Chosen by judges Russell Simmons, Marci Phillips, Teddy Zee, Eric Lin, Brian Yang, Michelle Krusiec, and James Kyson Lee, the top ten 2012 72 Hour Shootout winners were selected. The theme for this year’s competition was “THIS IS ONLY A TEST”. Here’s the list of winners:

1 ) RiLL – Distance
2 ) Jong-IL – Maybe Baby*
3 ) ROMIX Productions – Doggie Style*
4 ) ColorTV – The Buy
5 ) Zen Station – The Test
6 ) OZ – BC
7 ) T.C.B.Y. – Jacob
8 ) Fluffy Bunny – Dealbreakers
9 ) Mintcheerios – Early Adopter
10 ) Spring Street Pictures – Evaluation

Additionally, here’s the category winners:

BEST ACTOR: Billy Zhang in ROMIX’s Doggie Style
BEST ACTRESS: Mallory Wu in ZEN STATION’s The Test
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: RiLL, Distance
BEST DIRECTOR: OZ, BC
BEST SCREENWRITING: COLOR TV, The Buy
MOST ORIGINAL: DAYSIDE PRODUCTIONS, Fight for Love Game Show
BEST EDITING: RiLL, Distance

Watch some of the shorts from the 2012 72 Hour Shootout Winners including RiLL – Distance, ROMIX Productions – Doggie Style, Jong-IL – Maybe Baby, Spring Street Pictures – Evaluation, and Dayside Productions – Fight for Love Game Show