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Congratulations!

PIFA's 2019 Winner for 

Best Feature Film:

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BLOOD BROTHA – (Director: Patryk Depa; Screenwriter: Rico Salam; Producers: Rico Salam and Gillie Da Kid; drama, crime drama; 1 hr., 32 min., 55 sec.; 2016; US; English) A Philadelphia stick-up boy lives life on the edge until he meets the one girl who wins his heart. Ready to trade his criminal life style for love, he must first deal with enemies from his past who want him dead. Watch the trailer

The  other 2019 nominees were:

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Starlit – (Director: AO; Screenwriter: Adam Bertocci; Producer: Kerry Borchardt; romance, drama; 1 hr., 35 min., 10 sec.; 2018; US; English) When her frustration with her boring boyfriend and corporate drudgery boil over, Jessica, a bored, twentysomething, ditches everything and hits the road with a thieving car mechanic. ​Watch the trailer  
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Rich Kids – (Director: Laura Somers; Screenwriters: Laura Somers and David Saldaña; Producers: Laura Somers and Eddie Rodriguez; thriller, teen, drama; 1 hr., 37 min.; 2018; US; English)  When Matías, a bright teen from a financially struggling family, discovers “Los Ricos,” a wealthy family, are out of town, he breaks into their mansion. 

​He and his friends spend an afternoon basking in the good life.  But when a trouble-making relative shows up uninvited loyalties are then pushed to the breaking point as Matías’s desire for power in the house rises. Watch the trailer
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Have You Seen Her – (Director: Deeva Gordon; Assistant Director: Kyson Martin; Screenwriter-Producer: Deeva Gordon; drama; 1 hr. 44 min. 21 sec.; 2017; US; English) This white-picket fence family was perfect – the dream family. That was until tragedy created a wedge that rocked its existence.

​The idea of normalcy was television imagery that a six-year old girl clung to. Lost in the streets of Philadelphia, PA, street reality became her teacher. Have You Seen Her? Watch the trailer
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What Death Leaves Behind – Non Linear Psych Thriller (Director: Scott A. Hamilton; Screenwriters: Rachel K. Ofori, Scott A. Hamilton, Chad Morton, Nico Giampietro; Producer: Rachel K. Ofori; psychological thriller, mystery, drama; 1 hr. 26 min. 2 sec.; 2018; US; English) After a kidney transplant, Jake Warren experiences a plague of nightmares he believes to be visions of his donor's violent murder, sending him on a dark path of vengeance and search for truth. Watch the trailer
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