PIFF 2020 Nominees & Award Winners
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BEST FEATURE FILM
The S.H.U. (Caged)
The Illegal
To Your Last Death - WINNER
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BEST SHORT FILM
Alina
MANHUNT
1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me - WINNER
Twelfth Round
Off Season
Cringe
Dig Your Own Grave
US MX
Under Darkness
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BEST DIRECTOR
Lexie Trivundza and Nick Trivundza (Danger! Danger!)
Aaron Fjellman (The S.H.U./Caged) - WINNER
Emil Gallardo (1, 2, 3, All Eyes On Me)
Jack Martin (MANHUNT)
Leslie Thomas (Honesty Weekend)
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BEST ACTOR
Nick Kelly (Cringe) - WINNER
Pacharo Mzembe (Twelfth Round)
Mark McCullough (Alina)
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BEST ACTRESS
Lisa Ferris (Pipe Dream)
Rebeca Robles (Alina)
Farelle Walker (1, 2, 3, All Eyes On Me) - WINNER
Karen Chamberlain (Casey229)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bobcats On Three - WINNER
Back From The Brink
L'eau Est La Vie (Water Is Life): From Standing Rock To The Swamp
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AUDIENCE AWARD
Mel - WINNER
The Identity Pas de Deux
Occupational Octaves
Closure
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HONORABLE MENTION
US MX - WINNER
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BEST SCREENPLAY
After by Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris
Da Sol by Corbin Billings and Josh Lipton
Field Trip by Claudio Martinez-Valle
The Good Badman by Megan Breen
Kirkwood by Dax Phelan - WINNER
The Quicksilver Pleasure Club by Matt Pacini
Transference by Mark C. Spera
Versailles, Florida by Joe Cline and Eric Martin
PIFF 2020 Program
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Thursday, March 12th
Block 1 - 3:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 1 TICKETS)
Pasadena: Exploring Solutions to Reduce Gang Violence
Block 2 - 5:05 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 2 TICKETS)
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Block 3 - 7:05 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 3 TICKETS)
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Block 4 - 9:05 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 4 TICKETS)
Friday March 13th
Block 5 - 3:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 5 TICKETS)
Block 6 - 5:20 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 6 TICKETS)
Block 7 - 7:20 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 7 TICKETS)
Block 8 - 9:30 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 8 TICKETS)
Saturday, March 14th
Block 9 - 12:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 9 TICKETS)
Block 10 - 2:05 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 10 TICKETS)
Block 11 - 4:10 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 11 TICKETS)
Block 12 - 6:15 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 12 TICKETS)
Block 13 - 8:25 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 13 TICKETS)
Block 14 - 10:25 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 14 TICKETS)
Sunday, March 15th
Block 15 - 12:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 15 TICKETS)
Block 16 - 1:50 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 16 TICKETS)
Block 17 - 4:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 17 TICKETS)
Block 18 - 6:25 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 18 TICKETS)
Block 19 - 8:30 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 19 TICKETS)
Baichi And The Three Blind Rats
Modus Operandi: Pseudo Fantasies of a Fucked Up Shrink
Monday, March 16th
Block 20 - 7:10 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 20 TICKETS)
Block 21 - 9:15 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 21 TICKETS)
Tuesday, March 17th Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Block 22 - 5:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 22 TICKETS)
Block 23 - 6:55 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 23 TICKETS)
Block 24 - 8:55 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 24 TICKETS)
Wednesday, March 18th
Block 25 - 6:00 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 25 TICKETS)
In The Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial
Block 26 - 7:30 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 26 TICKETS)
L'eau Est La Vie (Water Is Life): From Standing Rock To The Swamp
Block 27 - 9:35 pm (CLICK FOR BLOCK 27 TICKETS)
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PIFF 2020 Best Screenplay Finalists:
After by Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris
Angered by Donnalyn Vojta
Benny B by Michael Hogan
Cactus Junction by Philip C. Sedgwick
Can We Be Friends? By Sarah Goussé
The Committee by Nick Santos
Da Sol by Corbin Billings and Josh Lipton
The Echo Worlds - Pilot Script: Parts One and Two by Travis Misenti
Field Trip by Claudio Martinez-Valle
The Good Badman by Megan Breen
Hard Cold Truth by Patrick L. McConnell
In Gods We Trust by Afonso J. Henrique and Marcel Sorza
Ivy by Jeffrey Morin
Jessica's Gift by Jim Garrison
Kid Soldier by Kelly Jean Karam
The Killing Moon by Jerry Jenae Sampson
Kirkwood by Dax Phelan
Made In America by Anonymous
Mike And Seth by Daniel Talbott and Lovell Holder
The Mortality Game by Ed Vela
Nothing To Lose by Scott A. Lopez and Jesús F. Jauregui
Other Side by Alvin Ziegler
Project Fog by Adva Reichman
The Quicksilver Pleasure Club by Matt Pacini
Sabine by Laurie Powers Going
Sarah Startup by Gregg Greenberg and Christopher Kublan
Shriver by Trevor Mak
The Smart Life by Daniel O’Connor
The Steagles by Jeanie M. Clark
To Verdict by Carlos Candal
Tony And Annette by Daisy Eagan
Transference by Mark C. Spera
Trespassers - Pilot by Douglas Harms and Joe D’Leon
Versailles, Florida by Joe Cline and Eric Martin
The Whittling by Renee Logan
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