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Film festival winners

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Ballots from the 15th annual Newport Beach Film Festival have been turned in and accounted for.

While the selection committee reviewed more than 2,000 submissions, viewers watched over 400 films from 50 countries. Each movie competed for honors in three categories: Jury Awards, voted on by a panel of film experts and industry insiders; Festival Honors, given by the event’s staff; and Audience Awards, determined by ballots from filmgoers.

Here’s a roundup of this year’s victors:

*JURY AWARDS

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Best Feature Film: “The Sublime and Beautiful”

Best Actor: Blake Robbins, “The Sublime and Beautiful”

Best Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, “Una Vida”

Best Director: Blake Robbins, “The Sublime and Beautiful”

Best Cinematography: Lyn Moncrief, “The Sublime and Beautiful”

Best Screenplay: Jason Strouse, “Teacher of the Year”

Special Jury Prize for Actress in a Feature Film: Laura Kirk, “The Sublime and Beautiful”

Special Jury Prize for Cinematography of a Feature Film: Patrick Jones, “The Last Lonely Place”

Best Documentary: “The Honest Liar”

Special Jury Prize for Documentary Film: “Who Took Johnny”

Best Narrative Short Film: “Mr. Invisible”

Best Documentary Short Film: “Aerodrome

Best Animated Short Film: “Rabbit and Deer”

Special Jury Prize for Animated Short Film: “Rhino Full Throttle”

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2014 FESTIVAL HONORS

Feature Film: “Break Point,” “Fort Bliss,” “The Goodbye (La Despedida)” and “Cas & Dylan”

Acting: Elizabeth Moss, “The One I Love”

Breakout Performance: Jenny Slate, “Obvious Child”

Ensemble Cast: “The Immigrant”

Directing: Sarah Spillane, “Around the Block,” James Gray, “The Immigrant,” and Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs, “Growing Up and Other Lies”

Editing: Simon Jacquet, “Attila Marcel”

First-time Filmmaker: Giulia Nahmany, “Love By Design”

Foreign Film: “Life’s A Breeze”

Documentary: “Our Man in Tehran”

Documentary (Sports): “Don’t Quit: The Joe Roth Story”

Music: Stuart Murdoch, “God Help the Girl”

Action Sports: “OUT in the line-up”

Art, Architecture + Design: “Fabregé: A Life of its Own”

Environmental: “SlingShot”

Music Documentary: “Keep On Keepin’ On” and “Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back”

Humanitarian Award: “Untouchable: Children of God”

Short Film: “Hsu Ji Behind the Screen,” “We Keep on Dancing” and “Dragula”

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2014 AUDIENCE AWARDS

Feature Film: “Chef”

Foreign Film: “Noble” and “The Invisible Collection (A Coleção Invisível)”

Comedy: “Teacher of the Year” and “We’ll Never Have Paris”

Documentary: “Taking My Parents to Burning Man”

Action Sports: “Land of Patagones (Tierra De Patagones)”

Art, Architecture + Design: “Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists”

Music: “Una Vida”

Short Film: “The Boy and The Bus”

Youth Film Showcase: “Minimum Max”

Source: Newport Beach Film Festival

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