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September, 2015 
Winners, Nominees & Official Selections

Winners

Picture
Best Picture


INTERSECTION
Runtime 01:20:04
CA, USA
Producers: 
Hoyt Richards
Tim French
Rick Irvin 

Best Drama Student Film: We Just Met - Director: Muneeb Hassan, USA
Best Drama: The Border - Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil
Best Comedy/Dramedy: DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Foreign: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Foreign Student Film: Pe & Noe - Director: Ca Silva, USA
Best Experimental: HADES - Director: Alberto Martín–Aragón & Julia Doménech López, Spain
Best Music Video: Masheenee Alcketiara - Director: Ema Shah, Kuwait
Best Web series/New Media: Kowalski - Director: Jason O'Mara, USA
Best Horror: FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
Best  Short Story: The Rub - Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA
Best Action/Thriller: SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) - Director: George Karja, Spain
Best Sci-Fi: The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
Best Animation: CAT BIRD COYOTE (Animation), Director: Amy Raasch, CA, USA
Best Animation Student: Eggventure - Director: Danielle Johnson, CA, USA
Best Feature Film: Capturing Happiness - Director: Ludwig Ciupka, Canada
Best Documentary: John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent - Director: David Naglieri, Brazil
Best Documentary Short: The Dog Walkers of Buenos Aires - Director: Peter Wilson, Australia
Best Editing: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Sound Design: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Cinematography: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Best Original Music / Score: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Director Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Director: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Best Ensemble Cast: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Actor under 18: Carissa Bazler: The Grim Reaper's Daughter, CA, USA
Best Actress: Marem Hassler : DuO, CA, USA
Best Actor: Hoyt Richards:  INTERSECTION, CA, USA

Screenplay 
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: MAKING IT IN BROOKLYN by George Rubino 
2nd Place Winner: The Summer I Shrank my Grandmother by Anita Burgoyne 
3rd Place Winner: THE DROP MONSTER by Frederick P. Ayers, MD 

(Short)
1st Place Winner: Doorlocker by Tony DiSibio 
2nd Place Winner: Careful What You Wish For by Taylor Albertson

Nominees

Best picture
INTERSECTION (Feature All Genres): Director: Tim French, CA, USA
Alex (Drama): Director: Chris Kelly,Australia

Drama Student Film 
We Just Met - Director: Muneeb Hassan, USA
Immutable - Director: Carter Garfinkel, USA

Drama
More Than One - Director: Takahisa Shiraishi, CA, USA
Mr. Firth's Finale - Director: Adam Beck, USA
Sangria Lift - Director: Melanie Star Scot, USA
Small Displays Of Chaos- Director: Nick Meunier, Canada
The Border - Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil

Comedy/Dramedy
Hugs with Hank - Director: Blake Reigle, CA, USA
DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA

Comedy/Dramedy Student Film
The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Mike Garcia and The Cruz - Director: Christopher Guerrero,CA, USA

Foreign
Beyond Us - Director: Daniele Pace, Italy
Wheels of Hope- Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
The Mediterranean Sea - Director: Tia Salisbury, UK
THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden

Foreign Student Film
Glowstick - Director: Paphawee Jinnasith, Thailand
Pe & Noe - Director: Ca Silva, USA

Experimental
HADES - Director: Alberto Martín–Aragón & Julia Doménech López, Spain
r e s u r r e c t i o n - Director: Camille Grenier, CA, USA

Music Video

What You Love Most - Director: Lindsey Weissman, USA
Masheenee Alcketiara - Director: Ema Shah, Kuwait
Den Proidet - Director: Dmitry Zhitov, Russia
A Great Divide - Director: Richard J Piedra 

Web series/New Media

SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) - Director: George Karja, Spain
Kowalski - Director: Jason O'Mara, USA
The Rub - Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA

Horror
FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
THE EVE - Director: Luca Machnich, Italy

Best Story Short film
The Rub - Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA
THE EVE - Director: Luca Machnich, Italy
DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA

Action/Thriller
The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) - Director: George Karja, Spain

Sci-Fi
The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK

Animation
Shadow Puppets - Director: Mark Andres, USA
CAT BIRD COYOTE (Animation), Director: Amy Raasch, CA, USA

Animation Student Film

Eggventure - Director: Danielle Johnson, CA, USA
Nighthawks - Director: Fang Ji, USA

Feature Film
INTERSECTION - Director: Tim French, CA, USA
Capturing Happiness - Director: Ludwig Ciupka, Canada

Documentary

John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent - Director: David Naglieri, Brazil
The Dog Walkers of Buenos Aires - Director: Peter Wilson, Australia

Editing
FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden

Sound Design

THE EVE - Director: Luca Machnich, Italy
The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA

Cinematography
We Just Met - Director: Muneeb Hassan, USA
Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India

Best Original Music / Score
FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
The Border - Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil
THE EVE - Director: Luca Machnich, Italy
DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
BAR STUDY - Director: Raghav Peri, USA
Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India

Best Director

FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/USI Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India

Best Director Student
The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Water Down - Director: Rafael Ghencev, Brazil

Best Ensemble Cast
I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA

Actors under 18
Valerio Santosuosso: THE EVE, Italy
Carissa Bazler: The Grim Reaper's Daughter, CA, USA

Best Actress
Marem Hassler : DuO, CA, USA
Bethan Nash: 
The Mediterranean Sea, UK

Best Actor
Hoyt Richards:  INTERSECTION, CA, USA
Karl E. Landler: 
DuO, CA, USA
Nick Allen-Ducat: Alex, Australia

Screenplay
MAKING IT IN BROOKLYN (Screenplay Feature) by George Rubino 
The Summer I Shrank my Grandmother (Screenplay Feature) by Anita Burgoyne 
THE DROP MONSTER (Screenplay Feature) by Frederick P. Ayers, MD 
The Ghost And The Bomb (Screenplay Feature) by Gerald Berns & David Field
Pilgrim (Screenplay Feature) by Bruce Dundore
Doorlocker (Screenplay Short) by Tony DiSibio 
Careful What You Wish For (Screenplay Short) by Taylor Albertson
Florentin (Screenplay Short) by Michele Robin Clerc

Official Selection

Films
Beyond Us (Foreign Film): Director: Daniele Pace, Italy
BAR STUDY (Drama): Director: Raghav Peri, USA
Sangria Lift (Drama):  Director: Melanie Star Scot, USA
Masheenee Alcketiara (Music Video): Director: Ema Shah, Kuwait
Wheels of Hope (Foreign Film): Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
The Dog Walkers of Buenos Aires (Foreign Documentary): Director: Peter Wilson, Australia
What You Love Most (Music Video): Director: Lindsey Weissman, USA
Immutable (Drama) Student Film: Director: Carter Garfinkel, USA
FEARBOOK (Horror/Foreign Film): Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
The Reckoning (Drama): Director: Jag Sandhu & Aalok Oza, USA
Pe & Noe (Foreign Student):Director: Ca Silva, USA
BHAAGI (Drama Student): Director: Babar Hussain, USA
Oridevudoy (Feature Foreign): Director: Sriram Vegaraju, USA
Den Proidet (Music Video): Director: Dmitry Zhitov, Russia
Water Down (Foreign Student): Director: Rafael Ghencev, Brazil
John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent (Feature Documentary): Director: David Naglieri, Brazil
HADES (Experimental): Director: Alberto Martín–Aragón & Julia Doménech López, Spain
Mike Garcia and The Cruz (Comedy/Dramedy Student): Director: Christopher Guerrero,CA, USA
Shadow Puppets (Animation) - Director: Mark Andres, USA
The Grim Reaper's Daughter (Comedy/Dramedy Student): Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
INTERSECTION (Feature All Genres): Director: Tim French, CA, USA
SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) (Web series/New Media): Director: George Karja, Spain
The Art of Human Salvage (Sci-Fi): Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
The Border (Drama): Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil
THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER (Foreign Film): Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Small Displays Of Chaos (Drama): Director: Nick Meunier, Canada
r e s u r r e c t i o n (Experimental): Director: Camille Grenier, CA, USA
A Great Divide (Music Video): Director: Richard J Piedra 
Hide The Sausage (Drama); Director: Joe Benedetto, Brazil
Alex (Drama): Director: Chris Kelly,Australia
Hugs with Hank (Comedy/Dramedy): Director: Blake Reigle, CA, USA
The American Dream (Drama Student): Director: Victoria O'Connell, Malta
We Just Met (Drama Student): Director: Muneeb Hassan, USA
0-1 (Sci-Fi Student): Director: Louis Cooley, Jr.,Brazil
THE EVE (Horror): Director: Luca Machnich, Italy
More Than One (Drama): Director: Takahisa Shiraishi, CA, USA
Eggventure (Animation Student): Director: Danielle Johnson, CA, USA
I Am The Doorway (Sci-Fi): Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
CAT BIRD COYOTE (Animation), Director: Amy Raasch, CA, USA
Capturing Happiness (Feature All Genres): Director: Ludwig Ciupka, Canada
Mr. Firth's Finale (Drama): Director: Adam Beck, USA
The Hunting Mind (Trailer/Promos): Director: Rodion Borisov, CA, USA
Kowalski (Web series/New Media): Director: Jason O'Mara USA
A Dove Among Pigeons (Comedy/Dramedy): Director: Chad Douchenberg, CA, USA
The Mediterranean Sea (Foreign Film): Director: Tia Salisbury, UK
Troilus and Cressida (Drama): Director: Drew Feldman, CA, USA
Glowstick (Foreign Student): Director: Paphawee Jinnasith, Thailand
DuO (Comedy/Dramedy): Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
Nighthawks (Animation Animation): Director: Fang Ji, USA
Becoming (Drama): Director: Kathryn D. Moeller, CA, USA
The Rub (Web series/New Media): Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA

Screenplay
Bar None by Shell Walker-Cook & Michael Deming
THE DROP MONSTER by Frederick P. Ayers, MD 
Careful What You Wish For by Taylor Albertson
The Ghost And The Bomb by Gerald Berns & David Field
MAKING IT IN BROOKLYN by George Rubino 
The Summer I Shrank my Grandmother by Anita Burgoyne 
Doorlocker by Tony DiSibio 
Pilgrim by Bruce Dundore
Silence of the Bees by Ron Podell
Florentin by Michele Robin Clerc

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