The final phase of the 6th Annual SATO 48 is complete (minus the hangover). The award ceremony at the Thursday night’s award ceremony at the Gillioz Theatre included performances by The Beartones, Red Door Dance Company and Troy.

Photos by Carly Johnson

Awards

* — finalist; winner

Best Art Direction

* The New Stepdad — Max Rosen
* Dream ‘Scapes
* Violent Games
* Synchronicity
* Start with a Story
Ascension
Drop Job
Lily’s Petals
Retirement
Vic-Six

Best Sound

* Vic-Six — Brent Bolinger & Gabriel Mays
* Blood Betrayal
* Lily’s Petals
* The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
* Vaquero
(Cause and Effect)
Reset
The Hitch
Mistaken
True Value

Audience Favorite

* The New Stepdad — Sophie Parker & Sarah Scharfenberg
* Love in Cliché
* Start With A Story (Lou/Kay Whitney)
* The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
* Synchronicity
Over Easy
ID (Inner Demon)
The Devil and Benjamin Frost
SATO 48
The Hitch

Best Cinematography

* The Open City — Nathan Maulorico
* The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
* Lily’s Petals
* Arms of the Apocalypse
* Start With A Story
Vuker’s Egress
Hi, My Name is Zeke, I Fight Crime
Blood Betrayal
We Wish You Well
The New Stepdad

Best Music or Song

* Elcatnet, Uriah Gott
* Antidote, William Talty
* SATO 48, Dan Maple
* Synchronicity, Will Chiles
* The Open City, Taylor Baldwin
Violent Games
Culker’s Egress
Start With A Story
The Devil and Benjamin Fros
The Roommate Agreement

Best Editing

* Vic-Six, Gabriel Mays & Andrew Farmer
* Start With A Story
* Blood Betrayal
* Ascension
* Arms of the Apocalypse
Vaquero
Over Easy
Antidote
Top Priority
Dream ‘Scapes

Best Male Performance

* to be continuum – Edward Brandt
* The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
* Violent Games
* True Value
* Vic-Six
Ascension
Drop Job
Love in Cliche
Reset
The Patient

Best Female Performance

* Mistaken — Melanie Smith
* Start with a Story
* Lily’s Petals
* True Value
* Arms of the Apocalypse
Synchronicity
The Office Party
The Hitch
The Patient
The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City

Best Movie Poster

* Ascension – Jack Bonneman
* (Cause And Effect)
* Over Easy
* Retirement
* Antidote
Top Priority
The New Stepdad
Start With A Story
Crossover
Child Gone Wild

Best Screenplay

* Dream ‘Scapes — Kolyn Marshall & Jamie Thomas
* Start With A Story
* The New Stepdad
* Gossip
* The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
Hi My Name is Zeke, I Fight Crime
Retirement
SATO 48
ID (Inner Demon)
Vic-Six

Best Direction

* The New Stepdad — Carver M. School (Carver Middle School)
* Synchronicity
* The Open City
* Vic-Six
* Lily’s Petals
The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
The String
Volker’s Egress
Arms of the Apocalypse
Start with a Story

Best Use of the Inspiration Package / Best Film

* Start With A Story — Brandon Hite & Kelly Magruder
* ID (Inner Demon)
* Lily’s Petals
*… to be continuum …
* Blown Away
Retirement
Drop Job
The Cowboy Warrior of Gold City
Deformities & Misdemeanors
Gossip