2018 Culver City Film Festival Awards

 

The 2018 Culver City Film Festival was held at the Cinemark 18 and XD Howard Hughes Center

 

SPECIAL AWARD OF DISTINCTION - Tim DeZarn (818, ACTS OF DESPERATION, BIG BREAK)

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SPECIAL AWARD OF DISTINCTION - Chuck and Megan Mara ( LATE GREAT MOM, THE ITTY-BITTY COMMITTEE)

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BEST MARTIAL ARTS SHORT - THE SAVER

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - DELORES

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BEST WESTERN SHORT - APACHERIA

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO - LIFE IN PINK

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS -  A HOLLOW POINT

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BEST ROMANCE SHORT - ENOUGH

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BEST LGBT SHORT DRAMA - ICE CREAM AND TEQUILA

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BEST LGBT SHORT COMEDY - BOB

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BEST STUDENT SHORT - TWO UNLIKELY

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BEST SUSPENSE SHORT - HOUSE HUNTING

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BEST FANTASY SHORT - PENDULUM

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BEST CRIME THRILLER - THE CASSIE CONFESSION

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BEST DRAMA SHORT - STILL (LA)

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BEST DOCUDRAMA SHORT - AN ACT OF TERROR

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BEST ACTION SHORT - THE ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT - ON THE EDGE OF REALITY

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE - ACTS OF DESPERATION

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - TWO BLACK COFFEES

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BEST FAMILY SHORT - KIMI HANNA: FASHIONISTA NINJA "LESSON 23"

 

BEST HORROR SHORT - THE OLD MRS JENKINS

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BEST SHORT THRILLER - THE GREY CONSPIRACY

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BEST SHORT SATIRE - GOOD BUSINESS SENSE

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BEST DRAMEDY FEATURE - HATCHBACK

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BEST MUSICAL SHORT - SAVIORS

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BEST BLACK COMEDY FEATURE - HEADSHOTS

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - THE BABIES

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE - SWEET CAROLINE

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BEST SOUND DESIGN SHORT - PLUNDER

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BEST LIGHTING SHORT - ALONE

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BEST FIRST SHORT - BEQUEST

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BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT - THE REASSURING DREAM

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BEST INSPIRATIONAL FEATURE - SPIN THE PLATE

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BEST FEATURE - HORROR - LILITH

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BEST FEATURE - HORROR - THE CHICKEN PARTY

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BEST SHORT EDITING - ECHOES IN THE FOREST

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BEST SHORT ROMANTIC COMEDY - TO NEW BEGINNINGS

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BEST SCI-FI SHORT - SEREGET

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BEST SCI-FI FEATURE - IMPACT EVENT

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - MY BROTHER WES

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY DOCUMENTARY - HEALING TRAUMA: BEYOND GANGS AND PRISONS

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - FOREIGN LOVE

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BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - BRAD CARTER/SAVIORS

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BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Cardell Jackson/STRONG HOLD

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BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - erika stasiuleviciute/SWEET LIES

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BEST ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Jinny Ryan/MELROSE

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SOCIAL AWARENESS AWARD - THE TRAP

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT FILM - CAN YOU TAKE MY PICTURE

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM - ONCE UPON A SUPERHERO

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BEST LIGHTING - THE LESSON

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SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD - ETHICALLY AMBIGUOUS?

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE - IN TRANSIT

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BEST COMEDY SHORT - BITE!

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BEST SHORT ENSEMBLE COMEDY - DIFFERENT QUAKE

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BEST COMEDY FEATURE - HAPPENSTANCE

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BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - HUSTLE/John McKey

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY - Jill Guest/AND NOW, LOVE

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BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE - UNWRITTEN/Dale Neven

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - THE ITALIAN GAZE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- SWING DANCE PARTY

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - FAR AWAY PLACES

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - COSPLAY UNIVERSE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM - LOVE SHOT

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GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - RED TAPE

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GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE TRUNK

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - TUCSON SALVAGE

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - BLISSFUL AT ZERO

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - IN THE ORCHARD

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