Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - January/February 2025

Best Short Film:

Diamond Award: The Pretty (Dir. Miguel Córcoles)

Platinum Awards:
Inflicting Good (Dir. Ksenia Khamatova)
Come Out, Wherever You Are (Dir. Caitlin Presberg)
Positive Vibes Only, Volume One (Dir. Ian Rafael Black)

Gold Awards:
AGUSKA (Dir. Tristan Loraine & Hannah Baxter-Eve)
Eternal Elegy in Velvet (Dir. Michelle Martinez)
The Newlyweds: Blood At the Altar (Dir. Lucien Christian Adderley & Richard "Byrd" Wilson)

Silver Award: The Last Time Your Name is Spoken (Dir. Amanda B Matthews)

Bronze Awards:
The Fence (Dir. Lily V Fuller)
Ambiguous Indifference (Dir. Matt Jenkins & Charles Stanley)
Donn (Dir. Felix Leggett)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Dwarf Story (Dir. Riccardo Servini)
Platinum Award: Zero Limits (Dir. Dr. Kasia Wezowski & Patryk Wezowski)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Award: Midnight Milonga (Dir. Guy Wilkinson)
Platinum Award: Lasting Trace (Dir. Guy Wilkinson)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Vita Nova (Dmytro Zavora)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: Arletta. (Dir. Montana James Miller, Tash Terry, Elena Higgins, Arletta Toland, & James Wooden Legs)
Platinum Award: LIVE FOR TODAY > 31x Award Winning Cinematic Experience starring BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE (STROKE SURVIVOR JUNE 26 2024) (Dir. BRiAN BiLLiONAiRE)
Gold Award: SMOKE WITH THE LAND (Dir. MONTANA MILLER)

Best New Mexico Short:

Diamond Award: A Thousand Paper Cuts (Dir. Sam Quinn)
Platinum Awards: Lucia & Nicole (Dir. Marlene Emilia Rios)
Gold Award: In Food We Trust (Dir. Ron Weisberg)

Silver Awards:
Pocha (Dir. Anna Lisa Padilla)
TOSKA (Dir. Hannah Sutter)

Bronze Award: HUNTER (Montana Miller)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Dick Bunny (Dir. Katie Locke O'Brien)
Platinum Award: The Purgatory Rebellion (Dir. Adam Lopez)

Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: SPACE CAT (Richard Oshen)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: The Survivor (Kevin Machate)
Platinum Award: Pockets (Erik Walker Neill & Anthony DeVine)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: Cut Sick : Product Dreams (Dir. Patrick Yaney)
Platinum Award: KRYLA (Dir. Anastasiia Lapko)
Gold Award: Ruth ( ルース) (Dir. Drey Jordan Singer)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: UNRAVELLED (Dir. Brett Bower)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: Katie Locke O'Brien (Dick Bunny)
Platinum Award: Ian Rafael Black (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)
Gold Award: Michelle Martinez (Eternal Elegy in Velvet)
Silver Award: Tristan Loraine & Hannah Baxter-Eve (AGUSKA)
Bronze Award: Hannah Sutter (TOSKA)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Mikhail Puzanov (Inflicting Good)
Platinum Award: Susie Mendoza (Dick Bunny)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Rusty Rutherford (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Alba Fontecha (The Pretty)
Platinum Award: Isabel Chavez (Commemoration)
Gold Award: Tegan Muggeridge (AGUSKA)
Silver Award: Paris Jaramillo (Eternal Elegy in Velvet)
Bronze Awards:
Madahi Villa (Pocha)
Pamela Bell (Ambiguous Indifference)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Fernando Gonzales (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)
Platinum Award: Simon Callie (AGUSKA)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Emily Rose (Commemoration)
Platinum Award: Hannah Baxter-Eve (AGUSKA)
Gold Award: Teresa Longo (Pocha)
Silver Award: Heather Gilbert (Ambiguous Indifference)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Josue Ortega (TOSKA)
Platinum Award: Daniel Gallegos (Pocha)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Alex Jack (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: DAVIDE CAPRELLI (TORNANDO A EST)
Platinum Award: Thomas Ropp (Commemoration)
Gold Award: Thomas Ropp (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)
Silver Award: Khris Clymer (Eternal Elegy in Velvet)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Award: Jessica Osbourne (Positive Vibes Only, Volume One)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Caine Deegan (Eternal Elegy in Velvet)

Best Ensemble Cast:
Diamond Award: The Cast of Dick Bunny
Platinum Award: The Cast of AGUSKA

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