January 2017 Winners
Best Picture
Picture
Shoot Me Nicely
Comedy/Dramedy Short
Runtime 19:00
Producers: Craig Blair, Debra Markowitz, Elias Plagianos
Best Drama Short Student
Picture
Sleep
Drama Short Student 
Runtime 9:30
Dir: Vladislav Khesin
Best Drama Short
Picture
Penalty
Drama Short 
Runtime 14:00
Dir: Aldo Iuliano
Best Comedy/Dramedy Short
Picture
Pasquale's Magic Veal
Comedy/Dramedy Short 
Runtime 21:29
Dir: D.J. Higgins
Best Foreign Short
Picture
Skin of the night
Foreign Film Short 
Runtime 32:08
Dir: ubeda alexandre
Best Action/Thriller/SCI-FI
Picture
Saurora
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI
Runtime 7:00
Dir: Pavel Siska
Best Horror Short Student 
Picture
Happy Places
Horror Short Student 
Runtime 19:55
Dir: Nicholas Frost
Best Horror Short 
Picture
Creak
Horror Short 
Runtime 7:25
Dir: Elizabeth Dean
Best Foreign Documentary Short
Picture
The Rinus Suitcase
Foreign Documentary Short 
Runtime 37:45
Dir: Bert Dijkhuizen
Best Documentary Short
Picture
The Honey Badger
Documentary Short 
Runtime14:33
Dir: KB Kutz
Best Animation Student Short
Picture
Karma
Animation Short Student 
Runtime 3:48
Dir: Zhaoyu Zhou
Best Animation Short 
Picture
Agrinoui 
Animation Short 
Runtime 19:40
Best Feature All Genre 
Picture
Slipaway
Feature Films All Genres 
Runtime01:28:35
Dir: Julia Butler, Daniel Mentz
Best Web Series/New Media
(Live Action) 
Picture
Clever Girl, Episode 9
Web Series/New Media (Live Action)
Runtime 41:24
Dir: Joe Zappa
Best Web Series/New Media
(Animation) 
Picture
The Pioneers of Fear
Web Series/New Media (Animation)
Runtime 5:00
Dir: Dan Reheuser
Best Time-Lapse
Picture
Whispering Iceland
Time-Lapse 
Runtime 5:10
Dir: Nick Kontostavlakis
Best Music Video
Picture
IAMEVE "Starman"
Music Video 
Runtime 5:03
Dir: Thor Freudenthal
Best Cinematography
Picture
Michelle Castro
Sleep
Runtime 9:30
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Best Editing Short
Picture
Tariq Haddad
Strangers in the jungle 
Runtime 36:14
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Best Visual Effects
Picture
Pavel Siska
Saurora
Runtime 7:00
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Best Sound Design
Picture
Cindy Takehara Ferruccio
Sleep
Runtime 09:30
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Best Original Music/Score
Picture
Kip Bennett 
Clever Girl, Episode 9
Runtime 41:24
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Jury Mention
Picture
Panos Katsimperis
SKIN
Runtime 19:45
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Best Woman FilmMaker
Picture
Nicol Eilers
Climate Control
Runtime 08:20
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Picture
Jenness Rouse
Becca on Call
Runtime 22:00
Best Director Documentary
Picture
Tariq Haddad
Strangers in the jungle
Runtime 36:14
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Best Director Animation
Picture
Charles Mandracchia
You Got A Problem...
Runtime 08:26
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Best Director Student Short
Picture
Vladislav Khesin
Sleep
Runtime 9:30
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Best Director Short
Picture
Elias Plagianos
Shoot Me Nicely
Runtime 19:00
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Best Actress
Picture
Norah Dineen
Sleep
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Best Actor
Picture
John Behlmann
Shoot Me Nicely
Runtime 19:00
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Screenplay
CONTROLLING
1st Place Winner
Screenplay Feature 
by
Robert Seckler
Margaret Ford Rogers
Santa Klawn
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Feature 
by
Jeffrey Lee DuPree
Lucky Bastard
1st place winner
Screenplay Short
By
Scott Williamson
The Hotel
2nd Place Winner
Screenplay Short
By
Engin Poyraz