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Mission
Statement
Our goal is to recognize filmmakers whose short films demonstrate their ability to produce well-crafted motion pictures.
Best of Show Fall 2019 Season!
BEST PICTURE: “Tipped” - Alysse Leite-Rogers
BEST DIRECTOR: Alysse Leite-Rogers - “Tipped”
BEST SCREENPLAY: Sean Rogers & Alysse Leite-Rogers - “Tipped”
BEST ACTOR: Shane Rangi - “Die Like A Shark”
BEST ACTRESS: Fiona Vroom - “Tipped”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tony Mirza - “Tipped”
BEST EDITOR: David Greenspan - “Tipped”
BEST SOUND DESIGN: Gregor Phillips - “Tipped”
BEST MUSIC: Matt Honkonen & Lucy Abernathy - “Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Nick Epstein - "Die Like A Shark"
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CATEGORY WINNING FILMS OF THE FALL 2019 SEASON
BEST DRAMA: “Farasha” - Sophie Wruck
Award of Excellence: “Man in the Woods” - Kevin James O’Neill, Phillip Deems & Ylian Alfaro Snyder
Award of Merit: "Doors" - Paco Arasanz
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “About John” - Lauren Shaw
Award of Excellence: "Anything for the Ones We Love" - Louise Marie Beauchamp
Award of Merit: "5 Reasons Why We Need Hate Speech" - Drew Tidwell & Helen Straight
BEST COMEDY: “Tipped” - Alysse Leite-Rogers
Award of Excellence: "Going Up" - Forman Howes
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE: “Die Like A Shark” - Shane Rangi
BEST MADE IN GEORGIA: "Better Man" - Chris Stanford
Award of Excellence: "The Shadows of Life" - Dewayne & Lawayne Bontrager
Award of Merit: "Treatment" - Andi Behring, Tyler Buckingham & Ivan Harder
BEST MUSICAL: “Trapped” - Brian Peery, Adam Chapman & Edy Recendez
Award of Excellence: "Make Me Fly" - Piotr Vino
BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY: “Rabbit's Foot” - Matt Siemer
Award of Excellence: "12/14" - Shaun Graves, Rob Merritt, Nick Foreman & Greg Rodgers
BEST ANIMATION: "Amaterasu" - Sam Koji Hale
Award of Excellence: "The Legend of the ChickenFish" - Giles Sander
BEST STUDENT FILM: "Fierce" - Imo Rolfe
Award of Excellence: "Roxanne" - Katie Heady
Award of Merit: "Go! Go!" - Patradol Kitcharoen
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FILM AWARDS
AWARD OF DISTINCTION
“Tipped” - Alysse Leite-Rogers
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
“About John” - Lauren Shaw
"Anything for the Ones We Love" - Louise Marie Beauchamp
"Better Man" - Chris Stanford
“Die Like A Shark” - Shane Rangi
“Farasha” - Sophie Wruck
"Fierce" - Imo Rolfe
"Go! Go!" - Patradol Kitcharoen
"Make Me Fly" - Piotr Vino
“Man in the Woods” - Kevin James O’Neill, Phillip Deems & Ylian Alfaro Snyder
“Rabbit's Foot” - Matt Siemer
"Roxanne" - Katie Heady
“Trapped” - Brian Peery, Adam Chapman & Edy Recendez
AWARDS OF MERIT
| "12/14" | Shaun Graves, Rob Merritt, Nick Foreman & Greg Rodgers |
| "15 Minutes" | Taylor Hawthorne " |
| "5 Reasons Why We Need Hate Speech" | Drew Tidwell & Helen Straight |
| "A Journey to Rome - Discovering Venus Anh" | Marco Mauti |
| "Amaterasu" | Sam Koji Hale |
| "Chronic" | Kerri Elder, Blake Elder, Jamey McGaugh |
| "Con Fuerza" | Alejandro M. Siegert |
| "Doors" | Paco Arasanz |
| "Flap" | Shannon Parayil |
| "Funky" | Ellis J. Sutton"" |
| "Heavy Wait" | Hamid Ghiyati |
| "Hey Zeus" | Kenyatta Manning, Sarah Spicer, Thomas Cantley, Monique Morales |
| "Hope Served Fresh - Recovery Friendly Employment" | Jessica Vecchione |
| "Hunter" | Alice Rahemuyulla & Kiara Beltran |
| "Just in Time" | Christopher Martini |
| "King of the Road" | Ashley Hirt |
| "Mart to Art: A Repurposed Life" | George Wingard |
| "Moving Forward: Noyaa, Children of Jamestown!" | Katina Rankin |
| "Reap What You Sew" | Dr. Deb Waterbury & Tyler Adams |
| "Soul Mate" | Jenni Baynham & Heather Hawthorn Doyle |
| "Static" | Zoe Huddleston & Paige Hurd""" |
| "Station 24" | Tim Olson & Justin Steele |
| "Stop" | Andre Jackson |
| "Take Me to the Stars" | Marco Andreini & Stephanie Renaud |
| "The Devil's Temper" | Paul Crowder |
| "The Hire" | Aditya Bhattacharya |
| "The Koi" | Luis Mendez, Jr. |
| "The Legend of the ChickenFish" | Giles Sander |
| "The New Mother" | Eleva Singleton |
| "The New Year's Eve" | Chou Ching-Lun |
| "The Nun's Kaddish" | The Center for Historical Research of the Jewish Community of Oporto |
| "The Shadows of Life" | Dewayne & Lawayne Bontrager |
| "Through His Eyes" | Tristan Suggs |
| "Treatment" | Andi Behring, Tyler Buckingham & Ivan Harder |
| "Two Peas In A Pod" | Dal Kalsi |
| "Window" | Tina Dharamsey |
"Within and Without" |
Frank S. Petrilli |
