AWARDS & NOMINEES 2018
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THIS YEAR'S AMAZING FILMMAKERS!
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1. BEST FEATURE
After Hours Trading
BLAZE
Chasing Sunshine
Indiana
Top Knot Detective (Australia)
2. BEST SHORT FILM
Anatomy of an Orchid
Beta Persei
Face (Australia)
Gridlock (Ireland)
Maneki Neko [Talisman Cat] (Greece)
The Music Lesson
Quand Les Poules Ont Eu Des Dents [The Hen] (France)
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3. BEST STUDENT FILM – US
Forever
Night Call
Paint the Alpacas
Stay Woke
Still Water Runs Deep (US/Nigeria)
4. BEST STUDENT FILM– INTERNATIONAL
By the Ocean (Australia)
Crush (UK)
#HELP (Hungary)
iRony (Australia)
Single Player (Hungary)
5. BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Conductor
Everything’s OK NYC
The Garage
The Journey: Theresa Ann Fadem's Story
The Toothmans
6. BEST LGBTQ SUBJECT
Anatomy of an Orchid
Closure
Demon Pills
Heaven’s Rage (UK)
Hot Boys. Gun Boys. Dead Boys.
Marz
7. BEST HORROR / SCI FI
Beta Persei
The Dark Hunger
Demon Pills
Doris (UK)
Friendsgiving
Salient Minus Ten (UK)
8. BEST COMEDY
Chasing Sunshine
How You Think You Look When You Play Nerf
Ringo Rocket Star and His Song for Yuri Gagarin (Netherlands)
That Smell
Top Knot Detective (Australia)
9. BEST ANIMATION
Alphabet (Iran)
Count your Curses (Belgium)
iRony (Australia)
The Mud
-Winston
10. BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Heaven’s Rage (UK)
iRony (Australia)
Misrecollection: Ghost
Snow King (Schnee Konig)
(Some) Mortal Tales (Mexico/US)
11. BEST GRINDHOUSE
Body Image
The Dark Hunger
The Dark Military
Friendsgiving
What Metal Girls are Into
Whimsy & Hester
12. BEST DIRECTOR – FEATURE
Fred Johnson – After Hours Trading
Ethan Hawke – BLAZE
Darren Coyle – Chasing Sunshine
Toni Comas – Indiana
Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce – Top Knot Detective (Australia)
13. BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT
Sonja O'Hara & Dan McBride – Anatomy of an Orchid
Luke Tierney – Face (Australia)
Ian Hunt Duffy – Gridlock (Ireland)
Manolis Mavris – Maneki Neko (Greece)
Adam Brown & Kyle Kelley – The Music Lesson
David Braun – Quand Les Poules Ont Eu Des Dents [The Hen] (France)
14. BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR– US
Joyce Sherri – Forever
Amanda Renee Knox – Night Call
Aidan Macaluso – Paint the Alpacas
Langston Williams – Stay Woke
Abbesi Akhamie – Still Waters Run Deep
15. BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR – INTERNATIONAL
Rebecca Gosnell – Crush (UK)
Pedro Engelmann – #HELP (Hungary)
Radheya Jegatheva – iRony - (Australia)
Robert Odegnal – Single Player (Hungary)
Emma Seligman – Void (Canada)
16. BEST SCREENPLAY
Fred Johnson – After Hours Trading
Sonja O'Hara – Anatomy of an Orchid
Ethan Hawke & Sybil Rosen – BLAZE
Darren Coyle – Chasing Sunshine
Henry Nixon & Luke Tierney – Face (Australia)
Darach McGarrigle – Gridlock (Ireland)
Toni Comas & Charlie Williams – Indiana
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17. BEST SCREENPLAY– STUDENT
Joyce Sherrí – Forever
Joseph Sousa – Night Call
Aidan Macaluso – Paint the Alpacas
Langston Williams – Stay Woke
Abbesi Akhamie – Still Waters Run Deep
18. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anatomy of an Orchid – Dan McBride
Indiana – Anna Franquesa Solano
Heaven’s Rage – James Melrose (UK)
(Some) Mortal Tales – Jose Andrés Solórzano Becerra
Lost Face – Sean Mehan (Canada)
Quand Les Poules Ont Eu Des Dents [The Hen] – Hervé Roesch (France)
19. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – STUDENT
Still Waters Run Deep – Dominica Eriksen
Paint the Alpacas – Aidan Macaluso
The Hobbyist – Ryan De Franco
Forever – Daisy Zhou
Sons of Blood – Tsubasa Matsumoto
Crush – Marti Guiver (UK)
20. BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jane Stein – Anatomy of an Orchid
Alaina Moore – Beta Persai
Thomas Hayek & Elissabeth Blofson – BLAZE
Kristi Palmer – The Hobbyist
Amy A. Brewster – Lost Face (Canada)
Emmeline Wilkes-Dupoise – Sons of Blood
Sylvain Cote Colisson – Quand Les Poules Ont Eu Des Dents [The Hen] (France)
21. BEST ACTOR – FEATURE
Ben Dickey – BLAZE
Gabe Fazio – Indiana
Toshi Okuzaki – Top Knot Detective (Australia)
Trevor Penick – Chasing Sunshine
Nick Ducassi – After Hours Trading
22. BEST ACTRESS – FEATURE
Ariana Livingston – After Hours Trading
Alia Shawcat – BLAZE
Kassie Thornton – Chasing Sunshine
Mayu Iwasaki – Top Knot Detective (Australia)
Evangeline Young – How You Think You Look When You Play Nerf
23. BEST ACTOR – SHORT
Henry Nixon – Face (Australia)
Steve Ewen Leslie – Face (Australia)
Moe Dunford – Gridlock (Ireland)
Martin Dubreuil - Lost Face (Canada)
Jade Yorker – MARZ
Toyin Oshinaike – Still Waters Run Deep
24. BEST ACTRESS – SHORT
Juliana DeStefano – Acid Test
Tiger Cohen Towell – Crush (UK)
Tashiana Washington – Forever
Katie Rose Summerfield – The Music Lesson
Marlyne Barrett – Night Call
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25. LOCAL HERO – PENNSYLVANIA FILMMAKER AWARD
Samantha Kolesnik – Friendsgiving
Anthony Cundro – L-3301
Joe Crognale – Sins of the Father
Michael Sheridan – Snatch & Grab
Eric Szollosy – Snow King (Schnee König)
26. LEHIGH VALLEY STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD
The Conductor – Adam Barbato & Anthony Antonelli
The Journey: Theresa Ann Fadem’s Story – Conner Cohan
Rear View Mirror – Thomas Clark
Memory Drive – Adam Pivirotto
A Food For a Food – Brian McQuade
27. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Top Knot Detective – Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce (Australia)
28. ENFANT TERRIBLE (YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD)
Wilder Troxell – How You Think You Look When You Play Nerf
Radheya Jegatheva – iRony (Australia)
Aidan Macaluso – Paint the Alpacas
Kira Bursky – Demon Pills
Jenae Hall – By The Ocean (Australia)
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