2016 Dances with Film Award Winners

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW FESTIVAL WEBSITE

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW FESTIVAL WEBSITE

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Dances With Films, the paradigmatic Film Festival in Los Angeles announced their Awards winners at Sunday’s Awards Gala and the closing night of its 19th Festival edition. This year’s Dances With Films (DWF) showcased an exceptional and diverse group of filmmakers premiering 161 films, with the competitive lineup including 16 narrative features and 31 short films. The 47 competitive films line-up with a record 47 premieres – 22 World, 3 North American, 1 US premieres, 15 West Coast, 2 California, 1 Los Angeles, and 3 Southern California.

The topics of this year’s films ranged from postpartum depression, a comic strip character/creator in the throws of the changing her voice, and the restoration of iconic DeLoren time machine from ‘Back to the Future’ franchise.

Dances With Films originated to bring to the forefront the best of up and coming filmmakers who, with deeply rooted creativity and innovative techniques, provide the festival with an exceptional lineup. All competition films are selected from more than 2,000 entries and from countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Taiwan, Brazil, Kurdistan, Australia, Romania, and Canada.

“This year’s festival has certainly surpassed our optimistic expectations. As we close in on our 20th year, we know that what we provide for the filmmakers is a valuable vehicle to showcase and highlight some of the best indie films from around the world. We continue to evolve the festival and we consistently strive to enhance our presence and work model for every single festival we host each year. ” says Michael Trent, Festival Founder.

GRAND JURY AWARD COMPETITION

FEATURES

“VIRTUAL REVOLUTION”
Writer/Producer/Dir: Guy-Roger Duvert

Honorable Mention

“POP-UP”
Writer/Dir: Stuart McBratney

SHORTS

“NEXT STOP”
Writer/Dir: Charlie Hamilton

Honorable Mention

THE BOY WHO CRIED FISH
Writer/Dir: Dalia Musaad

Winner Receives Academy Qualifying Theatrical Run from Laemmle’s Theaters

OVERALL AUDIENCE AWARD

FEST SHORTS

KILLER FRIENDS
Dir: Zach Noe Towers & Tina Carbone

Winner Receives Academy Qualifying Theatrical Run from Laemmle’s Theaters

COMPETITION FEATURE

WE GO ON
Dir: Andy Mitton, Jesse Holland

COMPETITION SHORT

SNAKE BITE
Dir: Tim Hyten

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

“VICTOR WALK”
Dir: Michael David Lynch

FUSION FEATURE

HOW WE MET
Dir: Oscar Rene Lozoya II

FUSION SHORTS

KILLER FRIENDS
Dir: Zach Noe Towers & Tina Carbone

MUSIC VIDEO

DEVON KIRTZ ‘MY DAY’
Writer/Dir: Eric McCoy

TV PILOTS

KILLING THE APOLOGETIC GIRL
Dir: Kimberly Aboltin

WEB SERIES

LAST WILL AND TESTICLE
Writer/Producer/Dir: Byron Lane

ICA | INDUSTRY CHOICE AWARD OVER 40 MIN

CREEDMORIA
Writer/Dir: Alicia Slimmer

ICA | INDUSTRY CHOICE AWARD UNDER 40 MIN

TWINSBURG
Writer/Dir: Joe Garrity

Honorable Mention

TATTOO YOU
Dir: S.R. Bindler

BLACKMAGIC CHALLENGE

LIFE OF THE PARTY
Dir: Jeff Lorch

Comments are closed.