2018 Sonny
Award Winners
Official Selections to 2018 Sonscreen Film Festival
DRAMATIC SHORT
She Isn’t Here
The Chocolate Shop
Question I Imagine My Black Daughter Will Ask Me
Shortstop
Chiaroscuro
You Can’t Save Everyone
A Madness in Me
Little Daylight
D’arline
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Sisterly
Zahra
Greensill Groove
My Faith My Fro: Hair I Am
Native ISO
Connections
A Different God
Issues
What SMing Is Really Like
COMEDY SHORT FILM
Who Framed Lyndon Johnson
Anne With an E
Senior Year
Still Senior Year
At Grainger
The Survivalist
ANIMATED SHORT
Ila
Satellite
The Answer
Paige’s Pastel
A Brief Power Struggle
Rock Hazard
Le Petit Oberservateur
ART/EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
125 Pounds
Victory
Bear Market
Genesis
Anonymity
Numb
Learning to Swim
HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
Ha’awi Aloha
The Life of Earl
The Fool’s Prayer
Living
The Backyard Beekeper
Hiddin Color
The Awakening
Tech Zombies
You’re It
2018 Sonny Award Honorees
BEST IN FESTIVAL AWARD
• Sisterly (Nina Vallado)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
• Sisterly (Nina Vallado)
JURY SELECTION AWARD
• Genesis (Julian Ybarra)
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT AWARD
• She Isn’t Here (Michelle Noland)
Dramatic Short, Honorable Mention
•The Chocolate Shop (Vester Banner III)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT AWARD
• Sisterly (Nina Vallado)
Documentary Short Honorable Mention
• Zahra (Sarah Tan)
BEST COMEDY SHORT AWARD
• Who Framed Lyndon Johnson (Andrew Hansen)
Comedy Short Honorable Mention
• Anne With an E (Sarah Tan)
BEST ART EXPERIMENTAL AWARD
• 125 Pounds (Joshua Martin)
Art/Experimental Honorable Mention
• Victory (Morgan Sanker)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT AWARD
• Ila (Kit Clements and Kacey Layson)
Animated Short Honorable Mention
• Satellite (Yuta Higuchi)
BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT AWARD
• Ha’awi Aloha (Kayli Pascal-Martinez)
High School Short Honorable Mention
• The Life of Earl (Arik Amodeo)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
• Joshua Martin (125 Pounds)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AWARD
• Vester Banner III (The Chocolate Shop)
SONSCREEN VISION AWARD
• Debra Brill