January 2018 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Amber
Runtime 01:31:00
​Producer: Eloise Carrow
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
Forever & Always
Drama Student Short 
Runtime 16:24
Dir: Gia DiNino
Yitao Yang
Best Drama Short
Picture
SEEK
Drama Short
Runtime 14:58
Dir: Xiaoxiao Zhang
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
Owen Riley and the Amulet of Destiny
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 22:59
Dir:Robbie Bagley / Austin Wilson
Best Foreign Short
Picture
The Confidence-Man
Foreign Short
Runtime 27:09
Dir: Kouros Alaghband
Best Foreign Feature
Picture
THINKING OF HIM
Foreign Feature
Runtime 01:55:00
Dir: PABLO CESAR
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Best Feature All Genre 
Picture
INDIGO LAKE
Feature Film All Genre
Runtime 01:32:00
Dir:MARTIN SIMPSON
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  Best Web Series/New Media​ (Live Action)    
Picture
Sounds of Freedom
Web Series/New Media
​(Live Action) 
Runtime 05:27
Dir: Holly Chadwick
Best Action/Thriller Short
Picture
CAGE
Action/Thriller Short 
Runtime 14:27
​Dir: Pantheras Freedman
Wenhao Gao
Best SCI-FI Short


everLife
SCI-FI Short
Runtime 12:00
Dir: Steven Wilson
Best Horror Short
Picture
Folk Tales
Horror Short
Runtime 24:00
Dir: Paweł Łukomski
Best Animation Short
Picture
I Love Happiness
Animation Short
Runtime 14:00
Dir: Su Chun-Hsu
Best LGBT Short
Picture
The Blizzard
LGBT Short
Runtime 17:17
Dir: Melanie Waldron
Best ​Experimental/Travel/
Time-Lapse Short
Picture
Varanasi - Beyond Life
Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short
Runtime 03:41
Dir: Ayas
​Best Foreign Documentary Short
Picture
Alaska, Climate Change in a Land of Adventure
Foreign Documentary Short
Runtime 28:30
Dir: Jan Phillipp Burgard
Best Documentary Short
Picture
My Life with Proteus
Documentary Short
Runtime 11:05
Dir: Joseph Demaria
Best Documentary Feature
Picture
Regina Resnik: New York Original
Documentary Feature 
Runtime 01:03:30
Dir:Michael Philip Davis
Best Music Video
Picture
Nine Twelve
Music Video
Runtime 04:45
Dir: Matthew McGee
Best Original Music Score ​
Picture
Rigor Mortiss
Folk Tales
Runtime 24:00 
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Best Produced Screenplay Feature
Picture
Kim Marie
Urban Myths
Runtime 01:33:00 
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Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Krzysztof Trela
Folk Tales
Runtime 24:00
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Best Editing
Picture
Dylan Riviera
Faded Love
Runtime 13:01 
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​Best Producer
Picture
Holly Chadwick, Bruce Weech & Joe Stillwater
Sounds of Freedom
Runtime 05:27 
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Adriana Mrnjavac
Mia
Runtime 16:23 
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Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Holly Chadwick
Sounds of Freedom
Runtime 05:27 
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Best Director Animation Feature
Picture
Vasily Bedoshvili, Andrey Kolpin & Ivan Pshonkin
The Fixies. Top Secret
Runtime 01:15:00
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​Best Director Documentary Feature
Picture
Gary Null
Deadly Deception, Exposing the Dangers of Vaccines
Runtime 01:40:39
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Best Director Short
Picture
Ashley Grace
Hunter Gatherer
Runtime 13:57
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Best Director Feature
Picture
David Newton
Amber
Runtime 01:31:00 
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Best Actress
Picture
Katherine Celio
Sounds of Freedom
Best Actor
Picture


Jack Jagodka
Amber
Screenplay
Hideaway Hills
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Heather Bradshaw
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The Chain
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Jeff Woodard
Relay
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Joe Mortimer
Cherry Glazed 
1st Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Christine Sherwood
Judge Not
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Zivan Holloway Jr.