2020 Filmmaker’s Award Winners

Filmmakers Award Winners

Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – Age of Bryce  
Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – Seance-ing
Outstanding Director – Comedy – David Feagan, Brian Elliott – Age of Bryce
Outstanding Screenplay – Comedy – Alix Angelis – Seance-ing
Outstanding Acting, Cast – Comedy – Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s
Outstanding Acting, Individual – Comedy – Patrick Tamisiea – Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s
Outstanding Acting, Duo – Comedy – Suzan Mikiel, Allison Youngberg – Ex-Sisters-In-Law
Outstanding Cinematography – Comedy – Rachel Dusa – Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s

Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Alina
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Planet Earth calling Ana
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Valley
Outstanding Director – Drama – Rami Kodeih – Alina
Outstanding Screenplay – Drama – Nora Mariana Salim – Alina
Outstanding Acting, Cast – Drama – Valley
Outstanding Acting, Individual – Drama – Laia Manzanares – Planet Earth calling Ana
Outstanding Cinematography – Drama – Matt Schween – Tides

Outstanding Short Film – Experimental – Miniature Chess
Outstanding Director – Experimental – Martin Gerigk – Haiku
Outstanding Screenplay – Experimental – Phil Cheney – Miniature Chess
Outstanding Performance, Cast – Experimental – Miniature Chess
Outstanding Performance, Individual – Experimental – Kennedy Knopf – SHE
Outstanding Performance, Inanimate Object – Experimental – Chip the shopping cart – The Myth of Winter
Outstanding Cinematography – Experimental – Julie Kim – SHE

Outstanding Short Film – Horror – Eleanor
Outstanding Short Film – Horror – Household Demons
Outstanding Director – Horror – Austin Rourke – A Strange Calm
Outstanding Screenplay – Horror – Chris Dawson – Eleanor
Outstanding Acting, Cast – Horror – A Strange Calm
Outstanding Acting, Individual – Horror – Yael Gonen – Eleanor
Outstanding Cinematography – Horror – Zach Stoltzfus – Household Demons

Outstanding Music Video – Black Metal Romance – Joey Danger, Director

Source: SOFF

2020 Programmer’s Prize Winners

Cyber Underground
Fyrvaktaren: Bathtub By The Sea
Grade A
Your Heart Is Mine

A message from SOFF programmer Jeff Howard:

Every year it’s a challenge for me when we look at the votes from the juries and tabulate which films are getting awards.  Invariably I see see some omissions that I cannot abide.  Sometimes it’s that coincidence that a film repeatedly comes in second place for various awards without actually getting an award.  Sometimes it’s the fact that I see every film more than once.  Your opinions change a lot with multiple viewings and this makes my perspective different from other jury members.

How to fix the problem?  I do not want to be a programmer who lobbies jury members to change their votes.  Instead we invented the Programmer’s Prize so that I get to honor films that slipped through the cracks and I sleep a little better at night.

For SOFF 2020, I wanted to have around fifteen of these.  (Part of me wants every official selection to get an award like a children’s soccer league.) As much as it pained me, I narrowed it down to the four you see above.

Source: SOFF

134. 4Qs with Luisa Novo

Luisa came prepared with notes for her 4Q’s

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Luisa Novo is a Film Invasion Los Angeles master filmmaker whose films have been Official Selections in 2017 and 2020.  And her next project, a TV series, just got funded on Seed+Spark!  A native of Brazil and resident of Los Angeles, I was very curious to hear her favorite films.

Don’t forget that you can watch her film Becoming Lucy right now on Amazon Prime Video in Season 1 Episode 10Click here to be taken to the Amazon page. or you can go to Prime Video on your TV and search for “Discover Indie Film.”

Here are Luisa’s DIF4Q answers:

  • Favorites: Drive, Sunset Boulevard, Adventureland
  • Underrated: Leviathan (2014, Russia)
  • Overrated: Shutter Island
  • Seek Out: The Hunt (2012, Denmark)

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133. Luisa Novo “Becoming Lucy”

Luisa Novo stops by to discuss “Becoming Lucy”

Luisa Novo’s film Becoming Lucy was an Official Selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2017.  That was why I first asked her to come onto the podcast.

You can watch Becoming Lucy right now on Amazon Prime Video in Season 1 Episode 10Click here to be taken to the Amazon page. or you can go to Prime Video on your TV and search for “Discover Indie Film.”

Luisa Novo is quite prolific and after we recorded this interview her follow-up film The World Inside, which she wrote and directed while she was in Brazil screened as an Official Selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2020.

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125. 4Qs with Caroline Gottlieb & Jeremy Radin

Jeremy Radin & Caroline Gottlieb ready to discuss some of their favorite movies

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Caroline Gottlieb & Jeremy Radin made the film Shark Week, which pulled in three awards at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2018.  Both are talented actors who bring an array of skills to the table far beyond acting.  Do they have great taste in film?  You bet they do.

You can watch Shark Week right now on Amazon Prime Video.  It starts off Season 2, Episode three and is paired with the equally wonderful They Fall FastClick here to be taken to the Amazon page. or you can go to Prime Video on your TV and search for “Discover Indie Film.”

Here are Caroline’s answers:

  • Favorites: Fiddler On The Roof, Hereditary, Tommy
  • Underrated: Sound of My Voice/Another Earth/The East (Brit Marling’s catalog)
  • Overrated: Inception
  • Seek Out: Like Crazy

Here are Jeremy’s answers:

  • Favorites: Jaws, Young Frankenstein, All About Eve, Jurassic Park
  • Underrated: The Court Jester (Danny Kaye)
  • Overrated: Goonies, Inglorious Basterds
  • Seek Out: Moonlight

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