LEWISTON — Lewiston Auburn Film Festival organizers have revealed the nominees for best feature-length film and other awards to be presented at the festival in mid-April.

People’s Choice awards will be presented for feature length, short, documentary and experimental films. Winners will be determined by a vote of festival-goers.

Film Festival organizers will also give out three awards, chosen by a panel of judges: Best Director, Best Maine Film and Best in Festival.

Nominees are as follow:

Best Film: “The Carrier,” California; “Children of Air,” California;” “Last Rung On The Ladder,” Maine; “Moment of Truth: The Andy Meyers Story,” New Jersey;  “Schizophrenic Love Story,” Texas; “The Selling,” California; “You Can’t Kill Stephen King,” Maine, New York, California.

Best Maine Film: “Among Trees,” “April’s Heart,” “Humanzoo,” “Last Rung On The Ladder,” “Question One” and “Welcome to Lee, Maine.”

Best Director: “The Carrier,” California, Scott Schaeffer; “Children of Air,” California, Damian Horan; “Last Rung On The Ladder,” Maine, Cory Landroche; “The Selling,” California, Emily Lou; “Some Guy Who Kills People,” California,  Jack Perez; “You Can’t Kill Stephen King,” Maine, New York, California, Monroe Mann, Ronnie Khalil and Jorge Valdes-Iga.

People’s Choice: (feature length): “Bad is Bad,” Virginia; “Kopfkino,” Germany; “Moment of Truth: The Andy Myers Story,” New Jersey; “Schizophrenic Love Story,” Texas; “The Selling,” California; “You Can’t Kill Stephen King,” Maine, New York, California.

People’s Choice (short film): “The Carrier,” California; “Children of Air,” California; “Bekannelser,” Sweden; “Last Rung On The Ladder,” Maine; “Noreen,” Ireland and “With No One In The World,” Israel.

People’s Choice (documentary): “Welcome to Lee, Maine,” Maine; “Question One,” Maine and New York; “Are All Men Pedophiles?” – Netherlands; “Four Guys, No Ball — Surviving The World Cup,” Germany and Argentina; “Finding Donn Fendler: Lost on a Mountain in Maine 72 Years Later,” Maine, New Hampshire; “Among Trees,” Maine.

People’s Choice (experimental): “Automata,” Australia; “Bein Hashurot,” Israel; “Colony Collapse,” Lewiston, Craig Saddlemire, Best Maine Film 2011 winner; “Elko,” Nevada.

“We are thrilled to announce the award nominees. It was a very difficult process as the quality of films submitted to this year’s festival was incredibly high, but our judging panel felt these particular films really stood out among the rest,” said Sandra Marquis, chair of the LAFF board.

The film festival taking place the weekend of April 13-15 will open with a concert by  Don McLean at the Franco-American Heritage Center. On Saturday, venues throughout Lewiston Auburn will turn their spaces into movie theaters for a day. Saturday will culminate with a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch. Sunday’s “Best of the Best” at The Public Theater will feature a selection of the winning films.

For ticket prices and more information, call 713-4672 or visit www.lafilmfestival.org.