The winner of this year’s Audience Choice Award is “Mother, Mine” by Susan Everett. And coming in second place was “Twitch” by Leah Meyerhoff. Lastly, tied for third were three films; “A Refugee, You Again, and The Space Between”. Thank you again to all who participated and our sponsors.

The RCWA chose Leah Meyerhoff’s film Twitch as the winner of the Best Woman Director at the 2006 West Chester Film Festival.

Check out the profile of Twitch on their website.

A Sundance Lab finalist, UNICORNS tells the story of an awkward teenage girl who escapes to a fantasy world when her first romantic relationship turns increasingly abusive. Writer/Director Leah Meyerhoff is a Student Academy Award finalist and Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winning NYU grad. Her short films have screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen international awards, and are currently airing on IFC, LOGO and MTV. Executive produced by Allison Anders (Things Behind the Sun, Gas Food Lodging) and produced by Alexis Fish (Shortbus) and Heather Rae (2008 Sundance winner Frozen River) UNICORNS was recently accepted into IFP’s Emerging Narratives program.

Full list of Independent Film Week honors:

Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grant: “A Thing as Big as the Ocean,” directed by Joseph Cashiola

Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant: “Sorry, Thanks,” directed by Dia Sokol

Kodak Grand Jury Screenwriting Prize: “Walrus Eating Baloney,” written by Benjamin Bates

Fledgling Fund Award for Socially Conscious Documentaries: “The Promise of Freedom,” directed by Beth Murphy

Panasonic Digital Filmmaking Grants: Damian Lahey and Ian Ogden for “Child in the Dark; J.P. Chan for “Chinos y Negros”; Pascal Leister and Nissar Modi for “Gringo Bay”; Leah Meyerhoff for “Unicorns“; and Shiva Ramanathan for “The Unseen”

Grand Prize Winners of the Panasonic Digital Filmmaking Grants: Annie Howell for “The Black Kid,” Susan Youssef for “Habibi Rasak Kharban,” Matthew Porterfield for “Metal Gods.”

Awards Ceremony
Saturday June 7 2008 6:00pm
1755 North Highland Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028

More information is available here

January 11 2008
Box[ur]shorts Film Festival Awards Ceremony
The New Beverly Cinema
Los Angeles, CA

A diverse panel of judges is currently voting on all movies in competition and the best shorts will be presented in form of a count-down screening during an hour and a half long program in January. This year’s judges include: CBS’ “Moonlight” actress Sophia Myles, moviegoer “audience” teams in New York and Switzerland, industry critic Izumi Hasegawa, and the ’06 box[ur]shorts™ winner, writer-director Kerrie Scher.

Besides the Golden, Silver, and Bronze box[ur]shorts™ Awards, online voting is still ongoing and you can collect as many votes from the audience as possible. The short film with the most “thumbs up!” votes will be screened during the Awards Night and receive the prestigious box[ur]shorts™ Audience Choice Award.

Film title: Team Queen
Directed by: Leah Meyerhoff
Produced by: Leah Meyerhoff, Monica Hoenig, Josh Winkler
Cinematography by: Cary Fukunaga
Cast: Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz, Scotty the Blue Bunny
Synopsis: A gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling, post-punk rock
‘n roll prom!
Genre: music video
Running time: 3 min
Country of production: USA
Programmed during: Winter 2007
Qualifies for student film award: yes

Vote online here

Leah Meyerhoff (TEAM QUEEN), Lily Medville


Leah Meyerhoff (TEAM QUEEN), Karen Gehres (BEGGING NAKED), Jerry Rapp (MOJAVE PHONE BOOTH)

Lily Medville, Leah Meyerhoff (TEAM QUEEN)

The Giraffes

Leah Meyerhoff (TEAM QUEEN), Lily Medville

*check out some other Evil City photos from the filmmaker panel and various festival parties as well!

Q CINEMA’S 2007 Q AWARD WINNERS

Best Music Video
“Team Queen” directed by Leah Meyerhoff

Best Lesbian Dramatic Short
“Flowers at the Park” directed by Mariel Macia

Best Gay Dramatic Short (TIE)
“Solace” directed by Michaline Babich
AND
“Signage” directed by Rick Hammerly

Best Lesbian Comedic Short
“The Incredible Dyke” directed by Kurt Koehler & James Edward Quinn

Best Gay Comedic Short
“Division III” directed by Marshall Cook

Best Documentary
“Straight Into Gay American” directed by Jennifer Ting

Best Lesbian Feature
“Itty Bitty Titty Committee” directed by Jamie Babbit

Best Gay Feature
“A Four Letter Word” directed by Casper Andreas

Best Overall Feature
“The Gymnast” directed by Ned Farr

The Shawn A. Moore Prize
“Truths & Transformations” directed by Caren Block & Paula Dowd

The Dallas Voice Audience Choice Award
“Laughing Matters … The Men” directed by Andrea Meyerson

Next Magazine & DList present The 2007 Pill Awards (Best of ADD-TV,
Season 4). Hosted by Peaches Christ. Performances by:
CAZWELL, ZHANA, MICHAEL M, KEVIN CAHOON & GHETTO COWBOY, LA’MADY, THE ONES. Pill Presenters – Peppermint, Ari
Gold, Jonny McGovern, Sweetie, Davey Makout, Josh Zuckerman, Triple
Creme, Daniel Nardiccio, Carmella Cann, Matthew Duffy, Naked Highway,
Nita Aviance, Jay McCarroll, Michael Formika Jones, Athena Reich,
Gisele, Francis Legge, Reed McGowan, Bridgette Everett, Mother Juan
Aviance, Clover Honey, Ken Kleiber, & THE HOUSE OF NINJA.

The Grand Jury Awards:
Best Feature: My Life As An Underdog (Boris Gavrilovic & Leon Martin)
Best Short: Cox & Combes’ Washington (Brad Neely)
Best Comedy Short: The Illusionators (Jason Woliner/Human Giant)
Best Documentary Short: Scenic Highway (Evan Mather)
Best Experimental Short: All That Remains (Stephanie Maxwell & Michaela Eremiasova)
Best Music Video: Team Queen (Leah Meyerhoff)
Best Animation: Birdstate (Geoff Adams)