Vintage: The Best of Crush 2018
Congratulations to our 2018 WWMC award winners! Our distinguished jury named the following recipients:
Best Narrative Short
Winner
CONTROL
d. Kimmy Gatewood
Other nominees:
CAROLINE (Logan George & Celine Held)
EMERGENCY (Carey Williams)
MAGIC BULLET (Amanda Lovejoy Street)
WYRM (Christopher Winterbauer)
Best Documentary Short
Winner
STYROFOAM COLLECTOR
d. Noah Sheldon
Other nominees:
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HEARD (Joe Callander, Jason Tippett)
FACE NEW YORK (Erin Sanger)
MAURITANIA RAILWAY: THE BACKBONE OF THE SAHARA (Macgregor)
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY (Lucy Walker)
Best Animated Short
Winner
NEGATIVE SPACE
d. Max Porter & Ru Kuwahara
Other nominees:
COKE HABIT (Dress Code)
DRAWN & RECORDED: CHEMIROCHA (Drew Christie)
TWO BALLOONS (Mark Smith)
WINSTON (Aram Sarkisian)
Best Student Short
Winner
REQUIEM FOR MR. CROMWELL
d. Theo Taplitz
Other nominees:
ART OF MEMORIES (Kate Graves)
CONFINED (the Zavitsanos brothers)
DENIAL (Alina Foley)
FIND A WAY (Tomas Reyes)
Best Performance
Winner (Tie)
Dale Dickey
LAST REQUESTS
Winner (Tie)
Rosemarie DeWitt
MAGIC BULLET
Other nominees:
Piercey Dalton, A FOREMAN
Tony Grayson, ALLEN ANDERS: LIVE AT THE COMEDY CASTLE ca. 1987
Celine Held, CAROLINE
Nardeep Khurmi, PAGG
Molly Parker, MAGIC BULLET
Best Screenplay
Winner
DISFLUENCY
Anna Baumgarten
Other nominees:
BLACK CHICKS (Neil LaBute)
EMERGENCY (Carey Williams)
MAGIC BULLET (Amanda Lovejoy Street)
'TIL DEATH DO US PART (Lindsay Stidham)
Curator’s Choice
Winner
MAGIC BULLET
d. Amanda Lovejoy Street
Audience Award
Winner (Tie)
LAST REQUESTS
d. Courtney Johnson
Winner (Tie)
TWO BALLOONS
d. Mark C. Smith
The Audience Award is determined by a weighted ballot vote solely from our Iron Ass Jury - audience members who watched every single film at the 2018 Movie Crush -- thus making this the only true Audience Favorite award on the film festival circuit. These members are:
Hap Enzi
Beth Gavigan
Leslie Gavigan
Charlie Hafenbrack
Linda Hoyt
Steven Kliewe
Diana Knauf-Levidow
Björn Levidow
Vance Malone
Emil Markovitch
Tatiana Markovitch
Dave Merlino
Sarah Michelson
Leroy Novaria
Don Roff
Cathy Simmons
Woody Simmons
Bill Szuch
Bonnie Szuch
Jeffrey Townsend
Kim Viscio