that's a wrap! congratulations to all umff 2018 winners!

Advertising/Marketing Campaign

Once Upon A Time In Dublin directed by Zoe Doyle Maverick Films Limited – Dublin, Ireland - (Marketing Campaign) | WINNER | BEST ADVERTISING / MARKETING CAMPAIGN

AfroFuturism

• A World of Worlds - Episode Two directed by Barry Gaines (Web / New Media) – Parrish, FL USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM WEB SERIES
• Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning directed by Alain Bidard (Animation) - Canada, France, Martinique | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM ANIMATION
• Black Lightning - Tobias's Revenge directed by Choice Skinner (short) – Van Nuys, CA USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM ACTION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
• Butterfly Girl directed by Tewodross Melchishua Williams (Music Driven Animation) – USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM MUSIC-DRIVEN ANIMATION
• Coma Berenices directed by Dario Mangiacasale (animated music video) – Torino Italy | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL AFROFUTURISM ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
• Departure directed by Donovan Vim Crony – Long Beach,  CA USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM SHORT FILM
• Love Soliloquy: A Visual Album (Short) directed by Astin Rocks – Jackson, Mississippi USA | HONORABLE MENTION
• Goddess directed by Tiara Luten (Short) – Atlanta, GA USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM SHORT
• PAWG - Day12 "Pretty Ass White Girl" 2.1 (Short) directed by John Eddins – California USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM COMEDY
• Restriction directed by Jia-Wei Chen – Tainan Tiawan | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM SHORT FILM
• Sight directed by Janeen Talbott - Florida A&M Alumna - USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM COLLEGE STUDENT SHORT FILM
• They Live In The Shadows directed by Jaron Lockridge (Feature) – USA | WINNER | BEST AFROFUTURISM FEATURE

Animation

• Expiration Date directed by Shwenn Shunya Chang – Hoboken, NJ USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST ANIMATION
• Killing Time directed by Ly Bolia – Lawrenceville, GA USA | WINNER | BEST ANIMATION
• Otto written, directed, designed, produced and music composed by Job, Joris & Marieke - Utrecht, Netherlands | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION
• Wash Day directed by Christa Carr (Animation) – USA |A | WINNER | BEST STUDENT ANIMATION

Commercial

• FoldBag directed by Shao Lu – Miami, FL USA (Animation) | WINNER | BEST COMMERCIAL
• The Whale directed by Kamil Szymański – Warsaw Poland (Animation) | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST COMMERCIAL
• Tokenize Everything directed by Simone Cassas – New York, NY USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST COMMERCIAL

Documentary Feature

• Back to Natural: A Documentary Film directed Gillian Scott-Ward – New York, NY USA | WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Burkinabe Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso directed by Iara Lee | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Counter Histories: Rock Hill directed by Frederick Taylor – Atlanta, GA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Dundu Dole' directed Monique McGlockton – Covington, GA USA | WINNER | UMFF 2018 FAN FAVORITE
• Kabadio - Time Goes By Slowly, Barefoot directed by Daniel Leite da Silva – Rio de Janeiro Brazil | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen directed by Steve Mitchell – Burbank, CA USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• I Am, Because We Are directed by James Williams III – Augusta, GA USA | WINNER | BEST GEORGIA FILMMAKER DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Unstoppable Irving Fields directed by Martin Feinberg – New York, NY USA | WINNER | BEST CELEBRATION OF A MUSICAL LIFE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Documentary Short

• American Dreaming directed by Matthew Hashiguchi | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
• Jesse Lott: Art and Activism directed by Cressandra Thibodeaux | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
• Nothing on US: Pinays Rising directed by Ruby Ibarra, Evelyn Obamos, Dale Keanu Muong (Music Video) – San Francisco, CA USA | WINNER | BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
• Respect and Love directed by Angelique Webster – Worcester, MA USA | HONORABLE MENTION

FEATURE

• One Bedroom directed by Darien Sills-Evans – Sherman Oaks, CA USA | WINNER | BEST FEATURE FILM

Mobile App

Eyes of Sky directed by Eray Dinç – Istanbul Sariyer Turkey | WINNER | BEST MOBILE APP

Mobile Film

• The Hive directed by Sheila Avellaneda (Spain) | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL MOBILE FILM
• Time and Love and I directed by Patricia Anderson and J. Ashlee – Fayetteville, GA USA | WINNER | BEST MOBILE FILM

Music Videos

• Disparager: FALL directed by Rob Maloof - Boston, MA | WINNER | BEST MUSIC VIDEO
• Iceberg directed by Manuel Scrima – Milano, Italy | HONORABLE MENTION | BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO
• Jahan Nostra "Embrace The Rain" directed by Jamil Hannibal Wilson – Stamford, CT USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST MUSIC VIDEO
• Jeu de Scène - One-Shot Sequence directed by Joe Hoster, Edouard Lichtenauer - Lausanne  Vaud Switzerland | WINNER | BEST ONE-SHOT MUSIC VIDEO
• Little Big - Lolly Bomb directed by Alina Pasok, Ilia Prusikin – Vosstania 16 Saint-Petersbourg | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO
• PSYRUS – Hitcher directed by Sergey Filatov – St. Petersburg Russia | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO
• Together directed by Alexxiss S. Jackson – Atlanta, Georgia | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST MUSIC VIDEO
• What I Don't Want directed by Pablo Finkelstein, Nicolás Alarcos - San Isidro Buenos Aires Argentina | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO
• You Didn't Know directed Gardy Swengbe and Trey Caldwell – USA) | WINNER | BEST COLLEGE STUDENT MUSIC VIDEO

Public Service Announcement (PSA)

• Bringing Schools Where There Are None! directed by Gianmarco D'Agostino – Impruneta, Florence Italy | WINNER | BEST PSA
• Matthew's Crossing Food Bank directed by Gita Farid – USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST PSA
• There's Always a Way directed by Darryl Jones – Oakland, CA USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST PSA

Script - Feature Film

• Blue Cadillac. White Girl. directed by Lamarr Gray – Aurora, Colorado USA | HONORABLE MENTION | BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Deadline written by Serge Adam - France | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Diversity written by Desmond Duncker – New York, NY | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Freedom Run written by Devvin Jamar Mattison – Denton, TX | WINNER | BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Mi Negra written by Luis E Diaz – New York, NY USA | | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Nyobaywa written by 42 Tribes - USA | HONORABLE MENTION | | BEST FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Why Can't I Keep A Man written by Tykisha Jones – Atlanta, GA USA | WINNER | BEST "READY TO MARKET" FEATURE FILM SCRIPT

Script - Short Film

• First There's Lightning written by Davante Sanders – Los Angeles, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION
• Mizan written by Kimberly Smith – Palm Beach Gardens, FL USA | WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT
• Reparations written by Renee M. Jones – Atlanta, GA USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT
• Witch Way Love written by James M Martin – Denton, TX USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM SCRIPT

Script - Spec/Television

• Black Mirror - Can You Hear the Music? written by Jerico Magallanes – San Antonio, TX USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST SPEC SCRIPT/TV PILOT
• Felicity Finds Love: Chronicles Of A Reluctant Cougar written by Leasharn M. Hopkins – Blythewood, SC USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST SPEC SCRIPT/TV PILOT
• The Movement written by Marcelle A. Davis - USA | WINNER | BEST SPEC SCRIPT/TV PILOT

Script - Student Films

• Aria written by Michael J. Lando – Feature Film Script – Chicago, USA | WINNER | BEST STUDENT FEATURE FILM SCRIPT
• Flicker written by Chris Blount – Short Film Script – Atlanta, GA USA | WINNER | BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM SCRIPT
• The Cathedral written by Annie Pace – Spec/Television Script – Burbank, CA USA | WINNER | BEST STUDENT TV SPEC/PILOT S CRIPT

Short Film

• BlacKorea directed Christine Swanson – Lawrenceville, IL USA | WINNER | BEST CULTURAL AWARENESS SHORT FILM
• Color Of Childhood directed by Sahadat Russell – Dhaka Bangladesh | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
• Carinos (Honey) directed by Pedro Moreno del Oso - Bilbao Vizcaya Spain | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTY SHORT FILM
• Drive Slow directed by Terrence Thompson – Chicago, IL USA | WINNER | BEST COLLEGE STUDENT SHORT FILM
• Eclipse directed by Carmen Vidal - Bilbao Vizcaya Spain | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTY SHORT FILM
• Keno & Jean directed by Miles Triplett – Atlanta, GA US A| WINNER | BEST GEORGIA FILMMAKER SHORT FILM
• I Tried To Give Up directed by Ed Love - Altamonte Springs, FL USA | HONORABLE MENTION | BEST SHORT FILM
• Keep The Engine Running directed by Tim Johnson – Augusta, GA USA | WINNER | BEST THROWBACK SHORT FILM
• Fled. Lay, Fell. directed by Bruno Carnide - Leiria Portugal | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
• Float directed by Tristan Seniuk and Voleak Sip – Seattle, WA USA | WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM
• Hide and Seek (Cache-Cache) directed by Cedric Simoneau – Remire-Montjoly French Guiana | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORTY SHORT FILM
• Honey directed by Pedro Moreno del Oso - Bilbao Vizcaya Spain | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SHORTY SHORT FILM
• Pin directed by Mai Kaitlyn Lee - La Cañada, CA USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST COLLEGE STUDENT SHORT FILM
• Pure Justice directed by Vickie Adams – Cornelius, NC USA | | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM
• Saving Billy directed by Vickie Adams – Cornelius, NC USA | WINNER | BEST SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS SHORT FILM
• The Beach directed by Toroes Thomas – New Orleans, LA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | BEST SHORT FILM
• The Last Lesson directed by Gemal Woods – Washington, DC USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST SHORT FILM

TV Pilot

• Black Coffee directed by Jason Perez – Los Angeles, CA (TV Pilot) | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST TV PILOT/SERIES
• Brannan & the Monosexuals: Double Booked directed by Caryn K. Hayes – Studio, CA USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST TV PILOT/SERIES
• F.A.M. directed by Kyle Romanek – Roswell, GA USA (TV Pilot) | WINNER | BEST TV PILOT/SERIES

Videopalooza

• Due Process directed by Gabriel P. Braden - Wyandotte, MI USA | WINNER | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS SHORT FILM
• FSM News South: Health Newscast - PBS Student Reporting Labs directed by Free Spirit Media - Chicago, IL USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• FSM News West: Social Issues Newscast - PBS Student Reporting Labs directed by Free Spirit Media - Chicago, IL USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Grafik directed by Adrian Woodard II - Chesapeake, VA USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• In The Trees directed by Will Nordstrom (Short) – Los Angeles, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Legally Dope (documentary short) directed by Chakyra Owens – Free Spirit Media - Rated R – Chicago, IL USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Light of My Life directed by Erina M. Sweeney – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Mornings in the Life directed by Bryan Chu – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Old Bloo directed by Will Nordstrom (Short) – Los Angeles, CA USA | WINNER | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Piece of Mind directed by Noel Pichardo – Lynn, MA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Pop directed by Ishaan Parmar – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Screen Age directed by Cal Thacher – San Francisco, CA USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Switch directed by Nicole Ludowese – Winchester, VA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• The Goldfish directed by Olivia Treynor – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• The End of Summer directed by Jonah Belsky – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• The Rat directed by Miranda Autumn Lewis – San Francisco, CA USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• The Wedding Dress directed by Kelly Long – San Francisco, CA USA | WINNER | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• The Grounded Astronaut directed by Monimar Mancillas – Charlotte, NC USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM
• Wards directed by Gabriel P Braden – Wyandotte, MI USA | HONORABLE MENTION | VIDEOPALOOZA BEST SHORT FILM

#Vote4OurLives Filmmaker Shootout

ABLOS Team directed by Doc Strange | WINNER | BEST MOCKUMENTARY
Team Gwinnett directed by Renee Moses | WINNER | BEST PSA

Web Series

• Black Girl in a Big Dress directed by Shayna  Cohen – Studio City, CA USA | 3RD PLACE WINNER | BEST WEB SERIES
• Frank and Lamar directed by Fred Soligan – New York City, NY USA | WINNER | BEST WEB SERIES
• #Reality 2.0 directed by Theresa Varga – London United Kingdom | WINNER | BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB SERIES
• The Adulterer Series directed by Bobby Yan – USA | HONORABLE MENTION | BEST WEB SERIES
• WingChick directed by Tonja Renée Stidhum – USA | 2ND PLACE WINNER | BEST WEB SERIES