Congratulations to all our winning filmmakers and composers who have participated in the festival!
Best Picture
2023 – Last Chance Moms – filmmakers Sarah Chaney, Heather Olt, and Mandy Fabian
2022 -I Can’t Save You – filmmaker David Legel
2019 A Deep Breath – filmmakers Ion Legarda and Aliza Jafri
2018 Arrow and Oil – filmmakers Lanyue Zhang and Jingwei Zhou
2017 The Swan – filmmaker Tiffany Paulsen
2016 Cowboys in a Saloon – filmmaker Tom Law
Best Score
2023 – SILT – composer Nathalie Bonin
2022 – Madeleine – composer Brianna Rhodes
2019 A Deep Breath – composer Cali Wang
2018 Arrow and Oil – composer George Oldziey
2017 Sushi Man – composer Annie Rosevear
2016 Death Will Tremble, episode 6 – composer Paul Appelgren
Selected Films 2023
Crafted Image – Filmmaker – Nicole Wu, Composer – Silas Hite
Future Fred – Filmmaker – Brent Katz, Composer – Annie Rosevear
Gone Turbo – Filmmaker – Allison Volk, Composer – Logan Stahley
Last Chance Moms –Filmmakers – Sarah Chaney, Heather Olt, Producers, Mandy Fabian Director, Composer – Logan Stahley
A Mother’s Faith – Filmmaker – Marcus M. Alvarez, Composer – Ramesh Kumar Kannan
The Promposal – Filmmaker – Traci Carter Holsey, Composer – Cora Chung
SILT – Filmmakers – Writer/Director: Emilie Upczak, Producer: John Otterbacher, Composer – Nathalie Bonin
Selected Films 2022
The Bunny Museum – Aseil Bafarat, Director, Min He, Composer
DUD – Tedjo Imardjoko, Writer/Director, Riley Hughes, Composer
I Can’t Save You – David Legel, Writer/Director/Producer, Zong Chiang, Composer
Madeleine – Franco Lima, Writer/Director, Brianna Rhodes, Composer
Mr. Sandman Bring Me A Dream – Holly Johnson, Director, Cora Chung, Composer
The Rifter – Wyatt Daane, Writer/Director, Nicholas Bryant, Producer, Adam Dib, Composer
Selected Films 2019
A Deep Breath – Directors – Ion Legarda, Aliza Jafri, Composer – Cali Wang
Enigma – Director – Vaibhav Arora, Composer – Philip Timofeyev
HONEST – Director – Jonathan Samukange, Composer – Michael Paraskevas
Last One – Director – Carlo Tonda, Composers – Isabelle Engman & Gerardo Garcia Jr.
Lillith – Director – Marco Martínez, Composer – Sergei Stern
Odd Job – Director – Meaghan Hellmers, Composer – Javier Colmen
SHHH! – Director – Devaughn Hooper, Composer – Lasse Elkjaer
Siblings – Director – Savannah Sivert, Composer – Alex Robert Heinrich
Together Forever – Director – Nirupam Dhakal, Composer – Jesper Ankarfeldt
Won’t You Be My Friend – Director – Vionna Lam, Composer – Logan Stahley
Selected Films 2018
Aphrodite – Director – Nicolas Varela, Composer – Drum & Lace
Arrow And Oil – Directors – Lanyue Zhang and Jingwei Zhou, Composer – George Oldziey
The Bag and the Bike – Director – David Haye, Composer – Marco Valerio Antonini
Bam Bam – Director – Logan McDonald, Composer – Erik Desiderio
Devil’s Hour – Director – Brandon Garman, Composer – Nathalie Bonin
Liminal – Director – Vicken Joulfayan, Composer – Shaun Chasin
Niara – Director – Victoria Gagieva, Composer – Steph Kowal
L’Ombre Amoureuse – Director – Glenn Morisse, Composer – Joy Ngiaw
The Pill – Director – Oliver Weinmann, Composer – Jonathan Keith
There She Was – Director – Yesmalem Yeshaw, Composer – Peter Lam
Selected Films 2017
Bicycle – filmmaker Naimah Hawsah, composer Jane Lin
Cafouillage – Filmmaker Tom Law, Composer Jordi Nus
How to Be – Filmmaker Allison Beda, Composer Phil Popham
I’m Ghana – Fatahiya’s story – filmmaker Francesca Perticarini, composer Jacques Brautbar
The Most Beautiful Woman – filmmaker Nani Li Yang, composer Benjamin Hoff
Reversed – filmmaker Alexandrina Andre, composer Emer Kinsella
Sushi Man – filmmaker Jessica Chung, composer Annie Rosevear
The Swan – filmmaker Tiffany Paulsen, composer Bronson Buskett
Trio (NYFA) – filmmaker Zesheng Gao, composer Wei-San Hsu
The Wanderer – filmmaker Patrick Mulderrig, composer Alexander Thomas
Selected Films 2016
Cowboys in a Saloon – filmmaker Tom Law, composer Emily Rice
Death Will Tremble, episode 6 – filmmaker Hassan Said, composer Paul Apelgren
An Experiment Ex Vivo – filmmaker Lee Peterkin, composer Soojoo Yoon
le gateau – filmmaker by Luis Valencia, composer Garren&Cohan
Michael and Nancy’s Everest – filmmaker Michael McDonough, composer Stefano Sacchi
Miranda – filmmaker Laura Taylor, composer Nicolas Repetto
Pato – filmmaker Tom Law, composer Luis Obregon
Save the Bees – filmmaker Mark Mos, composer Billy Sullivan
Snow Globe Los Angeles – filmmaker Colin Mika, composer Cem Oslu
Weed and Me – filmmaker Raj Jawa, composer Chad Cannon
Selected Films 2015
Bandit – filmmaker, McKenna Kast, composer Reuven Herman
Damaged Goods – filmmaker, Nathaniel Nuñez, Jonaral Martin, composer Gene Micofsky
Infamy – filmmaker, Hassan Said, composer Grant Fonda
Just a Minute – filmmaker, Allison Beda, composer Phil Popham
The Octo Circus – filmmaker, Ross H. Martin, composer Del Engen
The Shy Guys: At the Park, Fun Times with Strangers – filmmaker Raj Jawa, Kevin Cárdenas, composer Elliott Goldkind
These Dreams of You – filmmaker, Rochan Redelinghuys, composer Jack Gravina
Two Oranges and a Lemon – filmmaker, Allison Beda, Kristie Reeves, composer Phil Popham
Warehouse Shooter – filmmaker, Patrick Mulderrig, composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser
Zombie – filmmaker, Jae Hyeong Ko, composer Catherine Grealish
Selected Films 2014
Done – filmmaker, Ashley Vetere, Ernie Smith, composer Elliott Goldkind
Driving Thought – filmmaker Raj Jawa, composer, Phil Popham
H2O – composer by George N. Gianopoulos
Monroe – filmmaker, Gregory J.M. Kasunich, composer by Eugene Micofsky
Perfection at the Plate – filmmaker, Narendra Gala, composer Kevin Wilt
Suspended Ballet – filmmaker, Darwin Carlisle, composer Phil Popham