2017 CFC

2017

""Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's
mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." - George Orwell

Playlist of 2017 Selections

Full Playlist of Entries

Jury Award
First Place
"Already Gone"
by Kristen Hansen
(Key Collaborator - Katie Oliver)

Adi Shankar
Development Prize
"Abolisher"
by Dan Koontz
(Key Collaborator - James Henderson)

Shout! Factory
Genre Filmmaker of the Future Award
"Misfortune"
by Marco Ragozzino
(Key Collaborator - Ben Jorgensen)

Jury Award, Runner Up - "Abolisher" by Dan Koontz
Jury Award, Honorable Mention - "Misfortune" by Marco Ragozzino

Collaborator Award First Place
Roxanna Kaye

Collaborator Award Runner Up
Marianthe Bezzerides

Collaborator Award Honorable Mention
Raymond-Kym Suttle

Best Writing - First Place
"Clocked"
Shawn Kathryn Kane

Best Writing - Runner Up
"She and He"
Shawn Kathryn Kane

Best Use of Quote - First Place
"Faith"
by Mragendra Singh

Best Use of Quote - Runner Up
"The Fine Line"
by Christophe Oishi

Best Comedic Acting
First Place
Irena Murphy
"Clocked"

Best Comedic Acting
Runner Up
Aaron Himel
"Abolisher"

Best Dramatic Acting
First Place
Kristen Hansen
"Already Gone"

Best Dramatic Acting
Runner Up
Shawn Kathryn Kane
"The Fine Line"

Best Technical Achievement
First Place
"Super Idiots"
by Rich Wilkie

Best Technical Achievement
Runner Up
"Clocked"
by Ryan Graff

Best Set Photo
"Dick Regan"
by Nickolas Gilbert

2017 Judges

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.

Lauren Craniotes

Lauren Craniotes is a veteran Hollywood Producer and accomplished film executive. She formerly worked at Warner Bros and is also a producer of independent film. Currently, Lauren is the Vice President of Production at Sony Stage 6.

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.

Jordana Mollick

Jordana Mollick is a partner at Haven Entertainment in Los Angeles where she manages writers & directors and produces films, plays, television, and digital media.

At Haven, Jordana most recently produced HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS starring Sally Field and directed by Michael Showalter, which was distributed by Roadside Attractions and Sony Worldwide and played in theaters nationwide. She also Executive Produced NIGHT OWLS starring Adam Pally and Rosa Salazar, which was distributed by MGM. Jordana was also the recent recipient of the Piaget Producer’s Award at the 2017 Spirit Awards.

Jordan Fields

For the past ten years, Jordan Fields has led Shout Factory’s acquisitions team, seeking and negotiating for TV and Film properties to distribute theatrically, digitally and physically. Jordan has also played an instrumental role in Shout’s evolution from a home video distributor into a full-fledged media company, running point on acquisitions for their digital and OTT channel Shout Factory TV and on their expansion into original productions.

Jordan was Acquisitions Manager at Rhino Entertainment before joining Shout Factory, where he managed the Mystery Science Theater 3000 releases, ultimately bringing that successful property over to Shout Factory in 2008. From 1999-2004 Jordan worked as a screenwriter on film and tv projects for Paramount, Fox TV, MTV and Imagine TV.

Jeremy Whitham

Jeremy Whitham is a veteran executive and producer with more than 15 years of experience helping to develop successful formats for television. Jeremy is the first-ever executive hired and tasked with heading up original series development for Shout! Factory, where he recently oversaw development of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot for Netflix and is also in active development on additional series reboots including Starcade.
Previously, Jeremy spent more than 6 years at BBC Worldwide Productions as a key executive with the company’s first LA-based development team responsible for producing series including Dancing with the Stars, The Office and Doctor Who. Next, Jeremy was VP of Development at Smart Dog Media, where he helped to develop and produce on-air series formats for NBC, Syfy, Food Network, and History Channel – including Syfy’s innovative social experiment Opposite Worlds and Robot Combat League, the world’s first-ever giant fighting robots reality competition.