2021 WINNERS:
Best Comedy Feature
Killer Whales
Director Will Hamilton
Best Drama Feature
This is Not a War Story
Director Talia Lugacy
Best Documentary Feature
Iron Family
Director Patrick Longstreth
Best Horror Feature
The Reenactment
Director Andrew Ford
Best Sci-Fi Feature
The Alternate
Director Alrik Bursell
Best Local Feature
Landlocked
Director Timothy Hall
Best Foreign Feature
Playdurizm
Director Gem Deger
Best Animated Short
Modo Crasticot
Director Jérémie Guy-Béland
Best Music Video
Rocking the Unemployment Line
Director Oksana Pryshchepa
Best Comedy Short
Good Head
Director Matt Servitto
Best Documentary Short
We Travel
Directors Ethan Payne, Brian Foster
Best Horror Short
Out at Night
Director Christopher Hewitt
Best Drama Short
Garage
Director Aaron Sanders
Best Local Short
Lorikeet
Director Elisee Junior St Preux
Best Foreign Short
The Wick
Director Sabine Crossen
Best Experimental Short
Les Dieux Changeants
Director Lucio Arese
Best Action Short
Break Things & Run
Director Ramsey Telhami
Best Student Film
Gretel & Hansel: A New Musical
Director Alex Preston
Atlanta Underground Film Festival Awards
2018 WINNERS:
Best Feature
Rockaway
by John J. Budion
Best Director
In This Gray Place
by R.D. Womack II
Best Cinematography
Ulysses
by Federico Alotto
Best Drama Feature
Lost Fare
by Bruce Logan
Best Comedy Feature
STUCK
by Jillian Armenante
Best Ensemble Cast
Killer Unicorn
by Drew Bolton
Best Short Film
Life Partner
by Mairin Hart
Best Drama Short
Miscreant
by Rocky Ramsey
Best Comedy Short
Pigeonholed
by Robert Stuvland
Best Dark Comedy Short
Hangover Food
by Ross McGowan
Best Horror Short
Avulsion
by Steve Boyle
Best Sci-Fi Short
Bespoke
by Rik Cordero
Best Documentary Short
Candlelight
by Verónica Ortiz-Calderón
Best Foreign Short
Adnyat
by Santosh Sopan Davakhar
Best Animated Short
Empty Chair
by Alison Salazar
Best Music Video
HXXS - Seppuku
by Anders Ericsson
Best Local Short
Snapshot
by Brett Bagwell
Best Actor
Aleksander Ristic
In This Gray Place
Best Actress
Alexis Rosinsky
Lost Fare
Best Narrative Feature
Wild Bones
Director Jack James
Best Comedy Feature
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Directors Chris Guerra, Matthew John Koppin
Best Documentary Feature
The Book of Harth
Director Pierre Guillet
Best Local Feature
Miles from Nowhere
Director Jono Mitchell
Best Drama Feature
Continue 9,8,7.
Director Lucas James Culshaw
Best Foreign Feature
Sweet Disaster
Director Laura Lehmus
Best Sci-Fi Feature
Planet b234
Director Keelie Sheridan
Best Thriller Feature
Lyla
Director Gordon Cowie
Best Pilot
Roger, Espionager
Director Brooke Jaye Taylor
Best Director
Alchemy of the Spirit
Director Steve Balderson
First-Time Filmmaker Award of Excellence
Sober
Director Dewayne Irving
Best Narrative Short Nominees:
Asylum
Director Neil West
Extra Innings
Director John Gray
Ghosted
Director Tracie Laymon
The Altruist
Director Matt Smith *WINNER
Best Animated Short Nominees:
Overcome
Director Trinity Ansah
The Animal
Director Nora 6592
The Sprayer
Director Farnoosh Abedi
The Way to a Man’s Heart
Directors Jule Körperich, Karin Demuth *WINNER
Best Music Video Nominees:
Bellringer
Director Nolan Huber-Rhoades
Glass Ship
Director Sam Balcomb *WINNER
Indigo de Souza – Kill Me
Director Jordan Thomas Alexander
MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Director Daniel Moshel
Best Experimental Short Nominees:
Capsule
Directors Taibi Magar, Tyler Dobrowsky *WINNER
Fuck Film: A Love Story
Director Neil Ira Needleman
Push
Director Jasmine
V for Vulva
Director Destiny Greer
2019 WINNERS:
Best Feature
PAGEANT MATERIAL
Jonothon Mitchell
Best Director
Cameron Schwartz
REST STOP.
Best Actor
Robert Solomon
DUKE
Best Actress
Madeleine Woolner
HOW FAR
Best Cinematography
Abijeet Achar
WATER HORSE
Best Local Short
WE SHOULD HANG OUT MORE
Marquelle "Kelley" Young & Kelly Dawkins
Best Animated Short
GRYPHON ANIMO
Matthew Maloney
Best Comedy Short
PEGGY
Justin Miller
Best Horror Short
RICK AND RUBY
Scott Woodburn
Best Sci-Fi Short
ORIGIN
David Parrella
Best Drama Short
JERKY
Amy Trefry & Brent Braaten
Best Music Video
SEX PLANET - LACIE
Zach Strum
Best Foreign Short
THE DELIVERER
Ron Morales
Audience Choice
LANGUAGE OF ESPIONAGE
Giovanni Tortorici
Best Comedy Short Nominees:
Could This Have Been An Email
Directors Nicole Kemper, Sarah Alison Hodges
How Did We Get Here?
Director J.N. Mackey
Little Package
Director Kent Smith
The Coupon
Director Laura Seay *WINNER
Best Horror Short Nominees :
Black Creek Trail
Director Soma Helmi
Black Dragon (Rồng đen)
Director Alexander Thompson
Household Demons
Director John Gray *WINNER
Rings
Director Colin Earner
Best Sci-Fi Short Nominees:
From Water Comes Melon
Director Micah Vassau
OKAY AL-i
Directors Sarah Emery, Matthew Emery
Out Of Order
Director Mason James Gillard
The Marinn Company
Director Emma Swider * WINNER
Best Documentary Short Nominees:
Chalk Back
Director Kylie Procita
More Than Real
Director Roc Morin
Rachel's Law
Director Cameron Ilan *WINNER
Stangirl
Director Halonah Abraham
Best Drama Short Nominees:
Dreamer
Directors Vergi Rodriguez, Diana Zollicoffer *WINNER
Send Me A Color
Director Molly Tomecek
The Earth Will Not Swallow Us
Director Olubajo Sonubi
The Show Must Go On
Director Chase Gutzmore
Best Foreign Short Nominees:
Amen
Director Bodi Rajkumar
Familiar
Director David J. Ellison
Mirage
Director Arthur Fanget *WINNER
Survivers
Director Carlos Gómez-Trigo
Best Local Short Nominees:
Census
Director James Mackenzie
He Was Hope
Director Taylor Conley
Post-Citrus
Director Madison Hatfield *WINNER
Reverie
Director Caitlin Gray
Best Student Film Nominees:
Out Of Order
Director Mason James Gillard
Overcome
Director Trinity Ansah
Possession
Director Daniel Kumi
Sweet Temptations
Director William Thomason *WINNER
2020 WINNERS:
Best Feature
To Your Last Death
Director Jason Axinn
Best Documentary Feature
Mentally Al
Director Joshua Edelman
Best Narrative Short
Body and Son
Director Chris Anthony Hamilton
Best Drama Short
Max
Director Kristina Arjona
Best Comedy Short
Eat the Rainbow
Director Brian Benson
Best Horror Short
Bakemono
Directors Sumire Takamatsu, Jorge Lucas
Best Documentary Short
Considerations of Infinity
Director Kira Bursky
Best Animated Short
WALT
Directors Greg Yagolnitzer, Brendan Walter
Best Action Short
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood
Director Fabio Soares
Best Experimental Short
Klaus Eats Butterflies
Director Shane Aquino
Best Music Video
Black Pumas - Colors
Director Kristian Mercado
Best Foreign Short
Aftershock
Director Gareth Wilkes
Best Local Short
Brown With Blue
Director Christian Nolan Jones
Best Director
Cassandra
Director David E. Tolchinsky