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The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 202520242023202220212020

    Jury Prize

    Edit

    Best Actor and Director Pairing

    • On location filming The Colour of Spring
      Jamie Muscato
      Winners
      • Paul Andrew Kimball(Director)
      • Jamie Muscato(actor)
      • The Colour of Spring
      Winter Light Productions

    Best Production Quality

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Colour of Spring

      8.5 (39)
      Paul Andrew Kimball(director/producer)
      Ron Foley MacDonald(producer)
      Winter Light Productions

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiri and The Girl

      5.6 (8)
      Christopher Logan
      Moonchildren Films

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moonboy

      Christopher Logan
      Christopher Logan Productions

    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Seth Kozak(producer)
      Bob Kovacs(co-producer)
      Joseph Kozak(executive producer)
      Sean Washington(executive producer)
      Will Tucker(executive producer)
      A.W. Kozak(executive producer)
      Mike Sutton(executive producer)
      Bryan Nix(executive producer)
      DET 4 Films

    Best Genre Script

    • [object Object]

      Gorger

      Paul G. Andrews(Producer / Writer)
      GlobalWatch Films

    Best Short Film Produced For More Than $10,000

    • [object Object]

      All Over Again

      8.8 (36)
      Joseph McGovern
      Constance Reshey
      Joseph Fuoco
      Christine J. Noble
      Frank Formica

    Winter Award

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    Best Actor

    • Ellis E. Fowler
      Winner
      • Ellis E. Fowler(actor)
      • #Anniversary
      Ellis Fowler Productions
    • John Pope
      • John Pope
      • Love/Sick
      9 Forty 4 Pictures
    • Callum Kerr
      • Callum Kerr(Actor)
      • Ghetto Bird
      Orillo Films
      • Michael A. LeMelle
      • Bad Things, Good People
      Channel 757
      • Theo Podger
      • The Red Fashion House

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ghetto Bird

      Marcos Shephard(Cinematographer)
      Orillo Films
    • [object Object]

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Ian Brander(director of photography)
      Alex Fahl(director of photography)
      Tolian Productions
    • [object Object]

      Rendezvous

      9.2 (25)
      Michael Cole
      Seth Kozak
    • [object Object]

      Bad Things, Good People

      Sergio M. Lorenzana(director of photography)
      Channel 757

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country

      9.2 (21)
      J.J. Harting
    • [object Object]

      Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country

      9.2 (21)
      J.J. Harting

    Best Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Games Night

      Mirabel Stuart
      Matthew Laird
      Susie Barton
      David Moriba
      Taja Morgan
      Will Stevens
      Harry Vinall
      Black Eagle Productions
    • [object Object]

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Julian Crouser(actor)
      Isabella Salazar(actress)
      Mike Wolfe(supporting actor)
      Braeden Wilson(supporting actor)
      Tolian Productions
    • [object Object]

      About

      8.4 (13)
      Ellie Piercy(actor)
      Natasha Alderslade(actor)
      Don Patrick(actor)
      Authentive Productions
    • [object Object]

      Maya

      Paul Sockett(actor)
      Maria Tauber(actor)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Thomas Crouser Jr.(producer)
      Tolian Productions
    • [object Object]

      Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country

      9.2 (21)
      J.J. Harting

    Best Genre Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moonboy

      Christopher Logan
      Christopher Logan Productions
    • [object Object]

      Art as Catharsis

      Amber Bardell(director)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ghetto Bird

      Jack Parr(writer)
      Aron von Andrian(writer)
      Orillo Films
    • [object Object]

      About

      8.4 (13)
      Phil Dunn(writer)
      Theodore Brun(writer)
      Authentive Productions
    • [object Object]

      Games Night

      James Campayne
      Black Eagle Productions
    • [object Object]

      Dandelion Wishes

      Sammy Kistell

    Best Short Film Made for Between $5,000-$10,000

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Distance

      7.9 (11)
      Jesse Edwards
      Evolve Studio
    • [object Object]

      Tumbling Towards Home

      Imelda O'Reilly(Writer/Director/Producer)
      Faz In Ate Films
    • [object Object]

      Tinderbox

      Rickey Larke(writer/director)
      Preston Purchase(executive producer)
      Lo Howard(producer)
      Rosalyn Douglass(producer)
      Lyandre Pierre(associate producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Last Stub Master

      Jonathan Gill
      Bad Orange Entertainment

    Best Short Film made for less than $5,000

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      About

      8.4 (13)
      Phil Dunn(writer/director)
      Authentive Productions
    • [object Object]

      #Anniversary

      8.1 (15)
      Ellis E. Fowler
      John F. Thomas
      Ellis Fowler Productions
      Thomas Heri Visions, Ent.
    • [object Object]

      Maya

      Richard Fysh(writer)
      Maria Tauber(actor)
      Paul Sockett(actor)
      Rich Whitby(cinematographer)
    • [object Object]

      Inside My Mind

      Nicolas Dozol(director)
      Alexander Liden(producer)
      Lights Rush
    • [object Object]

      A Logical Sale

      Omar Salhi
      Thomas Nangle

    Special Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Piss Off

      Henry Baker(director)

    Best Actress

    • Erika Dawn Smith
      • Erika Dawn Smith
      • Rainfalls
      Poche Pictures
    • Danielle Joelle Carter
      • Danielle Joelle Carter(actress)
      • Tinderbox

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]

      Maya

      Richard Fysh(director)
    • [object Object]

      Ghetto Bird

      Richard O'Hare(Director)
      Orillo Films
    • [object Object]

      Bad Things, Good People

      Tom White(director)
      Channel 757

    Best Feature Film made for less than $5,000

    • [object Object]

      Shoestring Spectacle: Surviving the Last Stub Master

      6.2 (7)
      Jonathan Gill
      Bad Orange Entertainment

    Best Feature made for under $5,000

    • [object Object]

      Rainfalls

      4.7 (198)
      Richard Poche
      Poche Pictures

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Cildeloup: La vulgu aux oiseaux

      Christophe Mavroudis
      La Meute
      Mefamo
      Cildeloup
      Kifilm

    Best Music Video Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Cildeloup: La vulgu aux oiseaux

      Christophe Mavroudis
      La Meute
      Mefamo
      Cildeloup
      Kifilm

    Best Quarantine Short

    • [object Object]

      A Última Dança

      Adriano Schmidt
    • [object Object]

      The Choice

      Aneek Ray
      Aneek Ray Art & Films

    Best Short made for under $5000

    • [object Object]

      Aftermath

      8.4 (37)
      Gergö Elekes
      József Gallai
    • [object Object]

      Bad Things, Good People

      Tom White(producer)
      Channel 757

    Jury Prize: Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]

      Deadly Promises

      3.6 (1.3K)
      Thomas Crouser Jr.(producer)
      Tolian Productions

    Spring Award

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    Best Actor

    • Elijah Boothe
      Winner
      • Elijah Boothe
      • Pink Opaque
      Hot Buttered Content
    • Elijah Boothe
      Winner
      • Elijah Boothe
      • Pink Opaque
      Hot Buttered Content
      • Galen Molk
      • Super 180s

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Haunted Hotel

      4.6 (535)
      Samuel Bignell
      Neil Horsman
      Tom Martin
      Mark Mountford
      Tom Rout
      Susanne Salavati
      Laurence Scott
      Jamie Weston
      Film Suffolk

    Best Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Married and Loving It!

      5.8 (22)
      Ryan McDonald
      Michael Solarez
      Nicole Finney
      Cheryl Holdaway
      Cherie Julander
      Demetrius Daniels
      Aimee-Lynn Chadwick
      Devin Liljenquist
      New Ogden Cinema
    • [object Object]

      The Maroon Jumper

      8.4 (17)
      Mathew Waters
      Lillie Prowse
      Jamie Barnard
      Sophia Eleni
      Michael Baughan
      Blake Ellis
      Richard Boland
      Ellie Gill
      Sam Williams
      Ryan Wichert
      Sally Humphreys Wood
      Amanda Parkes
    • Zach Tinker in Law & Order True Crime (2017)
      • Karisa Tate
      • Zach Tinker
      • Cait Fairbanks
      • Tyler Johnson
      • Christian Jules Le Blanc

    Best Feature Film Made for Less Than 5,000 Dollars

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Married and Loving It!

      5.8 (22)
      Ryan McDonald
      New Ogden Cinema

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Haunted Hotel

      4.6 (535)
      Mark Aaron
      Richard Kett
      Alan Jones
      Jeremy Gugenheim
      Film Suffolk

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Super 180s

      Joshua Kellerman
    • [object Object]

      Black Lives Matter

      Ashna Sharan

    • The Prey: Chapter 1 - Searching

      Shaan I. Memon
      Kharl Louis-Jean
    • [object Object]

      CATVID-19

      Andrew Ball-Shaw

    Best Short film produced for less than $5,000

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bad Things, Good People

      Tom White(producer)
      Channel 757
    • [object Object]

      The Lioness

      4.0 (217)
      Richard Poche
      Poche Pictures

    Best Webseries

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Les Chroniques de Gliwensbourg

      Emilie Tommasi(writer/director)
      Association Actio

    Short Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How 'Bout a Cuppa Tea

      7.1 (199)
      Jan Miller Corran

    Special Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Don't Smoke in Bed

      Ellie Poussot(art director)
      EPFlicks

    Special Mention: Best Alliance of Filmmakers and Actors

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Haunted Hotel

      4.6 (535)
      Film Suffolk

    Best Black and White Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Ijmaginación

      Joaquin Salgado

    Best Directing

    • [object Object]

      Married and Loving It!

      5.8 (22)
      Ryan McDonald

    Best Director

    • Richard Poche
      • Richard Poche
      • The Lioness
      Poche Pictures
      • Joshua Kellerman
      • Super 180s

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]

      Beyond the Wall

      9.1 (33)
      Azer Agalarov(director)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]

      Pink Opaque

      6.1 (100)
      Dave Ragsdale
      Derrick Perry
      Hot Buttered Content
    • [object Object]

      Pink Opaque

      6.1 (100)
      Dave Ragsdale
      Derrick Perry
      Hot Buttered Content

    Best Film produced for more than $10,000

    • [object Object]

      The Haunted Hotel

      4.6 (535)
      Matthew McGuchan
      Julien Mery
      Nick Woolgar
      Film Suffolk

    Best Genre

    • [object Object]

      Homeless: Sam & Sally - The Movie

      Tyrone Evans Clark(director) (executive producer) (art director) (writer) (actor) (editor) (theme music by)
      Margaret Newborn(producer) (actress) (theme music by)
      Corey Bishop(editor) (cinematographer)
      Rey Morano(animation)
      Camille Calvin(actress)
      Max Aria(actor)
      Mark Schaefer(actor)
      Mehmet Edip(actor)
      Selene Rojas Alcover(actress)
      Kevin Scarlett(actor)
      George Sepa(actor)
      Darnell Baldwin(actor)
      Eddie Long(actor)
      Hariom H.M. Shukla(actor)
      I. Vega(actress)
      Romeial Hilaire(actor)
      Tyrone Evans Clark

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Across the Room

      Mellinda Hensley
      Matt Clifford

    Best Short Film ($5000-£10000 budget)

    • [object Object]

      The Audition

      Joe Benedetto
      Trajectory Films

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]

      The Jersey Connection

      9.0 (161)
      Tim Firtion
      Season 2, Episode 1 - "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"

    Best Writing

    • [object Object]

      Claustrophobic Love

      Jonathan Beckett(writer)

    Jury Prize

    • [object Object]

      The Maroon Jumper

      8.4 (17)
      Philip Pugh

    Quarantine Film

    • [object Object]

      The Second Time I Got to Know My Dog

      Kyle Scoble
    • [object Object]

      Vessels

      Maria Cury(director)

    Summer Award

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    Best Genre Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Love Like the 80's

      Christan van Slyke(Christan van Slyke)
      Jedediah Parker
    • [object Object]

      Love Like the 80's

      Tammie Smith
      Smith International Productions

    Short under $5000

    • [object Object]

      Moonboy

      Christopher Logan
      Christopher Logan Productions
    • [object Object]

      Moonboy

      Christopher Logan
      Christopher Logan Productions

    Autumn Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To Kill a Truth

      Konstantinos Athanasopoulos(cinematographer)
      Tassos Papadiotis(assistant cinematographer)

    Best Production Quality

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Love with Ally Barker

      7.7 (57)
      Chris Smellin
      Robert Smellin
      Patrick Constantinou

    Best Quarantine Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Minor Provocations

      Joshua Shi

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Voices

      Paul Richards

    Best Short Film - Made for Between $5,000-$10,000

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waves

      Gary Centrone(director)
      CV Films

    Best Technique

    • Winner
      • Dominic Flewitt
      Our submission has been updated from Nominated to Winner for "Best Technique"

    Best actress

    • Laura Jane Turner
      Winner
      • Laura Jane Turner
      • In Love with Ally Barker

    Best Actor of the season

      • Daniel Plumb
      • Frank
      Llisi Productions

    Best Actress

    • Anita Wittenberg
      • Anita Wittenberg
      • Breathing Easy

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Loner (Eingenbrötler)

      Antonio Universi(director)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]

      Katalinka 16

      8.7 (23)
      Andrea Nagy(editor)
      AuroraFilm Kecskemét

    Best Ensemble Cast of the season

    • [object Object]

      Upheaval

      Adrian Perez
      Annie Knox
      Samuel Harbrow

    Best Feature Film made between $5,000-$10,000

    • [object Object]

      Paracide

      5.3 (29)
      Paul Heron
      Dimension 57
    • [object Object]

      Am Rande der Zeiten

      8.8 (9)
      Jörg Reichlin

    Best Genre Piece of the season

    • [object Object]

      Upheaval

      Cameron Bowyer

    Best Genre Script

    • [object Object]

      One Way Out

      Alyxandrya Prynce

    Best Script Technique

    • Fatal Ambition

      6.4 (7)
      Angel Connell(screenwriter)
      Parousian Pictures

    Best Short Film Made for over $10,000

    • [object Object]

      Kesi

    Best Short Film made for less than $5,000

    • [object Object]

      Voices

      Shaz Mohsin
      Frank Zotter
      Niels Hanrath
      Drew G. Sicard
    • [object Object]

      Seduction

      Bowen Li

    Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Something New

      Yuchi Tian

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