August 2018 Winners
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Best Picture
BARDO BLUES
Feature All Genre Runtime 01:25:00 Produced & Directed by: Marcia Kimpton |
Best Drama Student Short
Birthday Girl
Drama Student Short Runtime 19:59 Dir: Ray Leday |
Best Drama Short
Tempestad
Drama Short Runtime 15:27 Daniel E. García |
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
By Any Other Name
Comedy/Dramedy Short Runtime 11:23 Dir: Lisa Bluthal |
Best Foreign Short
DNA OF WILD BEASTS
Foreign Short Runtime 17:50 Dir: Delphine Montaigne |
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Best Experimental/Travel/
Time-Lapse Short 
Iceland - Adventure in Photography
Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short Runtime 03:03 Dir: Francis So |
Best Animation Short
Cookie in the Sky with Balloons
Animation Short Runtime 06:27 Dir: Chris Mejia |
Best Horror Short
Agony
Horror Short Runtime 21:22 Dir: Andreas Berger |
Best LGBT Short
ROSALIND
LGBT Short Runtime 32:23 Dir: Veronica A. Hodge-Hampton |
Best SCI-FI Short
Integration
SCI-FI Short Runtime 22:00 Dir: Matthew Harris |
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Best Web Series/New Media
(Live Action) 
Unintentional Community
Web Series/New Media (Live Action or Animation) Runtime 30:05 Dir: Patrick Sanderson |
Best Documentary Short
Astronaut Starbright
Documentary Short Runtime: 12: 28 Dir: Lana Taylor |
Best Documentary Feature
Make Me A Leader
Documentary Feature Runtime 01:25:16 Dir: Silvia Damiano |
Best Trailer/Promo
MMA - Never Surrender
Trailer/Promo Runtime 05:00 Dir: Gerald J. Godbout III |
Best Music Video
DO IT RIGHT
Music Video Runtime 03:22 Dir: Shaun Peter Cunningham |
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Best Original Music Score
José Luis Esquivel
Enlightenment Runtime 12:58 |
Best Cinematography
Ian McAleece & Justin McAleece
BARDO BLUES Runtime 01:25:00 |
Best Editing Short
Jason Shamai
BARDO BLUES Runtime 01:25:00 |
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Writer: Diego De la Torre & Alex Páramo Producer: Ximena Reyes Enlightenment Runtime 12:58 |
Best First Time Filmmaker
Kuan-Ming Wang
A bullet - Sam’s confession Runtime 09:53 |
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Best Woman Filmmaker
Persia White & Mecca White
JUICE TRUCK Runtime 16:31 |
Best Director Music Video
Derek Frey
PANGEA Runtime 07:11 |
Best Director Animation Short
Chris Mejia
Cookie in the Sky with Balloons Runtime 06:27 |
Best Director Documentary Feature
Silvia Damiano
Make Me A Leader Runtime 01:25:16 |
Best Director Student
Short 
Daniel J. Egbert
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE TRUNK Runtime 22:52 |
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Best Director Short
Renato Cabral
Dust Runtime 04:55 |
Best Actor
Stephen McClintic
BARDO BLUES |
Best Actress
Marcia Kimpton
BARDO BLUES |
Screenplay
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Shelter Me
1st Place Winner Best Screenplay Feature by Sara Caldwell Jerry Vasilatos |
Throwing Hammers
2nd Place Winner Best Screenplay Feature by Michael Graf |
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One Afternoon in Purgatory
1st Place Winner Best Screenplay Short by T.J. Kissell |
Boy
2nd Place Winner Best Screenplay Short by Michael Zammit |
When the Rain Sets In
3rd Place Winner Best Screenplay Short by James Hughes |