JURY AWARD

 

 

Best of Fest 2018

THE RED CASE

Loran Perrin

 

Best Narrative Film of the Year

KID GLOVES

Julia Hart

 

Best Indie Film of the Year

DNA OF WILD BEASTS

Delphine Montaigne

 

Best Drama of the Year

MY PRETTY PONY

Maciej Barczewski

 

Best Comedy of the Year

AISLE 4

Kyle McCallion, Gabriel Stoltz, Sam Monaghan

 

Best Thriller of the Year

THE SIN

Arthur Vishnevsky

 

Best Horror of the Year

BIRTH

Ozlem Altingoz

 

Best Sci-Fi of the Year

THE SIN

Arthur Vishnevsky

 

Best Experimental Film of the Year

PLUS MINUS

Julian Ticona Cuba

 

Best Inspirational Film of the Year

CELLO

Angie Su

 

Best Dark Comedy of the Year

DEADLY IN LOVE

José Gilberto Vaca

 

Best Fantasy Film of the Year

IF

Gabriel Andres Valbuena

 

Best LGBTQ Film of the Year

ABOUT A FATHER

Roman Nemec

 

Best Web Series of the Year

THE GREY AREA

Seth Ashby, Comika Hartford

 

Best Documentary of the Year

POI - HOPES AND DREAMS

Lanita Ririnui-Ryan, Ngatapa Black

 

Best Animation of the Year

CATCHING THE L TRAIN

Eric Raingruber

 

Best Music Video of the Year

WE THE LION - ALL MY DEMONS

Jhonatan López

 

Best Student Film of the Year

RUTHLESS

Chris Pender

 

Best Director of the Year

VIDEL

Jorge Ospina

 

Best First Time Director of the Year

TE ECHO DE MENOS

Yuki Yushimatsu

 

Best Indie Filmmaker of the Year

ALZHAIMOUR

Pierre Van de Kerckhove

 

Best Actor of the Year

THE SCORPION'S TALE

Maximiliano Hernandez

 

Best Actress of the Year

THE RED CASE

Elisabeth Ventura

 

Best Actor of the Year (Indie Film)

CRAZY MEDICINE

Chris Wegoda

 

Best Actress of the Year (Indie Film)

DEAR SISTER

Blythe Auffarth

 

Best Supporting Actor of the Year

FALSIFIED

Mitchell Mullen

 

Best Supporting Actress of the Year

DEAR SISTER

Clementine Ford

 

Best Young Actor of the Year

CHASING TITLES VOL. 1

Landon Gimenez

 

Best Young Actress of the Year

UPS & DOWNS

Emma Dodici

 

Best Duo of the Year

A TOWN CALLED THEOCRACY

Mark Feigenbutz & Lucy Madeline

 

Best Ensemble of the Year

THE RED CASE

Elisabeth Ventura, Bernard Metraux, Emilie Schnitzler, Eloïse Auria, Louise Danel, Gaétan Borg, Christian Pelissier, Fabrice De La Villeherve, Paula Brunet-Sancho, Hervé Rey

 

Best Cinematography of the Year

MAMA

Hayk Kirakosyan R.G.C

 

Best Editing of the Year

THE SOMNIUM

Ya-Chun Chan

 

Best Score of the Year

MAMA

Rahman Altin

 

Best Sound Design of the Year

THE QUIET ROOM

Xiang Li

 

Best Original Story of the Year

THE RED CASE

Loran Perrin

 

Best Screenplay of the Year

ELLE

Casey Laing

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

 

Audience Choice: Highest Rated Film of 2018

FRUIT BAT II

Alex J. Murphy

 

Audience Choice: Best Narrative Film

VIDEL

Jorge Ospina

 

Audience Choice: Best Indie Film

THE SIN

Arthur Vishnevsky

 

Audience Choice: Best Drama

MY PRETTY PONY

Maciej Barczewski

 

Audience Choice: Best Comedy

FRUIT BAT II

Alex J. Murphy

 

Audience Choice: Best Thriller

THE SIN

Arthur Vishnevsky

 

Audience Choice: Best Sci-Fi

ARC RAIDER

Rowan Pullen

 

Audience Choice: Best Experimental Film

PESSIM

TAKCOM

 

Audience Choice: Best Inspirational Film

EDELWEISS

Sam Bradford

 

Audience Choice: Best Dark Comedy

SWIPE LEFT

Caroline McQuade

 

Audience Choice: Best Fantasy Film

PROTECTRESS

America Young, Joanna Ke

 

Audience Choice: Best LGBTQ Film

ABOUT A FATHER

Roman Nemec

 

Audience Choice: Best Web Series

FRUIT BAT II

Alex J. Murphy

 

Audience Choice: Best Documentary

POI - HOPES AND DREAMS

Lanita Ririnui-Ryan, Ngatapa Black

 

Audience Choice: Best Animation

COLLOIDAL CROCO

Takashi Yoneoka

 

Audience Choice: Best Music Video

TWO

James Latimer

 

Audience Choice: Best Student Film

IF

Gabriel Andres Valbuena

 

Audience Choice: Best Director

VIDEL

Jorge Ospina

 

Audience Choice: Best First Time Director

TE ECHO DE MENOS

Yuki Yushimatsu

 

Audience Choice: Best Indie Filmmaker

TRAX

D-Ccoon (Julien Hassid)

 

Audience Choice: Best Actor

THE SCORPION'S TALE

Maximiliano Hernandez

 

Audience Choice: Best Actress

TE ECHO DE MENOS

Maria Albinana

 

Audience Choice: Best Actor (Indie Film)

CRAZY MEDICINE

Chris Wegoda

 

Audience Choice: Best Actress (Indie Film)

VOYEUR

Stephanie Arapian

 

Audience Choice: Best Supporting Actor

UNDERTOW

Hamish Street

 

Audience Choice: Best Supporting Actress

CRAZY MEDICINE

Maythavee Weiss

 

Audience Choice: Best Young Actor

MY PRETTY PONY

Mateusz Broda

 

Audience Choice: Best Young Actress

UPS & DOWNS

Emma Dodici

 

Audience Choice: Best Duo

LOOK UP SON

Nicolas Desfossés & Paul Rainville

 

Audience Choice: Best Ensemble

VOICE OF GRACE

Elle Whitfield, Frances Dell Bendert, Brynn Chamblee, Javy Barahona, John Hardy, Amanda Maddox, Jamie Renell

 

Audience Choice: Best Cinematography

THE SIN

Arthur Vishnevsky

 

Audience Choice: Best Editing

CRAZY MEDICINE

Jesse Maddox

 

Audience Choice: Best Score

VOICE OF GRACE

Simone Cilio

 

Audience Choice: Best Sound Design

VOICE OF GRACE

David Schmidt, Martin White

 

Audience Choice: Best Original Story

CRAZY MEDICINE

Matt Carrell