The new year has started and that means the judges have begun reviewing films for our 2018 festival. Out festival works by reviewing films by quarters and announcing quarterly winners. Winners in each category automatically go on to compete for the festival award in that category at our 2018 festival. Winter Quarter 2017 (Jan-Feb-March) saw over 100 submissions! Spring Quarter (April-May-June) submissions are open.
The Winter Quarter winners are:
Best Action/Adventure
Winner: I Am Not the Devil (Samuel Smith)
Honorable Mention: Brad Lee (Hao Wang)
Animation
Winner: Karma (Zhaoyu Zhou)
Honorable Mention: Luscious (Xuecheng Xu)
Comedy
Winner: A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun (Jeff Fong)
Honorable Mention: Chinese Santa Claus (Woody Fu)
Documentary
Winner: Born Chinese (Lawrence Absalon)
Honorable Mention: Hand-cut (Griffin Hammond)
Drama
Winner: Fracture (Maritte Go)
Honorable Mention: Cocoon (Mei Liying)
Horror/Thriller
Winner: Doll (Jia He)
Music Video
Winner: Smile – Jman Glicks (Jordan Glickman)
Actor
Winner: Albert Kong (Fractured)
Honorable Mention: Daniel Joo (Brad Lee)
Actress
Winner: Elaine Kao (Fractured)
Ensemble Cast
Winner: A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun (Jeff Fong)
Honorable Mention: Bicultural (Rachel Leyco)
Original Script
Winner: Jeff Fong (A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun (Jeff Fong)
Honorable Mention: Earl Kim (Han)
Director
Winner: Maritte Go (Fractured)
Honorable Mention: Jeff Fong (A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun)
Cinematographer
Winner: Jon Keng (Cocoon)
Honorable Mention: Haozhe Zhang (Brad Lee)
Original Score
Winner: Jian Li (Brad Lee)
Honorable Mention: Max Lombardo (Karma)
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