Monday, July 31, 2017

2017 Award Winners

Hatchet Hour (Judy Naidoo, South Africa)


Top Jury Awards

Danny Award, Best Picture
Winner:  Hatchet Hour (Judy Naidoo, South Africa)
Nominees: Hatchet Hour, Wash Up, Scott Road, Zen Dog, D-Love, Benjy Lucas, Just Like Miracles Constant Stars Are

Best Script
Winner: No More Goodbyes (Rebekah R. Ganiere)
Nominees: No More Goodbyes, Good Grief, Holly, Blossom and Rose, Michael Wants To Marry, Adult Children, Clemente, Heart for Joy

Film Jury Awards

Best Student Film
Winner: Just Like Miracles Constant Stars Are (Kybra Sankaya, Turkey)
Nominees: The Hobbyist, Scott Road, Extra Cheese Please, Factory 91, The Swallow, Six Steps to Eternal Death, The Next Door, Just Like Miracles Constant Stars Are

Best Alternative Feature
Winner: Zen Dog (Rick Darge, USA)
Nominees: Zen Dog, D-Love, Benjy Lucas

Best Short Film
Winner: Tonight and Every Night (Christina Eliopoulos, USA)
Nominees: Messiah, Beautiful Dreamer, Game, Red Lips, French Kiss, Eleanor, Split Ticket, Life After Her, Tonight and Every Night

Best Documentary
Winner: Purple Dreams (Joanne Hock, USA)
Nominees: Purple Dreams, The Lure, Beyond The Bombs, Hilleman, The Landscape Within, Outcaste: The House That Carol Built, Dogs of Democracy

Best Short Documentary
Winner: Surviving International Boulevard (Sian Gowan, USA)
Nominees: I'm Free, An Undeniable Voice, Surviving International Boulevard, Sick in Africa

Best Foreign Film
Winner: Wash Up (Andrew Frade, Canada)
Nominees: Hatchet Hour, Wash Up, Scott Road, Just Like Miracles Constant Stars Are, Severance, The Ravens

Best Biography
Winner: Hilleman—A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children (Donald Mitchell, USA)
Nominees: Hilleman, You’ll Have The Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Bunnie, An Undeniable Voice

Best Experimental Short
Winner: Factory 91 (Madeline Leshner, USA)
Nominees: Leech, Ghost Trio, Factory 91, Population Zero, Girl Meets Roach, Unclean

Indie Spirit Award
Winner: Wash Up (Andrew Frade, Canada)
Nominees: Wash Up, Scott Road, Mazurkas, Just Like Miracles Constant Stars Are, D-Love, Severance

Best Animated Film
Winner: You Got a Problem (Charles Mandraccha, USA)
Nominees: You Got a Problem

Female Eye Filmmaking Award
Winner: D-Love (Elena Beuca, USA)
Nominees: Hatchet Hour, Game, The Ravens, This Is Not A Love Song, Eleanor, Factory 91, Ronan Furlong—Hoplite Armour, Ordinary Days

Best Sci-Fi Film
Winner: Beautiful Dreamer (David Gaddie, USA)
Nominees: Visitors, LightAge, Fabric of Time, Beautiful Dreamers

Best TV Pilot
Winner: Reality Disorder (Gerard Bianco Jr., USA)
Nominees: Capital Advice, Reality Disorder, Takers

Best Comedy
Winner: Working Out the Kinks (William Alexander Runnels, USA)
Nominees: In Good Faith, Unclean, Working Out The Kinks, Leech, The Love Song of Charlie Beecher

Student Cultural Spirit
Winner: Healing River (Hollie Noble, USA)
Nominees: Healing River, Severance, Ward

Cultural Spirit
Winner: Poisoning Paradise (Keely Shaye Smith, USA)
Nominees: An Undeniable Voice, Poisoning Paradise, 1/2 Nelson, Gone With the Sea, Generation Hope, Surviving International Boulevard, Purple Dreams

New Hope Award
Winner: Purple Dreams (Joanne Hock, USA)
Nominees: Purple Dreams, Generation Hope, Acres of Diamonds, Bunnie, Love Wins

Artistic Spirit Award
Winner: Beyond the Bombs (Robert Kraetsch, USA)
Nominees: Purple Dreams, Beyond The Bombs, The Landscape Within, Fabric of Time, Outcaste: The House That Carol Built

LGTB Spirit
Winner: Love Wins (Robin Kampf, USA)
Nominees: Love Wins

Best Supernatural Film
Winner: Devil's Whisper (Adam Ripp, USA)
Nominees: Devil's Whisper, Beautiful Dreamer, Six Steps To Eternal Death, Ghost Trio

Best Webisode
Winner: Jaguars (Teresa Riley, Canada)
Nominees: Working Out the Kinks, Hollywood, Jaguars

Best Music Video
Winner: On Softer Ground (Adam Gilbert, USA)
Nominees: Wander, Hoplite Armour, On Softer Ground

Best Director
Winner: Judy Naidoo (South Africa)
Nominees: Judy Naidoo (Hatchet Hour), Elena Beuca (D-Love), Jeanne Donohoe (Game), John Gray (French Kiss), Daniel Malakai Cabrera (Two Bellmen Two), Sophie Russell (Eleanor), Adam Ripp (Devil's Whisper)

Script Jury Awards

Best Narrative Feature
Winner: Good Grief (Mia Tate)
Nominees: Good Grief, Clemente, Chosen, Michael Wants To Marry, No More Goodbyes, Comic Book Kings, Legends of Destiny, Heart for Joy

Best Teleplay
Winner: Broken Justice (Jocelyn Jones)
Nominees: Area 51, Broken Justice, Hell Off Earth, Highs and Lows, Paradise Palms, Persuasion, The Grappa

Best Comedy
Winner: Michael Wants to Marry (Jen Bieser)
Nominees: Michael Wants to Marry

Best Sci-Fi Thriller
Winner: SAIRA (John Kontoyannis)
Nominees: SAIRA

Best Fantasy Script
Winner: Out Flying Past My Bedtime (Linda Falcao)
Nominees: Legends of Destiny, Comic Book Kings, Out Flying Past My Bed Time, Magic Research Society, Fireflies

Best Action Thriller Script
Winner: Pysanky (Phineas Fiske)
Nominees: Pysanky, The Arena

Best Period Script
Winner: Clemente (Ian Eugene Ryan and Joseph Loizzi)
Nominees: Clemente, Paradise Palms

Best Short Screenplay
Winner: Final Draft (Keion Jackson)
Nominees: Board Games, Final Draft, Riding Shotgun, Leave, SAIRA

Audience Choice Awards

Best Webisode: Working Out the Kinks (William Alexander Runnels, USA)
Best TV Pilot: Shady Pines (Daniel Sorochkin, USA)
Best Music Video: On Softer Ground (Adam Gilbert, USA)
Best Narrative Feature: D-Love (Elena Beuca, USA)
Best Documentary: Hilleman—A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children (Donald Mitchell, USA)
Best Short Film: Tonight and Every Night (Christina Eliopoulos, USA)
Best Student Film: Extra Cheese Please (Teresa Dabback, USA)