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2018 Award Winners
To qualify for an award, entries had to receive a score of 90 or above in judging.
This list is of the genre awards announced before the festival.
Awards that are not announced until the festival award ceremony include Best Episodic, Best Feature Film, Best Micro Film, Best Music Video, Best Ohio Film, Best Short Film, Overall Best Film, Best Feature Script, Best Short Script, Overall Best Script, Ohio Film Awards, and our additional film awards (Best Acting, Best Cinematography, Best Director, etc). For nominees in our additional film award categories, scroll to the bottom of this page.
FILM SCORING: TOP 12
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1. Guido Arcella Diez (Mexico)
2. Leon Hsu (Taiwan)
3. Alexander McMillan (USA -
4. Cameron Bradbrook (USA -
5. Landon Knoblock (USA -
6. Clinton Clark (USA -
7. Josh Gawaldo (USA -
8. Dan Castellani (USA – New York)
9. Ricardo H de S Raymundo (Germany)
10. Bryson Kemp (USA -
11. Alessandro Speranza (Italy)
12. Markus Martincic (Japan)
Aisyah Zulkarnain (Brunei)
Andres Martin (Spain)
Angel Marlowe (USA -
Christian Mayrhofer (Austria)
Erik Chapman (USA -
Fabio Cuomo (Italy)
Gabriele Zuffada (Italy)
Giuseppe Vigliotti (Italy)
Jarryd Elias (USA -
Jason Chen (China)
Javier Ramis (USA -
John Greska (USA -
Justin Mabry (USA -
Luca Poletti (Italy)
Philippe Ferec (France)
Ryan Bodilly (Australia)
Ryan G. Powell (USA -
Sarah Oliver (USA -
Sophian Alkurdi (France)
Steve Gomez (USA -
Steven Michael Bell (USA -
Teresa Rendon (Spain)
MICRO FILMS
ANIMATION
1. Your Face Global Jam
2. Hell with the Chief
3. A Guide to Purchasing Discount Airline Tickets
4. A Clear Cut Case of Allergies
COMEDY
1. Be the Change
2. A Miracle of Hanukkah
3. Benefits Included
4. Family Doesn't End with Blood
CRIME-
1. The Devil's Gun
2. Declines with Regret
DRAMA
1. All About Rita
2. The Confession
3. Grief
4. Forthcoming Life in America
EXPERIMENTAL
1. Little Deaths
2. Beth's three o'clock with Dr. Harlow
3. Bongfire
4. WHAT
HORROR
1. The Devil's Due
2. Blind to It...
HORROR-
1. The Not So Bright Vampire
STUDENT
1. My Name is Antonio Bellaire
2. Shine On
TRAILER
1. Swamp Killer
2. The Guardian
3. The Dark Hour
SUSPENSE-
1. Red Handed
2. Blood Cross
3. Blackwater
MUSIC VIDEOS
ALTERNATIVE
1. Bod / Love
2. ChemCity: Baltimore Blues #1
3. What You Needed
BLUES
1. Fix My Bail
2. I Get Around
INDIE
1. Mercy Marie
2. Unscathed
POP
1. Basculante – Famelica
PUNK
1. Strand
2. Emmalea Deal: Zombie
FEATURES
FEATURE: ACTION
1. Top Coat Cash
2. Sic Transit Gloria
3. Stand Off
FEATURE: COMEDY
1. Bong of the Living Dead
2. In Guns We Trust
3. Mock and Roll
FEATURE: COMEDY – FOREIGN
1. Dirty Laundry
FEATURE: CRIME-
1. MDMA
2. A Host of Sparrows
3. She's Just a Shadow
4. Steady Hand
FEATURE: DOCUMENTARY
1. Drugs as Weapons Against Us
2. Pressure
3. Jamaica Man
4. Tangent Realms
FEATURE: DOCUMENTARY – FOREIGN
1. Glossary of Broken Dreams
2. The Free World
FEATURE: DRAMA
1. Captain Black
2. After
3. We Are Stronger
4. Bored in the USA
FEATURE: DRAMA – FOREIGN
1. A Sublime Life
2. Redemption
3. Mahasatta 2035
FEATURE: DRAMA-
1. Virginia Minnesota
2. Jimmy
3. You Can Say Vagina
FEATURE: DRAMA-
1. Starlit
2. Little Rose
3. Carolina
FEATURE: FAMILY
1. Ghost In the Family
2. A Wish for Giants
FEATURE: HORROR
1. The Odds
2. The Boo
3. Death Metal
FEATURE: SCI-
1. The Nameless Cryst
2. 13 Mysteries
FEATURE: SUSPENSE-
1. All Light Will End
2. Nowhere to Hide
3. Whatever It Takes
4. One, Two, Guess Who's Who
SHORTS
SHORT: ACTION
1. Truce
2. Aura
3. Fight Night
SHORT: COMEDY
1. Touching Kids
2. Hating Tom Planks
3. Thumb Wrestler
4. I Heart Yoga
SHORT: COMEDY -
1. Maestro
SHORT: COMEDY – ROMANTIC
1. Committed-
2. An Invitation
SHORT: CRIME DRAMA
1. TradeCraft
2. Eye for an Eye
3. The Agency
SHORT: DOCUMENTARY
1. Switchers
2. The Last Doll Lady
3. The Pretender
4.
SHORT: DOCUMENTARY – FOREIGN
1. Caught Between the Moon and Paris
SHORT: DRAMA
1. Bless Me Father
2. Sliding Away
3. They Scream in Silence
4. Howitz
SHORT: DRAMA -
1. You and Me
2. The Investor
3. SlowPlay
4. Don't Be Afraid
SHORT: DRAMA -
1. This is Survivorship
2. Amends
3. Breaking the Wall
SHORT: DRAMA-
1. Among Other Things
2. Over the Line
3. Everything You Said
SHORT: DRAMA-
1. Evoke
2. Unending Love
3. Broken Contentment
4. Me (with You)
SHORT: EXPERIMENTAL
1. Cooking with Connie
2. Fat Punk
3. The Cat / Le Chat
SHORT: FAMILY
1. Bullies
2. Nazareth
3. Game of Me
SHORT: FANTASY
1. You're a Wizard Kevin
2. A Princess Quest
3. Memento Mori
4. Sine Condicion Amoris
SHORT: HORROR-
1. Killerz II
2. Lollipop
3. It's Dave
4. Surviving a Horror Film
SHORT: SCI-
1. Echoes
2. Choices
3. Ro-
4. Life
SHORT: SUSPENSE-
1. Miscreant
2. Kaishakunin
3. We Need to Talk About Karen
4. Descensus ad Mortem
SHORT: SUSPENSE-
1. Rations
2. Good Apple
3. Brother
TV PILOT
1. Death's Door
2. Adventure Capital
3. Growing Pains
4. Vashon
TV PILOT – FOREIGN
1. Glitter Model
WEB EPISODE
1. Michelle Malkin Investigates: Railroaded
2. Day Zero: Episode 3x1
3. Geek Lounge
4. Middle of Nowhere
HONORABLE MENTIONS: FILM
All in the Family
All Over Again
Bottle of Love
Bridge
Confidence of a Tall Man
Dogs to the Rescue
Drowning Deep
Eventual Blindness
Final Polish
Flowers
Hallowstide
HotelPool
if I should die before I wake
In Echo Park
Julia Street
Keyz Spot
Mismatch
My Amish World
Nekros Pizza
Nothing But
Prodigy Brothers
Raw Days
Sanitas Pacificas
Son of a...
Us, Forever Ago
Waiting Room
The Weekend
An Urban Tale
Which Die Is That Again?
Who's She Talking To?
You Feel Me?
SCRIPTS
FEATURE -
1. Ace of Deuces, by Roi J. Tamkin
2. Serpentine, by David Tittone and David Torre
3. Kawanga, by Jack Halliday
4. The Blue Ghost, by Mike Ford
FEATURE -
1. Company Christmas, by Diana Lee Woody
2. Matt and the Garden of Eva, by Harold Lea Brown
3. Sam Hill, by RJ Perkins
FEATURE CRIME-
1. The Devil's Dandruff, by JoAnn Hess
2. The Face of Rage, by James David Sullivan
3. The Ripper's Daughter, by Pamela Turner
4. Central City, by Leah Daniels
FEATURE DRAMA
1. Dreams of Dogwood, by J. D. Vines
2. Unreal Anthony, by L. Andrew Cooper
3. Perry, by RJ Watson
4. The Trouble w/ Being, by Scott Marshall Taylor
FEATURE DRAMA-
1. April Fools Day Rules, by Jay Tormohlen
2. The Runaway King , by Stephen Greenfield
3. Reality Fiction, by Eric Weber
FEATURE – FAMILY
1. Take The Shot, by Jim Norman
FEATURE – FANTASY
1. Joseph, by Ian Davies
2. When the Sun Rises, by Erin Cantrell
FEATURE -
1. The Valley of Blood, by James Christopher
2. Dead-
3. Risers, by Jeff Martell
4. Chasing Nightmares, by Chris McGowan
FEATURE -
1. Swan, by Jack Stockley
FEATURE -
1. The Proper Study of Zanny Stone, by Rob Weinstein
2. Pro-
3. What About Vegas?, by Casey Shepard
FEATURE -
1. Shot in the Foot, by Mack Lewis
2. Machismo, Machisma, by Maja Ramirez
FEATURE -
1. The Kid Next Door , by Jim Norman
2. Time Trip, by Mark Roeder
3. P. Leasure, by Marina Bendocchi Alves
FEATURE -
1. Framer, by JoAnn Hess
2. First Person Shooter, by DC Sayre
3. Directed by Terry Fayle, by Jay Tormohlen
4. Hell’s Amish, by John Eric Muzii
SHORT -
1. First Date, by Casey Laing
2. Purgatory: A Love Story, by A. Lauren Lee
3. Homecoming, by Asia Harrell
SHORT -
1. On Target, by B. R. Tatalovic
2. A Boatload of Love, by Eileen Hong
3. Living in the Past, by Bernhard Riedhammer
4. June Block Hero, by Seth Kozak
SHORT -
1. Cleansing Acts, by Carlos Perez
2. Black Hat, by Trevor Nash
SHORT -
1. The 6th Man, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
2. Shaky Hands, by Sophie Hood
3. Lessons Learned, by Jeff P. Carter
SHORT -
1. Deep Tissue, by Jason Tostevin
2. The Hart’s Blemish, by S.J. Doss
3. Metronome, by Pamela Turner
4. The Callback, by Sophie Hood
SHORT -
1. Human Resources, by Vernard E. Adams
2. Drinkula, by Darius Tyler
SHORT -
1. The Master of Fighting Arts, by Aaron David Harris
SHORT -
1. Burner, by DC Evans
2. The Siberian Trap, by Jeffrey Howe
3. Moonlight and Roses, by Jack Halliday
4. The Forever House, by Kelly Sharon
TV PILOT
1. The Mandela Effect, by Bob Messinger
2. Redball, by Jon Huggins
3. Destiny of Tar and Feathers, by Harold Lea Brown
4. Go Ask Alice, by JoAnn Hess
WEB EPISODE
1. Chase & The Panda, by Casey Laing
2. Run Down: Pilot, by Samantha Randall
HONORABLE MENTIONS: SCRIPT
At the Mercy of Faith, by Samuel Taylor
Bhaunoi, by Jose Cheim
A Courage to Continue, by Scott Dissinger
Dead Reckoning, by Guillermo Ortiz
Deadly Prey, by Chris Kraft
Flamingo City, by Giovanna Varela
The Guardian, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
The Guardian: Revelation, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
The Guardian: Sins of the Father, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
The Guardian: The Stranger & the Ally, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
Hope, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
Joby, by Stan Barton
Letters to Daniel, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
Powder Keg, by Michael Berlind
The Promise, by Richard Plummer
Thanksgiving, by Amy Leigh McCorkle & Melissa Goodman
Web Tethered, by David Garrett
Wild Mind, by Fujio
ADDITIONAL FILM AWARD NOMINEES
Best Cinematography: Feature
All Light Will End -
Dirty Laundry
Ghost in the Family
A Sublime Life
Virginia Minnesota
Best Cinematography: Ohio Film
Bong of the Living Dead
Choices
Eye for an Eye -
Pressure
Whatever It Takes
Best Cinematography: Short
Howitz
The Investor
Miscreant
You and Me -
You're a Wizard Kevin
Best Director: Feature
Captain Black -
Dirty Laundry
Ghost in the Family
MDMA
Virginia Minnesota
Best Director: Ohio Film
Among Other Things
Bong of the Living Dead -
Eye for an Eye
Pressure
Whatever It Takes
Best Director: Short
Bullies
Death's Door -
EVOKE
Michelle Malkin Investigates
You and Me
Best Editing: Feature
The Boo
Captain Black
Dirty Laundry
Glossary of Broken Dreams
The Odds -
Best Editing: Ohio Film
After
Among Other Things -
Eye for an Eye
The Nameless Cryst
Touching Kids: The Story of a Conservative Kid's Show
Best Editing: Short
Day Zero: Episode 3x1
Death's Door
Echoes -
EVOKE
You're A Wizard Kevin
Best Ensemble Cast
Bong of the Living Dead
Bullies
A Host of Sparrows -
In Echo Park
Vashon
Best Lead Actor: Feature
Bouwer Bosch, "Dirty Laundry"
Eric da Silva, "A Sublime Life"
Jacob Keohane, "Ghost in the Family"
James J. Fuertes, "The Odds"
Jeffrey Johnson, "Captain Black" -
Best Lead Actor: Short
David Wasson, "TradeCraft"
Enrico Colantoni, "Death's Door"
Francis Magee, "Bless Me Father"
Garret Patton, "Nazareth" -
Pawan Shankar, "You and Me"
Best Lead Actress: Feature
Abbi Butler, "The Odds" -
Annie Q, "MDMA"
Ashley Pereira, "All Light Will End"
Aurora Perrineau, "Virginia Minnesota"
Rachel Hendrix, "Virginia Minnesota"
Best Lead Actress: Short
Amy Bettina, "TradeCraft"
Brina Palencia, "Echoes"
Celeste Marcone, "You Feel Me?"
Jessica Lynn Parsons, "EVOKE"
Priyamvadda Sawant, "You and Me" -
Best Ohio Actor: Feature
Alex Foor, "The Nameless Cryst"
Dan Nye, "AFTER" -
Daniel Alan Kiely, "Bong of the Living Dead"
Jesse Dillon Sorrells, "Whatever It Takes"
Mikhail Tot, "In Guns We Trust"
Best Ohio Actor: Short
George Caleodis, "Touching Kids: The Story of a Conservative Kid's Show"
Mikel Mahoney, "Eye for an Eye" -
Richard Phillis, "Blind to It"
Scott E. Brosius, "Choices"
Sean Manos, "Hating Tom Planks"
Best Ohio Actress: Feature
Annalise Klein, "Sic Transit Gloria"
KateLynn E. Newberry, "Death Metal"
Robbie Barnes, "Whatever It Takes"
Tifani Ahren Davis, "AFTER"
Tiffany Arnold, "Bong of the Living Dead" -
Best Ohio Actress: Short
Daniela Simms, "Family Doesn't End with Blood"
Kayden Bryce, "Eye for an Eye"
Meghan Garber, "Among Other Things" -
Pauline Nowakowski, "The Confession"
Stephonika W. Kaye, "A Princess Quest"
Best Supporting Actor: Feature
Anthony Tether, "Starlit"
Bill Nally, "Ghost in the Family"
Kentez Asaka, "She's Just a Shadow"
Robert Parker, "if i should die before i wake"
Tim Theron, "Dirty Laundry" -
Best Supporting Actor: Short
Barry Shabaka Henley, "Miscreant"
Chad Conley, "Truce"
Fred Ornstein, "Bullies"
Phelim Drew, "Bless Me Father" -
Ray Winstone, "Sliding Away"
Best Supporting Actress: Feature
Allison Cooper, "Jimmy"
Elizabeth Wyld, "A Host of Sparrows"
Francesca Eastwood, "MDMA"
Inessa Migunova, "Redemption"
Linara Washington, "Captain Black" -
Best Supporting Actress: Short
Chantal Elyse, "Growing Pains"
Ellen Hollman, "Death's Door" -
Kalyani Natarajan, "Don't Be Afraid"
Katie Wieland, "Adventure Capital"
Victoria Barnes, "Nazareth"
Best Feature Film & Best Overall Film: “Captain Black”
Best Episodic: “Death's Door”
Best Short Film: “You and Me”
Best Micro Film: “The Devil's Gun”
Best Music Video: “Bod -
Best Ohio Film: “Bong of the Living Dead”
Viewer's Choice Award: “The Investor”
Best Feature Script & Best Overall Script: “Company Christmas” by Diana Lee Woody
Best Episodic Script: “The Mandela Effect” by Bob Messinger
Best Short Script: “Deep Tissue” by Jason Tostevin
Acting Competition Grand Champion: Jaylen Stoneburner