Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - March/April 2022

Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: On Sacred Ground (Dir. Rebbecca Tickell & Josh Tickell)
Platinum Award: Harper (Dir. Kate Bohan)
Gold Award: Love Rules! (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Silver Award: Run Rabbit. (Dir. Justin Rose)
Bronze Award: Bedridden (Dir. Dakota Thomas)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir (Dir. D.M. Night Maire)
Happy Loaf (Dir. Erik J. S. DeFries)
Uncommon Negotiator (Dir. Brian Glassford)

Platinum Awards:
Resurfacing (Dir. Jan Fabris)
Sleep of the Innocents (Dir. Edward Rimmer)
Ten Essentials (Dir Travis Greene)

Gold Awards:
New Normal (Dir. Brent Ervin-Eickhoff)
Blood Dust (Dir. Batya G. Cruz)
Dawn (Dir. Misty Hayes)

Silver Awards:
Ice Breakers (Dir. Bobby Best)
A Silent Call: Can Anyone Hear Me? (Dir. Ana A Prickett Braunstein)

Bronze Award:
Dark Tenet (Dir. Jesus Narvaez & Jonathan Lanz)
American Citizen (Dir. Charles Sutton)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Ring the Bells: The Stolen Life of Tammy Carter (Dir. Michael Barton)
Platinum Award: Finding Inner Hero (Dir. Constance Elizabeth Brenneman & Brad Hammer)
Gold Award: ELEMENTAL, redefining our relationship with wildfire (Dir. Trip Jennings)

Best Documentary Short:
Diamond Awards:
Herb Greene: CONTINUUM (Dir. Lennon R Bramlett, Christopher Beaver, & Krystyn Richardson)
Switching Lanes (Dir. Guy Nicholas Wilkinson)

Platinum Awards:
Nevus... I own it (Dir. Valérie Disle)
Warm Winter (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Gold Awards:
Mom's war time stories (Dir. James Chen)
Laddoo (Dir. Sanay Saboo)

Silver Award: Nostradamus' doomsday chapter (1) - Assassination, Coup? (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Bronze Award: Filmaholic (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Animation Short:
Diamond Award: Carasoul: a Portrait in Nth Dimensions (Dir. Kaeti Leila MacNeil)
Platinum Award: Beyond Masks (Dir. Letícia Lopez Rangueri, Lucas Brassanini Flores, & Carolina Bonformagio da Silva)
Gold Award: A Fable for Four Voices (Dir. Deb Ethier)
Silver Award: Pirate Lesson (Dir. Sofia Azpe)
Bronze Award: grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3) (Dir. Natsuya Uesugi DuBois)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: A Feast That Never Comes (Dir. Maria Juranic)
Platinum Award: Pursuit of Sadness (Dir. Lea Wülferth)
Gold Award: #6 Feet Apart (Dir. Lea Wülferth)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Heaven On Earth? (Dir. Stephen Burhoe)
Platinum Award: The Tongue (Dir. Jose Vicente Chavez)
Gold Award: Granny Boot Camp (Dir. Terry Ngo)
Silver Award: good enough (Dir. Theresa Ngo & Nick Stofocik)
Bronze Award: Quiet Hours (Dir. Ryan Rox)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Awards:
Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It (Dir. Wayne Kelly)
Camisado (Dir. Thomas Gidlow)

Platinum Award: New Flame (Chelita Hagan)
Gold Award: Doom Chat (Dir. Tiberio Saraceno)
Silver Award: Tuna and Ted (Dir. Steven Lancefield)
Bronze Award: grydscaen: scout eve (Episode 3) (Dir. Natsuya Uesugi DuBois)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: A Feast That Never Comes (Dir. Maria Juranic)
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Best Director:
Diamond Awards:
Brian Glassford (Uncommon Negotiator)
Jan Fabris (Resurfacing)

Platinum Award: Erik J. S. DeFries (Happy Loaf)
Gold Award: Misty Hayes (Dawn)
Silver Award: Kate Bohan (Harper)
Bronze Award: Steven Lancefield (Tuna and Ted)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Erik J. S. DeFries (Happy Loaf)
Platinum Award: Keith Large (Tuna and Ted)
Gold Award: Ana A Prickett Braunstein (A Silent Call: Can Anyone Hear Me?)

Best Actor:
Diamond Award: Landon Jacob Lee (Uncommon Negotiator)
Platinum Award: Gabriel Lockwood (Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It)
Gold Award: Cliff Miller (Dawn)
Silver Award: Marty Lindsey (Blood Dust)
Bronze Award: Peter McManus (Tuna and Ted)

Best Actress:
Diamond Awards:
Patty Pell (Dawn)
Kayla Bohan (Harper)

Platinum Award: Rita Jagpal-Mohan (Tuna and Ted)
Gold Award: Batya G Cruz (Blood Dust)
Silver Award: Anna Stadler (Ice Breakers)
Bronze Award: Lexi Storm (American Citizen)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Pam Renall (Blood Dust)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Wayne Kelly (Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Matt Holt (Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It)
Platinum Award: Chad Posey (American Citizen)

Best Visual FX:
Diamond Award: Erik J. S. DeFries (Happy Loaf)

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