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2018 Award Winners Announced

The juries deliberated and debated… and finally decided.  Sincerely, all 36 films that screened at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival this year were great.  Being an Official Selection at SOFF truly means something.  We do not select films based on recognizable actors, social media followings, or large local fanbases.  We select the films based solely on quality and we could not be more proud of the quality of this year’s Official Selections.

But film festival protocol demands that we give out awards.  This year we expanded the awards by adding the Filmmakers Awards to the Grand Jury Prizes and Audience Award Winners.  The Filmmakers Awards are given in the Narrative Short category and are selected by the Filmmakers Board, a panel of fifteen filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections in previous festivals.

Click here to see the full list of SOFF 2018 award winners!

Grand Jury Prize Winners

Audience Award Winners

Filmmakers Award Winners

Programmer’s Prize Winners

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Your Call is Important to Us

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

2018 Winner: Best Short Film; Best Director, Short Film; Outstanding Screenplay, Short Film; Outstanding Acting, Cast

A short comedy that confirms our fears about what really goes on at call centres when asked: “Please hold?”

Director: TJ Power
Writer(s): TJ Power
Producer(s): Riley Nottingham
Cast: David James, Andy Lee, Brent Hill, Leith McPherson, Gig Clarke.

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Don’t get hung up.

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They Fall Fast

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

2018 Winner: Programmer’s Prize

Eileen and Carlos are two awkward strangers whose hike in the desert has a surprising destination that has the potential to either change or end their lives.

Director: Ed McCarthy
Writer(s): Ed McCarthy
Producer(s): Ed McCarthy, Miguel M. Matias
Cast: Mim Drew, Victor Samuel Lopez

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Never get in the middle of someone else’s quicksand.

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The Creeping Ritual

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

A Hollywood douchebag wants fresh coconut water in the shell before yoga class.  He can’t find it, has a nervous breakdown, and comes face to face with the devil while sitting in traffic.

Director: Patrick Connolly
Writer(s): Patrick Connolly
Producer(s): Camille Raquel & Patrick Connolly
Cast: Camille Calvin, Nigel Lysaght, Dwight Huntsman, Norman Huntsman, Trevor Hansen, Ambar Durazo, Terry LeClair

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Class starts at 4:30.

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The Concourse

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

When a high-strung airline pilot meets a free spirited young man while stranded at a desolate airport, a series of airport hijinks brings the two strangers closer together, revealing a connection that neither could have ever imagined possible.

Director: Jonathon Kane
Writer(s): Jonathon Kane, James Ehle
Producer(s): James Ehle
Cast: Mark S. Esch, Jordan Crites, Steve Mayberry

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Take the night off.

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Stuck

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

2018 Winner: Programmer’s Prize

A black student struggles with being labeled by others as he attempts to escape a rut.

Director: Ryan Larkin
Writer(s): Ryan Larkin
Producer(s): Ryan Larkin
Cast: Reale Kgobokoe (Jason); Qingge Gao (Alayna); Nancy Nazari (Jason’s Teacher); Kay Ewing Donato (Jason’s Neighbor); Edwin Legette (Jason’s Father)

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It’s hard to remove a label.

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Rotsy

2018 Official Selection: Narrative Short Film

An evil, killer Clown, is faced with death when his slasher villain friends find out he’s never killed anyone.

Director: D.A. Keenan
Writer(s): D.A. Keenan
Producer(s): D.A. Keenan, Anya Bay
Cast: Andrew McClain, Sean Hamrin, Jose Rosete

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Kill killers or be killed by killers.

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