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      2017 Pasadena International Film Festival Awards

      PIFF Festival Director Jessica Hardin and Creative Director Marco Neves at the Great Gatsby Gala (Photo – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      PIFF Festival Director Jessica Hardin and Creative Director Marco Neves at the Great Gatsby Gala (Photo – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      The Pasadena International Film Festival (PIFF) concluded its fourth year with its “Great Gatsby Gala” on March 16, 2017.

      By Vahe Simonyan

      Filmmakers, actors and friends packed The Speakeasy in Pasadena where awards were handed out in thirteen categories:

      PIFF 2017 Best Feature Winner (Photo – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      PIFF 2017 Best Feature Winner (Photo – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      – BEST FEATURE FILM:

      • Slipaway

      BEST SHORT FILM:

      • Tale Of The Kite

      BEST DIRECTOR:

      • Giorgio Litt (The After War)

      BEST ACTOR:

      • David Barrera (Perception) – WINNER

      BEST ACTRESS:

      • Gabrielle Stone (It Happened Again Last Night)

      BEST STUDENT FILM:

      • The Voices They Hear (Directed by Miguel Chávez)

      BEST DOCUMENTARY:

      • Long Live The King (Directed by Frank Dietz and Trish Geiger)

      BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:

      • Johnny Rey Diaz (I Am STill Here)
      PIFF 2017 Honorable Mention award went to "My Name Is Lamar" (Photo - Staff).

      PIFF 2017 Honorable Mention award went to “My Name Is Lamar” (Photo – Staff).

      HONORABLE MENTION:

      • My Name Is Lamar

      BEST SCREENPLAY:

      • The Children Of Eden by Raymond Just

      AUDIENCE AWARD:

      • Welcome To Willits

      VISIONARY AWARD:

      • Mischa Marcus (I Am Still Here)
      Charisma Carpenter from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (Photos – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      Charisma Carpenter from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (Photos – Vahe Simonyan ©ColoradoBlvd.net).

      ALTRUISTIC ARTIST AWARD:

      • Charisma Carpenter

      Over the course of eight days, the 2017 Pasadena International Film Festival screened over 100 films from more than 15 countries at Laemmle’s Playhouse 7.

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