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• Drama
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Mission Statement

Our goal is to recognize filmmakers whose short films demonstrate their ability to produce well-crafted motion pictures.

 

In Recognition of Quality Filmcraft

BEST PICTURE: “Just Wanna Say I Love You” - Kyungwon Min and Dooyoung Choi

BEST DIRECTOR: Kyungwon Min - “Just Wanna Say I Love You”
BEST SCREENPLAY: Minter Dial - “The Last Ring Home”
BEST ACTOR: Max Helm - “Driving John Lennon”
BEST ACTRESS: Hana Lee - “Just Wanna Say I Love You”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ian Rymsha - “Plaything”
BEST EDITOR: Yi Zhang - “Plaything”
BEST SOUND DESIGN: Nan Chen - “Plaything”
BEST MUSIC: Onsung Si - “Just Wanna Say I Love You”

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AWARD WINNING FILMS OF THE WINTER 2017 SEASON

BEST DRAMA: “Plaything” - Konstantin Frolov
Award of Excellence: "Driving John Lennon" - Vito Brancato & Joe Burke
Award of Merit: "This Path" - Abby Lance, Ramsey Krull & Meko Winbush

BEST COMEDY: “Just Wanna Say I Love You” - Kyungwon Min and Dooyoung Choi
Award of Excellence: "El Audifono - The Earpiece" - Samuel Quiles Palop
Award of Merit: "Suitcase" - Igor Gavva

BEST DOCUMENTARY: “The Last Ring Home” - Minter Dial & Eastwood Allen
Award of Excellence: "Belle-Île-en-Mer, a Breton and Acadian Island" - Phil Comeau
Award of Merit: "Maya Osborne: Confessions of a Quadroon" - Barry Mayo

BEST HORROR: “Your Date is Here” - Todd Spence & Zak White
Award of Excellence: "Here Boy" - Matt Patterson
Award of Merit: NO WINNER

BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY : “The True Story of Hammond VanOchre and His Amazing Flying Steampig” - Melissa Birks
Award of Excellence: "Requembarren" - Ana A. Puig
Award of Merit: "The New Girl" - Matt Rifley

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE: "Mt. Molehill" - Alexander Rhodes-Wilmere, Gabe Retalia, Hannah Waterbury & Jesse Stewart
Award of Excellence: "A Night at the Movie" - Lily Marroquín & Robert Stronger
Award of Merit: NO WINNER

BEST WEBISODE : “Agoro the Phobic Monster” - Chris Buckingham
Award of Excellence: "The Real Drakoolavs" - Dmitriy Karpov
Award of Merit: "KY Place" - Elijah McKenzie, Jerika Jones, Chris Bennett & Ralph Merkel

BEST MYSTERY / THRILLER: No Winner

BEST ANIMATION: No Winner

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FILM AWARDS

AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

“Just Wanna Say I Love You” - Dooyoung Choi
“Plaything” - Konstantin Frolov

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

“Belle-Île-en-Mer, a Breton and Acadian Island” - Phil Comeau
“Driving John Lennon” - Vito Brancato & Joe Burke
"Maya Osborne: Confessions of a Quadroon" - Barry Mayo
“Mt. Molehill” - Alexander Rhodes-Wilmere, Gabe Retalia, Hannah Waterbury & Jesse Stewart
“Requembarren” - Ana A. Puig
"Test of Courage" - Markus Kaatsch
“The Last Ring Home” - Minter Dial
"The True Story of Hammond VanOchre and His Amazing Flying Steampig" - Melissa Birks
"This Path" - Abby Lance, Ramsey Krull & Meko Winbush

AWARDS OF MERIT

"A Night at the Movies" - Lily Marroquín & Robert Stronger "About a Father" - Roman Nemec "Agoro the Phobic Monster" - Chris Buckingham "Closure" - Rob Paul & Eric Myles "DAD" - Antonio Aguinaga "Dogs & Tacos" - Ceindy Mata, Abraham Osuna, Carmela Perez "El Audifono - The Earpiece" - Samuel Quiles Palop "Ellen" - Paul McDade "Faith's Gambit" - Kevin Ernst & Steven Zlotowski "Five Minutes with Mary" - Matt Beurois & Jansen Panettiere "For the Stars" - Lawrence Scott "Fosse : Recreated -A Master Class in Dance" - Wolfgang Glattes "Fragments" - 39 Steps Production "Her Unlikely Kin" - Jackie Raimondi & Kenneth J. Raimondi "Here Boy" - Matt Patterson "Hooked" - Luca Vecchi "ICON" - Harrison Stagner & Nichole Fernandez "Isle of Capri: A Song of my Mother" - Dawn Young "KY Place" - Elijah McKenzie, Jerika Jones, Chris Bennett & Ralph Merkel "La nuit est faite pour dormir" - Pierre-Jean Comelli "Life on the Ganges" - Indira S. Somani "Living Idle" - Ramana "Look Up" - Hannah Kean, Cara Mitsuko & Chris Sutherland "Love at First Fright" - "Mercy" - Steven Frohardt, Eva Frohardt & Loren Corl "Michael + Jack" - Morse Bicknell "Muddelkuddel" - Oliver Bittner "Nu World" - Josh Adams & Abbie Brewer "Sipped" - Ori Segev & Freddie Connor "Steven & Maxene" - Mela Rayne "Suitcase" - Igor Gavva "The Creatures from Follicle 9" - Austin Hermann & Matthew Wilkins "The Look" - Alicia Hayes "The New Girl" - Mayy Rifley "The Real Drakoolavs" - Dmitriy Karpov "The Sled" - Emanuela Ponzano & Andrea Leone "Third Timothy" - Jordan Duke "Twice Upon a Time" - iliana Guibert "Voice of Grace" - Brynn Chamblee "Yes, We’re Open" - Yousef Kazemi, Vahid Farzaneh, Sha'ree Green & Wendy Parker "Your Date is Here" - Todd Spence & Zak White "Yours Accidentally" - Sarah Forrester & Steven Forrester