SEASON 2 RESULTS.
SCREENPLAY AWARDS
WINNING SCREENPLAYS (BY CATEGORY)
WINNER – SPECIAL GRAND JURY AWARD – BEST SCREENPLAY
Mathematical Mermaid by Sandra Fox-Sohner & Maria Kaur Bedi
WINNER – BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
THE REVVER by Mike Hanson & Kelly Susan Moothart
WINNER – BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
Dangerous Fruits by Amanda Holland
WINNER – BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER SCREENPLAY
Hey, Girlie! by Gabriella Walls
WINNER – BEST FEMALE-DRIVEN SCREENPLAY
The Answer Girl by Stephanie Scott
WINNER – BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Dating Dick by Pamela Ryckman
WINNER – BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
Double Dutch by Klaas Frans Mertens
WINNER – BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Green Motels by Linsay Rousseau
WINNER – BEST HORROR / THRILLER SCREENPLAY
The Dark Child by Marcia McNair
WINNER – BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Killing Time by Todd Fenton
WINNER – BEST WEBSERIES SCRIPT
That’s All by Susan K Jaffe
WINNER – BEST STAGE PLAY SCRIPT
Tree Lights by Morgan Boyt
SCREENPLAY RUNNERS-UP (BY CATEGORY)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Celluloid Princess by Salomé Sowa
Roulette by Charlotte Jolley, Kyle Mazer
BEST STAGE PLAY SCRIPT
Love Bites by Kevin Glover
The Ms. Piggy Social Club by Stephanie Scott
Virginia Tells It All by Sean Pollock
BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
Down Loblolly Lane by Mia Naipaul
Fall From Heaven by William Shand
BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER SCREENPLAY
Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco by Judith Robbins Rose
String Lights by VP Boyle
BEST FEMALE-DRIVEN SCREENPLAY
Beasties by Amy Kolquist
The Red Rose by Bianca Juliette O'Neill & Sue Nyathi
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Hot Pink by Jackie Ruedisueli, Meg Darbourne
The Cursing Tree by Nan Schmid
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
BLY by Olivia Rae Krebs
BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Imposed Silence by Marni Sullivan
The Church on the Mountain by Olivia F Green
BEST HORROR / THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Holding Elbows by Jessica Forbes
The Doll Keeper by Diane F Sismour
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Exalted by Angela Thorne
The Grimoire by Steven Berger, Bridget Sullivan
SCREENPLAY FINALISTS (ALL CATEGORIES)
86 Dean Fox by Noah Zayn Mortier A Wolf at the Door by Douglas Rappaport
Bare Hands, Bare Feet by Kelly Smith
Beasties by Amy Kolquist
Bessie's Place by Adam Sandel
Bloody Sunday by Angela Thorne
Blue Idaho by Noah Zayn Mortier
Blue Ribbon Baby by Alison Romig & Meg Steinfeld-Heim
Casa Bronson by Joanna Bronson
Cat Lady, A Psycho-Biddy by Suzan Averitt & Jeff G Peters
Coal Eyes Are Watching by Christine Makepeace
Come Back by Tiffany Nichole Bromley
Death and Hollywood by Becky Scott & Molly Rydzel
Desperately Seeking Commitment by Lulu Oparanozie
First Call Outs by Cheri Marmarosh
Five With A Bullet by Christopher Isenegger
For The First Time by Robin Rue Saavage
Girls vs. Hell by Juliette Roberts
Girls Will Be Girls by Isabel Schnall
Good Looking Bachelors: The Musical by Brady Stanley
Hellbent by Lizzy Bryce
Hoe Phase by Kate Lyn Whitaker
How To Fall In Love In A Movie by Rachel Robison
It's All a Blur by Sandra Jones
Jessy of Nazareth by Albert David Cohen
Life Stuff Screenplay by Rachel Vesey
Looking Glass Falls by Christopher Isenegger
Losing It by Danielle Sepulveres
Magical Steven by Rebecca Kane
Mother's Day by Amber R. Dickinson
Night Feeding by Sarah K Reimers
Now What? By Katie Mary Garland
One Last Summer by Marcelle Pallais
Prim(e)d by Cametria Hill & Melanie Thompson
Project Valkyrie by Linsay Rousseau
Sick to Death by Kathryn Robinson
Slugs by Alexandra Rose Bianco
Sunset or the Utility of Uninterrupted Importance by Alana Schoen & Chris Haas
The Color of Love by Debbie Shannon
The Empress by Mei Wu
The Florida Man Conspiracy by Stephanie Kolar
The Geranium Deaths by Vicki-Ann Bush
The Heroine's Journey by Molly Rydzel
The Language of Wolves by Nan Schmid
The Law of Attraction by Patricia Milton
The Mrs by Mimi Karsh & Lia Aprile
The One by Natalie Higdon
The Scatter by Aeryn Michelle Williams
The Valley by Rebecca Kane
Tranma by Tuesday Thomas
Waveland by Robin Clarke
SCREENPLAY SEMIFINALISTS (ALL CATEGORIES)
Agency by Ari Harmon
A Jew's Christmas by Stephanie Scott
B.A.D by Brooke Ariel Jacoby & Richard Hohenrath
Bad Girls by Kevin Machate
Beastly Onslaught by Helen Rana
Before I Forgot You by Shuang Hu
Blood Lust by Erin Kaswan
C4: MAKE IT RIGHT by Jan Martí
Cherry Bombs by Carmine Eleonore & Mélusine Borderie
ChuBBBs, Inc. by Miguel Rivera
Closet Cases by Joseph Anthony Francis
Coming Out of the Blue by Suzanne Madeleine Spenceley-Burch
Cunning Folk by Jae Teliczan
Deer In The Headlights by Mary-Anne O'Connor
Desert Belles by Candace Egan
Dustbunny by Judy Jahng
E.B.C. by Mary Claire Zauel
Forget-me-not by Karuna Vellino
Get Cool by Ryan Ramirez
Girl with 2 Belly Buttons by Jeryl Parade
Gross Prophet by Kathryn Robinson
Guide Me Home by Victoria Francis Bogdanoff
Hell Tour by Minna Lee
High Profile by Kayla Qualls
Horrific Northwest by Sean Pollock
Interval by Christopher Isenegger
Journey Through the Dark by Erin Cuellar
Ladies Martini Night/The Princess by Silvia M. DiSabatino
Lies We Tell In The Dark by Cassidy McCarthy
Lolita by Aida Negron
Low and Outside 2024 by Frances McCoy
Magnificence & Stone by Michael angel Johnson
Medicine by Daniel Austin Jones
Merry Pranksters by Marisa Forrest
Mom's Who Play Soccer by Claire Lutkewitte
Mother Explains by Bear Kosik
Much Ado About Family Affairs by Olivia F Green
Neon Saints by Federico Cianferoni
Not For Long by Patricia Marshall
Olivia Colman Says My Farts Don’t Stink by Lisa Marie Tedesco
Olive and Mocha - The Movie by Molly Ann Hale
Paranormal Podcast Show by Shelby Malta
Pirandello's Wife by Lynn Elliott
Queerly Departed by Ian "El" Trutt
Reactive by Claudia Civinini
Red Sneakers by Jennifer K Galm
Ruts and Rivers by Scott Mann Roe Is Me by G K Noyer
Sight Unseen by Susan Mac Nicol & Nicholas Downs
Swaying Cupid by Laine Slater & Grant Christer Andersen
Syvertsen’s Complex by Marni Sullivan
The Beekeeper’s Folly by Jenn LeBlanc
The Empathy Pill by Cheri Marmarosh
The Falcon by Kip Pearson
The Grand Romantic Christmas Gesture by Amelita Lijek
The Grief Thief by Barbara Jean Thornton
The Nun and the Witch by Eclipse Neilson
The Only Way Out by Amy Giaquinto
The Park by Ashtyn Law & Dom Evans
The Release by Michelle Erika Lange
The Six Loops of Scott by Dana Wall
The Velinsk Experiment by Mariana Salvati
The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective by Patricia Milton
The Weight of Effortlessness by Anthony Stampalia
Three Articles by Jenny B Espinosa
Tunnel Night by Sophia Kalish
Uncommon Grounds by Joseph Anthony Francis
Voltaire's American Revolution by G K Noyer
Wedding Slashers by Rachel Robison & Chris Heinz
When Will I See You Again? By Michael Alan Elliott
White Orchid by Maura Campbell, RIk Sinkeldam
Wicked Women and Their Men by Merrill Anway Jones
Witch Amiss by Meghann Wilhoite
Work the Inside by Marcela Cobb
Wormwood by Jordan Oakley
FILM AWARDS
WINNING FILMS (BY CATEGORY)
WINNER – BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Back to Tilicho Dir. by Sarah Charley & Maxime Hutinet
WINNER – BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
Kingdom Dir. by Poppy Bullard
WINNER – BEST FEATURE FILM
Cat Cam Dir. by Sara Werner
WINNER – BEST FEMALE DIRECTED FILM
Charlie Dir. by Nicole Field
WINNER – BEST TV PILOT EPISODE
CVNT Dir. by Nicole Higgins
WINNER – BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
mAIve Dir. by Victoria Duncan
WINNER – BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Grandpa's Got A Brand New Pill Dir. by Jacob McCaslin
WINNER – BEST STUDENT FILM
Hot Asphalt Dir. by Leah Kay
WINNER – BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
The Paradise Road Dir. by Lisa Marie Tedesco
WINNER – BEST SHORT FILM
ZEYNEP Dir. by YILDIZ YILMAZ, MATTHEW LUCAS
WINNER – BEST WEB SERIES EPISODE
Shit Happens by Jon Wallace
WINNER – BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
Into The Flames by Barrett Wright
FILM RUNNERS-UP (BY CATEGORY)
BEST SHORT FILM
A Thousand Screaming Cats Dir. by Kelsey L. Johnson
M/OTHER Dir. by Andy Twyman
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
Frankslist Dir. by Christine Celozzi
Taxi Man Dir. by Jilon Vanover
BEST FEMALE DIRECTED FILM
On Cheers Dir. by Rachel Deutsch
The Dedication Dir. by Adrienne Lunson
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Lorraine Dir. by Allison Basha & David Gosine
The Color of Snow (and why we didn't care anymore) Dir. by Julia Hombach
BEST STUDENT FILM
I Know the End Dir. by Tess Everson
The House of Pussy Dir. by Fiona Lynette McNeal
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
California Highway 99 Dir. by Katie Ann Marks
TakeItAll Dir. by Ron Geffen
BEST FEATURE FILM
The Great Massacre of Alimos Dir. by ATHANASIOS TOMMY SKLAVOS
BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
Clam Diving for Beginners Dir. by Clara Marshall
BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
Saving Jane Dir. by Hope Gillian
BEST TV PILOT / WEB SERIES EPISODE
Hot Shit Dir. by Heather Mantis
FILM FINALISTS (ALL CATEGORIES)
A Tantalizing Dir. by Katie Prael
Bears Dir. by Scott Woods
Black Tie Dir. by Cas Saxe
blue, like green Dir. by Salome Sowa
Bubble Pop Dir. by Aeryn Michelle Williams
Cam Girl Dir. by Ian "El" Trutt
Daddies Boi Dir. by Jason Avezzano
Distracted Dir. by Katie Ann Marks
Do Not Go To The Riverside Dir. by Wenfeng Li
Ethel & Ernie Dir. by Julia Wackenheim
Hippolyta Dir. by Shelby Mayes
Life Stuff Dir. by Megan White
Meet me in Jd. Hollywood Dir. by Filipe Travanca & Otavio Vidal
Method To My Madness Dir. by Behrang Mortazavian & Hoda Hamzehali
Monyova Dir. by Zuzana Kirchnerová
Never Too Late Dir. by Jacquelyn Lucille Hire
Our Family Pride Dir. by Glen Evelyn & Dominic Giannetti
Ownership Dir. by Yvonne Huff Lee
Passing Through Dir. by Jean Kristen Byrd
Perverse Feminine Dir. by Kalen Aradia
Play by Dir. by Violeta Moro
Riot in Bloom Dir. by Brett C Levner
Road To Roswell - A Welcome To Roswell Dir. by Storm Miguel Florez
Size Queen Dir. by Kenny Fierro
State Champions Dir. by Cime Bruce
Stud Dir. by Mitch Metivier
Subtext Dir. by Erin Morgan
Sunny Yard Dir. by Trina Colon
The Literary Work of Imaginary Poets Dir. by Taylor Berberich
The Rocky Cumbia Dir. by Adelaide Pilar Benavides
Thread and the Spark Dir. by Jamie Drake
Tim's Turbulent Garden Dir. by CJ Stanton
Wet Floor Dir. by Paul McCallion
Why We Ride Dir. by Erin Kirby
Wishing on Stars Dir. by Rosie Maddox
FILM SEMIFINALISTS (ALL CATEGORIES)
Ancient Magic Dir. by Bean D Hill
An Ordinary Couple 2.0 Dir. by Jay Gianukos & Susan Barnes
Aromcom Dir. by Katrina Jackson
Black Rose Dir. by Merridith Allen
Boy Mode Dir. by Andromeda Johnson, Dylan Albertson
Bullfrog Dir. by Sienna Elizabeth Lyons
Cake Dir. by Sophia Davis
Call Susan Dir. by Amy Boyd
Cold Soup Dir. by Anthony Michael Pilja Pilja & Erick Quintanilla
Dive Dir. by Victoria Horn
Ed and Alfie Dir. by Shelly J Hong
Exhibiting Avery Dir. by Jane DiMaso & Vincent Brueggeman
Faded Out Dir by Olivia Catanoso
Fiona's Day IS Off Dir. by Jo Cattell
Forever, Caroline Dir. by Maxwell Morro
Fruit Loops Dir. by Danielle Bero
Gimme My Money! PG 13 Fest Dir. by William Vigil
Golden Wings: Fifty Year Flight Path Dir. by Caleb Mills Stewart
Good Guy Dir. by Kamie Lloyd
I am (Jo)Sephine Dir. by Juliet Bornholdt
Interpreting Erik Dir. by Donald D'Haene
Jackie Dir. by Alexander Pardo
Jacks Mom Autism Warrior Princess Dir. by Lori Mizzons, Lawrence Riggins
Jane & the Brain Dir by Hope Muehlbauer
Just A Girl Dir. by Lily Daroff
Killer Spirit Dir. by Cass Vogel
Lavender Grows Dir. by Olivia Catanoso
Letters to a Stranger Dir. by Caroline Kauffman
Living With Grandma Dir. by Finise Avery
Long Away Dir. by Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges
Love & War Dir. by Amy Johnston
Lukso ng Dugo Dir. by Annika Magbanua
Mismatch Dir. by Luna Lee
Mom's Story Dir. by Elizabeth Kalika
Night Feeding Dir. by Sarah K Reimers
Not Exactly Strangers Dir. by Ryan Rox
Overlayed Dir. by Joanna Bronson
Pink Marker Dir. by Bianca M Persicketti
Play Out Loud Short III: DJ Keelez Dir. by Carl Olaco
Pointe of Obsession Dir. by Anjelica Hymel
Riis: The People's Beach Dir. by Kendall Alex Payne
Rot Dir. by Josie Frazier
Shamdemonium Dir. by Grace Ann Rathbun
Snooze Dir. by Jenny Argyle Hogan
Tenderheart Dir. by Berry Newkirk
The Abiding Dir. by Ally May
The B Side Dir. by Bayli Clack
The Chant Dir. by Carly Jacqueline Fawcett
The Chastening Dir. by Katy Harney
The Hideaway Dir. by Rachel Wender & Alison Faye Shelley
This is a Story about Love Dir. by Jessie Lee Mills
Tits Up Dir. by Selene Huang
Walk Away Dir. by C. Fitz
Watched Dir. by Evie Smith
CAST & CREW AWARDS
WINNER - SPECIAL GRAND JURY AWARD – BEST SCREENPLAY
Mathematical Mermaid by Sandra Fox-Sohner & Maria Kaur Bedi
WINNER - BEST ACTRESS
Mikhala Hoffman – Charlie
WINNER - BEST ACTOR
Cronin Cullen – Cat Cam
WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR
YILDIZ YILMAZ & MATTHEW LUCAS – ZEYNEP
WINNER - BEST PRODUCER
Sarah Charley & Maxime Hutinet – Back to Tilicho
WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carrie Morgan-Glassman - The Paradise Road