October 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Frank and Ava
Produced Screenplay Feature: Rico Simonini
Runtime 01:43:45
8th House Entertainment
All Edge Entertainment
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
The Last Page
Drama Student Short
Runtime 24:34
Dir:  Nick Powers
Best Drama Short
Picture
It comes from the Heavens
Drama Short
Runtime19:35
Dir:  Oldren Romero
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
Petty Crime
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 17:20
Dir:  Knoa Knapper
Best Foreign Short
Picture
KALINIXTA
Foreign Short
Runtime 35:00
Dir:  Thanos Kermitsis
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Best Foreign Feature​​
Picture
ANIMAL MORIBUS
Foreign Feature
Runtime 01:10:00  
Dir:  Octavio Revol Molina
Best Feature All Genre​
Picture
Animator
Feature Film All Genre
Runtime01:37:58
Dir: 
Best Web Series/
New Media (Live Action) 
Picture
Reunion
Web Series/New Media
Runtime 25:00
Dir:  Kara Bartek, Brenna Gehlan, Jamie Osganian, Gabriella Salemi, Blake Lyon
Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI  Short
Picture
1001
Action/Thriller Short
Runtime 24:11
Dir:  Jules Thénier
Best Horror Short​
Picture

Léa
Horror Short
Runtime 32:37
Dir:  Jay Palmieri Jr.
Best Animation Short
Picture
Siesta
Animation Short
Runtime3:25
Dir:  Gabriel Arrellaga
Best LGBT Short
Picture



Hen
LGBT Short
Runtime 9:00
Dir:  Peter Theisen Amlie
Best Experimental/Travel/ ​Time-Lapse Short
Picture
Sleepless in Switzerland
Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short
Runtime 02:54
Dir:  Oliver Schmid
​Best Foreign Documentary Feature
Picture
THE BIG WAVE PROJECT
Foreign Documentary Feature
Runtime 01:38:00
Dir:  Tim Bonython
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Best Documentary Short
Picture
CHINA DOLL
Documentary Short
Runtime 19:51
Dir:  Jon Glassberg
Best Music Video
Picture
White Jeans
Music Video
Runtime 02:58
Dir: GH Ridpath & Noah Ferche
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Best Original Music Score
Picture
Brokers
Original Music Score
Runtime 46:31
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture
Maxwell Seiler, Alexandra Boskovich 
Polaroid Kingdom
Runtime 11:23



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Best Spec Commercial
Picture
A Tale of Endurance
Spec Commercial
Runtime 01:39
Dir:  Stephanie Bollag
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Scott Mulgrew, Matt Read
The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Runtime 17:04
Best Cinematography Feature​
Picture
Michael Oblowitz, Orson Oblowitz & Daniele Poli
Frank and Ava
Runtime 01:43:45

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Best Visual Effects
Picture
Luca Visual FX
Lion
Runtime 11:48
Best Editing Short
Picture
Arnaud Desne
Catharsis
Runtime 10:56
Best Producer Short
Picture
Luca Vannella, Alexis Continente, Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Bobby Holland Hanton, Ferdinando Merolla & Roberto Paglialunga
Lion
Runtime 11:48
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Best Producer Feature
Picture
Tony Caradonna
The Pitts Circus Family
Runtime 01:27:00
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Romain Fusilier
Catharsis 
Runtime 10:56
Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Kelly McKay & Joey Chu
$30 To Antarctica
Runtime18:30
Best Director Music Video
Picture
Rachel Meguerdijian
In Circle
Runtime 09:39
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​Best Director Documentary
Picture
Joey Chu
$30 To Antarctica
Runtime 18:30
Best Director Student Short
Picture
Cole Kornell
Unending Love
Runtime 08:30
Best Director Short
Picture
Jay Perry & Shaun Perry
The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Runtime 17:04
Best Director Feature
Picture
Ken Fanning
The Pitts Circus Family
Runtime 01:27:00



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Best Actress
Picture
Nataly Beck's
​star people
Best Actor
Picture
Rico Simonini
Frank and Ava
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Screenplay
Away
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Bryce M Thomas
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Lost among the Tides
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Brandon W Lawson
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Green Stained Shoes
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Bryce M Thomas
Michelangelo
4th Place winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Roberto Lemos
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Jamie’s Book
1st Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
Roy Zafrani
The Rental
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
L. P. Lee
SEDONA GIGOLO
3rd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
Michelle Lambeau
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In Dreams
4rd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
Jessica Gohlke