This year's Campus MovieFest was held at none other than Paramount Studios. The red carpet was adorned with young college filmmakers, college bands, celebrity guests and presenters, and the host of the evening, 30 Rock's Scott Adsit. One of the guests and presenters, Christian Slater, made his way over to share a piece of advice for the young film makers being honored this very night: "Let your roadblocks be your inspirations ambition to excellence and not your deterrent to your dreams."

Campus MovieFest is a key player in breaking those roadblocks down for the young, aspiring filmmaker.

It started eight years ago when four students at Emory University came together and provided every tool needed by students to make a film in one week. Since then over 200,000 students have been able to tell their stories on the big screen.

In this year's tour, 75,000 students have participated in over fifty events, earning $400,000 in prizes and the chance to see their films on the big screen.

As the filmmakers and presenters made their way into the theatre for the announcement ceremony of the winning films, I was taken up to the green room to have a quick chat with funny man Patton Oswalt. Patton could certainly vibe with the young filmmakers being honored tonight. He recently starred in the indie film, which he actually would describe more as "a project that happened to be filmed," Big Fan. Big Fan was also nominated at the Sundance Film Festival for the Grand Jury Prize.

Top 3 with Patton Oswalt

Favorite Indie Films this year
Anvil, the story of the band Anvil, "much in the spirit of Spinal Tap, will leave you feeling the theatre in a good mood."
Goodbye Solo, by Ramin Bahrani who also did Man Push Cart

Favorite Eatery in Los Angeles
Providence on Melrose, "they're like a rock band and it's heirloom tomatoes right now. It's like a new album came out"

Favorite Band/Artist
Neko Case, who happened to be playing Hollywood Bowl the very same night as Campus MovieFest.

Congratulations to all of the award-winning teams, now featured online along with their movies.

Best Picture - "Rhapsody" by Bumblyburg Productions - University of South Florida

Best Comedy - "Scrabble: The Motion Picture" by Bosses United for a Cause - Bridgewater State College

Best Drama - "Hungry" by Dirty Show Crew - San Jose State University

Best Direction - "Bus" by Ubsey Movies - San Jose State University

Best Story - "Dirt" by Creative Eye - The Art Institute of Atlanta

Best Actor - Vishal Patel - "Committed" by Bagola Productions - Emory University

Best Actress - Lucy Van Atta - "Lurking for Love" by Washington Square Kids - NYU

Best Editing - "Hungry" by Dirty Shoe Crew - San Jose State University

Best Soundtrack - "Happily Never After" by Team Freedom - Emory University

Best Cinematography - "The Protagonist" by Sprankle Studios - University of Alabama

Poo Industries CMF Lifetime Achievement Award - "Mike Quill & Selfish Bastard Productions" - Northeastern University

Elfenworks Social Justice Award Runner Up - "Hands of Change" - JUMP - Sonoma State University

Elfenworks Social Justice Award - "Homeboy Industries" - streetknowledge - University of Southern California

Story by Nicole Burron.