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#OtherWorlds2017 Award Winners

 
Other Worlds Austin wrapped up its successful fourth season by announcing the 2017 winners for its Best Feature Audience Award, Best Short Audience Award (sponsored by Film Colossus), the Mary Shelley Award, the Dan O’Bannon Filmmaker Award, the Cthulhies awards, and the Screenplay Contest.

Nearly 300 films were submitted to the fourth-year festival. A passionate and engaged audience ultimately had to choose from 15 features and 28 shorts, all Austin premieres.

The Best Feature Audience Award winner for OtherWorlds2017 is the Texas premiere of GNAW, written by Jim Brennnan, Haylar Garcia, and Kathryn Gould, and directed by Haylar Garcia. This supernatural horror film follows Jennifer Conrad, a small-town girl starting over in the big city. Fleeing an abusive relationship, all she wants is a chance to begin again. But it is hard to start over when something is eating you while you sleep… one painful bite at a time.

The Best Short Audience Award winner for OtherWorlds2017 (sponsored by Film Colossus) is EINSTEIN-ROSEN, written and directed by Olga Osorio. In the summer of 1982, Teo claims he has found a wormhole. His brother Oscar does not believe him… at least not for now.
 
 
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Features/Shorts
Now until March 31st $30/$25 
April 1st to April 30th $35/$30
May 1st to June 15th $40/$35
June 16th to July 31st $50/$40
August 1st - Aug 31st $60/$50
Sept 1st - Sept 15th $70/$60
 
 
 
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The Team
 
Bears Fonté
Founder and Artistic Director 
Don Elfant
Director of Marketing and Development
Jordan Brown
Associate Artistic Director
Debbie Cerda
Programmer and Hospitality Director
Eric Harrelson
Programmer and Screenwriting Diector
Courtney Hazlett
Programmer and Director of Operations
Reid Lansford
Programmer and Registration Director
Mark Martinez
Programmer and Social Media Director
Tessa Morrison
Programmer and Outreach Director
Dan Repp
Senior Programmer and Events Director
Michael Thielvoldt
Programmer and Transport/Tour Director
 
 
 
Bears Fonté, OWA Founder and Artistic Director, speaks for the entire Other Worlds Austin team in acknowledging these impressive films: “We’re excited that our jury, made up of our festival attendees, has for the first time selected one of our Under Worlds films — GNAW — as Best Feature, especially one that handles such difficult issues as domestic abuse with unapologetic honesty.”

Under Worlds Austin, in its third year, is the Horror sidebar to the overall Other Words festival.

“As for the audience’s selection of Best Short,” Fonté continues, “EINSTEIN-ROSEN captures the pure joy of a child’s wonderment with science as well as classic sibling rivalry.”

The Best Feature Audience Award 2017 winner received a $500 cash prize. The Best Short Audience Award 2017 winner received a $250 cash prize.


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