Continental Film Festival Spring 2020 Winners
Best Film of the Festival
Two Dum Micks by D.B. Sweeney
Best Film 2nd Place
12 by Ntora Kazantzidi
Best Film 3rd Place
Not Suitable For Children by Daniel Noblom
Best Film 4th Place
A Long Weekend by Luke Van Mol
Best Film 5th Place
The Animal That Therefore I Am by Bea de Visser
Super Short Category
Best Animation
Sure by Danilo Buendia
Outstanding Achievement Award - Animation
Six Day Back by Scott Cierski
Best Comedy
Take It by Txemi Pejenaute
Best Dark Comedy
The Cleanup by Ian Leer
Best Experimental
Red Killer by David Valverde Martínez
Best Horror
Clowning Around by Robert Cunniff
Best Student Film
Hysteria by Vincent Streech and Mark Champine
Best Actor
Bennie Rockum - Shame Room by William Stancik
Best Actress
Amanda Nicholas - Bathing Beauty by Jim Mendrinos
Best Cast
A Grimoire Chapters Xmas by Michael Arlan Davis
Best Cinematography
Gina Ziegler and Jeff Naviello - Scarlet Circle by Ryan Cervasio
Best Writer
Robert M. Snyder - The Driving Dead by Philip Snyder and Robert M. Snyder
Outstanding Achievement Award - Writer
Lock by Piotr Matyja
Best Director
Brandon Nicoletti - The Vacation
Outstanding Achievement Award - Director
Javier Campo and Lucio Cruces - The Human Beast
Short Category
Best Animation
Courageous Mice by Sara García Gómez and Miriam García Gómez
Outstanding Achievement Award - Animation
The Carousel by Valerio Berruti
Best Comedy
Cheat Meal by Jacqueline Godbout
Outstanding Achievement Award - Comedy
Sweet Honey Overdrive - Season 1 by Emily Austin, Julia San Andres, Conor Twohy, Niko Trusko, Noah Friend, Jo Sanford
Best Documentary
My Brain is Bigger: The Rise and Fall of Elektro the Smoking Robot by Ian Johnston
Best Dystopian Film
The White Marble by Dominik Seemann
Best North American Drama
Saving Robin Williams by Lawrence Whitener
Outstanding Achievement Award - North American Drama
Learning to Fly by Anthony J. Turek
Best International Drama
72 Miles by Brian Stynes
Outstanding Achievement Award - International Drama
The Snowflake (Snezhinka) Forever. The Colony For. by Artur Matveev
Best Experimental
dystopia by bellopropello
Outstanding Achievement Award - Experimental
Into the Dying of the Light by Alexandre Berthon
Tumor by Zhiqiang Wang
Best Film Score
Izzal Peterson - FakeD by Andri Sofyansyah and Kristo Parinters Maku
Best Historical Film
Rododendron by Levente Kovacs and Levente Torcsi
Best Horror
The Chalice by Hira Park and Garça Lazza
Outstanding Achievement Award - Horror
Neutudum by Katja Leitgeb
Kaaliraathri by Bishwas Balan
Best Social Awareness Film
Fortune In Gold by Anne Johnstonbrown
Outstanding Achievement Award - Social Awareness Film
A Place Less Cold by Anne Johnstonbrown
Best Sound Design
Trine by Jimmy Scott
Outstanding Achievement Award - Sound Design
Indignance by Chen Jiexiao
Best Thriller
Safe by Sanelle Sibanda
Outstanding Achievement Award - Thriller
The Long Game by Mustafa Abbas
Best Student Film
Persephone by Dora Šustić
Outstanding Achievement Award - Student Film
Psychology of Demons by William Wright
Best Actor
Dan Gregory - Karmen by Jayleen S. Perez
Outstanding Achievement Award - Actor
Stephen Lush - Where There's Tea There's Hope by Lorne Warr
Best Actress
Gianna Aspencade - The Lonely Road by Darren Hawkins
Outstanding Achievement Award - Actress
Genevieve Fekson - eMMa by Sanelle Sibanda
Best Cast
The Eraser by Philip Snyder and Robert M. Snyder
Outstanding Achievement Award - Cast
The Dual by Anastasia Boriskina
Best Cinematography
Zachary Hudson - Reaper Island Part II by Nolan Schmidt
Outstanding Achievement Award - Cinematography
La Der Des Der by Patrice Guillain
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Gino Terrell - Club City
Outstanding Achievement Award - First-Time Filmmaker
Christopher Harold - Omega
Best Writer
Seth Kozak - Rendezvous by Seth Kozak
Outstanding Achievement Award - Writer
Juseung Kim - Nowhere by Juseung Kim
Best Director
Sungwoo Yun - Closed
Outstanding Achievement Award - Director
정민 박 - Christmas Dream
Jared Jacobsen - Happy Birthday or Felicidades
Feature Category
Best Comedy
Search Engines by Russell Brown
Best Documentary
Narciso Yepes. A Heart Of Ten Strings by Alejandro Rius
Outstanding Achievement Award - Documentary
Nostradamus' Virus Watch List by Shihyun Wang
Best Drama
Two Autumns in Paris by Gibelys Coronado
Best Romance
Superstorm: A Love Story by Larry Rosen
Best Thriller
Capo di Famiglia II by Annemarie Libbers
Best Actor
Jhowar Asprilla - One More Of Us by Janer Mena
Best Actress
王 小倩 - The Good Girl by 王 米
Best Cast
The End Of The Heroes by Saussereau Claude
Best Cinematography
Richard Benter - Final Transit by Richard Benter
Best Writer
William Stancik - American Licorice by William Stancik
Best Director
김정욱 - Pretty Men (My Bittersweet Family)
Outstanding Achievement Award - Director
Tom Sweitzer - Just Like Will
Poster Category
Best Poster
Büşra Özkan - The Silhouette
Best Poster 2nd Place
Gino Terrell - Club City
Best Poster 3rd Place
Alfred Quitevis - Rendezvous
Outstanding Achievement Award - Poster
Anton Hämäläinen - The Man
Robert Cunniff - Clowning Around
Clare Hawley and Gaz Jackson - The Lonely Road
Rahul Balooni - The Mistake
Gina Ziegler and Anthony Janz - Scarlet Circle
Chela Morin - Repentance
ALL WINNERS will be sent their winner's laurel and printable PDF certificate on July 10, 2020
