Skin Directed by Guy Nattiv took the top prize for Best Short Film at the 14th edition of the Oscar Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival Awards Ceremony last night hosted by Gabrielle Loren. Grand Jury Prize went to Souls of Totality Directed by Richard Raymond. Best Director went to Randall Christopher for The Driver Is Red. Best Short Shot on Film went to Trapeze USA by Mark Anthony Green. The Panavision Future Filmmaker Award went to Daniel Drummond for A Foreman. The HollyShorts 2018 Screenplay Competition Winner Presented by Seattle Film Summit went to Best Seller by Nora Kirkpatrick.
The 15th Anniversary of HollyShorts will take place on August 8-17, 2019 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters. The festival begins taking early bird submissions for next year’s festival on September 23, 2018.
HollyShorts Awards 2018 Full Winners List
Best Action
Mascarpone
Jonas Riemer
Best Animation
The Driver Is Red
Randall Christopher
Best Cinematographer
The Other End Of The Earth
Aaron Grasso
Best Comedy
Must Kill Karl
Joe Kicak
Best Coming Of Age
Melody
Bernard Kordieh
Best Diversity
Diwa
Aina Dumlao, Bru Muller
Best Documentary
Hula Girl
Amy Hill, Chris Riess
Best Drama
Phone Duty
Lenar Kamalov
Best Editing
The Sermon
Paco Sweetman
Best Female Director
Magic ’85
Annika Kurnick
Best Horror
Bite Size Horror
Andrew Laurich, Anthony Melton, Ben Franklin, Chris Leone, Jack Bishop, Jerome Sable, John Ross, Justin Nijm, Michael Thelin, Rob Savage, Toby Meakins
Best International
Matria
Alvaro Gago Diaz
Best LGBT
Pop Rox
Nate Trinrud
Best Music Video
Sea
Thor Brenne
Best Narrative
A Drowning Man
Mahdi Fleifel
Best Period Piece
Cypher
Lawrence Le Lam
Best Produced
Deer Boy
Paweł Kosuń, Agnieszka Janowska
Best Romance
Fill Your Heart With French Fries
Tamar Glezerman
Best Sci-Fi
Paleonaut
Eric McEver
Best Screenplay
1. Best Seller – Nora Kirkpatrick
2. Melville – Jeremy Storey
3. Conviction – Nino Mancuso
Best Student
Falling
Ewen Wright
Best Thriller
Baghead
Alberto Corredor
Best TV
Pickup
Jeremiah Kipp
Best VFX
UI Soon We Will All Be One
Johannes Mücke, Patrick Sturm
Best VR
A Yosemite Welcome…
Kevin Pontuti
Best Web Series
Little Italy, LA
Adriano Valentini
Honorable Mention
Magic Alps
Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotu
Kodak Honorable Mention
Always Remember Me
Nell Teare
Best Panavision Future Filmmaker Award
A Foreman
Daniel Drummond
Best Director
The Driver Is Red
Randall Christopher
Best Grand Jury
Souls Of Totality
Richard Raymond
Best Short Film Prize
Skin
Guy Nattiv