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The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017

1 Best Editing Feature

1. What Waits In The Red - David Ince 2. Surprise Me! - Nancy Goodman 3. American Satan - Ash Avildsen 4. Tinker - Tom Bhramayana 5. The Mason Brothers-Keith Sutliff 6. Immortal Fist- Lon Beyer

Best Editing - Short

1. Spy vs Spy - Jesse Orrall 2. Xing - Rosa Costanza 3. Trouble Man - Jackson Young 4. Separated - Danny Thykaer 5. Grocery Store Action Movie Matthew Campbell 6. Don’t Be Afraid of The Light Jason Rostovsky

Best Score - Feature or Short

1. The Goldline - Lance Childers 2. Separated - Danny Thykaer 3. The Exchange - Brian Eggleston 4. Don’t Be Afraid of The Light Jason Rostovsky 5. Broken and Outcast - Jak Gavriel 6. The Beauty of Peace- Yiwen Liu

Best Cinematography - Feature

1. American Satan - Ash Avildsen 2. Tinker - Tom Bhramayana 3. Dark Meridian - Rankin Hickman 4. The Dunning Man - Michael Clayton 5. American Satan - Ash Avildsen 6. The 5 Year - James Christopher 7. Danger Dames & Dangerous Games Alex Salazar

Best Cinematography- Short/Short

1. The Block - Wilder Herms 2. Loud - Victor Obidimalor 3. Lighter Than Water - Hugo Teugels 4. Felon - Cameron Radice 5. Autumn Ghost - Jing Ning 6. The Deja Vuers - Chris Esper

Best Cinematography- Short

1. Remembrance - Madison Campione 2. The Bird Who Could Fly - Raphael Sbarge 3. Separated - Danny Thykaer 4. Speak No Evil - Matthew Serrano 5. Flavored Choices - Bryan Wriggle 6. Daze- Matt Genesis 7. Broken and Outcast - Jak Gavriel

Best Visual Effects- Feature

1. Immortal Wars - Joe Lujan 2. Venus Obscura - Christophe Karabache 3. Escape From EnsenadaBrandon Slagle 4. Black Luck- David Weiss 5. The Guardians - Sebastian Garcia 6. Winter War - David Aboucaya 

Best Visual Effects - Short

1. New York 2150 - Harry Assouline 2. 7 Truths - Brenden Gabriel Murphy 3. Amercon - Michael Wright 4. District Quarantine - Damien Lahey 5. Broken and Outcast - Jak Gavriel 6. Daimonion-Naomi Karpati 7. El Cuco-Kayla Llanes

Best Special Effects- Feature

1. American Satan - Ash Avildsen 2. Fat Guy With A Shotgun: Hillbilly Prophecy - Clint Gaige 3. Surge of Power: Revenge of the SequelVincent Roth 4. Alien Domicile - Kelly Schwarze 5. Immortal Wars - Joe Lujan 6. Black Luck- David Weiss

Best Special Effects- Short

1. Jo and The Pirates - Adam Murray 2. Tracking - Robert Ford 3. Amercon - Michael Wright 4. Mark Upon The Flesh - Neil King 5. The Adventures of Kitty Zombie John Laflamboy 6. Inner Demon - Kirk Caouette

Best Art Direction - Feature

1. Guys Readinbg Poems - Hunter Lee Hughes 2. Tinker - Tom Bhramayana 3. Nightscape - Inchun Oh 4. The Lurking Man - 5. Venus Obscura - Christophe Karabache 6. Counterfeiters - Bryce Hirschberg

Best Art Direction – Short

1. The Killing Game - Andrej Illiev 2. Revenge Of Scooter - Jimmy Monack 3. Nona - Steffen Hildebrandt 4. The Creatures of WhitechapelJonathan Martin 5. Tracking - Robert Ford 6. Speak No Evil - Matthew Serrano

Best Costumes

1. Revenge Of Scooter - Jimmy Monack 2. Kingdom of the Gladiators: Tournament of Kings - Stefan Mila 3. Creatures of White Chapel - Rebecca Martin / Jonathan Martin 4. The Pirate Captain Toledano-Arnon Schorr 5. Breaker - Phillippe McKie 6. Immortal Wars - Joe Lujan

Best Make-up

1. Alfred J Hemlock- Edward Lyons 2. Creatures of White Chapel - Rebecca Martin / Jonathan Martin 3. Stealth & Silence: DC Comic Fan FilmLouisa Phung 4. 37.5% Inhuman- Sha Chen 5. Alien Domicile- Kelly Schwarze 6. Puppet-Brian Gerson

Best Sound Design – Feature

1. Tinker 2. Angels of the Sky 3. American Satan 4. 37.5% Inhuman 5. Alien Domicile 6. It Knows 

Best Sound Design Short 

1. Aileron - AJ Wedding 2. Oh, The Effing Horror - Justin T. Bowler 3. Tracking - Robert Ford 4. Blackout - Timothy Collins 5. Trouble Man - Jackson Young 6. Between The Lies - Glen Harris

Best Action Sequence – Feature

1. Dancer - Johnny Balzas 2. Alien Domicile - Kelly Schwarze 3. Dark Meridian - Rankin Hickman 4. Face of Evil - Vito Dinatolo 5. Black Luck - David Weiss 6. The Executor - Moziko Wind

Best Action Sequence – Short

1. Short Game - Jordan Matlock 2. A Killer In Love - BuAli Shah 3. Fight To Live - Leon Pierce jr 4. Takedown - Kris Mayeshiro 5. The Goldline - Lance Childers 6. Kid Fury - Jino Kang Best Action Sequence – Short 1. Short Game - Jordan Matlock 2. A Killer In Love - BuAli Shah 3. Fight To Live - Leon Pierce jr 4. F3: Kelly Vs. Sarah - Rashawn Strife 5. The Job - Jason Matzner 6. Slaves - Joel Juarez

Best Action Sequence Martial ArtsShort Short

1. Jawbreaker - Alex Poutiainen 2. Olga - Olaf Svenson 3. Combat Archer - Malik Bouabid 4. Short Game - Jordan Matlock 5. Badass Bloggers - Lauren Albert 6. Hugrakkur (Brave) - Marlon Begue

Best Action Sequence Martial Arts- Short

1. Short Game - Jordan Matlock 2. Dumbass Shakedown - James Couche 3. Express Delivery - Beau Fowler 4. Trigger - Roy Arwas 5. Glass Ceiling - Ryan Weaver 6. Takedown - Kris Mayeshiro

Best Fight Choreography - Feature

1. The Immortal Wars - Joe Lujan 2. Kingdom of Gladiators - Stefano Milla 3. Jackson Bolt - Robert Parham 4. London Rampage 5. Dancer - John Balazs 6. The Goners - Mason Grady 7. The Executor - Markiss McFadden

Best Fight Choreography – Short

1. Short Game - Jordan Matlock 2. The Job - Jason Matzner 3. Viulu - Ramin Sohrab 4. One Hot Day - Kris Mayeshiro 5. Takedown - Kris Mayeshiro 6. Kid Fury - Jino Kang 7. Trigger - Roy Arwas 

Breakout Action Star – Male – Short

1. BuAli Shah - A Killer In Love 2. Express Delivery 3. Kyle Clarke - The Exchange 4. Stas Simon - Arkham’s Journal 5. Danny Mantilla - Rebel With A Cause AKA Warrior 6. Ramin Sohrav - Viulu

Breakout Action Star – Female - Short

1. Daywalker: Blade Origins - Lamorae Siggal 2. Zara Phythian - Kung Fu Darling 3. Naomi Frenette - Olga 4. Yuka Sano - Addison Lane 5. Mach 1 - Breaker 6. Victoria Viveiros - Takedown 7. Aliyah O’Brien - Stealth & Silence: DC Comic Fan Film

Male Action Performer of the Year

1. Roy Elghanyan - The Job 2. Beau Fowler - Express Delivery 3. John Robert Twohy - Tracking 4. Kevin Alika Won - Ninja Ex 5. Louis Mandylor - Escape From Ensenada 6. Greg Burridge - London Rampage

Female Action Performer of the Year

1. Naomi Karpati - Naomi Karpati Action Sequence 2. Olivia Dunkley - The Sandra West Diaries 3. PeiPei Yuan - Yoga Pant Brawl 4. Aly Fritz - Joy Jacobs First Bite 5. Zara Pythian - Kung Fu Darling 6. Anna Kristina Ranoso - Singular Duality 7. Colleen Fujioka - Ninja Ex

Action Film of the Year - Feature

1. The Woman In The Red DressCalvert David Miles 2. Dark Meridian - Rankin Hickman 3. Escape From Ensenada - Brandon Slagle 4. The 86- Javier Mujica 5. Red Dog- William DeVital 6. 37.5% Inhuman- Sha Chen

Best Action Short of the Year

1. The Job - Jason Matzner 2. Singular Duality - Shaun Charney 3. Kid Fury- Jino Kang 4. The Exchange - Brian Eggleston 5. Express Delivery - Beau Fowler 6. Tracking - Robert Ford 7. Stealth & Silence: DC Comic Fan FilmLouisa Phung

Best Action Short - Short

1. Enter The Tiger Street MissionGiovanni Tartaglia 2. Arkham’s Journal - Tazito Garcia 3. Warm Up - Jim Punnett 4. F3: Kelly Vs. Sarah - Rashawn Strife 5. Yoga Pant Brawl - PeiPei Yuan 6. Inner Demon - Lori O’Connell The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017

Best Actor-Short

1. Joe Guarneri - Alone 2. Allen Theosky Rowe 3. Almost There - Christopher Karczmar 4. Josh Wriggle - Flavored Choices 5. Gerard Bianco - Reality Disorder 6. Tristan McKinnon - Alfred J. Hemlock 7. Patrick Hampton - Conscious 8. Sayed Badreya - Aileron

Best Actress-Short

1. Jacqueline Murphy - The Admired 2. Anita Shimmins - F3: Kelly Vs. Sarah 3. Brittany Falardeau - First Night 4. Danielle Baker- Oh, The Effing Horror 5. Gilli Messer - Dog Park 6. Mandy Evans Brown - Pick Up 7. Selena Moreno - Remembrance

Best Actor - Feature

1. Frank D’Angelo - The Neighborhood 2. Billy Slaughgter - Dark Meridian 3. Aaron Tveit - Created Equal 4. James Carpinello - The Dunning Man 5. Taurean Jackson - Then There Was You 6. Garrett Sheeks- Black Luck

Best Actress - Feature

1. Joicie Appell - The Tree 2. Edy Ganem - Created Equal 3. Dawn-Lyen Gardner - The Dunning Man 4. Leah Perriam - Demons Don’t Knock 5. Lashawnada Batts-BowserThen There Was You 6. Vanessa Stevenson - What Waits In The Red

Best Supporting Actor - Feature

1. Paul Sorvino - The Executor 2. Lou Diamond Phillips - Created Equal 3. James Moses Black - Dark Meridian 4. Franco Nero - The Neighborhood 5. Fred Williamson- Jackson Bolt 6. Nicoye Banks - The Dunning Man

Best Supporting Actor - Short

1. Nick Xu - The Killing Game 2. Jack Yang - The Bird Who Could Fly 3. Lance Reddick - Lawman 4. Danny Thykaer - Separated 5. Steve Quimby-The Kidnapping of a Fish 6. Zak Rukavina- Union Best Supporting Actress – Feature 1. Cynthia Rodriguez - Executor 2. Laurie Fortier - The Neighborhood 3. Nicole Sullivan - Surprise Me! 4. Jesse Sullivan- American Satan 5. Shanelle Yuan- 37.5% Inhuman 6. Robin Lee Canode-Danger, Dames, & Dangerous Games The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 6 Best Young Performer Male - Short 1. Jacob Hopkins - The Nerd Posse 2. Aiden Wind - The Executor 3. Griffin Robert Faulkner - Pick Up 4. Gabriel Hale - Common Ground 5. David Raynolds - The Candy Girl 6. Paul Ward- Brain Waves Best Young Performer – Feature 1. Lauren Lasseigne - It Knows 2. Aidan Wind - Executor 3. Colt Crawford - Tinker 4. Kasey Lee- Yellow Fever 5. Luke Judy- Guys Reading Poetry 6. Elijha Hammill- The Neighborhood Best Young Performer Female -Short 1. Alexa Diaz - Mr. Bones 2. Amilia Wriggle - Flavored Choices 3. Hannah Goergen - A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale 4. Fiona Perry - Jo and The Pirates 5. Jesamine Katzman - Yes, We Are Open 6. Nadia Renteria - The Elimindora 7. Alexandria Suarez - El Cuco Best First Time Filmmaker (First AOF Appearance) 1. Cindy Iodice - The Bridge 2. Robyn Nielsen - Anywhere I Lay 3. Union - Julia Myers 4. Brittany Caldwell - Race of Life 5. England Simpson - Prelude: A Love Story 6. Mary Rangel: The Metamorphosis Experiment Best Young Filmmaker 1. Peter Bundic - Sleuth 2. Joshua Costea - Consensus 3. Brittany Caldwell - Race of Life 4. Elizabeth Gmaz - Face Them 5. Isabella Artaza - Room 701 6. Jimsha Carand-Looking For Miku Outstanding Cast Performance - Short 1. Aileron - AJ Wedding 2. Union - Julia Meyers 3. Trigger - Roy Arwas 4. Blackout - Timothy Collins 5. Rockabye - Sean Patrick Leonard 6. Sheppards Maiden - John Depew Outstanding Cast Performance-Feature 1. Lifelines - Monnie Aleahmad 2. The Women In The Red Dress - Calvert David Miles 3. It Knows - Mark Maness 4. Counterfeiters-Bryce Hershberg 5. You Have A Nice Flight-Jimmy Dinh 6. The Neighborhood– Frank D’Angelo Best Director-Short 1. Mohammad Aleazemi - The Hammer 2. Natasha Kermani - Pole 3. Rosa Costanza - Xing 4. Rope Trick - Kirk Ryde 5. Mark Datuin - Mismatch and Lighter 6. Marie-Louise Elia - Take 18 7. AJ Wedding - Aileron The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 7 Best Director – Feature 1. Jimmy Dinh - You Have A Nice Flight 2. Rankin Hickman - Dark Meridian 3. Adewale Bajere - Then There Was You 4. David Aboucaya - Winter War 5. Frank D’Angelo - The Neighborhood 6. William DeVital - Red Dog Best Director – Short 1. Glen Harris - Between The Lies 2. Zach Frankart - Among Wolves 3. Wade Koch - The Muse Will Find You Working 4. Lisa Savy - Love, Pancakes and The Human Condition 5. Ryan Weaver - Glass Ceiling 6. Revenge of Scooter - Jimmy Monack Best Picture 1. The Dunning Man - Michael Clayton 2. Venus Obscura - Christophe Karabache 3. The Loudest Sound - Jason Miller 4. She Walks - Zachary Ratchford 5. Created Equal - Bill Duke 6. Goodland - Josh Doke Best Short 1. The Koi - Qiyu Zhou 2. Revelation: the City of Haze Lu Sun 3. Mismatch and Lighter - Mark Datuin 4. Pole - Stefanie Woodburn 5. Nona - Steffen Hildebrandt 6. The Verses - Alexander Jeffery 7. Remembrance - Madison Campione Best Short / Short 1. Words Of A Teenage Writer - Luke Robson 2. Solved - Michael Bartolomeo 3. The Block - Wilder Herms 4. Addison Lane - Thomas Bangert 5. Mt. Washington - Raeshelle Cooke 6. Dream Girl - Brett Newton Best Animation 1. Night Terror - Joseph Guerrieri 2. Revelation: the City of HazeLu Sun 3. Bosatsu Year of the Dragon - Siddharth Ahluwalia 4. Cupid Is Not A TerroristBellopropello 5. The Olympians - Jeffrey Tomaszewski 6. Bringer of War - Koura Linda Best Experimental Project 1. Palpatations of Dust - Ann Huang 2. Faded Image - Troy Greenwood 3. Black Box - Avi Maaravi 4. Do We Know Fear? Szilard Matusik 5. Solved - Michael Bartolomeo 6. Best Produced Screenplay – Short 1. The Artist and The Plodder - Bryen Trawick 2. The Admired - Jacqueline Murphy 3. Son - Cyrus Neshvad 4. The Killing Game-Andrej Iliev 5. Falling South-Lorraine Portman 6. The Butterfly Fable-Christopher Sin Best Dialogue Feature 1. Goodland - Josh Doke 2. Dark Meridian - Rankin Hickman 3. The Dunning Man - Michael Clayton 4. The Neighborhood - Frank D’Angelo 5. Switch - Nick Parker 6. The 5 Year - James Christopher The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 8 Best Comedy Scene 1. The Adventures of Kitty Zombie John Laflamboy 2. Border Brothers - Rickey Bird 3. The Kidnapping of A Fish - Philip A. Ramos 4. Motherboard - Hayden Franklin 5. Hit and Miss - Robert James 6. Just A Tic - Russ Meyer 7. Flow - Shelagh Rowan-Legg Best Mico Film / Trailer 1. Authentic Appraisal - Robert Benavides 2. Darktown - Jenna Payne 3. Share Doritos Not War - Andres Galeano 4. Flow - Shelagh Rowan-Legg 5. Endangered - Lorraine Portman 6. Prelude A Love Story - England Simpson 7. A Brief Case - Lyndsey Crawford Best Fan Film 1. Daywalkers: Blade Origins - Markiss McFadden 2. Arkham’s Journal - Taz Garcia 3. Harley - Fernando Huerto 4. Cable Chronicles of Hope - Harry Kirby 5. John Wick Origins: Kirill - Paul Drechsler-Martell 6. Harley - Fernando Huerto Best Comedy – Short 1. The Goodnight Kiss - Laura Adkin 2. Badass Bloggers - Lauren V. Albert 3. The Kidnapping of A Fish - Philip A. Ramos 4. Baked Ziti - Sascha Schneider 5. The Eliminadora - PJ Gaynard 6. Who? - Morag ‘Morrie’ Sinkins 7. Marin Offs Himself - Aaron Warner Best Comedy- Feature 1. Surprise Me - Nancy Goodman 2. The Border Brothers - Rickey Bird 3. Hit and Miss - Robert James 4. With You - Leon Tidwell 5. Timeless - Alexander Tuchinski 6. Paint Dry - Sezar Alkassab Best Spoof 1. Attack of the Killer Chickens - Genoveva Rossi 2. The Adventures of Kitty ZombieJohn Laflamboy 3. Comrade Crunch - Roy Arwas 4. Yoga Pant Brawl - Pei Pei Yuan 5. Todd Finds A New Friend - Anita Clay Bryan Dodds 6. The End of Dr. Hero - Jonathan P. Ritter 7. Share Doritos, Not War - Andres Galeano Best Documentary 1. Freight Train - Jim Conover 2. Angels of the Sky - Josh Berman / Trent McGee 3. Departing - Miroslav Nincic 4. Moleman 4 Longplay - Szilard Matusik 5. The Forgotten Ones - Mantai Chow 6. Blood Road - Nicholas Schrunk Best Student -Film 1. Honeybee - Micah Groenevelt 2. Multiple Films - Ashton Aliva 3. Vengence Oil - Almaz Amandossov 4. Emma - Casey Ortiz 5. Daze - Matt Genesis 6. Short Drop - Maya Cozier The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 9 Best Documentary - Short 1. Atousa - Laurel Adler 2. The Last Doll Lady - Taryn Hough 3. Denis Leary First Annual Firefighter Challenge - Marc Ruiz 4. The Forgotten Ones - Mantai Chow 5. Remembering Hal - Amy McCorkle 6. Kahana: Teaching Life - Jason Brown Best Editing - Documentary 1. Angels of the Sky - Trent McGee Josh Berman 2. Concrete and Crashpads: Stunts in New York - Stephen Koepfer 3. Black Gold The Trail to Standing RockAmy McCorkle 4. Atousa - Laurel Adler 5. Walking On Water - Gianmarco D’Agostino 6. Moleman 4 - Szilard Matusik Best Drama- Feature 1. Then There Was You - Adewale Bajere 2. Counterfeiters - Bryce Hirshberg 3. American Satan - Ash Avildsen 4. The Neighborhood - Frank D’Angelo 5. Random Karma - Randy Ayres 6. Inherit The Stars: Keishi Suenaga Best Drama- Short 1. A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale - Sean Martinez 2. Jonah - Michael Maschina 3. Take 18 - Marie-Louise Elia 4. Sympton of Life - Ajiri Akpolo 5. Separated - Danny Thykaer 6. Wendy - Keegon Schuett Best Horror Short -Film 1. Puppet - Brian Gerson / Joseph Davis 2. Alfred J. Hemlock - Edward Lyons 3. Creatures of Whitechapel Jonathan Martin 4. Mr. Bones - Joseph Meli 5. The Vanity - Ben Meyers 6. Don’t Be Afraid of the Light - Jason Rostovsky 7. Slit - Jennifer Nangle Best Horror Film - Feature 1. Fat Guy With A Shotgun: Hillbilly Prophecy - Clint Gaige 2. Alien Domicile - Kelly Schwarze 3. Demons Don’t Knock - Daniel Perrian 4. What Waits In The Red - David Ince 5. The Lurking Man - Maritza Briksak 6. Nightscape - Inchun OH Best Music Video 1. Wanna Go - Douglas Voisin / Johnny Domingo 2. Pray - Samia Tawil 3. Delightful - Katie Garibaldi 4. Alone Tonight - Mark Meyers 5. Not All Who Wander - Benjamin Pollack 6. Never Stop - Josephine Halbert 7. Sick World - ProCo Best Foreign Film – Feature 1. Winter War - David Aboucaya 2. Dancer - Johnny Balzas 3. 37.5% Inhuman - Sha Chen 4. What Waits In The Red - David Ince 5. Venus Obscura - Christophe Karabache 6. The 86 - Javier Mujica The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 10 Best Foreign Film – Short 1. Viulu- Ramin Sohrab 2. Enter The Cowboy - Jack Hansen 3. Ane and The Stars - Carlos Alastruey 4. Shimako and Shodo Island - Shiho Kozai 5. Revelation: the City of HazeLu Sun 6. Silence - Maryam Pirband 7. Between The Lies - Glen Harris Best Female Filmmaker – Short 1. Christine Kim - Chasing Birdie 2. Good ‘n Screwed - Kelli K. Barnett 3. Lorraine Portman - Falling South 4. Shea Butler / Stacey K. BlackTrouble Creek 5. Gabrielle Stone - It Happended Again Last Night 6. Joan MacBeth - Honestly Charlotte Best Female Filmmaker –Feature 1. Nancy Goodman - Surprise Me 2. Kat Moon - Yellow Fever 3. Kasha Slavner - The Sunrise Storyteller 4. Amy McCorkle - Black Gold The Trail to Standing Rock 5. Sue Useem- The Peace Agency 6. Stacey K. Black/Shea ButlerTrouble Creek Best Science Fiction 1. Alien Domicile - Kelly Schwarze 2. The Adventures of Kitty Zombie John Laflamboy 3. Breaker - Phillippe McKie 4. The Guardians - Sebastian Garcia 5. Amercon - Michael Wright 6. Fire Worms- William Nelson Best Political Statement Movie 1. The Pit - Gerrard Wilson 2. The 86 - Javier Mujica 3. Forgiveness - Satie Gossett 4. It Happened Again Last Night - Gabrielle Stone / Roze 5. Weak Spot - J.D. Glasscock 6. I Got You Babe - Ashton Avila Best Urban Film 1. The 86 2. The Bubblegum Hit - Lee Hagans 3. Chance Encounter Eric Richardson- Hagans 4. Short Drop - Maya Cozier 5. Guardian - Natashe Dee Davis 6. Darktown - Jenna Payne Best Guerilla Film - Feature 1. Jackson Bolt - Robert Parham 2. Our Apartment - Bryan Martin 3. Timeless - Alexander Tuschinski 4. Fat Guy With A Shotgun - Clint Gaige 5. The 5 Year- James Christopher 6. Border Brothers- Ricky Bird Best Fantasy 1. The Warriors Maccabee - Ilan Rosenberg 2. Revelation: the City of Haze Lu Sun 3. Creatures of White Chapel - Rebecca Martin / Jonathan Martin 4. The Eliminadora - PJ Gaynard 5. Pole - Natasha 6. John Wick Origins: Kirill - Paul Drechsler- Martell The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 11 Best Guerilla Film – Short 1. Seventy-Two- Cameron Penn 2. Drained - Michelle Danyn / Edward Nyahay 3. Bringer of War - Koura Linda 4. Spy Vs Spy-Jesse Orrall 5. Chance Encounter-Eric RichardsonHagans 6. How to Survive (A Zombie Apocalypse) in Retail- Troy Greenwood Best LGBT Project 1. Guys Reading Poems - Hunter Lee Hughes 2. Creatures of White Chapel - Rebecca Martin / Jonathan Martin 3. Time Is The Longest Distance - Bryan Powers 4. It Gets Better? - Stephen Riscica 5. Surge of Power - Vincent Roth 6. Agnes and Estelle - Laura Black Best Villain Short or Feature 1. Sean O’Bryan - First Night 2. Aleksey Solodov - Comrade Crunch 3. Andres Farella - 72 4. The Kidnapping of A Fish - Philip A. Ramos 5. Joel D. Wright - Tracking 6. Eric Roberts- Surge of Power Best Western 1. Enter The Cowboy - Jack Hansen 2. Reconveyance - David Gutel 3. Lawman - Matthew Gentile 4. The Power of Prayer - Drew Henriksen 5. Transcontinental - James Temple 6. The Verses- Alexander Jeffrey Best Period Piece 1. An Oceans Away - Robert Arvin 2. Never Gone - Amber Rainey 3. Transcontinental - James Temple 4. Union - Julia Myers 5. Lawman - Matthew Gentile 6. The Verses - Alexander Jeffery 7. Between The Lies - Glen Harris Best Faith Based Project 1. Alma 43: The Battle of Jershon - Cardon Ellis 2. Created Equal - Bill Duke 3. The Verses - Alexandrer Jeffery 4. Falling South - Lorraine Portman 5. Separated - Danny Thykaer 6. Reversed Destiny - Hideki Kiyota Best Artwork (Added As Chosen) 1. Under The Palm Tree - Bryan Martin 2. Revelation: the City of Haze Lu Sun 3. The Eliminadora - PJ Gaynard 4. Grocery Store Action Movie - Matthew Campbell 5. How to Survive (A Zombie Apocalypse) in Retail- Troy Greenwood 6. The Humble Assesment Best Social Commentary Award 1. Almost There - Ken Klein 2. Forgive Me Father - Maj. Gloria Downey 3. Trouble Man - Jackson Young 4. Broken- Amy Leigh McCorkle 5. Weak Spot- JD Glasscock 6. The Boy Who Could Fly-Raphael Sbarge Best Dialogue - Short 1. Oh, The Effing Horror - Justin T. Bowler 2. Sisters - Tony Chiu 3. Words Of A Teenage Writer - Luke Robson 4. Trouble Man - Jackson Young 5. A Way Back - Alan King 6. Time Out - Mavin Ramaswaran The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 12 Best Dialogue Feature 1. Goodland - Josh Doke 2. Dark Meridian - Rankin Hickman 3. The Dunning Man - Michael Clayton 4. Into Tartarus - Lorenzo Leonard 5. Face of Evil - Vito Dinatolo 6. The Loudest Sound- Jason Miller Best Children Film / Young Adult 1. Uncle Stewart’s Backyard - 2. Revenge of Scooter - Jimmy Monack 3. Romeo Lost - Garret Low 4. Revelation: the City of HazeLu Sun 5. Johnny Hawk’s I’m Gonna Be A Hollywood Stuntman - Marneen L. Fields 6. Looking for Miku- Jimsha Carand Best Web Series/ Pilot 1. The Nerd Posse - Suzette T. Stpp / Anabelle Munro 2. The Celebrity Stylist - Ricardo Vila 3. Agnes and Estelle - Laura Black 4. Who? Morag ‘Morrie’ Sinkins 5. Sam The Vamp - Saba Saba Best Television Series/ Pilot 1. Reality Disorder - Gerard Bianco jr 2. The Nerd Posse - Suzette T. Stapp / Anabelle Munro 3. Lifelines - Monnie Aleahmad 4. Good ‘n Screwed - Joanna Bonaro 5. Bringer of War - Koura Linda 6. The Admired - Jacqueline Murphy AOF Women In Film Award Winners 2017 1. Shea Butler 2. Cierra Danielle 3. Beryl Huang 4. Kate Raynor 5. May Quigley 6. Michelle Hartley Best Musical 1. Wendy - Keegon Scheutt 2. Trying To Fuck: A Modern Day Romance Ashton Avila 3. Bright Moonlit Night - Matan Shiram 4. Invisible Alice - Anna Fishbeyn 5. American Sata- Ash Avildsen The Alan Bailey Award For Excellence in Filmmaking in a Major Genre 1. Revelation: the City of Haze Lu Sun 2. Separated - Danny Thykaer 3. The Beauty of Peace-Yiwen Liu 4. Hit and Miss- Robert James 5. Symptom of Life- Ajiri Akpolo The Xristos Award 1. Mr. Bones - Joseph Meli 2. Who? Morag ‘Morrie’ Sinkins 3. A Voice From Mauthausen - David Brichetto 4. Ryan Weaver - Glass Ceiling 5. Out Of My Mind- Cindy Maples The Stella Adler Award -Excellence in Film 1. Koura Linda - Multiple Projects 2. Wendy - Sofya Weitz 3. Brooke Lewis - Psycho Therapy 4. Jackson Young- Trouble Man 5. Larry Coulter-Slaves 6. A Brief Case- Lyndsey Lellimo Golden State Best Performance in An Acting Role* 1. Brian McDaniel - A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale 2. Valerie Maldonado - A Midwestern Methamphetamine Fairytale 3. Judith Roberts - Now 4. Mandy Evans Brown- Pickup 5. Romeo Pierre - The Celebrity Stylist The AOF Official Film and Video Nominations for 2017 Page 13 In 2017 The Action On Film Festival launched The Gifted Group. G.I.F.T.E.D: GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR TALENT EDUCATION and DEVELOPMENT. The following individuals have showcased through their work that they are deserving of the Special Benefits that are currently offered by the GIFTED GROUP and the future opportunities that they will be offering. G.I.F.T.E.D AWARD WINNERS 1. Kylee - Model / Actress 2. Thomas Moore - Filmmaker 3. Michelle Hartley - Filmmaker 4. Valyo Gennoff - Compser 5. Ramin Sohrab - Filmmaker / Martial Artist 6. The Loudest Sound- Jason Miller 7. Bryan Wriggle - Filmmaker 8. Lacianne Carriere - Actress 9. Alexander Arzu - Actor 10. Rebekah McAuliffe