BEST MUSIC VIDEO NOMINEES
Pa’lante
Director: Danny Weeks
Bishop Briggs-Baby
Director: Malia James
Animation Directors: Morgan Powell and Neil Kidney
Weezer- High As a Kite
Director: Nathan Presley
BadBadNotGood – “I Don’t Know” Featuring Samuel T. Herring
Director: Will Mayer
Wild
Director: Tanvi Gandhi
WINNER: Bishop Briggs-Baby
Director: Malia James
Animation Directors: Morgan Powell and Neil Kidney
BEST STUDENT FILM
Eternity
Director: Anna Sobolevska
Washed Away
Director: Ben Kallam
Outdooring
Director: Maxwell Addae
November 1st
Director: Charlie Manton
Wild Love
Directors:
Paul Autric,
Quentin Camus
Lea Georges
Maryka Laudet,
Zoe Sottiaux
Corentin Yvergniaux
WINNER: Washed Away
Director: Ben Kallam
BEST COMEDY NOMINEES
The Program
Director: Michael Elliott Dennis
Chowboys: An American Folktale
Directors: Astron-6
Fairy Tail
Directors: Justin and Kristin Schaack
It’s Not Custard
Director: Kate McCoid
Whistle Boys
Director: Justin Norman
WINNER: Fairy Tail
Directors: Justin and Kristin Schaack
BEST ANIMATION
CERULIA
Director: Sofia Carrillo
Expend
Director: Bismark Fernandes
Emily
Director: Marlies van der Wel
A Double Life
Directors: Studio Job, Joris, and Marieke
(Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw)
Under Covers
Director: Michaela Olsen
WINNER: CERULIA
Director: Sofia Carrillo
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Traffic Separating Device
Director: Johan Palmgren
Cultivation: Writing & Wrestling in Iowa City
Director: Nathan McNurlen
The Derby
Director: Remington Smith
The Separated
Director: Jeremy Raff
Through My Eyes
Director: Sujit Singh
Obon
Directors: Andre Hormann and Samo
WINNER: Cultivation: Writing & Wrestling in Iowa City
Director: Nathan McNurlen
BEST ACTION
Flip-Flop
Director: Nolan Quade
Handle With Care
Director: Nate Jones
Off The Hook
Director: Nolan Quade
WINNER: Handle With Care
Director: Nate Jones
BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY
Deep Dive
Director: Mohammad Soleimanifeijani
NDE
Director: Ruben Jimenez
Breaking Wheel
Director: Michael McCallum
WINNER: Deep Dive
Director: Mohammad Soleimanifeijani
BEST HORROR
Right Place, Wrong Tim
Director: Eros Vlahos
La Bete
Director: Filippo Meneghetti
The Video Store Commercial
Directors: Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford
Supine
Director: Nicole Goode
Wild Love
Directors:
Paul Autric
Quentin Camus
Lea Georges
Maryka Laudet
Zoe Sottiaux
Corentin Yvergniaux
WINNER: Wild Love
Directors:
Paul Autric
Quentin Camus
Lea Georges
Maryka Laudet
Zoe Sottiaux
Corentin Yvergniaux
WRITERS BLOCK – BEST SCREENPLAY
Clark
Screenplay written by Dave Stuck
Low Self Esteem 3
Screenplay written by Mikeal Burgin
Time
Screenplay written by Mike Jones and Seth Diewold
Chemistry of Life
Screenplay written by David DeBord
The Dinner
Screenplay written by Ben Matthews
Unseen
Screenplay written by Jeremy Furguson
WINNER: Clark
Screenplay written by Dave Stuck
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT
Something Like Lonleliness
Directors: Seth Epstein & Ben Epstein
Suncatcher
Director: Parker Croft
7A
Director: Zachary Russell
Outdooring
Director: Maxwell Addae
Evelyn x Evelyn
Director: Eric Pumphrey
WINNER: Something Like Loneliness
Directors: Seth Epstein & Ben Epstein
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Rosalina
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
Fuck You
Director: Anette Sidor
The Orphan
Director: Carolina Markowicz
WINNER: The Orphan
Director: Carolina Markowicz
BEST IOWA MADE FILM NOMINEES
Whistle Boys
Director: Justin Norman
Knee High
Director: Marissa Vonn
Cultivation: Writing & Wrestling in Iowa City
Director: Nathan McNurlen
S3RIAL
Director: Michael E. Berg
Note to Self
Director: Justin Norman
WINNER: Knee High
Director: Marissa Vonn
DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE NOMINEES
Jon Norman Schneider
Manila is Full of Men Named Boy
Director: Andrew Stephen Lee
Lindsay Duncan
November 1st
Director: Charlie Manton
Natalie Paul
Evelyn x Evelyn
Director: Eric Pumphrey
Kristoffer Joner
Rosalina
Director: Fredrik S. Hana
Asa Butterfield
Right Time, Wrong Tim
Director: Eros Vlahos
WINNER: Jon Norman Schneider
Manila is Full of Men Named Boy
Director: Andrew Stephen Lee
AUDIENCE CHOICE:
Knee High
Director: Marissa Vonn
BEST OF FEST
November 1st
Director: Charlie Manton