And the winners are...
FEATURE NARRATIVE
THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES - Director: Phil Allocco
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
NEWMAN - Director: Jon Fox
SHORT NARRATIVE (DRAMA)
WINTER LIGHT - Director: Julian Higgins
SHORT NARRATIVE (COMEDY)
THE HOUSE JOB - Director: Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra
SHORT NARRATIVE (FOREIGN)
THE SONG OF SEASHORE - Director: Long Yang
SHORT NARRATIVE (SCI-FI)
THE LIGHT THIEF - Director: Eva Daoud
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES - Director: Courtney Marsh
SHORT ANIMATION
THE LOOKING PLANET - Director: Eric Law Anderson
SHORT EXPERIMENTAL
A-FRAME - Director: Reno Champ
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANDREW WHEELER - Winter Light
COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY SHORT
STRINGS - Director: Tanner Jarman
COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY ANIMATION
END & ETERNITY - Director: Yoomi Kim
BEST ACTOR
RAYMOND J. BARRY - Winter light
BEST ACTRESS
SAREH BAYAT - Oblivion Season
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
C.T.R.L - Director: Mariana Conde
BEST WEBISODE
I’M HARRY CLARK - Director: Mickey Blaine
BEST TV PILOT
DREAM WRITERS - by Nathan Bach
BEST YOUNG ADULT 9-12
BLACK WIDOW - Director: Jennifer Smart
BEST YOUNG ADULT 7-8
CHANGE - Director: Jake Bowren
BEST YOUNG ADULT K-6
SUPER MOVIE - Director: Nathanael Burns
BEST TRAILER
NEWMAN - Director: Jon Fox
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
COLD CURRENT by Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
THE WORDSMITH - by Mathew Holy
HONORABLE MENTIONS
LAST DAY OF FREEDOM - Director: Nomi Talisman
KAWERGOSK: HOME MADE OF CLOTH - Directors: Elizabeth Wuerffel & Saddam Al-Zubaidi
EMERGING TEEN ACTOR - Karlee Roberts
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Sally Kirkland
AND THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2016 IIFF ARE...
*FEATURE NARRATIVE
BOY UPSIDE DOWN - Director: Juha Lehtola
LITTLE MISS PERFECT - Director: Marlee Roberts
DESPITE THE FALLING SNOW - Director: Shamim Sarif
THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES - Director: Phil Allocco
DON’T SPEAK - Director: Amadeu Artasona
A RISING TIDE - Director: Ben Hickernell
OBLIVION SEASON - Director: Abbas Rafei
*FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
ISTORIA - Director: David OckendenI
WANT TO BE A KING - Director: Mehdi Ganji
HANO! A CENTURY IN THE BLEACHERS - Director: Jon Leonoudakis
THE LAST GREAT CIRCUS FLYER - Director: Philip Weyland
TRAVIS: THE TRUE STORY OF TRAVIS WALTON - Director: Jennifer W Stein
ANGEL OF NANJING - Director: Frank Ferendo
INDIA’S DAUGHTER - Director: Leslee Udwin
NEWMAN - Director: Jon Fox
*SHORT NARRATIVE (DRAMA)
A WALK IN WINTER - Director: Ryan Moody
REPLACE - Director: Mark Ang
THE MOTHER - Director: Paolo Monico
NIGHT OF THE SLASHER - Director: Shant Hamassian
WHISPERING PINES - Director: Jason E. Johnson
THE PRESENT - Director: Hank Devos
1440 AND COUNTING - Director: Tony Gapastione
RESERVATIONS FOR THREE? - Director: Steven Bennett
WINTER LIGHT - Director: Julian Higgins
STUTTERER - Director: Benjamin Cleary
MONOGAMISH - Director: Bill Hendricks
A SOCIAL LIFE - Director: Kerith Lemon
INTENTIONS - Director: Ivan Casajús
NIGHT IS MEANT FOR SLEEPING - Director: Adrien Costello
*SHORT NARRATIVE (COMEDY)
KILLING HAPPY - Director: David Brandvik
NATURAL INSEMINATION - Director: Crosby Selander
FLIGHT FRIGHT - Director: Jim Politano
THE HOUSE JOB - Director: Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra
THE LAWS OF ATTRACTION - Director: Andreas Graf
SHORT NARRATIVE (FOREIGN)FIRST LOVE - Director: Brian Deane
THE SONG OF SEASHORE - Director: Long Yang
WELCOME - Director: Javier Fesser
*SHORT NARRATIVE (SCI-FI)
THE LIGHT THIEF - Director: Eva Daoud
JAKOB - Director Eymeric JoratHELIO - Director: Teddy Cecil
DOG BOWL - Director: Gordy Hoffman
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*COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY SHORT
FOR OFELIA - Director: Christopher de las Alas
COEUR D’ALENE (FKA RABBITS) - Director: Merlin Camozzi
GRANDPA ARNOLD- Director: Anatoliy Kim
STRINGS - Director: Tanner Jarman
ROOM 731 - Director: Youngmin Kim
AERO - Director: Arturo Vargas
DRONE - Director: Justin S. Lee
CLOSING UP - Director: Achva Herstik
*COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY ANIMATION
END & ETERNITY - Director: Yoomi Kim
HOT AIR - Director: Maggie Hughes & Kim DeJohn
ENCHANTED INK - Director: Jo Anne Adams
JUST MY LUCK - Director: Alex Del Rosario
*SHORT DOCUMENTARY
LAST DAY OF FREEDOM - Director: nomi talisman
CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES - Director: Courtney Marsh
CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH - Director: Adam Benzine
THE GNOMIST - Director: sharon liese
KAWERGOSK: HOME MADE OF CLOTH - Director: Elizabeth Wuerffel, Saddam Al-Zubaidi
*SHORT ANIMATION
ESCARGORE- Director: Oliver Hilbert
SCAREDY BAT - Director: Greg Perkins
THE LOOKING PLANET - Director: Eric Law Anderson
THE SANTA - Director: Levon Petrosyan
DAEWIT - Director: David Jansen
NINE TO FIVE NED - Director: Brandon Ray
THE BALLAD OF THE HOMELESS - Director: Monica Manganelli
*SHORT EXPERIMENTAL
A-FRAME - Director: Reno Champ
ONE SHOT - Director: Andrea Casaseca
SIMON - Director: Camille de Galbert
*BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BYRON WERNER - Helio
ANDREW WHEELER - Winter Light
RENO CHAMP - A-Frame
YIFAN WANG - The Song of the Seashore
MIGUEL DE OLASO MACGREGOR - The Light Thief
*BEST ACTOR
RAYMOND J. BARRY - Winter light
KENICHI MIURA - The Song of Seashore
ZAC TITUS - Rabbits
NASSIM SI AHMED - Night is for Sleeping
*BEST ACTRESS
MARY TESTA - The Mother
LORETTA DEVINE - 1440 and Counting
REBECCA FERGUSON - Despite The Falling Snow
SAREH BAYAT - Oblivion Season
*K-12
BELOW THE SURFACE - Directors: Neema Sadeghi & Rona Ahdout
LUMINOSITY - Director: Alexia Salingaros
INDECISIONS - Director: Hope Alexander
RABBIT PEOPLE - Director: Logan Evans
THE PROMPOSAL - Director: Ryan Porter
TRICK OR TREAT - Director: Debbie Stone
A WORTHY FIGHT - Director: Katie Hoffman
RESONANT - Directors: Ryan Beard, Elizabeth Cassell, Sanders Evans, and Shantel Winslow
BLACK WIDOW - Director: Jennifer Smart
SLEEP - Director: Mary Aupperle
CHANGE - Director: Jake Bowren
STARLIGHT - Director: Lorraine Shaller
SUPER MOVIE - Director: Nathanael Burns
*MUSIC VIDEO
SAMBA’S TALK - Director: Fernanda Araujo
LILLA VÄN JAG VILL BO I EN HUSVAG - Director: Goblin Mikkanen
SECRETS AND LIES - Director: Saul Hericks
THE GIFT - Director: Chris Gero
SURFACE HERCULES - Director: Ben Montemayor
C.T.R.L - Director: Mariana Conde
CHOPS, TIGER JK, YOON MI-RAE: TURN IT UP - Director: Steve Nguyen
*WEBISODE
THE SMALL TIME - Director: Rich Jack
MANIC PIXIE DREAM WIFE - Director: M Elizabeth Eller
ITALIAN JUSTICE - Director: Marzio Mirabella
I'M HARRY CLARK - Director: Mickey Blaine
SEEKING - Director: Ruth Du
*TV PILOT
SLIFE ON A LEASH by Thiago DaDalt & Dru Miller
DREAM WRITERS by Nathan Bach
ZERO POINT - by Gregory Bayne
*TRAILERS
A RISING TIDE - Director: Ben Hickernell
DON’T SPEAK - Director: Amadeu Artasona
THE GNOMIST - Director: Sharon liese
KAWERGOSK: HOME MADE OF CLOTH - Directors: Elizabeth Wuerffel & Saddam Al-Zubaidi I WANT TO BE A KING - Director: Mehdi Ganji
ANGEL OF NANJING - Director: Frank Ferendo
INDIA’S DAUGHTER - Director: Leslee Udwin
NEWMAN - Director: Jon Fox
THE MOTHER - Director: Paolo Monico
1440 AND COUNTING - Director: Tony Gapastione
AND THE OFFICIAL SELECTIONS FOR THE 2016 SCRIPTS ARE...
FEATURE SCRIPT FINALISTS:
1- Oh Mother by Russell Davis and Michael Bernieri
2- Cold Current by Terrance Mitchell Thibodeaux
3- Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Matt Pacini
4- Incinta by William Schlichter
5- Rim of the World by Bettna Moss
6- Lionheart by Bobby Serros
7- Elle by Kaitlin Puccio
8- Sparkle by Phillip Barron
9- Valley of Spirits by Warren R. Hull.
10- The Loneliest War by Tony Kayden
SHORT SCRIPT FINALISTS:
1- The Weeping Willow by Aminah Galal
2- The Dirty Naturals by Derek Willis
3- Go in Pieces by Laura Richardson
4- Richter's War, by Daniel P. Douglas
5- Lois, Superman and Willy by Stefano Jay Bozzo
6- The Wordsmith by Mathew Holy