Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - March/April 2025

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
Voyeuress (Dir. Jan Fabris)
Toxic Pixels (Dir. Martin Tsakov)

Platinum Awards:
CONFESSION (Dir. Paul Schwartz)
Out West (Dir. Manuel Rey Hunick)

Gold Awards:
Arletta. (Dir. Montana James Miller)
Drag Race (Dir. Kenneth Archer McIntyre)

Silver Awards:
Traitor (Dir. Lawrence Bucher)
Wild Birds of the Americas: Evolutions in Bird Song (Dir. Kennedy T Cooper)

Bronze Award: Zombie vs Karate Part I (Dir. Stash)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Seeds of Sovereignty (Dir. Stuart J Tanner)
Platinum Award: Wolf's Message (Dir. Jim Spruell)
Gold Award: I Hear America Singing (Dir. Daron Hagen)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: HUNTER (Dir. Montana Miller)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Out West (Dir. Manuel Rey Hunick)
Platinum Award: Pick Me Up (Dir. Cole Velasquez)
Gold Award: Liminal (Dir. Daryl Ferrara & Adrianne Lovato)

Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: Bad Girls (Kevin Machate)

Platinum Awards:
She's Never Coming Back (Jesse Dorian)
THE PERFECT GAME (Peter T Simon)

Gold Award: Wicked Women and Their Men (Merrill Anway Jones)
Silver Award: The Four Of Us Are Dying (Jesse Dorian)
Bronze Award: I Swiped the Wrong One (Joe Fishel)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: T.D.F. (Kevin Machate)

Platinum Awards:
Dancing Queens (Diana Foronda)
Drag Race (Kenneth Archer McIntyre)

Gold Award: Steal Me (Jeffrey Morin)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: She Seems So Freaky (Dir. Estevan Carrion)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: Crazy Texas (Dir. FRANCIS JUAREZ)
Platinum Award: Out West (Dir. Manuel Rey Hunick)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: Daron Hagen (I Hear America Singing)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Nelson Avidon (CONFESSION)
Platinum Award: Van Quattro (Out West)
Gold Award: ROBERT FRANKENBERRY (I Hear America Singing)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Kim Monti (Out West)
Platinum Award: Darby Kolwyck (Liminal)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Daron Hagen (I Hear America Singing)
Platinum Award: Brien Guy (Drag Race)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Manuel Rey Hunick (Out West)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Daron Hagen (I Hear America Singing)
Platinum Award: Nojah (Liminal)
Gold Award: Archer McIntyre (Drag Race)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Brien Guy (Drag Race)

Best Ensemble Cast:
Diamond Award: The Cast of I Hear America Singing
Platinum Award: The Cast of HUNTER

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