The winners were announced for the Dances with Films (DWF) Film Festival at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.  

This year’s Competition Winners were:

Feature Competition

-Grand Jury Prize – FRAY (Director/Writer – Geoff Ryan, Producer – Jodi Redmond)

-Honorable Mention – SMALL CREATURES  (Director/Writer/Producer – Martin Wallace)

-Audience Award  – DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (Director – Iris Almaraz w/Guest Director Gustavo Ramos, Writers – Iris Almaraz & Gustavo Ramos, Producer – Joey Mendez)

Documentary Competition

-Audience Award – THE EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT (Director – Ben Popik, Writers – Chioke Nassor, Joel Clark, Adam Conover, Dave Segal, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Producers – Margaret Laney & Ben Popik)

Fusion Short

-Audience Award – HI, LILLIAN (Director – Mike Lemcke, Writers – Mike Lemcke & Grant Lyon, Producer – Grant Lyon)

Fusion Feature

-Audience Award – SHOWBOYS (Director -Johnny Soto, Writers – Johnny Soto & Jeff Garner, Producer – Diana Vu)

Short Competition

-Grand Jury Prize – CRESCENDO (Director/Writer/Produer – Alonso Alvarez Barreda)

-Honorable Mention – A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOUR CATS (Director/Producer – Jeffrey Williams, Writer/Producer – Dan Greenberger)

-Audience Award – TEN DOLLAR COVER (Director – Bubba Carr, Writers – Bubba Carr & LC Crowley & Grayson Hunter, Producers – LC Crowley & Michelle Keller 

For its 2nd year, DWF gives an ICA (Industry Choice Award) to a filmmaker juried by this years industry luminaries Mark Ordesky (LORD OF THE RINGS Exec. Producer/Amber Ent.), Steven Wegner (THE BLIND SIDE/Alcon Ent.), Mike Macari (THE RING I & II, 

Macari/Edelstein) and Tracy Bing(MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK).  

This year’s ICA Award goes to 2 films:  

-INTO THE WAKE (Director – John Mossman, Writers/Producers -Tim Miller & John Mossman)

-CRESCENDO (Director/Writer/Produer – Alonso Alvarez Barreda)

For its 6th year, Canon sponsor’s DWF’s 2 MINUTE, 2 STEP SHORT FILM CHALLENGE which brings 6 filmmmaking teams together as they are given just 4 hours to shoot and edit a two minute film.

This year’s 2 MINUTE, 2 STEP SHORT FILM CHALLENGE winner is:

-CRIME IN A BOX by Jeff Lorch and Jason Weissbrod

For more info about the festival, visit their website at