Los Angeles Reel Film Festival
 
Los Angeles Reel  Film Festival
2010

2010 AWARD WINNERS

Best Of Show Winner



“South Dakota”

Dir. Bruce Isacson


Best Narrative Short



1st

“Inferno”

Dir. Jarid Boyce


2nd

“Appleton”

Dir. Jimmy Costa


3rd

“Siren”

Dir. Andras Novak



Honorable Mention


“Special Needs”  Dir. Scott Smith

“Third Shift”  Dir. Bruce Guido

“Das Paket”  Dir. Marco Gadge

“Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement”  Dir. Jesse Griffith

“Alienated”  Dir. Paul Borghese

“Sissy”  Dir. Bonnie Root

“Mr. Bojagi”  Dir. Marco Van Belle

“The Closed Door”  Dir. Ian Voglesong

“Chris Weisberg is Growing Bald”  Dir. Payman Benz

“Dawn Of Darkness Trailer”  Dir. Maks Naporowski

“Qing Lou Nu”  Dir. Bryan Hopkins

“Una Calle Sin Salida”  Dir. Robert Fernandez

“Mansfield Path”  Dir. Samuel Benavides

“The Shot”  Dir. Andrew Hamer

“Piano Fingers”  Dir. Nicholas Carment

“Chase Thompson, A Film by Chase Thompson”  Dir. Vincnet Lin

“The Interview”  Dir. Giovanni Zelko

“The Cycle”  Dir. Roy Clovis

“White Knuckle”  Dir. Michael Weinstein

“Return To Them”  Dir. Noam Kroll

“Tea & Sympathy”  Dir. Patrick McMahon

“Bored Girls”  Dir. Hanna Moon

“Model”  Dir. Andras Novak

“Crow’s Feet”  Dir. Megan Palinkas

“Abidjan”  Dir. Alexander Etseyatse








Best Narrative Short Director



“Appleton”

Dir. Jimmy Costa





Best Narrative Short Screenplay



“Appleton”

Dir. Jimmy Costa




Best Narrative Short Cinematography



“Inferno”

Dir. Jarid Boyce





Best Narrative Short Editing



“Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement”

Dir. Jesse Griffith





Best Narrative Short Actor



“Sissy”

Peter Giles




Best Narrative Short Actress


                                                   


“Sissy”

Marlene Grady





Best Narrative Short Supporting Actor

                                                    



“Alienated”

Louis Vanaria





Best Narrative Short Supporting Actress

                                                    



“Inferno”

Natalie Smyka




Best Narrative Short Sound Design




“Inferno”

Dir. Jarid Boyce

                                                                 





Best Narrative Short Original Score



“Siren”

Dir. Andras Novak





Best Narrative Short Production Design




“Siren”

Dir. Andras Novak






Best Narrative Short Special Effect (Digital)


                                                                 


“Dawn Of Darkness Trailer”

Dir. Maks Naporowski

                               




Best Narrative Short Special Effect (Make-Up)




“Inferno”

Dir. Jarid Boyce





Best Narrative Short Costume Design



“The Shot”

Dir. Andrew Hamer




Best Narrative Feature



1st

“South Dakota”

Dir. Bruce Isacson


2nd

“Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball”

Lonnie Schuyler


3rd

“Do Not Disturb”

Dir. Eric Balfour, Petro Papahadjopoulos, Laura Henry, Jon Mann-Krieger, & Brandon Nicholas




Honorable Mention


“Broken Dreams”  Dir. David Crabtree

“Kookman”  Dir. Tony Mason

“Father Vs. Son”  Dir. Joseph Ballarini

“Forge”  Dir. Jason Windsor

“Dancing On A Dry Salt Lake”  Dir. Dominique De Fazio

“Deeper and Deeper”  Dir. Mariusz Kotowski

“Disney Shot Kennedy”  Dir. David Lawrence

“Twenty Ten”  Dir. Byron Kaye & Mark Alston

“Salvador’s Deli”  Dir. Vince Murdocco & Trevor Mirosh

“Alison”  Dir. Paul Schattel

“Aloha Daze”  Dir. Dante Parducci

“Love 10:1”  Dir. Christine Le, Laura Somers & Lucy Rodriquez

“Stoner”  Dir. Michael Greene

“By Love and Art Scarred”  Dir. James Cassano

“Don’t Blame The Lettuce”  Dir. David Jones

“Dynamite Swine”  Dir. Mark Poisella

“I Am Bish”  Dir. David Bishop

“In 200 Characters Or Less”  Dir. Mauro Giuffrida

“Innocent Crimes”  Dir. Jonathan Green

“Mid Life Gangster”  Dir. Teddy Grouya & Evan “Bullet” James

“The Middle Of The Middle”  Dir. Daniel White

“The Way (II)”  Dir. Barry Shay

“Zombie Bankers”  Dir. Drew Snyder

“Quiet Shoes”  Dir. Isaac Olsen

“If God Wants”  Dir. Arthur Diennet

“Love And A Long Shot”  Dir. Vince Duvall






Best Narrative Feature Director

                                                                 


“South Dakota”

Dir. Bruce Isacson




Best Narrative Feature Screenplay



“South Dakota”

Dir. Bruce Isacson                                         




Best Narrative Feature Cinematography



“South Dakota”

David Tumblety




Best Narrative Feature Editing



“Kookman”

Dir. Tony Mason





Best Narrative Feature Actor


“Deeper and Deeper”

David Lago




Best Narrative Feature Actress



“South Dakota”

Tessa Thompson




Best Narrative Feature Supporting Actor                                                    


“Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball”

Clint Curtis




Best Narrative Feature Supporting Actress

                                                    


“Broken Dreams”

Nicole Gerth




Best Narrative Feature Sound Design


“Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball”

Lonnie Schuyler




Best Narrative Feature Original Score                                                                                                                


“Father Vs. Son”

Dir. Joseph Ballarini




Best Narrative Feature Production Design



“Kookman”

Dir. Tony Mason




Best Narrative Feature Special Effect (Digital)


“Forge”

Dir. Jason Windsor

                               



Best Narrative Feature Special Effect (Make-Up)


“Do Not Disturb”

Dir. Eric Balfour, Petro Papahadjopoulos, Laura Henry, Jon Mann-Krieger, & Brandon Nicholas




Best Narrative Feature Costume Design                                                                                                                  


“Do Not Disturb”

Dir. Eric Balfour, Petro Papahadjopoulos, Laura Henry, Jon Mann-Krieger, & Brandon Nicholas





Best Student Film



1st

“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian


2nd

“A Complex Villainelle”

Dir. Howard Cook, Nathan Billington, Rebecca Forth & Ryan Porter


3rd

“Controlled Burn”

Dir. Dan Van Wert




Honorable Mention


“Still Voices”  Dir. Tamal Sen

“Final Revision”  Dir. Sky Wang

“Unearthed”  Dir. Alexander Atkins

“#54 Meets #47”  Dir. Chase Fleming

“The Pond”  Dir. Leslie Saunders & Ashley Saunders

“The Vacation of Death”  Dir. Robert Pendieton & Joel Natanauan

“Upstanding Youth”  Dir. Albert Vazquez & James Campbell

“Kiss”  Dir. Justin Zagri

“Sacrifice on The Ante”  Dir. Bryce Richards

“Shortcomings”  Dir. Andrew Reisfeld

“Parental Unit”  Dir. Jeremy Olson

“Big Brother”  Dir. Mattan Cohen

“On The Rise”  Dir. John Tupper

“Gideon Verite”  Dir. Raquel Cedar

“Hell’s Snow”  Dir. Robert Betts

“UnderCover”  Dir. Iman Zawahry

“One for You and One for Me”  Dir. Trent

“Prison Boat”  Dir. Farhan Arshad & Alvaro Saar Rios

“Ill-Fated Whom Time Long’st Did Frown”  Dir. Patrick Suveg

“Dine and Slash”  Dir. Ben Mekier

“Lukewarm”  Dir. Ryan Turner

“Change The Future”  Dir. Mattan Cohen

“Manifest Destiny: A Fates Calling”  Dir. Justin Chambers

“Last Night”  Dir. Jason Rotoio

“Arpaio’s America”  Dir. Jodi Wu & Chris Wells

“Spy Love You”  Dir. Matthew Breault





Best Student Film Director

                                         


“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian




Best Student Film Screenplay



“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian                                           




Best Student Film Cinematography


                                             


“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian



Best Student Film Editing

                                            


“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian



Best Student Film Actor


“Not Worth A Bullet”

Ronald Nitschke



Best Student Film Actress



“Controlled Burn”

Nancy Boykin                                                    

                                                                   


Best Student Film Supporting Actor

                                                    


“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dietmar Wunder




Best Student Film Supporting Actress

                                                    


“Unearthed”

Lindsay Goranson



Best Student Film Sound Design



“Not Worth A Bullet”

Dir. Markus F. Adrian



Best Student Film Original Score



“A Complex Villainelle”

Dir. Howard Cook, Nathan Billington, Rebecca Forth & Ryan Porter




Best Student Film Production Design


“The Pond”

Dir. Leslie Saunders & Ashley Saunders



Best Student Film Special Effects (Make-up)

                                        


“Ill-Fated Whom Time Long’st Did Frown”

Dir. Patrick Suveg



Best Student Film Digital Effects



“A Complex Villainelle”

Dir. Howard Cook, Nathan Billington, Rebecca Forth & Ryan Porter

                               



Best Student Film Costume Design



“The Pond”

Dir. Leslie Saunders & Ashley Saunders





Best Documentary Feature



1st

“Foul Water/Fiery Serpent”

Dir. Gary Strieker


2nd

“Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission”

Dir. Dena Seidel


3rd

“Driven To Race”

Dir. Brian Spillane




Honorable Mention


“Skin Trade”  Dir. Shannon Keith

“East Meets West”  Dir. Lynn Walker

“Harvest of Grief”  Dir. Anwar Jamal

“Postcard to Daddy”  Dir. Michael Stock

“Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived”  Dir. Koji Masutani

“Youngstown: Still Standing”  Dir. John Chechitelli

“Not Evil Just Wrong”  Dir. Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinny

“Beijing Punk”  Dir. Shaun Jefford

“March On”  Dir. Laura McFerrin

“Sing”  Dir. Laura Crosta

“The Triumph of Astana”  Dir. Birk Weiberg

“Anne Stewart: A Most Successful Failure”  Dir. Becky Neiman

“Conversations With Artist”  Dir. Vincent Morelli

“Crimebuster: A son’s Search for His Father”

Dir. Louis F. Dematteis & Mary Jo McConahay

“One Day Only”  Dir. Dan Donahue & Mark Liberio

“Vancouver Vagabond”  Dir. Heath Tait

“Red Zone”  Dir. Javier Barbera










Best Documentary Feature Director

                                        


“Foul Water/Fiery Serpent”

Dir. Gary Strieker




Best Documentary Feature Concept



“Foul Water/Fiery Serpent”

Dir. Gary Strieker



Best Documentary Feature Cinematography

                                                        


“Driven To Race”

Dir. Brian Spillane




Best Documentary Feature Editing


“Skin Trade”

Dir. Shannon Keith




Best Documentary Feature Voice Over



“Foul Water/Fiery Serpent”

Sigourney Weaver




Best Documentary Feature Score/Soundtrack


“Foul Water/Fiery Serpent”

Dir. Gary Strieker




Best Documentary Feature Visual Effects



“Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission”

Dir. Dena Seidel






Best Documentary Short



1st

“Off The Streets: A Build for Humanity”

Dir. Lindsey Munce

                                                                       

2nd

“Modern Day Slaves- OFW Overseas Foreign Workers”

Dir. Ted Unarce


3rd

“A Long Haul”

Dir. Nathaniel Kramer




Honorable Mention


“California: State of Confusion”  Dir. Clay Harrison

“Soundcheck”  Dir. David Sauvage

“Bereza Kartuzka”  Dir. Yurij Luhovy

“Seneca Falls”  Dir. Louise Vance

“A Holy Burger”  Dir. D.J. Carter

“All of Me: Sex Over Seventy”  Dir. Gina Margillo

“Audience with The Queens”  Dir. Robbie Hopecraft

“Coming Off The DL”  Dir. Dan Hunt & Trish Campbell

“Life: The Bill Macumber Story”  Dir. Lesley Hoyt-Croft

“Shaped”  Dir. Walter Georis

“Still Standing”  Dir. Sadler Evans








Best Documentary Short Director

                                                         


“A Long Haul”

Dir. Nathaniel Kramer                                                                     



Best Documentary Short Concept



“Modern Day Slaves- OFW Overseas Foreign Workers”

Dir. Ted Unarce



Best Documentary Short Cinematography



“Off The Streets: A Build for Humanity”

Dir. Lindsey Munce




Best Documentary Short Editing



“California: State of Confusion”

Dir. Clay Harrison




Best Documentary Short Voice Over

                                                     


“Bereza Kartuzka”

Lubomir Mykytiuk                                                                     




Best Documentary Short Score/Soundtrack



“Seneca Falls”

Dir. Louise Vance




Best Documentary Short Visual Effects



“Soundcheck”

Dir. David Sauvage                                                                     







Best Foreign Film


1st

“Anne Jennings”

Dir. Hitoshi Yoshikawa


2nd

“Curio”

Dir. Steve Nesbit


3rd

“Lodo”

Dir. Karlos Alastruey                                                        




Honorable Mention


“Leka Med Dockor”  Dir. Hans Montelius

“Mzungu (n.) White-Wanderer”  Dir. Shana Gilbert

“Unfaithfully Yours”  Dir. Chaya Supannarat

“Keras and Manis; The Way of Bali”  Dir. William Maranda

“Orient Top Town”  Dir. Gina See-Yuen Wong

“The Cedar Tears”  Dir. Nils Oliveto








Best Foreign Film Director



“Lodo”

Dir. Karlos Alastruey




Best Foreign Film Screenplay



“Anne Jennings”

Dir. Hitoshi Yoshikawa




Best Foreign Film Cinematography



“Anne Jennings”

Dir. Hitoshi Yoshikawa




Best Foreign Film Editing



“Keras and Manis; The Way of Bali”

Dir. William Maranda





Best Foreign Film Actor



“Unfaithfully Yours”

Byron Bishop




Best Foreign Film Actress



“Anne Jennings”

Lauren Montgomery




Best Foreign Film Supporting Actor

                                                    


“Curio”

Joel Jackson




Best Foreign Film Supporting Actress

                                                    


“Curio”

Sydney Wade




Best Foreign Film Sound Design



“Lodo”

Dir. Karlos Alastruey 




Best Foreign Film Original Score



“Lodo”

Dir. Karlos Alastruey                                                        




Best Foreign Film Production Design



“Lodo”

Dir. Karlos Alastruey                                             




Best Foreign Film Special Effect (Make-up)

                                                                    


“Curio”

Dir. Steve Nesbit                                                                                       




Best Foreign Film Costume Design

                                                                     


“Anne Jennings”

Dir. Hitoshi Yoshikawa                                            



Best Experimental Film



1st

“Delusion”

Dir. Alexander Markov


2nd

“Eluscid”

Dir. Wilson Bessinger


3rd

“Mugs”

Dir. Ronnie Cramer

                                                        


                                                                      

Honorable Mention

                                             

“Sunset To Sunset”  Dir. Kent Hayward

“Cycle”  Dir. Jim Bizzocchi

“Sealed”  Dir. Mo Brown

“Entaglement”  Dir. Julia Oldham, Eric Corwin & Maxime Clusel

“Curses and Sermons”  Dir. Nic Saunders

“Dessicator”  Dir. Wijnand Geraerts & Monique Stoop

“Redemption City”  Dir. Mickey Bersoza

“I Saw Your Sister Yesterday”  Dir. Mina Park

“ATR 1”  Dir. Bjorn Palmqvist

“All Day”  Dir. Tirtza Even & Justin Gibson

“Separation”  Dir. Andras Novak

“Un Occhio Non Dimentica”  Dir. Giuseppe Chiesa







Best Experimental Director



“Delusion”

Dir. Alexander Markov




Best Experimental Concept



“Sunset To Sunset”

Dir. Kent Hayward                                           




Best Experimental Cinematography



“Delusion”

Dir. Alexander Markov                                            




Best Experimental Editing



“Mugs”

Dir. Ronnie Cramer




Best Experimental Production Design



“Delusion”

Dir. Alexander Markov                                                                                       




Best Experimental Costume Design

                                                                    


“Curses and Sermons”

Dir. Nic Saunders                                                                   







Best Animation



1st

“The Mouse That Soared”

Dir. Kyle Bell


2nd

“Go To Sleep”

Dir. Luis Carlos Uribe


3rd

“Trah Shorts Episode 3: The Saga Continues”

Dir. David Zani



Honorable Mention

                                                         


“The Light House”  Dir. Po Chou Chi

“The Lift”  Dir. Robert Kohr

“Red Snow”  Dir. King Mugabi

“Transformation of The Bully Caterpillar”  Dir. Jay Carter & Roy Brown

“The Villikon Chronicles: Return To Mayhem”  Dir. Rebecca Friedman

“It’s All About Perspective”  Dir. Karen Lithgow

“Takhabot”  Dir. Ghassan Haiawani & Sarah Srage










Best Animation Director


                                                      

“The Mouse That Soared”

Dir. Kyle Bell



Best Animated Characters

                                           


“Trah Shorts Episode 3: The Saga Continues”

Dir. David Zani





Best Animation Story

                                             


“The Light House”

Dir. Po Chou Chi





Best Animated Visuals

                                                                      


“Go To Sleep”

Dir. Luis Carlos Uribe




Best Animation Sound Design



“Go To Sleep”

Dir. Luis Carlos Uribe




Best Original Score

                                                                 


“The Mouse That Soared”

Dir. Kyle Bell                                          




Best Animation Voice Over


“Trah Shorts Episode 3: The Saga Continues”

David Zani                                                                  




Best Music Video



1st

“Corrupted Scene Behind The Stage”

Dir. Ivan Mena Tinoco


2nd

“The Way We Are”

Dir. John Kenney


3rd

“Inside”

Dir. Dave Patten



Honorable Mention


“LBCK, “Start”  Dir. Leah McKissock

“Breakdown”  Dir. Asher Brown

“Culture Prophet-Hustler”  Dir. Gian Franco Morini

“Icky’s Ego: Chimera”  Dir. Pascal Payant

“Who Bust It Like Me”  Dir. Marc Anderson

“Ain’t That The Way”  Dir. Matt Paley & Sofia Belenky

“Whitenights- Stop and Go”  Dir. Daniel Bartels

“Barnacled Warship”  Dir. Christian Devita

“Be”  Dir. Niva Dorell

“Never Been To Athens”  Dir. Jimmy Ahlander

“Let It All Burn Down”  Dir. Ryan Moore

“Na Kolenach”  Dir. Linda Audyova

“Let Me In”  Dir. Matthew Schutt

“Love Me Or Hate Me”  Dir. Hannah Lux Davis

“My Southern Can Is Mine”  Dir. James Gerrity

“Pain Killer”  Dir. Woo-Hyuk (DooBoo) Kim & Greene Choi







Best Music Video Director



“Corrupted Scene Behind The Stage”

Dir. Ivan Mena Tinoco 




Best Music Video Concept



“Breakdown”

Dir. Asher Brown



Best Music Video Cinematography




“Icky’s Ego: Chimera”

Dir. Pascal Payant




Best Music Video Editing

                                                        


“LBCK, “Start”

Dir. Leah McKissock




Best Music Video Song



“Culture Prophet-Hustler”

Dir. Gian Franco Morini 




Best Music Video Production Design



“Corrupted Scene Behind The Stage”

Dir. Ivan Mena Tinoco 




Best Music Video Visual Effects



“LBCK, “Start”

Dir. Leah McKissock




Best Music Video Costume Design



“Let It All Burn Down”

Dir. Ryan Moore





Best Script


1st

“Mademoiselle”

by Nathan Goldman & Miriam Esther Goldman


2nd

“Halfway Home”

by David Schroeder


                                                                  

3rd

“Ripper”

by Joe Randazzo




Honorable Mention

                                         

“According To The Surgeon General”  by Benjamin Bates

“Cockpit”  by Jesse Griffith

“Harvest”  by James Hsiao

“Spotnik”  by Celeste Chan Wolfe

“The Big Idea”  by David Schroeder

“Unhedged”  by Steve Brechtel

“Abandoned Trails”  by David Condrey

“Berlin Drama”  by Daniela Wicke

“Chances”  by Jeff Trently & Anthony Stitt

“Commander In Love”  by Hans Montelius

“Friends and Romans”  by Gregg Greenberg

“Head of State”  by Nathan Floody

“Lasting”  by Stephen Guilbert

“Life’s Funny...Sometimes”  by Johnny Grasso

“Love and Fluids”  by Benjamin Bates

“Mom, A Pill and I”  by Ye Joo Kim

“Soul Cages”  by Joan Chandler

“The Helping Stone”  by Robert Tolz

“The Seventh Year of Elsie Witt”  by Jamison Stokdyk

“Under The Rising Sun”  by Michael McCoy

“What’s Under Dmitri’s Bed”  by Cody Calahan

“Who Killed Juliet Matllin?”  by Gary Bennett & Alyssa Rallo Bennett

“Zeyadora’s Feature Attraction”  by Tim Pyle

“Finding Joy”  by Shona Tuckman

“My Way”  by Judah Ray Neiditch