Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - September/October 2023

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: The Activated Man (Dir. Nicholas Gyeney)
Platinum Award: The Unlock (Dir. Simon Tate)
Gold Award: 9/10: Love Before the Fall (Dir. Daron Hagen)
Silver Award: Cadmium Hollow (Dir. Abhishek Udaykumar)
Bronze Award: Goin' Home (Dir. Steven Mark Shaw)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Art Painting (Dir. John M. Broadhead)
[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] (Dir. Kory Orban)
Killer Killer (Dir. Chris Cheek)

Platinum Awards:
The Last Butterflies (Dir. Patrick Rea)
Enforcer of the Month (Dir. Michael Ashton)
The Replicant: Redux (Dir. David Walton Smith)

Gold Awards:
The Wedding Bandit (Dir. Sadruddin Khan)
Descension (Dir. Sean Ryan)
Warrior Intern's Quest for Love (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Silver Awards:
The Last Breath (Dir. Emerald Hardy)
E40S (Dir. Chong Kim & Kimberly Weryackwe)
What if? (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Bronze Award:
Blood ties (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII (Dir. Don Swanson)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: That Theatre on Lower Abbey Street (Daniel J. O'Donnell)
Platinum Award: Rising Wings (Dir. Harun Kazaz)
Gold Award: Northern Exploration- Svalbard, Norway, Iceland and Greenland (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Silver Award: All of 2023's crop circle messages (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Documentary Short:

Diamond Awards:
All Dead, All Good (Dir. Laine Wentworth)
Spirit of the Downs ~ Perseverance brings Success (Dir. Steve Nethercott-Cable)

Platinum Awards:
The Rhythm Of Ryan (Dir. Christina Suraci)
Cochise Legendary Warrior (Dir. Richard Allen Pines)

Gold Awards:
Prophecy fulfilled 2023 - Fate of Japan and Huawei (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Nostradamus on Gaza War (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Silver Awards:
Taipei's urban soldiers (Dir. James Chen)
Outsider (Dir. Zachary Huber)

Bronze Awards:
Hello from Ceia (Dir. Shihyun Wang & Mohan Das)
Right direction - Shihyun Wang + Mohan Das (Dir. Shihyun Wang & Mohan Das)

Best Animation Feature:
Diamond Award: The Concierge (Dir. Yoshimi Itazu)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Epicycle (Dir. Deb Ethier)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: dreamer. (Dir. Jess Godwin)
Platinum Award: My Digital Truth (Dir. Swen Werner)
Gold Award: E40S (Dir. Chong Kim & Kimberly Weryackwe)
Silver Award: The Pathos of Hamlet (Dir. Sean Gregory Tansey)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: The Art Painting (Dir. John M. Broadhead)
Platinum Award: Pollo Loco (Dir. Derek Bauder)
Gold Award: Outsider (Dir. Zachary Huber)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Wino (Dir. Chuck Marra & Megan Foley-Marra)
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Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: The Pickleball Killer (Jim Carroll)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: My Town (Lynn Elliott)
Platinum Award: I Swiped the Wrong One (Joe Fishel)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: The Signal And The Noise (Dir. Jim Hannah)
Platinum Award: Under the same moon 但願人長久 (Dir. James Chen)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: Staycation (Dir. Russell Emanuel)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: John M. Broadhead (The Art Painting)
Platinum Award: Derek Bauder & Ben Escobar (Pollo Loco)
Gold Award: Daron Hagen (9/10: Love Before the Fall)
Silver Award: Steven Mark Shaw (Goin' Home)
Bronze Award: Don Swanson (Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Whitney Wegman-Wood (The Last Butterflies)
Platinum Award: Derek Bauder (Pollo Loco)
Gold Award: Steven Mark Shaw (Goin' Home)
Silver Award: Joe Fishel (Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Clint Obenchain (The Art Painting)
Platinum Award: Michael Ashton (Enforcer of the Month)
Gold Award: Giancarlo Beltran (Pollo Loco)
Silver Award: Robert Jensen (Cochise Legendary Warrior)
Bronze Award: Sean Gregory Tansey (The Pathos of Hamlet)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Gilda Lyons (9/10: Love Before the Fall)
Platinum Award: Imelda Paclibar (Cochise Legendary Warrior)
Gold Award: Valena Zitello (Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Jorge Rodriguez (Pollo Loco)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Derek Bauder & Orlando Skidmore (Pollo Loco)
Platinum Award: Daron Hagen (9/10: Love Before the Fall)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Jannis Schelenz (The Art Painting)
Platinum Award: Karley Singleton (Killer Killer)
Gold Award: Orlando Skidmore (Pollo Loco)

Best Original Score:

Diamond Awards:
Ben Adams & Bobby Brader (The Last Butterflies)
Ewan Laker-Mansfield (Epicycle)

Platinum Award: Jess Godwin (dreamer.)
Gold Award: Austin Geller (Pollo Loco)
Silver Award: Rick Balentine (Goin' Home)
Bronze Award: Daron Hagen (9/10: Love Before the Fall)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: John M. Broadhead (The Art Painting)
Platinum Award: David S. Dawson (The Last Butterflies)
Gold Award: Koni Buenaventura (Enforcer of the Month)
Silver Award: Joshua Knotts (Pollo Loco)

Best Ensemble Cast:
Diamond Award: The Cast of Killer Killer
Platinum Award: The Cast of Pollo Loco
Gold Award: The Cast of Goin' Home
Silver Award: The Cast of 9/10: Love Before the Fall
Bronze Award: The Cast of Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII

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