Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - July/August 2023

Best Feature Film:

Diamond Awards:
FRAME (Dir. JP Charlebois & MYRAI)
WOMAN IN THE MAZE (Dir. Mitesh Patel)

Platinum Award: FORTIS FEMINA (Dir. Mitesh Patel)
Gold Award: The Exploding Boy (Dir. Monty Wolfe & Ian Southworth)
Silver Award: Steve Jobless (Dir. Chad Micah Johnson)
Bronze Award: Carmilla Vive! (Dir. Jeff Harder)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Disappearance of Evelin Gale (Dir. Jan Fabris)
Good Girl (Dir. Jenny Kleiman)
Prototype (Dir. Stian Glatthard)

Platinum Awards:
Disposable (Dir. Will Frankenstein)
Twin Leaps (Dir. Wayne Kelly)
Ashen Realities (Dir. Daryl Ferrara)

Gold Awards:
LƎFT (Dir. Edwin Escobar)
VR (Dir. Arnaldo Mirabal)
SARAS (Dir. Jude Peter Damian)

Silver Awards:
Clarity (Dir. Bryce Mackie)
What if they knew (Dir. Jake B Martinez)
No Mas (Dir. Stephen Michael Kelly)

Bronze Award:
The Stones of Rome (Dir. Sean Tansey)
Catharsis (Dir. Kayla Fyfe)
The Danish sisters in Greenland (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Teach a Man to Fish (Dir. Grant Leigh Saunders)
Platinum Award: Taking the Fight (Dir. Carlos Arrieta)
Gold Award: Messages in 2023's first 20 crop circles (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Silver Award: I'm Martha, Colombian (Dir. Frank Sputh)

Best Documentary Short:

Diamond Awards:
Unattended (Dir. Tora Johanne Turøy)
Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent (Dir. Kurt Lancaster)

Platinum Award: Baseball Harmony (Dir. Joo-il Gwak & Amy Hutchinson)
Gold Award: The Missing Canvas (Dir. Miguel Angel Barrera Martel)
Silver Award: Love in the Long Run (Dir. Tyler Schnabel)
Bronze Award: Flying Steel (Dir. Ethan Borman)

Best Experimental Short:

Diamond Awards:
Unattended (Dir. Tora Johanne Turøy)
Checked Bags (Dir. Mark Cline)

Platinum Award: Variance Propagation (Dir. Brian Alexander)
Gold Award: What if they knew (Dir. Jake B Martinez)
Silver Award: Fellini Mastorna...a film of no return (Dir. Jennifer Glee Foley)
Bronze Award: Bad Syne (Ilysa Spencer)

Best New Mexico Short:

Diamond Awards:
Crimes Against Children: Ep. 1- Leniancy in Sexual Exploitation Laws (Dir. Dr. Lisa Spencer)
Kairos (Dir. Matthew Evans)

Platinum Award:
Ashen Realities (Dir. Daryl Ferrara)
Faultline (Dir. Matthew Evans & Alex Johnson)

Gold Awards:
PIECE OF MIND (Dir. Robin Scott)
VR (Dir. Arnaldo Mirabal)

Silver Awards:
Kuinerraq (Dir. Magnus Shipe)
Water, Star Medicine (NASA) (Dir. Dr. Lisa Spencer & Turquoise Trail Middle students)

Bronze Awards:
Love Don't Bully (Dir. Dr. Lisa Spencer & her Middle School Students)
Bad Syne (Dir. Ilysa Spencer)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Stationheads (Dir. Stu Gamble)
Platinum Award: In The Company Of Villains (Dir. Stephen Burhoe)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Bench Seat (Dir. Kaiser Phillip Cunningham III)
Platinum Award: Out of My Mouth - Madeline Rosene (Dir. Moe Taylor)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: Twin Leaps (Dir. Wayne Kelly)
Platinum Award: Bambi (Crowned with Laurels: An American Murder Story- Case #1 the Laurie Bembenek Story) (Ilysa Spencer)

Best Director:

Diamond Awards:
Tora Johanne Turøy (Unattended)
Jan Fabris (The Disappearance of Evelin Gale)

Platinum Awards:
Wayne Kelly (Twin Leaps)
Josh Aronson (Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart)

Gold Awards:
Joo-il Gwak & Amy JY Hutchinson (Baseball Harmony)
Stu Gamble (Stationheads)

Silver Award: Arnaldo Mirabal (VR)
Bronze Award: Jake B Martinez (What if they knew)

Best Screenplay:

Diamond Awards:
Amy JY Hutchinson (Baseball Harmony)
Haley Dercher (Good Girl)

Platinum Award: Monty Wolfe (The Exploding Boy)
Gold Award: Jude Peter Damian (SARAS)
Silver Award: Eric Michaels (VR)
Bronze Award: T R Hendrick (What if they knew)

Best Actor:

Diamond Awards:
Gabriel Lockwood (Twin Leaps)
Young-do Kim (Baseball Harmony)

Platinum Awards:
Shane Connellan (BULLY)
Sean Tansey (The Stones of Rome)

Gold Awards:
Samy Ferrenbach (whatever it takes)
Anthony Hord (VR)

Silver Awards:
Stephen Michael Kelly (No Mas)
Deacon Chaney (What if they knew)

Bronze Award: Count Federico Wardal (Fellini Mastorna...a film of no return)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Lauren Cornelius (Twin Leaps)
Platinum Award: Mariah Padilla (VR)
Gold Award: Helen MacLucas (The Danish sisters in Greenland)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Chris Thomason (What if they knew)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Rita Jagpal-Mohan (Twin Leaps)
Platinum Award: Amy Hutchinson (Baseball Harmony)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Mark Cline (Checked Bags)
Platinum Award: Wayne Kelly (Twin Leaps)
Gold Award: Stu Gamble (Stationheads)
Silver Award: Marissa Martinez (What if they knew)

Best Cinematography:

Diamond Awards:
Matt Holt (Twin Leaps)
Yong-taek Lee and Su-min Lee (Baseball Harmony)

Platinum Award: Edwin Escobar (LƎFT)
Gold Award: G.D. Raja (SARAS)
Silver Award: Jarred Cordova (VR)
Bronze Award: Jake B Martinez (What if they kne)

Best Original Score:

Diamond Awards:
Nicolas (Capped) Arrieta (Taking the Fight)
Liam Desrosiers (FRAME)

Platinum Award: George Odom (Twin Leaps)
Gold Award: Josh Aronson (Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart)
Silver Award: llysa Margot Spencer (Wasteland)
Bronze Award: Jennifer Glee Foley (Fellini Mastorna...a film of no return)

Best Visual FX:
Diamond Award: Brian Alexander (Variance Propagation)
Platinum Award: Jon Mueller (Carmilla Vive!)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Award: Magnus Shipe (Kuinerraq)
Platinum Award: Lili Walters (Stationheads)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Caine Deegan (Disposable)
Platinum Award: STP. Samy. (SARAS)
Gold Award: Chris Lee (Carmilla Vive!)

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