Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - July/August 2022

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Escape from Reality (Dir. George Michael Liviakis)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Empyrean (Dir. Hannah Smith)
The Hanging of William Cane (Dir. Preston Walden)
SHASHTHI (Dir. Jude Peter Damian)

Platinum Awards:
bloom (Dir. Nick Hiratsuka)
Lone Wolf Hill (Dir. Victor Alexander Verlage)
Hanging Buddy (Dir. John Kestner)

Gold Awards:
Josephine (Dir. Michael Scordakis)
One Night (Dir. Mads Engel)

Silver Awards:
Lack of Judgment (Dir. Adam F Lopez)
Beverly Ever After (Dir. John Kestner)

Bronze Award:
After the Doomsday (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Charlie (Dir. Scordakis Michael)

Best Documentary Short:

Diamond Awards:
Nostradamus' Doomsday Prediction - Prey (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Nostradamus' doomsday - Devastation (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Platinum Awards:
Nostradamus' Doomsday Prediction - Escape (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Nostradamus' Doomsday Predictions (8) WW3 (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Gold Award: The important crop circle messages of 2022 (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Silver Award: Unsolved mysteries of the world (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Bronze Award: Safe Passage (for Sheila) (Dir. Erin Fussell)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: And So I Begin. (Dir. Margarethe Baillou)
Platinum Award: Mania (Dir. Matt McCorkle)
Gold Award: Take Me Back to Earth (Dir. Dominic Francisco)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Rob in the Doghouse (Dir. Emily Cates)
Platinum Award: Rezd Out (Dir. Alica Sheyahshe Mteuzi)
Gold Award: TRUST (Dir. Erik D Beacham)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Hurt (Dir. Gavin Matthews, Sonia Forcada, & Trey Jordan)

Best Director:
Diamond Award: Meg Poveromo (Toxic Shock - Part 2)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Purgatory (Daniel Ruczko)
Diamond Award: Jude Peter Damian (SHASHTHI)
Platinum Award: R.J. Hendricks II (The Hanging of William Cane)

Best Actress:
Diamond Award: Wei-Jen, Liao (Josephine)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Wei-Jen, Liao (Charlie)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Joe Guilar (The Empyrean)

Best Original Score:
Diamond Award: Ben Tilney & Matt Sorensen (The Empyrean)

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