November 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Black Donnellys
Produced Screenplay Short 
Runtime 40:00
Producers: Lee Bernier, Dan Huggett, Jason Herriott, Carolyne Tarry, Aaron Huggett
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
Marina
Drama Student Short
Runtime 13:02
Dir: Story Chen
Best Drama Short
Picture
Mount Liptak
Drama Short
Runtime 13:29
Dir: Ryan Allsop
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student Short
Picture
For The Hollow Bones
Comedy/Dramedy Student Short
Runtime 15:23
Dir: Justin Otsuka
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
SANTINO
Comedy/Dramedy Short 
Runtime 21:00
Dir: D.J. Higgins
Best Foreign Short
Picture
ANTE MORTEM
Foreign Short
Runtime 19:58
Dir: Emmanuel Cabrit, Benjamin Cabrit
Best Foreign Feature
Picture
ONE, TWO, GUESS WHO'S WHO
Foreign Feature
Runtime 01:48:00
​Dir: System
Best LGBT Short
Picture
August in the City
LGBT Short
Runtime 15:52
Dir: Christie Conochalla
Best Feature All Genre
Picture
Nothing Like The Sun
LGBT Feature
Runtime 01:49:00
Dir: Nguyen Nguyen
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Best Web Series/New Media (Live Action or Animation) 
Picture
Livin’ On a Prairie
Web Series/New Media
Runtime 31:00
Dir: Garth Kravits
​Best Action/Thriller Short
Picture
Goldblooded
Action/Thriller Short
Runtime 09:21
Dir: Tom Botchii Skowronski
​Best Experimental Short














Silence Please!
Experimental
Dir: Salvador Lleo​
Runtime 11:11
​Best Travel
Picture
FRANCONIA
Travel Short
Runtime 04:13
Dir: Jacco Kliesch
Best Time-Lapse Short
Picture
Flying Angels
Time-Lapse Short
Runtime 04:02
Dir: Christian Uhlig
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Best Horror Short
Picture
Next Door
Horror Short
Runtime 13:35
Dir: Zichen Liu
Best Animation Short
Picture

Weeds
Animation Short
Runtime 02:40
Dir: Kevin Hudson
​Best Foreign Documentary Feature
Picture
We Carry Ot Within Us - fragments of a shared colonial past
Foreign Documentary Feature
Runtime 01:06:51
Dir: Helle Stenum
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Best Documentary Short
Picture
1909
Documentary Short
Runtime 12:44
Dir: Jean Luis Garcia
Best Spec Commercial
Picture
NIKE - BE A BALLERINA
Spec Commercial
Runtime 01:34
Dir: David Kobzantsev, Renee George
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Best Trailer/Promo
Picture
IMPURATUS
Trailer/Promo
Runtime 05:00
Dir: Michael Yurinko
Best Music Video
Picture
The Emoji Song
Music Video
Runtime 03:27
Dir: Adam Volerich
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Best Original Music Score
Picture
Anthony Chan
Your Colours Kiss My Eyes
Runtime 17:24
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Ryan Grams
Black Donnellys
Runtime 40:00

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Best Editing Short
Picture
June Yuting Jin
The Reward
Runtime 15:13
Best Producer Short
Picture
Max Logan, Trevor Mayes & Madeline Wright  
TRIPLE TIMe
Runtime 26:00
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Justin Lynk
Don't Look, I'm Dying
Runtime 06:00
Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Daria Gaikalova
Three and a Half
Runtime 01:59:12


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​Best Director Documentary
​Short
Picture
Jean Luis Garcia
1909
Runtime 12:44
Best Director Animation Feature
Picture
Anne Magnussen & Paweł Dębski
The Man Who Knew 75 Languages 
​Runtime 01:05:00
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Best Director Student Short
Picture
Yunhong Guo
The Reward
​Runtime 15:13
Best Director Short
Picture
Aaron Huggett
Black Donnellys
Runtime 40:00
Best Director Feature
Picture
Michael von Hohenberg
Final Picture
​​Runtime 01:32:00
Best Actress
Picture
Judy Cormier
Black Donnellys
Best Actor
Picture
Brendan O'Gorman
Black Donnellys
Screenplay
Willowport
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Jess Ansik
The Venus Syndrome
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Lynn Vincentnathan
The Doll
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Serge Adam
Good Charlotte 
4th Place winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Antony Berrios
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday
5th Place winner
Screenplay Feature
by
George M Lewis
The Side Job
1st Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Albert Tevanyan
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New Hollywood
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Rob Weinstein
Mrs. Delta
3rd Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Bettina Horton
Cleveland McLeish
Wickedness
4th Place winner 
Screenplay Short
by
Francisco Ballesteros Ribas
Olga Acevedo Colomer


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