And the 2018 IIFF winners are...
BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE
STREAKER - Peter Luisi (WINNER)
BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR - Mariusz Palej (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
OUT OF STATE - Ciara Lacy (WINNER)
BEST FEATURE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY
POISONING PARADISE - Keely Shaye Brosnan & Teresa Tico (WINNER)
BEST OF SHOW
CRAB TRAP - Shea Sizemore (WINNER)
BEST SHORT NARRATIVE
THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER - Paul Philipp (WINNER)
BEST FAMILY SHORT
TREE HOUSE TIME MACHINE - Alan Ritchson (WINNER)
BEST VISUAL SHORT
BREAKER - Philippe McKie (WINNER)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
THE ROCK - Hamid Jafari (WINNER)
KNIFE SKILLS - Thomas Lennon (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST SHORT ANIMATION
GARDEN PARTY - Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro (WINNER)
TOKRI (THE BASKET) - Suresh Eriyat (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST SHORT COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
WHEN WIGS FLY - Remy Cashman (WINNER)
IRON HANDS - Johnson Cheng (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST WEBISODE
ALTERNATE SIDE - Alexandra D. Levinsohn & D.Clifford Hart (WINNER)
BEST TV PILOT
HOT BREAK - Lisa Demaine (WINNER)
BEST TRAILER
STREAKER - Peter Luisi (WINNER)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
FUNERAL PYRE - Gianluca Minucci (WINNER)
BENILLA ICE - BREAK THE ICE (BE NICE) - Ben Beitzel (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST K-12
JASMINE STUNG - Partho Gupte (WINNER)
MAKE A WISH, MOM - Holden Scott (HONORABLE MENTION)
FOX & BEAR - Madeleine Arundale (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
THE FERRYMAN OF THE PALI by Mike Gallagher (WINNER)
JAMIE'S BOOK by Roy Zafrani (HONORABLE MENTION)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
FIRE ON ICE by Courtney Suttle (WINNER)
RED LIGHT by Dempsey Tillman & Ted Dewberry (HONORABLE MENTION)
AND THE 2018 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ARE...
FEATURE NARRATIVE
LOVERS - Matteo Vicino
BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR - Mariusz Palej
THE ISLE - Matthew Butler Hart
LASSO - Evan Cecil
STREAKER - Peter Luisi
SHORT NARRATIVE
TREE HOUSE TIME MACHINE - Alan Ritchson
SHELF LIFE - Ann Hearn
DYLAN - Cory Miller
CHARITY - Alex Haney
LETTERS FROM ALCATRAZ - by Madeline Rozwat
THE VISIT - Romina Schwedler
SOMEONE - .Gadge
WRITTEN / UNWRITTEN - Adrian Silisteanu
THE PECULIAR ABILITIES OF MR MAHLER - Paul Philipp
TWO STRANGERS WHO MEET FIVE TIMES - Marcus Markou
THE CIRCLE - Sheldon Schwartz
NATIVE - Travis Champagne & Stephen Kinigopolous
THE INTENTIONS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - Jay Perry & Shaun Perry
PASSION GAP - Matt Portman & Jason Donald
CHASING TITLES VOL. 1 - Ryan Egypt
THE ZIM - Alexander Bedria
WITNESSES - David Koch
SPLIT TICKET - Alfred Thomas Catalfo
BREAKER - Philippe McKie
THE SCAPEGOAT - Talha B.
CURSED WORLD PROBLEMS - Doug Hawley
MARGARET AND THE MOON - Trevor Morgan
BRAD LEE - HAO WANG
THE FLOOD - Adam Dietrich & Seraphina Nova Glass
GO PAUL - Felix Karol's
NORMAN PINSKI COME HOME - Aaron Rudelson
THE HEN - David Braun
THE PATRON - Lionel Augute
THE GIRLS WERE DOING NOTHING - Dekel BerensonI
I PROMISED HER LIFE - Robert Nazar Arjoyan
NEIGHBOR - Tony Gapastione
ANGEL OF ANYWHERE - Briana Evigan
TEST OF COURAGE - Rena Dumont
CRAB TRAP - Shea Sizemore
DRIVING WHILE UNDOCUMENTED - Yeon Jin Lee
TRIUMPHERS - Joseba Alfaro
GUSTAV - Ken Williams & Denis Fitzpatrick
THE PRINCE - Kyra Zagorsky
ANNA - Petra Priborska
WRITER'S BLOCK - Alex Mendez Giner
PEARL - Brandon Jameson
TIFF - Kimberley T. Zulkowski & Stephen Gregory Curtis
DEATH (And Disco Fries) - Dennis Cahlo
THE LOVE SUCKERS - Jim Positano
MY BEST GIRL - John TerEick
THE SHUTTLE - Lu Han
PAY PER VIEW - James Heiner
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
E.T. CONTACT: THEY ARE HERE - Caroline Cory
THE ICONOCLAST - King Adz
STATE OF EXCEPTION - Jason O’Hara
POISONING PARADISE - Keely Shaye Brosnan & Teresa Tico
OUT OF STATE - Ciara Lacy
BECOMING ICONIC - Neal Thibedeau
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
A UTOPIA - Eric McEver
KNIFE SKILLS - Thomas Lennon
EDITH+EDDIE - Laura Checkoway
BRUJAS - Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
OUR GHOSTS - Hannah Ruddle
MARIAM - Mohammed Jaffar
YOURS SINCERELY, LOIS WEBER - Svetlana Cvetko
AN AMERICAN HOUSE - Chris Trani
FIGHT FOR THE FIRST - Sharon Liese
THE ROCK - Hamid Jafari
A CRUDE INJUSTICE - Jane Hammond
KAYAYO, THE LIVING SHOPPING BASKETS - Mari Bakke Riise
SHORT ANIMATION
DR. MANTIS - Brandon Mikolaski
MARVIN - H. Rodgers
FLUTTER - Vladimir Todorov
TOKRI (THE BASKET) - Suresh Eriyat
REVELATION; THE CITY OF HAZE - Mao Qichao
KARMA - Peter Zhaoyu Zhou
GARDEN PARTY - Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne,
Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
INTERGALACTIC TALES OF THE DELUSIONAL MIND - Forrest Lorenzen & John Puckett
THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER - Jackson Smith
POSERS - Sean Thiessen
ONESELF - Vicente Manzano
IRON HANDS - Johnson Cheng
BRUNCH - Jordan Cooper
I HAVE TO KILL MY PROFESSOR - Jonathan Pickett
WHEN WIGS FLY - Remy Cashman
EGGS, ZOMBIES, AND BACON - Sherry Y. Shi
FEIS - Ellen Mulvihill
ROSARIO - Marlen Rios-Farjat
WEBISODE
RUNOFF - Ben Krompak
GIRL CAVE - Till Kleinert
ALTERNATE SIDE - Alexandra D. Levinsohn & D.Clifford Hart
TV PILOT
THEATER 101 - Jonathan Rau
JIMMORTAL - Owen Weber & Hunter Bradley
HOT BREAK - Lisa Demaine
TRAILERS
ROADIE THE DOCUMENTARY - TJ Hoffmann
LOVERS - Matteo Vicino
THE ISLE - Matthew Butler Hart
STREAKER - Peter Luisi
MUSIC VIDEO
BENILLA ICE - BREAK THE ICE (BE NICE) - Ben Beitzel
GOD CAME 'ROUND - Derek Frey
LATIN AMERICAN SOLDIER - Carlos A. Hurtado
DANGEROUS CROSSINGS - Amr Salama
30 CENTS - Markus Thorington
FUNERAL PYRE - Gianluca Minucci
K-12
JASMINE STUNG - Partho Gupte
LUKE - Dylan Reiss
TOMMY & THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY - Kylie McGuire
LEGALLY DOPE - Caroline Olsen
STILL HEAR - Evan Zeiger
NEGLECT - Olivia Rose Wallace
MAKE A WISH, MOM - Holden Scott
TURNING TABLES - Becca Meaney, Caroline Cox, Gemma Fasciano, Tara Sargent
LOOP - Eli Hall, Ryan Beard, Steven Gentry
GERM - Nathan Ridings, Ryan Beard, Steven Gentry, Zach Phillips
DIRTY HANDS - Noah Lee, Ethan Chu
FOX & BEAR - Madeleine Arundale
SHORT SCREENPLAYS
WOODS IN THE CABIN by Rony Franck
JAMIE'S BOOK by Roy Zafrani
A JUNGLE DARK by Courtney Suttle
THE FERRYMAN OF THE PALI by Mike Gallagher
FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
THE ORIENTAL by Joseph Ferrante
THE MOONBEAM FISHERMAN by John Dummer
THE BORDER AGENT by John Madill
THE LAST DROP by Andrea Perno'
THE FAVORITE HAUNT by Edward Heckling
FIRE ON ICE by Courtney Suttle
THE TUNNELS by Kristie Dickerson
RED LIGHT by Dempsey Tillman & Ted Dewberry
HORSE UP ON A TREE by Terry Lynam
MADNESS by Cory Huizar