WINNERS 2018
FEATURE FILMS
OCTAV - Best Feature, Serge Ioan Celebidachi
SINGLE PALM TREE - Best Experimental Foreign Feature, Puthiyavan Rasiah
ELEVEN ELEVEN - Best Romance-Comedy Feature, Chris Redish
THE LAST DIVIDE - Best Feature Action Film, Paul Kimball
GT STUBBY - An Unlikely Hero - Best Animation Feature, Richard Lanni
JOURNEY TO HOPE - Best inspirational Feature Documentary, Anita Kruse
DARK IRON- Best Foreign Feature, Jerzy Bojanowski
9-22- Best Animation Feature, Bamdad Bahar
& - Best Experimental Feature, Cedric van Eenoo
ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO'S WHO- Best First Feature Film Award, System
VANDETTA GAMES- Best Crime & Thriller Feature, Andre Joseph
FEELING YOU- Best Foreign Romance-Fantasy Feature, Yuez Zeng
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SHORT FILMS
HIROFUMI’S SUITCASE - Best Foreign Short, Natasja Pattipeilohy
NANA’S ROOM - Best Short Story, Mitch Roberson
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS - Best Short Film, Kent Flaagan
ABOUT PATIENCE - Best Foreign Drama Short, Till Gmuer
RIVERS - Best Experimental Short, Graciela Cassel
THE WAITING ROOM - Best Short Script Debra Markowitz
REPLACING YOSHI - Best Short Drama Student, Alec Cohen
THE ROOT OF HAPPINES - Best Short, First time filmmaker, Andy Truschinski
QUANDARY - Best Short Comedy, Tom Soter, Christian Doherty
THE SALESMAN - Best Short Fantasy, Richard Corso
LIMBO - Best Experimental-SciFi Short, Gokce Erenmemisoglu
FAT FOUGHT - Best Short Animation Story, Nancy Marshall
HARLS - Best Short Animation, Kenzie Sutton
CRIMINALS- Best SciFi/Futuristic Short, Gabrielle Hawkins
LEAVING MALCOLM- Best Short Student, Lucas Ruderman
THE LONG WET GRASS- Best Historical Short, Justin Davey
THE HUN- Best Short Student Narrative, Tyler Mendelson
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DOCUMENTARIES & EXPERIMENTALS
FLOWERS OF MARRAKECH - Best Short Documentary/Social subject, Yuntong Man
The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market - Best Short inspirational Documentary, Russell Brown
GASLIGHT - Best Short Dance Experimental, Mimi Garrard
ANUMASA - Best Historical Documentary Short, Adam Thomason
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WEBISODE / NEW MEDIA
BROKERS - Best Web & New Media, Talya Klein
LET’S LOVE - Best Foreign Short Web/New Media, Cláudio Pitanga
TEAM MARS - Best Short Web/New Media, Steve O'Reilly, Andy Ferguson, Damien Drake
PIGS IN A BOWL-Best Comedy Webisode, Emmitt Thrower
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TV / MUSIC VIDEO
BIKE SONG - Best Music Video, Andrea Morgan, Matthew Fernicola
THE EMOJI SONG- Best Experimental Music Video, Ben Rauch, Adam Volerich
THE GIFT- Best Music Video Story, Alex Ho
INSOMNIA- Best Documentarial Music Video, Olga and Andrii Andreiev
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SCREENPLAYS
LIFE, LOVE, SEX & DEATH - Best Feature Screenplay, Gordon S. Williams
DON - Best Feature Drama Screenplay, Alberto Battistutti
HOBO - Best Horror Feature Screenplay, Henry Gravelle
FAST ASLEEP - Best Horror Short Screenplay, Patrick Gamble
BLACK INK PEARL- Best Sci-Fiction Feature Screenplay, Ruth Finnegan
FLYING BIRD’S DIARY - Best Historical Feature Screenplay, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
LITTLE EARTHQUAKES - Best LGBT Drama Screenplay, Todd Bird
GOLD DIGGERS- Best Comedy Feature Screenplay, Ian Burns
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS - Best Short Screenplay, Kent Flaagan
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CAST & ACTING
OCTAV - Best Actor in Feature Film, Marcel Iures
THE SALESMAN - Best Actor in Short Film, Brent Podosek
UNVOICED - Best Actress in Short Film, Ilaria Malvezzi
THERE’S ALWAYS ONE - Best Ensemble Cast, Feature
ARSON - Best Ensemble Cast, Short
BROKERS - Best Ensemble Team, Best Web & New Media
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EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS - Best Sound Design, Nihan Yesil
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS - Best Soundtrack-Original Score, Nihan Yesil
JUST TO BE FRANK - Best Cinemotography Short, Bruce Wabbit
OCTAV - Best Feature Cinematography, Blasco Giurato
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS - Best Editing Short, Hillary Larson
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DIRECTING & PRODUCING
THE WAITING ROOM - Best Woman Director, Debra Markowitz
IN THE FIELD- Best Woman Producer, Tesia Walker
ST.JOSEPH - Best Woman filmmaker in short screenwriting, Kathrina Miccio
NORA EPHRON GOES TO PRISON - Best Women Theme Short film, Hannah Elless
UNDER PRESSURE - Best Young Filmmaker-Short film, Gabe Schmidt
NANA’S ROOM - Best Producer in Short Film, Mitch Roberson
ARSON - Best Director in Short Film-Drama, Christopher Ortiz
A DATE WITH SHILLELAGH - Best Producer-Foreign Short, Keith Large
OCTAV- Best Director in Feature Film, Serge Ioan Celebidachi
OCTAV- Best Producer in Feature Film, Adela Vrinceanu Celebidachi
VIDEO ART
ALIEN THREADS - Best Experimental Short-Video Art, Eva Ingolf
AN ART VIDEO- Best Video Art-Live Action, Steven Siegel
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GRAND JURY AWARDS
KOMMANDO 1944 - Grand Jury Award, Short Film, Derek Quick
EXPEND - Grand Jury Student Film Award, Bismark Fernandes
MINGLE - Grand Jury First Short Film Award, Ty Cooper
FATHER AND FATHER – Grand Jury Best Short Comedy Award, Mark Goldman
HE CALLS THEM ALL BY NAME- Best Short Drama , Chad Sogas
HALF AN HOUR CAFE - Grand Jury Award-Feature Screenplay, Eric Futterman
TEN THOUSAND CAMELS-Grand Jury Award-Best Actors-Michael Thayer, Daniel Fleming
NANA’S ROOM - Grand Jury Award, Best Woman Director in Short Film, Kaye Tuckerman
UNVOICED- Grand Jury Award, Best Director in Short Film, Jeremiah Kipp
THE PHANTASMAGORIA OF OFFENSE- Grand Jury Award-Best Experimental Documentary, Jessica Irish
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
OF A 6 - YEAR - OLD GIRL - Honorable Mention Short Documentary, Jessica Robles
THE FIXIES, TOP SECRET- Honorable Mention Feature Animation, Vasily Bedoshvili, Andrey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin
RIDING ON DUKE`S TRAIN-B -Honorable Mention Feature Screeplay, Mick Carlon & Ken Kimmelman
GAP - Honorable Mention Foreign Short Fiction, Gazanfer Biricik
ONE,TWO,GUESS WHO'S WHO- Honorable Mention Feature-Cast & Crew
THE BALKING DEAD-Honorable Mention, Short Animation, John Maslowski
THE CODEPENDENT THERAPIST-Honorable Mention Short Fiction, Tommy McInnis
THERE’S ALWAYS ONE - Honorable Mention Feature Film, George Massimillo
BENT ON SOMNOLENCE - Honorable Mention First Feature Film, Timothy McCarthy
ONE NATION UNDER GOD - Honorable Mention–Faith, Inspirational Feature, Lisa Arnold
MEDITATION - Honorable Mention-Short Experimental, Gilbrando Acevedo, Michael Leavy
THE LITTLEST UNDERTAKER - Honorable Mention-Short, Fantasy, Kevin Molohan
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Honorable Mention-Feature Screenplay, Samuel Taylor
I AM NOT THE HERO - Honorable Mention Short, Anurag Massey
FLOWERS - Honorable Mention Short Foreign Drama, Mina Maniska
ASH - Honorable Mention Short Student, Chen Lu
DROP POCKET-Honorable Mention Short Drama-Student, Margaux Hemard
PERCEPTIONS-Honorable Mention Best Actress, Eha Urbsalu
DUMPLING- Honorable Mention, Short Story, Lauren Friedman
HEARTS THAT CROSS BORDERS- Honorable Mention Short Drama, Renee Stork, Anna Just
The Only Sad Person on the Beach- Honorable Mention, Short Foreign language Film, Lily Jiacheng Xu
THE NAKED TRUTH - Honorable Mention, Mid lenght Feature Comedy, Rick Herrera, Guru Enlightment
REPLACING YOSHI - Honorable Mention, Best Young Actress, Sasha Fedderly
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Only 5 percent of Award Winning Films will be screened at the festival.
Please see our screening list.
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Attn: WINNERS 2018
If you or your representative cannot attend the award ceremony to receive your award.
We will be sending all awards after the ceremony by mail. You will be getting all info soon.
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