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• Comedy
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• Drama
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• Mystery/Thriller
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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 2020 Season!
BEST PICTURE: “The Garage” - Julie Berke & Aylet Emma Regev
BEST DIRECTOR: Thad Lee - “All That You Love Will Be Carried Away”
BEST SCREENPLAY: Chris Vincent - “The Garage”
BEST ACTOR: Jay Lay - “The Garage"
BEST ACTRESS: Teri Wyble - “Nice To Meet You”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lucas Miller - “The Garage”
BEST EDITOR: Dan McMellen - “The Garage”
BEST SOUND DESIGN: Summer Chen & Guodong Yu - “Winter”
BEST MUSIC: Winn McElroy - “All That You Love Will Be Carried Away”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Guodong Yu - "Winter"
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CATEGORY WINNING FILMS OF THE FALL 2020 SEASON
BEST DRAMA: “The Garage” -- Julie Berke & Aylet Emma Regev
Award of Excellence: “Nice To Meet You” - Brandon Haynes & Elena Greenberg
Award of Merit: "United" - Marvin Akanyi
BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER: "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" - Thad Lee
Award of Excellence: "I Hardly Knew You" - John Peter Hiro, Kristen Davenport
Award of Merit: "Family Dinner" - Robert Bowden, Ryan Stewart & Chynna Edwards, & Dewayne Bontrager
BEST COMEDY: “Don't Make it Awkward” - Jim Johnson & Nikki Estridge
Award of Excellence: "Stupor" -Alexa Wint
BEST ANIMATION: “Winter” - Bradley Hawkins & Guodong Yu
Award of Excellence: "Aura" - Chun Chun Chang
Award of Merit: "Ouroboros" - Heather Knott
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE: "Mercenario Brothers" - David Conk, Devin Regan & CJ Padera
BEST MUSICAL: "Gretel & Hansel" - Alex Preston & Dany Flores
BEST STUDENT FILM: "Playland" - Jenna Trattner & Loie Gilbert
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FILM AWARDS
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
"All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" - Thad Lee
"Aura" - Chun Chun Chang
“Nice To Meet You” - Brandon Haynes & Elena Greenberg
“The Garage” -- Julie Berke & Aylet Emma Regev
"United" - Marvin Akanyi
"While Away" -Daljit Kalsi, Erik Olsen & Merritt Vann
“Winter” - Bradley Hawkins & Guodong Yu
AWARDS OF MERIT
"A Violent Storm" - Timothy Barnett
"Distant" - Akhil Deva, Natasha Sequeira & Triparna Banerjee
“Don't Make it Awkward” - Jim Johnson & Nikki Estridge
"Family Dinner" - Robert Bowden, Ryan Stewart & Chynna Edwards, & Dewayne Bontrager
"Gretel & Hansel" - Alex Preston & Dany Flores
"I Hardly Knew You" - John Peter Hiro, Kristen Davenport
"I Need; I Want" -
Bill Liggins
"Ma"Mercenario Brothers" - David Conk, Devin Regan & CJ Padera gic Camera" - Brad Hoover
"Milicent" - Laurie Garner
"Ouroboros" - Heather Knott
"Petunia's Playhouse" -
Laura Kay
"Playland" - Jenna Trattner & Loie Gilbert
"Stupor" -Alexa Wint
"The Dispensable " -
Robert J Morgalo & Ozz Gomez
"The Prompter - Nil difficile volenti" - Tiberio Ettore Muccitelli
"Warrior" -
Udit Tiwari & Samanvay Sharma
"What Tiger Wishes" -
Abigail Urbik & Erica Metzler