March 2024 - Official Selection

Redwood Film Festival March2024 Official Selection Films

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Official Selected films of March 2024.

• Redwood Film Festival is an Online Film Festival. 

• Our Jury screens the selections Privately and from there we select the winners. Only the winning films will get a chance to participate in a second selection at the end of the year. If they pass the second selection, we'll screen them at our annual live online screening. Where one film from each category will be awarded. 
  

Best Animated

• KAVAL | Sasha Stanishik

• MEDITATION | Keiko McAssey

Best Documentary

• Within the Lodge of Sacred Relations | Patricia A Burke

• Food & Design | Mu-Ming Tsai

• Mustafa Pasha Yamulki a struggler for justice | Horen GHAREEB, Hardi Qadir Ibrahim

• João Ayres, an Independent Painter | Diogo Varela Silva

• My Fishy Friends | Algis Kemezys

• Exploiting Eden, Île-à-Vache | Raquel Gómez-Rosado

• 4TH AND GOAL | A WESTERN FOOTBALL DOCUMENTARY | Victor Baltazar
  

Best Experimental

• geometrical motion | Ingrid Gans

• Sorry I'm Late! | Donovan Smith

• Fairy tale of Null 24 | Bene Malen

• "medèn àgan" NOTHING BEYOND MEASURE | Alessandro Vantini

Best Feature

• Wholesome Grove | Eric Willis

Best LGBTQ

• Brother | Aleksei Borovikov

• Who Killed Mary Pozah? | Derek Fox

Best Long Short

• To Grieve or Not to Grieve | Donald Watson

Best Monologue

• The Disassociate  | Petri Puroaho

Best Music Video

• "Heart Shaped Box" The Curse of KK Hammond | KK Hammond

Best Narrative

• Aedipar - The secret of the forbidden valley | Dr. Ingo Bruchhold

Best Screenplay

• Tags | Stephen Glickman

• Alta California | Lynn H. Elliott

• Who Let the Wallflowers Out? | Virginia Austin

• Whispers of Love | Michelle Lynn

• Untamed | Mike Jeffers, Richard A Bass

Best Script

• Vessel | Sheldon A Woodson
  

Best Short

• The Corner man | Manoj Adhikari

• "Sheen" | Mimi Garrard

• 夕占 - A Foretelling at the Dusk | Hirokazu Fukawa

• Anbirkum Undo [Love Knows No Boundaries] | Arul Sankar S

• The Journey | Dan Istrate

• Three Girls One Brownie | Jef Figallo, Ashley Landrieu

Best Short Documentary

• 100 of the Best | Matt Bland

• The Otter | Randy Kelly

• Americans in Israel | Johnny Vonneumann

Film Noir

• For the Greater Good | Michael Gavino

Romantic Films

• The Pink Elephant | Rene Smaal

Sci-Fi Films

• Bat Diary | Silvano Plank

• Taken | Prakash Gandhi Natarajan (Dhara Visual)

• The End of Time and Romance | Mark C. Pollock

Best Trailer

• Relics of the Madré Véna | D. Jason Knowles, MFA

Best Director

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

Best Female Director

• Marble Me Free | Diane Leslie Kaufman

Best Producer

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Cinematographer/D.O.P

• DOG | Andrew Shire

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

• The Common Good | Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann

Best Editor

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Sound

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Screenwriter

• A RED MADRASA SCHOOL UNDER MAO | Gang Chen

• Alta California | Lynn H. Elliott

• Assimilation | Gang Chen

• THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN UNDER HALF THE SKY | Gang Chen

• Waterdrops Insoluble | Gang Chen

• AMANDA | MORENO FUENTES

Best Actor- Male

• BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas | Dennis O'Neill

• Mandje | Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

Best Actress - Female

• Ataraxia | Haley Seppa

• Down and Out in Vampire Hills | Craig Railsback

• Latir Amargo | Yolanda Belvis

• Chasing the Dead | Tom Phillips

• June 24th | Jenn Sullivan

• Mandje | Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

Best Supporting Actor - Male/ Female

• June 24th | Jenn Sullivan

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

Screenplay

• AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Alternative Horror | Samuel Taylor

• AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Terror Version | Samuel Lee Taylor

• BREAKUP | MICHAEL WILLIAMS

• HEARTSTONE | Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin

• Last Standing Woman | Michael O'Rourke

• Review | Jonathan Zarantonello

• Sargeant Classified | JK Jones

• SQUAD | RECHARLES PETRILLA

• Three Rivers Meet | Craig Stewart

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September 2023 - Winner

RedWood Film Festival team glad to announce the list of Winner of September 2023 Edition. 

BEST 1- MINUTE SHORT FILM

Award Presented to: Monica Ravalico

Film: Walking through the park

Directed by: Monica Ravalico

BEST SHORT FILM

Award Presented to: Joseph Rossi

Film: Bitter Sun

Directed by: Joseph Rossi

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Award Presented to: Justin Yuanma Gao

Film: Inside Outside.

Directed by: Justin Yuanma Gao

BEST LGBTQ FILM

Award Presented to: Fernando García Pliego

Film: Heartbreak

Directed by: Fernando García Pliego

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Award Presented to: Steven Santoro

Film: Lucky You're Mine

Directed by: Steven Santoro

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Award Presented to: José Paulo Matos dos Santos

Film: 1965 | Panreal, a building by Nadir Afonso

Directed by: José Paulo Matos dos Santos

BEST ANIMATION FILM

Award Presented to: Keiko McAssey

Film: WIDOW

Directed by: Keiko McAssey

BEST COMEDY FILM

Award Presented to: Chad Micah Johnson

Film: Steve Jobless

Directed by: Chad Micah Johnson

BEST DARK COMEDY FILM

Award Presented to: Mark C. Pollock

Film: Be Careful What You Say To Your Late Wife

Directed by: Mark C. Pollock

BEST DRAMA FILM

Award Presented to: Jenn Sullivan

Film: June 24th

Directed by: Jenn Sullivan

BEST EXPERIMENT FILM

Award Presented to: Marion Desaunay

Film: Danae

Directed by: Marion Desaunay

BEST HORROR FILM

Award Presented to: Michael Jacoby, Joseph Jacoby, Brendan Bernsley, Daveas Espinal

Film: Desire

Directed by: Michael Jacoby, Joseph Jacoby, Brendan Bernsley, Daveas Espinal

BEST NON-FICTION FILM

Award Presented to: Katie Conlon

Film: Take it Easy, Easy Does It

Directed by: Katie Conlon

BEST NOIR FILM

Award Presented to: Michael Gavino

Film: For the Greater Good

Directed by: Michael Gavino

BEST ROMANTIC FILM

Award Presented to: Rene Smaal

Film: The Pink Elephant

Directed by: Rene Smaal

BEST SCI-FI FILM

Award Presented to: Silvano Plank

Film: Bat Diary

Directed by: Silvano Plank

BEST TRAILER

Award Presented to: D. Jason Knowles, MFA

Film: Relics of the Madré Véna

Directed by: D. Jason Knowles, MFA

BEST DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Ara Mnatsakanyan

Film: The American Good Samaritans

Directed by: Ara Mnatsakanyan

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Award Presented to: Diane Leslie Kaufman

Film: Marble Me Free

Directed by: Diane Leslie Kaufman

BEST PRODUCER

Award Presented to: RODOLJUB z.s., Sanjin Miric

Film: Seven Thousand Souls

Directed by: Sanjin Miric

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Award Presented to: Andrew Shire

Film: DOG

Directed by: Andrew Shire

BEST EDITOR

Award Presented to: Ara Mnatsakanyan

Film: The American Good Samaritans

Directed by: Ara Mnatsakanyan

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Award Presented to: Ara Mnatsakanyan

Film: The American Good Samaritans

Directed by: Ara Mnatsakanyan

BEST SCREENWRITER

Award Presented to: MORENO FUENTES

Film: AMANDA

Written by: MORENO FUENTES

BEST ACTOR - MALE

Award Presented to: Dennis O'Neill

Film: BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas

Directed by: Dennis O'Neill

BEST ACTRESS - FEMALE

Award Presented to: Clarice Lafayette

Film: Mandje

Directed by: Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/ACTRESS - MALE/FEMALE

Award Presented to: D. Jason Knowles

Film: The Final Thread (Director's Cut)

Directed by: D. Jason Knowles

BEST SCREENPLAY

Award Presented to: Jonathan Zarantonello

Film: Review

Written by: Jonathan Zarantonello

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September 2023 - Official Selection

Redwood Film Festival September 2023 Official Selection Films

RedWood Film Festival announces the list of Official Selected films of September 2023.

• Redwood Film Festival is an Online Film Festival. 

• Our Jury screens the selections Privately and from there we select the winners. Only the winning films will get a chance to participate in a second selection at the end of the year. If they pass the second selection, we'll screen them at our annual live online screening. Where one film from each category will be awarded. 

1- Minute Short Film

• Walking through the park | Monica Ravalico

Short Film

• A Twistful of Dollars | Kevin Murray

• Being and pretending to be | KOICHI YAMASHINA

• Bitter Sun | Joseph Rossi

• CLUBBER | Colin Burden

• Dreams of the Past | Dmitri Frolov

• Last Favor | Sylvain Govaert

• The Disappearance of Evelin Gale | Jan Fabris

• The Pandemic Dances | Richard Daniels

• The Studio | Jose Rivadulla-Rey

• Two Knights | Piotr Szkopiak

• Why Do Fireflies Glow | Kim Anderson

• Mandje | Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

• The Common Good | Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

• For the Greater Good | Michael Gavino

Student Short Film

• Inside Outside. | Justin Yuanma Gao

• Library Heist | Asher, Dax, Phoebe

LGBTQ Films

• Brother | Aleksei Borovikov

• Heartbreak | Fernando García Pliego

• vulva-manifest | Ingrid Gans

• AMANDA | MORENO FUENTES

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

Music Videos

• AMARU - Traces Of My Melanin | AMARU

• EarthLove | Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen

• Lake Of Dreams | Axel Werner

• Lucky You're Mine | Steven Santoro

Documentary Films

• 1965 | Panreal, a building by Nadir Afonso | José Paulo Matos dos Santos

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Animation Films

• 1965 | Panreal, a building by Nadir Afonso | José Paulo Matos dos Santos

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Comedy Film

• Appearance | Natalia Arjona

• Hector heat stroke | MICKE

• Steve Jobless | Chad Micah Johnson

• The Marriage Counselor | Jef Figallo

Dark Comedy Films

• Be Careful What You Say To Your Late Wife | Mark C. Pollock

Drama Films

• June 24th | Jenn Sullivan

Experiment Film

• Artsattack | Kostiantyn Mishchenko

• Danae | Marion Desaunay

• Huspa Jhala Re | Nikhil Prakash Bhagat

• WOMAN | Lillian Carter

Horror Film

• Desire | Michael Jacoby, Joseph Jacoby, Brendan Bernsley, Daveas Espinal

• Ready Cash | Chet Turner

• That Special Night | Mark C. Pollock

Non Fiction Film

• Take it Easy, Easy Does It | Katie Conlon

• For the Greater Good | Michael Gavino

Film Noir

• For the Greater Good | Michael Gavino

Romantic Films

• The Pink Elephant | Rene Smaal

Sci-Fi Films

• Bat Diary | Silvano Plank

• Taken | Prakash Gandhi Natarajan (Dhara Visual)

• The End of Time and Romance | Mark C. Pollock

Best Trailer

• Relics of the Madré Véna | D. Jason Knowles, MFA

Best Director

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

Best Female Director

• Marble Me Free | Diane Leslie Kaufman

Best Producer

• Seven Thousand Souls | Sanjin Miric

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Cinematographer/D.O.P

• DOG | Andrew Shire

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

• The Common Good | Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann

Best Editor

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Sound

• The American Good Samaritans | Ara Mnatsakanyan

Best Screenwriter

• A RED MADRASA SCHOOL UNDER MAO | Gang Chen

• Alta California | Lynn H. Elliott

• Assimilation | Gang Chen

• THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN UNDER HALF THE SKY | Gang Chen

• Waterdrops Insoluble | Gang Chen

• AMANDA | MORENO FUENTES

Best Actor- Male

• BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas | Dennis O'Neill

• Mandje | Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

Best Actress - Female

• Ataraxia | Haley Seppa

• Down and Out in Vampire Hills | Craig Railsback

• Latir Amargo | Yolanda Belvis

• Chasing the Dead | Tom Phillips

• June 24th | Jenn Sullivan

• Mandje | Cameron Michael Currin, Cody Kristapovich

Best Supporting Actor - Male/ Female

• June 24th | Jenn Sullivan

• The Final Thread (Director's Cut) | D. Jason Knowles

Screenplay

• AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Alternative Horror | Samuel Taylor

• AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Terror Version | Samuel Lee Taylor

• BREAKUP | MICHAEL WILLIAMS

• HEARTSTONE | Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin

• Last Standing Woman | Michael O'Rourke

• Review | Jonathan Zarantonello

• Sargeant Classified | JK Jones

• SQUAD | RECHARLES PETRILLA

• Three Rivers Meet | Craig Stewart

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