Monday, April 18th, 2016
Back from Treklanta and the second annual Star Trek Fan Film Awards. Eric Watts, who created Treklanta put together a cool video on the event.
The 2016 Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards were presented at and by Treklanta on April 17, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The panel of judges included Diana Dru Botsford, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Ken Feinberg, Matthew M. Foster, Andrew Greenberg, David Orange, Emmett Plant and Rick Sternbach. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric L. Watts and Brian Holloway. The presenters included Carel Struycken, Tracee Lee Cocco, Jack Stauffer and John & Bjo Trimble. The award plaques were sponsored by Alec Peters and Axanar Productions. The winners of the 13 categories included in the competition are: BEST SPECIAL & VISUAL EFFECTS Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Bing Bailey, Roland Baron, Keith Beltramini, Matt Boardman, Chris Dawson, Keaira Finlay, Justin Gates, Adrianne Grady, Marc Hampson, Tommy Kraft, Gina Lockhart, Jon Macht, Jose L. Marin, Julie McCartney, Kevin Quattro, Tobias Richter, Ali Ries, Michael Struck, Ronnie Ursenbach, Yoshi Vu, Jesse Woodward BEST SOUND DESIGN, EDITING & MIXING Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Ralph M. Miller, Tom Haigh, Adrianne Grady BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC Star Trek Continues, “The White Iris” Andy Farber, George Duning, Gerald Fried, Ivan Ditmars, Vic Mignogna BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Rick L. Baker, Jacqueline Goehner, Lisa Hansell, Kwame Head, Corina Hernandez, Ryan T. Husk, Jyll King, Ana Laverde, Christy Maurer, Monique Paredes, Tommy Pietch, Calli Rammel, Vyvy Tran, Tim Vittetoe, Cody J. Wilkins, Aubriana Zurilgen BEST COSTUMING Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Deborah Hartwell, Jodi Freeman, Chen Chheav Ly BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Scott Nakada BEST GUEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS Colin Baker “Amphidamas,” Star Trek Continues BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OR ACTRESS Michele Specht “Dr. Elise McKennah,” Star Trek Continues BEST LEAD ACTOR OR ACTRESS Todd Haberkorn “Mr. Spock,” Star Trek Continues BEST DIRECTOR Tim Russ Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” BEST ORIGINAL STORY OR SCREENPLAY Star Trek: Renegades, “Pilot” Ethan H. Calk, Sky Douglas Conway, Jack Treviño BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM (30 minutes or less) Starship Tristan “Moving Day” BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM (31 minutes or more) Star Trek Continues “The White Iris”
It is a shame that the fan film community doesn't support the Star Trek Fan Film Awards more. While Star Trek New Voyages was represented by Treklanta co-promoter Brian Halloway, the only other award winner in attendance was Potemkin (Starship Tristan), which supported the awards last year as well. Star Trek Renegades, which won 7 awards sent nobody, nor did Star Trek Continues, which won 5 awards. The latter is even based in Georgia, but didn't feel the event was worth even sending one person to accept their awards.
I can say, that as always, Axanar leads the way in supporting other fan film projects and we sponsored the awards this year and had a presence at the event. Thanks to Eric Watts for giving us this opportunity to help promote Star Trek fan films everywhere.
Alec