AND THE WINNERS FOR THE 2019 IIFF AWARDS ARE…
BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE
COLLISIONS - Dir: Richard Levien
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
GENERAL MAGIC Dir: Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude
BEST FEATURE DOCU-DRAMA
MAP OF SALVATION Dir: Aram Shahbazyan
BEST SHORT NARRATIVE
DRAMA - DUKE Director: Thiago Dadalt *Tied
DRAMA - THE SCORPION’S TALE - Dir: Jhosimar Vasquez *Tied
SI/FI -THE SHIPMENT Director: Bobby Bala
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR
Piercey Dalton - DUKE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
BLACK SHEEP Dir: Ed Perkins
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROMEO & JULIET Dir: John Tso
FEATURES SCREENPLAY
1ST PLACE: Iran-Contra & Crack Cocaine by Tony Cammarata
2ND PLACE: The Chain by Jeff Woodard
3RD PLACE: God Is Not Purple by Matt Pacini
SHORTS SCREENPLAY
1ST PLACE: Sound of The Some by Thomas Besancon & Alexander Menu
2ND PLACE: Saira by John Zeus Kontoyannis
3RD PLACE: 1801, Buck by Jalen Thompson
BEST COLLEGE SHORT
BEST ANIMATION - THE SANDMAN Dir: Natalia Hermida
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY - LOVE AND LOSS Dir: Yiying Nikki Li
BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - SHINING ASHES Dir: Nicole Campbell
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
STARSET - RICOCHET Dir: Nick Peterson
BEST TELEVISION PILOT
HOMEROOM By: Neal Thibedeau
BEST WEBISODE
THE OLD ROGUE Dir: Steve Perkins
BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
LIFE AT A JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL Dir: Ethan Chu
BEST SHORT K-6
SUPER MOVIE Dir: Nathanael Burns
BEST TRAILER
GENERAL MAGIC Dir: Sarah Kerruish
2019 Official Selections
FEATURE NARRATIVES
ACT OF DESPERATION Dir: Richard Friedman
BUCKOUT ROAD Dir: Matthew Currie Holmes
GHOST MASK - SCAR Dir: Takeshi Sone
COLLISIONS - Dir: Richard Levien
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
AMERICAN WAR Dir: Dr. Daniel Bernardi
CYBERWORK AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Dir: James Shelley
GENERAL MAGIC Dir: Sarah Kerruish
MAP OF SALVATION Dir: Aram Shahbazyan
SHORT NARRATIVES
DUKE Director: Thiago Dadalt
THE SCORPION’S TALE Director: Jhosimar Vasquez
BREATH Director: Darren Edward Fitch
KRIEG Director: Jeff Fry
KOMMANDO 1944 Director: Derek Quick
ENTER Director: Jack Impellizzeri
LOST AND FOUND Director: Zilong Wang
KNOWING Director: Adam Dietrich
DOUBLE Director: Ronak Jafari
THE VOICE WITHIN Director: Ernesto Sandoval
SAC DE MERDE Director: Greg Chwerchak
THE PLAYGROUND AT NIGHT Director: Jonathan Pickett
THE FISHERMAN Director: Zoey Martinson
THE SHIPMENT Director: Bobby Bala
MR. SUSHI Director: Joshua Sallach
CHIMES Director: Jannine Benkhardt
TEN HOURS Director: Trevor Morgan
KILL AL Director: Walter Brandes
PUSHING SKILLS Director: Michael A. Krehan
CARONTE Director: Luis Tinoco Pineda
HAM Director: Zachary Wentz
THE MASTER OF CUCHILLO Director: Rodrigo Sebastian Gonzalez
SWEETHEART Director: Jérémie Seguin
OUR ROSE GARDEN Director: Ligia Maria Storrs Rojas
NO PAPERS Director: Joseph Warren
BAGGAGE Director: Amos Vernon
BREATHE Director: Mitch Yapko
SHARK WEEK Director: Jeremy Radin
TAKE YOUR MARK Director: Scott Cavalheiro
THE BUG Director: Dean Cameron
MISCREANT Dir: Rocky Ramsey
THE UNITED STATES OF TOMORROW Director: David Keith
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE Dir: Craig Holland
A HOLLOW POINT Dir: Zach Brinkerhoff
SUNFLOWER Dir: Yaxiong Shao
FROM HERE TO REPAIR Dir: Waymon Boone
VIVID Dir: Paul Chung
HOW TO GET A BOYFRIEND Dir: Leo Chor
MISCREANT Dir: Rocky Ramsey
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
COMEBACK Dir: Reza Sayah
KOKA, THE BUTCHER Dir: Bence Máté
BLACK SHEEP Dir: Ed Perkins
CAMINOS DE BOYLE HEIGHTS Dir: Pablo De La Hoya
MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES Dir: Charlie Tyrell
THE HOLE IN THE RESERVOIR Dir: Rich Williamson
TRANSFORMATIONS Dir: Alonso Mayo
’63 BOYCOTT Dir: Gordon Quinn
I HAD A DREAM: CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING CHILD ACTOR Dir: Tim Atzinger
LISTEN TO THE LAND Dir: Celia Haig-Brown
THE WITCH HUNT Dir: Marek Kłosowicz
PARDEN OUR PIXIE DUST Dir: Matthew Serrano
THE MAYOR Dir: Taylor Horky
ANIMATION SHORTS
THE SANDMAN Dir: Natalia Hermida
THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROMEO & JULIET Dir: John Tso
WHITE AND FLUFFY Dir: Yadnee Kohok
GOD I NEED A GIRL FRIEND Dir: Stefan Janoski
CHIAROSCURO Dir: David Perry
SCHOOL / COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY SHORTS
LOVE AND LOST Dir: Yiying Nikki Li
DUST Dir: Logan K. Triplett
A WALK IN THE PARK Dir: Anthony Liechti
ON ICE Dir: Katie Anne Moy
THE LEGEND OF SCOTTY WATTS Dir: Prash Sampathkumaran
SHINING ASHES Dir: Nicole Campbell
BOYS CLUB Dir: Troy DeWinne
LIFE AT A JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL Dir: Ethan Chu
BEN IS DEAD Dir: Lisa J Dooley
SUPER MOVIE Dir: Nathanael Burns
TELEVISION PILOTS
CHARLIE BEE COMPANY by Ashley Davison
BATTLEDREAM CHRONICLES: A NEW BEGINNING By Alain Bidard
EDDIE’S By Michael Lange
LISA AT LARGE By Eliot Gurrin
HOMEROOM By Neal Thibedeau
DR. SUGAR By Paul Saleba
FEATURE SCREENPLAYS
BATTER UP by James Humphrey
IRAN-CONTRA & CRACK COCAINE by Tony Cammarata
THE CHAIN by Jeff Woodard
GOD IS NOT PURPLE by Matt Pacini
THE EIDOLON by Doug Rich
KELIPOT by Seth Nesenholtz
SHORT SCREENPLAYS
SAIRA by John Zeus Kontoyannis
SOUND OF THE SOMME by Thomas Besancon & Alexander Menu
1801, BUCK by Jalen Thompson
THE ASTRONOT by Pennan Brae
MUSIC VIDEOS
BOOM GOES JULIAN Dir: Steven Gebert
STARSET - RICOCHET Dir: Nick Peterson
ODIO (HATE) Dir: Julio César Berrios
WEBISODES
ALONE Dir Juanma Juarez
THE OLD ROGUE Dir: Steve Perkins
HOMO SAPIENS Dir: Joël Melançon
TRAILERS
DUKE Director: Thiago Dadalt
AMERICAN WAR Dir: Dr. Daniel Bernardi
GENERAL MAGIC Dir: Sarah Kerruish