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Dear Filmmakers, Writers, and Supporters,

Near, Far, and In-between, thank you for everyone who helped make Fan Film Awards 2018 a big success.

When we first started the Fan Film Awards, we put it onto the inter webs as a call to participate in the greater nerd community. Small in it’s beginnings; it was created to draw film creators, actors, and cinephiles to join our current project at the time: Ninjacon, an anime cultural festival, that was creating a community of fans interested in the indie scene of nerd lifestyle. Four years later, we stand from less than a dozen submissions our first year to over a hundred and growing. Fan Film Awards has branched out as a strong stand alone force, molding itself into Azure Lorica’s largest yearly event. It has connected us with people from all over the globe, displaying some of the finest pieces in independent film making.

You– fellow contributor and participant is what has makes this festival so great! We simply put out the desire, but it was you that created the reason for this event to grow and thrive. On behalf of the Board and myself, we are truly humbled with your extensive response to our film festival. It’s always such a pleasure to see your actively choose to submit to us and joy to meet you when you join us for the screenings and award ceremony.

This year was was our second year at the Pasadena Central Library and Dupar’s Bakery. With such overwhelming response, we might be in need of yet another space next year to accommodate the growth of the festival. Thank you for all that made the trek by plane, car, and train to join us this year. We look forward to seeing all of you new and returning faces in the years to come. We would also like to thank the growing number of donations from old and new patrons, it is with these donations that we are able to expand the festival, and continue to carry out as a 501c3 charity. We are also grateful for our business donors who help us to create a warm and productive atmosphere for all who participate and allow us to give attention to even the minuet details.  We would also wish to draw attention to our volunteers, as this charity is entirely driven by 50+ volunteers strong: all who wish to bring art with a message to a greater community.

A very special thank you to all film creators who had submitted to the festival. I am always blown away by the beautiful work that comes pouring in from around the world. This year did not disappoint! Last but not least we would like to congratulate all of our Winners!

To continue support for the Fan Film Awards, and others events sharing the same cause, we encourage you to subscribe to our mailing list for updates on events, promotional interviews of our film winners, and other projects to come. This wraps up Fan Film Awards 2018, Azure Lorica is grateful for your continuing support to make this event and many others a reality.

Cheers!
Stefanie Warner
CEO/ Creative Director of Azure Lorica

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It is our honor to announce the winners of the FanFilm Awards 2018!

BEST PICTURE
Black Sand – A Sandman Story

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Max Payne Retribution – Fan Film

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Harley

BEST ANIMATION
Star Wars -Dark Legacy

BEST DIRECTOR
David Strano for The Cold Dance

BEST ACTRESS
Deborah Smith in The Force and the Fury

BEST ACTOR
Troy Honeysett in Superman Meets Batman

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Paul Bianchi for Deadpool The Musical

BEST COSTUME
Black Lightning: Tobias Revenge

BEST FAN REPRESENTATION
Fallout: Wasteland Survival Guide

BEST SCREENPLAY (film)
Litter-ally A Saw Parody by Beau McCombs

BEST SCRIPT (non-film)
You’re on Tumblr, Charlie Brown. by Brian Balazar

Winners of the FanFilm Awards receive their winning title in their category, their sword-award, and marketing assistance from the Azure Lorica Foundation.

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A big thank you to Mr. Dean Warner for making the awards!

We’d like to thank & recognize our Nominees

NOMINEES FOR BEST PICTURE

Litter-ally A Saw Parody
The Cold Dance
Deadpool The Musical

NOMINEES FOR BEST DIRECTOR

NOMINEES FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Deadpool The Musical
Star Wars – Dark Legacy
A Batman’s Tale: In the psychosis of  the Ventriloquist

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NOMINEES FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

NOMINEES FOR BEST ANIMATION

Prop Wars :Prop Harder
Droids a Star Wars story
Man- At- Arms

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NOMINEES FOR BEST COSTUME

Deadpool The Musical
The Force and The Fury
Fallout: Wasteland Survival Guide

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NOMINEES FOR BEST SOUNDTRACK

James O’Connell for Black Sand- A Sandman Story
Ross Bugden for The Cold Dance
Ronald Mair-Gruber for Survivors: A Star Trek Fan Production

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NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR

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NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTRESS

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NOMINEES FOR BEST FAN REPRESENTATION

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NOMINEES FOR BEST SCRIPT

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Fan Film Awards 2018 was a charity event, supporting Azure Lorica. For more information, visit: azure-lorica.org/campaigns

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We wish to thank our Sponsors & Hosts

Award Ceremony Host
EUGENE CORDELL

Sponsored Podcast
THE FAN FILM BOYZ PODCAST

1st Floor: Children’s Theater
EUGENE CORDELL

1st Floor: DRW Auditorium Host
EUGENE CORDELL

Our Honorable Judges

Stefanie Warner

Diana Keeler

Eugene Cordell

Our Producers

Eugene Cordell

Stefanie Warner

Special Thanks to FFA’18 Ensemble

And to our wonderful volunteers who’ve helped us make this event happen – Thank You!

FanFilm Awards 2018 is a film and screenplay festival, premiered at Pasadena Central Library, in Old Town Pasadena, CA, on February 6-9, 2018. Award Ceremony premiered at Du-par’s Restaurant and Bakery, in Pasadena, CA, on February 9, 2018. Produced by Azure Lorica Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 charity for the arts. For more information, please visit:

www.azure-lorica.org

Support and Sponsorship came from:

Join us for next year’s FanFilm Awards 2019!

Submissions are now open | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2019

submit film/screenplay

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Fan Film Awards 2018 was a charity event, supporting Azure Lorica. For more information, visit: azure-lorica.org/campaigns