Awards for 2016

Award of Merit

Leading Actor

WINNERS

The Traveler: Anthony Bradford
We Remember: Kohl Beck (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)
4am Redmond & Meda: Rodrigo Lopresti (actor)
Popcorn Ceiling: Thomas Haley (H2 Crew Productions (production company))
The Job Interview: Brad Bonnell (Vancouver Film School)

Leading Actress

WINNERS

Split Costs: Mela Hudson
One for the Road: Danielle Wheeler

Supporting Actor

WINNER

Breakdown Confessions: Nicholas Massa

Direction

WINNERS

We Remember: John A. Gallagher (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)
Yours Accidentally: Steven Forrester (Cinema Cannaregio, Formidable Film Company, The)
Sanctuary: Ashley Nicole Hudson (director / writer)

Direction - Student

WINNER

Film School Musical: Talha B. (director), Maan B. (director), Carolina Sandoval

Cinematography - Student

WINNER

Film School Musical: Talha B. (director), Maan B. (director), Carolina Sandoval

Cinematography

WINNER

Breakdown Confessions: Konstantin Frolov

Original Song

WINNER

Sanctuary: Desiree Rowan (music composer)

Original Score

WINNER

39 Across: Jack Lawrence

Best Music Video

WINNER

Hiding (music video): Roy Sherfan (director)
Season: June 2016

Short Film - Student

WINNERS

Film School Musical: Talha B. (director), Maan B. (directer), Carolina Sandoval
Imitation Is Suicide: Julian Davis
Imitation is Suicide
The Morning After: Nicholas Massa

Short Film

WINNERS

By the Fountain (short film): Camille Mitchell (director/writer/producer/editor) (Passage Island Productions (production company))
Tibi Fide: Vadim Bulitko (producer)
Green Lake: Derek Frey (Lazer Film Productions)
Now: Paul Kelly
Kiss of Death: Timothy Collins, Jillian Kibler
Attached at the Soul (short film): William Leon (director) (Through the Window Productions (production company))
Attached at the Soul: William Leon (director) (Through the Window Productions (production company))
Popcorn Ceiling: Thomas Haley (director), Amy De Santiago (executive producer) (H2 Crew Productions (production company))
Blurred Vision: Michael Giannantonio (SummitSTAR Films & Entertainment)
Imitation Is Suicide: Julian Davis
30 Days to Say Goodbye: Edward King III (director), Matthew Woodward (writer), Christina Jo'Leigh (producer), Vincent Pascoe (director of photography) (Silver Shadow Pictures (production company and distributor), Cinematic Artistry (production company))
Popcorn Ceiling: Thomas Haley (director), Amy De Santiago (executive producer) (H2 Crew Productions (production company))
Aloha for Indo: Elliot Lucas
The Book of Judith: Don Sano (Producer) (No and So Films)
The Book of Judith: Don Sano (Producer), Chris Cashman (Producer) (No and So Films)

Film Short

WINNERS

A Real Buzz: Lachlan Marks (director)
Sin Cuenta: Zack Stoff
We Remember: John A. Gallagher (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)
What's Left: Mara Lee Gilbert (writer/producer)
Cruxberry: Jamie Oon (Clover Kiwi Productions)
Yours Accidentally: Steven Forrester (Cinema Cannaregio, Formidable Film Company, The)
Mirror (short film): Sara Eustaquio (director)
Breakdown Confessions: Nicholas Massa
Qwerty: Aaron Sauerland
Thanatophobia: Peter Dimako (Synchronicity Motion Pictures)
Richard Tavernaro (Long Shot Productions)
The Traitor: Oldrich Antos, Simon Todorov

Documentary

WINNER

On the Edge: Roy Zafrani

NOMINEE

Rutas del mas alla: Isma Rubio, Isra Pineda (Garcia & Garcia)

LGBT

WINNER

Piece of Cake: Ella Lentini (Riot Life Films)

Women Filmmakers

WINNERS

Boudoir: Gina Ronhovde (director) (Without Chemicals)
One for the Road: Danielle Wheeler

Pilot Program

WINNERS

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

African American

WINNERS

Dreams My Master: Michael A. Krehan (writer/director)
Control: Philip Michael (actor)

Viewer Impact/Entertainment Value - Student

WINNER

Film School Musical: Talha B. (director), Maan B. (director), Carolina Sandoval

Commercial/Infomercial

WINNER

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

Script/Writer

WINNER

Kiss of Death: Timothy Collins, Jillian Kibler

Children/Family Programming

WINNER

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

Award of Excellence

Actor Leading

WINNER

This Modern Man Is Beat: Jordi Vilasuso

Leading Actress

WINNER

Oh Em Gee: Camille Mana

Actress Leading

WINNERS

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

Actor Supporting

WINNER

We Remember: Artie Pasquale (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)

Actress Supporting

WINNER

We Remember: Christine M. Campbell (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)

Direction

WINNERS

Eclipse (short film): Artem Makarevich (director)
Cuckold Picasso: Lance Larson

Directing

WINNER

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns (WarPony Entertainment)

Script/Writing

WINNER

Cuckold Picasso: James R. Adams II, Lance Larson

Screenplay

WINNER

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns (WarPony Entertainment)

Cinematography

WINNERS

Eclipse (short film): Artem Makarevich (cinematographer)
Dead Bird Don't Fly: Tigran Mutafyan (WarPony Entertainment)
Cuckold Picasso: Brent Barbano

Editing

WINNERS

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns (WarPony Entertainment)
Cuckold Picasso: Lance Larson

Original Score

WINNER

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns (WarPony Entertainment)

Music Video

WINNER

Urban Street Tap: Morten Moen (director), Bård Føsker (director)

Short Film

WINNERS

Eclipse (short film): Artem Makarevich (director)
Duke: Gregory Crosby (Make-Believe Entertainment)
Visit 57: Kate Phelan
Duke: Gregory Crosby (Make-Believe Entertainment)
The Weekend: Dennis Cahlo
This Modern Man Is Beat: David J Schroeder (Producer), Tom Brunstetter (Producer), Tommee May (Producer)
Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns, Jason Lawton, Noviandra Santosa, Yulia Safonova (WarPony Entertainment)
Rem: April Phillips
Urban Street Tap: Morten Moen (director), Bård Føsker (director)
Come Away With Me: Ellen Gerstein (director)
Uncanny Valley: Federico Heller (director) (3Dar (production company))

NOMINEE

Real Buddy: Frank Mirbach (Mineworks Film)

Film Short (Student)

WINNERS

39 Across: Adam Turkel
Creatures of Whitechapel: Jonathan Martin, Rebecca Martin (Bohemian Industries, Regents University London)
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Documentary Short Film

WINNERS


Kelly Amis (USA), Code Oakland
Chernobyl: Armin Kurasz (TVN)

Special Purpose Production

NOMINEE

Walls of Water: John Taschner (Mulholland Studio)

LGBT

WINNER

We Remember: John A. Gallagher (Open Factory, 305 Media Group)

Women Filmmakers

WINNERS

Visit 57: Kate Phelan (director)
Wintersreise: Susanne Boeing
How You Look at It: Wendy Seyb (Director, Writer, Choreographer)

Kelly Amis (USA), Code Oakland
The Stream: Claudia Fucigna

LGBT Film (Student)

WINNER

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Charlie Sporns, Jason Lawton, Noviandra Santosa, Yulia Safonova (WarPony Entertainment)

Award of Excellence

WINNER

Mausoleum: Lauri Randla (Director) (Exit Film, Funny-Films Oy, ELO Film School)

Asian American

WINNER

Oh Em Gee: Jonathan Chase (Director, Producer)

Viewer impact

WINNER

Cuckold Picasso: Lance Larson

Humanitarian

WINNER

The Wing: Assaad Yacoub (Director)

Award of Recognition

Actor Leading

NOMINEE

Those Shoes!: Crafty St. James

Leading Actor

WINNER

Last Chance: Klement Tinaj (actor) (EyeLess Studio Hollywood (production company))

Lead Actress

WINNER

Essential Tremors: Roslyn Cohn (actor)

Leading Actress (Student)

WINNER

Dead Bird Don't Fly: Chen Chen Julian (WarPony Entertainment)

Actress Leading

WINNERS

Essential Tremors: Roslyn Cohn (writer), Lisa Nicole Lennox (director), Jaret Martino (producer), Nancy Scanlon (executive producer), Jon Schweigart (cinematographer)
As We Say Goodbye (actress): Nicole Sucar (actress)

Actress Supporting

WINNER

The Golden Plates: Tara-Nicole Azarian (Front Porch Film)

Direction

WINNER

Kiss of Death: Timothy Collins, Jillian Kibler

Cinematography

WINNER

Kiss of Death: Timothy Collins

Film Short

WINNERS

I am Grace: Christopher H.K. Lee
Shit Head Monica: Nadia Talel (Madame T Productions)
Death Key: Origins: J.A. Steel
You Use, You Lose: Falguni Thakkar (director of photography)
Blind Light: An Pham
Racing the Sunrise (short film): Amy Russo (director)
Gig: Nicholas Massa
As We Say Goodbye: Jhosimar Vasquez (director)
The Babies: Yuval Shrem (Director) (Fable Entertainment)
The Job Interview: Javier Porragas (Vancouver Film School)
Star Wars: Behind the Saber: Zack Abramowitz (director)
Ghostwriter: Tyna Ezenma

Documentary Short

WINNERS

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

Women Filmmakers

WINNERS

Chenmo de pengyou: Ying Yuen (Executive Producer), Sylvia Loehndorf (Producer), Rachael Meyers (Director) (Fed by Fire Productions, RM Productions)
Shit Head Monica: Nadia Talel (Madame T Productions)
You Use, You Lose: Falguni Thakkar (director of photography)
Ghostwriter: Tyna Ezenma

Experimental

WINNERS

Daniel Dou (director) (TransReal360 (production company))
Ánima: Daniel Dou (director) (TransReal360 (production company))
For "Pilot"

Lighting

WINNER

Kiss of Death: Timothy Collins

Asian American

WINNER

Red Rose Chronicle: Ted Sharks

Latin/Hispanic

WINNER

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

Set Design

WINNER

Kiss of Death: Mary Kay Kibler

Animation

WINNER

Mata Alwusol (short film): Mohammed Jassim (director), Ibrahim Albuainain (producer) (Ibrahim's Art Studio (production company))

Award of Merit Special Mention

Actor: Leading

WINNER

Medic: Adam Lolacher (Special Lil Angel Productions)

Direction

WINNERS

Violet: Maurice Joyce (director) (Tidy Toys Pictures (production company))
Heather's Painting (short film): Freddie Connor (director) (FineLight Films (production company))
Medic: Kelly-Ruth Mercier

Screenplay

WINNER

Sanctuary: Ashley Nicole Hudson (writer / director)

Editing

WINNER

Sanctuary: Meagan Waggoner (editor)

Short Film

WINNERS

Shallow Creek: Jack McConnell (producer), Gregory Brown (director), Oryan West (actor), Sarah Joy Byington (actor), Destiny Baldwin (assistant director), Dave Novak (sound recordist/mixer), Brenden Mack (casting associate)
Heather's Painting: Freddie Connor (producer), Sheraiah Larcher (executive producer) (FineLight Films (production company))
Sanctuary: Ashley Nicole Hudson (producer), Lindsey Lienhardt (producer)

Film Short

WINNERS

Clearance: David Munz-Maire, Jack Manley, Joud Kashgari (AireBedd Productions)
Pillow Talk: Tristan McIntosh (director) (Tristan R. McIntosh Productions (production company))

Script / Writer

WINNER

Violet: Mark Hodkinson (writer) (Tidy Toys Pictures (production company))

Ensemble Cast

WINNER

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

Women Filmmakers

WINNER

Sanctuary: Ashley Nicole Hudson (producer / director / writer)

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

WINNER

4242: Sara Eustaquio (director)

Best Movie Trailer

WINNER

Aslan: Florian Metzner

Animation

WINNER

Violet: Maurice Joyce (director), Mark Hodkinson (writer), Nuria González Blanco (producer) (Tidy Toys Pictures (production company))

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Film Short

WINNERS

Atrocitas: Ruya Koman, Cristhian Andrews (Audacity Innovative)
Cuckold Picasso: Lance Larson

Women Filmmakers

WINNER

My Mom and the Girl: Susie Singer Carter (director), Don Priess (producer), Romell Foster-Owens (producer), Tony Cacciotti (producer) (Go Girl Media (producer), My Mom And The Girl (production company), Jowharah Films (in association with))

Best Shorts Competition

Best Of Show

WINNER

Come Away With Me: Ellen Gerstein (director)

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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