AWARDS 2017
1. BEST FEATURE: "Palacios" Director Robert Herrera
2. BEST SHORT: “Sweet Maddie Stone” Director Brady Hood (UK)
3. BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE: Laurent Micheli “Even Lovers Get the Blues” (Belgium)
4. BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT: Steven Alexander Russell “Tastes Like Medicine”
5. BEST SCREENPLAY: Shane Butler “The Fastest, Most Romantic Love Yet”
6. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dino Osmanovic “Henry” (Austria)
7. BEST ACTOR: Mtume Gant “White Face”
8. BEST ACTRESS: Libby Bibb “Palacios”
9. BEST DOCUMENTARY: David Kessler “The Pine Barrens”
10. BEST LGBTQ SUBJECT: “Out Here In Kansas” Director Adam Knapp
11. BEST HORROR / SCI FI: “Don’t Feed The Troll” Director Marc Fratto
12. BEST ANIMATION: “The Bonito is Finito” Director Victor Stabin
13. BEST COMEDY: “Funeral Day” Director Jon Weinberg
14. BEST EXPERIMENTAL: “La Tristesse Durera Toujours” Director Vincent de Giulio
15. BEST GRINDHOUSE: “Terrence” Director Jeffrey Garcia
16. “ENFANT TERRIBLE” (Student Filmmaker): Dir. Radheya Jegatheva “Journey” (Australia)
17. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: Director MYC Agnew “Alone: The Only Thing to Fear is Yourself”
18. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: Dir. Daniel Vogelmann “Hard Way: The Action Musical” (Germany)
19. LOCAL HERO (PA Filmmaker Award): Director Joe Sapienza “Centralia”
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20. BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE: Olajuwon Davis “Palacios”
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NOMINATIONS 2017
1. BEST FEATURE
Even Lovers Get the Blues
Funeral Day
Henry
Palacios
Quaker Oaths
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2. BEST SHORT
Goliath
Leslie
Origami
Silence
Sweet Maddie Stone
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3. BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT
Leslie – Alejandro Montoya Marin
On Attend – Dimitri Sterkens
Silence- Dejan Mrkic
Sweet Maddie Stone – Brady Hood
Tastes Like Medicine – Steven Alexander Russell
Vindicte – Retalitation – Ange-Regis Hounkpatin
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4. BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE
Even Lovers Get The Blues – Laurent Micheli
Funeral Day – Jon Weinberg
Henry – Philipp Fussenegger
Palacios – Robert Herrera
Quaker Oaths – Louisiana Kreutz
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5. BEST SCREENPLAY
The Fastest, Most Romantic Love Yet
Funeral Day
Sweet Maddie Stone
Quaker Oaths
See You Yesterday
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6. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir – Oliver Anderson
Fallen - Corrado Serri
Henry - Dino Osmanovic
January Hymn – Kate McCullough
Palacios – David Rocco
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7. BEST ACTOR
Mtume Gant - Whiteface
Max Jenkins - The Mess He Made
Damion Rochester – Tastes Like Medicine
Branko Tomovic - RED
Jon Weinberg - Funeral Day
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8. BEST ACTRESS
Charly Thorn - Silence
Eden Duncan-Smith - See You Yesterday
Jennifer Heylen – On Attend
Kika Magalhaes - Leslie
Libby Bibb - Palacios
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9. BEST DOCUMENTARY
Centralia
The Cost of Living
Ericka Stone: Street Scene
Out Here in Kansas
The Pine Barrens
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10. BEST LGBTQ SUBJECT
Bride of Frankie
Even Lovers Get The Blues
The Mess He Made
Out here in Kansas
Relics
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11. BEST HORROR / SCI FI
Beware The Beast I Worship
Don't Feed the Troll
Earworm
I Baked Him A Cake
They Will All Die In Space
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12. BEST ANIMATION
149th and Grand Concourse
Angelica
The Bonito is Finito
Journey
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13. BEST COMEDY
The Fastest Romantic Love Yet
Funeral Day
Let's Get a Room
Monday
Pay Day
Quaker Oaths
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14. BEST EXPERIMENTAL
The Cost of Living
Fallen
Fool's Chair
To Quiet My Mind
La Tristesse Durera Toujours
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15. BEST GRINDHOUSE
Earworm
La Tristesse Durera Toujours
PMS: Pre Teen Monster Syndrome
The Swelling
Terrence
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16. “ENFANT TERRIBLE” (YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD)
Angelica
The Fastest, Most Romantic Love Yet
For Isabelle
Journey
Necessity Has No Law
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17. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
MYC Agnew - Alone: The Only Thing to Fear is Yourself
Jack Cochran & Pamela Falkenberg - The Cost Of Living
Henry Kaplan - We Together
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18. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Do You Like Me Now?
Hard Way: The Action Musical
See You Yesterday
Vindicte - Retalitation
We Together
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19. LOCAL HERO (PA FILMMAKER AWARD)
Amy Frear - Selkie
Kate Kelsen - Little Red Truck
Wesley Mellott - Marbletown
Kelly Murray - The Astronomer
Joe Sapienza - Centralia
Eric Szollosy - Fools Chair
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20. BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Jessica Barden - Sweet Maddie Stone
Nino Böhlau - Henry
Olajuwon Davis - Palacios