2018 OUFF Official Winners

GRAND JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Winner Decathlon Of Music Entertainment Award for Composers & Arrangers
Honoring Dunn Pearson Jr. for his LifeTime Achievements in film, televison and as a composer, arranger, pianist, producer and artist.  “Docudrama Unhinged”, Producer

Phenomenal Woman Director In Film Award

Grand Jury Winner Phenomenal Woman Director In Film Award: Honoring                        Dr. Florence Alexander, Director – “Harry T. Moore: The Martyr Who Paved The Way For The Civil Rights Movement”

Grand Jury Winner Rising Director: Best Feature Film Honoring                                                 ”The Season” – James Hunter, Director and Amanda Marquis, Co-Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Documentary Film                                                                            “The Groveland Four” Keith Salkowski – Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Innovative Short Film
“Missy’s Musical Misadventure” –  Gerald Jackson Jr.- Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Sci-Fi Short Film
“Gramma”  – Demarcus Brown, Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Web Series
“Lost Kings”  –  Terrance Smalls, Jr., Director

Grand Jury Winner Best  Narrative Short Film                                                                              “Crescent” – Edward Worthy, Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Music Video
“Beauty Queen” –  Joey Lamar Ashley, Director

Grand Jury Winner Best Gospel Music Video                                                                      “Echo” – William B. Morris, Recording Artist

Grand Jury Winner Best Screen Play Surprise
“Letters To My Father” – Mike Ray, Writer

STAR AWARDS – “Official Selections”

Best Dramatic Short
“Unreported Crime” – Sam Kench, Director

Best Dramatic Screen Play
“The Whispering” – Terri Bea-Sopher, Writer

Best Sci-Fi Screen Play
“Cozen”  – Ricky Tyree, Writer

SPECIAL STAR AWARDS 

Steinway Piano Student Recital Awards and

Three Top Student Pianist to be Awarded A Star Award

Amrak Movie Project 

Three Top Student Actors and Artists to be Awarded A Star Award

Legacy Artists Award

Chubb Rock, Hip-Hop Artist – “Treat ‘Em Right” – Hit Song

Documentary Films Screenings – Friday Opening Night

On Friday, May 25 Opening Night, 2018 OUFF OUFF will host, Life and Death: Through Glaring Eyes, a series of independent documentary film screenings about African American History in the State of Florida.

“Harry T. Moore: The Martyr Who Paved The Way For The Civil Rights Movement“ – Dr. Florence Alexander, Director

“The Groveland Four” – Keith Salkowski, Director, Producer and Writer and Executive Producer National Productions WUCF Central Florida PBS.

“The Arthur G. Dozier Reform School For Boys” – Duane Fernandez, Director.

“Our Darkest Hour: The Trayvon Martin Story” – Anthony B. Major, Associate Professor, UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media.

Honorable Mention Features 

“Faces of Deceit” – Michael Angelo, Director
“One Bedroom” – Darien Sills-Evans, Director
“ShadeTree Mechanics” – Donald Hollowell, Director
“Eneme” – Trevor Ball, Director and Robert Vickers, Director
“Forced Orphans” – V N Aditya, Director

 Honorable Mention Short Films

“Intercept” – Jackie_Stone, Director
“Door To Purgatory” – Alexandra Balda, Director
“The Jar” – Carleton Rodgers, Director
“Last Goodbye” – Petra Tressler, Director

Honorable Mention Documentary Short Films

“Swag Check” – Roosevelt Merisier, Director

 Honorable Mention Web Series
“Brownsville” – Dawntavia Bullard

Honorable Mention Screenplays
“Black Starr: Birth of a Supernova” – Charlene Jones, Writer                                        “Kingpin of the Hood” – Ron Chepesiuk, Writer