UMFF 2013 - Winners

Congratulations to the 12th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival's 2013 winners. We are looking forward to working with you and promoting your projects.

UMFF 2013 Founder's Award

Split Decision directed by Antoine Allen - New York, NY - Winner

Best Animations

Best International Animation

Mr. Hublot directed by Laurent Witz - Mondercange, Luxembourg | 1st Place Winner
Kalki directed by Ishan Shukla - Jhnuijhunu, Rajasthan India | 2nd Place Winner
Æ Har Det Bare Bra (I’m All Right) directed by Meredith Strandquist - Norway | 3rd Place Winner
Sinsis directed by Carmen Lloret - Valencia, Spain | Honorable Mention

Best Animation (United States)

King Tigermore In Strawberry Fields directed by Tunde Reid-Kapo - Las Vegas, NV | 1st Place Winner
Danza de los Muertos directed by Cassie Urban - North Carolina | 2nd Place Winner
The Collector directed by Yue Wei - Long Island City, NY | 3rd Place Winner
Little Red co-directed by Terry Legan and Animation Students at the Art Institute of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
Space Fish directed by Aria Rastandeh - Texas | Honorable Mention

Best Documentary Feature Films

Food, Clothing & Shelter - directed by Ebrima S. Ba - Atlanta, GA | 1st Place Winner
In Search of the Black Knight directed by Tamarat Makonnen - Valley Village, CA | 2nd Place Winner
FrackNation directed by Phelim McAleer - Marina Del Rey, CA | 3rd Place Winner
66 Days on Route 66 directed by Molly DeBower and featuring Australian musician Grayson - Venice, CA | Honorable Mention
The Alto Adjustment directed by Altuawn Nelson - Decatur, GA | Honorable Mention
The Great Incarcerator Part II: The Shadow of Lucasville directed by Derrick Jones - Bolder, CO | Honorable Mention

Best Documentary Short Films

Even Me directed by Megan Ebor - California | 1st Place Winner
Morfar Och Jag Och Helikoptern Till Himlen (Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter) co-directed by Johan Palmgen and Asa Blanck - Stockholm, Sweden | 2nd Place Winner
Moo: A Documentary directed by Lucas da Silva - Kalamazoo, MI | 3rd Place Winner
94 Years & Running directed by Aristide LeFeve - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
Fate co-directed by Victoria Ficco and Kait Fial - Richmond, VA | Honorable Mention
Hip-Hop-Insight-View (HIV) directed by Corey "Co" Garrett - Indianapolis, IN | Honorable Mention
IRUBNY directed by Carol Caputo - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Life Changing Moments directed by Sherry Thomas - Valley Village, CA | Honorable Mention
Light Mind directed by Jie Yi - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Making Urban Radio Unlocked! directed by Willis Smith - North Carolina | Honorable Mention
Remember directed by Salvatore Rubino - Miami Beach, FL | Honorable Mention

Best Feature Films

Four of Hearts directed by Eric Haywood - Woodland Hills, CA | 1st Place Winner
El Cosmonauta (The Cosmonaut) directed by Nicolás Alcalá - Madrid, Spain | 2nd Place Winner
New directed by Kim Robinson - Sunbury, OH | 3rd Place Winner
Reservation directed by Michael McGowan - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention
Tracked directed by Juan Carlos Rodriguez - New York | Honorable Mention
Touring Talkies directed by Gajendra Ahire - Mumbai, India | Honorable Mention

Best Music Videos

Day Tripper directed by Luke Cavalan - Australia | 1st Place Winner
Switzerland by The Dewars directed by Brady Bigalke - St. Augustine, FL | 2nd Place Winner
Al Fine (To the End) co-directed by Bayou Bennett and Daniel Lir - Astoria, NY | 3rd Place Winner
Peace 2 U directed by Davon Johnson - Denver, CO | Honorable Mention
Riot / Northern Lights directed by Monty Marsh - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention

Best Short Films

Best International Short Film

Le Train Bleu directed by Stephanie Assimacopoulo - Paris, France | 1st Place Winner
Smile directed by Matteo Pianezzi - Italy | 2nd Place Winner
Tres en un Cuarto (Three In A Bed) directed by Federico Calabuig - Bilbao, Spain | 3rd Place Winner
ربيعٌ مرَّ من هنا (A Spring Has Passed) directed by Eva Daoud - Manama, Bahrain | Honorable Mention
Blasted directed by Elsa O'Toole - London, United Kingdom | Honorable Mention
La Pleimobil (The Playmobil) directed by Carlos G. Velasco and Isaí Escalada - Bilbao, Spain | Honorable Mention
No Respires (Don’t Breathe) produced by Ricky Merino - Bilbao, Spain | Honorable Mention
Pollicino directed by Cristiano Anania - Bilbao, Spain | Honorable Mention
The Body of L.O.L.A. directed by Miguel - Spain | Honorable Mention
The Things My Father Never Taught Me directed by Burleigh Smith - East Perth, WA Australia | Honorable Mention

Best Shorty Short Film (10 minutes or less)

Not Like The Commercials directed by Gordon S. Williams - Cleveland, TX | 1st Place Winner
Grace co-directed by Faye Viviana and Haley Sims - Los Angeles, CA | 2nd Place Winner
Troubled Man directed by Aaron Lewis - Santa Monica, CA | 3rd Place Winner
Dust directed by Shane Book - Ontario, Canada | Honorable Mention
Hood Bruthas co-directed by Jerrell Lee and Brett Carlson – Orange, CA | Honorable Mention
Stare Straight Crew directed by Paul Aspuria - Sherman Oaks, CA | Honorable Mention
The Courier directed by Jay Carver - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
Tulpa directed by Full Sail University Students - Winter Park, FL | Honorable Mention

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Short Film

Five Miles Straight Ahead directed by Jeffrey Hollins - Marrero, LA | 1st Place Winner
Prognosis directed by George Pierre - Snellville, GA | 2nd Place Winner
The Job directed by LaShone Garth - Lawrenceville, GA | 3rd Place Winner

Best Comedy Short Film

Love Me As I Am directed by Khaled Ouaaz – Brooklyn, NY | 1st Place Winner
The Takeover directed by Shequeta Smith - Sherman Oaks, CA | 2nd Place Winner
A Saturday is a Terrible Thing To Waste directed by Alfonso Johnson - Bayside, NY | 3rd Place Winner
Amateur Night directed by Colbert Bernard - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
Something Better directed by Elgin Cahill - Aurora, CO | Honorable Mention

Best Socially-Conscious Short Film

Docket 32357 directed by Randy Wilkins - Bronx, NY | 1st Place Winner
The Fox and the Grapes directed by Hiu Yau - Philadelphia, PA | 2nd Place Winner
Money 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial directed by Rob Underhill - Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina | 3rd Place Winner
For Colored Boys directed by Ebony Gilbert - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention
Solstice directed by Reggie Gaskins - California | Honorable Mention
The Promise directed by Nongkhran Meecharoen - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention

Best Short Film (United States)

Ying and Yang directed by Kevin Darnell Walker - Brooklyn, NY | 1st Place Winner
Chief directed by Zardon Richardson - Brooklyn, NY | 2nd Place Winner
Lil Tokyo Reporter directed by Jeffrey Chin - San Francisco, CA | 3rd Place Winner
Breaking Night directed by Yolonda Ross - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Choices directed by Kathy Payton - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention
Dream Big directed by Joshua Bryant - Woodbridge, VA | Honorable Mention
Eight to Five on Cleveland directed by Paul Coughlan - Maspeth, NY | Honorable Mention
Liberator directed by Aaron Pope - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention
Split Decision directed by Antoine Allen - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Sweet, Sweet Country directed by Dehanza Rogers - Inglewood, CA | Honorable Mention
The Last Piece directed by Rosalyn Coleman - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Undefiled co-directed by Jamall Crenshaw and Raykel Tolson - Redondo Beach, CA | Honorable Mention

Best Web/TV Series

The Crime City Diaries directed by Larry "Legend" Spivey - Bronx, NY | 1st Place Winner
Walking With Gods directed by David Banner - Mississippi | 2nd Place Winner
CaucAsian directed by Joseph Patrick Conroy - New York | 3rd Place Winner
Dead End Hip Hop directed by Kennith B. Inge - Stockbridge, GA | Honorable Mention
Everything Is Perfect and There are No Problems: A Short Film on Conformity directed by Matt Willis-Jones - Oslo, Norway | Honorable Mention
Halfway House produced by Garnett Newcombe and James Tucker - Pasadena, CA | Honorable Mention
Justice directed by Rosalyn Coleman - New York, NY | Honorable Mention
Justice Woman directed by Vanessa Verduga - Hoboken, NJ | Honorable Mention
One Lonely Guy directed by Henderson Maddox - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
Parallels directed by Steven Bennett - Los Angeles, CA | Honorable Mention
Rock-N-Roll by The Baby Isaac Crew directed by Charles Vienn - Houston, TX | Honorable Mention
Street Files directed by Christopher Richardson - Conley, GA | Honorable Mention
Steel River directed by Henderson Maddox - Atlanta, GA | Honorable Mention
The Colors of Love co-directed by Shawn Luckey and Crystal Roman - Staten Island, NY | Honorable Mention
The Lyons Den directed by Karlton Clay - Augusta GA | Honorable Mention
Yogaphiles directed by Celeste Thorson - California | Honorable Mention

Best Young Urban Mediamakers Videopalooza - Middle and High School Students

Best Middle School Student Project

Madlo Show directed by Ashley Lonardo - Marietta, GA (Middle School Student - Web/TV Series) | 1st Place Winner

Best High School Student Project

Recipe for Love directed by Gwyneth Christoffel - Haifax, Canada (Animation) | 1st Place Winner
Escaping the Island directed by Malone Lumarda - Monrovia, CA (Short) | 2nd Place Winner
OPUS directed by Stephen Boyer - Pasadena, CA (Short) | 3rd Place Winner
Unreasonable Suspicion directed by William Herasme - Urban Arts Partnership - NY, NY (Documentary Short) | 4th Place Winner
The Winter March directed by Patrick Y. Lee - Toronto, Ontario Canada (Short) | 5th Place Winner
A Purrfect Pair directed by Gwyneth Christoffel - Haifax, Canada (Animation) | 6th Place Winner
The Life Unscripted Project - Season Two - co-directed by Rashunda Guy, Hemamset Angaza, Marquis Smalls, Brianna Graham and Jason Polanco - Urban Actors Academy - Brooklyn, NY (Web/TV Series) | 7th Place Winner
Driver directed by Noah Evans - Chicago, IL (Short) | 8th Place Winner
Inside The Ring directed by Darian Henry - Albany, NY (Documentary Short) | 9th Place Winner
Love at Eighteen: A Portrait of Odalys directed by Alyssa Dyal, Michael Onitiri and Josiah Johnson - DCTV - New York, NY (Short) | 10th Place Winner
Between The Lines directed by Madison Lovely - Hilliard Darby (Music Video) | Honorable Mention
Blank Canvas directed by Raymund Grosvenor - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Coded directed by Danvill Davis - DCTV - New York, NY (Sci-Fi Short) | Honorable Mention
Delay directed by Daniel Alvarado - Simi Valley, CA (Short) | Honorable Mention
Escape directed by Quint Scott - Powder Springs, GA (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Evolution directed by Kira Britt - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Existence directed by Patrick Y. Lee - Toronto, Ontario Canada | Honorable Mention
Hero directed by Sarah Ayende - DCTV - New York, NY (Short) | Honorable Mention
Hope for the Best Plan for the Worst directed by Paul-Ann Ross - DCTV - New York, NY (PSA) | Honorable Mention
Hyde Park Heist directed by Noah Evans - Chicago, IL (Short) | Honorable Mention
It's Time directed by Zoe Spencer - Atlanta, GA (Music Video) | Honorable Mention
Madeline co-directed by Natalie Nasr, Bridget Burt and Genevieve Mora - Hellerup, Denmark (Sci-Fi Short) | Honorable Mention
Memoirs of a Superwoman directed by Khadija Charles - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Nostalgia co-directed by Dylan McGale and Aidan Walters - Portland, OR (Short) | Honorable Mention
Raising Kaine directed by Micah Brown - Duluth, GA (Short) | Honorable Mention
Reel vs. Real directed by Anisa Frampton - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Regione Caecorum ("In the Land of the Blind") directed by Drew Goldsmith - Middleton, VA (Animation) | Honorable Mention
Regret directed by Heidy Montano - DCTV - New York, NY (PSA) | Honorable Mention
The Farm directed by Malone Lumarda - Monrovia, CA (Short - Horror) | Honorable Mention
The Suicide directed by Ronald Williams - Maynard Jackson High School - Atlanta, GA (Documentary) | Honorable Mention
Travel Diary Number Three directed by Mudit Murarka - New Delhi, India (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Waiting on the World to Change directed by Paul-Ann Rose, Kirstie Plasencia - DCTV - NY, NY (Music Video) | Honorable Mention
When Life Hands you Lemons directed by: Jasmine Barclay - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention
Woah! directed by Kelvin Rodrigues - DCTV - New York, NY (Animation) | Honorable Mention
You Only Live Once directed by Joelee Cummings - DCTV - New York, NY (Documentary Short) | Honorable Mention

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SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNERS...

Youth Category

Face written by Micah Brown - Duluth, Georgia (Stage Play) | 1st Place Winner - Best Youth Script

Adult Category

Desires Kiss written by Candi Dugas - College Park, GA (Feature) | 1st Place Winner
Cream Cakes written by Vicki Bartholomew - Sherwood, OR (Feature) | 2nd Place Winner
42:24 written by Lia Crawford - Evanston, IL (Short) | 3rd Place Winner
Beautiful Destroyer written by Christopher Dorrah - Charlotte, NC (Feature) | 4th Place Winner
Lost Cause written by David J. Schroeder - Miami, FL (Feature) | 5th Place Winner
Perfection's Dilemma written by Cedric Williams and Alice Williams - Chicago, IL (Feature) | 6th Place Winner
Democracy in the Driver's Seat written by Gail Gilbert (Short) | 7th Place Winner
You Gotta Dance written by Bryant Daluz - New Haven, CT (Feature) | 8th Place Winner
Nehemiah's Wall written by Vernessa Taylor - Lithonia, GA (Feature) | 9th Place Winner
New York's Flyest written by Dan Adams - New York, NY (Feature) | 10th Place Winner
Beyond the Veil written by Elaine Watts - Burke, VA (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Grace written by Lynda Lemberg and Jeffrey Allen Russel - Toronto, Ontario Canada (Feature) | Honorable Mention
In The Clinch Of Old Lies written by Vlasto Peyitch - Munchen, Bayem Germany (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Kill Yourself For Me written by Vojin Vasovic - Toronto, Ontario Canada (Feature) | Honorable Mention
L.A. Lotus written by Vincent Cicchino - Perth, ACT Australia (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Leah, Light and Sound written by Richard Martin Hirsch - Pacific Palisades, CA (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Perceptions written by Natasha Usher - Norcross, GA (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Pharaoh written by Isaiah Francis - Los Angeles, CA (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Polar Bear written by Alexander Norton - Greece Europe (Stage Play) | Honorable Mention
She Was Left Alone written by Bela Wolf - Huntington, NY (Feature) | Honorable Mention
Tell Us The Story written by Debbie Lewis - Atlanta, GA (Short) | Honorable Mention
The Five Day Crucifixion written by Salvatore A. Bono - Chandler, AZ (Feature) | Honorable Mention
The Jesus Lawyer written by Mike Reid - Kyle, TX (Feature) | Honorable Mention
The Job Offer written by Massimiliano Mauceri - Florence, Italy (Feature) | Honorable Mention
The Ozi Project written by Adrain Washington - Dunellen, NJ (Short) | Honorable Mention
Through the Sweetness and the Smoke written by David Bassin - New York, NY (Feature) | Honorable Mention