AND THE 2017 WINNERS ARE…
BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE
Slipaway – Director: Julia Butler and Daniel Mentz
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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Islands and the Whales – Director: Mike Day
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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Mute's House – Director: Tamar Kay
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BEST SHORT NARRATIVE
Enemies within – Director: Selim Azzazi
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BEST HONORABLE MENTION - SHORT
Vicious – Director: Andrew Jeric
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BEST OF FEST - SHORT
Timecode – Director: Juanjo Giménez
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BEST SHORT SHORT NARRATIVE
Exit – Director: Babak Habibifar
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BEST SHORT ANIMATION
Borrowed Time – Director: Lou Hamou– Director: Lhadj
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BEST COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SHORTS
Film School Musical – Director: Maan B. & Talha B.
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAYS
Come Back For Me by Kevin Silva
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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
Three Hundred Years in Paradise by Stephen Graf.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Little Party Queen (Band : Next is Best) - Director: Etienne Fu-Le Saulnier
BEST WEB SERIES
Winners – Director: Jared White
BEST TV PILOT
Unfocused – Director: Owen Weber & Hunter Bradley
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BEST YOUNG K–6 SHORT FILM
Cricket – Director: Allyssa Bainbridge
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BEST TEEN SHORT FILM
Straight to the Rim – Director: Eli Hall, Lily Casteen, Nick Buck, Sarah Lurie
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BEST TEEN DOCUMENTARY
The 1%: Crisis in the Great Lakes – Director: Griffin Olis
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BEST TRAILER
Off the Rails – Director: Adam Irving
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AND THE 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ARE…
FEATURE NARRATIVE
Te Ata – Director: Nathan Frankowski
Slipaway – Director: Julia Butler and Daniel Mentz
Tatara Samurai – Director: Yoshinari Nishikori
The Tribe – Director: Roxy Shih
The Last Inhabitant – Director: Jivan Avetisyan
End of Fall – Director: Joselito Seldera
Living With the Dead – Director: Christine Vartoughian
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Daze of justice – Director: Michael Siv
Arreo – Director: Tato Moreno
The Islands and the Whales – Director: Mike Day
The Longest Road – Director: Jennifer Salcido & Matthew Charles Hall
Off the Rails – Director: Adam Irving
Crows of the desert – Director: Marta Houske
Mommy's land – Director: Garret Atlakson
Nana – Director: Serena Dykman
I Voted? – Director: Jason Grant Smith
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Frame 394 – Director: Rich Williamson
The Mute's House – Director: Tamar Kay
Nobody Dies Here – Director: Simon Panay
The Bus Trip – Director: Sarah Gampel
Brillo Box – Director: Lisanne Skyler
Blood of the Martyrs – Director: Erik Lohr
Becoming Cyborg – Director: Katya Berger
Joshua Tree: Threatened Wonderland – Director: Bill Wisneski
American Dreams – Director: Ned McNeilage
Soy Cubana – Director: Jeremy Ungar
Chris Bianco: I Used To Say Never – Director: Brandon Barnard
Coalville Gold – Director: Ross Bolidai
SHORT NARRATIVE
Between Shifts – Director: Lysandra Petersson
A Children's Song – Director: Shayna Cohen
The Call – Director: Quavondo
Enemies within – Director: Selim Azzazi
Remnants – Director: Al Plancher
Welcome Matt – Director: Mukul Gadde
Poor George – Director: Jim Harris
Breathe – Director: Paul Kowalski
Bleed the Night – Director: Reza Ghassemi
Abstract – Director: marcos vaz
Timecode – Director: Juanjo Giménez
Kill Your Dinner – Director: Bryn Chainey
Burned – Director: Jaime Valdueza
Vicious – Director: Andrew Jeric
Leonarda – Director: Luca Brinciotti
Smile – Director: Carolina Giammetta
Coming to Terms – Director: David Bertran
Jada – Director: Doug Roland
Gardening At Night – Director: Shayna Connelly
The Champion – Director: Sonny Aguirre Jr
SHORT SHORT NARRATIVE
Three Hearts – Director: Joseph Chebate
Exit – Director: Babak Habibifar
A Pirate's Tale – Director: Lukas Colombo
The boy by the sea – Director: Vasily Chuprina
Lockbox – Director: John Woodruff
A King's Betrayal – Director: David A Bornstein
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SHORT ANIMATION
Moom – Director: Robert Kondo & Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi
Borrowed Time – Director: Lou Hamou– Director: Lhadj
AMI – Director: Gonzalo San Vicente
Alike – Director: Daniel Martínez Lara, Rafa Cano Méndez
Pokey Pokey – Director: Junjie "Jake" Zhang
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SHORTS
Eden – Director: Brodin Plett
Bombing – Director: Gloria R Mercer
The Lottery – Director: Han Rui Wang
Tether – Director: Eve Symington
The Chase – Director: Ivy Liao
A Walk Down the Aisle – Director: Daniel Ajemian
Program 4 – Director: Brianna Pressey & Jack Sample
Film School Musical – Director: Maan B. & Talha B.
A Young Nation: The future of Oman through the eyes of its youth – Director: Hannah Gaber
A Perfect Day – Director: Exceptional Minds
The Adventures of Lucy – Director: Teddy Valentovich
A Song for Manzanar – Director: Kazuko Golden & Phil Emerson
SHORT SCREENPLAYS
Entrenched by Joseph Chebatte
Dakota Caves – 2 Miles by Robert J. Rogers.
Come Back For Me by Kevin Silva
The Strange feeling by Zachary T. Scott
Starring Chloe Fisher by Jen Rudin
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FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
The Dance of a Quiet Soul Lost in Thought by John T. Frederick.
Psyche by Timothy Charles Melkus
Sanctuary by Scott Pittock
Eke’Bolos by Stephen E. Settle
The Experiment by Jeffrey Allen Russel & Lynda Lemberg
Devil’s Valley Justice by Harold L. Brown
Behold by Tom Cavanaugh
Hunters Pointe by Scott Liapis.
South of Good by Randall Reneau.
Three Hundred Years in Paradise by Stephen Graf.
MUSIC VIDEOS
A Perfect Day – Exceptional Minds
Lorn – Director: Acid Rain – Director: Julian Flores
Odesza – Director: It's Only – Director: Dan Brown
Makeba / Jain – Director: Greg & Lio
Little Party Queen (Band : Next is Best) - Director: Etienne Fu-Le Saulnier
WEB SERIES
Plancy's World – Jacob Lenard
Little Thing / Dicemedia – Director: Ajay B Huyan
Winners – Director: Jared White
TV PILOTS
Unfocused – Director: Owen Weber & Hunter Bradley
Reset – Director: christelle gras
Hard Reset – Director: Deepak Chetty
64/8 – Director: Edward Reid
Singled Out – Director: Andrew Pinon
K–12 SHORT FILMS
Foam– Director: The Story of a Shaper – Director: Ryan Schultz
Straight to the Rim – Director: Eli Hall, Lily Casteen, Nick Buck, Sarah Lurie
Cricket – Director: Allyssa Bainbridge
Rogue Taxidermy – Director: Elizabeth Culbertson
The Working Dead – Director: Becca Meaney, Brynn Jefferson, Caroline Cox, Karson Monger, Saunder Boyle
The Best Laid Plans – Director: Avi Abrams
His first time – Director: Angel Violet
The 1%: Crisis in the Great Lakes – Director: Griffin Olis
Slide – Director: Jayden Gillespie, Andrew Gillies, Cameron Colleran, Danny Sandler
Attached at the Soul – Director: William Leon
Holiday of Holidays – Director: Talia Cohen– Director: Vigder
Time Out – Director: Alexia Salingaros
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TRAILERS
Slipaway – Director: Julia Butler and Daniel Mentz
The Tribe – Director: Roxy Shih
Living With the Dead – Director: Christine Vartoughian
Off the Rails – Director: Adam Irving