List 2017 AFAA Awards
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Feature Film (Drama):
Safe Harbor Amsterdam - Best First Feature Film Award, Jack Luceno
The Algebra of Need - Best Experimental Feature, David Williams
The World of Which we Dream Doesn't Exist - Best Experimental Foreign Feature, Ayoub Qanir
Promises - Best Romance Feature, Melody Brooke and Michael Henricks
Feature Film (Comedy/Dramedy):
LEND A HAND - Best Foreign Comedy Feature
Feature Film (Action/Thriller):
Mafiosa - Best Feature Action Film, Yusaku Mizoguchi and Veronica Russo
Feature Film (Horror):
SFashion - Best Foreign Horror Feature, Mauro John Capece, Giuseppe Lepore
Feature Film (SCI-FI)
Feature Film (Animation):
Nephilim - Best Animation Feature, Danny Wilson
Feature Film (Foreign):
URVI​ - Best Foreign Feature in Producing, Airier Drreams
Feature Film (Student):
Unmarked - Best Young Filmmaker/Feature Domestic
Back to '97 - Best Foreign Youth Feature Film, Zeca Brito, Leo Garcia
Documentary Feature:
Unveiled: The Kohistan Video Scandal - Best Feature Documentary: Women Rights Subject, Brishkay Ahmed
All Love Schmidt - Best Foreign Documentary
From State Prisoner To State Professor​ - Best inspirational Documentary, Joshua Jackson
Hoda's Story - Best inspirationa Featurel Documentary, Johan Eriksson
The Great Outdoors...​ - Best Sports Documentary, Jerry Kelleher
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Short Film (Drama):
Emmott & Rowland - Best Historical Short
The Example - Best Short Historical Fiction, Wyatt Cagle, Gordon S. Williams, Kenneth Dupuis
New Neighbors - Best Short Film
Brutal - Best Foreign Drama Short
The Eve - Best Experimental Short, Luca Machnich
Believers - Best Original Short Story, Stephen M. Hunt
A big Love - Best Foreign Short
New Neighbors - Best Short Film
Short Film (Drama) Student:
Reuben - Best Short Drama Student
Fresh Choppuccino​ - Best High School Student Film
Short Film (Comedy/Dramedy):
Cheaters - Best Short Foreign Comedy, Jarrad Bhatia
The Love Suckers - Best Short Comedy, Jim Politano
Short Film (Comedy/Dramedy) Student:
Invisible Eyes - Best Foreign Short Student
Short Film (Action/Thriller):
No Sunday West of Newton - Best Western Short
Short Film (Action/Thriller) Student:
Switch - Best Short Student, Robin Wang
Short Film (Horror):
The Barber's Cut - Best Short Horror Comedy, Mark Brocking
Short Film (Horror) Student
Short Film (SCI-FI):
Redshift - Best SciFi/Futuristic Short
Triangle - Best SciFi Short
Short Film (SCI-FI) Student
Short Film (Animation):
Sunny and Gerd in Spring Cleaning - Best Short Animation Story
Freaktown - Best Foreign Short Animation, Diana Cruz Gonzalez
The Family Blend! - Best Short Animation, Sebastian Foxworth
Short Film (Animation) Student:
Memoire - Best Animation Short Student
Extinguished - Best Animation Short Student, Ashley Anderson
Short Film (LGBT):
Mum, I'm back - Best LGBT Short Foreign
Short Film (LGBT) Student
Short Film (Foreign):
My Pretty Pony - Best Foreign Short
BREAVEMENT - Best Foreign Short Drama
Identification - Best Foreign Short in Producing, Julia Deak
Not Waving - Best Experimental Foreign Short, Freya Billington
Short Film (Foreign) Student:
4242 - Best Foreign Student Short ​
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Documentary Short:
SURVIVING INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD: Domestic Child Sex Trafficking - Best Short Documentary/Social subject
My Name is Joan - Best Short Documentary, Margaret Costa
Documentary Short Student
Experimental (Short):
Alchemy​ - Best Short Domestic Experimental
Experimental (Short) Student
Nature/Environment/Wildlife:
PM 2.5​ - Best Foreign Environmental Subject Short
The Underwater Forest - Best Ecological Short Documentary, Ben Raines
Nature/Environment/Wildlife (Student)
Webisode/New Media:
Jungle Book 2016 CC - Best Web/New Media Feature
The Family Blend! - Best Web & New Media, Short Animation, Sebastian Foxworth
The Superhost - Best Foreign Short Web / New Media
anexperimentalviralvlog - Best Short Video Art / Web / New Media
Webisode/New Media (Student)
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Music Video:
The Old Man by Indigorado - Best Foreign Music Video, Kenneth Aakerland Berg
My Help - Best Religious Music Video, Darlene TINA Batten
Forty Miles to Macon - Best Documentarial Music Video, Daniel Espeut, Tyler Goforth
Food To Ate - Best Experimental Music Video, Randy Huling
Music Video (Student)
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TimelapseTimelapse (Student)
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Movie Trailer:
The Theater - Best Trailer, Paul Pastore
Television - Pilot/Episodic:
New York 2150 - Best TV Pilot, Harry Assouline
Miss Winn's Garden - Best Television Short Director, Shanalyna C. Palmer
Reality Show:
New Song - Best Virtual Reality
Educational/Instructional/Training
Public Service Programming/PSA:
The blind side - Best Achievement Award
Script - Commercial:
Screenplay Short:
(A)utomated (I)rritation - Best Short Story, Bo Liebman
Journey Notes - Best Foreign Short Story, Andrea Natale
Dakota Caves - 2 Miles​ - Best Short Screenplay, Robert J. Rogers
Farewell Cinema​ - Best Short Foreign Screenplay
Breathless - Best American Short Author
Never Too Late - Best Screen Play Short/Web Series/TV/Treatment
Twirling At Ole Miss​ - Best Comedy Short Screenplay
Screenplay Feature:
Santa Klawn - Best Horror Feature Screenplay
Mea Culpa​ - Best Television Screenplay, Leonard Nannarone
American Snake Pit - Best Historical Screenplay, Dan Tomasulo
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Best Actor Male (Feature):
Best Actor Male (Short):
Pajero (The Wanker:) - Best Actor Short Film, Aitor Gonzalez Iturbe
Alchemy - Best Actor in Short Film, Ian Kevin Scott
Best Actress Female (Feature):
Best Actress Female (Short):
116 - Best Actress in Short film
New Neighbors - Best Short Actress
Believers - Best Actress
Supporting Actor - (Feature)
Supporting Actor - (Short)
Supporting Actress - (Feature)
Supporting Actress - (Short):
GOOD'n Screwed - Best Supporting Actress, Suzanne H. Smart
Triangle - Best Supporting Actress, Margo Goodman
Actor - Commercial
Actress - Commercial
Actress Under 18:
Apples for Bullies - Best Youth Actress
Actor Under 18:
Listen - Best Foreign Youth Actor
Ensemble Cast:
GOOD 'n Screwed - Best Ensemble Cast
Editing (Feature)
Editing (Short/Series):
A big Love - Best Editing
Crime Confidential - Best Foreign Short Editing, Julian Lim, Julia Van Der Hoeven
The Madame in Black - Best Editing
Editing (Commercial)
Editing (Music Video)
Sound Design (Short):
Triangle - Best Sound Design: Christopher Fox
Sound Design (Feature):
​Five Minutes with Mary - Best Soundtrack
Music score (Short)
Music score (Feature)
Production Design:
The Barber's Cut - Best Art Direction, Mark Brocking
Costumes:
LEND A HAND - Best Costume design
Makeup
Visual Effects
Cinematography (Feature)
Cinematography (Short/Series):
TORMENTS OF LOVE - Best Foreign Short Cinematography
The Madame in Black - Best Cinematography in Foreign Short
A big Love - Best Cinemotography
Cinematography (Commercial)
Cinematography (Music Video)
Women Filmmakers:
The 12 Lives of Sissy Carlyle - Best Women Director
GOOD'n Screwed - Best Female filmmaker in short screenwriting, Joanna Bonaro
Forward - Best Women Theme Short film, Cole Sax
Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger:
The Lighthouse - Best Short Young Filmmaker
Director (Feature Film):
The Final Barrier - Best Foreign Feature Director, Jasmin Durakovic
Director (Feature Film-Student)
Director (Short/Series):
Listen - Best Foreign Director
Another Day - Best Short Director Drama
Here Again​ - Best Veteran Director, Foreign Short, Robin Brockman
Pajero (The Wanker:) - Best Director Foreign Short Comedy, Aitor Gonzalez Iturbe
Director (Short/Series - Student):
Creatures of Whitechapel - Best Student Filmmaker, Jonathan Martin
Director (Commercial)
Director (Commercial - Student)
Director (Music Video)
Director (Music Video - Student)
Producer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film - Student)
Producer (Short/Series - Student):
We Are Friends - Best Domestic Short Animation Producer
Producer (Commercial - Student)Producer (Commercial - Student)
Producer - Music Video
Producer - (Music Video- Student)
Video Art:
anexperimentalviralvlog - Best Short Video Art
VOICES - Best Experimental Video Art, Alberto Nacci
Video Art (Student)
Video Art (Animation):
Imaginary Novels - Best Video Art Animation, Nancy Gifford
Video Art (Graphic Design)
Video Art (Live Action):
Sacred And Profane Faceless Jacks - Best Video Art-Live Action, Vagabond Beaumont
Video Artist:
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GRAND JURY AWARDS
Balloon Ride - Grand Jury Award, Best Short Animation, Evan Hughes
The Buzzing of a Bumblebee - Grand Jury Student Film Award, Vladimir Beldian
The blind side - Grand Jury, First Short Film Award
Blockbuster - A Life in Moving Pictures: Grand Jury Award in Feature Film
The Conspiracy Project - Grand Jury Award Short Screenplay
IS THIS NOW - Grand Jury Award Feature Screenplay, Joe Scott
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
The shortest are always the best! - Honorable Mention Foreign Short Fiction, Daniel Jenny
January - Honorable Mention - Script writing, Craig Pospisil
It Plays Like Love - Honorable Mention Feature Film, Jeremy Waltman, Adam Lucas
Four Journeys - Honorable Mention Feature Documentary, Teresa Mular
The Dream/in Space - Honorable Mention - Video Art - Animation, Eva Ingolf
The Scope of Seperatio - Honorable Mention Foreign Feature Film, Yue Chen, Weilin Wang, Kun Fu
The Queen - Honorable Mention - Short Fantasy, Hugo Teugels
Pittari - Honorable Mention - Short Animation, Patrick Smith
Requembarren - Honorable Mention - Foreign Experimental Short, Roman Rubert
Darker - Honorable Mention - Short Horror, Alex Torres
Eileen - Honorable Mention - Feature Screenplay, Elizabeth Samaroo
The Global Fund - Honorable Mention, Short Screenplay, Josep Colomer
Long Yearning - Honorable Mention Foreign Short Experimental Documentary, Elliot Spencer
a la mémoire de Lune - Honorable Mention Short
SPENT - Honorable Mention Feature Comedy
Becoming Lucy - Honorable Mention Short Drama
HELL OF A NEW YEAR - Best Honorable Mention Short Horror
Back Page Ripper - Honorable Mention Short, Stephen Rutterford
Sisters' Sunday Funday! - Honorable Mention - Short Experimental Film, Storm Garner
Kaddish! - Honorable Mention - Musical Short Comedy, Emeline Castaneda
Jetty Cats - Honorable Mention, Mid lenght Feature Documentary
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