Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - March/April 2023

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: The Group (Balagam) (Dir. Venu Yeldandi)
Platinum Award: God's Will (Dir. Matt Williams)
Gold Award: The Sovereign (Dir. Farah Ysvette Mourad Vera)
Silver Award: Rose to crown (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
REVERSE (Dir. christophe Lenoir)
Let's Raid Area 51 (Dir. Fran Zayas)
To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little (Dir. Michele Ly)

Platinum Awards:
Bali Frodo (Dir. Felix Benjamin Schaefer)
Army Men (Dir. Paul Louis)
Ink (Dir. Matthew Smaldone)

Gold Awards:
Loose Change: A Memoir of Childhood (Dir. Andrew Bateman)
Infinite Simulations (Dir. Jonathan Nagel)
Bind Over Thee (Dir. Benjamin Garst)

Silver Awards:
cassie + lennon (Dir. Mary Elizabeth Lumley)
John Doe (Dir. Vache Garabedian)
LifeQuest (Dir. Richard Lounello)

Bronze Award:
The Righteous (Dir. STEPHEN MICHAEL KELLY)
Lost Time (Dir. Dannelle M Kirven)
Shooting Your Own Shadow (Dir. Joseph J Parisi & Michael Amman)

Best Documentary Feature:

Diamond Awards:
Road to Forgiveness (Dir. Peter Tompkins)
Koh Phangan Man (Dir. Dewey Paul Moffit)

Platinum Award: Far Horizon: Flat Earth vs NASA (Dir. paul may)
Gold Award: She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya (Dir. Jordan Mohr)
Silver Award: Tai Chi - Heal with inner energy flow (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Bronze Award: Escape from Tiger Mountain (Dir. Mandy Zelinka)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: Becky (Dir. Hope Martinez)
Platinum Award: Dysability (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Will Ye No Come Back Again? (Dir. Deb Ethier)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: Hot Slots (Dir. Erren Franklin)
Platinum Award: Bravado (Dir. Tom Beaver)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Infinite Simulations (Dir. Jonathan Nagel)
Platinum Award: Hallelujah (Dir. Ronald James Tomaino Jr)
Gold Award: SYOTOS (Dir. S Edward Eastep)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Conspiracy Cases: The Wasp Woman (Jeffrey Paul Agosta)
Platinum Award: Spook Siblings (Dir. Wayne Tunks)
Gold Award: Marigold (Dir. Luis Perez Villegas)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Danger (Dir. Ned Stresen-Reuter)
Platinum Award: Dreamland (Dir. Brandon Taylor)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: Infinite Simulations (Dir. Jonathan Nagel)
Platinum Award: The Clown Statue (Dir. Andretti Dante)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: christophe Lenoir (REVERSE)
Platinum Award: Michele Ly (To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little)
Gold Award: Venu Yeldandi (The Group (Balagam))
Silver Award: Jonathan Nagel (Infinite Simulations)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Hannah Fergesen (Bind Over Thee)
Platinum Award: Jordan Mohr (She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Gregg Daniel (To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little)
Platinum Award: Priyadarshi Pulikonda (The Group (Balagam))
Gold Award: Jeremy Zenor (Infinite Simulations)
Silver Award: Aric Grooms (God's Will)
Bronze Award: Wayne Tunks (Spook Siblings)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Kristina Miller-Weston (To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little)
Platinum Award: Kavya Kalyanram (The Group (Balagam))
Gold Award: Jill Lindsay (Infinite Simulations)
Silver Award: Sarah Noelle Eastep (SYOTOS)
Bronze Award: Breana M Parisi (Shooting Your Own Shadow)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Kota Jayaram (The Group (Balagam))
Platinum Award: Ron Barba (God's Will)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Vijayalakshmi (The Group (Balagam))
Platinum Award: Alexis Robert (Shooting Your Own Shadow)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Robert Lauro (She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Acharya Venu (The Group (Balagam))
Platinum Award: Daniel Zollinger (Infinite Simulations)
Gold Award: Austin Crowley (cassie + lennon)
Silver Award: Joseph J Parisi (Shooting Your Own Shadow)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Bheems Ceciroeleo (The Group (Balagam))
Platinum Award: Thomas Ropp (Infinite Simulations)
Gold Award: Adam Muchortow (Bind Over Thee)

Best Visual FX:
Diamond Award: Kaidin Jarjusey (Infinite Simulations)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Award: Peter Tompkins (Road to Forgiveness)
Platinum Award: Jordan Mohr (She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Jonathan David (Infinite Simulations)

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