September 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Montrak
Best Foreign Feature
Runtime 02:02:15
Producers: Stefan Schwenk
Heike Fauser
Tobias Lehnert
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
Te Echo de Menos
Drama Student Short
Runtime 17:00
Dir: Yuki Yoshimatsu
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Best Drama Short
Akide
Drama Short
Runtime 13:00
Dir: Hande Türkel
Eylul Aytemiz
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student Short
Picture
Highland Cafe
Comedy/Dramedy Student Short
Runtime 13:49
Dir: Yuehan Zhang
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
Girl Meets Germs
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 6:59
Dir: Chris Freeman
Best Foreign Short
Picture
ANSWER ME
Foreign Short
Runtime 13:02
Dir: Marco Antonio Barajas Morales
Best Feature All Genre
Picture
Lookin' Up
Feature All Genre
Runtime 01:30:00
Dir: TJ Costronovo
Best Web Series/New Media (Live Action) 
Picture
Tinsel's Town
Web Series/New Media (Live Action) 
Runtime 01:40:00
Dir: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
David C Barry
​Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Student Short
Picture
Who Do You Belong To?
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Student Short
Runtime 24:30
Dir: Audrey Lounsbury
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​Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI  Short
Picture
METTA VIA
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short
Runtime 12:14
Dir: Warren Flanagan
Best Horror Short
Picture
Rotten love
Horror Short
Runtime 11:23
Dir: Xander Turian
Best Animation Short
Picture
Sunny & Gerd in Spring Cleaning
Animation Short
Runtime 5:35
Dir: DaCosta Bayley
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Best Experimental Short
Picture
The Infinite Fun Palace by Sofia Kanarelli
Experimental
Runtime 8:20
Dir: Sofia Kanarelli
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Best Time-Lapse Short
Picture
Scotland 4K - A Timelapse Journey
Time-Lapse Short 
Runtime 03:24
Dir: Andreas Koeng
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​Best Foreign Documentary Short
Picture
Ladies First
Foreign Documentary Short
Runtime 39:0
Dir: Uraaz Bahl
Best Documentary Short
Picture
Living on a Dollar a Day
Documentary Short
Runtime 46:02
Dir: George Rosenfeld
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Best Documentary Feature
Picture
Becoming Iconic
Documentary Feature
Runtime 01:30:00
Dir: Neal Thibedeau
Best Music Video
Picture
U.N.K.L.E. - The Road (feat.Eska)
Music Video
Runtime 06:21
Dir: Norbert Schoerner


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Best Original Music Score
Picture
Jeremiah Ross & Doug Petterson
METTA VIA
Runtime 12:14
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture
A MAN
Produced Screenplay Short: 
Borja Moreno, Ryan Stillman           & Randa Stillman
Runtime 06:58
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Juan C. Castillero
ANSWER ME
Runtime 07:56
Best Visual Effects
Picture
METTA VIA
Runtime 12:14
Best Editing Short
Picture
Alberto Martín-Aragón
The Boss
Runtime 06:40
Best Producers Short
Picture
Harrison Houde, Debra Sears & Heather Hawthorn Doyle
Scattered
Runtime 09:39
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
James Young
The Cycle Of War
Runtime 6:26
Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Shaana Levy & Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Ladies First
Runtime 39:00
Best Director Music Video
Picture
Tanzeal Rahim
The Lockhearts 'Ride Home'
Runtime 3:08
​Best Director Documentary
Picture
Uraaz Bahl
Ladies First
Runtime 39:00
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Best Director Student Short
Picture


Andres Ramirez
Frame
Runtime 7:56
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Best Director Short
Picture

Warren Flanagan
METTA VIA
Runtime 12:14
Best Director Feature
Picture
Stefan Schwenk
Montrak
Runtime 02:02:15
Best Actress
Eylul Aytemiz
​Akide
Runtime 13:00
Best Actor
Picture

Hector Bonilla 
ANSWER ME
Runtime 13:02
Screenplay
The Maidservants Cap
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Jeff D. Opdyke 
 The MisKids
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Wendy J.N. Lee
A Very White Christmas
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Madeleine Gentinetta
Evacuation
4th Place winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Lois Paige Simenson
Outlier
​1st Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
Alexander Evans

Never too Late
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
Bryan Whorton
Whirlwind
3rd Place winner
Screenplay Short/Web series/TV/Treatment
by
​Kerri Davenport-Burton
Swipe
1st Place winner 
TV Pilot
by
Jeff D. Opdyke
A. Katie Main