March  2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Repatriation
Feature Film All Genres 
Runtime 01:12:30
Producers: Douglas Mueller
Ryan Barton-Grimley
Best Drama Short Student
Picture
The Exit
Drama Short Student 
Runtime 5:50
Dir: Ariel Hsiao Hsuan Liu
Best Drama Short
Picture
Blue Violet
Drama Short 
Runtime 10:40
Dir: Jesse Binger
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
#Actorslife
Comedy/Dramedy Short 
Runtime 13:36
Dir: Clint D'Souza
Best Foreign Short
Picture
A Hora
Foreign Film Short
Runtime14:00
Dir: Leandro Corinto
Best Foreign Feaature
Picture
SUGGI
Foreign Feature
Runtime01:38:23
Dir: S RAJ KAMAL
Best Experimental/Travel Films/Time-Lapse Short 
Picture
Wakinyan
Experimental/Travel Film/Time-Lapse Short 
Runtime 4:29
Dir: Martin Lisius
Best Feature All Genre 
Picture
Executor
Feature Films All Genre
Runtime 01:36:00
Dir: Moziko Wind
Best Web Series/New Media
(Live Action) 
Picture
Ward of the State
Web Series/New Media (Live Action)
Runtime 22:00
Dir: Craig Ross Jr
Tracey Baumert
Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI /Horror Student Short
Picture
BRAD LEE
Action/Thriller
Short Student 
Runtime18:08
Dir: HAO WANG
Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short
Picture
The Key
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short 
Runtime 16:01
Dir:The Key
Best Horror Student Short
Picture
Blackout
Horror Student Short 
Runtime11:57
Dir: Timothy Collins
Best Horror Short
Picture
The Ruins
Horror Short 
Runtime10:23
Dir: Ric Sechrest
Best LGBT Short
Picture
Taste
LGBT Short 
Runtime 36:52
Dir: Jay Palmieri Jr.
Best Documentary Short
Picture
Gander: America's Hero Dog
Documentary Short 
Runtime 26:48
Dir: Stacey Stone
Best Spec Commercial
Picture
Christian Refugee Commercial
Spec Commercials 
Runtime 0:31
Dir: Ted Maynard
Best Music Video
Picture
STORY TO TELL
Music Video 
Runtime14:50
Dir: SAYAKA NAKANE
Best Trailer/Promo
Picture
BLINDSIDED BY LOVE
Trailer/Promos 
Runtime 3:24
Dir: Bruce Hickey
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Ranjan Palit 
RED RIBBON
Runtime 23:52
Best Original Music/Score
Picture
2442:
Runtime 4:37
Best Original Music/Score
Jury Mention
Picture
A Hora
Runtime 14:00
Dir: Leandro Corinto
Best Original Song
Picture
The King 
Original Song: You are beautiful by Nolan Doran
Runtime 9:58
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture








RED RIBBON
Drama Short 
Runtime 23:52
Dir: SABYASACHI DEY
Best Woman FilmMaker
Picture
Yayun Hsu
Eli
Runtime 13:53
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Brendan Bradley
Non-Transferable
Runtime 01:23:00
Best Producer Short
Picture
Danielle Kronenberg & Jay Palmieri Jr.
Taste
Runtime 36:52
Best Producer Documentary Short
Picture
Diane Mellen
Gander: America's Hero Dog
Runtime 26:48
Best Director Student Short
Picture
Colin Sprigg 
The Pitch
Runtime 23:00
Best Director Short
Picture
Sabyasachi Dey
RED RIBBON
Runtime 23:52
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Jury Mention
Picture
Among Wolves
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short 
Runtime11:00
Dir: Zach Frankart
Best Director Feature
Picture
Douglas Mueller
Repatriation
Runtime 01:12:30
Best Director Music Video
Picture
Sondre Fristad
CRAVE YOU
Runtime 3:41
Best Actress
Picture
Christina Toth 
Taste
Best Actor
Picture

Ryan Barton-Grimley
Repatriation
Screenplay
LeBlanca
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Andrei Hadley
Swipe Right
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Jesse Binger
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Yanjuan Song
Round Trip
4th Place Winner
Screenplay Short 
by
Sherwin Allen
Lie to You
5tth Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Scott Williamson
The Ins and Outs
 Web Series 
1st Place Winner
Kyle Getz