2016
"Democracy is the idea that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard." - H.L. Mencken
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Playlist of 2016 Selections
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Jury Award First Place
"Kill Rudy Kill" by Brian Groh (Key Collaborator - Julien Lasseur) |
Jury Award Runner Up
"Couple's Therapy" by LT Chang (Key Collaborator - Caitlin Kelly Singh) |
Jury Award Third Place
"Outsider" by Adam Finley (Key Collaborator - Roxanna Kaye) |
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Collaborator Award First Place
Steven Frazier 
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Collaborator Award Runner Up
Andrea Ridgeway 
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Collaborator Award Honorable Mention
Roxanna Kaye 
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Best Writing
First Place "American Oxycution" by Anthony Sherritt |
Best Writing
Runner Up "Outsider" by Adam Finley |
Best Use of Quote
"Just Dessert" by Gena Shaw |
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Best Comedic Acting
First Place Brian Groh "Kill Rudy Kill" 
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Best Comedic Acting
Runner Up Zehra Fazal "Birthday Pari" 
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Best Dramatic Acting
First Place Julia Gallagher "Mastermind" 
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Best Dramatic Acting
Runner Up Adalgiza Chermont "The Gifting Tree" 
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Best Technical Achievement
First Place "That's How it's Done" by LT Chang |
Best Technical Achievement
Runner Up "A Good Hard Night" by Guy Toam and Jay Sharron |
Best Set Photo
"Votocracy" by RaymondKym Suttle 
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2016 Judges
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Luke Rivett
Luke Rivett is a talent manager from Anonymous Content, famous for award winning films such as Spotlight, Birdman, and the Revenant and TV shows such as Mr. Robot and True Detective.
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Tim Minear
Tim Minear is a veteran television writer, producer, and director. His credits include executive producing Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse alongside Joss Whedon, showrunning the acclaimed series Terriers, Wonderfalls, and Drive, and writing for The X-Files, Lois & Clark, and Zorro. He currently serves as executive producer on American Horror Story.
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Adi Shankar
Adi Shankar is a producer, director and YouTube personality best known for being the youngest producer to have a number one film at the North American box office with The Grey. He is executive producer of Lone Survivor, Dredd, Killing Them Softly, and A Walk Among the Tombstones among other films.
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Barry Katz
Barry Katz is a legendary comedy manager and producer. Known for launching the careers of Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Dane Cook, Tracy Morgan, and Whitney Cummings, among others. Katz has executive produced over 50 different TV specials, documentaries, reality programs, and scripted shows including NBC’s Whitney, Fox’s Action, HBO’s Tourgasm, and 7 seasons of the Emmy-nominated Last Comic Standing.
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Karen Forman
Karen Forman is a talent manager who represents about 20 actors and several writers through her own firm, Karen Forman Management. She formerly an agent during which time she represented hundreds of actors including Rachel Leigh Cook, Walton Goggins, Nick Cannon, Hillary Swank, Mariska Hargitay and many more.
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Mragendra Singh
Winner of the 2015 Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge for his short film, The Report, Mragendra is a director, producer, and writer whose work has garnered attention and shown in numerous film festivals. He is the co-founder of 19th Cloud Productions.
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