship!
Alecos Papadopoulos
Chief Festival Officer
SFF-rated ATHENS 
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