Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - June/July 2024

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Life and Death (Dir. Matthew Smaldone)

Best Short Films:

Diamond Awards:
So, Who Was It This Time? (Dir. Carlos M De La Torre)
I´ll be in touch (Dir. Johann Scholz)
FilAm (Dir. Tony Marquez)

Platinum Awards:
The Jewels (Dir. Dimitri Luttrell)
Angler (Dir. William Frank Thomas)
Fiddle and Flush (Dir. Wayne Kelly)

Gold Awards:
Hannah (Dir. Jude Peter Damian)
SHELL (Dir. Loki Olin)
STONE (Dir. Kade M Allen)

Silver Awards:
The Cowgirl (Armando Hernandez)
Why Not (Dir. Rafael AUGUSTO DA SILVA MELO ANICETO & Filipe Malveiro)

Bronze Award:
I Can't Sleep Without You (Dir. Joe Jatcko)
The Perfect Family (Dir. David West)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Werdum: Above the Pain (Dir. Kleber Luis da Silva)
Platinum Award: MERAKI (Dir. Robert Edmonds)
Gold Award: The Finding Papa Movie (JULIANNE ELIZABETH EGGOLD)
Silver Award: Seeking WRADIANCE (Dir. Angelique Joyce)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: A YouTube filmmaker (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Feature:
Diamond Award: DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict (Dir. Hooroo Jackson)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: The shout of the lesser Khingan Mountains (Dir. yuqiao li)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: ABV (Dir. Gabriel Vincent)
Platinum Award: Foundation (Dir. Bo Mao)
Gold Award: Miss Wonderland (Dir. Jacob Tucker)

Best New Mexico Feature:
Diamond Award: The Beginning of All Things (Dir. Alex Mortazavi & Kiki Gonglewski)
Platinum Award: Seeking WRADIANCE (Dir. Angelique Joyce)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: This Means Forever (Dir. Brandon Martinez)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Darcine's Day (Dir. Aaron Goffman)
Platinum Award: The Glorious Spectacle of HUMAN PROGRAMMING (Dir. Moe Taylor)
Gold Award: Poison (Dir. Wayne Tunks)
Silver Award: Dating Like A Dyke (Dir. Sonny Smith)

Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: The Sicilians (FRANK MANCUSO)
Platinum Award: Internal Collusion (Robert Reger)
Gold Award: The Fighting Irish (David West)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: Flip the Script (Steph France)
Platinum Award: Eye For An Eye (Ashley Bowers)
Gold Award: THE DELUSIONAL P.A. (FRANK MANCUSO)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Bob Gatewood - Good Times (Dir. Moe Taylor)
Platinum Award: I don't love my mother (Dir. GERARD CUQ)
Gold Award: Spud Harvest Tip (T. Scott Wooten)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: Eye For An Eye (Dir. Ashley Bowers)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: Robert Edmonds (MERAKI)
Platinum Award: Sarah Kanafani (A Five & Dime Story)
Gold Award: Armando Hernandez (The Cowgirl)
Silver Award: Wayne Kelly (Fiddle and Flush)
Bronze Award: Jude Peter Damian (Hannah)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Faerl Marie Torres (A Five & Dime Story)
Platinum Award: Rebekah Wiggins (The Cowgirl)
Gold Award: Keith Large (Fiddle and Flush)
Silver Award: Wayne Tunks (Poison)
Bronze Award: Jude Peter Damian (Hannah)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Bill Kostel (The Cowgirl)
Platinum Award: Gabriel Lockwood (Fiddle and Flush)
Gold Award: Srinivas Bommali (Hannah)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Kyla Diane Kennedy (Darcine's Day)
Platinum Award: Elizabeth Marie Kallman (The Cowgirl)
Gold Award: Rita Jagpal-Mohan (Fiddle and Flush)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Peter McManus (Fiddle and Flush)
Platinum Award: Rakesh Singh (Hannah)
Gold Award: Tyler Kinghorn (VIPERS)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Linda Augustin (FilAm)
Platinum Award: Evelyn Coffing (Angler)
Gold Award: Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran (Hannah)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Sarah Kanafani (A Five & Dime Story)
Platinum Award: Wayne Kelly (Fiddle and Flush)
Gold Award: Kundal R. Babu (Hannah)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Maximilian A. Lange (I´ll be in touch)
Platinum Award: Juan Guillén (The Cowgirl)
Gold Award: Matt Holt (Fiddle and Flush)
Silver Award: Vigneshwari. S (Hannah)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Faraz Emamdoust (FilAm)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Award: Rick Regan (A Five & Dime Story)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Caine Deegan (Angler)

Best Ensemble Cast:
Diamond Award: The Cast of A Five & Dime Story
Platinum Award: The Cast of Fiddle and Flush
Gold Award: The Cast of Poison
Silver Award: The Cast of Hannah

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