
Culver City
Film Festival®
2023 Culver City Film Festival
2019 Culver City Film Festival Awards
The 2019 Culver City Film Festival was held at the Cinemark 18 and XD Howard Hughes Center
SPECIAL AWARD - PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE - STEVE ESCARCEGA
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Scott Butler
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Kevin Caliber
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Karen Knotts
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL- Diana Lu
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Carlos Ragas
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Madeleine Wade
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD - ACTORS PANEL - Kirk Ryde
BEST DOCUDRAMA SHORT - ANGEL IN A FOXHOLE
BEST MICRO SHORT - THE PAW
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT - TO MY PINK LADY
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - MY DESTINY, THEIR CALL
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - CHARACTERED BY TIME
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - I, TIMON
BEST SHORT COMEDY - MARTINIS AT THE SMOKE HOUSE
BEST SHORT DARK COMEDY - AN AFTERNOON IN BRENTWOOD
BEST DRAMEDY SHORT - THE CHAINS THAT BIND
BEST ROMANCE SHORT - LET GO THE PRELUDE
BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY
BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM - CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SATANIST
BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA SHORT - MATT AND MAYA
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY - NOW OR NEVER: A TONY ROMO STORY
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - COVERT ACTIVITY
BEST COMIC HORROR FEATURE FILM - VAMPIE...AKA “THE SILLIEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER MADE”
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Eden Knodel/TRICK OF THE OLD CAT
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - ROME BROOKS/THE WAKE OF LIGHT
BEST SUSPENSE SHORT - LULLABY
BEST HOLIDAY THEMED SHORT - JOYEUX NOEL
BEST CRIME DRAMA - THE LAWYER
BEST CRIME THRILLER SHORT - LACED LOVE
BEST ACTION SHORT - PAWNS
BEST DRAMA SHORT - THE WITCHING HOUR
BEST YA SHORT - WITHIN AND WITHOUT
BEST BUDDY COMEDY SHORT - BAD COP, BAD COP - THE DANCE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - THE WOMB
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - TWO WAYS HOME
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - THE TELEIOS ACT
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE - GAM CAM GRRL
BEST SOUND DESIGN SHORT - ANNIVERSARY
BEST SOUND DESIGN FEATURE - THE ACCOMPANIST
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - ALEX PLAT/CHARACTERED BY TIME
BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - JARED N. WRIGHT/A LITTLE DEATH
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL COUNTDOWN TO YEAR ZERO
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE - MICHELLE DANNER - BAD IMPULSE
BEST WOMAN IN JEOPARDY SHORT - ROSES ARE BLIND
BEST HORROR THRILLER SHORT FILM - HOUSE OF REDEMPTION - HEAR ME
BEST HORROR SHORT - SLICE & DICE
BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - KILLER THERAPY
BEST TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY - RIDING REMOTE AND ALONE
BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - 50 SHADES OF SILENCE
BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - JACKSON JUST NOT A NAME
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - THROW LIKE A GIRL
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - L'EAU EST LA VIE (WATER IS LIFE)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - SAVING JAWS
BEST COMEDIC WEBISODE - DONNA ON THE GO: REALLY
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO- HEAVEN EVERYWHERE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - CRYIN’ F.U. LADY RAP
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- SUSHI SIZE ME
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - COCAINE SISTERS
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - ROBERT SCHEER: ABOVE THE FOLD
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM - SOMEONE SOMEWHERE
GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - TANGERINE SUMMER
GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - OF CRUMBS AND DREAMS
GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - DARLING, DARLING WENDY
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - DAY ONE
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - COMING UP FOR AIR
2019 Screenplay Awards
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - HORROR- FLIGHT AD4515
BEST HORT SCREENPLAY - FAMILY/FAITH-BASED - DUSKIES
BEST TV COMEDY PILOT SCRIPT - MIDLIFE DRIVE-THRU
BEST TV SCRIPT - STUCK
BEST SCREENPLAY-WESTERN - MASSACRE AT PILGRIMS' PASS
BEST SCREENPLAY-FANTASY - THE RED RIVER
BEST SCREENPLAY- COMING OF AGE - MADE IN AMERICA
BEST SCREENPLAY - DRAMA - FEAR