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  • Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 Award Winners – ALL SQUARE Wins Best Film

    [caption id="attachment_29145" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]All Square 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)

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  • Richmond International Film & Music Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners

    [caption id="attachment_20689" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Best of All Worlds (Die Beste aller Welten) by Adrian Goiginger The Best of All Worlds (Die Beste aller Welten) by Adrian Goiginger[/caption] The 2018 Richmond International Film & Music Festival (RIFF) wrapped on Sunday and handed out lots of awards to the wining writers, filmmakers, and musicians. The Richmond International Film Festival featured seven days of 150 cutting edge award-winning films from 35 countries – from France to Brazil, Australia to Cuba – plus up to 50 bands, panels, and daily events at various venues across Richmond.

    2018 Richmond International Film & Music Festival Winners

    2018 PIONEER AWARD Excellence in Public Service & Leadership Governor Terry McAuliffe 2018 LEGACY AWARD Danny Glover 2018 FOUNDERS AWARD Kate Bosworth

    RIFF GRAND JURY AWARDS

    2018 BEST FEATURE FILM Best of All Worlds 2018 BEST SHORT FILM Bagheera 2018 BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY Wonder Drug 2018 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY Mused

    BEST OF FEST AWARDS

    2018 BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE Streaker 2018 BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Becoming Who I Was 2018 BEST NARRATIVE SHORT Whole World For A Little World  2018 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Two Steps Back  2018 BEST ANIMATED SHORT Negative Space 2018 BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT The Last Dance  2018 BEST MUSIC VIDEO Glendale 2018 BEST WEB SERIES Dear Mankind

    OUTSTANDING MERIT AWARD

    2018 TRIBUTE AWARD “OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC” James Carrington for Edge of Daybreak

    MUSIC AWARDS

    2018 GRAND JURY PRIZE Rodney “The Soul Singer” Stith 2018 BEST AMERICANA Ezra Vancil 2018 BEST ALTERNATIVE INDIE Lauren Marsh 2018 LOCAL FAVORITE Mighty Joshua 2018 BEST WORLD Rumput Band with Danis Sugiyanto 2018 BEST R&B Zaxai 2018 BEST HIP HOP Angelo 2018 BEST CONTEMPORARY POP Kendra Black 2018 BEST ROCK Virginia Man 2018 BEST COUNTRY OR FOLK Mariana Bell 2018 BEST DJ Blacklight 2018 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD Marcaux

    TRIBUTE AWARD

    OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC Sparky Quano

    CERTIFICATES FOR MUSIC

    2018 INNOVATION AWARD Jump In 2018 EMERGING ARTIST AWARD Tahj

    CERTIFICATES FOR FILM

    2018 BEST DIRECTING Can Ulkay for Ayla Daughter of War 2018 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Edwin Stevens for Hunting Lands 2018 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC 40 Years In The Making: The Magic Music Band 2018 BEST ACTOR Danila Kozlovsky for In The Hood 2018 BEST ACTRESS Sulem Calderon for Nona 2018 BEST ENSEMBLE CAST My Brothers 2018 RISING STAR AWARD Jeremy Miliker for Best of All Worlds 2018 RISING STAR AWARD Kyung-kin Lee for Ayla Daughter of War 2018 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (TIE) Michael Polish for Nona Sophie Davout for My Brothers

    SCREENPLAY GENRE WINNERS

    2018 BEST ORIGINAL GENRE SCREENPLAY Amanda Keener for Fireflies 2018 BEST ORIGINAL FAMILY SCREENPLAY Lawrence Whitener for Finding Grace 2018 BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER SCREENPLAY Paul Littell for Breakthrough 2018 BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY SCREENPLAY Brian Schwab for Out Of The Woods 2018 BEST ORIGINAL ACTION SCREENPLAY Todd Sorrell for Parousia

    AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

    FOR BEST FEATURE FILM Young and Innocent FOR BEST SHORT FILM (TIE) An Act of Terror The Break 2018 GRAND JURY HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS That Way Madness Lies UNAUTHORIZED! The Fighting Sioux In Faith We Grow: The Story of Pasture Valley Children’s Home 2e: Teaching the Twice Exceptional FIDDLIN’ Life Goes On Voices Beyond the Wall- Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World

    OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM AND PUBLIC SERVICE

    Spec Campen

    OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC

    James Carrington for the film Edge of Daybreak

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