2016 Nominee List
Winners *
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Dinner with the Alchemist*
Clean Exit
Lotus Eyes
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
45: A Rock and Roll Revival*
Exotic
City of Trees
Trekoff: The Motion Picture
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Rendezvous*
The Greater Evil
Margaret
Silent Brave
The Infinitely Generous Francis Victus
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Picture Perfect
Wild About Hank
Parables of War*
Earley
BEST DIRECTOR
Josh Land - Lotus Eyes
Kevin Good - Dinner with the Alchemist
Linder Pak/Christian Oh - Rendezvous
Brandon Kramer - City of Trees*
Harold Jackson III - Counselor
BEST SCREENPLAY
Josh Land/Victor Fink - Lotus Eyes
Bret Kofford/Manan Singh Katohora - Margaret
Linder Pak - Rendezvous
Harold Jackson III - Counselor
Jenna St. John - Dinner with the Alchemist*
BEST ACTOR
Mitch Holson - Lotus Eyes*
Paul Skye Lehrman - Bum'n Baltimore
Theodore Copeland - East Coast Grow
Dan Istrate - Dinner with the Alchemist
Tyrone Underwood - The Rick Chair Chronicles
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nic Starr - Make It Home
Steve Thomas - The Obsoletes
Shannon Lanier - Lotus Eyes*
Chad Eric Smith - Counselor
Johnny Christos - Bum'n Baltimore
BEST STUDENT FILM
The Tenth
PreFlexia
Person
Off the Field*
Neighbors in Time
BEST WEB ENSEMBLE CAST
DC Yuppies
Church Night TV
Malice:Metamorphosis
Bum'n Baltimore*
Shotgun Mythos
East Coast Grow
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Jacob Boyd/Xueran Chen - Tunnel Vision
Khalil Ismail - Of Music and Men
John Piscitello - Dinner with the Alchemist*
The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising - Dan Rebeiz
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wayne Shipley - Outlawed Faith
Sumaiya Ananna - Lotus Eyes
Erin Goldstein - Dinner with the Alchemist*
Jerry Mosemak - The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising
Theodore Lee Jones/Linsay Deming/JA Prim - Church Night TV
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BEST ACTRESS
Megan Graves - Dinner with the Alchemist
Anna Fagan - Lotus Eyes
Anne Stone Crow - Margaret
Melody Tally - Silent Brave*
Christina Floriza - Rendezvous
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ellie Walton/Brandon Kramer - City of Trees
Lauren Knapp - Lockdown
Ashleigh Coffelt - Grey
Victor Fink - Lotus Eyes*
Gus Soudah - Dinner with the Alchemist
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BEST ANIMATED/EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Blackbird*
Third Wish
Escalators Become Stairs
Man Servants
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BEST INNOVATIVE NEW MEDIA
Introductions Necessary
Picture Lock*
MTC's Dish the Dirt
A Hole Lotta Cheese
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Aaron Rosene - Outlawed Faith
Phillip J. Cook - Malice:Metamorphosis*
Wassin Mamouhd/Ryan Piracha/Tom Matz - Dead Cells
Kevin Good/Paul Good/Ryan Urban - Dinner with the Alchemist
BEST WARDROBE
Skip Lipman - The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising
Pat Shipley - Outlawed Faith
Erin Goldstein - Dinner with the Alchemist*
Helen Cook - Malice:Metamorphosis
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lynn-Jane Foreman - Dinner with the Alchemist
Kweli Leapart - Water Is Not Enough
Linsay Deming - Church Night TV
Gina Lee - Lotus Eyes
Dionne Audain - Dinner with the Alchemist*
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BEST EDITING
Harold Jackson III - Counselor
Ashliegh Coffelt - 5ive
Edwin Martinez - City of Trees
Josh Land/Victor Fink - Lotus Eyes
Kevin Good/Jenna St. John/Barry Gribble - Dinner with the Alchemist*
BEST WEB SERIES
East Coast Grow
Church Night TV*
Counselor
Bum'n Baltimore
The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising
Malice: Metamorphosis
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BEST STUNTS
Swords of Insurgency*
The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising
Clean Exit
Outlawed Faith
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Outlawed Faith*
Lotus Eyes
City of Trees
Dinner with the Alchemist
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BEST MAKE UP
Patrick W. Boyer Jr. - The Rangers 1: A Shadow Rising*
Emma Earnest/ Rachel Lipman - Outlawed Faith
Emily Shinn Spence - Dinner with the Alchemist