Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - March/April 2023

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: The Nana Project (Dir. Robin Givens)
Platinum Award: 45th Parallel (Dir. Alex Grossman)
Gold Award: The Devil’s Left Hand (Dir. Harley Wallen)
Silver Award: The Last Word (Dir. Kate Johnston)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
Physis (Dir. Walter Rastelli)
Lucidity (Dir. Matthew Smaldone)

Platinum Awards:
Bonding (Dir. Luke Rex)
"I understand Richard Burke is a fan favorite" (Dir. Michael Jay Tucker)

Gold Awards:
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes (Dir. Pat Mitchell)
Who Dun It? (Dir. Manuel Hunick)

Silver Awards:
C L O N E (Dir. Alexander Stephens)
Traffic Stop (Dir. Manuel Hunick)

Bronze Award: BETTER LOVE (Dir. DAVID SEXTA)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: The Ragin' 13 (Dir. Nicholas Campbell)
Platinum Award: Four Corners: A Conversation (Dir. Talora Michal)
Gold Award: The power of mind (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: The journey of a basketball player turned filmmaker (Dir. James Chen)
Platinum Award: Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart (Dir. Josh Aronson)
Gold Award: 2023's 9th crop circle - World Chaos (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: What if they knew (Dir. Jake R Martinez)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Let It Begin (Dir. Jonathan Nagel)
Platinum Award: Nightmare Therapy (Dir. Kendrick Whiteman)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Trauma Bonded (Dir. Tori Lane Ross)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Gold In Them Hills (Dir. Jeremy Johnstone)
Platinum Award: Let It Begin (Dir. Jonathan Nagel)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: Jonathan Nagel (Let It Begin)
Platinum Award: Kate Johnston (The Last Word)
Gold Award: Pat Mitchell (Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes)
Silver Award: Jake R Martinez (What if they knew)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Jan Miller Corran (The Last Word)
Platinum Award: Stephen Michael Kelly (The Righteous)
Gold Award: Pat Mitchell (Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes)
Silver Award: T R Hendrick (What if they knew)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Stephen Michael Kelly (The Righteous)
Platinum Award: Greg Lutz (Who Dun It?)
Gold Award: John Kapelos (The Last Word)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Barbara Niven (The Last Word)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Carole Ita White (The Last Word)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Jonathan Nagel (Let It Begin)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Jonathan Nagel (Let It Begin)
Platinum Award: Michael Kettenbeil (The Devil’s Left Hand)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Betsy Long & Brayden Schmick (Let It Begin)
Platinum Award: Robert William Connolly (Tesla's Medicine: The Universal Fluid)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Firoze Patel & Kaizad Patel (The Devil’s Left Hand)

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