Awards of Merit May 2016

Film festival awards

Award of Merit Special MentionFilm Festival Accolade

Adam J. Hardy, Justice Creative (USA), DROP IT, Film Short
Avinash More (USA), Adventures of Appu & Gappu, Animation
Aza Declercq (Belgium), DEATH OF CUPID, Actress: Leading (Aza Declercq as Gabriella)
Bjarki Thomsen (Faroe Islands), En Dårlig Dag, aka A Bad Day, Film Short
David Fugett (USA), THE HIKE, Actor: Supporting (David Fugett as Delroy Grady)
Dennis Ho (USA), A Better Place, Editing
Donna Trousdale (USA), The Shickles, Film Feature
Emmet Sheerin and Bryan Gerard Duffy (Ireland), Sumud (Everyday Resistance), Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Hanching Howard Zheng (USA), Bloom of Youth, Film Short (Student)
Inchakkad Balachandran (India), NAROPANISHATH, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Justin Connor (USA), THE GOLDEN AGE, Actor: Leading (Justin Connor as Maya O’Malley)
Kemmy and Julie Moran (USA), Miss Beverly Hills Ghost, Webisode
Lance Larson (USA), Cuckold Picasso, Actor: Leading (Micah Fitzgerald as Artemis)
Mark Walsh (USA), Gary the Gull, Animation
Michael Worth, Digital Jungle Pictures (USA), Broken Memories, Film Feature
New Realm Studios Inc. (Canada), Big Shorts – season one Episode 08: Axing American Dramas with Broadswords, Webisode and Big Shorts – season two Episode 03: Undercover Mission, Webisode and Big Shorts – season one Episode 10: Purging Big Shorts TV, Webisode and Big Shorts – season two Episode 07: Organ Transplant, Webisode
Paul Andrew Kimball (Canada), Exit Thread, Film Feature, Actress: Supporting (Crystal Allen as Laura Carlisle)
Ralph Thomas Vituccio, Paul Goodman and Tom Clancy (USA), Shipbreakers, Documentary Feature
Reza Safa (USA), A Faceless Faith, Documentary Short
Sofia Garza-Barba, Espina Blanca Productions LLC, FTD/Shari’s Berries (USA), Holiday Help Desk, Commercial / Infomercial
Steven Karageanes (USA), Needlestick, Film Feature
William Leon (USA), Attached at the Soul, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Film festival awards

Alberto Martín-Aragón (Spain), HANGOVER, Experimental
Alvise Tedesco and Liudmila Zhiltsova (Italy), Sergei Rachmaninov – Margaritki / Маргаритки, Op. 38 N° 3, Music Video and Richard Strauss – Ich schwebe,  Op. 48 N° 2, Music Video
Amy Lee-Suits (USA), To Bee or Not to Bee, Animation (Student)
Andrea Gavazzi and Elmo Kebour (Italy/Ethiopia), The Farthest Apple from the Tree, Film Short (Student)
Ben van Bergen (USA), Mobfathers: Permanent Rehab, Film Feature
Bing Wang (USA), The Ability Exchange, Documentary Feature
Bob Sly, Bigsly Enterprises (USA), Make It Home: A Story of Resettlement, Documentary Short
Bryce Cyrier (USA), Kansuksa, Documentary Short (Student)
Carlo Alberto Orecchia (USA), Cheatin, Music Video
Charlie Wuppermann (USA), Kedi, Film Feature
Chengcheng Feng (USA), Scent of Love, Animation (Student)
Chris Flook (USA), George and Frances Ball Foundation: History of George and Frances, History / Biographical, Research and George and Frances Ball Foundation: Arts and Culture, Cinematography, Editing
Christoforos Diakoulakis (United Kingdom), Lena Laki – Craving, Music Video
Clemence Amiot (France), There will only be stars left, Film Short
Colin Everall (Canada), Waiting For Sunday “The Love Is Gone”, Music Video
Colin Sprigg (USA), The Pitch, Children / Family Programming, Cinematography, Actor: Leading (Patrick Mulderrig as Coach), Actress: Leading (Madelyn Sprigg as Madison Halley), Actress: Supporting (Belinda Gosbee as Mom), Original Score (The Pitch, Original Film Soundtrack)
David Fugett (USA), THE HIKE, Film Feature
Djanis Bouzyani (France), BURQARNAQUE, Film Short
Edward King III, Matthew Woodward and Chistina Jo’Leigh (USA), 30 Days to Say Goodbye, Film Short, LGBT
Federico Olivetti (Italy), Sottoterra, Film Short, Children / Family Programming (Student)
Gabriel Alicto Chavez (USA), More than Words, Actress: Leading (Samm Wiechec as Rachel Newcomb)
Hugo Teugels, TVP services Video Art Productions (Belgium), THE QUEEN, Film Short
Jacob Kirby (USA), At Ease, Film Short (Student)
James Christopher (USA), DisAssociationVille, Film Feature

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James Cotton, Wolf359 Productions (USA), The Tell-Tale Heart, Film Short, Actress: Leading (Stefani Cronley as Woman)
Jaswant Dev Shrestha (USA), It’s The Journey With Jaz, Television – Pilot Program
Jeremy Pion-Berlin (USA), Passports, Film Short
Jesper Skoubølling (Denmark), X, Film Short, Actor: Leading (Xaver Hutter as X), Script / Writer (Jesper Skouboelling), Cinematography (Andrew Grant-Christensen)
Jing Sun (USA), The Old Man and The Pears, Animation (Student)
Jose Antonio Pérez Ramírez (Spain), 1 1/2 HORA, Film Feature
Jose Escamilla (USA), UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied III – UFOs From Outers Space, Documentary Feature
Joud Kashgari (USA), Clearance, Islamic (Student)
Justin Connor (USA), THE GOLDEN AGE, Film Feature
Katy Lueck (USA), Last Night, Women Filmmakers
Ken Yoshioka (Japan), Umishu, Film Short
Kim Sønderholm (Denmark), Bad Karma Santa, Actor: Leading (Kim Sønderholm as Santa)
Lance Larson (USA), Cuckold Picasso, Film Short
Luke Tooker (USA), Nature Napped, Television – Pilot Program
Madeleine Falk (USA), I’m Gabrielle, Film Short
Mark Birnbaum (USA), Remembering Tracy Hicks, Documentary Short
Max Bartoli (USA), The Secret of Joy, Film Short, Children / Family Programming
Michael Helmuth Hansen (Denmark), Digital Romance, Animation
Michael McQuown (USA), The Dark Tapes, Film Feature
Michael Worth, Digital Jungle Pictures (USA), Broken Memories, Actress: Supporting (Kassi Crews as Carla)
Mike Pusateri (USA), Ella Gets a Promotion?, Film Short
Miles Nera and Ranjit Arul-Singh (USA), Adeline, Web Tube Length Video (Student)
Nadia Talel (USA), Shit Head Monica, Women Filmmakers (Student)

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Nate Townsend (USA), The Lipinski, Film Short
Ned Thanhouser (USA), The Monkey and Her Driver, Documentary Short
New Realm Studios Inc. (Canada), Outlaws of the Marsh Revisited – season Three Episode 08: My Brother’s Keeper: Li Kui Returns to Mou, Webisode and Outlaws of the Marsh Revisited – season Three Episode 13:Out of Extreme Misfortune Comes Bliss; Moun, Webisode
Nic Barker (Australia), Dead Sharks, Film Short, Actress: Supporting (Fiona Norman as Paige), Direction
Nikolas Ibrahim (Germany), Xie Xie, Film Short
Nishtha Jain and Beverly Peterson (USA), The Nightingales of Pakistan, Islamic
P H Vishwanath (India), Suli (The Whirlpool), Film Feature
Paul Andrew Kimball (Canada), Exit Thread, Actor: Leading (Anthony Shuster as Tom Decker), Actress: Leading (Hilary Connell as Abby Scott), Actor: Supporting (Robert G. Slade as Rev. Ezekiel Hartt), Direction
Philipp J. Pamer (Germany), Nesseltal, Film Feature
Pietro A. Lombardo (USA), OHMAWING, Documentary Short
Rebecca Hardy, edge21 (United Kingdom), DisPossess – Web Series, Web Series
Rohit Gupta, Dot and Feather Entertainment (USA), MIDNIGHT DELIGHT, Film Feature, Actor: Leading (Michael Laguerre as Mike), Humor / Humorist, Post-Production Overall
Ryan LaPine (USA), Pushing, Film Short
Ryan P. Dean (USA), Magical Mystery Cure, Film Short
Ryan Slattery (USA), Square One, Special Purpose Productions
Ryuichi Ogata (USA), Another Sky, Documentary Short (Student)
S.Mansour Bani Hashemi (Canada), Dawn, Animation
Sarah Downey (USA), Tunnel Vision, Women Filmmakers
Serge Goldwicht (Belgium), Hitch & Blotch, Experimental
Steffen Geypens (Belgium), Hold Back, Film Short
Stephen Krystek (USA), Fearing the Walking Dead in Los Angeles, CA, Webisode
Todd Kortte  (USA), Eureka Dreams, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Tudor Munteanu and Amy Tofte (USA), Other Side, Film Short
Tyna Ezenma (USA), Theatre Of Hate, Women Filmmakers
Vincent Chenzy Graziano (USA), Monday, Film Short (Student)
Vivien Pieper and Johannes Bünger (Germany), Home is… village life – Diahren, Documentary Feature
William Leon (USA), Attached at the Soul, Film Short (Student)
Yoshimi Itazu (Japan), Pigtails, Animation

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