2017 Red Dirt Film Festival Nominees

Best High School Film

• 14,508 (dir. Dylan Reiss)

• Cycle (dir. Caleb Wild)

• For Your Sins (dir. Noah Cassidy)

• Georgian Dance (dir. Salome Tkebuchava)

• Idee Fixe (dir. Liezl Bitas)

• Just Like Today  (dir. Isabella Olaguera)

• A  Pirate’s Life (dir. Isabella Olaguera)

• Taking a Beating  (dir. Alec Douglas)

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Best Screenplay

• 23 Days (Wynn Reichert)

• Dead Sprint (Jason Tostevin)

• The Devil’s Gun (James Christopher)

• Everyone’s Gone to the Moon (Lana Casperson)

• Six Legged Couch (Kate Longoria)

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Best Oklahoma Documentary

• Boomtown (dir. Bunee Tomlinson)

• Brother Valentine (dir. Tim Rundel)

• Bunee: The Boy From Constanța (dir. Bunee Tomlinson)

• Circus City, USA (dir. Adam Michael Wright)

• Heartsick (dir. Jerimy Sherin; Egan Galvin; Luke Spencer)

• Shiloh (dir. Mark Williams)

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Best Oklahoma Narrative

• 21 Guns (dir. Andrew Smith)

• Alma Avira (dir. Kyle Harris)

• Blue (dir. Nathan Riehl)

• No Less Than A Man (dir. William Tyler)

• Okay, OK (dir. Kyle Bergersen)

• Rough Cut : Episode 3 (dir. Adam Hampton)

• The Hill (dir. Dan E. Tibbs)

• SWIRL (dir. Lance McDaniel)

• Yes, We’re Open (dir. Yousef Kazemi)

 

 

Best Concept in a Narrative

• Born Again (dir. Jason Tostevin)

• Eat Organic (dir. Dustin Hawkins)

• A Funny Man (dir. Benjamin Wilson)

• Hate Crime (dir. Steven Esteb)

• In Exile (dir. Alexander Kurilov)

• Sketches (dir. Savannah Rodgers)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• SWIRL (dir. Lance McDaniel)

• The Usual Silence (dir. Samuel Thomas)

• Trapped(dir. Aidin Eftekhari

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Best Concept in a Documentary

• Circus City, USA (dir. Adam Michael Wright)

• High Signs (dir. Damien Patrik)

• The Resurrection Club (dir. Àlvaro Corcuera; Guillermo Abril)

• Shiloh (dir. Mark Williams)

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Best Documentary

• Boomtown (dir. Bunee Tomlinson)

• Brother Valentine (dir. Tim Rundel)

• Bunee, The Boy From Constanța (dir. Bunee Tomlinson)

• Circus City, USA (dir. Adam Michael Wright)

• Don’t Sell My Guitars (dir. Lynn Montgomery)

• Heartsick (dir. Jerimy Sherin; Egan Galvin; Luke Spencer)

• High Signs (dir. Damien Patrik)

• The Promise (dir. Zeljko Mirkovic)

• The Resurrection Club (dir. Àlvaro Corcuera; Guillermo Abril)

• Shiloh (dir. Mark Williams)

• Still Sophie (dir. Caroline Knight)

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Best Comedy

• Any Day Now (dir. Albert Uria)

• Blue (dir. Nathan Riehl)

• Born Again (dir. Jason Tostevin)

• Cosmico (dir. C.J. Lazaretti)

• DUMBBELLS  (dir. Christopher Livingston)

• A Funny Man (dir. Benjamin Wilson)

• Unleavened Bread (dir. Wilfried Méance)

• Worth the Wait (dir. Joel Berry)

• Writer’s Block (dir. Robby Sparks)

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Best Art/Experimental

• 20 Meters of Love in Montmartre (dir. Pierre Gaffié)

• Alma Avira (dir. Ron Devitt)

• Cosmico (C.J. Lazaretti)

• In The Blink (dir. Damien Patrik)

• Love is. (dir. Lincoln Korver)

• May 15th in Paris (dir. Janek Ambros)

• No Less Than A Man (dir. William Tyler)

• Psychotropical (dir. Liz  Tabish)

• Sketches (dir. Savannah Rodgers)

• SWIRL (dir. Lance McDaniel)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

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Best Production Design

• Blue (dir. Nathan Riehl)

• The Double Cross (dir. Mark Brocking)

• Four Pies (dir. Andrew Huggins)

• Mind Your Body (dir. Silke C. Engler)

• Psychotropical (dir. Liz Tabish)

• Shadow of the Missing (dir. Jamie Lee Smith)

• TEST OF COURAGE (dir. Rena Dumont)

• Who is Riley Oakes? (dir. Ron Devitt)

• Worth the Wait (dir. Joel Berry)

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Best Thriller/Horror

• ALTAR (dir. Matthew Sconce)

• The Call (dir. Quavondo Nguyen)

• The Root Cellar (dir. Kyle Kleincke)

• Shadow of The Missing (dir. Jamie Lee Smith)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

• A Way Out (dir. Jason Tostevin)

 

Best Narrative Short

• Four Pies (dir. Andrew Huggins)

• A Funny Man (Benjamin Wilson)

• Gone (dir. Matthew Macar)

• Running Up That Hill (dir. Dan E. Tibbs)

• Sketches (dir. Savannah Rodgers)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• Ten Thousand Camels (dir. Kent Flaagan)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

• Worth the Wait (dir. Joel Berry)

• Yes, We’re Open (dir. Yousef Kazemi)

 

 

Best Score/Soundtrack

• The Double Cross (dir. Mark Brocking)

• Psychotropical (dir. Liz Tabish)

• The Hill (dir. Dan E. Tibbs)

• Still Sophie (dir. Caroline Knight)

• SWIRL (dir. Lance McDaniel)

• Who is Riley Oakes? (dir. Ron Devitt)

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Best Cinematography

• 21 Guns (dir. Andrew Smith)

• Alma Avira (dir. Kyle Harris)

• Four Pies (dir. Andrew Huggins)

• Hate Crime (dir. Steven Esteb)

• Hear the Silence (dir. Ed Ehrenberg)

• The last journey of enigmatic Paul W.R. (dir. Romain Quirot)

• Running Up That Hill (dir. Dan E. Tibbs)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• TEST OF COURAGE (dir. Rena Dumont)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

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Best Animation

• Cosmico (dir. C.J. Lazaretti)

• Curpigeon (dir. Dmitry Milkin)

• In Exile (dir. Alexander Kurilov)

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Best Foreign Language

• Blue Eyed Boy (dir. Masoud Soheili)

• Hear the Silence (dir. Ed Ehrenberg)

• In Exile (dir. Alexander Kurilov)

• The last journey of the enigmatic Paul W.R. (dir. Romain Quirot)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• TEST OF COURAGE  (dir. Rena Dumont)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

• UNDERPRESSURE (dir. Lilli Schwabe)

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Best Writing

• Cotton String (dir. Marina Bruno)

• A Funny Man (dir. Benjamin Wilson)

• Hear the Silence (dir. Ed Ehrenberg)

• Okay, OK (dir. Kyle Bergersen)

• Rough Cut: Episode 3 (dir. Adam Hampton)

• Shadow of the Missing (dir. Jamie Lee Smith)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• Ten Thousand Camels (dir. Kent Flaagan)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

• A Way Out (dir. Jason Tostevin)

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Best Editing

• Don’t Sell My Guitars (dir. Lynn Montgomery)

• DUMBBELLS (dir. Christopher Livingston)

• High Signs (dir. Damien Patrik)

• Mind Your Body (dir. Silke C. Engler)

• The Hill (dir. Dan E. Tibbs)

• SWIRL (dir. Lance McDaniel)

• The Bulleteers (dir. Kyle Roberts)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

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Best Female Supporting Actor

• Edith Le Merdy (Unleavened Bread)

• Krystel Roche (DADA)

• Marcie Price Jackson (Rough Cut: Episode 3)

• Marget Daly (Any Day Now)

• Melika Saeidipour (Trapped)

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Best Male Supporting Actor

• Brian Drolet (DUMBBELLS)

• Chad Mathews (Rough Cut: Episode 3)

• Dean Kyrwood (Colt 13)

• Kenny Pitts (Rough Cut: Episode 3)

• Todd Detwiler (Any Day Now)

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Best Female Lead Actor

• Catherine Trail (Four Pies)

• Jasmine Wynn (The Call)

• Jesamine Katzman (Yes, We’re Open)

• Jess Paul (A Funny Man)

• Karin Lischka (UNDERPRESSURE)

• Krishna Smitha (Priyanath)

• Laura Bell Bundy (Worth the Wait)

• Maria Luna (DADA)

• Stephanie Estes  (ALTAR)

 

 

 

Best Male Lead Actor

• Adam Hampton (A Way Out)

• Babak Kamangir (Trapped)

• Daniel Fleming (Ten Thousand Camels)

• Ivan Zelic (Colt 13)

• Jason Leyva (Yes, We’re Open)

• Jesse Parr (ALTAR)

• Michael Thayer (Ten Thousand Camels)

• Richard Cavallucci (A Funny Man)

• Robert Costanzo (A Way Out)

• Trey Munden (Blue)

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Best Director

• ALTAR (dir. Matthew Sconce)

• Any Day Now (dir. Albert Uria)

• Colt 13 (dir. Luke Mckay)

• Hear the Silence (dir. Ed Ehrenberg)

• The last journey of the enigmatic Paul W.R. (dir. Romain Quirot)

• Psychotropical (dir. Liz Tabish)

• Sketches (dir. Savannah Rodgers)

• SPEECHLESS (dir. Robin Polak)

• TEST OF COURAGE (dir. Rena Dumont)

• Trapped (dir. Aidin Eftekhari)

• UNDERPRESSURE (dir. Lilli Schwabe)

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Best Narrative Feature

• ALTAR (dir. Matthew Sconce)

• Hate Crime (dir. Steven Esteb)

• Hear the Silence (dir. Ed Ehrenberg)

• DUMBBELLS (dir. Christopher Livingston)

• The Last Beautiful Girl (dir. James Christopher)