2015 Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Nevada Film Festival!
Grand Jury Award
Pop Star Puppy directed by Andrew Van Slee
Special Jury Award
Stealth directed by Bennett Lasseter
Special Jury Award
Stickup Kid directed by Caitlin McNally
Best Comedy
It’s Not A Date directed by Barry Pollack
Best Director
Tom in America directed by Flavio Alves
Best Documentary Feature
Rwanda & Juliet directed by Ben Proudfoot
Best Documentary Short
First Ascent- Kuyang Chhish East directed by Matteo Vettorel
Best Feature
Birds of Neptune directed by Steven Richter
Best Short
Valiant directed by Robin Phillips
Best Environmental Film
The Anthropologist directed by Daniel A. Miller, Seth Kramer, Jeremy Newbergern
Best Foreign Film
Oh! My Princess directed by Heewook SA
Best Music Video
Destiny Arises directed by Michael Addison
Best Nevada Film
The Three Es directed by Jason Aaron Goldberg
Best Screenplay
The Ashes of Brush Flats directed by Mark Carey
Best Animation
Dji. Death Sails directed by Dmitri Voloshin
Best Television Pilot
The Brewhaha Show directed by Roberto Serrini
Best Student Film
Bandito directed by Evan Ari Kelman
Best Experimental Film
Heartbreak & Beauty directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith, Robin Bryan, Libby Banks, Nathan Basha
Best First-time Filmmaker
Run Away With Me directed by Eren Ozkural
2015 Platinum Reel Award Winners
Animated Film Competition
Switch Man directed by Hsun-Chun Chuang, Shao-Kuei Tong
Little bird directed by SangHo Lee
The Cat Thief directed by Jonathan Raines
Documentary Short Competition
Confessions directed by Paul Erskine
Blazekid Warrior directed by Raymond W. Olson
Raised in the South of Normal directed by Daniel Espeut
Documentary Feature Competition
I Want to Live directed by Karzan Kardozi
Cowboy Christmas directed by H.D. Motyl
The Discussion II directed by GEN-ERIC
Dreadlocks Story directed by Linda Ainouche
Play Until Your Fingers Bleed directed by Christian Capucci
Decoding Baqtundirected by Elizabeth Ligia Thieriot
Mon père, la révolution et moi directed by Ufuk Emiroglu
Kolor Struck directed by Morocco Vaughn
INK180 directed by Joel Mains
Experimental Film Competition
The Veteran Hour directed by Hamlet Sarkissian and Donatella Gomelsky-Guchard
No End directed by Josephine Massarella
Feature Film Competition
Chasing Rainbows directed by Robert Fritz
M Cream directed by Agneya Singh, Aban Raza
RZ-9 directed by Iain Carson
The Taking directed by Dominic Brunt
The Boatman directed by Greg Morgan
Oridevudoy directed by Sriram Vegaraju
Music Video Competition
Don't Be Judgin' Me directed by Daniel Espeut
Short Film Competition
Infinite directed by Ryan Stratton
Neighbor of the Beast directed by Kendall A Christianson
Thom & Gerry directed by Nate Hapke
A Stork Story directed by Javier Enrique Perez
Simpler Times directed by Steve Monarque
Keeper of the Past directed by Marco J. Riedl
Noir City directed by Nicholas Zebrun
Jukebox Rebel Baby directed by Tyler Onassis
Broke Juke directed by Anthony E. Cabral
PEARL directed by Amy Sedgwick
TV Pilot Competition
Land of Kings directed by Wayne Wilson , Bhavani Lee
Student Film Competition
Lovestruck! The Musical directed by Gary Groth
Here & There directed by Dyaa Alshikh
Unmistaken directed by Carlos Dorsey
The Lotus Gun directed by Amanda Milius
The Adventure of PalchinGiri Begins directed by Pal Vardhman, Chin Vardhman
Nevada Film Competition
The Red Man directed by Jimmie Gonzalez
A.K.A. The Surgeon directed by Jason Anthony Fisher
The Ashes of Brush Flats directed by Mark Carey
Environmental Film Competition
Greater Sage-Grouse: Emblem of the American West directed by Tatiana Gettelman
The Rainforests Are Under Threat directed by Jerome Dolbert
First-time Filmmaker Competition
Malady directed by Jack James
The Island of Grace directed by Andrew Fitzgerald
Five Chairs directed by Glida Bothwell
The Missing View directed by Xiaolei Zhao
Assumption of Risk directed by Mark Kochanowicz
Tai Chi directed by Sheng Fei, Rosen Andonov
The Profesional directed by Taras Demian Groves
2015 Gold Reel Award Winners
Animated Film Competition
My Kingdom directed by Debra Solomon
Documentary Feature Competition
The Final Story 1966 directed by Peter Dickson
She's The Best Thing In It directed by Ron Nyswaner
The Sum Total of Our Memory: Facing Alzheimer's Together directed by Barbara Klutinis
Apocalyptica: Theme & Variations directed by Kevin J. Custer
USA Pproject directed by Miguel Herrero Herrero
Children's Planet directed by Ranjit Koka
Documentary Short Competition
Mutti - punkrock was my first love directed by directed by Mathais Sohn
Conscious Dream directed by Federico Telerman, Nicolas Uboldi
Pioneers directed by Grace Harper
Auction Insider: The John Zimmer Collection directed by Eric Benson
Experimental Film Competition
INFRASTRUCTURES directed by Aurèle Ferrier
Feature Film Competition
Journeyman directed by Matthew weaver
Crossing Streets directed by Marc A Hutchins
Keep In Touch directed by Sam Kretchmar
All in Time directed by Marina Donahue, Chris Fetchko
Dheeyan Marjania - The Forgotten Daughters directed by Ashok Tangri
Clem Junebug – Ghost Detective directed by Béla Peter Pfundt
Music Video Competition
Away directed by Rodney Daughtrey
Nevada Film Competition
Dark Horizon directed by Robert Flummerfelt
Suicide Party #SaveDave directed by Alex Zinzopoulos, Jack Skyyler
Short Film Competition
Prelude to Axanar directed by Christian Gossett
The Jungle Of Jules Levine directed by Michael John Edgar Mileham
Total Awesome Viking Power directed by Morten Forland
Di Chaansi Nayba Dehn directed by Jeff Breuer
The Last Catch directed by Matthew Paris
End of Summer directed by Calvin Gibbon
The Phoenix Project directed by Jonathan L. Bowen
Disceptatio directed by Tobias Wolters, Tim Gerrit Augurzke
The Laws of Attraction directed by Andreas Graf
All For Love: The Dance directed by Michael J. Harris
Mist Encounter directed by Elad Nohovich
Student Film Competition
Chaos directed by Ibrahim Nada
The Schoolboy directed by Paloma Lommel
Romanian directed by Artur Boruzs
Environmental Film Competition
The Storm Downstream directed by Jesseca Simmons
Furthest from the wild directed by Alex Tello
Number 32 directed by Linnea Langkammer
First-time Filmmaker Competition
HOT directed by Victor Warren
Best Man in the Dark directed by Alfred Padilla
Popolo directed by Edo Natasha
Quivera directed by Kevin Kisling
Getting to First Grade directed by Marc Mozga
Burst Theory directed by Zac Page
Mama's Home directed by Nikhail Asnani
2015 Silver Screen Award Winners
Animated Film Competition
Sezar Alkassab: David directed by Sezar Alkassab
Documentary Feature Competition
The Two Dollar Bill Documentary directed by John Bennardo
I.U directed by Hamid Reza Mohseni
West 4th St: Portrait of a Park directed by Simeon Soffer
A Deep Breath to End directed by Hamid Reza Mohseni
Know Your Freedom directed by Supriya Srinivas, Ghalia Al Aqili
The Cost of Construction directed by Jordan Ehrlich
Documentary Short Competition
Farming in Fear directed by Sean W. Malone
After 9/11 directed by Ranjit Koka
Hour of Code directed by Chris Turner
Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball directed by Drew Taylor, Matthew Taylor
Experimental Film Competition
14 DAYS directed by Joseph Villapaz
The Eve directed by Luca Machnich
Feature Film Competition
DIABLO directed by Lawrence Roeck
Seven Devils directed by Ben Rider
Simple Little Lives directed by Shoja Azari
DARIA directed by Colin Downey
Non-Stop to Comic-Con directed by Randy Van Dyke, David Edmundson
Republic of Dreams directed by Michael Lasoff, Oskar K. Smith, Assistant Director
Music Video Competition
Hallelujah - The Soul of a Sad Clown directed by Gary Yost
Nevada Film Competition
Table Manners directed by Ingrid Nachstern
Short Film Competition
Night is meant for sleeping directed by Adrien Costello
A Shadow of Dara directed by Kirill Proskura
Purgatory Saloon directed by Robert Wesley Knight
Making A Killing directed by Justin Head
"The End" aka "John Doe" directed by The Garabedian Brothers
The Art of Human Salvage directed by Dempsey Tillman
Zero directed by David Victori
Born Dead: A Zombie Parable directed by Mark Baird
Bagged: The Vanden Cox Story directed by Jonathan Moody
Batman and Jimbo directed by Angus Mullane
Student Film Competition
Playthings directed by Brian Boenau, Bryan Loy
Doll directed by Diana Avhadieva
Awaken directed by Bruce Sze Han Chen
Take a Stand directed by Austin Fickman
The Emotional Dimensions of the James River directed by Michelle Marquez
Persuasion directed by Mattson Tomlin
First-time Filmmaker Competition
Where Hearts Lie directed by Tony Lindsay
Normandy Is My Name directed by Jim Russell
The Stain directed by Michael Perez de Tagle
Dual City directed by Yokna HASEGAWA
37 directed by Chris Brugge
Blurred Reality directed by Jeffrey Fox
2015 Screenplay Winners
Grand Prize: Text Messages to God written by David Bryant Perkins
1st place: Derek Dickens & The Dream written by Phil Valentine
2nd Place: The Fall of Evening Thunder written by Mark Axelrod
3rd Place: Grace written by Lynda Lemberg, Jeffrey Allen Russel
Best TV Screenplay Winners
Grand Prize: No Questions Asked written by Graham Currin
1st place: Escape/Artist written by Alan R. Baxter
2nd place: HI Conflict written by Robert Barclay
3rd place: The Cherry Room written by Christine Stevens DeLorenzo
Best Short Screenplays
Lucky Jim written by Steve Deery
American Hearts written by George Milelli, Jr.
Official Finalists
Level 1- The Game Begins written by Carla Small, Richard Small, Nicholas Small
Fountain Of Age written by Richard Corman
Miss C written by Kelly Jean Karam
Massacre at Pilrims' Pass written by Thomas M. Lister. Ed.D.
Valley of Spirits written by Warren R Hull
The Key For Hope written by Federico Ferrero
Murder Ballad written by Maxwell Thomas
The Ghost And The Bomb written by Gerald Berns & David Field
Jaidee written by Clint Morey
Caretaker written by Palmer Edward
A Terrorist from Hamburg written by Andrea Calabrese
A Cool Strange written by Fabian Martin
Steel Harvest written by Christiaan Kutlik
Blood Work written by Tom Grady
Long Way Home written by Emily Koopman