Dances With Film
Mann's 6 Theatres
Los Angeles, CA
Opening Night Red Carpet Arrivals
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Awards Ceremony
Carmen Marron
Carmen Marron
Esai Morales
Alonso Alvarez Barreda
Director/Writer/Produer -"Crescendo
DWF ICA Award Winner
Director/Writer/Produer -"Crescendo
DWF ICA Award Winner
Jessica Just
Jessica Just
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This year's Competition Winners include:
Feature Competition
-Grand Jury Prize - FRAY (Director/Writer - Geoff Ryan, Producer - Jodi Redmond)
-Honorable Mention - SMALL CREATURES (Director/Writer/Producer - Martin Wallace)
-Audience
Award - DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (Director - Iris Almaraz w/Guest
Director Gustavo Ramos, Writers - Iris Almaraz & Gustavo Ramos,
Producer - Joey Mendez)
Documentary Competition
-Audience
Award - THE EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT (Director - Ben Popik, Writers -
Chioke Nassor, Joel Clark, Adam Conover, Dave Segal, Raphael
Bob-Waksberg, Producers - Margaret Laney & Ben Popik)
Fusion Short
-Audience Award - HI, LILLIAN (Director - Mike Lemcke, Writers - Mike Lemcke & Grant Lyon, Producer - Grant Lyon)
Fusion Feature
-Audience Award - SHOWBOYS (Director -Johnny Soto, Writers - Johnny Soto & Jeff Garner, Producer - Diana Vu)
Short Competition
-Grand Jury Prize - CRESCENDO (Director/Writer/Produer - Alonso Alvarez Barreda)
-Honorable Mention - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR CATS (Director/Producer - Jeffrey Williams, Writer/Producer - Dan Greenberger)
-Audience
Award - TEN DOLLAR COVER (Director - Bubba Carr, Writers - Bubba Carr
& LC Crowley & Grayson Hunter, Producers - LC Crowley &
Michelle Keller
For its 2nd year, DWF gives an ICA (Industry Choice Award) to a filmmaker juried by this years industry luminaries Mark
Ordesky (LORD OF THE RINGS Exec. Producer/Amber Ent.), Steven Wegner
(THE BLIND SIDE/Alcon Ent.), Mike Macari (THE RING I & II,
Macari/Edelstein) and Tracy Bing(MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK).
This year's ICA Award goes to 2 films:
-INTO THE WAKE (Director - John Mossman, Writers/Producers -Tim Miller & John Mossman)
-CRESCENDO (Director/Writer/Produer - Alonso Alvarez Barreda)
For
its 6th year, Canon sponsor's DWF's 2 MINUTE, 2 STEP SHORT FILM
CHALLENGE which brings 6 filmmmaking teams together as they are given
just 4 hours to shoot and edit a two minute film.
This year's 2 MINUTE, 2 STEP SHORT FILM CHALLENGE winner is:
-CRIME IN A BOX by Jeff Lorch and Jason Weissbrod