May 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
NEVER
Foreign Film Short
Runtime: 15:41
Producers: 
Marcel Rasquin
Joe Torres
Juan Antonio Díaz
J. René Guerra
Best Drama Short Student
Picture
Mistakes
Drama Short Student
Runtime10:52
Dir: Shant Nicholas Salkhorian
Best Drama Short
Picture
Passage of Flick
Drama Short
Runtime 9:40
Dir: James Vinson
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student Short
Picture
The Ostrich Strategy
Comedy/Dramedy Short Student
Runtime15:34
Dir: Merlin Moret
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
Bless Her Heart
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime: 28:36
Dir: Michael Simsek
Best Foreign Student Short
Picture
Is Sumiyati going to hell?
Foreign Film Short Student
Runtime 24:21
Dir: Meshal Aljaser
Best Foreign Short
Picture
On the road
Foreign Film Short
Runtime 22:58
Dir: Bartosz Nowacki
Best Feature Film All Genres
Picture
Palyadawasi
Foreign Feature
Runtime02:00:00
Dir: Pragati Kolage
Best Experimental Student Short
Picture
 IRIDESCENCE
Experimental Short Student
Runtime 9:00
Dir: Max Beauchamp
Best Experimental Short
Picture
Variations on Breathing
Experimental Short
Runtime 3:18
Dir: JeanCarlo Ramirez
Best Web Series/New Media (Live Action) 
Picture
Poi - Hopes and Dreams
Web Series/New Media (Live Action)
Runtime 3:07
Dir: Lanita Ririnui-Ryan
Best Action/Thriller
Picture
Arc Raider
Action/Thriller
Runtime 19:05
Dir: Rowan Pullen 
Best SCI-Fi
Picture
Echo and Solomon
SCI-Fi
Runtime 10:55
Dir: Jem Garrard
Best Horror Student Short
Picture
Tradition
Horror Short Student
Runtime: 9:00
Dir: Sultan AlSaud
Best Horror Short
Picture
Life-O-Matic
Horror Short
Runtime: 14:40
Dir: Jim Phillips
Best Animation Student Short
Picture
Dreamweaver
Animation Short Student
Runtime6:15
Dir: Cheryl Briggs
Katherine Ryschkewitsch
Erich Schulz
Best Animation Short
Picture
Cuddlefish
Animation Short
Runtime 6:49
Dir: Cheryl Briggs
Brianna Jaeger
Jared Bittner
​Best LGBT Short
Picture
​Arianna
LGBT Short
Runtime 11:00
Dir: David Ambrosini
Best Documentary Student Short
Picture
The Beauty of Peace
Documentary Short Student
Runtime 19:43
Dir: Yiwen LIU
Best Documentary Short
Picture
OBUSEBITO
Documentary Short
Runtime 22:30
Dir: Kazuhito Takazawa
Best Documentary Feature
Picture
​A RED CARPET FOR ASTA NIELSEN
Documentary Feature
Runtime52:00
Dir: Eva Tind
Best Music Video Student
Picture
​Ophelia
Music Video (Student)
Runtime4:14
Dir: Julia Balayan
Best Music Video
Picture
The Sleeping Beauty
Music Video
Runtime 6:00
Dir: Fabio DAndrea
Best Makeup
NEVER
Makeup
Runtime: 15:41
Best ​Virtual Reality Short
In Danger of Deportation
Virtual Reality Short
Runtime 9:59
Dir: Almudena Toral
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Mike Stern Sterzynski
On the road
Runtime 22:58
Best Original Music/Score
Picture
Assaf Rinde
The Babies
Runtime: 09:00
Best Original Song
Picture
Michael Guinn
Nineveh's Burning
Runtime 04:37
Best Visual Effects
Picture
Harry Assouline
New York 2150
Runtime: 19:54
Best Editing ​​
Picture
Harry Assouline
New York 2150
Runtime: 19:54
Best Trailer/Promo
Picture
New York 2150
Trailer/Promo
Runtime 01:00
Dir: Harry Assouline
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture
The Babies
Produced Screenplay
Runtime: 9:00
Dir: Yuval Shrem
Best Produced Screenplay Feature
Picture
Open Wound 
Foreign Feature 
Runtime 01:35:47
Dir: Juergen R. Weber
Best Woman FilmMaker
Picture
Tash Ann
Glass Ceiling
Runtime 12:12
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Alex Westrick, Jeffry Lawrence & Mike Wargo
Stage 5
Runtime 01:56:06
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Best Producer Feature
Picture
Vittoria Quondamatteo & Barbara Baldieri March
The Children of the Noon
Runtime 01:47:00
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Best Producer Short
Picture
Mark Harris
Passage of Flick
Runtime 09:40
Best Filmmaker Under 18
Picture
Daniel Chan
Youth - Daughter
Runtime 04:24
Best Director Music Video
Picture
Fabio DAndrea
The Sleeping Beauty 
Runtime 6:00
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Best Director Animation Short
Picture
Katherine Ryschkewitsch, Erich Schulz & Cheryl Briggs
Dreamweaver
Runtime 06:15
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Best Director Documentary Feature:
Picture
Diego Fiori & Olga Pohankova
The Children of the Noon
Runtime 01:47:00
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Best Director Student Short
Picture
Robin Wang
SWITCH
Runtime : 24:45
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Best Director Short
Picture

Michael Bond
Elle
Runtime18:00
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Best Director Feature
Juergen R. Weber
Open Wound 
Runtime 01:35:47
Jury Mention
Picture







​Tell
Drama Short
Runtime11:56
Dir: Jaime Torres
Best Ensemble Cast
NEVER
Ensemble Cast
Best Actor Under 18
Picture

Lizzy Kay
Elle
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Best Actress
Picture
Karsyn Jarrett 
Bless Her Heart
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Best Actor
Nate Shumate
Stage 5
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Screenplay
The First Time for Penny
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
​by
Janice L. Walker

 
Road to Damascus
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Maxwell Dayton Hammel
Noteworthy
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Jimmy Prosser
 
Abramelin Institute 
1st Place Winner
Screenplay TV
by
Meghan Fitzmartin
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