Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Animated Film - Samuel
By Petra KraÅ¡evec, Neža Å ivec, Petra DrevenÅ¡ek, Tina Kobal, UrÅ¡a Rahne, Eva Zagoriānik, Lene LekÅ¡e, Astrid Magajna, Jaka Cerar, Tonja Bjelāeviā, MaruÅ¡a Vehovar, MaruÅ¡a Vehovar, Slovenia:Â
A story about a young artist Samuel with a big imagination.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Cinematography - Domar: To Tame
By Benjamin Ades, USA/Uruguay:
A short portrait of a horse tamer and instructor from Uruguay and his passion for taming.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Cinematography Acceptance Video Benjamin Ades, USA
Filmmaker Benjamin Ades was unable to make it to the festival this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Comedy - #YOUAREDEAD
By James Serpico and Luis Garza, USA:
It's Friday. Hailey and Sarah are in for the night. They sit on the couch together comfortably, watching television. Suddenly, Sarah's phone dings, she looks at her phone to see a creepy snapchat from her friend. Sarah and Hailey reply, dragging them into a series of disturbing snapchats with a user called SerialKiller69.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Direction - Boy
By Lucas Helth Postma and Olivia Karoline Floe Lyng, Denmark:
The short film Boy is about the girl Emilie, whose wish is to be a boy. Sadly her mother doesn't wish the same. Throughout the film we experience her attempts to convince the world that she's trapped in the wrong body.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Direction Acceptance Video Lucas Helth Postma, Denmark
Filmmaker Lucas Helth Postma was unable to make it to the festival from Denmark this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Documentary - Family Under The Roof
By Michael Deng, USA/China:
Family Under the Roof tells the story of the boy Yong Wang, a very tough twelve-year-old 'young man', whose mother died from an accident and whose family struggles with extreme poverty. The boy reads aloud a letter he wrote to his mama throughout the whole film.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Documentary Acceptance Video Michael Deng
Filmmaker Michael Deng was unable to make it to the festival this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Drama - Aftermatch
By Adam Paaske, Denmark:
Niklas is a seventeen-year-old boy who is going to fight his biggest match. His coach will accept no less than victory. Niklas has a grandmother whom he loves more than anybody, a grandmother who always treats him with love. When Niklas goes to the match, his telephone rings, grandmother is at the hospital.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Editing - Insects
By MinJae Kim, South Korea:
A loose narrative centered around a man who cannot escape from a wave of nightmares.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Editing Acceptance Video MinJae Kim, South Korea
Filmmaker MinJae Kim was unable to make it to the festival this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Experimental Film - This Home Is Not Empty
By Carol Nguyen, Canada:
A personal film questioning the 'lies you tell yourself' through a metaphorical lens.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Experimental Film Acceptance Video Carol Nguyen, Canada
Filmmaker Carol Nguyen was unable to make it to the festival this year, so she sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Horror - Missing Facts
By Srwsht Abarash, Iraq:
Before The Terrorists take over Shengal city a family traveled there and Isis attacked. The family was killed, only one brother escaped.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Horror Acceptance Video Srwsht Abarash, Iraq
Filmmaker Srwsht Abarash was unable to make it to the festival this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Made In Vermont - The Yellow Block
By Harrison Allen, USA:
The friendship between two young boys is strained when an influential new kid moves to town.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Music Video - Moollz - Astro Naught
By Katie Speare and Sacha Lin, USA:
A woman takes to the skies to find love. Music by Moollz. Editing by Katie Speare. Cinematography by Sacha Lin. Copyright Harvard-Westlake 2016.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Music Video Acceptance Video Katie Speare, USA
Filmmaker Katie Speare was unable to make it to the festival this year, so he sent in an acceptance video...
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Overall Film - Spell
By Isabella Olaguera, USA:
An experimental film commenting on fleeting youth and growing up to meet other people's expectations.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best PSA - One More Swing
By Frontier Middle School Marketing Class, USA:
When you try and fail, it is the right time to take one more swing.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best PSA Acceptance Video Frontier Middle School, USA
Calvin Barnum, the Instructor of the Frontier Middle School Marketing Class WAS in attendance during Scout Film Festival weekend 2016 and was able to accept the trophy for his students in person, but we asked him to send a video as well to accompany their film on the channel.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Screenplay - These Thin Walls
By Sam Friedman, Max Harrison and Annaliese Rozos, USA:
This film explores the relationship between two neighbors after discovering they can talk through the thin walls that separate their apartments.
Scout Film Festival 2016 Winner Best Screenplay Acceptance Video Sam Friedman, USA
Sam Friedman WAS in attendance during Scout Film Festival weekend 2016 and was able to accept his trophy in person, but we asked him to send a video as well to accompany his film on the channel.