December 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Of Sinners and Saints
Foreign Feature
Runtime 01:43:00
Producer: Ruben Maria Soriquez
Best Drama Student Short
Picture
Bear With Me
Drama Student Short
Runtime 13:58
Dir: Benjy Steinberg
Best Drama Short
Picture
Sisters
Drama Short
Runtime 20:36
Dir: Charles Ancelle
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
The Liquor Store
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 07:57
Dir: Mark Stockwell Jr.
Best Foreign Short
Picture
Buddhist Culture Communicator
Foreign Short
Runtime 04:30
Dir: Kenji Takahashi
Best Feature All Genre
Picture
In Echo Park
Feature Film All Genre
Runtime 01:22:31
Dir: Nathaniel Lezra
Best LGBT Short
Picture
PRIDE: The Series S2 E2
LGBT Short
Runtime 24:38 
Dir: Michael V. Pomarico
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Best Web Series/New Media (Live Action) ​
Picture
The Room Actors: Where Are They Now?
Web Series/New Media (Live Action
Runtime 23:58
Dir: Robyn Paris
Best Web Series/New Media (Animation)
Picture
The First Female Bank Robber
Web Series/New Media (Animation)
Runtime 03:00
Dir: Shoa Appelman
​Best SCI-FI  Short
Picture
Family From Tang
SCI-FI Short
Runtime 06:19
Dir: Junhao Ma
Jingwei Zhou
Best Horror Short
Picture
X
Horror Short
Runtime 09:00
Dir: Raquel Choy
Best Animation Short
Picture
Agent 327: Operation Barbershop
Animation Short
Runtime 03:51
Dir: Hjalti Hjalmarsson
Colin Levy

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Best Experimental/Travel/ Time-Lapse Short
Picture
Keep Looking Up
Experimental/Travel/Time-Lapse Short
Runtime 04:32
Dir: Christophe Anagnostopoulos
Best Documentary Short
Picture
The Man Behind The Merferds
Documentary Short
Runtime 35:00
Dir: Josh Herum
Best Documentary Feature
Picture
The Chaos Candidate: How Trump Won
Documentary Feature
Runtime 01:00:21
Dir: Farhaan Aziz
Best Music Video
Picture
All My Demons - We The Lion
Music Video
Runtime 03:42
Dir: Jhonatan López
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture
Benjy Steinberg, Frances Fagan & Sophia Haid
Bear With Me
Runtime 13:58
Best Cinematography Short
Picture
Pierre Aragou
The Last Of The Last
Runtime 08:20
Best Visual Effects
Picture
Family From Tang
Runtime 06:19
Best Editing Short
Picture
Dennis Tran
Stigma
Runtime 18:25
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Best Original Music Score
Picture
Zachary Mcmillan & Jonathan Jetter
In Echo Park
Runtime 01:22:31
Best Producer Short
Picture
Junhao Ma & Daniel Junhao Ma
Family From Tang
Runtime 06:19
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Steven Swancoat
The Singer
Runtime 14:58
Best Woman Filmmaker
Picture
Kathrina Miccio
St. Joseph
Runtime 24:37
Best Director Music Video
Picture
Jhonatan López
All My Demons - We The Lion
Runtime 03:42
​Best Director Documentary
Picture
Oliver Langewitz
Treasures of the Past
Runtime 01:50:00
Best Director Animation Short
Picture
Sijia Huang
Breakfast
Runtime 04:24
Best Director Student Short
Picture
Benjy Steinberg
Bear With Me
Runtime 13:58
Best Director Short
Picture
Niklas Berggren
Faithful
Runtime 13:30
Best Director Feature
Picture
Nathaniel Lezra
In Echo Park
Runtime 01:22:31
Best Actress
Picture

Actress: Clarissa Hoffmann
​Faithful
Best Actor
Picture

​Ruben Maria Soriquez
Of Sinners and Saints
Screenplay
Violate
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
by
Judah Ray
Staring into Infinity
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Nicholas A Carleton
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The Last Game
3rd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature
By
Philip Clarke Kaufman
Cooper
1st Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Cleveland O. Mcleish
Bettina Horton
Redo
2nd Place winner
Screenplay Short
by
Grant Carson
Deadly Invisible Enemies
1st Place winner 
Web Series
by
Harold L. Brown