"This is one of the few festivals that actually like filmmakers, unlike most that just screen your film and kick you out right after. I highly recommend this festival...had a lot of fun last year, great venue and organizers with a great host."
- Vlad Nikitin, Director, 'Grand Chinatown Robbery'
The Winners & Nominees (winners in bold)
BEST ACTOR/FEATURE
Ryan Jacobs "The Actor"
Cody Christian "Sync"
Joseph Mancuso "SMILE...The Worst is Yet to Come"
BEST ACTOR/SHORT
Walter Koenig "Mr. Fleischman"
Paul Rodriguez "Roxy and the Man"
Paul Galliano "The Experience"
Thomas Ian Griffith "Kick Time"
Ian Peterson "Buried Above Ground"
Jonathan Fishman "Wait Till Tuesday"
BEST ACTRESS/FEAT.
Melissa Chambers "Babybacks"
Amanda Booth "Private Road"
Elizabeth Masucci "SMILE...The Worst is Yet to Come"
BEST ACTRESS/SHORT
Esther Haltom "Ascendance"
Jennifer Welch "Erase"
Mimi Karsh "The Pole"
Mary Page Keller "Kick Time"
Kadyn Kozminski "Someone Else"
Kelsey Brown "Last Meal"
Laura Patalano "Estela, Is It You?"
Dana Lynn Baron "Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare"
BEST DIRECTOR/FEATURE
Lionel Wigram "Private Road"
RJ Zabasky "Sync"
Babybacks "Geno Marx"
ReLive "Steven Lee Taylor"
Chloe Lenihan "SMILE...The Worst is Yet to Come"
BEST DIRECTOR/SHORT
Kathy DiStefano "The Experience"
David Villegas "Last Meal"
Daniel Bartlett "I'm the Hero"
Raymond T. Williams "The Border Czar"
Luke DePalatis "Stagehand"
Joey Medina "Roxy & the Man"
Frank Crim "Mr. Fleischmann"
Toplica Petko "Wait Till Tuesday"
Benjamin To "Infinity"
BEST MICRO SHORT
"Not Invincible"
"Haunted"
"The State of the World"
"Jesus' Last Supper in America"
"Two Tied Up"
"3 Minutos"
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
"The Experience"
"Cerulea"
"Star-Crossed"
"Puberty for Humans"
"The Night the Sky Fell"
BEST COMEDY SHORT
"Couch"
"F.O.M.O."
"Don't Do It"
"The Psychic"
"Life is a Short"
"The Reveal"
"Chet Bueller: Attorney at Law"
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
"Black Cow" - The Litteral Truth"
"Tu no eres pa' mi"- Isa Ortega
"Shiny Things" - Polartropica and Gilbert Louie Ray
BEST TV PILOT
"You are Here"
"How to Build a Life"
"Ascendance"
"The Ex-Wives of Beverly Hills"
Documentary Feature
"We are Animals"
The 1971-72 Laker's Magical Season
Documentary Short
"ALTADENA: The Heart. The Art & The Soul"
"Endurance Test"
"The In-Between"
"This is Final Tap"
"Echoes of the Palisades"
Best Web Series
Viscountess and Maidservant
"Dead Drip"
Best Horror Short
"Follow me Home"
"All You Need"
"My Wife"
Best Crewless Short
"Ghosts of You"
"The Sale"
"Trife Life"
Best Sci-Fi Feature
"Sync"
"ReLive"
Best Student Short
"Cicada"
"Mr. Sandman's Funhouse"
"Somebody"
Best Comedy Horror Short
"Bart and Bobbi Kill Each Other"
Best Narrative Short
"Archie Banks"
"Kick Time"
"I'm the Hero"
"The Border Czar"
"Wait Till Tuesday"
"Ruth"
"Infinity"
"The Big Break"
"Mr. Fleischman"
"Woman Reclining on Grass"
"Roxy and the Man"
"Mr. Sandman's Funhouse"
Best Narrative Feature
"Private Road"
"The Actor"
"Babybacks"
"SMILE...The Worst is Yet to Come"
Donald E. Lacy, Jr Social Justice Award
"The State of the World"
"Don't Assume"
"The Reveal"
Best Animation Short
"Reset"
"To Have and to Hold"
"Part of Being Human"
"The High King's Daughter"
"Sorry I Missed Your Call"
Best AI Short
"The Ant"
"Dead Drip"
"Two Robots"
"The Bird"
"The Shoe"