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