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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

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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

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