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Hollyshorts announces 2015 Winners

The HollyShorts Awards were presented last night in front of a standing room only crowd at OHM in Hollywood. Hosted by Damon Campbell and Gabrielle Loren, Awards were given to the top short movies created from content creators from all over the globe. Nearly $200,000 in cash and in-kind prizes were awarded. Screenings will continue through Saturday at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres and the closing party takes place this Saturday at the W Hollywood. This year’s fest featured 2,200 submissions and 400 officially accepted films.

During last night’s Awards ceremony, which drew nearly 1,000 attendees, Jamie Donoughue took home the Zype Best Short Film Grand Prize and $15,000 Cash Prize for his short film called SHOK.

Company 3 and Method Studios Awarded over $60,000 in post production prizes.

The Grand Jury Award Presented by Company 3 went to Moon Molson for his short THE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST.

Best Director went to Annie Silverstein for SKUNK.

Best Animation went to THE OCEANMAKER by Lucas Martell

Best VFX went to DISSONANCE by Till Nowak

Best Film Shot in LA presented by FilmLA went to TOM IN AMERICA by Flavio Alves

The Louisiana Film Prize a $10,000 prize for Best Screenplay went to THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION by L. Elizabeth Powers

The Evil Slave $10,000 and Screencraft $2000 Consulting Prize for Best Screenplay Award went to LUNCHBOX BRIGADE by Kyle Thiele

All of the winners are noted below


Category	Film	Winner

Best Action	Dead Hearts	Stephen W. Martin

Best Actor	Primrose	Nick Thurston

Best Actress	The Bravest, the Boldest	Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

Best Animation	The Oceanmaker	Lucas Martell

Best Cinematography	Slut	Chloe Okuno

Best Co3 Grand Jury Award	The Bravest, the Boldest	Moon Molson

Best Comedy	A Reasonable Request	Andrew Laurich

Best Commercial	7UP: Feels Good to Be You	Imran J. Khan, Christopher Vennemeyer

Best Director	Skunk	Annie Silverstein

Best Doc	The Last Barn Dance	Jason Arthurs, Ted Richardson

Best Drama	Zawadi	Richard Card

Best Editing	Twisted	Stuart Bowen

Best Female Director	Bie Pu (Home)	Amelie Wen

Best Horror The Crypt TV Award	Mr. Dentonn	Ivan Villamel

Best International	While They Were Flying to the Moon	Borisa Simovic

Best LA Film presented by Film LA	Tom In America	Flavio Alves

Best LGBT	Stealth	Bennett Lasseter

Best make up	The Smiling Man	Melanie Leandro

Best Method Studios Best VFX	Dissonance	Till Nowak

Best Music Video	Gary Clark Jr's When My Train Pulls In	Carmela Makela

Best Narrative	Birthday	Chris King

Best Short Film- Grand Prize- Zype	Shok	Jamie Donoughue

Best Panavision Future Filmmaker Award	The Leap	Karel van Bellingen

Best period piece	Del Ciego Desert	FRANCOIS LEDUC

Best Producer	Visible Proof	Drew Diamond, Evan Drolet Cook

Best Sci Fi	Dust	Michael Grier

Best Score	Witching Hour	Carl Firth

Best Screenplay	Lunchbox Brigade	Kyle Thiele

Louisiana Best Screenplay Jury Prize	The Importance of Sex Education	L. Elizabeth Powers

Screenplay Runner Up	Growing Pains	Derek Dow

Screenplay Runner Up	The Yellow Ribbon Around Her Neck	David Ho

Best Diversity	Carne Seca	Jazmin Diaz

Best Student	Blackwell	Ed Barnes

Best Thriller	County, State, USA: Sweet Corn	Jonathan Nowak

Best Web Series	Kowalski	Jason O'Mara

Best Youth	Alien Communications	Kris Theorin, Kurtis Theorin

Honorable Mention	Midland	OLIVER BERNSEN & DAN MAGNANTE

Honorable Mention	Shaman	Marco Kalantari

Inspirational Quote Winner	The Game	Ruben Languren