Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - January/February 2024

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Bastion (Dir. Justin John Kapr)
Platinum Award: D'Land am Schiet / The Land in the Shadows (Dir. Lukas Grevis)
Gold Award: Mountain Lion: Healing Film of St. Francis (Dir. Brooklyn Demme)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Trickster (Dir. Alex Jack)
The Night Friend (Dir. Damien Kazan)
Revenge Tour (Dir. Bryon Jones)

Platinum Awards:
Submerged (Dir. Matthew Evans)
Dauntless and the Demigod (Dir. Casey Lloyd)
The Restaurant (Dir. Ryan Harper Howard)

Gold Awards:
Field Day (Dir. Kevin Hart)
The Silent Treatment (Dir. Steven Lancefield)

Silver Awards:
At Your Convenience (Dir. Chance Holmes-Snowden)
Be Good, Stay Safe (Dir. Aiyana Shuler)
Bronze Award:
That Which Hurts The Most (Dir. Alexander Alayon Jr)
Director's Cuts (Dir. David Biagini)

Best Documentary Feature:

Diamond Awards:
Silent Fallout (Dir. HIDEAKI ITO)
Hope For The Holidays (Dir. Yuri Omar Shariff Williams & Nathan Cribari)

Platinum Award: Al Primo & His Eyewitness News Revolution (Dir. Brian Calfano)
Gold Award: Foundling: The Untold Story (Dir. Dee Brown & Omarosa Manigualt Newman
Silver Award: Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war. (Dir. Juan Antonio BERNIER BLANCO & Rafael Benrier Blanco)
Bronze Award: The Evolution of Human Motivations: An AI-Illustrated Odyssey (Dir. John Voorhees Wylie)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: The Ones Left (Dir. Samuel Tomatz)
Platinum Award: 2024 Taiwan Strait confrontation in prophecy (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Gold Award: Go Independent! (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Feature:
Diamond Award: With You (Dir. Evan Doll)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Hinter-Land (Dir. Christopher Angus)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: IRENE (Dir. Valerio Pampaglini)
Platinum Award: Book of Teon - ch. Harm 2 by T. B-STEWART (Dir. Teon MARK Blake - Stewart)

Best New Mexico Feature:
Diamond Award: With You (Dir. Evan Doll)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: The Trickster (Dir. Alex Jack)
Platinum Award: La Limpieza (Dir. Cassandra Rochelle Fetters)
Gold Award: Census (Dir. Stephen Burhoe)
Silver Award: SYMPHONY IN C-NOTE (Dir. Antonio Weiss)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Retrograde: For The Art (Dir. Maximillian Alexander Decker)
Platinum Award: MANAGE THIS! (Dir. Michael Monks & Tara OReilly)

Best Feature Script:

Diamond Awards:
Rev (Dante Michael Savion)
Minding Therapy (Ros C Johnson)

Platinum Award: GMO (Emil Faithe)
Gold Award: Perfect World (Emil Faithe)
Silver Award: Secret Messages (STEPHEN MICHAEL KELLY)
Bronze Award: Retribution (STEPHEN MICHAEL KELLY)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: Vmprs (Sojean Peou)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Moxy The Band - You Feel It Too (Dir. Evan Doll)
Platinum Award: Nail Salon (Dir. Morgan Walker, Emily Shackelford, & Elise Poehling)
Gold Award: CYA (Dir. Alice The G00n)
Silver Award: YOU GOTTA DANCE : The Award Winning Music Video Project by BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE showcased in the UPCOMING Short Film : PUSH (Dir. BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)
Bronze Award: HOTTEST SOUNDS : The Award Winning Music Video Project by BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE (USA) includes talent in Italy, Indonesia + Moldova! (Dir. BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)

Best Director:

Diamond Awards:
Alex Jack (The Trickster)
Evan Doll (With You)

Platinum Awards:
Justin John Kapr (Bastion)
Cassandra Rochelle Fetters (La Limpieza)

Gold Awards:
Maximillian Alexander Decker (Retrograde: For The Art)
Samuel Tomatz (The Ones Left)

Silver Awards:
Steven Lancefield (The Silent Treatment)
SHARVI (Do Over)

Bronze Award: Kevin Hart (Field Day)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Justin John Kapr & Favio De La Brena (Bastion)
Platinum Award: Evan Doll (With You)
Gold Award: Keith Large (The Silent Treatment)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: J'Moi Powell (The Trickster)
Platinum Award: Favio De La Brena (Bastion)
Gold Award: Joesph Shashaty (Retrograde: For The Art)
Silver Award: James Torres (Census)
Bronze Award: Jeff Tideswell (The Silent Treatment)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Samsara Leela Yett (Bastion)
Platinum Award: Drea Gail (La Limpieza)
Gold Award: Tara OReilly (MANAGE THIS!)
Silver Award: Carolynn Stouder (Census)
Bronze Award: Rita Jagpal-Mohan (The Silent Treatment)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Jeffrey Alan Solomon (Bastion)
Platinum Award: Bob Carmody (MANAGE THIS!)
Gold Award: Adie Smith (The Silent Treatment)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Jolie Curtsinger (Bastion)
Platinum Award: Roma Malik (The Silent Treatment)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Justin John Kapr, Baxter Linn & Favio De La Brena (Bastion)
Platinum Award: Samuel Tomatz (The Ones Left)
Gold Award: Javier Frutos (Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Fredrick Sinayor (The Trickster)
Platinum Award: Baxter Linn (Bastion)
Gold Award: Kuba Kaskiewicz (La Limpieza)
Silver Award: Samuel Tomatz (The Ones Left)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Michael Geissler (With You)
Platinum Award: Thomas Ropp (The Trickster)
Gold Award: Day Old Ghost (Bastion)
Silver Award: Ian Lancefield (The Silent Treatment)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Jason Wolf (With You)
Platinum Award: Justin John Kapr (Justin John Kapr)
Gold Award: Nacho Arenas (Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war)

Best Ensemble Cast:
Diamond Award: The Cast of MANAGE THIS!
Platinum Award: The Cast of Census
Gold Award: The Cast of That Which Hurts The Most

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