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Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival and Writers' Celebration

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017

    Jury Prize

    Edit

    Best Dialogue

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)
      R.D. Womack II

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Angela Nordeng
      • In This Gray Place

    Best Actor - Feature

    • Aleksander Ristic
      • Aleksander Ristic
      • In This Gray Place

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)
      Prarthana Joshi
      Luie P. Garcia

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)
      Naeem Seirafi

    Best Comedy Feature or Short

    • [object Object]

      High Signs

      Damien Patrik

    Best Director - Feature

    • R.D. Womack II
      • R.D. Womack II
      • In This Gray Place

    Best Score

    • [object Object]

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)
      Miro Kepinski

    Best Spoof

    • [object Object]

      High Signs

      Damien Patrik

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)

    Most Daring Film

    • [object Object]

      In This Gray Place

      4.4 (6.5K)

    Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival Award

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    BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unravelled

      5.0 (17)
      Michele Grey Hartsoe
      House of Hartsoe

    Best Actor - Short

    • Winner
      • Terence Pennywell(actor)
      • The Pickle
      • Michael Ray(actor)
      • Collar
      Triple 14
      Russem Productions
    • Doug Jones at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      • Doug Jones
      • Kiss the Devil in the Dark
      Bohemian Industries

    Best Actor Feature

    • Winner
      • Richard Gang(actor)
      • Sanitas Pacifica
    • Aleksander Ristic
      • Aleksander Ristic
      • In This Gray Place
    • Gunner Wright
      • Gunner Wright
      • The Pinch
      ASM Media

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Maggie Qin
      • Sheng nu mi ai ji
      • Maggie Qin
      • Flushing Flesh
    • For TXTURE Magazine
      • Shoniqua Shandai
      • Running
      Shoniqua Shandai Pictures
      G-Force Films

    Best Actress - Short

    • Campbell Crates
      Winner
      • Campbell Crates
      • Echoes
      Maderfilm Productions
    • Lydia Fiore
      • Lydia Fiore
      • Swiped Right

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Pasta

      Charles Mandracchia
    • You Got a Problem... (2017)
      We Are Friends (2017)
      • You Got a Problem...
      • We Are Friends
      Charles Mandracchia

    Best Art Direction - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Pasta

      Charles Mandracchia
    • [object Object]

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Jonathan Martin
      Rachael Domingo
      Josh Andersen
      Bohemian Industries

    Best Children's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Parker Bubblegum

      Marlowe Peyton
    • [object Object]

      We Are Friends

      Charles Mandracchia
      Lynn Hunter

    Best Cinematography - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Trouble

      6.7 (29)
      Alex Gray
      Alphabet City Films

    Best Cinematography Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Trouble

      6.7 (29)
      Alex Gray
      Alphabet City Films

    Best Cinematography Short Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Inspiration Kids Pop-Up Bible Stories

      Vanelle(creator/writer/voice)
      Inspiration Ministries
    • [object Object]

      Jour Majesty: Going to Germany

      Ian James Matthews(cinematographer)

    Best Comedy Scene

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Father and Father

      6.9 (16)
      Mark Richard Goldman(actor, producer, writer)
      Michael Baumgarten(director)
      Art Camacho(fight/stunt coordinator)
      Robert Goldman(actor/executive producer)
      Chuck Zito(actor)
      Sasha Mitchell(actor)
      Michael Depasquale Jr.(actor)
      Fran Capo(actor)
      Alan Goldberg(actor)
      Tom Renner(co-producer, actor)
      Metro Goldman Motion Pictures
    • [object Object]

      The Pickle

      Tommy Granville Jr.(sound: designer)
    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      R.S. Hill
      Lisa Hagen
      Surround Idea

    Best Comedy Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio
      NoBull.Productions

    Best Costumes - Feature Or Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Krieg

      8.8 (10)
      Jeff Fry
    • [object Object]

      The Prisoner of Perdition

      8.0 (12)
      Cameron McCasland
      Red Headed Revolution Pictures
      Shackle Island Productions

    Best Director - Feature - Female

    • Angela Sadler Williamson
      Winner
      • Angela Sadler Williamson(director)
      • My Life with Rosie
      Sadler Williamson Production Company
      Joint winners
    • Jennifer Hulum
      • Jennifer Hulum
      • Fortune Defies Death
      Surround Idea

    Best Documentary - Political

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Life with Rosie

      Angela Sadler Williamson(director)
      Sadler Williamson Production Company
      Joint Winners

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Five Minute Rush

      7.4 (19)
      Darryl Ayhe
      Trevor Mirosh
    • [object Object]

      Running

      Jon Tu
      Shoniqua Shandai Pictures
      G-Force Films

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sanitas Pacifica

      John Say(director)
    • [object Object]

      TangoX

      Alessandra Guarino(director)

    Best Female Director Short

    • Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
      Winner
      • Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
      • Swiped Right

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Miracle in Kasama

      7.1 (56)
      Yuko Nishio(executive producer)
      Hayato Mitsuishi(producer)
      Kevin's Entertainment
      Yuu Promotion

    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chicken Party

      5.1 (109)
      Carlos R. Valencia
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Jonathan Martin
      Rebecca Martin
      Kendrick Foxx
      Bohemian Industries

    Best Independent Spirit Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Call for Fire

      7.8 (15)
      Sean Kinney
      Steve Barrons
      1 Stooge Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      An Urban Tale

      Rich McKee
      RJProductions (II)

    Best Interpretation of Love - Short - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dis/Connected

      3.2 (9)
      Toure Muhammed

    Best Make-Up

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Chris Hanson
      Bohemian Industries
    • [object Object]

      Running

      Amber Love
      Shoniqua Shandai Pictures
      G-Force Films

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MENEW: Baby You're Like a Drug

      6.7 (28)
      Joshua Butler
      Iceblink Films
    • [object Object]

      Jour Majesty: Going to Germany

      Ian James Matthews(director)

    Best Period Piece

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Root Cellar

      8.0 (5)
      Tommy Granville Jr.
      Kyle Kleinecke(director)

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Joke Thief

      6.4 (4K)
      Frank D'Angelo
      In Your Ear Productions
    • [object Object]

      Miracle in Kasama

      7.1 (56)
      Yuko Nishio(executive producer)
      Hayato Mitsuishi(producer)
      Kevin's Entertainment
      Yuu Promotion

    Best Score - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Miracle in Kasama

      7.1 (56)
      Katsuichirô Ôta(composer)
      Yutaka Sao(composer)
      Kevin's Entertainment
      Yuu Promotion
    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      Howard Lum
      Surround Idea

    Best Score - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jour Majesty: Going to Germany

      Ian James Matthews(sound editor)
    • [object Object]

      Jour Majesty: Going to Germany

      Ian James Matthews(sound editor)

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shotgun

      Tazito Garcia
      Best Comedy Short/short
    • [object Object]

      The Root Cellar

      8.0 (5)
      Tommy Granville Jr.
      Kyle Kleinecke(director)
    • [object Object]

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio
      NoBull.Productions
      Oh St. Joseph (song)
    • [object Object]

      Running

      Shoniqua Shandai
      Shoniqua Shandai Pictures
      G-Force Films

    Best Social Commentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Abused

      Lamont Wilkins

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Five Minute Rush

      7.4 (19)
      Matthew Cameron
      Alex Macia
    • [object Object]

      Miracle in Kasama

      7.1 (56)
      Hisashi Ueda(director)
      Kevin's Entertainment
      Yuu Promotion
    • [object Object]

      Echoes

      Bruce Chianese
      Maderfilm Productions
    • [object Object]

      An Act of Love

      Bruce Chianese

    Best Sound Design - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      Surround Idea

    Best Soundtrack - Feature Or Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swing Dance Party

      Rick Joswick
      Dan Lutz
      Mike Carr
      Robert Kyle
      Jerry Moore
      Kleer Bros. Entertainment

    Best Spoken Word

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Abused

      Lamont Wilkins

    Best Spoof

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Meeting

      8.5 (173)
      Russ Emanuel(director)
      Howard Nash(producer)
      Max Hirsch(writer)
      Robert Kwartler(producer)
      Mary Jane Bulseco(executive producer)
      Julianne Carlile(created by)
      Open Communications Inc.
    • [object Object]

      Father and Father

      6.9 (16)
      Mark Richard Goldman(actor, producer, writer)
      Michael Baumgarten(director)
      Art Camacho(fight choreographer)
      Robert Goldman(actor/executive producer)
      Tom Renner(co-producer, actor)
      Chuck Zito(actor)
      Sasha Mitchell(actor)
      Fran Capo(actor)
      Louis Banks(actor)
      Lois Thomas(actor)
      Metro Goldman Motion Pictures
    • [object Object]

      A Not So Funny Meeting

      Russ Emanuel(director)
      Open Communications Inc.

    Best Supporting Actor Feature

    • Robert Pralgo
      Winner
      • Robert Pralgo
      • Unravelled
      House of Hartsoe

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Past and Future Kings

      8.4 (9)
      Raphaël Hébert
      Archangel Epics

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Oak Bones

      Lindsay Corriveau(director / cinematgrapher / editor)
    • [object Object]

      Echoes

      Kenneth Mader
      Maderfilm Productions

    Best Visual Effects - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      Surround Idea

    Best Visual Effects - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Nicholas Fletcher
      Oliver Bates
      Katie Bates
      Ian J. Johnston
      C. Alex Johnson
      Johnny Bones
      Adam C. Sager
      Bohemian Industries
      Tempered Pixel

    Best Young Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Parker Bubblegum

      Marlowe Peyton
    • [object Object]

      Beyond the Eyes

      Shelly Russell(director)
    • [object Object]

      Planeman

      Benjamin Stockham
      Merit Leighton
      Glitterguru Productions

    Hollywood Dreamz Starz of Tomorrow

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sanitas Pacifica

      John Say(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Killing Joanne

      6.0 (85)
      Kenya Cagle

    Action Film Of The Year

    • [object Object]

      Five Minute Rush

      7.4 (19)
      Steve Baran
      Starlit Entertainment

    Action Film of the Year

    • [object Object]

      Vendetta Games

      6.0 (19)
      André Joseph
      AJ Epyx Productions

    Best Action Sequence Short or Feature

    • [object Object]

      An Act of Love

      Rachael Servello(choregrapher)
      Alix Lane(co-choreographer)
    • [object Object]

      Krieg

      8.8 (10)
      Jeff Fry

    Best Actress - Feature

    • Julie R. Ølgaard
      • Julie R. Ølgaard
      • Fortune Defies Death
      Surround Idea

    Best Actress Feature

      • Maggie Qin
      • Sheng nu mi ai ji

    Best Cinematography - Documentary

    • [object Object]

      My Life with Rosie

      Tom Almanzar(director of photography)
      Sadler Williamson Production Company
      Joint winners

    Best Cinematography Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Krieg

      8.8 (10)
      Jeff Fry
    • [object Object]

      Father and Father

      6.9 (16)
      Steve Sage Goldberg(cinematographer)
      Mark Richard Goldman(producer/actor/writer)
      Michael Baumgarten(director)
      Art Camacho(fight choreographer)
      Robert Goldman(actor/executive producer)
      Tom Renner(co-producer, actor)
      Metro Goldman Motion Pictures

    Best Costumes

    • [object Object]

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Rachael Domingo
      Jonathan Martin
      Bohemian Industries

    Best Dialog (Short)

    • [object Object]

      Ruination

      8.5 (7)
      Thomas Moore
      Blessed Melody Productions

    Best Dialogue

    • [object Object]

      Echoes

      Kenneth Mader
      Maderfilm Productions

    Best Dialogue - Feature

    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      R.S. Hill
      Lisa Hagen
      Surround Idea

    Best Director - Documentary

    • Kirk Ryde
      • Kirk Ryde
      • Swing Dance Party
      Kleer Bros. Entertainment

    Best Director Female Short

    • Venice Film Festival 2024
      • Evi Stamatiou(director)
      • Hugo Teugels(executive producer)
      • Kaltrina
      TVP services Video Art Productions

    Best Director Short Film

      • Toure Muhammed
      • Dis/Connected

    Best Documentary- Political

    • [object Object]

      The Last Doll Lady

      8.4 (9)
      Taryn Hough

    Best Drama - Short

    • [object Object]

      Collar

      8.2 (36)
      Triple 14
      Russem Productions

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]

      Kaltrina

      Evi Stamatiou(director)
      Hugo Teugels(executive producer)
      TVP services Video Art Productions

    Best Editing - Documentary

    • [object Object]

      My Life with Rosie

      Thomas Knutson(editor)
      Sadler Williamson Production Company
      Joint winners

    Best Female Director

    • Renata Green-Gaber
      • Renata Green-Gaber
      • Running
      Shoniqua Shandai Pictures
      G-Force Films

    Best Foreign Film-Feature Or Short

    • [object Object]

      Five Minute Rush

      7.4 (19)
      Steve Baran
      Starlit Entertainment

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Howard Lum
      Jennifer Hulum
      Surround Idea

    Best LGBTQ Short

    • [object Object]

      This Is Me

      Gary Tang(Lead Actor)

    Best Lead Actor in a Short

    • Francesco Antonio
      • Francesco Antonio
      • Leroy Graham
      • An Urban Tale
      RJProductions (II)

    Best Outstanding Cast Performance

    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]

      Echoes

      Bruce Chianese
      Maderfilm Productions

    Best Sound Design - Short

    • [object Object]

      Jour Majesty: Going to Germany

      Ian James Matthews(sound editor)

    Best Soundtrack - Feature

    • [object Object]

      Miracle in Kasama

      7.1 (56)
      Katsuichirô Ôta(composer)
      Yutaka Sao(composer)
      Mau Nishio(actor)
      Kevin's Entertainment
      Yuu Promotion

    Best Soundtrack - Feature or Short

    • [object Object]

      We Are Friends

      Charles Mandracchia

    Best Soundtrack - Feature or short

    • [object Object]

      Black Lightning: Tobias's Revenge

      5.9 (112)
      Cory Perschbacher
      Darkan Entertainment

    Best Special Effects - Feature

    • [object Object]

      Fortune Defies Death

      5.5 (1.5K)
      Jennifer Hulum
      April Love
      Sheena Joshi
      Jack Schaefer
      Emilio Marcelino
      Surround Idea

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      Snap Chat

      Natalie Searle
      Makenzie Erikson
      Luke Robson
      Peter Derrick
      Acting Performance Studio

    Best Supporting Actor - Feature

    • Chris Corulla Jr.
      • Chris Corulla Jr.
      • Vendetta Games

    Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film

    • Kathrina Miccio
      Angela Pietropinto in Alchemy (2016)
      • Kathrina Miccio
      • Angela Pietropinto
      • St. Joseph
      NoBull.Productions

    Best Title Sequence and Graphics

    • [object Object]

      Kiss the Devil in the Dark

      6.4 (184)
      Nicholas Fletcher
      Bohemian Industries
      Tempered Pixel

    Best Villain

    • [object Object]

      The Chicken Party

      5.1 (109)
      Saskia Marguerite
    • [object Object]

      Father and Father

      6.9 (16)
      Mark Richard Goldman(producer/actor/writer)
      Michael Baumgarten(director)
      Art Camacho(fight/stunt coordinator)
      Robert Goldman(actor/executive producer)
      Chuck Zito(actor)
      Tom Renner(co-producer, actor)
      Metro Goldman Motion Pictures

    Best Young Performer Female - Feature or Short

    • [object Object]

      Echoes

      Cameron Crates
      Maderfilm Productions

    Best Youth Performer

    • [object Object]

      The Joke Thief

      6.4 (4K)

    Best comedy short

    • [object Object]

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio
      NoBull.Productions

    Documentary - Feature

    • [object Object]

      My Life with Rosie

      Angela Sadler Williamson(director)
      Sadler Williamson Production Company
      Joint winners

    Female Action Performer of the Year

    • [object Object]

      The Assassin's Apprentice

      7.5 (23)
      Tarah Paige(actress)
      Innomagic Productions

    Female Director

    • Kathrina Miccio
      • Kathrina Miccio
      • St. Joseph
      NoBull.Productions

    Male Action Performer Of The Year

    • [object Object]

      Five Minute Rush

      7.4 (19)
      Steve Baran
      Starlit Entertainment

    Outstanding Cast Performance Short Film

    • [object Object]

      St. Joseph

      Kathrina Miccio
      NoBull.Productions

    Social Justice Statement of the Year

    • [object Object]

      Snap Chat

      Natalie Searle
      Makenzie Erikson
      Luke Robson
      Peter Derrick
      Acting Performance Studio

    Supporting actor

    • Vincent Pastore
      Kathrina Miccio
      • Vincent Pastore
      • Kathrina Miccio
      • St. Joseph
      NoBull.Productions

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