SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS
MPAC ACTIVISM AWARD (Social Awareness)
DANIEL MONTOYA for the Documentary 'him' (TX)
FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER AWARD
FOROUZAN JALAIL for GLOOMY GREEN (Iran)
YOUNG FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT
MICHAEL MYLES HAYES
Nine (9) year old Writer and Director of BEAST FACTOR (TX)
2018 MPAC FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
BEST STUDENT SHORT
SNACK LIST by Alyce Rogers (FL)
BEST STUDENT SHORT (Honorable Mention)
BEAST FACTOR by Michael Myles Hayes (TX)
BEST FAMILY FILM
CONNECTED by Christopher Satola (CA)
BEST FAMILY FILM (Honorable Mention)
THE RING by Brandon Curless, Eric Jones, and Lea Jones (TX)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
FIFO by Sacha Ferbus (Belgium)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
'him' by Daniel Montoya (TX)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE SALVATION by Christopher Satola (CA)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Honorable Mention)
THAT SMELL by Kyle Lavore (NY)
BEST COMEDIC SHORT - ROMANTIC COMEDY
MIXED SIGNALS by Tracie Laymon (TX)
BEST COMEDIC SHORT - DARK COMEDY
WHITE PICKETT FENCE by Jacqueline King-Howell (TX)
BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER
DAVID by LaKisha Lemons (TX)
BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER (Honorable Mention)
MUGARTHIRAI (MASK) by Harish Gokul (India)
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT
TAPFERKEIT by Joseph (Tim) Quinn (UT)
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT (Honorable Mention)
A SHORT STORY ABOUT LOVE by Christopher Satola (CA)
BEST DIRECTOR
LAKISHA LEMONS for the Suspense/Thriller DAVID (TX)
BEST DIRECTOR (Honorable Mention)
DANIEL MONTOYA for the Documentary 'him' (TX)
And, with unanimous recommendations from 11 judges and 8 AWARD WORTHY nominations, the MPAC Film Festival Award for BEST IN FEST goes to...
DAVID by LaKISHA LEMONS!!
