2017 Winners
Congratulations to the Winners and Official Finalists of the 2016 American Movie Awards.
Film Competition Categories
Grand Jury Prize
Poison in the water directed by Romeo Candido
Special Marquee Award
The Children of the Noon directed by Diego Fiori and Olga Pohankova
Special Marquee Award
Pasquale's Magic Veal directed by D.J. Higgins
Narrative Feature
The Last Beautiful Girl directed by James Christopher
Narrative Short
Me3 directed by Jason Baumgardner
Documentary Feature
Nanny Culture directed by Paul James Driscoll
Documentary Short
Do You Like Peacocks? directed by Mary Clay Fields
Animated Film
Schirkoa directed by Ishan Shukla
Foreign Film
Too Much Stress From My Heart directed by Ludovica Lirosi
Student Film
Endurance directed by Jimmy Carter
Sci-Fi Film
Capsule directed by Andrew Martin
Experimental Film
The Martian VR Experience directed by Robert Stromberg
Film Directing
Love 2.0 directed by
First-Time Director
Heart: Flatline to Finish Line directed by David Watkins
Music Video
Bobgoblin "Danger" directed by Hop Litzwire
Cinematography
My Last Concert directed by Selcuk Cara
Editing
Death in a Day directed by Lin Wang
TV Pilot
Shoot Me Nicely directed by Elias Plagianos
Trailer
Immune directed by Dustin Prince
Best Actor
Kim Sønderholm in Run directed by Cato ML Ekrene
Best Actress
Monica Calhoun in Eveything But A Man directed by Nnegest Likke
Best Supporting Actor
Devone Jones in Pizza Shop Directed by Devone Jones
Best Supporting Actress
Anna Bauert in Horizon directed by Stephan Elliott
Official Finalists Film
Charlie's Gift directed by Duane Journey
#sugarwater directed by Jo Lewis
Four Motherless Children directed by Ralph Isenberg
Hitching a Ride on Entropy directed by Alejandra Leibovich
Among the Believers directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi
J directed by Florin Marksteiner
Organic Love Stories directed by Alpgiray M. Ugurlu
Slim directed by Michael Arell
The Secret of Joy directed by Max Bartoli
An Ideal Marriage directed by Ted Sharks
Honorable Mentions Film
The Parallel Project directed by Barrett Gregory
The Reaping directed by Roberto D'Antona
Happy Tree directed by Yunyi Zeng
Perceptions directed by Eha Urbsalu
Six Years A Memory directed by Wilson Mbiavanga
Memories of Warsaw directed by Robert Webster Y
ou Got A Problem directed by Charles Mandracchia
My Spicy Grandma directed by Tianwei Wang
Heavenkid directed by Derrick, Yung-Te, and Wu
Last Winter directed by Daniel Wyland
Heart of the Bull directed by Nicolas Scroggins
Screenplay Competition Categories
Feature Screenplay Competition
Grand Prize: The Experiment written by Jeffrey Allen Russel and Lynda Lemberg
Special Marquee: The Barking Spider written by Robert Gately
Silver Prize: The whistler written by Debra Johnson, Dre Edmonds
Bronze Prize: The Midnight Son written by Levi A. Taylor
Short Screenplay
Grand Prize: Peacefully written by Miguel J. Ramirez
Special Marquee: The Blueprint written by Tatyana Jackson
Silver Prize: Graffiti Cat written by Tatiana Radzik
Bronze Prize: The Barking Spider (short) written by Robert Gately, Lois Gately
Original Television Pilot
Grand Prize: The Case of the Tattooed Redhead written by Jim Norman
Special Marquee: Spy High written by Jeff Woodward
Silver Prize: Inferno The Series written by Andrea Malpighi
Bronze Prize: Jeff the Cyborg Who Works at the Mall written by Adam Modiano
First time Screenwriters
Grand Prize: Dollar Down written by J. Michael Aiken
Special Marquee: Their Souls Cry Out written by Miller Bargeron Jr.
Silver Prize: The Wonderful written by Demitra Papadinis
Bronze Prize: Surprise Divorce written by William Ebert
Spec Television Script
Grand Prize: Tantalum Mass: The Last Hacker written by David Garrett
Stage Play
Grand Prize: Christmas Pops written by John Ponton
Special Marquee: Do Us Part written by Karen Lukesh
Silver Prize: Beyond the Glass written by Francis DiClemente
Bronze Prize: Music Between Us written by Tal Rayman
Official Finalists Screenplay
Let’s Solve a Murder or Two written by Curtis Lofgren
Lazarus written by Marcelle A. Davis
Lighthouse written by Derrick Ferguson and Jonathan Cook
Hormones Unite written by Debra S. Johnson
The Last Vikings written by David Thorndill
For Later Times written by Miguel J. Ramirez
The Cypherian: Lineage written by D.K. Johnston
Nefertiti's Love written by Michael Austen
Resurrection Time Conspiracy written by James Carroll
I Met Her at Birkenau written by Laurie Clemens Maier
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