2022 Marina del Rey Film Festival
Award Winners
Award Recipients Receive Certificate of Distinction in Independent Film Production
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - NEOSHIN EPISODE 01: COLD BLOOD
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - WAVES
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - OPPOSITE FATES
BEST FAMILY SHORT - DOG-GONE IT!
BEST COMEDY SHORT - NILF
BEST DRAMA SHORT - PIECES OF LIFE
BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO - PERIPLANETA
BEST SHORT-EXPERIMENTAL-DANCE – FIGHT THE FEAR
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT - I DID, DID I
BEST MICRO SHORT - DON'T BE AFRAID and EVERYTHING I COULD
BEST LGBT SHORT - DISPORYA
BEST MYSTERY/ADVENTURE SHORT - TEN ESSENTIALS
BEST RELATIONSHIP SHORT - MEMORY LANE
BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY SHORT - PARALLEL HATE
BEST TRANSFORMATIONAL SHORT - BEYOND THE VEIL
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT - ST MARTIN OF TOURS
BEST SUSPENSE SHORT - WORM FOOD
BEST HORROR SHORT - TOTEM GOAT
BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - MALIBU HORROR STORY
BEST THRILLER SHORT - THE WOODS
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - JOURNALISM 101
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - REBOUND SEX
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - JOHN HENRY RICHARDSON - FOURTH DOWN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - ALEX CORRADO/LOVE AND LOVE NOT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - LUPE CARRANZA/TECATA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - TESS HARPER/ROSEBUD LANE
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - HEELI LOUNIBOS/IRIS
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - CASARA CLARK/EMILY OR OSCAR
BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - DOMINIC PICCININI/SHOCK, DRUGS, ANGER, LOVE
BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - TYLER HUNT/WHO NEEDS YOU
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT ANIMATION - Insun Park/Jin Pei Lua - COLD LUNCH
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - Russ Emanuel - RESTORATION OF PARADISE: THE BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - MICHAEL BOSTON/SKAT
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - MARY ELIZABETH BOYLAN/MY HOUSE
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM - THRIVER: A SURVIVOR STORY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - TRAVIS GREER/TIME CAPSULE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - SHAKESPEARE'S PAWN EPISODE 1: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - EMMAGEDDON
BEST SCORE SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - Matthew Ferraro - THE RUNNER
BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - MISSED
BEST SCORE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM - SECRETS, DREAMS, FAITH AND WONDER
BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM - BOOTYOLOGY
BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - ADAM BALLWEG-HAUS OF CARDS
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Matthew Sheehan/BIRD'S EYE VIEW
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - JARED JACOBSON-STAY IN THE GAME and JAKE
BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - KATSUTO AND KENJI KOBAYASHI/LOVE SHACK
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Ashley Kimmet - THE JOOK'S ON YOU
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE - YEN KUANG CHEN - HIDEOUT
BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - LOCKDOWN
BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - ALOHA SOUL FOOD
BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE - BEAUTIFUL VIOLENCE
BEST EDITING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - THE REAL DEAL
BEST EDITING - FEATURE NARRATIVE - TOXIC IMPULSES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MUSIC VIDEO - Yuval Shrem - IT AIN’T ME
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - WE ARE HUMAN TOO
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - FIRESTORM ‘77
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - FINDING COURAGE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM - JACARANDA
BEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CALIFORNIA - Cato’s Project on Poverty and Inequality in California
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY - YXAYOTEL: THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT MEXICO
SPECIAL SHORT FILMMAKER AWARD - MIXED MEDIA - LIVE ACTION & ANIMATION - YELLOW DRESS
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO- COSMIC STORM
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - A BIKER'S DREAM
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- BEIRUT AFTER 40
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - TO BE!
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE - WE'RE NOT DEAD YET SEASON 1 EPISODES 9-13
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TELEVISION LENGTH DOCUMENTARY - INVISIBLE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - Eye of the Storm
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM - A BOGOTA TRIP
GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - Erin Hill: Eleanor Rigby
GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - RAINBOW FLOOR
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE RELENTLESS ONE
GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE - F THE PLUS: STORIES OF FAILED ASIAN
EXCELLENCE "UNSATISFIED" and F THE PLUS: STORIES OF FAILED ASIAN EXCELLENCE, "CRY HARDER"
GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - MASK
GRAND PRIZE - BEST TELEVISION LENGTH DOCUMENTARY - THE DEATH (CHANGE) OF AN INDUSTRY: THE EVOLUTION (COLLAPSE) OF RETAILING
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE - A FESTIVAL STORY
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - ALWAYS, LOLA
MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ROMANCE - FLUID BY CHONG-CHUN HUANG
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ROMANTIC COMEDY - OPTION C BY Lincoln L. Hayes, Rachel Riendeau
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS - ATTUCKS BY Lew Osteen
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY DARK COMEDY - "CULT SLAYER" BY John Maui O'Callaghan
BEST SHORT DRAMA SCREENPLAY - PERCEPTION BY Robyn Babina
BEST TV MINISERIES SCREENPLAY - THE POLSKI AFFAIR BY Ken Gildin
BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - "DREAM BOOKS" THE CHOICE BY Dennis Paul
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - INTERNAL SECURITY BY Stefan Alexander
BEST PERIOD ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE CHESTNUT TREE BY Mathew Tekulsky
BEST MYSTERY-THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE WIDOW MARSH BY Tom Vecchio
BEST DRAMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - SALLY AND GLEN AT THE PALACE BY Peter Hardy
BEST HISTORICAL FICTION FEATURE SCREENPLAY - A BLACK TRIBUTE AND A RED SCARE BY Rodgers Wilson
BEST BIO PIC SCREENPLAY - AMELIA EARHART BY Michael J Dunker
BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Chupacabra BY Aaron Willett
BEST FANTASY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE FAERIE RINGS BY Zina Brown
BEST ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - JANE AND DICK BY Donna Loehrer
BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - 2ND DATE BY Jaik Andino
BEST SCI-FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY - TIME TO GO BY Lesley Manuel
BEST THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY- THEM BY Karl E M Richter
BEST YA FEATURE SCREENPLAY - BIG GIRL BY Cyn Harris
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE
SCREENPLAY (AND BEST BIO PIC) - Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 BY Eddie Clay Thompkins III