
2024 winners
To qualify for an award, entries had to receive a score of 90 or above in judging..
Screenplay awards
Finalists
Vampira & Timbo - A.L. Jobrail
Underbelly - Joshua Ridings
L'Avocat - Rachel Walsh-Williams
Casting Couch - James Ferda
Send Me An Angel - Amy Leigh McCorkle, Melissa Goodman
Miles From Nowhere - Elle Phillips
The First Day of School - Shane Thompson
The Blood of a Dead God - James Ferda
Nominees
FLOVERR - Anita Udeep
Son of a Gun - Bence Kotany
Toilet Sharks - Bruce Griffiths
Baltimore Gray - David Frame
Best Mid-Length Screenplay -
1st place WINNER Distractions -- Bob Messinger
Best Feature Screenplay -
1st place WINNER The Plot Thickens! - Russ Lindway
HONORABLE MENTION - Letters to Matthew, Amy Leigh McCorkle, Melissa Goodman
Best Short Screenplay -
1st place WINNER Eat Me - Jason Tostevin
2nd place WINNER Little Bug - Shane Thompson
Best Satire Short Screenplay -
1st place WINNER The Shepard Joshua and His Flock Bible Hour - James Ferda
Best Short Horror Comedy Screenplay -
1st place WINNER It's a Match - Jim Hagan
Film awards
Finalists
The Every Day Life of Everyday Cups - Sofi Tongson
Dirty Talk - Nico Rao Pimparé
Christ Dance - Taylor Nice
I Swiped the Wrong One - Don Swanson
Semi-Finalists
Alvin and the Existential Crisis - Michelle David
Nominees
Unexpected Results - Megan Josephine Miskiewicz
The Ghost and His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Jim & Nick Zouni
Gotterdammerung Teaser - Phil Ramcke
Raid of the Living Dead-The Norse Awakens - Diane Jehn
Winner Takes All: Royal Flush - Noah Crissman
Dream Farm - Bryce Mackie
Best Microfilm Documentary -
1st place WINNER American Bison–Winter - Johnny Lam
2nd place WINNER The Message - Martin Novitsky, Uladzimir Taukachou
Best Feature Documentary -
1st place WINNER Streetcar City, Brad Masi
Best Action Drama Feature -
1st place WINNER Bullets, Brothers and Blood, Johnny K. Wu
Best Comedy Feature -
1st place WINNER Band on the Run - Jeff Hupp, Brian Cusac, Merritt Fritchie
Best Drama Feature -
1st place WINNER When Three Become One - Joy Millana
Best Trailer -
1st place WINNER Kill Two Birds - Marjoe Aguiling
2nd place WINNER Overemployed Trailer - Devon Ryan
3rd place WINNER The Fostered - Gunnar E Garrett Jr., Ritchie Greer
4th place WINNER Hold on to Me - Hailey Collins
Best Microfilm -
1st place WINNER An Eye for an Eye - B.J. Halsall, Ryan Chester
2nd place WINNER Rocks! - Elle Birdsell
Best Music Video -
1st place WINNER Holy Bee, Victor Maillard
Best Animated Short -
1st place WINNER A New Challenger - Vinh Hong Nguyen
Best Animated Feature -
1st place WINNER Pigsy - Li Wei Chiu
Best Dramedy TV Pilot -
1st place WINNER Cause Celebre - Patrick John Donnelly
Best Fantasy TV Pilot -
1st place WINNER St. Lou - Elizabeth Shryer, Kelsey Shryer
Best Musical/Drama TV Pilot -
1st place WINNER As the Cookie Crumbles - Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
Best TV Pilot -
1st place WINNER What Somalia Wants - Jade Bryan