February 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Voice of Grace
Drama Short 
Runtime 17:27
Producer:
Brynn Chamblee
Best Drama Short Student
Picture
Sui Side Inn
Drama Short 
Runtime 16:00
Dir: HUA BAI
Best Drama Short
Picture

Leslie
Drama Short
Runtime 20:30
Dir: Alejandro Montoya Marin
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
KILL THE ENGINE
Comedy/Dramedy Short 
Runtime 10:19
Dir: Derek Frey
Best Foreign Student Short
Picture
Without A Good Title
Foreign Film Short Student
Runtime 03:00 
Dir: Bajrush Kajtazi
Best Foreign Short
Picture
Living Idle
Foreign Film Short 
Runtime15:00
Mrs. Satyaramana
Best Experimental
Picture
I Am
Experimental
Runtime 07:11
Dir: Hira Vin
Best Animation Student Short
Picture
A Little Memory
Animation Short Student
Runtime 04:23
Dir: Nancy Wennan Zhang
Best Animation Short 
Picture
Revelation - the City of Haze Animation Short 
Runtime 14:00
Dir: Mao Qichao
Best Feature All Genre 
Picture
One Buck
Feature Films All Genres
Runtime 01:27:32
Dir: Fabien Dufils
Best Web Series/New Media
(Live Action) 
Picture
Life Interrupted
Web Series/New Media (Live Action or Animation) 
Runtime 23:01
Dir: Steven Wishnoff
Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI 
Picture
Interrogation
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI
Runtime 13:47
Dir: YueCheng Liu
Best Horror Short 
Picture
Yesterday Is Tomorrow
Horror Short 
Runtime 09:32
Dir: James C. Shahanshah
Best LGBT Short
Picture
Morgan in Maywood
LGBT Short 
Runtime 06:06
Dir: Kevin Gallo
Best Documentary Short
Picture
Black Pioneers
Documentary Short 
Runtime 00:48
Dir: Robert Butler
Best Documentary Feature
Picture
Water-the source of all life
Documentary Feature 
Runtime 48:00
Dir: DON WEN BIN
Best Spec Commercial
Picture
The Pitch
Spec Commercial
Runtime 01:30
Dir: Roberto Serrini
Best Music Video
Saturday Night - A film of four songs
Music Video 
Runtime 18:56
Dir: Alex Walker
Best Trailer/Promo
Picture
The Madame in Black
Trailer/Promos 
Runtime 01:36
Dir: Jarno Lee Vinsencius
Best Cinematography Feature
Picture
Water-the source of all life
Runtime 48:00
Best Editing
Picture
Water-the source of all life
Runtime 48:00
Best Visual Effects
Picture
GINA
Runtime 01:27
Best Original Music/Score
Picture
KILL THE ENGINE
Runtime 10:19
Best Original Song
Picture
Life Interrupted
Runtime 23:01
Best Sound Design
Picture
I Am
Runtime 07:11
Best Produced Screenplay Short
Picture



Dead Flowers
Runtime 14:40
Best Produced Screenplay Feature
Picture
A Caribbean Dream
Runtime 01:20:00
Best Woman FilmMaker
Picture
Nora Jaenicke
Between Seconds
Runtime 21:18
Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture

Stephen M. Hunt
Believers
Runtime 15:58
Jury Mention
Picture
Curtsy, Mister
Runtime 01:30:00
Documentary Feature:
Dir: Angela Robinson Witherspoon
Best Producer
Picture
Xiaoxiao Li
Sui Side Inn
Runtime 16:00
Best Director Documentary Feature
Picture
Don Wen Bin
Water-the source of all life
Runtime 48:00
Best Director Animation Short
Picture
Nancy Wennan Zhang
A Little Memory
Runtime 04:23
Best Director Student Short
Picture
Antonio Darwiche
Ephemeral
Runtime16:02
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Best Director Short
Picture
Derek Frey
KILL THE ENGINE
Runtime 10:19
Best Director Feature
Picture
Fabien Dufils
One Buck
Runtime 01:27:32
Best Production Design
Picture


Hua Bai
Sui Side Inn
Runtime 16:00
Best Ensemble Cast
Picture
Voice of Grace
Ensemble Cast
Runtime 17:27
Best Actor Under 18
Picture
Elle Whitfield
Voice of Grace
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Best Actress
Picture
Kika Magalhaes
Leslie
Best Actor
Picture
Anthony Nikolchev
Dead Flowers
Screenplay
Dollar Down
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature 
by
J. Michael Aiken
Girl in the Painting
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Short
by
Scott Williamson