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Newport Beach Film Festival

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    Jury Award

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    Best Actor

    • George Kosturos
      Winner
      • George Kosturos(actor)
      • American Wrestler: The Wizard

    Best Animated Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Violet

      8.2 (55)
      Maurice Joyce(director)
      Mark Hodkinson(writer/producer)
      Nuria González Blanco(producer)
      Tidy Toys Pictures

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Orange Sunshine

      7.3 (649)
      Rudiger Barth
      William A. Kirkley

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Off the Rails

      7.2 (372)
      Adam Irving

    Best Editor

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Orange Sunshine

      7.3 (649)
      Chris Catanach
      Orange Sunshine

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]

      The Open

      7.3 (104)
      Marc Lahore(director)
    • [object Object]

      Money

      5.5 (3.2K)
      Atit Shah
      Martín Rosete
      Create Entertainment

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Picnic

      7.5 (76)
      Jure Pavlovic
      Sekvenca

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Red House

      8.7 (11)
      Jiaqi Lin
      Rush Hour Productions
    • [object Object]

      Youth

      7.4 (47)
      Brett Marty
      Speculative Films

    Feature Film Award

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    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Embers

      5.4 (2.3K)
      Claire Carré
      Charles Spano
      Chaotic Good

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Wrestler: The Wizard

      7.1 (2.8K)
      Alex Ranarivelo(director)
      ESX Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Money

      5.5 (3.2K)
      Atit Shah
      Martín Rosete
      Create Entertainment

    Short Film Award

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chocolate Pudding

      Jonatas da Silva

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      The Parker Tribe

      9.3 (23)
      Jane Baker(writer/director)
    • [object Object]

      Born in Battle

      7.9 (33)
      Yangzom Brauen
    • [object Object]

      Lonely Planet

      7.4 (112)
      Alex Burunova(director)
      Ignacio Rodó(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Dead Wrong

      Emily Haigh(director)
      Dead Wrong Productions

    In Competition

    • [object Object]

      Traces of my Brother

      7.2 (16)
      Moritz Mayerhofer
      Bartosz Grudziecki
      StudioNICE
      Eyecatch Productions
    • [object Object]

      How You Look at It

      8.0 (8)
      Wendy Seyb(director/writer/choreographer)
    • [object Object]

      Restart

      6.3 (109)
      Olga Osorio
      Miss Movies
    • [object Object]

      Porcupine

      Sabrina Doyle(Director)
      Lisa Cirincione(Producer)
    • [object Object]

      Crack

      8.4 (51)
      Peter King

    Achievement Award

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    Acting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Name Is Emily

      6.5 (1.3K)
      Evanna Lynch(actor)
      Kennedy Films
      Newgrange Pictures

    Audience Award

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    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Orange Sunshine

      7.3 (649)
      William A. Kirkley
      Orange Sunshine
    • [object Object]

      The Weekend Sailor

      7.9 (159)
      Bernardo Arsuaga(director)
      Christopher John Malanchen(editor)
      Erik Virtanen(producer)
      Innocent

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nobody Walks in L.A.

      5.8 (465)

    Best Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ataxian

      8.4 (240)
      Kevin Schlanser(director)
      Zack Bennett(director)
      Redwood Creek Entertainment

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tyrus

      8.4 (120)
      Pamela Tom
      New Moon Pictures
      Apricott Films
      Lux Mundi Productions
      Stone Circle Pictures

    Family Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Kids from 62-F

      4.0 (140)
      Imani Shakur(writer/director)
      I.S. Entertainment Group

    Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lennon Report

      5.9 (859)
      Jeremy Profe
      Francisco Productions

    Foreign Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Battalion

      6.4 (1.8K)
      Igor Ugolnikov(producer)
      Fedor Bondarchuk(producer)
      Evgeniy Ayzikovich(producer)
      Dmitriy Meskhiev(director)
      Corner Work

    Best Director Award

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    Best Director

    • Claire Carré
      Winner
      • Claire Carré
      • Embers
      Chaotic Good

    Festival Honors Award

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    Outstanding Achievement In Filmmaking: Action Sports

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Niagara

      6.2 (396)
      Rush Sturges

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fire and Water

      8.6 (8)
      Thomas Brookins(director)
      Earthmovers Video Productions

    Outstanding Achievement: Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Coming Through the Rye

      6.2 (1.1K)
      Todd Holmes(editor)
      Red Hat FIlms

    Honors

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    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love Is All You Need?

      6.1 (1.1K)

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Boy Called Po

      6.4 (1.8K)
      Burt Bacharach(composer)
      Commonwealth Film Manufacturing

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Clockmaker's Dream

      8.0 (32)
      Cashell Horgan
      Made Image
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Delicate Things

      Patrick Maxwell(director)

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Screenwriting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Year by the Sea

      5.5 (243)
      Alexander Janko

    Youth Film Showcase

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    Silver Citation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bench

      8.3 (19)
      Cameron Burnett
      Burnett Film Group
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Channel

      Jake Naturman

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

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    Action Sports

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Niagara

      6.2 (396)
      Rush Sturges(director)
      Red Bull Media House

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    Newport Beach, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/

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