May 1, 2017

PRESTIGIOUS FILM FESTIVAL FOR EMERGING FILMMAKERS ANNOUNCES 2017 JURY AND AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

NFFTY is the world’s largest and most influential film festival for emerging directors, showcases work by filmmakers 24 and younger from around the globe. NFFTY returned for its 11th consecutive year April 27 - April 30 in Seattle, Washington with thousands attending the festival. This year’s festival featured 257 films from 25 states and 27 countries, with directors ranging from age 6 to 24 years. The award winners – including jury, audience and special awards – have been announced.

The winning school of the 48 HOUR FILM OFF will receive a $1000 cash prize for their school from NFFTY through the support of Cornish College of the Arts. NEW TALENT AWARDS (Ages 14 and Under, 15 - 19, and 20 - 24) will receive Magic Bullet color correction software suites from Red Giant. Winner of BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER will receive a G-Tech Hard Drive. Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY receives DaVinci Resolve by Blackmagic Design. Jury Award Winners for Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Animation, 360• and Female Filmmaker receive the Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription for one year. Winner of STORY STARTS HERE will receive $500 cash prize and all finalists of STORY STARTS HERE will receive a Final Draft scriptwriting software license.

JURY AWARDS:

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - Buckets - Julia Jones
BEST DOCUMENTARY – I’m Free - Edvard Karijord
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Ok, Call Me Back - Emily Ann Hoffman
BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Atlas World – Morgana McKenzie
BEST ANIMATION – Reflections - Morgan Gruer
BEST 360° FILM Presented by Oculus - Parched - Adam Hersko
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Princess Yun - Tiger Tse
BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER - Emma Penaz Eisner - There’s More Than One Way To Skin A Man

NEW TALENT:

AGE 14 AND UNDER presented by Relativity School – Alina Foley - Denial
AGE 15-19 – Chelsea Eisen - Daisy Head Mayzie
AGE 20-24 – Justin Leyba – The Alien, Nate

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

1ST PLACE – Roosevelt High School
Honorable Mention - Tahoma Senior High

THE DOROTHY AWARD

Annabelle Attanasio - Frankie Keeps Talking

THENEXTFILMFESTIVAL AWARD

Isabella Pierson

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNER

WINNER: Emily Yue - Love Bruises

FINALISTS:

River Fork - Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
Gray - Liv Coron
Hello, Goodbye - AJ Lodge

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

OPENING NIGHT - Frankie Keeps Talking - Annabelle Attanasio
AFTERNOON ECLECTIC - Warm Springs - Sean Wang, Nic De Bellis, Sam Davis, Rayka Zehtabchi
A GUIDE TO GROWING UP - Damn Graduation - Emliie Beck, Jon-Andre Hakvog
CINEMATIC JOURNEY - The Tale of The Glass Dome - Mauritz Solberg
FEMME FRIDAY - A Horse Named Allan - Tanne Sommer
HAPPY FRIDAY SHORTS - Hi-Glow Retro - Alex Morsanutto
DOUBLE DISCOVERY - The Light Ground - Lukas Väth
FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS - The Alternative - Sachin Dharwadker
POWERFUL GRIT - Satisfaction Guaranteed - Yue Ma
THE LAST LAUGH - Chainsaw Charlie - Dan Lesser
BRING THE KIDS - Brave Boy - Alejandro Lombard
THE HUMAN RACE - The New Europeans - Johannes Skov Andersen, Aske Petersen, Peter Kappel
ART IN MOTION - Fish Hook and Eye - Chloe Atkas, Kevin Rios, Lucy Ross, Andrew Hebert
COME AS YOU ARE - Transformative - Krystelle Kurz, Claire Elliott, Sorcha Marron
MUSICAL MASTERPIECE - Vulfpeck - Back Pocket - Tim Hendrix
A GLOBE LESS TRAVELED - Lau & Laudrup - Charlotte Brodthagen
CENTERPIECE - Ampersand - Charlotte Dewulf
EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS - Continue? - Tony Weaver, Jr.
EDGE OF YOUR SEAT - Lamia - Arturo Alanis, Remington Long, Sam Wolff, David Britton
LIGHTEN UP! - Northern Belles - Lael Rogers, Christian Leonard, Maddie Downes, Isabela de Compos
#UpperLeftUSA - Baby - Ryan Zemke
REEL ANIMATION - ei: emotional intelligence - Dennis Sungmin Kim, Adam Parham, Nicholas Escobar
OUTTA THIS WORLD - Beside Myself - Jack McCafferty, Madison McMahon, Anthony Marotta
STORIES OF US - Gardeners of The Forest - Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan Webber
VARIETY HOUR - Paint By Number Person - Peyton Miller
CLOSING NIGHT - AMERICAN DREAMS - Hell You Talmbout - Tyler Rabinowitz, Denzel Boyd

ABOUT NFFTY

NFFTY is the largest and most influential film festival in the world for young filmmakers. NFFTY occurs each spring in Seattle and includes over 200 film screenings, panels, contests, parties and networking opportunities for emerging filmmakers. Filmmakers from around the world submit feature-length and short films in narrative, documentary, animation, music video, and experimental categories. This year, NFFTY launched a dive into 360° and virtual reality with the first of its kind 360° gallery, bootcamp, and panel that are aimed at young filmmakers. Since its launch in 2007, NFFTY has screened films from over 2,000 filmmakers, ranging in age from 6 – 24 years. For updates and news on NFFTY, visit www.NFFTY.org or www.facebook.com/nffty.

NFFTY is pleased to acknowledge its Presenting Sponsor of the 2017 Festival: Oculus. An additional thanks to our Premier and Partner Sponsors: Cornish College of the Arts, Relativity School, Starbucks, KEXP, Seattle Theatre Group, KCTS 9, Mediterranean Inn, The Maxwell Hotel, Heal Creative, Vulcan and Cinerama. Thank you to our Media Sponsors: KING 5 and KUOW 94.9.

A special thanks to Adobe, Blackmagic Design, Final Draft, G-Tech, and Red Giant for their prize donations to our winners.

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For more information:
Email: press@nffty.org
Phone: 206.905.8400