AWARD WINNERS
Audience Awards
Audience Award University Of Tampa Short Film - LIFT - Kaiden Hancock
Audience Award College Short Film – POP THE TRUNK-Carl Cinquino
Audience Award Focus On Florida Short Film - TOGETHER FOREVER- Lauren Butterfield
Audience Award Documentary Short Film - STRONGER THAN THE STORM-Justin Stanley
Audience Award U.S. Narrative Short Film - MEDICINE- William McKegg
Audience Award Focus On Florida Feature Film - HACKED- Shane Brady
Audience Award Documentary Feature Film - ANXIETY CLUB- Dir- Wendy Lobel
Audience Award Int’l Narrative Feature Film – HOME FREE – Avi Federgreen
Audience Award U.S. Narrative Feature Film - ALMOST POPULAR- Grace Santos
Grand Jury
President’s Spotlight Award - MISSISSIPPI SCHOLAR- Director Marcus Bleeker
Emerging Filmmaker Award - SHANE BRADY- Hacked
Grand Jury Award College Short Film - WHERE THE HEART LIES- Brianna Chapman
Grand Jury Award Focus On Florida Short Film - SILENCE IS GOLDEN- Rory Smith
Grand Jury Award Documentary Short Film - STRONGER THAN THE STORM-Justin Stanley
Grand Jury Award U.S. Narrative Short Film - ICE CREAM MAN- Robert Moniot
Grand Jury Award Focus On Florida Feature Film - OFF RIP- Jadon Cal
Grand Jury Award Documentary Feature Film - SUBURBAN FURY- Dir Robinson Devor
Grand Jury Award Best Performance – Female - JUDY GREER- Eric Larue
Grand Jury Award Best Performance - Male - IVAN MARTIN- To Kill a Wolf
Grand Jury Award Int’l Narrative Feature Film - BACK TO LIFE- Alfredo & Luis Carlos Hueck
Grand Jury Award U.S. Narrative Feature Film - TO KILL A WOLF- Dir Kelsey Taylor
High School
Grand Jury Award Best Screenplay - LEAVE A MESSAG - Mason Silva
Grand Jury Award Cinematography - NEARER MY GOD TO THEE - Noah Zayaan Sparkman
Grand Jury Award Best Performance - IMPRESSIONS - Dominic Salazar
Grand Jury Award Best Director - IMPRESSIONS - Dominic Salazar
Grand Jury Award Best Picture - PURGATORY - Owen McCourt
Audience Award Best Picture - WHEN I WAS YOUNGER -Alina Tewksbury
Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: LaRay
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Common Ground
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Blue Boy
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: A Cow in the Sky
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Cover
Grand Jury Best Performance Female: Fiona Glascott - A Martini Shot
Grand Jury Focus on Florida Short: Screaming into the Wind
Grand Jury Focus on Florida Feature: One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction
Audience Award Narrative Feature: A Great Divide
Audience Award Documentary Feature: Prototype: The Legacy of Rondé Barber
Audience Award Focus on Florida Feature: Children of the Pines
Audience Award Focus on Florida Short: Cletus
Audience Award Documentary Focus on Florida Short:
Audience Award Documentary Short: Endless Mile
Audience Award Narrative Short: Panacea
Audience Award College Short: Daisy
Audience Award University of Tampa Short: Orange
President Spotlight Award: Chelsea & Cathy Cromar
Emerging Filmmaker: Christa Boarini
Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: Shaky Shivers
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: 26.2 to Life
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: My Dear Aunt Sally
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Below Surface
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Toy Phone
Grand Jury Best Performance Female: Jess Gabor - Gringa
Grand Jury Best Performance Male: Isaiah Lehtinan - I like movies
Grand Jury Florida Production: Have you seen Ratman?
Grand Jury Focus on Florida: 115 Grains
Grand Jury Int'l Narrative Feature: I like movies
Grand Jury Emerging Filmmaker: Law Chen
Audience Award Best Narrative Feature: Gringa
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Helen Believe
Audience Award Best Focus on Florida Feature: La Gaceta
Audience Award Best Documentary Focus on Florida Short: Chasing Justice
Audience Award Best Documentary Short: Below Surface
Audience Award Best Narrative Short: Gloss
Audience Award College Short: Forgive Me, Father
Audience Award University of Tampa Short: When We Met
Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Nowhere Man and A Whiskey Girl
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: You're Now Beyond Hope, Arizona
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Heavy
Grand Jury Best Performance: Cameron Roberts- Relative
Grand Jury Florida Production: Lioness
Audience Award Best Narrative Feature: Mysterious Circumstance
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: One Pint at a Time (Florida)
Audience Award Best Documentary Short: Experience the Adirondracks
Audience Award Best Narrative Short Film: Midnight Screams*
Audience Award Best Animated: Lobstah Love
Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: Teddy, Out of Tune by Daniel Freeman
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: When it Breaks by Todd Tue
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Sheer Qoorma by Faraz Arif Ansari
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Those Men That Came Before by Kevin O'Brien
Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: The Drummer and The Keeper by Nick Kelly
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: The Biggest Little Farm by John Chester
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Latched by Justin Harding
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: My Paintbrush Bites by Joel Pincosy & Joe Egender
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: The Stranger by Katherine Oostman
Grand Jury Best Performance: Tess Thompson & Lily James - Little Woods
Audience Award Best Narrative Feature: Cold Brook by William Fichtner
Audience Award Best Jewish Film Festival Film: A Fortunate Man by Bill-e August
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Parallel Love: Story of a Band Called Luxury by Matt Hinton
Audience Award Best Documentary Short: My Paintbrush Bites by Joel Pincosy & Joe Egender
Audience Award Best Narrative Short Film: Trigger by Chance Chathalansy
Audience Award Best Florida Production: Save Our Cottages by Lynn Marvin Dingfelder
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Doll It Up by Yalan Hu
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: The Story of Nano by Michael Cobuzio
Executive Director's Award Most Buzzworthy Film: Stockholm by Robert Budreau
Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Class Rank by Eric Stoltz
Grand Jury Best International Feature: Killing Jesus by Laura Mora
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: No Man’s Land by David Byars
Grand Jury Best Florida Production: Between Waves by Joe Herbert
Grand Jury Best Short Film: The Tables by Annie Pace
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Plush Assassin by Anca Mihai
Grand Jury Best Performance U.S. Narrative: Olivia Holt from Class Rank
Grand Jury Best Performance International Narrative: Rossy de Palma from Madame
Grand Jury Best Animated Short: Arnie Johnstone and the Vulva Tree by Jesse Swenson
Grand Jury Special Mention Animated Short: Plush Assassin, by Anca Mihai
Audience Award Best US Feature: Quest by Santiago Rizzo
Audience Award Best International Feature: BORG vs McENROE by Janus Metz
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Pick of the Litter by Don Hardy and Dana Nachman
Audience Award Best Short Film: The Tables by Annie Pace
Audience Award Best Florida Production: St. Pete Unfiltered by Caroline Smith
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Pickle by Grant Moore
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: Devin by Haley Ricciari
Executive Director's Award Most Buzzworthy Film: Best F(r)iends by Greg Sestero
Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Future 38 by Jamie Greenberg
Grand Jury Best International Feature: Frantz by Francois Ozon
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Finding Oscar by Ryan Suffern
Grand Jury Best Florida Production: Turtle Tale by Luc Campeau
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Undertaking by Kevin James O'Neill
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: For the Record by Justin Burt
Grand Jury Best Performance U.S. Narrative: Demetri Martin (Dean)
Grand Jury Best Performance International Narrative: Paula Beer (Frantz)
Grand Jury Special Mention for Best Short: Broken Pines by Anne Pace
Audience Award Best US Feature: Carrie Pilby by Susan Johnson
Audience Award Best International Feature: Handsome Devil by John Butler
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Score by Matt Schrader
Audience Award Best Short Film: Daryl and His Friends by Evan Smith
Audience Award Best Florida Production: The Lost Digit by Garrett Brown
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Stutter by Ivo Huahua
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: The Nether World by Creed Smith
Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Truth About Lies by Phil Allocco
Grand Jury Best International Feature: The Debt by Barney Elliot
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: The Forbidden Shore by Ron Chapman
Grand Jury Best Florida Production: Dooder in the Lighthouse by Lisa Long
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Come Away With Me by Ellen Gerstein
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Hush by Whitney Clinkscales
Grand Jury Best Male Performance: Joel Kelly Dauten (Remember Me)
Grand Jury Best Female Performance: Christy Carlson Romano (Bear With Us)
Audience Award Best US Feature: Bear With Us by William Stribling
Audience Award Best International Feature: Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Craving Cuba by Zuzy Martin Lynch
Audience Award Best Short Film: Lionheart by Fro Rojas
Audience Award Best Florida Production: Waiting on Mary by Corey Horton
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Dixie by Armaan Upeleker
Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Wildlike by Frank Hall Green
Grand Jury Best International Feature: The Break In by Marcus Ovnell
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Call Me Lucky by Bobcat Golthwait
Grand Jury Best Florida Production: Dutch Book by James Repack
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Odessa by Grace Santos
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Legend of the Flying Tomato by Aurry Tan, Michael Yates, Sharon Huang
Grand Jury Best Female Performance: Ella Purnell (Wildlike)
Grand Jury Best Male Performance: Phillip Thomas (When the Ocean Meets the Sky)
Audience Award Best US Feature: The Challenger by Kent Moran
Audience Award Best International Feature: Ben's At Home by Mars Horodyski
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: The Poet of Havana by Ron Chapman
Audience Award Best Short Film: Skyship Chronicles by Christian Cashmir
Audience Award Best Florida Production: American Hostage by Mounir Chakor
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Florida State's First Seminole by Ryan Watson
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short:Treasure Man by Christian Fernandez
Grand Jury
Special Jury for Acting – Frederikke Dahl Hansen, “Copenhagen”
Special Jury for Filmmaking – Michael Wechsley, “The Red Robin”
Screenwriting – SJ Thompson, “A Long Way From Paris”
Narrative Feature - “Copenhagen”, Directed by Mark Raso
World Showcase - “Melaza”, Directed by Carlos Lechuga
Documentary - “The Longest Game”, Directed by Camille Thoman
New Visions Presented by Indie Pix - “Sand Castles”, Directed by Clenet Verdi-Rose
Short Film - “God’s Got His Head in the Clouds”, Directed by Gianluca Sodaro
College Showcase - “The Bright Side”, Directed by Sarah Wilson Thacker
Audience Choice
Short Film - “CHUB”, Directed by Sam Albis
Documentary - “Ride with Larry”, Directed by Ricardo Villarreal and Andrew Rubin
High School Showcase - “Pendemonium”, Directed by Wesley Hayes
College Showcase - “Tobacco Burn”, Directed by Justin Liberman
Best Florida Production - “….And a Bag of Chips”, Directed by Sabyn Mayfield
Narrative Feature - “Boys of Abu Ghraib”, Directed by Luke Moran
Grand Jury Award Winners: Young Filmmaker- Dangerous Daze, Byron Leon Special Jury Award for Filmmaking- Against the Grain, Elias Mael Special Jury Award for Acting- Gina Rodriguez, Filly Brown Narrative Short- Unburden, Andrew Young Documentary- GLOW: The Story of the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling, Brett Whitcomb Narrative- Filly Brown, Youssef Delara & Michael Olmos
Audience Award Winners: Young Filmmaker- John Kirk, Not to Scale College Showcase- William J. Stribling, Beyond Belief Narrative Short- Ante Novakovic, The Fix Best Florida Production- Karl Wilson, Breaking Up with Rosie Documentary- Patrick Burke, Poster Boy’s or The Art of Mobile Recording Narrative- Lawrence Feeney, Pharmboy
Digital Domain Institute Award for Screenwriting Competition: “Heart of a Family” BY Sharon Duncan
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Documentary: Dialogue from the Steppes
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Documentary: Teresa Sareo – Alive Again
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Narrative: Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Narrative: Underground
Florida Governor’s Office Film in Florida Award for Best Florida Prod.: Subprime
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Male: Michael Weston in “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Female: Danielle Harris
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Narrative: Wolf Call
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Documentary: Dilli
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Best Documentary: The Loving Story
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Animated Short: Live Outside the Box
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Narrative: Downtown Express
Digital Domain Institute Grand Jury Award for Young Filmmaker: According to Plan
Audience Short: War of Our Children
Audience Documentary: Voices From Mariel
Audience Narrative: Leave
Best Florida Production: Square Grouper, Godfathers of Ganja
Special Mention Male Performance: Obba Babatunde (Fallen Faithful)
Special Mention Female Performance: Annie Bu Maure, (Los Dioses Rotos)
Grand Jury Short: Missile Crisis
Grand Jury Documentary: Hot Coffee
Grand Jury Narrative: Leave
Grand Jury Young Filmmaker: Civil Indigent
Best Feature: Friends with Benefits
Best Florida production: Endure
Audience prize (short): Seven to Ten Business Days (best short)
Audience prize (documentary): Full Signal
Audience prize (feature): Hope for a Thorn
Special merit awards: Prime of Your Life, The Calling
Special Mention, Male and Female (Merit awards for acting): Ryan Donowho (Prime of Your Life), Margaret Laney (Friends with Benefits)
Young Filmmaker Prize: Kelley Katzenmeyer, To Be Remembered
Grand Jury Best Short: Piece of Paper Honorable mention Jury Prize: Bilal’s Stand
Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Zona Rossa
Audience Best Short: Gisela’s Closet
Best Local Production: Ghost of Ybor – Charlie Wall
Special Mention Cinema Award: Clear Lake, WI
Special Mention Cinema Award: Misconceptions
Special Mention Grand Jury: Amal
Grand Jury: Kassim the Dream
Audience Best Documentary: Truth in 24
Audience Best Narrative: What Doesn’t Kill You
Special Mention: Laura Harrington in Drool
Special Mention: Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn’t Kill You
Male Rising Star Award: Shane West
Female Rising Star Award: Brittany Snow
Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Oneric
Audience Best Short: Oneric
Best Local Production: Gunn Highway
Special Mention Cinema Award: The Flock
Special Mention Grand Jury: Big Rig
Grand Jury: American Fork
Audience Best Documentary: Tocar y Luchar “To Play and To Fight
Audience Best Narrative: The Fly Boys
Special Mention: Arielle Kebbel “Day Dreamer”
Special Mention: Shane West “What We Do Is Secret”
Grand Jury Award: “Say I Do”
Special Grand Jury Mention: “Maroa”
Audience Award, Best Documentary: “Motherland Afghanistan”
Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature: “Immaculate Misconception”
Young Filmmaker Award: “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”
Jury Award, Best Short: “Collision”
Special Mention Award: Johnny Miller, “Toy Attack”
Special Mention Actress: Yorlis Dominguez , “Maroa”
Special Mention Actor: Ben Koldyke , “Say I Do”
Special Mention Cinematography: Armando Salazar, “Que Tan Lejos”