Monday, August 3, 2015

2015 Award Winners

The David Dance, Directed by Aprill Winney
Special Award

Lifetime Achievement Award - Susan Seidelman

Film Jury Awards

Danny Award, Best Picture - The David Dance (Aprill Winney, USA)
   Nominees: All in Time, The Break-In, Three Hours, Leaves of the Tree, Best Man in the Dark,
                      Listening

Best Director - Aprill Winney (The David Dance)
   Nominees: Chris Fetchko and Marina Donahue (All in Time), Marcus Ovnell (The Break-In),
                      Alfred Padilla (Best Man in the Dark), Kevin Newbury (Stag), Edward Lyons (A
                      Man on the Edge), Boris Kunz (Three Hours)

Best Documentary - Omo Child: The River and the Bush (John Rowe, Ethiopia, USA)
   Nominees: The Syndrome, Inside Peace, After the Wave, Southeast 67, Red Dot on the Ocean,
                      Finding Jenn's Voice

Best Student Film - The Loyalist (Minji Kang, South Korea, USA)
   Nominees: Mobile, Finding Home, Hands of Flame, Sin Frontera, Room 731, Gumball, Once in
                      a Good Many Million Times

Best Alternative Feature - All in Time (Marina Donahue and Chris Fetchko, USA)
   Nominees: The Break-In, Best Man in the Dark, Return to Nowhere

Best Foreign Film - The Break-In (Marcus Ovnell, Sweden)
   Nominees: The Three Musketeers, A Spring Has Passed By, Three Hours, #Illusion, A Man on the
                      Edge, Grandpa's Debtor, Barefoot

Best Biography - Red Dot on the Ocean (Amy Flannery, USA)
   Nominees: Bob & Inge, Hope for Steve, Run Free: The Story of Caballo Blanco

Best Experimental Short - Enfilade (David Coyle, Australia)
   Nominees: The Solipsist Awards, Hands of Flame

Best Short Film - Aurora (Pascal Fontana, Puerto Rico)
   Nominees: Mail.Man, American Standard, In the Blind, A Man on the Edge, Night and Day,
                      Stag

Indie Spirit Award - All in Time (Marina Donahue and Chris Fetchko, USA)
   Nominees: Return to Nowhere, Best Man in the Dark, Aurora, The Break-In, In the Blind,
                      Finding Home

Best Animated Film - Hands of Flame (Steven Markowitz, USA)
   Nominees: Croissant Man

Female Eye Filmmaking Award - Effloresce (Kathleen Davison, USA)
   Nominees: Lightheaded, Hidden Heart, Normalcy, Girl, Fear Not, Finding Jenn's Voice

Best Sci-Fi Film - Listening (Khalil Sullins, USA)
   Nominees: Enfilade, Persistence of Vision

Best TV Pilot - Todd and Anne: Water in the Pot (Jeffrey Engelson, USA)
   Nominees: The Three Musketeers, Upstairs

Best Comedy - Mail.Man (William Ayedelott, USA)
   Nominees: Best Man in the Dark, Homophonia, The Solipsist Awards, Moving On, Upstairs,
                      Fear Not

Student Cultural Spirit - The Fever (Hong Kim, South Korea)
   Nominees: Take a Stand, Once in a Good Many Million Times, Hands of Flame, Sin Frontera,
                      Finding Home, Room 731

Cultural Spirit Award - The Syndrome (Meryl Goldsmith, USA)
   Nominees: Following Shira's Journey: A Greek Jewish Odyssey, Omo Child: The River and the
                     Bush, Inside Peace, Southeast 67, Hope for Steve, I Once Was Blind, Finding Jenn's
                     Voice

New Hope Award - Inside Peace (Cynthia Fitzpatrick, USA)
   Nominees: Following Shira's Journey: A Greek Jewish Odyssey, Omo Child: The River and the
                     Bush, Southeast 67, Hope for Steve, I Once Was Blind

Artistic Spirit Award - Hope for Steve (Matt Moore and Sarah Spicer, USA)
   Nominees: Red Dot on the Ocean, Into the Haven, Following Shira's Journey: A Greek Jewish
                      Odyssey, The Syndrome

LGTB Spirit Award: The David Dance (April Winney, USA)
   Nominees: Homophonia, Effloresce

Best Music Video - Black Sheep (Robin Parker, USA)
   Nominees: Need You More, Hands on Me, Panic Button, County D, Francesca

Film Audience Choice Awards

Best Webisode - Croissant Man (Tulica Singh, USA)
Best TV Pilot - Todd and Anne: Water in the Pot (Jeffrey Engelson, USA)
Best Music Video - Black Sheep (Robin Parker, USA)
Best Art House Feature - All in Time (Marina Donahue and Chris Fetchko, USA)
Best Documentary - Inside Peace (Cynthia Fitzpatrick, USA)
Best Short Film - Decisions (Mark Harrison, USA)
Best Student Film - Hands of Flame (Steven Markowitz, USA)
Best Mid-Atlantic Film - All in Time (Marina Donahue and Chris Fetchko, USA)

Script Competition Awards

Best Script - Across the Pond (Andrea Harding)
   Nominees: Eraser, White Crow, Under Pressure, Small Rain Down, One White Crow, Under
                      My Roof

Best Teleplay - The White Crow (Paula Rogers)
   Nominees: Sherryvale, Eraser, Skinnyfat

Best Sci-Fi Thriller - Eraser (Kim Godfrey-Hempsall)

Best Action Thriller - Under Pressure (Eric Carlson)
   Nominees: Samson, Sailfish

Best Period Script - Homestead (Lindsay Waite)
   Nominees: Samson, Victoria of Murray Hill, White Crow, Skybound, A Solid Man of Boston

Best Short Screenplay - Small Rain Down (Joshua Hinkson)
   Nominees: Drive-By