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Men's Fashion - Fashion Memories from the Big Game in 2015…(recap)

January 2015 was a phenomenal month for fashion in Arizona.  The month was filled with events and shows almost the entire two weeks prior to the Super Bowl.  One of the best shows was held at The W in Scottsdale - Suits & Sneakers show presented by Elevee Lifestyle and Percy Knox who is the designer and styles the shows with the assistance of Phoenix Fashion Week.  What made this show even better was the involvement of the professional football players in town representing their teams for the Pro Bowl as well as the Big Game.  You couldn't plan a more enjoyable, entertaining, and over the top event.  The house was full at The W and the red carpet was amazing.  

The Suits and Sneakers show is traveling this year to San Francisco to be presented before he 2016 Big Game. We expect that show to be over the top as well and as enjoyable.  We've selected some photos to highlight the event.  

Click here for some Suits and Sneakers 2016 Event Info

You can see the entire album here at this link - 2015 Suits & Sneakers Fashion Show Pictures - all photos taken and provided by Jam Sani Photography.

Fashion Season has started in my world…

This month was the introduction of the Spring into Style Stylists that will be showing their trend selections for spring this year in the March 12th Fashion Show hosted by Phoenix Fashion Week.  

The selections and respective Stylist are listed below.
PLAID -> Style Stalkers 
METALLICS -> Ristyle Consulting 
WHITE SHIRT -> Nuvia Magdahi 
SPORTY CHIC -> CURIIOS 
LINGERIE -> Livintage Apparel 
GREEN -> Tim Boado

Spring is one of my most favorite shows of the year as this will actually be held two days after my official birthday, so I will be in celebration mode.  

Visit - http://www.springintostyle2016.eventbrite.com/ to get your tickets now before they sell out. I’ll be covering the event so catch up with me for an interview.

Dark Dignity Indiegogo Campaign - Week 2 Update

Thank you again to our week 1 supporters of Dark Dignity Film :D

Check out this special video with highlights and special messages from cast and crew!! They are pretty darn amazing :D - Sandy Kim, Shellie Ulrich, Melissa Ann Marie Farley, Michelle Y. Allen, Kim A. Huenecke, Carol Gibson, Andres Galindo, Alexzander Rogers, Lauren Hall, Daniel Blunck, Brian Osback, Rae Damon, Karen Frey Sundt, Nile Popchock #actor #actorslife #filmmakers #indie

"Our mission is to create compelling films with strong, female characters, showcasing Southwest talent, in front of and behind the camera, to a global audience. Go to our Indiegogo Campaign to support: http://igg.me/shre/630486

Dark Dignity Project Ready to Launch in 2016

Our mission is to create compelling films with strong, female characters, showcasing Southwest talent, in front of and behind the camera, to a global audience.

Indiegogo Campaign:  http://igg.me/shre/630486

Phoenix, AZ. (January 5, 2016) –

Who: King Indie LLC is the production company behind the Dark Dignity Film project.

What:   Dark Dignity Film is a short film written by Cassandra Nicholson and will be produced by her company King Indie LLC.  The film is the story of the women of a nomadic tribe, years after the fall of civilization, as they search for a new home.  Five years after The Infected plagued North America and beyond, the world is a dark and lonely place. With no currency, government, or civilization to speak of, the members of Camp D are constantly on the move.

Like other camps who assembled just a few years ago, when the last vestiges of order crumbled, they're a diverse mix of former suburbanites - teachers, doctors, police officers. Thrust into the badlands of rural landscapes and desert vistas, they must always be prepared to fight. The dangers hiding behind every shadow may be thieves or gangs... or perhaps the remains of a human now forever changed.

In support of the project, we have established a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.  The campaign is currently running and will conclude the week leading up to International Women’s Day.

“We’re so fortunate to have such a passionate, skilled team joining us for this project,” Nicholson said. “Our shared network within the independent filmmaking and media space is the perfect culmination for continued success. We’re excited to begin principal photography in February.”

Additional events will be scheduled and announced related to the project and campaign to share and celebrate the progress and milestones reached.  The team would like to create awareness in the greater community to help others get involved with this project or other similar causes.

Why:  Our mission states the significance of our project direction in that we are providing talented individuals, and women especially, the opportunity to use and demonstrate their skills and abilities in quality work. Additionally, in support of and in recognition of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 annually, we are happy to have this be one of the projects that will be completed in 2016 to showcase talented women filmmakers from the Southwest.

When: Starting January 3, 2016 – Concluding on March 3, 2016 (main part of campaign).  Post-production is scheduled to be completed by Summer 2016.

Where: You can connect to the project and visit the sites listed below to find out more information:

Website:  www.darkdignity.com

Twitter:  @DarkDignityFilm

Instagram:  @DarkDignityFilm

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/DarkDignityFilm

Indiegogo Campaign:  http://igg.me/shre/630486

E-mail:  DarkDignityFilm@gmail.com

How to get involved:  There are several ways to help support and learn more about our project.  Through visiting our social media sites and sharing the website and campaign with your networks, you will help to further expand our reach.  You can also go to our Indiegogo campaign to learn about, donate to, and/or share our project.  We are striving to create awareness for these types of projects with this being the first of our focus for 2016.  There will be other projects from the community on which we will help share and spread the word. Interested parties can contact the executive producers directly at DarkDignityFilm@gmail.com to schedule an appointment to review the project and discuss ways for more direct involvement.

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Producers:  

RAE DAMON

Most of Rae's visual effects experience goes back to when she started film school in 2007. While in school I was the film club president for 2 years, and was able to combine the students in visual effects degree and the students in film degree together on a film noir project, "Push Over Babe." The project went on to win top honors in the Micro-Short category at the 2010 Arizona Student Film Festival. Rae's film credits also include "Bullet," a sci-fi/drama web series about a Native American Soldier of Fortune helping his United Sovereign Native Nations.

Rae graduated with her Bachelor's of Arts degree in 2011, and has since worked on numerous short films, television shows, as well as working with small business companies as a freelancer videographer and photographer.

EVA LOUIS

Eva participates in the film community as an actress, filmmaker, and in a media role with her company Chronic Behavior and supporting team where they provide video reporting (via Talking the Five Talk Show) as well as event coverage through the company blog Film and Fashion Futures.   Eva is also known for her work in social media, marketing and positive promotions of artists and individuals in film, fashion, arts, music, and entertainment.

You will often find her on the red carpet at regional and local fashions show, film festivals, and networking events interviewing attendees and connecting others.  She spends her time helping artists and businesses focus on their passion and sharing their gifts with the world.  Some major milestone accomplishments include reaching 5 year anniversary for company, producing successful charity events, production of fashion runway commercial, and supporting a publication company business launch.

CASSANDRA NICHOLSON

Cassandra is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker with a passion for the television and film industry, both on the creative and business sides. In addition to serving as an assistant director and/or a producer on several projects, she has organized a variety of film and screenwriting events geared toward the filmmaking community. Cassandra also covers film and television for the podcast "Educating Geeks" and the film review site, "The Reel Critic."

In 2013 and 2014, she organized a short screenplay competition for Phoenix Comicon's annual film festival, which encouraged Arizona writers to submit their own sci-fi or horror scripts. In 2015, alongside a skilled Arizona director/producer team in Kevin R. Phipps and Ruben Angelo, Cassandra executive produced a short film based on the 2014 first-place winner Davaun Sanders' script, "Vault of Souls." The short, titled "Vault of Souls: Prologue," has since screened at three venues, with more festivals to come in 2016.  

Cast:

MICHELLE Y ALLEN ... "WILLA"

MELISSA FARLEY ... "CADENCE"

CAROL GIBSON ... "IVONA"

LAUREN HALL ... "JONELLE"

KIM A. HUENECKE ... "FRIGG"

SANDY KIM ... "PENELOPE"

EVA LOUIS ... "DEVI"

SHELLIE ULRICH ... "TALULLAH"

Story Synopsis:

"DARK DIGNITY"

Talulla doesn't sleep, always dreaming of a past she'll never reclaim. Penelope can't rest, forever chasing answers, a solution, a cure. Willa hopes to lead them all to a safe place... to home.

Five years after The Infected plagued North America and beyond, the world is a dark and lonely place. With no currency, government or civilization to speak of, the members of Camp D are constantly on the move. After all, it's not safe to stay in one place too long.

Like other camps who assembled just a few years ago, when the last vestiges of order crumbled, they're a diverse mix of former suburbanites - teachers, doctors, police officers.

Thrust into the badlands of rural landscapes and desert vistas, they must always be prepared to fight. The dangers hiding behind every shadow may be thieves or gangs... or perhaps the remains of a human now forever changed.

Camp D has grown weary. Living on the fringes of society, their own carefully established order has weakened under the strain of never having enough food, water or shelter to spare for their humble tribe. They've been resourceful, vigilant. And it just hasn't been enough.

When the time comes, how will they handle their last stand? Though the future is bleak, maybe there's hope.

If nothing else, they'll have their dignity.

The Money Side of Film Fundraising

So you think you want to make a film?  But you don’t have a budget or any money.   What is your next step?  Building your brand and your following…STOP…what do you mean you don’t have a website or a fan page or a group or anything related to your film?  You don’t even have business cards or a flyer or a story you can talk about related to your film.  First and foremost does anyone know who you are?  If not, then that is where you would begin.  In the world of business, there is an order to doing business, running a company, growing your company and building revenue.  The same can be said for making a film or actually wanting to build anything.  If you truly want to be successful and you want to obtain the resources to create what you want, you have to know what you need, how much it will take to create your idea, a timeline around it and then the potential audience or support to help make it happen.  This essentially can be translated into a plan.

I sat down recently with an organization that specializes in using other people’s money to help establish business activities.  The first words out of his mouth were, “do you have a website and what’s your marketing plan look like.”  This particular resource deals with foreign money and investors entirely, however is building businesses in the US.  The lowest level of revenue generating companies he deals with is $55 million with a range up to $500 million.  As someone in marketing who has often preached about marketing in general, those words were music to my ears.  Only because in the most basic of all business training and schools and entrepreneurial training, the number one thing you will spend money on to make money is the marketing at the beginning of any business started.  When you are first launching a business the rule of thumb is that 75% of what you spend on your business should be marketing.

What does marketing entail, it is a long list of things (not all inclusive or exclusive to these items listed only) – 1) Market Research, 2) Target Market, 3) Product – what is it?, 4) Competition – who are they?, 5) Mission Statement, 6) Market Strategies, 7) Pricing, Positioning and Branding, 8) Budget, 9) Marketing Goals, and 10) Performance Analysis – how are you doing?  Okay, you think your film is not a business so why would this apply?  Think again, every film can be and should be treated as a business.  The moment you bring a second body/person into your film dream, you have now enlisted someone else’s time, energy, and/or effort and there is a value exchange for that.  Don’t be mistaken to think that because others may do things out of the generosity of their hearts, volunteer, give away for nothing, or donate, that there is not some kind of value exchange expected.  This is business; henceforth, why understanding the marketing aspects can only help you with your endeavors to actually even dream of making anything with the film you want to produce.

I know you so want to get to the fundraising and forget the marketing.  The fundraising cannot happen without the marketing.  As creative types are usually at the forefront of film making, it makes sense that you should have someone included in your film making group that understands the business side.  No matter how much guerrilla filmmaking you’ve done if you want to be taken seriously by others, you have to have a plan and a formula for what you are doing, again, why the marketing plan for your film makes perfect sense.  It forces you to the reality of what you know about your film, what you don’t know about your film, and it identifies the gaps of what you need to find out and then what you need to essentially determine in order for you to believe you can actually make money.  The ROI – Return on Investment – often times will become evident as you look at your marketing.  Demographics (part of the market research and the target market portion) are absolutely critical to understand in order to know who your potential market audience is.  This extends beyond your inner circle, your family, your friends, your acquaintances, your co-workers, and anyone else who may know you.  Your target market and audience should be defined based on the genre of film, based on the locations related to mass appeal, the interest in the topic, and the monetary ability of that market to spend money on entertainment, because that is the business you are in…entertaining.


You are now screaming at the top of your lungs that you just want to make films because you love it.  We all get it.  As an artist, we live and die by our passion that is how we are made up.  Not everyone can survive by that alone however unless you have a hidden treasure chest or a “Daddy Warbucks” or whatever other “trust-fund” you might have inherited…most individuals don’t operate by those rules.   To be fair, at the beginning of your endeavor whatever it may be, you must decide if you intend to make money on the effort or not.  It will save yourself and everyone heartache to admit that upfront.  Once you have determined however you are taking the plunge to make a movie with the potential to have a profitable return, the work begins.  The basic business plan for a film that is expected to go into fundraising, look for investors, or even financing, requires the following components:

1) Project Overview
2) Executive Summary
3) Film/Movie Write Up – including expected budget
4) Marketing Plan – including projected revenues, and one or all of the next three sections
5) Investor Plan
6) Financing Plan, and/or
7) Fundraising Plan.

Now that the basics have been outlined, you must answer yourself, do you have the wherewithal to continue and pursue your dream to make a film that makes money.  This is where you must assess the risk involved based on your own personal time, effort, and monetary investment and determine if it’s worth it.  Regarding fundraising, and more specifically crowd fundraising or a mixture of investor/financing/crowd, there are so many websites that exist and have been launched, you must review and find what you are comfortable with managing as you will be managing this like it’s a real live baby, because it is something that you actually develop from your seed of an idea and bring to life and birth.  So this effort is not to be taken lightly.  This listing of crowd funding platforms is a short list as many are being launched continuously:  1) Indiegogo, 2) Kickstarter, 3) Peerbackers, 4) GoGetFunding, 5) Seed&Spark, 6) Junction, 7) Slated.  Repeatedly you will find Indiegogo, bubbles to the top even over Kickstarter as it relates to film as the team has the option to get a portion of what is raised even if the goal is not met.  The international money manager and start up entrepreneur I talked with earlier even stated Indiegogo as their number one recommended crowd funding go to for their clients.

Once you’ve decided what route you are going down, there are some specific tips and realities you must keep in mind when pursuing your campaign run at fund-raising.  These are highly recommended tips you should follow and should not be pursued without all of the other information shared being considered if you want to increase your odds of making a dent to find that money you need.  These will not have detailed explanations provided as if you really want to pursue the fundraising, I recommend bringing on board someone who has done it before, find training available (which is literally everyone online or even with your local film organizations), hire a consultant that is proven their ability to direct and execute, or take the time to educate and train your team on what it takes.

1) Prepare and plan your strategy (take at minimum 3 to 6 months to plan and build your base following, if you launch a campaign and have no followers, no website, no social media, and no one knows who you are, do you really think you will be able to get crowd funding when you don’t have a crowd??? Be for real…).

2) Develop a strategic social media blitz and maintenance campaign.

3) Produce a great video (but not just one, several for continued updates along the way).

4) Have an information website or central location everyone can gather all basic information – Media Page.

5) Educate/Inform/Publicize the project, the purpose and vision of the project (Don’t ask for MONEY first – everyone needs money – and no one likes hearing “give me what you have or I’ll take anything…even $1”…sad but true).

6) Continue to grow interest and following throughout the entire campaign.

7) Over-communicate – it will barely be enough – but don’t SPAM.

8) Be real and personal – share the journey with the fans and followers.

9) Have directed attention to your current fans.

10) Make sure you thank everyone for supporting, participating, for allowing you to share, and for whatever else you can think of and use their names when thanking them.  The number one word that most people love to hear is their name in writing.

Participants in fundraising can choose to do one of these items or all of them and what makes the biggest difference in the long run is the commitment by the filmmaker and the team involved.  If you are not committed to do the work which includes all the marketing your success will not be likely.  If you 100% in and your team is 100% too, you are way more likely to make headway not only on fundraising but making your film a reality.  The behind the scenes and the administrative side of the business are not fun and always mean lots of what most would consider boring stuff, but this is the foundation that will make the dream come true.

For consulting services, contract services, and or project service support for your filmmaking, contact www.chronicbehavior.com to set up an appointment to discuss your project or fund-raising needs.  Let's make films.

Have you faced your own mortality?

Originally published on http://bit.ly/1MfOWn6

This question has been bouncing around in my head for the last two weeks as I reflect on life and the end game of goals and planning for the future.  This question was asked by an individual that was in the process of interviewing a patient that was probably facing the likelihood they could be dying from a fatal disease.  It was part of the story being told about a pastoral caregiver, Dr. Will Alexander, working within the medical community presenting the idea behind whole caregiving and transforming a generation of new healthcare servants and caregivers in the hospital system of Loma Linda University Health Center.

The documentary, "A Certain Kind of Light", was shown most recently at the Laughlin International Film Festival, on October 17, 2015 and has forever changed the way I will think about this question.  You might be wondering why this question and why does it matter.  Two reasons, this particular weekend I was attending this event specifically so that I could be part of a memorial / celebration that was going to be about remembering a very close friend that passed last December 2014 and I had a personal dedication I was doing on behalf of another friend that just past a way in September unexpectedly.  When considering the grand scheme of life and what you do daily to survive, operate day to day, make an income, and even possibly make a difference in others lives, the idea of mortality does not often cross your mind.  However, due to the closeness of death, that question, when asked by Dr. Will Alexander in the documentary, seemed to resonate loud and clear; that no matter your current situation and position in life, you should ask and consider this as you never know when your time may come.

This story of Dr. Will as they called him, showed how important it was in patient care, to not just diagnose and treat the symptoms, illness, or disease, but how it was of the most critical importance to include the patient in their own approach and decisions of the care they would be given or receive based on their own story of why they were in the current health situation they faced and/or the other circumstances of their life affecting them.  The key critical piece mentioned here is the story.  It is the story of the patient's life in their own words and the audience of the caregivers and the medical professionals who were listening to that story.  It's about their ability to really HEAR what the patient was saying and then allowing them that time to release and express what in most cases no one ever heard before or got from them in all the prior doctor visits or appointments or treatments they attended.  Loma Linda University Health embraces this philosophy / methodology of transforming lives through whole person care and has seen much growing success with this being integrated and taught to their health / medical professionals.

You may be wondering what this has to do with PR, marketing, or business.  It is the story and the idea of really listening. As I live and breath with my clients, if I did not know their story, I would not be able to be effective in presenting who they are to the world and their demographics or audience.  This requires the essential skill of listening and interpreting what their needs are and really helping them with their needs.  Often times a client just needs to be heard and given the opportunity to speak and share and then you take from them and recolor, reorganize, reaffirm, and recreate that story so that others can also hear and grasp their message.  It's easy to want to tell people what to and how to do it, but to engage them in their own telling of their story and sharing it in a meaningful way can make all the difference.  

I've seen businesses come and go and individuals in businesses reach a pinnacle and then fall.  Many of these occurrences have happened because they could not share their story in a way that others could get connected and so their dream, their business, the life they thought they wanted, essentially died.  This is the mortality that applies the same way.  If you cannot connect others to your dreams or your ideas and there are no audiences or clients or other business partners around to hear your story, the chances of survival are slim.  In this business of marketing, PR, promotions and advertising, this is our job to help others get their message out, their story told, and then to help with those connections so collaboratively or through business development or sales, these businesses can continue to live and survive.  As a marketing professional, if you can understand and hear your client's story then you can serve them or help them get to where they need to be faster.  On the flip side of that, if you have clients that don't have a story or anything that can be held on to meaningfully, then you can also make smarter decisions on long-term or short-term engagements as these clients may not be mature enough for you to even help. With the client's story known, this can help you decide that too.

On a personal level, this question of mortality was and is still a very big question.  It is something that I will continue to think about every day.  As it relates to my clients and those who need their story told in business, the focus will be on really hearing the clients and working with them to tell their story and message it on their behalf to create those meaningful connections to help the businesses achieve their goals and last.  Lessons learned everyday.  I hope that in your business journey you will consider these ideas and apply them whole-heartedly as you approach doing better business for those you serve.

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This article is written and shared by Eva Louis who is a writer, marketing professional, and works to serve others and make a difference everyday.  You can find other articles of her's at www.filmfashionfutures.blogspot.com and find her business information at www.chronicbehavior.com  

The Film Festival That Just Keeps Giving - 2015 LIFF

Don't tell me it's already over, but the memories will last a lifetime and you'll want to come back next year, and the year after that, and forever.  

What are we talking about?  Why of course, it's the Laughlin International Film Festival (LIFF).  The fourth annual event just concluded on Sunday, October 18th and this year brought together filmmakers from all over the world and introduced them into the family.  

Once you've attended one festival, the overwhelming feeling is that you will come back for more.  Erik Puhm and Mara Karsen (co-founders of LIFF) always find ways to put on one spectacular event.  For the attendees this year, it was like another 'family reunion' but even better than most because along with the fun with friends and getting reacquainted, attendees had the chance to see 100 films screened over four days, attend related film workshops, and finally attend all the parties and after-parties.  

Thursday night began with the *Opening Night Film* showing of "Crossing Streets", directed by Marc A. Hutchins.  The film tells the story of Marcus Williams, a city detective, who is unwillingly thrust into a partnership with Minister Samuel Gray to solve a gang-related shooting. As the mismatched duo begin their journey, they soon discover the incident is part of something bigger, and catching the killer means stopping an all-out gang war. Through the investigation, Marcus and Samuel both learn that saving lives means learning to work together in this buddy cop dramedy.

Following was the opening night mixer of the event at the host hotel, Tropicana Laughlin located on Casino Drive.  Since the beginning of LIFF, the Tropicana has been a huge supporter and this year was no different.  They opened up Trellis Bar for the filmmakers to enjoy their first night by moonlight with the convenience of hor d'oeuvres and libations.  In addition to giving the filmmakers a place to dream about films,  the Tropicana coordinated with LIFF to host the festival registration, workshops, breakfasts, lunches, and finally the Awards Show.  Tropicana Laughlin supports their local businesses and events and has developed a strong relationship with LIFF and everyone is looking forward already to 2016 LIFF.

Now, what everyone has been waiting for, here is the announcement of the winners for this year's LIFF Awards.  The list includes approximately 14 different film categories and additional film awards which brings the total to 36+ awards.  WOW!! That's what we said too. 

• Lifetime Achievement Award - Lee Meriwether, Sunny in the Dark

This is a special award this year and this is the first lifetime achievement award given out. LIFF could think of no one else so deserving of this award for this year and they were graced with her presence and poise as the distinguished guest and recipient for the awards show. In addition to Lee's award, the film Sunny in the Dark (where Lee was also part of the cast) was presented with two other awards so they have the special spotlight for this year.

• LIFF Grand Jury Prize - Sunny in the Dark, Directed by Courtney Ware

• LIFF 2015 Director Award - Positive, Directed by Paul Merryman
• 2015 LIFF Pick - Crossing Streets, Marc A. Hutchins
• Best US Narrative Feature Film - The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man, Directed by Josh Hope
• Best US Documentary Feature Film - 20 Years of Madness, Directed by Jeremy Royce
• Best US Short Film - Jacob Stone, Directed by Roya Aryanpad

• Best International Narrative Feature Film - Kushuthara, Pattern of Love, Directed by KARMA DEKI
• Best International Documentary Feature Film - The Hands That Hold The World, Directed by Troup Wood
• Best International Short Film - The Gift, Directed by Lisa Belcher
• Tropicana Award - Best University Film - Nirvana, Directed by Maor Winetrob
• Best University Film (LIFF) - Wildflower, Directed by Nicolas Scroggins
• Best Drama Film - STOP, Directed by Gabriel De Santi
• Fest Comedy Film - Natural Insemination, Directed by Crosby Selander
• Best Short Documentary - A Certain Kind of Light, Directed by Brandon Vedder
• Best Thriller - Awaiting, Directed by Mark Murphy
• Best Horror Film - Adaline, Directed by Bidisha Chowdhury
• Best Noir Short Film - The Detectives of Noir Town, Directed by Andrew Chambers
• Best Noir Feature Film - The Beautiful Ones, Directed by Jesse Johnson

• Best Spoof Film - Directors on Directing, Damien Patrik
• Best Lead Actor - Ross McCall, The Beautiful Ones
• Best Lead Actress - Hannah Ward, Sunny in the Dark
• Best Ensemble Cast - Non-Stop to Comic-Con, Directed by Randy Van Dyke
• Best Storytelling - The Boy with a Camera for a Face, Directed by Spencer Brown
• Best Cinematic Achievement - Kandiyohi, Directed by Nicholas A. Engen
• Outstanding Production Value - Battalion, Directed by Dmitriy Meskhiev
• Best Music Video - Lessons in Life, Directed by Michael Nicklin
• Best Experiemental Work - Glimpse, Arnon Shorr
• Best Animation - Fallen Angel, Directed by Robbie Robertson
• Best Soundtrack - Best Man in the Dark, Directed by Alfred Padilla
• Best Web-Series - The Source, Directed by Vincenzo Carubia
• Best Local Film - Hitman, Elona Lorraine
• Honorable Mention - Benjamin Troubles, Directed by Kai Ephron

• Special Recognition - The Third Love, Directed by Michael Tanji
• Filmmaking for Humanity Award - Picking up the Pieces, Directed by Joshua Tebeau
• LIFF "Big Dreams" Award in memory of Dave Davidson - Brian Brown

• Harry "Bud" Holland Award - Ron Hanson
• MMBF "Rising Star" Award - LaJuan Johnson

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The winners for these categories are posted following the conclusion of the festival showings.  This will be updated once announcements are made.
Audience Choice Award - Feature Film
Audience Choice Award - Short Film

"Stay tuned for more updates and information and if you have films, shorts, music videos, or any other film productions, YOU MUST SUBMIT to this festival because you have no idea what you are missing until you attend and participate.  This is going to be on our calendar for as long as this festival will exist.  Hopefully that will be forever!!!" - And this is exactly what we said last year and we still feel the same.


To find out what you missed and to get involved with the awesome Laughlin International Film Festival for next year 2016 (October 13 - 16, 2016 - yes we know the dates already), go to their sponsor page www.laughlinfilmfestival.com or send a direct email to info@laughlinfilmfestival.com, submissions@laughlinfilmfestival.com, finance@laughlinfilmfestival.com .

Coverage by Eva Louis