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Newport Beach Film Festival

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    Jury Award

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    Best Actor

    • Jack Parry-Jones
      Winner
      • Jack Parry-Jones
      • Moon Dogs

    Best Actress

    • Olivia Cooke in Thoroughbreds (2017)
      Winner
      • Olivia Cooke
      • Katie Says Goodbye

    Best Cinematographer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boys in the Trees

      6.3 (4.5K)
      Marden Dean

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Len Collin(director)
      • Sanctuary
      Zanzibar Films

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      City of Joy

      7.7 (662)
      Madeleine Gavin
    • [object Object]

      Dateline: Saigon

      9.0 (36)
      Thomas D. Herman

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moon Dogs

      6.6 (311)
      Philip John(director)
      Kathy Speirs(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Neighbor

      4.8 (6.6K)
      Aaron Harvey
      Oliver Ridge

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Enemies Within

      7.0 (825)
      Selim Azzazi

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Katie Says Goodbye

      6.7 (2.6K)
      Wayne Roberts

    Best Short Animated Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Second to None

      6.8 (183)
      Vincent Gallagher

    Best Short Documentary - Honorable Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct

      8.9 (38)
      Cady McClain

    Best Animated Short - Honorable Mention

    • [object Object]

      Sisyphus

      Eric J. Wright

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]

      Big Bear

      5.1 (1.6K)
      Brandon Evans
      Joey Kern
      Brett Forbes
      Patrick Rizzotti
      MTY Productions
      Fortress Features

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Visitors

      9.2 (7)
      Alon Juwal
    • [object Object]

      Son

      8.3 (362)
      Cyrus Neshvad(director)
      Syneco

    Best Short Film - Honorable Mention

    • [object Object]

      Takk for turen

      6.8 (113)
      Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

    Short Film Award

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    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Enemies Within

      7.0 (825)
      Selim Azzazi(director)
      Qualia Films
    • [object Object]

      Einstein-Rosen

      6.7 (205)
      Olga Osorio
      Miss Movies
    • [object Object]

      Wintersreise

      Susanne Boeing(director)
      Susanne Boeing

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Ça va sans dire

      7.2 (6)
      Pierre Sabrou

    In Competition

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      The Ballerina, Her Shoemaker and His Apprentice

      8.0 (7)
      Eva Ye

    Short Film Award - Honorable Mention

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    Best Narrative Short Film

    • [object Object]

      A Children's Song

      8.2 (19)
      Shayna Cohen
      Jane Wu
      J Wu Entertainment

    Audience Award

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    Action Sports

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Under an Arctic Sky

      7.0 (1.5K)

    Art, Architecture, + Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Gamble House

      7.6 (7)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Speechless

      7.0 (45)
      Robin Polák(director)
      Czar Film
    • [object Object]

      Visitors

      9.2 (7)
      Alon Juwal

    Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I'll Push You: A Real-Life Inspiration

      8.4 (101)

    Family Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scales: Mermaids Are Real

      4.2 (1K)

    Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Don't Tell

      7.2 (468)

    Foreign Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sami Blood

      7.3 (8.6K)
      Amanda Kernell

    Music Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Man in the Camo Jacket

      8.4 (52)
      Russ Kendall(Director)
      Kaleidoscope Pictures

    Student Film Award

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    College Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Jewish Blind Date

      7.4 (14)
      Anaëlle Morf(director)

    Special Recognition Award

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    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Feeding Time

      6.5 (146)
      Matt Mercer(director)
      Rubric Pictures

    Festival Honors Award

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    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      California Typewriter

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Doug Nichol

    Honors

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    Outstanding Achievement in Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      California Typewriter

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Doug Nichol

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Boy By the Sea

      8.2 (19)
      Vasily Chuprina(director)

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Acting

    • Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, Elisabeth Moss, and David Tennant in Mad to Be Normal (2017)
      Winners
      • Mad to Be Normal
      • The Hero
      • A Date for Mad Mary
      • Class Rank
      David Tennant
      Sam Elliott
      Seána Kerslake
      Olivia Holt

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Directing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      California Typewriter

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Doug Nichol

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story

      7.7 (128)
      John Anderson

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hammer

      6.0 (215)

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Axis

      3.8 (316)
      Aisha Tyler

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Screenwriting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zen Dog

      7.4 (94)
      Rick Darge

    Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking

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    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cardboard Gangsters

      6.4 (3.4K)
      Richard Bolger(Richard Bolger)
      Mark O'Connor(Richard Bolger)
      Five Knight Films Limited

    Documentary Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Legendary Jerry Greben: Professional Stand In

      Kelly Makin

    Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Score

      7.5 (5.1K)
      Matt Schrader
      Epicleff Media
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Axis

      3.8 (316)
      Aisha Tyler(Director)
      Emmett Hughes(Screenwriter)
      Hot Machine

    Feature Film: Screenwriting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zen Dog

      7.4 (94)
      Rick Darge

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    Newport Beach, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/

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