14th Annual Beverly Hills Film Festival
Announces Award Winners at Gala Awards Ceremony
“A Man Called God” Wins 2014 BHFF Golden Palm Award
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (April 27, 2014) Last night, at the 14th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival (BHFF) closing Gala Awards Ceremony, “A Man Called God”, a feature-length documentary directed by Kristoff St. John, received the Golden Palm Award for the best overall film.
The event was held at The Beverly Hills Hotel, located at 9641 Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills. Over 300 well-respected industry professionals, along with filmmakers, directors, fashion models, and screenplay writers from around the globe, attended this prestigious awards gala. This night brought a close to an unbelievable festival week of films, panels, Q&A discussions, and world-class after parties.
BHFF founder and president Nino Simone said, “It is an honor to host so many incredibly talented independent filmmakers and screenwriters at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. We’re both international in flavor and global in scope: this year, practically no theme, no human emotion or story, was left untouched by the filmmakers and writers of BHFF, and we are fortunate to be able to share these films and stories with our audience.”
The 2014 BHFF Jury, led by Steven Paul (Crystal Sky, CEO & President), also included industry entertainment leaders:
Fern Champion, Sara May Levy, Mark Lester, Lara Minassian, Misha Segal, Shannon Gardner, Peary Teo, and C. Thomas Howell.
2014 Beverly Hills Film Festival Awards
2014 BHFF award recipients were awarded with custom-made crystal and marble trophies. Out of 50 competition films, a complete list of the 2014 winners follows:
2014 Screenplay Awards
- 2nd Runner-up – Patchwork (Amanda Keener)
- 1st Runner-up – Olivia’s Oath (Philip Sedgwick)
- Golden Palm – Best Screenplay – The Crimson Field (Rosie & Monica Malek-Yonan)
2014 Film Awards
- Best Screenplay Produced – Out of Love (Jon Ryan Sugimoto)
- Best Editor – Konfetti
- Best Cinematography – Echo
- Best Actor – Andrea Zirio (I See Monsters)
- Best Actress – Susie Abromeit (Diving Normal)
- Best Foreign Film – I See Monsters
- Best Producer – Ryan Blair / Andrew Sandler (Nothing To Lose)
- Best Director – Looms (Funk Bros.)
- BHFF Golden Palm – Best Overall Film – A Man Called God (Kristoff St. John)
2014 Audience Choice Awards
- Animation – Elysian Fields
- Documentary – A Man Called God
- Feature – Diving Normal
- Short – Angel Road
2014 Jury Awards
- Animation – Nine
- Documentary – Fabergé: A Life of its Own
- Feature – Tu Seras Un Homme (You’ll Be A Man)
- Shorts – Drone Strike / The Landing (TIED)
- Honorable Jury Mention – Driving Tinseltown (Mark Amin)
