INFLUX Film Awards Season 17

Season 17 of the INFLUX Film Awards saw an amazing selection of films and screenplays from all over the world.

What an amazing group of features, documentaries, shorts, and screenplays. We are always so honored to view and share the winners and selections!

It is always an incredibly difficult task to select the winners and we are so grateful to all entrants for sharing their amazing work with us.

We are excited to name this incredible group of honorees.

The Awards

The Winners are in! Scroll Down to see if you’re a winner!

BEST FEATURE FILM
Third Eye, Dir. by Becquet Genel Tatiana

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Epidemic of Fraud, Dir. by John Allen Davidson

BEST SHORT FILM
Bay for Blood, Dir. by Harry Waldman

LONG-FORM SCREENPLAY WINNER
Elvis and Jesse, Written by Gary Porpora

SHORT-FORM SCREENPLAY WINNER
Better Man, Written by Lizzie A. Finn

BEST DIRECTOR
Bubbler, Dir. by Nicholas Giombi

BEST MICRO-SHORT
The Balloon and the Tack, Dir. by Laura Malatos

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
One Way, Dir. by Cem Ertunc

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Flatulence: The Origin, Dir. by Xingyu “Harry” Chen

BEST EDITING
With You, Dir. by Evan Doll

BEST VFX
Afterworld, Dir. by Oscar Bermudez

The honorable mentions are movies that are considered award worthy and worth seeking out, following, and finding a way to watch down the road when they become available.

HONORABLE MENTION FILMS
A Chance, Dir. by Jillie Simon, Ange Arabatzis
Close to You, Dir. by ACG
Real Heroes Don’t Dye, Dir. by Roman Mitichyan
Rudy Where Are You, Dir. by Dave Weinberg
The Donut Mob, Dir. by Stephen Bushnik
The Fire In Me, Dir. by Terah K. Hensley
The Visitor, Dir. by Ursula Rudorfer
Tiger Run: The Untold Story, Dir. by Dee Brown, Omarosa Manigault Newman
Ñunuyachiy: Breastfeeding with Affection and Care, Dir. by Jose Miguel Soriano, Ricardo Macian

SCREENPLAY HONORABLE MENTIONS
Assassination of President Duke, Written by Xi Ren
Dig, Written by Sandra Kay Hosking
Finney’s Wake, Written by Gary Porpora
Psycho Killers, Written by Johnny Galvan 3
Real, True, 100 Percent Love, Written by Jillie Simon
Spider, Written by Ryan Skinner
The Black Cross, Written by Korea Black, Gianna Rose
The Matt Chat, Written by Benjamin Neuberger
The Warden, Written by Korea Black, Gianna Rose
White Man Camouflage, Written by Dean Cummings