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2019 Marina del Rey Film Festival 

Award Winners 

Award Recipients  Receive Certificate of Distinction in Independent Film Production

BEST ONE PERSON SHORT

CRYING F.U. LADY - PAT CEASAR

BEST LOCAL SHORT

MY MARINA

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT

I AM BANKSY

BEST FAMILY SHORT

SAMMY

BEST FAMILY FEATURE FILM

LUCKY

BEST SHORT ROMANTIC COMEDY

TRISTAN & KELLY

BEST ROMANCE SHORT

TRAIN STOP

BEST ADVENTURE/FANTASY SHORT FILM

LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY

BEST WESTERN SHORT FILM

BEQUEST

BEST WESTERN FEATURE FILM

BROTHERS JAMES RETRIBUTION

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

THE FACES FROM MARS

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM

TUBBY HOOK

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM

VAMPIE...AKA “THE SILLIEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER MADE”

BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM

THOM MICHAEL MULLIGAN/THE WITCHING HOUR

BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM

TANNA FREDRICK/TWO WAYS HOME

BEST STUDENT SHORT

THE SHALLOW

BEST MYSTERY SHORT

CALL ME

BEST SUSPENSE SHORT

MALIGN

BEST THRILLER SHORT

HOUSE OF REDEMPTION - HEAR ME

BEST CRIME THRILLER SHORT

DON’T POINT

BEST ACTION SHORT

THE TEACHER

BEST DRAMA SHORT

 INTERVENTION

BEST CHICK FLICK

THE CHAINS THAT BIND

BEST LGBT SHORT

WINE BOTTLES

BEST FAITH-BASED SHORT

TRICK OF THE OLD CAT

BEST DANCE SHORT - BAD COP, BAD COP

THE DANCE

SPECIAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AWARD

UNICORNS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM

 LADIES MOST DEJECT /CONNER WHARTON

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT

MARTINIS AT THE SMOKE HOUSE

BEST SOUND DESIGN SHORT

THE MOON SMELLS LIKE GUNPOWDER

BEST SOUND EDITING

BITE!

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT

TYSEN KNIGHT/HOMELESS STREET ARTIST

BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

MARC E. WILLIAMS/5 MINUTES AND COUNTING

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY

PATH OF THE DAFF: Michael Piscitelli

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT

THE GUITAR

BEST HORROR PILOT

ICE WOLF QUEEN

BEST ROMANTIC HORROR SHORT FILM

 BOO!

BEST HORROR SHORT

ROOM 566

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SATANIST

BEST EDITING - SHORT FILM

ROSES ARE BLIND

BEST HOLIDAY THEMED DRAMATIC SHORT FILM

WHITE CHRISTMAS

BEST HOLIDAY THEMED COMEDI C SHORT FILM

SAVING SANTA

BEST SCI-FI SHORT

THE TELEIOS ACT

BEST SCI-FI-HORROR SHORT FILM

IMPOSTER SOCIETY

BEST SCI-FI FEATURE FILM

AUTOMATION 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM

SAVING SANTA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

INDOMITABLE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

RIDING REMOTE AND ALONE

 

BEST COMEDIC WEBISODE

2 FOR FLINCHING: THE CHURCH

BEST COMEDIC SHORT THRILLER

SIN CITY PSYCHO

BEST DRAMEDY SHORT

ON THE EDGE OF REALITY

BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT

2 MINUTES TO KILL

BEST COMEDY SHORT

CORACOES EM FOGO

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

CHARACTERED BY TIME

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO

AEONS

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION 

OSIRIKA - BLACK CHAMPAIGN

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

SWING DANCE PARTY

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE 

THE WOMB

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY

NOW OR NEVER: A TONY ROMO STORY

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM

GAM CAM GRRL

GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO

FADE MUSIC VIDEO

GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT

TIME TO BREATHE

GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

ANY WEDNESDAY

GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

RHINO CUP

GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

ASPIRE TO THE SKY: THE WILSHIRE GRAND STORY

GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE

TWO WAYS HOME

SCREENPLAY AWARDS
 

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - FAITH-BASED STORY - ALWAYS HOPE

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - GRAND PRIZE - WOMEN BY DESIGN

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - INTERNATIONAL STORY - 112

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - HONORABLE MENTION - IVY

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - SCI-FI - MIJO

BEST TV SCREENPLAY - ALEX MCCOY: PARANORMAL DICK

BEST SCREENPLAY - WESTERN - AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM

BEST SCREENPLAY - COP THRILLER - HEARTSTONE

BEST SCREENPLAY - WESTERN - HONORABLE MENTION - PURGATORY PLAINS

BEST SCREENPLAY - SATIRE - THE REBOOT

BEST SCREENPLAY - HONORABLE MENTION - GUAR AND PEAS

BEST SCREENPLAY - HISTORICAL CRIME DRAMA - WHERE'S JIMMY?

BEST SCREENPLAY - FEMALE BIO PIC - IN LOVE WITH EINSTEIN

BEST SCREENPLAY - NATIVE AMERICAN STORY - CHILOCCO

BEST SCREENPLAY - INTERNATIONAL - THE REAL THING

BEST SCREENPLAY - THRILLER - THE PINCH

BEST SCREENPLAY - CRIME COMEDY - SHADY MESA

BEST SCREENPLAY - ACTION - CHOKEPOINT

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