2015 Borrego Springs Film Festival Winners
Best Documentary: TAKING MY PARENTS TO BURNING MAN
written & directed by Joel Ashton McCarthy & Bryant H. Boesen
Best Narrative Feature: FRAGMENTED, written by Wendy Elford-Argent; directed by Douglas Elford-Argent
Best Animation: JUNK GIRL [based on a poem by Tim Burton] , Directed by Mohammad Zare & Shalale Kheiri
Best Latino Film: SIN FRONTERAS / WITHOUT BORDERS, written & directed by Giorgio Serafini
Best Short: SALTON, written & directed by: Emily Sandifer
Peoples Choice: SONS OF AFRICA, written by Robert Litz; directed by James Becket
2015 Films
Documentary Feature
TAKING MY PARENTS TO BURNING MAN,, written & directed by Joel Ashton McCarthy, Bryant H. Boesen
SOMEONE YOU LOVE: The HPV Epidemic, written by Mark Hefti; directed by Frederic Lumiere
SONS OF ARFICA, written by Robert Litz; directed by James Becket
FURTHEST FROM THE WILD, written by Sam Tello; directed by Alex Tello
SCARRED LANDS AND WOUNDED LIVES, written & directed by Alice & Lincoln Day
Narrative Feature
FRAGMENTED, written by Wendy Elford-Argent; directed by Douglas Elford-Argent
IF-THEN SCENARIO, written by Burt Peachy & Denny Dey, directed by Gina Bikales
TABLE 47, written by Michael Brody; directed by Jeff Kingery
KAPTARA, Written by Patrick Canning and James de Ciutiis; directed by Patrick Canning
Short Feature
THE GAMBLER, written & directed by Kyle McNally
SALTON, written & directed by Emily Sandifer
HANA, written by Don Riemer; directed by Bunee Tomlinson
FROM EVA WITH LOVE, written & directed by Norman Gregory McGuire
THE BETTER HALF, written by Alicia Jordan; directed by Michael D. Witman
MY HEART, written & directed by Yaser Talebi
PAST IMPULSE, written & directed by Michael Rossi
THE DEBT, written Mahmoud Shoolizadeh & Richard Levine; directed by Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
JORDAN’S JACKHAMMER, written by Carol Deminski; directed by Hiroshi Hara
IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN, written by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre, directed by Sanjay Patel
LUFTSCHLOSS, written & directed Benedikt Gross
SOMEBODY’S MOTHER, written & directed by Mandy Fabian
MOPPET, written & directed
TIDES, written & directed by Amelia Burnatowski
STORIES OF ALYX AND ANTON, written & directed by Calum Smith
A BOY’S PRAYER, written by Chao Koi-Wang, Chen Yi-ru; directed by Chao Koi-Wang
ALIEN COMMUNICATIONS, written by Kurtis Theorin; directed by Kurtis Theorin, Kris Theorin
LONG DISTANCE, written by Matthew Nothelfer; directed by Matthew Nothelfer, Alicia Wszelaki
THE LEGEND OF PEG LEG’S LEG, written & directed by Devin Scott
SKY IS NOT EMPTY!, written & directed by Yaser Talebi
NOT ANYMORE: A STORY OF REVOLUTION, written & directed by Matthew VanDyke
SHARIA, written & directed by Anouar H. Smaine
Animation
THE COLLECTOR, written by Zachary Green, James Grace, David Martingale; directed by Zachary Green
JUNK GIRL, based on a poem by Tim Burton; written by Shalale Kheiri; directed by Mohammad Zare, Shalale Kheiri
BIG BAG, written& directed by Ricardo Martin Coloma
TREASURE NEST, written & directed by Meng Chwen (Joy) Tien & Allison Botkin
UNE BALADE A LA ME, written & directed by Damien Stein
COLORS, written & directed by Jacob Hood
Latino Films
SIN FRONTERAS/WITHOUT BORDERS, written & directed by Giorgio Serafini
LA MAREA, written & directed by Gabriela Lozada Pozo
EL CORREDOR, written & directed by L.W. Thomas