QUARTERLY WINNERS: YEAR 3, ROUND 1
- Team ZepFEST
- Feb 4
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FILM QUARTERLY WINNERS
Best Feature Film
Masquerade Mixup - US
Best International Feature Film
Revelations - Nigeria/US
Honorable Mention: Bianky Slayer - Egypt
Best Short Film
Sweet Molly - US
Honorable Mention: The Other Half - US
Best International Short Film
The Crone - Poland
Honorable Mention: Debacle - Mexico
Best Micro Short
Ding Dong Dead - US
Honorable Mention: Feathers - US
Best Documentary Feature
Creative Vandal - UK
Honorable Mention: My Empathy - US
Best Documentary Short
The Call of the Road - US
Honorable Mention: Story Pole - US
Best Editing
Sweet Molly - JC McNaughton - US
Honorable Mention: The Crone - Arkadiusz Wojdyga, Catherine Kasima Kanda - Poland
Best Cinematography
The Crone - Michal Dolny - Poland
Honorable Mention: Sweet Molly - Sam Sargeant - US
Best Music Score
Run Nino Run - US
Honorable Mention: Debacle - Mexico
Best Sound Design
The Crone - Pawel Uszynski - Poland
Honorable Mention: Nine Grams of Lead - Nicolas Roulis - US
Best Costume Design
The Crone - Martyna Maryniak, Anna Stepien - Poland
Honorable Mention: Nine Grams of Lead - Cecile Conte, Hocine Gherbi, Hectare Lemerle, Sophia Miglio, Ochieng Oneko - US
Best Director
The Crone - Catherine Kasima Kanda - Poland
Honorable Mention: Sweet Molly - JC McNaughton - US
Best Makeup/Special Effects Makeup
Glaistig - Tatjana Bluchel, Mandolin Raine Gorneau - US
Best Actress
Sweet Molly - Rebekah Kennedy - US
Honorable Mention: The Other Half - Pamela Beheshti - US
Best Supporting Actress
The Other Half - Charlotte Hemmings - US
Best Actor
Revelations - Richard Mofe-Damijo - Nigeria/US
Honorable Mention: Run Nino Run - Dick Schaefer - US
Best Supporting Actor
Run Nino Run - Zeka Nichols - US
Honorable Mention: Tega Mofe-Damijo - Revelations - Nigeria/US
Best Production Design
The Crone - Poland
Honorable Mention: Nine Grams of Lead - US
Best Animated Film
“Antisocial” Pedagogic Torment - Germany
Honorable Mention: The Cage - Iran
Best Ensemble Cast
Masquerade Mixup - US
Honorable Mention: Revelations - US
Best Sci-Fi Film (Fablestone)
The Silver Lining - UK
Honorable Mention: The Red Market - US
Best Fantasy (Fablestone)
The Crone - Poland
Honorable Mention: Gruff - US
Best Horror Film (Grimstone)
Glaistig - US
Honorable Mention: My List of Bodies I Buried in the Woods - US
Best Drama Film (Powerstone)
Run Nino Run - US
Honorable Mention: Sanctuary - US
Best Comedy Film (Sunstone)
Vasomotor Rhinitus - Georgia
Honorable Mention: Manamagizhselvan (MMS) - India
Honorable Mention: BrewHaHa - US
Best Experimental Film
Corporeality: Computer Sound Gets Physicial - Germany
Honorable Mention: Rotten Society - India
Best Action/Adventure Film (Willowstone)
Jólakötturinn (The Yule Cat) - Iceland/US
Honorable Mention: Cel 7 - US
Best Student Film
Moonlight - US
Honorable Mention: Veils - US
Best First-Time Director
Fever Dream - Katie Mae Jones - US
Honorable Mention: Claimant - Nadereh Sadat Serki - Iran
Best AI Film
The Things We Loved - Republic of Korea
Honorable Mention: Dark Skies All Around - Hungary
Best Assistant Director
The Red Market - Skyler Poiley, Ramiro Leal - US
Best Fan Film
Return to Gravity Falls - US
Best Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Film
Breaking Out - US
Best Period Piece
Nine Grams of Lead - US
Honorable Mention: 115 - Canada
Best Story
My List of Bodies I Buried in the Woods - US
Honorable Mention: Feathers - US
Best Proof of Concept
You Think Although You Are Not - Iran
Honorable Mention: Sheep Will Devour Us - Iran
Best Drone Cinematography
Run Nino Run - Lance Revoir, Greyson Keanu Gutierrez - US
Best Producer
Revelations - Tanya Price - US/Nigeria
Best LGBTQ+ Film
Tinseltown’s Queer: 30 Years Later - US
WRITING & PODCAST QUARTERLY WINNERS
Best Original Screenplay - Feature
Platinum: “2 Brothers” - William Wong - US
Gold: “Happy Accidents” - Laura Michelle Powers - US
Silver: Grey Ladies Down - Abby & Mickey’s Dueling Trolley Tour - US
Best Original Screenplay - Short
Platinum: “Run Nino Run” - Riley Jeffs - US
Gold: “Failures” - Cesar Sanchis Romero - Spain
Silver: “The Red Market” - Christopher Matthew Spencer - US
Best Original Podcast Recording
Platinum: “Kobalt Pier” - N.T. Cimiluca, Ryan & Russell Karloff - US
Gold: “Silvertongues” - Josie Eli Herman, Michael Alan Herman - US
Silver: “Alpha 8 - Season One” - Stephanie Elie - US
Bronze: “The Bear Story” Jeffrey Morin - US
Best Original Podcast Script
Platinum: “Silvertongues” - Josie Eli Herman, Michael Alan Herman - US
Gold: “The Last Uprising” - Stephanie Ellie - US
MUSIC QUARTERLY WINNERS
Best Music Video
Platinum: “Begging for Mercy” - William Kidd - US
Gold: “Standing by a River” - Carla Sciaky - US
Silver: “Embers” Visionz2turnt & Mariduhkid - US
Bronze: “Night Vision” 3AM Sound - US
Best International Music Video
Platinum: Jólakötturinn (The Yule Cat) - Iceland/US
Gold: “Antisocial” Pedagogic Torment - Germany
Silver: “Bubbles” Ramachandran A.P. - India
Best Animated Music Video
“Forever” - Orphans Cabaret - US
Best Jazz Song
“The Hollywood Medley” - Robin Simone - US
Honorable Mention: “Christmas in New York” - Angus Benfield
Best Country Song
“African Cowboy” Alex Boye - US
Honorable Mention: “Country Girls” Emma Dream - US
Best Folk/Indie Song
“Standing by a River”- Carla Sciaky - US
Honorable Mention: “Song for Veronica” - Anezka Hruskova - Czech Republic
Best Pop Song
“Heal My Mind” - TT - US
Best Inspirational Song
“Heal My Mind” - TT - US
Best Contemporary Song
“Begging for Mercy” - William Kidd - US
Honorable Mention: “Colorful” Danika Lipetsky - US
Best Instrumental Song
“Glory” - Richard Zeluda - US
Honorable Mention: “Nanso - Tetsuro Konishi PV” - Shuichim Inohana - Japan
Best Alternative/Indie Song
“Forever” Orphan’s Cabaret - US
Best Original Song From a Musical
“All Comes Down to This!” Karissa Nicole Branan - US
Best Rock Song
“My Mona” Johnny O’Neil - US
Best Music Video Producer
“Begging for Mercy” Performed by William Kidd - Produced by Criss Vega - US
Honorable Mention: “Forever” Performed by Orphan’s Cabaret - Produced by John Whipple - US
Best Music Video Sound Engineer
“Heal My Mind” - Performed by TT, Produced by Jay Tavernese - US
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