List Of Winners & Nominees Of The 2013 Soho International Film Festival

NEW YORK - April 17, 2013 - PRLog -- NEW YORK, NY – The SOHO International Film Festival closed its 4th annual celebration of independent filmmaking worldwide this past Friday, April 12th.  

“We are thrilled to have broken so many records this year such as screening films from the most countries ever, as well as including the most women and young filmmakers.  We also had more celebrities attending like Julia Stiles, who came in support of producer Julie Pacino’s film, “Billy Bates,” and beloved character actor Luis Guzman, who went undercover as a homeless person for his docudrama, “The NIMBY Experience,” part of a larger project that has celebrities going undercover to expose the underbelly of causes their passionate about,” said Sibyl Santiago, executive director and head of marketing for the festival.

The festival has experienced stellar growth in the past three years, bringing out celebrities in droves such as the ever dapper and handsome “Mambo King” Armand Assante, Dominic Purcell from “Prison Break,” AnnaLynn McCord from “Nip/Tuck,” Kevin Brown – Dot Com from 30 Rock, NY Giants coach Tom Coughlin, Tom Pelphrey, Joe D’Onofrio, Erin Karpluk, Patrick Fischler, 80’s Star Diane Franklin, and  German director Uwe Boll with the premiere of his much talked about film, “Assault on Wall Street”.

“General Hospital’s” Jon Lindstrom’s screening of his film “How We Got Away With It,” was attended by many of his very well-known Soap Opera colleagues Austin Peck, McCaleb Burnett & Briane Moncrief to name a few, and Latin actors FrankyG and Jeffrey DeSerrano, stars of the eerie religious thriller, “36 Saints,” by the up-and-coming “talk of the town” Joey Dedio. The last film shot in Seaside Heights before Hurricane Sandy, “West End,”also screened, starring Neal Bledsoe, William Duvall, Peter Onorati & Melissa Archer, all of whom were in attendance. Elke Gazzara, wife of the late consummate and prolific character actor, Ben Gazzara, who passed away before the documentary on his life simply called “Gazzara” was completed, also attended with her friends and family as a tribute to her late husband’s astonishing body of work and personal life.

The festival was made possible by its partners: NiteTables, AnestasiA Vodka, Domaines Barons de Rothschild’s Los Vascos Wines, Flatiron Hotel, Ayala Land Premiere, OKVenue and Greenhouse NYC. Giveaways were also provided by Illyissimo, New Era Caps and Mercy Energy Drink with official festival photography by Champion Eye Media.

Below is the list of films screened, highlighting the winner of each category:

BEST WORLD SHORT FILM -  NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  THE BEARD by Yaz Rabadi (Canada)

Ø  EN HEMLIGHET by Dennis Petersen (Sweden) *** WINNER

Ø  STALLED by Shannon Kholi (Canada)

Ø  EL INVENTO by Giovanni Granada (Columbia)

Ø  A BOY WITH ARMS by So-jin Park (South Korea)

Ø  GLUE by Michal Lavi (Canada)

BEST WORLD SHOWCASE -  NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  ASSAULT ON WALL STREET by Uwe Boll (Canada)

Ø  BODY COMPLETE by Lukas Sturm (Austria)

Ø  EL PRESIDENTE by Mark Meilly (Philippines) *** WINNER

Ø  TIM SANDERS GOES To HOLLYWOOD by Andreas Schaap (Germany)

BEST SHOWCASE SHORT FILM -  NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  SHOOT’ER by P.R. Brown

Ø  GROS by Adam Taylor

Ø  THE LEPIDOCTOR by Jonathan Barenboim ***WINNER

Ø  HERE YOU GO by Jill Durso

Ø  THE TEST by Anthony DiBlassi

Ø  THE CONDITION by Stephen Graziano

BEST SHOWCASE FEATURE FILM -  NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  WET BEHIND THE EARS by Sloan Copeland

Ø  AS HIGH AS THE SKY by Nikki Braendlin

Ø  BILLY BATES by Jennifer DeLia

Ø  HOW WE GOT AWAY WITH IT by Jon Lindstrom

Ø  JUNCTION by Tony Glazer

Ø  LESS LOST by Chase Conner

Ø  PLACEBO by Justin Ho

Ø  THE BOYZ OF SUMMER by Antonio DiFonzo

Ø  THE SILENT THIEF by Jennifer Clary ***WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY - NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  GAZZARA by Joseph Rezwin (US)

Ø  HORSE & RIDER by Ben Stamper (India)

Ø  MAYAN BLUE by Rafael Garcia (Mexico/Guatemala)

Ø  RUNNING FOR JIM by Dan Noyes & Robin Hauser Reynolds (US) ***WINNER

Ø  WHAT’S THE T by Cecilio Asuncion (US)

BEST ANIMATED FILM -  NOMINEES & WINNER

Ø  DANCE OF THE BOOKS by Lorena Fernandez

Ø  KING TIGERMORE IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS by Tunde Reid-Kapo

Ø  PAPER PLANE by Dave Barnis

Ø  FOXED by James Stewart

Ø  CONCRETE JUNGLE by Steven Cartoccio ***WINNER

NYC AUDIENCE AWARD - Winner: WET BEHIND THE EARS by Sloan Copeland

SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Winner: JUNCTION by Tony Glazer

SOHO’S PICK FOR 2013 - Winner: WEST END by Joe Basille

Founded in 2009 by Jorge Ballos, the SOHO International Film Festival celebrates the cutting-edge of digital technology while honoring traditional forms of storytelling, encouraging new and seasoned filmmakers from here in New York City and around the world to create and send in their fresh and innovative cinematic pieces.  The festival is proud to be “Made in NY” from the NY Mayor’s Office of Film, Television and Broadcasting.

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