February 2018 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Eye Contact
Best SCI-FI Short
Runtime 09:25
Producer: Naomi Mulholland
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
Be With Me
Drama Student Short
Runtime 13:17
Dir: Chenlin Qian
Best Drama Short
Picture
BROKEN
Drama Short
Runtime 13:50
Dir: Alper Kasap
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
AMERICANA!
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 15:00
Dir: Galo Recalde
Best Foreign Short
Picture
SLOWPLAY
Foreign Short
Runtime11:36
Dir:  Thomas Gailhard
Best Animation Short
Picture
SentiencE
Animation Short
Runtime 03:35
​​Dir: Lakshika Udakandage
Best LGBT Short
Picture
EVOKE
LGBT Short 
Runtime 15:33
​​Dir: Asia LeMasters
Best Web Series/New Media (Live Action) 
Picture
Room & Bored
Web Series/New Media
(Live Action or Animation)
Runtime 29:00
Dir: Alex Rapport
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Best Horror Short
Picture
Esther
Horror Short
Runtime 5:50
Dir:  Rain (Xiaolin) Zheng
​Best Action/Thriller Short
Picture
Vesper
Action/Thriller Short
Runtime 23:15
Dir: Keyvan Sheikhalishahi
Best Feature All Genre
Picture
Flashout
Feature Film All Genre
Runtime 01:30:00
Dir: Richard Lerner
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Best Experimental Short
Picture
Mystic Coffee
Experimental Short
Runtime 07:35
​​Dir: Alberto Martín-Aragón
Best Documentary Short
Picture
Pot of Gold: The Origin of Japanese Bidet
Documentary Short
Runtime 20:00
​​Dir: Daiei Onoguchi

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Best Documentary Feature
Picture
MYKONOS, THE SOUL OF AN ISLAND
Documentary Feature
Runtime 01:19:00
​​Dir: Nico Mastorakis
Best Trailer/Promo
Tokenize Anything
Trailer/Promo
Runtime 01:30
​​Dir: Simone Cassas
Best Music Video
Picture
The Feeling
Music Video
Runtime 12:15
​​Dir: John Defazio
Best Original Music Score
Picture
Caitlyn Trevor
SentiencE
Runtime 03:35
Best Cinematography Short
Haoxun Jiang
Mr. Lopez
Runtime 18:13

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Best Editing Short
Picture
Xiaoyue Cao
The Best Date Ever
Runtime 16:00
Best Producer Short
Picture
Wong Li Foon (Brenda) & Yu Xiang
Reset
Runtime 24:07
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Alex Bartz
The Flashback
Runtime 06:30
Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Elizabeth Serra, Victoria Serra, Amanda Serra & Kristina Aaryn Martin
Skin Deep
Runtime 07:46
 
Best Director Student Short
Picture
Xinxuan Zhong
The Lottery Game 
Runtime 20:00
​Best Director Documentary Short
Picture
Jevon Boreland
Stripped
Runtime 10:00

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Best Director Short
Picture
Stuart Mannion
Eye Contact
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Best Actress
​ Laila Lebrik
The Lottery Game
Best Actor
Picture

Sal Galofaro
BROKEN​

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Screenplay
​ All for One ​
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Daniel Victor Flores
Children of the Dust ​
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
John McCarney 
The First A.I. President ​
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Bernard S. Smith
Cry Baby Bridge  
4th Place winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Mike McDonald

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They are The Shadows 
1st Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series
by
Chigozie Ndolo
The End of Feast 
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series
by
Attila Toth
Standoff- short 
3rd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series
by
Tom Zanca