2010 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Awards


Features:


Best Feature
Americatown
Dir. Kenneth Price


Best Foreign Feature
Blindlings
Dir. Wolfgang Weigl


Best Drama Feature
Mad World
Dir. Cory Cataldo


Best Foreign Drama Feature
Nude Study
Dir. Stefan Popescu


Best Director
Endings
Dir. Chris Hansen


Best Comedy Feature
I Heart Doomsday
Dir. Patrick Downing


Best Documentary Feature
Dirty Pictures
Dir. Etienne Sauret


Best Foreign Documentary Feature
Shooting for Democracy
Dir. Megan Shea


Best Action Feature
Dynamite Swine
Dir. Mark Poisella


Best Animated Feature
Gangs of La 1991
Dir. Lamonte Moore


Best Horror Feature
Zombie Dearest
David Kemker


Best Erotic Feature
The Life and Death of a Porno Gang
Dir. Mladen Djorkjevic


Best Local Feature
Disney Shot Kennedy
Dir. David Lawrence


2010 Shorts:


Best Short Film
Al’s Beef
Dir. Dennis Hauck


Best Foreign Short
St. Christophorus: Roadkill
Dir. Gregor Erler


Best Documentary Short
Dive!
Dir. Jeremy Seifert


Best Short Short
Devil Town
Dir. Victoria Cook


Best Horror Short
Zombies and Cigarettes
Dir. Rafael Martinez and Inaki San roman


Best Drama Short
Abandon Me
Dir. Sayer Frey


Best Comedy Short
Hooka Face and the Virgin Boy
Dir. Robert Putka


Best Experimental Short
Shave
Dir. Sean Christensen


Best Experimental Animation
Prayers for Peace
Directed by: Dustin Grella


Best Animated Short
Rinky Dink
Dir. John R. Dilworth


Best Erotic Short
Night Nurse
Dir. David Aronson


Best Local Short
Breathe
Dir. Fletcher Holmes


Audience Choice Award
The Ticket
Dir. Robert Eagar


2010 AUFF the Wall Award
The Sheep and the Ranch Hand
Dir. Loretta Hintz

2010 Atlanta Horror Film Festival Awards:


Features:

Best Foreign Feature
Strigoi
Directed by: Faye Jackson


Best Dramatic Horror Feature
Kiss the Abyss
Directed by: Ken Winkler


Best Thriller Feature
True Nature
Directed by Patrick Steele
Produced by: Ann Rotolante


Best Horror Anthology Feature
Drive-In Horrorshow
Directed by: Michael Neel
Produced by: Greg Ansin

Best Erotic Horror Feature
Sculpture
Directed by Pete Jacelone


Best Special FX Feature
El Monstro del Mar!
Directed by : Stuart Simpson


Best Experimental Feature
Wanderlust
Directed by: David Kabler


Best Horror Comedy Feature
Werewolf Fever
Directed by: Brian Singleton


Best Writer / Director Feature
God Thinks You’re a Loser
Directed and Written by: Gary Chason


Best Feature Film 2010
Cyrus - Mind of a Serial Killer
Directed by: Mark Vadik



2010 Best of Shorts:

Best Sci-Fi Short
Maya
Directed by: Ron Johnson


Best Thriller Short
Night
Directed by: Brian Elkins


Best Comedy Horror Short
Tombstone Brides
Directed by: Victor Mathieu


Best International Short
St. Christophorus: Roadkill
Directed by: Gregor Erler


Best Experimental Short
The Tell Tale Heart
Directed by: Lynn Cohen


Best Animated Short
Death Row Diet
Directed by: Mike Salva and Tom Snyder


Best Horror Anthology Short
Monster on My Mind
Directed by: Chris Miller


Best Supernatural Short
The Devil’s Toy
Directed by: Alex Lugones


Best Drama Short
A+Positive
Directed by: Chris Bamford and Serge Ou


Best Local Short
May Hell Keep Her
Directed by: Brian McQuilkin


Best Short Short
DemiUrge Emesis
Directed by: Aurelio Voltaire


Most Disturbing Short
Eyes Beyond
Directed by: Daniel Reininghaus


Best Short Film
Zombies and Cigarettes
Rafael Martinez and Inaki San Roman

2010 DocuFest Atlanta Awards

Best Documentary Feature
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Directed by: Leanne Pooley


Best Director
Being the Diablo
Rod Murphy


Audience Choice Award
The Cartel
Directed by: Bob Bowdon


Best Musical Documentary
Complaints Choir
Directed by: Ada Bligaard-Soby


Best Comedy Documentary
Roll Out Cowboy
Directed by: Elizabeth Lawrence


Best Social Documentary
A Film About Races
Directed by : Jonathan Marc Baker


Best Environmental Documentary
Foul Water Fiery Serpent
Directed by: Gary Strieker


Best Dramatic Documentary
Erasing David
Directed by: David Bond


Best International Documentary
Not a Svensson Anymore
Directed by Mattias Olsson and Tomas Hanslep


Best Local Documentary Feature
Beat Makers
Laron Austin


Most Inspirational Documentary
Crossing Borders
Directed by: Arnd Wachter


Most Educational Documentary
Gobeklitepe : The World’s First Temple
Ahmet Turgut Yazman


Best Documentary Short
My Uncle Bluey
Directed by: Britt Arthur


Best International Documentary Short
Waiting for Women
Directed by: Estephan Wagner


Best Local Documentary Short
17 Degrees Ain’t Nothing
Directed by: Carlton Mackey

2010 Atlanta Shortsfest Awards:

Best Short Film
Sunday Punch
Directed by Dennis Hauck


Best Documentary Short:
Bob Seger Rocks
Directed by: Timothy Tamisiea


Best Romantic Short
Last Rain
Directed by Tony Lopez


Best Dark Comedy Short
Showers
Directed by Charles LaVoy and Owen Hornstein III


Best Animated Documentary Short
Prayers for Peace
Directed by: Dustin Grella


Best Drama Short
Abandon ME
Sayer Frey


Best Foreign Drama Short
Seth
Directed by Vojtech Dudek


Best Horror Short
Zombies and Cigarettes
Directed by Rafael Martinez and Inaki San Roman


Best Thriller Short
Her Time
Directed by: Eugene Efuni


Best Comedy Short
UnderCover
Directed by Iman Zawahry


Best Experimental Animated Short
DemiUrge Emesis
Directed by Voltaire


Best Short Short
Taste
Directed by Yvonne Grzenkowicz


Best Animated Short
Rinky Dink
Directed by John R. Dilworth


Best Local Short
YardByrds
Directed by Jason Hawkins


Best Action Short
Kill Your Television
Directed by Andrew Michell

2010 CRIFF Montezuma Awards:


Best Feature Film:
TheTwo Escobars
Directed by: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist


Best Narrative Feature:
180º
Directed by: Fernando Kalife


Best Documentary Feature:
The Calling
Directed by: David Ranghell


Best Latin American Feature:
Venezzia
Directed by: Haik Gazarian


Best Dramedy Feature:
A Little Help
Directed by: Michael J. Weithorn


Best Director:
Free Birds
Stephanie Sellars


Best New Director:
Behind the Door of a Secret Girl
Janessa Starke


Best Costa Rican Film:
Voices Restored
Directed by: Jason Knittle


Audience Choice Award:
Vancouver Vagabond
Directed by: Heath Tait


Best Short Film:
Pedro de Bella Vista y Su Sueno
Directed by: Rodrigo Montealegre


Best Narrative Short:
Fluorescent Gray
Directed by: Leo Age


Best Animated Short:
Phillip the Safety Egg
Directed by: Mike Owens


Best Comedy Short:
All Birds Whistle
Directed by: Roy Khalil


Best Experimental Short:
Brethren Arise
Directed by: Brent Chesanek


Best Drama Short:
The Last Moments of Leopoldo Berenguer
Directed by: Jaime Dezcallar


Best Documentary Short:
Pedro de Bella Vista y Su Sueno
Directed by: Rodrigo Montealegre

2009 Costa Rica International Film Festival Awards


Best Feature Film
The Nature of Existence
Dir. Roger Nygard


Audience Choice Award
Boardheads
Dir. DavO


Best Comedy Feature
Love Conquers Paul
Dir. Colin Bannon


Best Documentary Feature
Ni Aqui, Ni Alla (Not Here, Not There)
Directed by: Betsy Haley Hershey


Best Director(s)
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Dir(s). Justin Johnson, Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck


Best Short Film
Promise Kept
Dir(s). Yasmine Temraz and Farah Andersen


Best Drama Short
Solid State
Dir: Le Nouveau-Pauvre


Best Narrative Short
Grace
Dir. Alrick Brown


Best Comedy Short
Donut Heaven
Dir. Annetta Marion


Best Animated Short
Puffer Girl
Dir. Joan Gratz


Best International Short
Landskaber
Dir. Kristoffer Kioerboe


Best Documentary Short
Waiting for Women
Dir. Estephan Wagner

2009 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Awards


Shorts:

Best Documentary Short
The Marina Experiment
Dir. Marina Lutz

Best Foreign Short
Landskaber
Dir. Kristoffer Kioerboe

Best Short Short
X-mess Detritus
Dir. Aurelio Voltaire

Best Horror Short
Lazarus Taxon
Dir. Denis Rovira

Best Sci-Fi Short
Attackazoids, Deploy!
Dir. Brian Lonano

Best Drama Short
The Sneakers
Dir. Dave Wells

Best Comedy Short
The Sleuth Incident
Dir. Jason Kupfer

Best Experimental Short
The Magnificent Jinn
Dir. Chris Minz

Best Experimental Animation
Milbe
Dir. Karl Tebbe

Best Erotic Short
Headshot
Dir. Jennifer Lyon Bell

Best Local Short
Bridge
Directed by: Frank Fearon

Audience Choice Award
The Ticket
Dir. Robert Eagar

2009 AUFF the Wall Award
Leperfuck
Dir. Drew Tobia

Features:

Best Feature
Modern Love is Automatic
Zach Clark

Best Foreign Feature
Myna Se Va
Dir. Sonia Escolano Pujante and Sadrac González Perellón

Best Drama Feature
Print
Ashley C. Beyer

Best Foreign Drama Feature
Four Roses
Dir. Kris De Meester

Best Director
Between Floors
Dir. Jen White

Best Screenplay
Oral Fixation
Dir. Jake Cashill

Best Comedy Feature
The Snake
Dir. Adam Goldstein

Best Foreign Comedy Feature
Emma Blue
Dir. Robert MacLean

Best Documentary Feature
Rocterrania
Dir. Brett Ingram

Best Foreign Documentary Feature
Hobby
Dir. Ciro Altabas

Best Action Feature
Barbariana: Queen of the Savages
Dir. Darren Herczeg

Best Animated Feature
Sita Sings the Blues
Dir. Nina Paley

Best Horror Feature
How To Be A Serial Killer
Dir. Luke Ricci

Best Local Feature
Vicktory to the Underdog
Dir. Brandon Bond

DocuFest Atlanta 2009 Awards:


Best Documentary Feature
The Nature of Existence
Dir. Roger Nygard

Best Director
Beyond the Call
Dir. Adrian Belic

Audience Choice Award
The Anatomy of Hate
Dir. Mike Ramsdell

Best Cinematography
Beauty of the Fight
Dir. John Urbano

Best Comedy Documentary
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Dir. Justin Johnson, Aaron Marshall, Erik Mauck

Best Social Documentary
Salute
Dir. Matt Norman

Best Environmental Documentary
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Dir. Sam Bozzo

Best Dramatic Documentary
The Human Experience
Dir. Charles Kinnane

Best International Documentary
Down the Road
Dir. Joel Christensen and Chris Gordon

Best Local Documentary
Living is Winning
Dir. Linda Burns

Most Inspirational Documentary
Shooting Beauty
Dir. George Kachadorian

Most Educational Documentary
Official Rejection
Dir. Paul Osborne

Best Documentary Short
Refurbished
Dir. John Spottswood Moore

Best International Documentary Short
Nous Deux Encore
Dir. Heather Harlow



Animation Attack 2009 Awards:

animation attack! best in show
astronomer's dream

best local animated short
anchorite

best foreign animated short
bait

best experimental animated short
milbe (mite)

best documentary animation
abductees

Best of the Second Annual Montezuma International Film Festival 2008:



Best Feature Film:
Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley

Best Narrative Feature:
Outsourced
John Jeffcoat

Best Documentary:
Love Limits
Thymaya Payne

Best Comedy Feature
Cuba-Libre
Rai García

Best Comedy Documentary
Wiener Takes All
Shane MacDougall

Best Director
Opposite Land
J. Michael Seyfert

Best Short Film
The Adventure
Mike Brune

Best Narrative Short
Victim
Roger D. Florez & Cesar Mazariegos

Best Animated Short
Muto
Blu

Best Local Short
400 Metros Planos
Federico Lang

Best Short Short
My Neighbor's Wife
Jonathan Yonkers

Best Drama Short
Pactum
Dir. J.F. Padron

Best Documentary Short
Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly
Dir. Angel Loza

Best Comedy Short
Made In Japan
Ciro Altabás


 

Best of Atlanta Horror Film Fest 2008




Best Feature Film
Blood on the Highway
Dirs. Barak Epstein, Blair Rowan 
www.bloodonthehighway.com

Best International Feature
Maldito Bastardo! (Damn Bastard!)
Dir. Javi Camino
www.malditobastardo.net

Best Director (Feature)
The Caretaker
Dir. Bryce Fridrik Olson
http://turkeyranchproductions.com/films.html

Best Screenplay
I Can See You
Dir. Graham Reznick
www.icanseeyoumovie.com

Best Short Film
See the Dead
Dir. Robert  W. Filion

Best Director (Short)
Peekers
Dir. Mark Steensland

Best International Short
Because There Are Things You Never Forget
Dir. Lucas Figueroa

Best Sci-Fi
Attackazoids!
Dir. Brian Lonano

Best Screenplay (Short)
Kirksdale
Dir. Ryan Spindell

Best Special FX
Eel Girl
Dir.  Paul Campion

Best Animated Horror
A Break in the Monotony
Dir. Damien Slevin