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Grand Winner

Best Director

Winner
Arturo Vargas(director)
One Heart

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Road to Hope
8.5 (10)
Mike Wargo(director)

Best Dramatic Film

Winner
Being There
7.3 (8)
Dave Diamond(director)
Inspired Alchemy Media

Best Foreign Feature

Winner
Timeless
3.7 (88)
Alexander Tuschinski(director)

Best Foreign Short

Winner
Das Mädchen mit der Querflöte
Dieter-Michael Grohmann(director/writer)

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Social Norm
6.6 (27)
Dillon Vibbart(director)

Best Narrative Film

Winner
A Children's Song
8.2 (19)
Shayna Cohen
Jane Wu
J Wu Entertainment

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Kiss of Death
Timothy Collins
Jillian Kibler

Best Student Feature

Winner
Black & White
4.0 (37)
Amanda Maya(director)

Best Television Pilot

Winner
Red Bird
7.3 (21)
Misti Boland(director)
Jeremy Osbern
Ian Stark
Alexandra Goodman
Chris Blunk
Through a Glass Productions

Grand Jury Award

Winner
Ifeel
7.4 (25)
Ludwig Ciupka(director)

Orson Welles Award

Animated Film

Winner
Another Day in Paradise
Bellopropello(director)

Best Foreign Feature

Winner
Sadoum
Christophe Karabache

Best Screenplay

Winner
Freedom Gate
8.8 (5)
Mark Baird

Environmental Film

Winner
Mustang Secrets Beyond the Himalayas
8.8 (22)
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(producer/director)
Biswant Dev Shrestha(producer)
Team Work Film Production

Screenplay

Winner
Freedom Gate
8.8 (5)
Mark Baird
I'm Not A Turkey Productions

Gold Award

Best Film

Winner
Speakeasy to Me
8.2 (10)
Butterfly Angel Entertainment

Best Short

Winner
A Movie Set
Eduardo Rufeisen(producer)

Documentary Film Competition

Winner
The Indian Priest
8.3 (1.2K)
Mattias Löw
Freedom From Choice
Film i Dalarna

Narrative Film Competition

Winner
Exit Thread
6.7 (19)
Paul Andrew Kimball(director)
Ron Foley MacDonald(producer)
Andrew Mark Sewell
Winter Light Productions
Starhawk Productions
B7 Media
Winner
Slim
Michael Arell
Winner
The Dark Tapes
4.6 (3.5K)
Michael McQuown
Thunder Road Incorporated

Screenplay Competition

Winner
Judson Vaughan
Dragon Egg Media
Winners
Stephanie Kimmel
Kathy Krantz
Best Screenplay - REFLECTIONS

Short Film Competition

Winner
Heather's Painting
8.7 (58)
Freddie Connor(producer)
Sheraiah Larcher(executive producer)
FineLight Films
Winner
Sam the Vamp
9.0 (10)
Saba
Cloudy Sky Films
Saba Dance Theater
Winner
Puertas
5.6 (57)
Paco Arasanz(director)
Hewes Pictures

Student Film Competition

Winner
Palm Mesa
Stefan Ng
Winner
The Letter
8.9 (10)
Yifan Xiao(director)
Xuewei Yang(producer)

Television Production

Winner
The Reaping
6.4 (476)
Roberto D'Antona(director)
Annamaria Lorusso(producer)

Silver Award

California Film Competition

Winner
Not Yet
Grazielle Simoes
Carolina Inoue

Documentary Film Competition

Winner
Tout Le Monde Dans Un École De Design
8.3 (1.3K)
Mattias Löw
Valentina Santi Löw
Freedom From Choice
Sveriges Television (SVT)
Filmpool Nord
Film i Västerbotten

Foreign Film Competition

Winner
Blockbuster: Das Leben ist ein Film
8.4 (29)
Vlado Priborsky(director)
Independent Works

Music Video Competition

Winner
Hiding
Roy Sherfan

Short Film Competition

Winner
Bad Karma Santa
7.2 (18)
Kim Sønderholm
Apotheosis Film
Winner
Tailypo
6.6 (43)
Cameron McCasland
Red Headed Revolution Pictures

Student Film Competition

Winner
Mirror
8.4 (40)
Sara Eustáquio(director)
Winner
Sleep
7.1 (33)
Vladislav Khesin
Winner
Creatures of Whitechapel
7.0 (181)
Jonathan Martin
Rebecca Martin
Bohemian Industries
Regents University London
Winner
Rose Garden
9.3 (9)
Rafael Nani
Caliope

Television Pilot Competition

Winner
Heavy Metal Greg at the 2016 Long Beach Comic Expo
Gregory Graham
Winner
The Parallel Project
Barrett Gregory(director)
KnightWolf Productions

Feature Film Competition

Ghostline
3.5 (206)
Dean Whitney(Director)
Undaunted Films

Diamond Award

Best Film

Winner
We Promised
6.8 (29)
Sandra Dee Richardson(Assistant Director)
Golden Eagle Films
Winner
We Promised
6.8 (29)
Rick Richardson
Golden Eagle Films

Best Music Video

Winner
Beatin
Quentin Perez(director)
Beyond Production

California Film Competition

Winner
Walls of Water
8.8 (9)
John Taschner(Director)
Mulholland Studio

Documentary Film Competition

Winner
I've Been Bullied
Rod Lopez(director)
New Style Independent Pictures

Foreign Film Competition

Winner
Follow Me
Dieter-Michael Grohmann(director/writer)

Narrative Film Competition

Winner
You Let Me Down
Andrew Greco(director)

Short Film

Winner
Miss Winn's Garden
Shanalyna C. Palmer
Lucy Fazely
Spirit of Life Films
One Vision Productions

Short Film Competition

Winner
Last Words
Paul Kelly
Winner
Hold Back
8.5 (21)
Steffen Geypens
Winner
Aberrant
6.0 (6)
Dean Whitney(director)
Undaunted Films

Television Production

Winner
Treading Yesterday
8.6 (77)
Craig Bettendorf(executive producer)
Kai Morgan(associate producer)
Kenneth Erhnman(co-producer)
For episodes 1&2 double pilot

Special Jury Prize

Grand Winner

Winner
Capsule
5.4 (7.3K)
Andrew Martin(director)
Felix Forrest(producer)
Ecaveo Capital Partners
Winner
The Lost Tree
4.5 (1.5K)
Brian A. Metcalf
Red Compass Media

Screenplay Competition Feature - Honorable Mention

Screenplay Competition Feature

Winner
Harold L. Brown
For feature screenplay 20/20: Search for Independence
The Slider
4.7 (137)
Filippo Santaniello(writer)

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