With over $4000 in Cash Awards for Filmmakers

ANIMATION CATEGORY

Best Animation -
Varmints - (UK) – Dir. Marc Craste

Director’s Choice - 
Veiled Commodity - Dir. Dickson Chow / Vinh Chung
Audience Choice Award – 
Gerald's Last Day - Dir. Justin & Shel Rasch

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY

Best Music Video -
Unfair – Dir. Bill Madden

Director’s Choice - 
The Magic Rabbit -  Dir. Tatsuhiro Kimijima
Audience Choice Award – 
Side Effects of Boredom - Dir. Kirby Lantz

INTERNATIONAL FILM CATEGORY

Best Int’l Short - 
Gone Fishing (UK ) -  Dir. Chris Jones   

Best Int'l Documentary - 

Till You're Told To Stop: James Blunt (UK) - Dir. Ruth Somalo

PUERTO RICO FILM CATEGORY -

(All Puerto Rican Shorts and Feature Films in our Festival will be submitted free directly to our Sister Festival – ranked as one of the top 12 Film Festivals in the United States – Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival)

Best P.R. Student Film -
Teatro - Dir. Jacobo Concepcion

Director's Choice P.R. Student Film -
Arasibo - Dir. Jose Gerena

Best P.R. Short -
Naco – Dir. Julio Benito Cabrera

Director's Choice P.R. Short Film -
Manana En El Cafe – Dir. Producciones Ostralla

Best P.R. Feature -

Hay Hombres Para Todas – Dir. Vicente Juarbe

Best P.R. Documentary - 
La Clave - Dir. Mariella Sosa

Best Spanish Language Feature -
Taos – Dir. Brandon Schmid

Audience Choice P.R. Film - 
Hay Hombres Para Todas - Dir. Vicente Juarbe

SHORT FILM CATEGORY 

Best Short Film -
First Time Long Time - Dir. James Demo

Director’s Choice - 
Afterglow - Dir. Andres Anglade
Audience Choice Award -
Mira - Dir. Michael Berry

Director’s Choice - 
Diamonds in the Rough - Dir. Brett Mazurek
Audience Choice Award Feature Film - 
School Play - Dir. Eddie Rosenstein

BEST OF THE FEST

SCHOOL PLAY - Dir. Eddie Rosenstein

Best Fright Night Film - 

Treevenge - Dir. Jason Eisener

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Filmmaker Scholarship Award for a Puerto Rican Student with natural talents. An eye for filmmaking, that we see as being able to go very far in this field. 

 - Jacobo Concepcion  -  “Teatro”

With over $6000 in Cash Awards for Filmmakers

ANIMATION CATEGORY

Best Animation -
Shark Suit The Musical – Dir. Stephen Neary
Director’s Choice -
Once Upon a Christmas Village - Dir. Michael Attardi

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY

Best Music Video -
Gone (Bill Madden) – Dir. Andrew David Watson

Director’s Choice -
Ode to Peace and Love - Dir. John Ponton
Audience Choice Award –
Revolution - Dir. Aled Ordu

INTERNATIONAL FILM CATEGORY

Best Int’l Short -
Manon sur le bitumen ( France) -
Dir. Elizabeth Marre & Olivier Pont Best Int’l Documentary -
Knowledge is the Beginning ( Germany / Palestinian Terr.) -  
Dir.  Paul Smaczny
Best Int’l Feature -
Blood Ties (USA / Thailand) - Dir. William Kely McClung

PUERTO RICO FILM CATEGORY -

(All Puerto Rican Shorts and Feature Films in our Festival will be submitted free directly to our Sister Festival – ranked as one of the top 12 Film Festivals in the United States – Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival)

Best P.R. Student Film -
Secuestro – Dir. Carlos Gamarra

Best P.R. Short Film -
De Pura Cepa – Dir. Javier Colon Rios

Best P.R. Documentary -
The Borinqueneers – Dir. Noemi Figueroa Soulet

Best P.R. Feature -
Mi Verano con Amanda – Dir. Benjamin Lopez

STUDENT FILM CATEGORY

Best Student Film –
Light Years – Dir. Richard Martin

Director’s Choice –
24 Frames – Dir.  Brad Pattullo
Audience Choice Award –
Chicken Man – Dir. Christopher Restrepo

SHORT FILM CATEGORY

Best Short Film -
Die Flugbegleiteren - Dir. Marcin Glowacki

Director’s Choice -
Beautiful Scenery in Guangxi - Dir. Wen Tian
Audience Choice Award -
Beautiful Scenery in Guangxi - Dir. Wen Tian

Director’s Choice - TIE - 2 Winners -
Feast of The Assumption - Dir. Marc Levitz
The Motivator - Dir. Dan Perez
Audience Choice Award Feature Doc -
Strictly Background - Dir. Jason Connell

Audience Choice Award Short Doc -
Any Given Morning - Dir. Laurel Hughes

SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM CATEGORY

Best Spanish Language Documentary -
When Clouds Clear (Ecuador / USA) - Dir. Ann Slick & Danielle Bernstein

Best Spanish Language Feature -
Under The Snow ( Spain) - Dir. Candela Figueira & Maitena Muruzabal

BEST OF THE FEST

Best Actor -
Joel Contreras ( Puerto Rico) - Mi Verano con Amanda Best Actress -
Laura De Pedro ( Spain) - Under The Snow

Director’s Choice -
One California Day - Dir. Mark Jeremies & Jason Baffa

Best Mockudrama & 2nd Place Audience Choice-
Long Pigs - Dir. Chris Powers & Nathan Hynes

Best Feature Film / Best of the Fest -
The Flyboys – Dir. Rocco DeVilliers

Audience Choice Award –
Mi Verano con Amanda – Dir. Benjamin Lopez

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Filmmaker Scholarship Award for a Student with natural talents. An eye for filmmaking, that with training and development we see as being able to go very far in this field. The scholarship is to be used for Classes or Equipment.

 - Christopher Restrepo  -  “Chicken Man”