SPRINTER (JAMAICA) New Visions Award 

Pictured: BIFF Founder & Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool,
Sprinter Producer Robert Maylor, Actress Shantol Jackson,
Director Storm Saulter & Juror Jib Polhemus

CAPERNAUM (LEBANON)
Spirit Of Freedom Narrative Award
Now nominated for 2019 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

WRESTLE (USA)
Spirit Of Freedom Documentary Award

Pictured: Wrestle Executive Producer Micheline Levine, Producer Lauren
Belfer, Directors & Writers Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert,
Director of Photography Sinisa Kukic

LALO’S HOUSE (HAITI)
Best Short Film Award
Sponsored by Liquid Courage

OVUM (USA)
Honorable Mention Short Film
Sponsored by Liquid Courage

Pictured: Juror Jib Polhemus, Ovum Director Luciano Blotta,
BIFF Founder & Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool,
Juror Lanre Obalisi, Juror Mark Downie

Screenwriter Winner
Kerry Dye " Screener"
Cash prize donated by Source|Management+Productions

About Screener, Photos of murdered women are popping up in the feed of an Internet content moderator with a dark past. Now, with his sanity in question and the police hot on his tail, he must find the killer... before the killer finds him. About Kerry Douglas Dye is a filmmaker and screenwriter who resides in New York City. He primarily works in the horror/thriller genres, but has always wanted to write a musical.

2018 Screenwriters Mentors

Pictured: Alessandro Camon, Suzanne Warren, Nate Kohn,
Susan Batten, Jib Polhemus

Award Designer

Morgan Mckinney