[caption id="attachment_29145" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]
All Square[/caption]
The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) wrapped up its eight day run with the Southern California Premiere of
All Square starring Josh Lucas, Michael Kelly, Pamela Adlon, Tom Everett Scott, Jay Larson and Andrew Sikking. At the awards ceremony, All Square won the award for Best Film, along with Best Actor for Michael Kelly.
The Newport Beach Film Festival screened over 350 films, representing 50 countries, that competed for Jury, Festival Honors and Audience Awards.
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL HONORS AWARDS
Artists of Distinction:
Jessica Pare
A Canadian actress and singer, Jessica Pare made her Hollywood debut in Wicker Park and is known for her role on the AMC series Mad Men. Films she has starred in have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Icon:
Paco Delgado
Paco was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain and has worked on films such as A Wrinkle In Time, Les Miserables, and The Danish Girl. He has been nominated for Academy Awards, and won the CDG award for his work in The Danish Girl.
Breakout:
Nadine Haders
Nadine Haders is a costume designer known best for her work in the film Get Out. Previously, she had worked primarily in television costume design. Other films include Pay it Forward, The X-Files.
Newcomer:
Joe Sill
New to the industry, Joe’s career jump started with the commercial Tesla – Modern Spaceship which he wrote, produced and directed. The commercial caught the attention of Elon Musk and many advertising agencies. He recently completed production on his first feature film Stray.
2018 AUDIENCE AWARDS:
FEATURE NARRATIVE FILM
Ride
FOREIGN FILM
The Drummer and the Keeper
DOCUMENTARY
Pick of the Litter
ACTION SPORTS
Time Well Spent
ART, ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future
CULINARY
Cuban Food Stories
ENVIRONMENTAL
The Human Element
FAMILY
A Boy Called Sailboat
MUSIC
Up to Snuff
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Aloha Aina Warrior
SHORT NARRATIVE
The Day of Matthew Montgomery
2018 JURY AWARDS
BEST FILM
All Square
BEST ACTOR
Michael Kelly – All Square
BEST ACTRESS
Rusty Schwimmer – Wild Honey
BEST DIRECTOR
Frank Berry – Michael Inside
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Comerford – Michael Inside
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HONORABLE MENTION
Rust
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Forever “B“
BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION
Minding the Gap
BEST SCREENWRITER
Timothy Brady – All Square
SHORT FILMS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
DeKalb Elementary
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Bare Knuckle Carer
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
My Father’s Room
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: HONORABLE MENTION
Garden Party
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Cold Little Heart
2018 FESTIVAL HONORS:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DIRECTING
Shana Feste, Boundaries
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ACTING
Maika Monroe, Shotgun
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ACTING
Finn Wittrock, Locating Silver Lake
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Shane Graham, Ride
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: SCREENWRITING
Will Elliott, Kirk C. Johnson, Nicholas Rutherford, Robert Schwartzman – The Unicorn
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FOREIGN FILM
The Best of All Worlds
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: CINEMATOGRAPHY PRESENTED by ZEISS
Hunting Lands
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: EDITING
Juveniles
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: NARRATIVE FILM
Meerkat Moonship (Maantuig)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: NARRATIVE FILM
The Mad Whale
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY FILM
Social Animals
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY FILM
Kiss the Joy: The Story of Joan Lind Van Blom
SHORT FILMS:
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: SHORT
Homeless
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FOREIGN SHORT FILM
Voice (KOE)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Departure
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
The Peculiar Abilities of Mr. Mahler – André Hennicke as Mr. Mahler
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Girl and The Picture
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Fisk “Untitled Portrait”
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Land of the Wind (Tierra del Viento)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FAMILY FILM SHORT
Bullies
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: FAMILY FILM SHORT (FOREIGN)
Earthy Encounters Encounters (UK)Read more
