The 17th annual Newport Beach Film Festival wrapped up earlier this week after closing movie, The Fixer, premiered at the Lido Live on Thursday. The overall attendance for this year’s festivities peaked at over 50,000 along with a record number of movie sellouts. During the eight-day long festival, the selecting committee from NBFF made selections to selected movies for festival awards. Here were the winners.
NEWPORT HONORS AWARDS:
NBFF WOMAN OF DISTINCTION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ACTING – Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship)
LEGEND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC IN CINEMA – Burt Bacharach (Poe)
LEGEND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA – Rita Moreno (Remember Me)
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCREENWRITING – Linda Woolverton
2016 JURY AWARDS:
BEST FEATURE FILM – Embers – Claire Carré, Director
BEST ACTOR – George Kosuros – American Wrestler: The Wizard
BEST DIRECTOR – Claire Carre – Embers
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Rudiger Barth, William A. Kirkley – Orange Sunshine
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Off The Rails – Adam Irving, Director
BEST EDITING – Chris Catanach – Orange Sunshine
SHORT FILMS:
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – Hi, How Are You – Director, Daniel Johnson
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM – The Last Barn Dance – Jason Arthurs and Ted Richardson, Directors
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM – Violet – Windy Marshall, Director
BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM – Deszcz – Malina Maria Mackiewicz, Director
2016 FESTIVAL HONORS – OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM:
DIRECTING – Bob Yari – Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
FEATURE FILM – Love & Friendship – Director Wit Stillman
FEATURE FILM – American Wrestler: The Wizard – Alex Ranarivelo, Director
FOREIGN FILM – The Violin Teacher – Sergio Machado, Director
FOREIGN FILM – The Innocents (Agnus Dei) – Anne Fontaine, Director
ACTING – Dev Patel – The Man Who Knew Infinity
ACTING – Evanna Lynch – My Name is Emily
SCREENWRITING – Alexander Janko – Year By The Sea
EDITING – Todd Holmes – Coming Through The Rye
ENSEMBLE CAST – Love Is All You Need?
SHORT FILM – Roksana – Shaina Pakravan, Director
SHORT FILM – Zelos – Thoranna Sigurdardottir, Director
SHORT FILM – Clock Maker’s Dream – Cashell Horgan, Director
SHORT FILM – Delicate Things – Patrick Maxwell, Director
SHORT FOREIGN FILM – Foal
SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM – Twin Visions –Louise Salter and Gavin Bowden, Directors
SHORT ANIMATION FILM – Dissonance – Till Nowak, Director
FAMILY FILM – Lost & Found – Liam O’Neill, Director
MUSIC – Monument – Israel Anthem, Director
ACTION SPORTS – Fire and Water – Director Thomas Brookins
ACTION SPORTS – Chasing Niagara – Rush Sturges
BREAKOUT PERFMROANCE Brianna Hildebrand – The Voice Inside, Actress & Producer
2016 AUDIENCE AWARDS:
FEATURE FILM – The Lennon Report – Jeremy Profe, Director
FEATURE FILM – Nobody Walks in LA – Jesse Shapiro, Director
FOREIGN FILM – Battalion (Батальон) – Dmitry Meskhiev, Director
DOCUMENTARY – Orange Sunshine – William A. Kirkley, Director
DOCUMENTARY – The Ataxian – Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser, Directors
ACTION SPORTS – Dirty Old Wedge – Tim Burnham, Director
ENVORINMENTAL – Huntwatch – Brant Backlund, Director
ART, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN – Tyrus – Pamela Tom, Director
FAMILY– The Kids From 62-F – Imani Shakur, Director
SHORT FILMS:
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – Seeking: Jack Tripper – Quinlan Orear
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – Reality+ – Coralie Fargeat, Director
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM – Follow Your Heart – Rob O’Neill, Director
BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM – Zaatari – David Ghali – Director
ART, ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN – The Whimsical Imagineer – Ken Kebow, Director