
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
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BEST LOCAL SHORT
MY MARINA
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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT
I AM BANKSY
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BEST FAMILY SHORT
SAMMY
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BEST FAMILY FEATURE FILM
LUCKY
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BEST SHORT ROMANTIC COMEDY
TRISTAN & KELLY
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BEST ROMANCE SHORT
TRAIN STOP
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BEST ADVENTURE/FANTASY SHORT FILM
LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY
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BEST WESTERN SHORT FILM
BEQUEST
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BEST WESTERN FEATURE FILM
BROTHERS JAMES RETRIBUTION
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE FACES FROM MARS
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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM
TUBBY HOOK
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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM
VAMPIE...AKA “THE SILLIEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER MADE”
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BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM
THOM MICHAEL MULLIGAN/THE WITCHING HOUR
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BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM
TANNA FREDRICK/TWO WAYS HOME
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BEST STUDENT SHORT
THE SHALLOW
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BEST MYSTERY SHORT
CALL ME
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BEST SUSPENSE SHORT
MALIGN
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BEST THRILLER SHORT
HOUSE OF REDEMPTION - HEAR ME
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BEST CRIME THRILLER SHORT
DON’T POINT
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BEST ACTION SHORT
THE TEACHER
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BEST DRAMA SHORT
INTERVENTION
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BEST CHICK FLICK
THE CHAINS THAT BIND
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BEST LGBT SHORT
WINE BOTTLES
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BEST FAITH-BASED SHORT
TRICK OF THE OLD CAT
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BEST DANCE SHORT - BAD COP, BAD COP
THE DANCE
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SPECIAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AWARD
UNICORNS
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM
LADIES MOST DEJECT /CONNER WHARTON
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT
MARTINIS AT THE SMOKE HOUSE
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BEST SOUND DESIGN SHORT
THE MOON SMELLS LIKE GUNPOWDER
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BEST SOUND EDITING
BITE!
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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT
TYSEN KNIGHT/HOMELESS STREET ARTIST
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BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
MARC E. WILLIAMS/5 MINUTES AND COUNTING
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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY
PATH OF THE DAFF: Michael Piscitelli
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BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT
THE GUITAR
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BEST HORROR PILOT
ICE WOLF QUEEN
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BEST ROMANTIC HORROR SHORT FILM
BOO!
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BEST HORROR SHORT
ROOM 566
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BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SATANIST
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BEST EDITING - SHORT FILM
ROSES ARE BLIND
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BEST HOLIDAY THEMED DRAMATIC SHORT FILM
WHITE CHRISTMAS
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BEST HOLIDAY THEMED COMEDI C SHORT FILM
SAVING SANTA
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BEST SCI-FI SHORT
THE TELEIOS ACT
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BEST SCI-FI-HORROR SHORT FILM
IMPOSTER SOCIETY
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BEST SCI-FI FEATURE FILM
AUTOMATION
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM
SAVING SANTA
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
INDOMITABLE
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
RIDING REMOTE AND ALONE
BEST COMEDIC WEBISODE
2 FOR FLINCHING: THE CHURCH
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BEST COMEDIC SHORT THRILLER
SIN CITY PSYCHO
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BEST DRAMEDY SHORT
ON THE EDGE OF REALITY
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BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT
2 MINUTES TO KILL
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BEST COMEDY SHORT
CORACOES EM FOGO
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BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
CHARACTERED BY TIME
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
AEONS
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION
OSIRIKA - BLACK CHAMPAIGN
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
SWING DANCE PARTY
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE
THE WOMB
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOW OR NEVER: A TONY ROMO STORY
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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM
GAM CAM GRRL
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GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO
FADE MUSIC VIDEO
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GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT
TIME TO BREATHE
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GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
ANY WEDNESDAY
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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
RHINO CUP
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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
ASPIRE TO THE SKY: THE WILSHIRE GRAND STORY
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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE
TWO WAYS HOME
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SCREENPLAY AWARDS
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - FAITH-BASED STORY - ALWAYS HOPE
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - GRAND PRIZE - WOMEN BY DESIGN
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - INTERNATIONAL STORY - 112
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - HONORABLE MENTION - IVY
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - SCI-FI - MIJO
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BEST TV SCREENPLAY - ALEX MCCOY: PARANORMAL DICK
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BEST SCREENPLAY - WESTERN - AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM
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BEST SCREENPLAY - COP THRILLER - HEARTSTONE
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BEST SCREENPLAY - WESTERN - HONORABLE MENTION - PURGATORY PLAINS
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BEST SCREENPLAY - SATIRE - THE REBOOT
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BEST SCREENPLAY - HONORABLE MENTION - GUAR AND PEAS
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BEST SCREENPLAY - HISTORICAL CRIME DRAMA - WHERE'S JIMMY?
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BEST SCREENPLAY - FEMALE BIO PIC - IN LOVE WITH EINSTEIN
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BEST SCREENPLAY - NATIVE AMERICAN STORY - CHILOCCO
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BEST SCREENPLAY - INTERNATIONAL - THE REAL THING
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BEST SCREENPLAY - THRILLER - THE PINCH
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BEST SCREENPLAY - CRIME COMEDY - SHADY MESA
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BEST SCREENPLAY - ACTION - CHOKEPOINT