Winners and Nominees – LIIFE 2017
Winners are in BOLD
Best Student Film
The Pixie Fighters
Choices Satellite
Runaways
Concurrence
Tyler Cam
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Best Trailer
Alfred J. Hemlock
The Lurking Man
Gold from the Sky
Best Animation (It’s a tie)
The Basket (Tokri)
The Velvet Abstract
Hope
First Bloom
Stars
The Pits
Best Webisode/TV/New Media
Gogol
Shoot Me Nicely
Home is Where the Farm Is
Top Photographer: Season One
High Road: Season 3
Real Mommy Confessions
Best Music Video
Come Down
Boring I Love You
Chopin’s Fantasie Impromtu
One Take More
Delightful
Mius-Stroke & Noise
Best Documentary
Pay It Forward – Best Documentary Short
Don’t Sell My Guitars
No Free Walls
In the Eyes of Children
Blind Sushi
Art of Courage
Where Have You Gone Lou DiMaggio – Best Documentary Feature
Big Fish Blues
Alan Fortunoff Humanitarian Film Award
Roll Call: A Dance Story
Finishing Fund Grant
Power of Prayer
Audience Award
One Take More
Finishing Fund Grant
Power of Prayer
Screenwriting Competition Winner
“Powder, Pencils and Eraser”
Andrea Cavalcanti
Best Actor
Steve O’Brien – The Cartographer
Honorable Mention – Derek Wilson – Life Hack
Best Supporting Actor
William Sadler – Shoot Me Nicely
Best Actress
Suchitra Pillai – The Valley – Best Actress in a Feature
Amanda Brooke Lerner – The Cartographer – Best Actress in a Short
Best Supporting Actress
Agneeta Thacker – The Valley
Best Long Island Film
Like Me
Roll Call: A Dance Story
Blue Violet
A Quaker Sound
To Have You Here
Working Poor
Life & Sand
Best Foreign Film
Alfred J. Hemlock
Whoever Was Using This Bed
The Baby Shower
Mariam’s Day Off (Short)
Oltre Le Finestra
Shakes
An Evening of Eternity (Feature)
Best Short Film
The Hobbyist
Sharks Vs. Minnows
Eggs & Soldiers
Working Poor
Pasquale’s Magic Veal
The Last Hunt
Hotel Bleu
A Comfortable Distance
Jury Award for Best Short Film
A Comfortable Distance
Best First Feature
Pinch
Best Story
Life Hack
Best Director
Groove
Best Feature Film
The Valley
Pinch
Life Hack
Groove
Yellow Fever
Four Bottles
Good Bones
LIIFE 2017 Tech and Special Award Winners
(Tech awards were given away on Friday, July 14, 2017 at the Official Opening Night Party. Special Acting awards were awarded Thursday, July 20 at the Closing Night Party and Awards Ceremony)
Best Actor
Steve O’Brien – The Cartographer
Honorable Mention – Derek Wilson – Life Hack
Best Support Actor
William Sadler – Shoot Me Nicely
Best Actress – It’s a Tie!
Suchitra Pillai – The Valley
Amanda Brooke Lerner – The Cartographer
Best Supporting Actress
Agneeta Thacker – The Valley
Best Art Direction
Janet Fitzgibbon – The Gift of the Magpie
Best Cinematography
Benjamin Zimbric – Life Hack
Best Editing
Jennifer Enskat – Flush the John
Best Original Score
Jacob Yoffee –The Valley
Best Original Song
Austin Merullo – No One Fights Alone – The Cartographer
Judges’ Award for FX
Lucas Newton – Alfred J. Hemlock
