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In the 2013-14 season, the challenges were the Beat the Clock Challenge, the Mystery Box Challenge and the Breakout Challenge. All submissions were screened at events at the Phoenix Art Museum, while the top films from each moved on to screen in a dedicated block at the Phoenix Film Festival at the Harkins Scottsdale 101. Awards were given at each event and for the best of year films.
The Beat the Clock Challenge screenings were on 26th July, 2013. The winning film was Star Babies, with Adventure! and Eva's Light the runners up. Best actress was Michelle Palermo for Star Babies. Best actor was Brandon Slezak for Adventure!, which also won Bonnie Sowle the best director award.
The Mystery Box Challenge screenings were on 14th November, 2013 and I was honoured to be one of the judges for this event. After the Beep won for best film, with Long Way and The Lights following in second and third place. Long Way was also the audience favourite and Josh Kasselman won as best director. Tyler Schneider was the best actor for Next, while Madison Ottinger won best actress for Break Down.
The Breakout Challenge screenings were on 6th February, 2014 and I was again honoured to be among the judges. Blue beat Conundrum into second place by a single vote, with Belly of the Whale in third. Bill Wetherill was best actor for Conundrum and Colleen Hartnett was best actress for Blue, which also won the best director award for Jason Francois and Jae Staats. The audience favourite was Rigged.
At the year end roundup at the Phoenix Film Festival, Long Way won as best picture.
Here are all the films that screened at these events this year, with titles linking to my reviews and the IMDb pages added for reference.
Rating System
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic
| Beat the Clock Challenge | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Escape from Zany's Baking Company | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Shawn Esplin | n/a |
| Psychic Says | 2013 | 3 | 4 | Winter Kane | n/a |
| The Worst Best Man | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Kenny Colt | IMDb |
| An Adventure in the Life of Barry Barksworth | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Cory Rowe | IMDb |
| The Anniversary Card | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Sheri H Barbera | n/a |
| Eva's Light | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Glen A Hines | IMDb |
| Wouldn't Be Love | 2013 | 3 | 4 | Mack Duncan | IMDb |
| The Date | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Cody Carlson | n/a |
| The Neighbors | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Tommy Schaeffer | IMDb |
| The Disco is in the Details | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Shane Sandler & Brian Weis | n/a |
| Those Who Forget the Past | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Jon Brown | n/a |
| Piece for Resistance | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Paulie Jorquera | n/a |
| Adventure! | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Bonnie Sowle | n/a |
| The Desert | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Ryan O'Connell | n/a |
| The Key | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Ivana Kat | n/a |
| Doubting Thomas | 2013 | 5 | 5 | J Andy Moreno | n/a |
| Comforting Shadows | 2013 | 2 | 2 | Jeff Grunow | n/a |
| Deep Love | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Christian Cota | n/a |
| Inflated | 2013 | 6 | 5 | Sterling E Smith | IMDb |
| Star Babies | 2013 | 6 | 5 | Travis Mills | IMDb |
| Drink | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Stephanie Joyce & Ravi Devineni | n/a |
| It's All Relative | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Sarah Woodward | n/a |
| Mystery Box Challenge | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Gift Rush | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Eva Marquez | n/a |
| The Prescription | 2013 | 5 | 4 | Sarah Woodward | n/a |
| Next | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Bonnie Sowle | n/a |
| Smiling | 2013 | 2 | 3 | Shawn Esplin | n/a |
| Catch the Frog | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Travis Mills | n/a |
| 3 Men and a Goblin | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Julie Van Lith | n/a |
| Lover Boy | 2013 | 3 | 3 | T J Randolph | n/a |
| The Diner | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Barbara A Gresser | n/a |
| After the Beep | 2013 | 6 | 6 | Kyle Gerkin | n/a |
| Zombies of Capitalism | 2013 | 2 | 2 | Mikey Campbell | n/a |
| Brevity | 2013 | 3 | 4 | Cody Martin | n/a |
| The Lights | 2013 | 4 | 4 | J Andy Moreno | n/a |
| Deep Sleep | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Aaron Hudson | IMDb |
| Break Down | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Robert Garcia | n/a |
| LARPer | 2013 | 3 | 3 | Shane Sandler | n/a |
| The Stretch | 2013 | 4 | 4 | Torrey Inez | n/a |
| Long Way | 2013 | 4 | 5 | Josh Kasselman | IMDb |
| Your Turn to Smile | 2013 | 4 | 5 | Luis Prado III | IMDb |
| The Will | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Mack Duncan | IMDb |
| The Hedge Sculptor 3000 | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Adam Mariner | n/a |
| Breakout Challenge | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| The Idea | 2014 | 4 | 4 | Andy Robinson | n/a |
| The Engagement | 2014 | 4 | Michael Dazen | n/a | |
| Rigged | 2014 | 4 | 4 | Shawn Esplin | n/a |
| Lost Cause | 2014 | 4 | Vaughan Grey | n/a | |
| Office Hours: 6 to Midnight | 2014 | 2 | Brian Weis | n/a | |
| If Not Me | 2014 | 4 | 4 | Glen A Hines | n/a |
| Clutter | 2014 | 4 | n/a | ||
| Undersea Garden of Eden | 2014 | 1 | n/a | ||
| Blue | 2014 | 6 | 6 | Jae Staats & Jason Francois | IMDb |
| Door 1098 | 2014 | 4 | n/a | ||
| Belly of the Whale | 2014 | 5 | 5 | Kyle Gerkin | IMDb |
| Westside Bully | 2014 | 4 | Lyle Dillie | n/a | |
| Baked Goodness | 2014 | 4 | Mack Duncan | IMDb | |
| Conundrum | 2014 | 6 | 5 | Kristin LaVanway | n/a |
| Wrecked | 2014 | 5 | 5 | Kenny Colt | IMDb |
| The Cost of Living | 2014 | 4 | n/a | ||
| Finals | |||||
| Title | Year | H | D | Director(s) | IMDb |
| Star Babies | 2013 | 6 | 5 | Travis Mills | IMDb |
| Eva's Light | 2013 | 5 | 5 | Glen A Hines | IMDb |
| After the Beep | 2013 | 6 | 6 | Kyle Gerkin | IMDb |
| Long Way | 2013 | 4 | 5 | Josh Kasselman | IMDb |
| Rigged | 2014 | 4 | 4 | Shawn Esplin | n/a |
| Blue | 2014 | 6 | 6 | Jae Staats & Jason Francois | IMDb |
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