Following two days of screenings, the annual International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH) closed its 6th year with a grand gala celebration and awards ceremony held at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. Student filmmakers from around the world gathered in anticipation with their guests and industry professionals waiting for the Awards to be announced.

This year’s awards were

Best Junior High School Claymation: The Dragon, the Frog and the Fly directed by Ashley Sauer;

Best Junior High School Animation: Monsters I’ve Met directed by Noah Schneider;

Best Junior High School PSA: Cyber Bully directed by John Findley;

Best Junior High School Parody: The Adventures of Lass directed by Olivia Delaurentis;

Best Junior High School Docu-Drama: The Jenna Grace Painter Coaches Award directed by Trent Young;

Best Junior High School Period Piece Drama: Sod Hagibor: Secret of a Hero directed by Caleb Baechtold and Criss Beyers;

Best Junior High School Horror/Thriller: Monster in the Closet directed by Criss Beyers, Korinne Dunn, Matt Helm, Caleb Baechtold and Alex Goodman;

Best High School Docu-Drama: The Romanovs’ Last Photograph directed by Catherine Faris King;

Best High School Documentary: A King Beyond The Ring directed by Erik Hinrichsen and Ricky Arietta;

Best High School Psychological Thriller: The Raven directed by Josh Smith;

Best High School Period Piece Drama: Katya directed by Jon Neely;

Best High School Drama: Talk to Me directed by Brittany Marmo and Josh Smith;

Best High School Romantic Comedy: The Royal Treatment directed by Max Strebel;

Best High School “Green” Comedy: Power Cord directed by Sean Real;

Best High School Comedy: The Waiting Room directed by Max Strebel;

Best High School Claymation: Welcome to Frozen Lake Village directed by Max Maddox and Brady Serwitz;

Best High School Animation: The Johnny NoFace Files directed by Kyle Kolding;

Best Foreign Language High School Dark Comedy: Wild directed by Abigail Zernick;

Best Foreign Language High School Documentary: The Promised Land directed by Merav Kalish;

Best Foreign Language High School Docu-Drama: Ayurveda: Otherwise No Yoga directed by Gopal Das;

there was a tie for Best Foreign Language High School Drama: A Toy Soldier directed by Gilad Gat and Fathers directed by Gur Murad and Offir Carmy;

Best Foreign Language Period Piece: Fatherland directed by Robert Warzecha;

Best Foreign Language Romantic Drama: Between You and Me directed by Per Hanefjord;

Best Foreign Language Suspense/Thriller: Yasak Elma / Forbidden Fruit directed by Serap Atalay;

Best Cinema Extreme: subtitles /altyazi directed by Efe Oztezdogan;

Best Experimental: Geri Donusum Gunlugu / Recycle Diary directed by Efe Conker;

Best Foreign Language Drama: Nachts des Leben / By Night directed by Julia Schwarz;

Best Animation: In Search of the Colors directed by Will Kim;

Best Horror/Thriller: Eater directed by Matt and Ross Duffer;

Best Musical: Back To Me directed by Tim Kashani;

Best Romantic-Comedy: Prom Night directed by Anthony Bortolussi;

Best Comedy: Jewsus directed by Ben Bliss;

Best Children Fantasy: The Hollow Tree directed by Patrick Steward;

Best Socially Relevant Film: Underground directed by Ophir Shpitlani;

Best Micro Budget Film: Sean Rising directed by Alexa Barrett;

Best Children Drama: Thank You Morty directed by Andrew Malkasian;

Best Drama: The Line directed by Kent Bassett;

and the Grand Jury Award: The Vaudevillian directed by Bryan Nest.

Congratulations to all of the filmmakers!