Winners
2007 HollyShorts Film Festival Winners:
• Best Short Film - “Songbird” Directed by John Thompson
• Best Student – “Der Ostwind” Directed by Kohl Glass
• Best Cinematography – “Dartsville” Directed by Tony West
• Best Drama – “The Oates Valor” Directed by Timothy Cahill
• Best Documentary – “Downwinders” Directed by Jake White
• Best Animation – “Once Upon A Christmas Village” Directed by Michael Attardi
• Best Narrative – “Aquarium” Rob Meyer
• Best Comedy- “The Trainee” Directed by Craig Rosenthal
• Best International – “5:55” Directed by Illegal Artists
• Best Actor- Charlie Weirauch, “Wilbur”
• Best Actress- Jessica James, “Small Jeans”
• Best Thriller: “Y Que Cumplas Muchos Mas” Directed by David Alcalde
• Future Filmmaker Award: Director Justin Liberman, “Red Balloon”
• Audience Choice Day 1: Phil Allocco’s “Joseph Henry.”
• Audience Choice Day 2: David Branin’s “Honey I’m Home
• Honorable Mention: “Sarah and Dee” Directed by Karen Dee Carpenter
• Honorable Mention: “Tell-Tale” Directed by Jason Roberts
• Honorable Mention: “Anonymous” Directed by Cristian Pozo
2006 HollyShorts Film Festival Winners
Best Overall Short - “Lucky” Avie Luthra
Best Drama - “Dammi Il La”
Best Foreign Short - “Lucky” Avie Luthra
Best Cinematography - “Ozone” Honey
Best Comedy - “Maxi Doodles” Bronston Jones
Women In Film Award - “Dirty Mary” Daniele Ferraro (wrote, starred, and Produced)
Audience Award Day 1 - “Spin” Jamin Winans
Audience Award Day 2 - “Maxi Doodles” Bronston Jones
• Varda Hardy took home The Best Short Screenplay Award presented by Creative Screenwriting Magazine for her short film “Window.”
• Lovinsa Kasuma won the Best Documentary Award, presented by Fetro.com for her short film “Rape for Who I am.”
The Stash Animation Award drew a tie with Kat Kosmala’s “Linear Progression” and Eduardo Martin Julve’s “Valle Parasio” sharing the crown for Best Animated Short.
2005 HollyShorts Film Festival Winner
Best Short Film - “Dick The Short” Rufus Dorsey
