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Sanford International Film Festival

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    • 20192018201720162015

    International Film Award

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    Best International Short

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      Stained

      8.0 (10)
      Mark A.C. Brown
      Phil Haine
      BraineHownd Films

    Direction Award

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    Best Director

      • Maria Eriksson-Hecht
      • Schoolyard Blues

    Best Short Film Award

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    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wish and The Wisp

      7.7 (263)
      Lakisha Minter
      Good Screenplays
      Sudie Dot

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      The Girls Were Doing Nothing

      9.0 (491)
      Dekel Berenson
      168 Wardour Filmworks

    Jury Prize

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    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Came from the Woods

      7.5 (53)
      Erik Bloomquist(writer/director/producer)
      Carson Bloomquist(writer/director/producer)
      Mainframe Pictures
      Erixco
      Kristen Anne Ferraro, Executive Producer, Eric Wolf, Executive Producer

    Best Student Film (College and Post-grad)

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      Growing Alice

      Danilo Zambrano

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]

      She Came from the Woods

      7.5 (53)
      Phil 'Skippy' Adams(special effects)
      Jarek Zabczynski(visual effects)
      Mainframe Pictures
      Damage SFX
      Jester Pictures

    Tommy Award

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    Audience Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dysphagia

      Pete Yagmin(director)
      Evil Stew Productions

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bearkittens

      5.6 (89)
      Lars Henriks
      Nisan Arikan
      Obsessive Filmmakers
      Bühnenstudio der darstellenden Künste
    • [object Object]

      Clickbait

      3.2 (3.8K)
      Michael J. Epstein
      Sophia Cacciola
      Launch Over
    • [object Object]

      Down and Yonder

      8.2 (9)
      Christopher Flippo(producer)
      Geoff James(producer)
      Benson Greene(producer)
      Jamie Rodriguez-Davenport(producer)
      Cindicate Productions

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Abreise

      Milan Bath

    Best Local Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Split Ticket

      Alfred Thomas Catalfo(director/producer/writer)
      Bill Bourdon(co-producer)
      Gina Catalfo Nelson(co-producer)
      Amanda Duquette(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Eighth Circle

      Pete Yagmin(director)
      Mike Costello(writer)
      Evil Stew Productions

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Clickbait

      3.2 (3.8K)
      Night Kisses
      Sophia Cacciola
      Catherine Capozzi
      Michael J. Epstein
    • [object Object]

      Bearkittens

      5.6 (89)
      Lars Henriks
    • [object Object]

      Imposter

      7.4 (12)
      Steven Lanning-Cafaro
    • [object Object]

      Save

      6.4 (60)
      Philipp Fabian Kölmel

    Audience Choice Award

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      Clickbait

      3.2 (3.8K)
      Sophia Cacciola
      Michael J. Epstein
      Launch Over

    Best Actress

    • Beate Malkus
      • Beate Malkus
      • Die Abreise

    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]

      The Eighth Circle

      Pete Yagmin(director)
      Mike Costello(writer)
      Evil Stew Productions

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Omahattawa County Little Legends

      Edward Loupe

    Best Student Film -College and Post-grad

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      Omahattawa County Little Legends

      Edward Loupe
      Jason Thomas
      Arthur J. Wagner

    Best Actor

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    Best Actor

    • Daniel Wyland
      Winner
      • Daniel Wyland(actor)
      • Condemned
      • Olle Frelin
      • Schoolyard Blues
      • Kemal Burak Alper
      • The All Seeing Blind
      Best Actor Nomination

    Best Acting Ensemble

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bearkittens

      5.6 (89)
      Virginia Roncalli
      Lisa Eschenbrenner
      Hannah Bortz
      Lorina Seipp
      Kionia Winter
      Stefanie Borbe
      Sara Mahle
      Obsessive Filmmakers
      Bühnenstudio der darstellenden Künste
    • [object Object]

      Omahattawa County Little Legends

      Treas Ross
      Nathan Hamilton
      Art Parsells
      Jim Babel
      University of North Carolina School of the Arts - School of Filmmaking

    Best Acting Ensemble

    • [object Object]

      Swimming Pool

      6.8 (95)
      Álex Villazán
      Ferran Vilajosana

    Best Screenplay

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Staring Down a Barrel

      Manley Irish(writer)
    • [object Object]

      Schoolyard Blues

      6.9 (82)
      Pelle Rådström

    Best Documentary

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    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Our Friend Jon

      9.5 (63)
      Edward Payson
      an Anti-Hero Production

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