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Best Shorts Competition

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Award of Merit

African American

Winner
Dreams My Master
Michael A. Krehan(writer/director)
Winner
Control
Philip Michael(actor)
Winner
The 30th of May
8.9 (8)
James Theres(Writer, Director, Producer)
Christopher Windfield(Producer, Director of Cinematographer)
Lincoln Penny Films
A Drawn Up Films Production
Winner
Venefica
5.6 (45)
Maria Wilson

Award of Merit

Winner
Aloha from Lavaland
8.3 (11)
Larkin Pictures

Best Actress

Winner
Jiaoying Summers
The Scarlet Thorn
C.G. Ryche Films
Winner
C.G. Ryche
The Scarlet Thorn
C.G. Ryche Films

Best Music Video

Winner
Hiding
Roy Sherfan(director)
Season: June 2016

Best Original Score

Winner
Like A Rolling Stone
Michael McLean
Santa Monica College Film Program

Best Short Film

Winner
Transition
Rodja Martin Tröscher
Rodin Pictures

Children/Family Programming

Winner
The Word Detective: Really, Really Old
James Rossi(director)

Cinematography

Winner
Breakdown Confessions
Konstantin Frolov

Cinematography - Student

Winner
Film School Musical
8.8 (147)
Talha B.(director)
Maan B.(director)
Carolina Sandoval

Commercial/Infomercial

Winner
Match.Com: Know They're Out There
Gina Ronhovde(director)
Without Chemicals

Direction

Winner
We Remember
9.2 (11)
John A. Gallagher
Open Factory
305 Media Group
Winner
Yours Accidentally
5.1 (10)
Steven Forrester
Cinema Cannaregio
The Formidable Film Company
Winner
Sanctuary
Ashley Nicole Hudson(director / writer)
Winner
The Servants
Flore Joubert(director)

Direction - Student

Winner
Film School Musical
8.8 (147)
Talha B.(director)
Maan B.(director)
Carolina Sandoval

Disability Issues

Winner
Brady's Lot
Eric Hanson(writer/director)

Documentary

Winner
On the Edge
9.0 (32)
Roy Zafrani
Winner
Death & Life
Gregory Alosio
Alosio Productions
Winner
Parivara
9.2 (21)
Alex Kruz
Àlex Lora
Wolf Circle Productions
Winner
Color of Sound
Oz Yilmaz(director)
Pelicula Films
Rutas del mas alla
9.3 (29)
Ismael Rubio
Isra Pineda
Garcia & Garcia

Experimental

Winner
Syncretic Noise
Stephen Bullen
Between The Notes Productions

Film Short

Winner
A Real Buzz
Lachlan Marks(director)
Winner
Countless
Zack Stoff
Winner
We Remember
9.2 (11)
John A. Gallagher
Open Factory
305 Media Group
Winner
What's Left
Mara Lee Gilbert(writer/producer)
Winner
Cruxberry
J. Arcane
Clover Kiwi Productions
Winner
Yours Accidentally
5.1 (10)
Steven Forrester
Cinema Cannaregio
The Formidable Film Company
Winner
Mirror
8.4 (40)
Sara Eustáquio(director)
Winner
Breakdown Confessions
Nicholas Massa
Winner
Qwerty
8.2 (8)
Aaron Sauerland
Winner
Thanatophobia
Peter Dimako
Synchronicity Motion Pictures
Winner
Richard Tavernaro
Long Shot Productions
Winner
The Traitor
Oldrich Antos
Simon Todorov
Winner
The QUEEN
Hugo Teugels(director)
TVP services Video Art Productions
Winner
Coincidental Romance
Joseph Brandon
Joseph Brandon Pictures

LGBT

Winner
Piece of Cake
7.2 (88)
Ella Lentini
Oddflower Films
Winner
Taste
9.3 (7)
Danielle Kronenberg(actress)
Jay Palmieri Jr.(director)

LGBT film

Winner
Treading Yesterday
8.6 (77)
Craig Bettendorf(executive producer)
Kai Morgan(associate producer)
Kenneth Erhnman(co-producer)

Leading Actor

Winner
Anthony Bradford
The Traveler
Winner
Kohl Beck
We Remember
Open Factory
305 Media Group
Winner
Rodrigo Lopresti(actor)
4am Redmond & Meda
Winner
Thomas Haley
Popcorn Ceiling
H2 Crew Productions
Winner
Brad Bonnell
The Job Interview
Vancouver Film School
Winner
Artie Brennan
In for Business

Leading Actress

Winner
Mela Hudson
Split Costs
Winner
Danielle Wheeler
One for the Road
Winner
Bridie McKim
Gimpsey

Movie Trailer

Winner
Retribution
Roberto Sanchez
La Isla Media Group

Music Video

Winner
You'll Never Know
7.7 (8)
Miles Evan Windsor(producer)
Freddy Rodriguez(director)

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
Eureka Dreams
Todd Kortte
Anna Zhikhareva
Silver Street Productions
Winner
Code Yellow
Erica Jacques(producer/director)
Brooks Institute of Photography

Original Score

Winner
39 Across
Jack Lawrence

Original Song

Winner
Sanctuary
Desiree Rowan(music composer)

Pilot Program

Winner
Spin
Ty Leisher(producer/director)
Zach Silverman(producer)
Winner
The Parallel Project
Barrett Gregory(director)
KnightWolf Productions
Winner
Clean!
Jesse Petrick(Director)
Raising Cane Productions
Winner
Falling Flat
9.1 (26)
Joel Michalak
Novelty Friend

Script/Writer

Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins
Jillian Kibler

Short Film

Winner
By the Fountain
Camille Mitchell(director/writer/producer/editor)
Passage Island Productions
Winner
Tibi Fide
Vadim Bulitko(producer)
Winner
Green Lake
6.7 (13)
Derek Frey
Lazer Film Productions
Winner
Now
Paul Kelly
Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins
Jillian Kibler
Winner
Attached at the Soul
6.8 (10)
William Leon(director)
Through the Window Productions
Winner
Popcorn Ceiling
Thomas Haley(director)
Amy De Santiago(executive producer)
H2 Crew Productions
Winner
Blurred Vision
8.2 (18)
Michael Giannantonio
SummitSTAR Films & Entertainment
Winner
Imitation Is Suicide
5.1 (38)
Julian Davis
Winner
30 Days to Say Goodbye
6.6 (15)
Edward King III(director)
Matthew Woodward(writer)
Christina Jo'Leigh(producer)
Vincent Pascoe(director of photography)
Silver Shadow Pictures
Cinematic Artistry
Winner
Popcorn Ceiling
Thomas Haley(director)
Amy De Santiago(executive producer)
H2 Crew Productions
Winner
Aloha for Indo
Elliot Lucas
Winner
The Book of Judith
9.0 (12)
Don Sano(Producer)
Chris Cashman(Producer)
No and So Films
Winner
Letters from Exit Zero
Ferro Films
Winner
Don't Think About It
6.8 (9)
Niv Klainer
Winner
Association
Frankie Fairbrass(director)
Brighton Film School & Studio
Pier Street Films
Winner
Locked in Stone
David Khaziri(director)
William Khaziri(producer)
Winner
My Name Is Lamar
9.2 (20)
Dale E. Turner
Winner
Why Me
Winner
Moving on
Benjamin Addams Mcallister
Bruce McAllister
McAl Productions
Winner
Puertas
5.6 (57)
Paco Arasanz(director)
Hewes Pictures
Winner
Nut Cracker
8.7 (12)
David Pinkston
Winner
A Children's Song
8.2 (19)
Shayna Cohen
Jane Wu
J Wu Entertainment
Winner
Dead Unanimity
Brigitte Buny(actress)
James Hu(producer/director)
Hu Films
Dead Unanimity Short Film
Winner
Dead Drunk
Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
Main Sequence Entertainment
Winner
Un encuentro
Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Miguel Berzal de Miguel

Short Film - Student

Winner
Film School Musical
8.8 (147)
Talha B.(director)
Maan B.(directer)
Carolina Sandoval
Winner
Imitation Is Suicide
5.1 (38)
Julian Davis
Imitation is Suicide
Winner
The Morning After
Nicholas Massa
Winner
Like A Rolling Stone
Daniel Hawley
Santa Monica College Film Program
Winner
Cuidar a Ruth
Miguel Berzal de Miguel

Sound Editing / Sound Mixing

Winner
Blackout
6.4 (26)
Tri Nguyen

Supporting Actor

Winner
Nicholas Massa
Breakdown Confessions

Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value - Student

Winner
Film School Musical
8.8 (147)
Talha B.(director)
Maan B.(director)
Carolina Sandoval

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Boudoir
8.0 (29)
Gina Ronhovde(director)
Without Chemicals
Winner
One for the Road
Danielle Wheeler
Winner
The Servants
Flore Joubert(director)
Winner
Holly's Girl
Paulina Lagudi Ulrich
Jax Productions
Winner
Venefica
5.6 (45)
Maria Wilson

Women Filmmakers (Student)

Winner
Nothing Gold
Krysten Resnick(Director)

Award of Excellence

Actor Leading

Winner
Jordi Vilasuso
This Modern Man Is Beat

Actor Supporting

Winner
Artie Pasquale
We Remember
Open Factory
305 Media Group

Actress Leading

Winner
Alexis Nichols
Becoming Lucy
Winner
Tricia Paoluccio(actress)
Visit 57
Winner
Samm Wiechec
More Than Words
Winner
Judith Roberts
Now

Actress Supporting

Winner
Christine M. Campbell
We Remember
Open Factory
305 Media Group

Animation

Winner
Crack'd
Sebastian Brown(producer)
Sebastian Brown Productions
Quipster Animation
Winner
Heavenkid
6.0 (628)

Animation, Experimental, Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Lion Dance
9.0 (39)
Zheng Kang
Timothy John Pattinson
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

Asian American

Winner
Oh Em Gee
Jonathan Chase(Director, Producer)

Award of Excellence

Winner
Mausoleum
7.1 (51)
Lauri Randla(Director)
Exit Film
Funny-Films Oy
ELO Film School

Best Short

Winner
Real Buddy
5.3 (48)
Frank Mirbach(Director)
Mineworks Film

Best Short Film

Winner
The Exorcism Diaries
8.2 (12)
Scott McCullough(director, editor)

Cinematography

Winner
Eclipse
Artem Makarevich(cinematographer)
Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Tigran Mutafyan
WarPony Entertainment
Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
Brent Barbano
Winner
Nut Cracker
8.7 (12)
Marie Travis
Winner
Scissor Man
John Lazear
House of Gorey Productions

Directing

Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
WarPony Entertainment

Direction

Winner
Eclipse
Artem Makarevich(director)
Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
Lance Larson
Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Michael Fallavollita

Disability Issues

Winner
Gimpsey
9.6 (33)

Documentary Short Film

Winner
Kelly Amis (USA), Code Oakland
Winner
Chernobyl
7.7 (240)
Armin Kurasz
TVN
Winner
Newton: The Force of God
8.8 (57)
Panos Anestis(director)
Vassilis Papakonstantinou(producer)
Lida Arnellou(production designer)
Dimitris Petakos(writer)
Vagelis Kokkalis(editor)
Anastasios C. Katsaris(composer)
Konstantinos Lagos(lead actor)

Editing

Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
WarPony Entertainment
Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
Lance Larson
Winner
Bernie and Rebecca
8.0 (10)
Melissa Kent
Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Michael Fallavollita
Winner
Nut Cracker
8.7 (12)
David Pinkston

Film Short (Student)

Winner
39 Across
Adam Turkel
Winner
Creatures of Whitechapel
7.0 (181)
Jonathan Martin
Rebecca Martin
Bohemian Industries
Regents University London
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Winner
Cream
Palesa Lebona

Jewish

Winner
Brut
7.4 (53)
Konstantin Fam
Ark Pictures

LGBT

Winner
We Remember
9.2 (11)
John A. Gallagher
Open Factory
305 Media Group

LGBT Film (Student)

Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
Jason Lawton
Noviandra Santosa
Yulia Safonova
WarPony Entertainment

Leading Actor

Winner
John Schuck
Tale of the Kite
Winner
Darryl Hopkins(actor)
Touch
Panoramic Pictures

Leading Actress

Winner
Camille Mana
Oh Em Gee
Winner
Leven Rambin
Dissonance

Music Video

Winner
Urban Street Tap
Morten Moen(director)
Bård Føsker(director)

Original Score

Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
WarPony Entertainment
Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Michael Giacchino

Screenplay

Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
WarPony Entertainment

Script/Writing

Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
James R. Adams II
Lance Larson

Short Film

Winner
Eclipse
Artem Makarevich(director)
Winner
Duke
7.7 (10)
Gregory Crosby
Make-Believe Entertainment
Winner
Visit 57
5.8 (13)
Kate Phelan
Winner
Duke
7.7 (10)
Gregory Crosby
Make-Believe Entertainment
Winner
The Weekend
8.0 (69)
Dennis Cahlo
Winner
This Modern Man Is Beat
7.2 (328)
David J Schroeder(Producer)
Tom Brunstetter(Producer)
Tommee May(Producer)
Winner
Mei's Bridge
8.0 (29)
Charlie Sporns
Jason Lawton
Noviandra Santosa
Yulia Safonova
WarPony Entertainment
Winner
REM
April Phillips
Winner
Urban Street Tap
Morten Moen(director)
Bård Føsker(director)
Winner
Come Away with Me
8.3 (19)
Ellen Gerstein(director)
Winner
Uncanny Valley
7.3 (949)
Federico Heller(director)
3Dar
Winner
The Tenor
Damon Crump(Director)
Brian Elliott(Writer)
Jackalope Entertainment
Winner
The Tenor
Damon Crump(Director)
Brian Elliott(Writer)
Jackalope Entertainment
Winner
Shotgun
8.3 (22)
Maverick Moore(director)
Winner
The Maltese Moose and Squirrel
Richard Tavernaro
Long Shot Productions
Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Michael Fallavollita
Winner
Legend
Mark Lammerding
Winner
Wildflowers
Mark Lammerding
Winner
Voices
Richard Tavernaro
Long Shot Productions
Winner
2 Brothers
Hemant Makker
Sullivan McGuffin
Sidd Makker
Shivaan Makker
Pastiche Fiilms
Winner
Touch
7.0 (23)
Noel Harris
Mark O'Neill
Panoramic Pictures
Real Buddy
5.3 (48)
Frank Mirbach
Mineworks Film

Sound Editing / Sound Mixing

Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Tony Sereno
Steve Bissinger
Roy Waldspurger
Skywalker Sound

Viewer impact

Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
Lance Larson

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Visit 57
5.8 (13)
Kate Phelan(director)
Winner
Wintersreise
Susanne Boeing
Winner
How You Look at It
8.0 (8)
Wendy Seyb(Director, Writer, Choreographer)
Winner
Kelly Amis (USA), Code Oakland
Winner
The Stream
8.0 (7)
Claudia Fucigna

Special Purpose Production

Walls of Water
8.8 (9)
John Taschner
Mulholland Studio

Humanitarian

Director

Winners
Alex Kruz
Àlex Lora
Parivara
Wolf Circle Productions

Humanitarian Honorable Mention

Winner
The Secret of Joy
8.0 (21)
Max Bartoli
Fabiola Bartoli
MaXaM Productions
Winner
The Lot
Russell Blanchard
Ben Gouldthorpe
LOCOfilm

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
Code Yellow
Erica Jacques(producer/director)
Brooks Institute of Photography

Winner
The Wing
Assaad Yacoub(Director)
Winner
Brady's Lot
Eric Hanson(writer/director)
Winner
The Secret of Joy
8.0 (21)
Max Bartoli
Fabiola Bartoli
MaXaM Productions
Winner
Brady's Lot
Eric Hanson(writer/director)

Award of Recognition

Actress Leading

Winners
Roslyn Cohn(actress)
Lisa Nicole Lennox(director)
Essential Tremors
Winner
Nicole Sucar(actress)
As We Say Goodbye
Winner
Jiaoying Summers
The Scarlet Thorn

Actress Supporting

Winner
Tara-Nicole Warner
The Golden Plates
Front Porch Film

Actress: Leading

Winner
Kristina Emerson
Blackout

Animation

Winner
Mata Alwusol
Mohammed Jassim(director)
Ibrahim Albuainain(producer)
Ibrahim's Art Studio
Winner
Blank, the Bird
Yihui Cece Jiao
Winner
Another Day in Paradise
Bellopropello(director)
Winner
Agrinoui
8.9 (25)
Alexis Chaviaras(Director)

Asian

Winner
Hell O Hello
Pratik Kothari

Asian American

Winner
Red Rose Chronicle
Ted Sharks

Award of Recognition

Winner
The Bone of a Whale
Larkin Pictures

Best Original Song

Winner
The Scarlet Thorn
8.5 (13)
C.G. Ryche(composer)
C.G. Ryche Films
I Shall Return - Written by - C.G. Ryche / Performed by IronWrath

Cinematography

Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins

Direction

Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins
Jillian Kibler
Winner
The Scarlet Thorn
8.5 (13)
Jiaoying Summers(producer)
China Dream Productions

Director

Winner
C.G. Ryche
The Scarlet Thorn
C.G. Ryche Films

Documentary Short

Winner
Trashed After Death
Martin Ponferrada(director)
Diane Villavieja(producer)
Winner
BlackTie WhiteTie
Jermaine Taishi Thomas
Taishi Studios

Dramatic Impact

Winner
The Servants
Flore Joubert(director)

Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Haunt
Douglas Tait
Isabel Cueva
Mitchell Roche
Jack Impellizzeri
Victor Isaac
Bunny Klein Gibson
Martin Klebba
Adrian R'Mante
Michael Wayne Foster
Alyssa Tyson
Paul Cuneo
Vincent van Hinte
Samantha Rodes
Susan Rudick
Ed Galvez
Tim Soergel
César Gamiño
Frank H. Woodward
Isabella Sahara Tait
Leonardo Tait
CAVE Entertainment

Experimental

Winner
Daniel Dou(director)
TransReal360
Winner
Ánima
Daniel Dou(director)
TransReal360
For "Pilot" episode

Film Short

Winner
I am Grace
5.6 (105)
Christopher H.K. Lee
Winner
Shit Head Monica
Nadia Talel
Madame T Productions
Winner
Death Key: Origins
9.5 (13)
J.A. Steel
Winner
Racing the Sunrise
Amy Russo(director)
Winner
Gig
Nicholas Massa
Winner
As We Say Goodbye
Jhosimar Vasquez(director)
Winner
The Babies
Yuval Shrem(Director)
Fable Entertainment
Winner
The Job Interview
9.9 (9)
Javier Porragas
Vancouver Film School
Winner
Star Wars: Behind the Saber
5.4 (8)
Zack Abramowitz(director)
Winner
Ghostwriter
Tyna Ezenma
Winner
Blackout
6.4 (26)
Timothy Collins
Winner
Tricia's Corner
Angel Jackson
Dynamic Squad Productions
Winner
We Set Them Free
Doug Roos
Shanghai Cloudwave Network Tech Co.
Winner
Brady's Lot
Eric Hanson(writer/director)
Winner
Arthur
Paola Botero
Botero Productions
Winner
Dream Girl
Brett Newton(director) (producer)
Winner
Mirror
Justice Parman(Director)
Rebel Kids Entertainment
Winner
Why?
Andres Ramirez(Writer, Producer and Director)
Winner
Hatch
Emma Catalfamo
Winner
Amal

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
When Damon Met Angie
Hugo J. Martinez(producer/director)
Michael Olivares(executive producer)
Christopher Thomas Malone(executive producer)
Elizabeth Martinez(executive producer)

Lead Actress

Winner
Roslyn Cohn(actor)
Essential Tremors
Winner
Jiaoying Summers(actress)
The Scarlet Thorn
China Dream Productions

Leading Actor

Winner
Klement Tinaj(actor)
Last Chance
EyeLess Studio Hollywood

Leading Actress

Winner
Jessica Roth(actress)
The QUEEN
TVP services Video Art Productions

Leading Actress (Student)

Winner
Chen Chen Julian
Mei's Bridge
WarPony Entertainment

Lighting

Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins

Original Song

Winner
The Scarlet Thorn
8.5 (13)
Jiaoying Summers(producer)
China Dream Productions

Pilot Program/Series

Winner
The Haunt
Isabel Cueva
Douglas Tait
CAVE Entertainment

Set Design

Winner
Kiss of Death
Mary Kay Kibler

Short Film

Winner
Amal
Hani Alqattan
Winner
Essential Tremors
5.8 (5)
Jaret Martino(producer)
Jaret Martino Productions
Winner
A Movie Set
Eduardo Rufeisen(producer)

Short Film (Student)

Winner
A Night at the Movies
Erik Carlson

Television Pilot Program/Series

Winner
Treading Yesterday
8.6 (77)
Craig Bettendorf(executive producer)
Kai Morgan(associate producer)
Kenneth Erhnman(co-producer)

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Chenmo de pengyou
Dawn Ying Yuen(Executive Producer)
Sylvia Loehndorf(Producer)
Rachael Meyers(Director)
Fed by Fire Productions
RM Productions
Winner
Shit Head Monica
Nadia Talel
Madame T Productions
Winner
You Use, You Lose
Falguni Thakkar(director of photography)
Winner
Ghostwriter
Tyna Ezenma
Winner
Blank, the Bird
Yihui Cece Jiao
Winner
Women Prayed and Preyed Upon
Kankana Chakraborty(Director)
Winner
The Highway
6.7 (9)
Susan Davis

Actor Leading

Crafty St. James
Those Shoes!

Award of Merit Special Mention

Actor: Leading

Winner
Adam Lolacher
Medic
Special Lil Angel Productions

Actress: Leading

Winner
Krystin Pellerin(actress)
Touch
Panoramic Pictures

Animation

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

Best Cinematography

Winner
Transition
Andreas Gockel
Rodja Martin Tröscher
Rodin Pictures

Best Movie Trailer

Winner
Aslan
8.0 (6)
Florian Metzner

Direction

Winner
Violet
8.2 (55)
Maurice Joyce(director)
Tidy Toys Pictures
Winner
Heather's Painting
8.7 (58)
Freddie Connor(director)
FineLight Films
Winner
Medic
Kelly-Ruth Mercier

Editing

Winner
Sanctuary
Meagan Forsythe(editor)

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Sanctuary
Wendy Miklovic(actress)
Dane Moreton(actor)
Jeremy Palko(actor)
Addison Bascle(actress)

Film Short

Winner
Clearance
David M. Night Maire
Jack Manley
Joud Kashgari
AireBedd Productions
Winner
Pillow Talk
Tristan McIntosh(director)
Tristan R. McIntosh Productions
Winner
The Great Journey
Armando Basso
Fabio Salvati

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Treintañera
9.7 (8)
Tamara Bunker
Adrenia Kemp
Diego Londoño
Monica Salazar

Screenplay

Winner
Sanctuary
Ashley Nicole Hudson(writer / director)

Script / Writer

Winner
Violet
8.2 (55)
Mark Hodkinson(writer)
Tidy Toys Pictures
Winner
Tale of the Kite
9.7 (8)
Michael Fallavollita

Short Film

Winner
Heather's Painting
8.7 (58)
Freddie Connor(producer)
Sheraiah Larcher(executive producer)
FineLight Films
Winner
Sanctuary
Ashley Nicole Hudson(producer)
Lindsey Lienhardt(producer)
Winner
A Fish Story
7.3 (9)
Carrie Finn
Santa Monica College Film Program
Winner
The Lot
Russell Blanchard
Ben Gouldthorpe
LOCOfilm
Winner
Shallow Creek
Gregory Brown(director)
Sarah Joy Byington(actor)
Destiny Baldwin(assistant director)
Dave Novak(sound recordist)
Brenden Mack(casting associate)
Winner
So This Is It Then!
David Maxwell Raynor
Bad Hat Films
Strayed Outta Compton
Jim Whipple

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Sanctuary
Ashley Nicole Hudson(producer / director / writer)
Winner
A Fish Story
7.3 (9)
Carrie Finn
Santa Monica College Film Program

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
4242
8.4 (45)
Sara Eustáquio(director)

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Film Short

Winner
Atrocitas
Ruya Koman
Cristhian Andrews
Audacity Innovative
Winner
Cuckold Picasso
6.4 (13)
Lance Larson
Winner
The Dishwasher
6.6 (8)
Matt David Johnson(director)
Alexz Johnson(producer)
Winner
Gimpsey
9.6 (33)
Sofya Gollan
Winner
Bernie and Rebecca
8.0 (10)
Melissa Kent

Women Filmmakers

Winner
My Mom and the Girl
7.5 (45)
Susie Singer Carter(director)
Don Priess(producer)
Romell Foster-Owens(producer)
Tony Cacciotti(producer)
Go Girl Media
My Mom And The Girl
Jowharah Films

Best Shorts Competition

Best Of Show

Winner
Come Away with Me
8.3 (19)
Ellen Gerstein(director)
Winner
Moth
Storm Ashwood
Kitsune Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
The Lottery
Leiqi Lin
Hanrui Wang
Winner
Locked
9.6 (6)
Yuxiao Olina Wong(producer)
Ye Kuang(director)
Bus Stop
Bass Hathaway(producer)
Chantal Roberts(producer)
Hathaway Cinema
One Man Crew Productions
The Journey of Tia
9.1 (10)
Kevin Wendell(writer/director)
Tia Cherie Polite(producer)

Best of Show

Winner
Graffiti
6.9 (199)
Lluís Quílez(director)
Euphoria Productions
Ainur Films

TV Pilot Program

Winner
It's the Journey with Jaz
Jaswant Dev Shrestha
Creative Heights Entertainment

Television - Series

Winner
It's the Journey with Jaz
Jaswant Dev Shrestha
Creative Heights Entertainment

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