2022 Event Award Winners
Festival Director's Special Awards
-- The Eadweard Muybridge Award for Outstanding KinoDramatic Content
WINNER: "Life Drawing" by Gregory Earls
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-- The Sallie Gardner Award to Most Productive Content Creator
WINNER: Johnny K. Wu (producer/director)
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-- The Augie Starr Award for Animals in Stories or Motion Picture
WINNER: "A Fable for Four Voices" by Deb Either
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-- The Frances Marion Award to High Volume Writer
WINNER: Casey Mensing (screenwriter)
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KinoExceptional Awards
-- each category below has 1 Winner, 2 Runner Up Finalists who share 2nd place,
and additional Honorable Mention recognitions...
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Photography Contest
WINNER: "My Penis Plant" by Kirby Wright
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Ghost Girl" by Andrea Gluckman
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "From Now to the Future" by Viktor Yatsev
HONOR. MENTION: "The Destruction Project" by Jojin Van Winkle
Photography Contest / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Air Lounge" by Joseph Francis
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Cascade Series" by Walter Martin
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Defiant Pelican" by Philip May
HONOR. MENTION: "Scioto Lifting" by Molly Brewer
HONOR. MENTION: "Stop" by J. Maslowski
Screenwriting for Short Films - Shortest Length (10-pagers)
WINNER: "Old School" by Bernhard Riedhammer
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Insecticide" by Julian Hamman
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Rosa and Raini" by Tommy Britt
Screenwriting for Short Films - Short Length
WINNER: "Prepare the Way" by Tommy Britt
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "A Rather Lovely Thing" by Casey Mensing
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Sexual Proclivities by Twenty-Something in Modern America" by Zach Jansen
HONOR. MENTION: "Stranded" by Kevin Machate
Screenwriting - Mid-length or TV Pilot
WINNER: "Medusa Melrose: Drag Queen Hypnotist" by Dexter Williams
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "My Friend, The Mothman" by Tayler Carter
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Upstairs Lounge" by Gregory Vines
HONOR. MENTION: "The Oblivious Notes" by Jason Boyer
Screenwriting for Short Films or TV Pilots / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Daphne M." by M. Carvaines
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Let's Play a Game" by Shane Thompson
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "1,000 Steps" by Virginia Shine
HONOR. MENTION: "Illumination" by Laura Jaques
HONOR. MENTION: "Regenesis" by Stephonika Kaye
HONOR. MENTION: "Without Her" by Jessica Minney
Screenwriting for Feature-length Films
WINNER: "Painlessly" by N. B. Groza
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Queen of Hearts" by K. Welton
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Grievers" by Glenn Lissner
HONOR. MENTION: "Time, Space and the Poet" by J. Turner
HONOR. MENTION: "Call Me Thor" by J. Campbell
HONOR. MENTION: "The Impassioned Buckler" by R. Byrnes
HONOR. MENTION: "The Incredible Frog Boy" by Z. Jensen
HONOR. MENTION: "What Goes Up Must Come Down" by N. Zingarelli
HONOR. MENTION: "The Relationship Contract" by N. Rawls
Screenwriting for Feature-length Films / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Code 32" by Peter Lucic
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "A Family is a Family" by B. Anderson
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Skull Rock" by Laura Rauh
Alternative Techniques Media
WINNER: "Unrep0ached" by Jonathan Riles
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "E-strane(e)a Mente" by Vinz Beschi
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Everted Sanctuaries" by Ryan Lewis
HONOR. MENTION: "Touch & Paste" by Ruxandra Mitache
HONOR. MENTION: "Us" by Nelson Fernandes
Animation - Classic or Digital
WINNER: "Circle Circus" by John Akre
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Knitting Warrior" by Yiru Chen
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Eliminating Blue 2" by Austin Williams
HONOR. MENTION: "Lemon Lime" by Mara Ramirez
HONOR. MENTION: "Garbage People: Trash Conspiracies" by Brit Tobin
Animation - Classic or Digital / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Grumpy Shark" by John Maslowski
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Penser Dormir Rever" by Logan Fry
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Ask the Super 8 Magic Ball" by Jonathan Riles
Poetry or Spoken Word Experimental Cinema
WINNER: "Bad Rhyme/Duel Lament" by P. Falkenberg and J. Cochran
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Future Perfect" by Ian Gibbins
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Exclusion Principle" by Ian Gibbins
Image-based Experimental Cinema
WINNER: "Collage 26" by L. Rodriguez
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "To Bridge or Not to Bridge" by Dee Hood
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Un-fixed Still Life of Dolly S. Dali" by J. Scully
Sound and Motion-based Experimental Cinema
WINNER: "Our Nature" by Scott Danzig
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Fresh Takes" by D. Wilde
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Sun Comes This Way" by C. Hagan
HONOR. MENTION: "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th" by Lucas Ostrowski
Found Footage or Celluloid Tribute
WINNER: "Trying to Remember" by Rani Deighe Crowe
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Emulsion Connection" by Tsen Chu Hsu
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Dada Noise 2" by Christopher Rakas
HONOR. MENTION: "This is How I Felt" by Josh Weissbach
HONOR. MENTION: "Fluxus" by R. Hoelker
Documentary Film or Real-Life Content
WINNER: "Sugar Dre" by Cole Erickson
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The History of Cleveland's Chinatown (trailer)" by Johnny Wu
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Notebook of the Plague" by Terry Berkowitz
One-Minute Film
WINNER: "Listen" by Ismael Krall
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Her Dad's Bananas" by Jeff Vande Zande
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Man, I Hope I Don't Have That Dream Again" by J. Maslowski
Minimalist Film
WINNER: "Write What You Know" by Mylissa Fitzsimmons
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Ice Breakers" by Joe Fishel
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Transmission" by Matthew Diulus
Micro-Short Film Production
WINNER: "With Me?" by Troubadour Films
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "A Night at the Piano Bar" by Sasan Farsani
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Instructions: Staying Safe During a Pandemic" by T. Berkowitz
Mid-Short Film Production
WINNER: "Doppelganger" by Matthew Diulus
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Come Healing" by Robert Burns
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Tied Down" by Jasper Jones
Mid-Short Film Production / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Tied Down" by Jasper Jones
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Kiss Me When He's Gone" by Nick Muhlbach
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Squatchin' " by B.J. Halsall
HONOR. MENTION: "Kill World Series, ep. 2" by Johnny Wu
Long-Short Film Production
WINNER: "Life Drawing" by Gregory Earls
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "You Don't Deserve This" by Shaun Rylee
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Fragments" by Lucas Vassoughi
Long-Short Film / State of Ohio
WINNER: "The Libra" by Philip May
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Choice" by Glass City Screenwriters
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "No Whites Allowed" by Shane Thompson
HONOR. MENTION: "Hunt" by Trevor O'Neal
HONOR. MENTION: "A Balanced Breakfast" by J.W. Cox
HONOR. MENTION: "Everything is Fine" by Jared Acker
HONOR. MENTION: "The Toll" by Alex Caperton
HONOR. MENTION: "Enabler" by B.J. Halsall
HONOR. MENTION: "The Emporium" by Daniel Griesheimer
DJ Chris Arthur Award in Music Videography
WINNER: "I Need You" by Anthony Green
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "America, I Love You" by Forest Sun
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Fibonacci" by Maliuha Dany
DJ Chris Arthur Award in Music Videography / State of Ohio
WINNER: "Thicker Than Blood" by Brando Corcino
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "The Stream" by Peter-John Campbell
RUNNER UP (2nd place): "Come On Home" by Rita Weyls
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List of Programs (as shown at 2022 festival)
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Experimental / Alternative / Screenwriting / Photography
“Dada Noise 2”
“E-Stran(e)a Mente”
“Emulsion Connection”
“Everted Sanctuaries VII”
“Fresh Takes”
“Future Perfect”
“Sun Comes This Way”
“The Exclusion Principle”
“They the People”
“This is How I Felt”
“To Bridge or Not to Bridge”
“Trying to Remember”
“Unrep0ached”
“Collage 26”
“Un-fixed Still Life of Dolly S. Dali… a Micro Epic”
“Bad Rhyme/Duel Lament”
“Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th”
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“Screenwriting Contest Selections” (presented on big screen)
“Photo Contest Selections” (presented on big screen)
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One-Minutes, Micro-Shorts, Mid-Shorts
“Ask the Super 8 Magic Ball”
“Bernie Bros Pizza Inc”
“Fluxus”
“Her Dad’s Bananas!”
“Listen”
“Man, I Hope I Don’t Have That Dream Again”
“The Usual Suspects”
“Penser Dormir Rever”
“History of Cleveland’s Chinatown (trailer)”
“A Night at the Piano Bar”
“A Notebook of the Plague”
“Transmission”
“With Me?”
“Instructions: Staying Safe During a Pandemic”
“Come Healing”
“Doppelganger”
“Squatchin’”
“The Bat Signal Was Lit”
“Tied Down”
“Kiss Me When He’s Gone”
“Ice Breakers”
“Write What You Know”
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Long Shorts I
“A Balanced Breakfast”
“Enabler”
“Everything is Fine”
“Fragments”
“Hunt”
“Life Drawing”
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Web Series / Music Videos
“Fibonacci” (music video)
“Kill World” (episode 1)
“I Need You” (music video)
“Kill World (episode 2)
“The Stream” (music video)
“Kill World” (episode 3)
“Thicker Than Blood” (music video)
“Kill World” (episode 4)
“America, I Love You” (music video)
“Kill World” (episode 5)
“Come On Home” (music video)
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Long Shorts II
“No Such Thing”
“No Whites Allowed”
“Not Another Comedy Musical”
“Our Nature”
“The Choice”
“The Libra”
“The Toll”
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Animation / Long Shorts III
“Bloody Geyser Redux”
“Circle Circus”
“Eliminating Blue 2”
“Garbage People: Trash Conspiracies"”
“Grumpy Shark”
“Knitting Warrior”
“Touch & Paste”
“Us”
“A Fable for Four Voices”
“Lemon Lime”
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“You Don’t Deserve This”
“Six Feet Over”
“Sugar Dre”
“The Emporium”
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