Awards of Merit August 2018

Film festival awards

Award of Merit Special MentionFilm Festival Accolade

Adrian Prospero (Australia), The Hunt, Film Short
Andrew Olson (USA), The Cape, Children / Family Programming
Andrew Wall (Canada), Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness, Documentary Feature
Chinmaay Purohiit (India), OXYGEN, Film Feature
Davide Melini (United Kingdom), Lion, Film Short
Frank Hofmann, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Britain: Out of the EU, out with Europeans?, Documentary Short
George Griffin (USA), Math Camp, Music Video
Gunnar Köhne, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Turkey: Going for the guns, Documentary Short
Holden Scott (USA), Just a Song, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Hualien Forest District Office, Forestry Bureau, COA, Visionway Communication Co., Ltd.,  Wen-ru Yen and Yuan-yu Chang (Taiwan), Season of Healing, Documentary Feature
Joachim Weber (Germany), Fake News, Animation
Kira Goldberg and Lauren Hovey (USA), Yellow Summer, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Lekhraj Patel (USA), Down’s Revenge, Film Feature
Linda Palmer (USA), Passage, Actress: Leading (Julia Parker as Jessie)
Lorenz Christian Köhler (Germany), mothers, Film Short
Norman Striegel, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Spain: Cheap laborers for cheap vegetables, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Rob Maloof (USA), Disparager: FALL, Music Video
UkeLayla UCF Film (USA), UkeLayla, Disability Issues (Student), Animation (Student)
Yana Sar (USA), Anna Karenina, Women Filmmakers
Zoe Doyle, Maverick Films Limited (Ireland), Once Upon A Time In Dublin, Special Purpose Productions

Film festival awards

Aaron Levine (USA), Egret & Joliah, Film Short
Adrian Prospero (Australia), Elan Energy, Commercial / Infomercial
Alessia Vegro (Italy), It’s a Flawed Circle, Women Filmmakers
Allen Dobrovolsky and Alex Fitzwater (Australia)
, Murder on the Reef, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Andrea Umberto Origlia (United Kingdom), Tracce sulla Cenere, Film Short
Andrew Olson (USA), The Cape, Film Short
Anita Kruse, Purple Songs Can Fly (USA), Journey to Hope, Documentary Feature
Bryce Crook (USA), Georgy, Television – Pilot Program
Charles Mandracchia (USA), Big PASTA, Animation
Chung-Yen Hsu (Taiwan), Farewell, Film Short (Student)
Curt Dennis (United Kingdom), Stories of the Subconscious Mind, Actor: Supporting (Student) (George Nettleton as Carter Brooke), Actress: Leading (Student) (Bethan Nash as Alice Davenport), Film Short (Student)
David Finch (USA), Go, Music Video
David Kynigos (United Kingdom), Faulty Lighter, Film Short (Student)
Davide Melini (United Kingdom), Lion, Actor: Leading (Pedro Sánchez as Leon)
Deborah Espect (United Kingdom), A Little too Obtuse, Music Video
Diego Errázuriz (Chile), The Big Picture, Documentary Short

Accolade Merit Logo Color

Dom Fred (France), Guns fights, Film Short and The Legend, Film Short
Dr. Jose. P. V. (India), KHARAM, Film Feature
H. James Gilmore (USA), Cracking Aces: A Woman’s Place at the Table, Documentary Feature
Hamad A. Ali (USA), Mann & Quinn, Islamic (Student)
Hans Montelius (Sweden), Sinking, Film Feature
Hiromi Takagi (Japan), Memories in Tears – Pass on the War Stories to the Next Generation, Documentary Short
Hualien Forest District Office, Forestry Bureau, COA, Visionway Communication Co., Ltd.,  Wen-ru Yen and Yuan-yu Chang (Taiwan), Season of Healing, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Jeff Stewart and Brian Johnston (United Kingdom), A Date With Shillelagh, Actress: Leading (Eleanor Burke as Jo), Film Short
Jia Yu Guo (Taiwan), A Mess, Animation (Student)
Josh Kellerman (USA), En Rose, Film Short
Linda Palmer (USA), Passage, Film Short
Lucinda Spurling (Bermuda), Maternal Secrets, Film Feature, Women Filmmakers
Marvin Zana (USA), Five Stars, Film Short
Nickolas Kardos (USA), Illuminated Abi, Christian

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Nicole Ludowese (USA), Switch, Actress: Leading (Danielle Wheeler as woman)
Oliver Salett, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Greek: Forgotten people on Lesbos, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Pari Antoniou (Greece), Vous, Experimental
Patrick Mugosa (Canada), Restoration: A Refugees’ Story, Documentary Short
Patrick Sanderson (USA), Unintentional Community, Television – Pilot Program
Paul Beniamin and Jessica Cardoza (USA), NOON, Film Short
Paul Kimball (Canada), Roundabout, Actress: Leading (Annie Briggs as Leda Calder), Film Feature
Ranjit Arul Singh (USA), Rose, Film Short (Student)
Robert Fritz and Reint Bakema (USA), The Uganda Project, Documentary Feature
Saurav Vishnu (USA), Tailing Pond, Documentary Short
Shelly Skandrani (USA), Angel in the Attic, Film Short, Women Filmmakers, Actor: Leading (Graham Clarke as Jake)
Sherrie Quannea (USA), #WeMatter, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Shi Zhen Fei (China), The Love of Bachelorette, Actress: Leading (Maggie Qin as Ying Xiao Le)
Timothy McCarthy (USA), Bent On Somnolence, Experimental
Vincent D’Alessandro (USA), Mommy, Film Short (Student)
Zoe Moacanin (USA), Legacy, Television – Pilot Program

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