Vintage: The Best of Crush 2019

Best YOUTH Short

Other nominees:

DOUBT (Ethan Hawthorne Dallas, Liam Bonds, Zach Boone)
GREY HEART (Theo Taplitz)
LIFE ON THE ROPES (Taeho Choe)
VIOLENCE IN MEDIA (Andru Miller)

Best Documentary Short

Other nominees:

CHASING MONSTERS (Toby Pike & Krystle Wright)
I FOUND YOU/NILDA'S STORY (Jake Schreier)
MACK WRESTLES (Taylor Hess & Erin Sanger)
THAT'S MY JAZZ (Ben Proudfoot)

Best NARRATIVE Short

Other nominees:

MADE PUBLIC (Foster Wilson)
MILLER & SON (Asher Jelinsky)
MORE THAN A FEELING (Callum Hanlon)
SOMETIMES, I THINK ABOUT DYING (Stefanie Abel-Horowitz)
WAITING GAME (Jon Bloch)

Best ANIMATED Short

Other nominees:

GOD I NEED A GIRLFRIEND (Foster Huntington)
IN AN EMPTY WOOD (Chia-Hsin Lee)
LAS DEL DIENTE (Ana Pérez Lopéz)
THE PHANTOM 52 (Geoff Marslett)

Best Performance

Other nominees:

JACK — Ryan Gaul
MILLER & SON — Jesse James Keitel
SOMETIMES, I THINK ABOUT DYING — Katy Wright-Mead
SQUIRREL — Andrea Rosen
WAITING GAME — Bruce McGill
WAITING GAME — John Patrick Amedori

Best SHORT Screenplay

Other nominees:

HOW I GOT TO THE MOON BY SUBWAY (Tyler Rabinowitz)
MADE PUBLIC (Foster Wilson)
MORE THAN A FEELING (Callum Hanlon)
WAITING GAME (Jon Bloch)

Curator’s Choice

Audience Award

The Audience Award is determined by a weighted ballot vote solely from our Iron Ass Jury - audience members who watched every single film at the 2019 Movie Crush -- thus making this the only true Audience Favorite award on the film festival circuit.  These members are: