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Winners - Bi-Monthly Competition - May/June 2021




Best Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Wisper (Dir. Russ Emanuel)
Platinum Award: RUINS (Dir. Jay Mohan)
Gold Award: Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell (Dir. Clay Dumaw)
Silver Award: The love story of Su, Shi (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Best Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Dream (Dir. Pierre Jampy)
ΞNDGΛMΞ (Dir. Bruce H Gill) Stuporhero (Dir. Michael Mizov)
Creep (Dir. Hannah Rosalie Wright)

Platinum Awards:
Unimaginable chaos predicted in nine 2021 crop circles (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
SPOONS (Dir. Jon Chittenden Croft)
The three Su Scholars (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Fuchsia (Dir. Hannah Wright)

Gold Awards:
Lifelines (Dir. Noah Bernardo)
Cinema of Horror 2 (Dir. Peter M Kershaw)
Why...? (Dir. Neil A. Ortiz)

Silver Awards:
Velvet Crush (Dir. Michael Boston)
Love notes by Shi Su (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
This Case & My Life (Dir. Ana A P Braunstein)

Bronze Awards:
The War after the War (Dir. Stone J Mason)
Detention (Dir. Luciana Caplan)
A piece of life (Dir. Keneday zacarias)

Best Documentary Feature:
Diamond Award: Victuals: The CRE8AMEAL Story (Dir. Jude Orozco)

Best Documentary Short:

Diamond Awards:
A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET (Dir. Mark Gould)
Hautism and Wilderwood (Dir. Christopher Michael Roybal)
Poteet (Dir. Kiley Josey)
Green Revolution (Dir. Todd Smith)

Platinum Awards:
It Gets In Your Blood (Dir. Ed Hartman)
The next antichrist according to Nostradamus (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
The Internal World of Phenomena (Dir. Christopher Scissons)
The number game (Dir. Shihyun Wang)

Gold Awards:
A never ending battle (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
The comet in doomsday prophecy (Dir. Shihyun Wamg)
Empty America: COVID-19 and the War for Right (Dir. Barry Walton)

Silver Awards:
El Camaroncito (Dir. Arturo Javier Mireles)
Marbachumentary (Dir. Arturo Javier Mireles & Matthew Skinner)
A Golfer on a Quest (Dir. Arinjoy Das)

Bronze Awards:
The death of a taxi driver (Dir. Ken Peters)
Remi Wonder - Energy Vs Covid 19 (Dir. Chris Weng)
Remi Wonders - The interns (Dir. Jim Wang)

Best Animation Short:

Diamond Awards:
On / Off (Dir. Nicolas P. Villarreal)
BRAKE (Dir. Aja Weary & Amanda Richardson)

Platinum Award: A Journey to the Moon (Dir. Jack Getschman)
Gold Award: Justin and the Werloobee (Dir. Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg & John Vo)
Silver Award: Chimichanga day (Dir. Vladislav Dubkov)
Bronze Award: Predestination (Dir. Stephen Zimmermann)

Best Experimental Short:
Diamond Award: I'll stand with you (Dir. Matt Norman)
Platinum Award: Ready (Dir. Lois Norman)
Gold Award: The Last One (Dir. Neil A. Ortiz)

Best New Mexico Short:
Diamond Award: Scary Finger (Dir. Colin A Borden)
Platinum Award: The Last One (Dir. Neil A. Ortiz)
Gold Award: Crawl (Dir. Ryan Rox)
Silver Award: Why...? (Dir. Neil A. Ortiz)
Bronze Award: A Golfer on a Quest (Dir. Arinjoy Das)

Best Pilot / Web Series:
Diamond Award: Poems from the Dust (Dir. Than Niles)
Platinum Award: High, How Are You? (Dir. Ashley Landrieu)

Best Feature Script:
Diamond Award: El Soldado De Marbach (Arturo Javier Mireles)

Best Short Film Script:
Diamond Award: Gloomy Sunday (Kevin Machate)
Platinum Award: Until Valhalla (Arturo Javier Mireles)

Best Music Video:
Diamond Award: ROCKS & SALT - Kentucky Straight Blues (Dir. Vitaliy Strokous)
Platinum Award: The Love story of Shi Su - Tears of Red Petals (Dir. Shihyun Wang)
Gold Award: Matatowday (See You Later)(Dir. Florian Varga)
Silver Award: Christmas In Hawaii (Dir. Mariel Noir)

Best Trailer:
Diamond Award: His transformation (The Meeting) (Dir. Catherine Gropper)

@Home COVID-19 Categories
Projects created at home during COVID-19 quarantine

Best @Home COVID-19 Feature Film:
Diamond Award: Diagramming a Joke (Dir. Dylan Brody)
Platinum Award: RUINS (Dir. Jay Mohan)
Gold Award: A Filmmaker's Guide to Life is a Beach (Dir. Daniel Limmer)
Silver Award: Little Boxes (Dir. Raffaello Degruttola)

Best @Home COVID-19 Short Film:

Diamond Awards:
The Corona Dialogues (Dir. Dylan Brody)
Routine (Dir. Russ Emanuel)

Platinum Awards:
Creep (Dir. Hannah Rosalie Wright)
You & I (Dir. Yiqing Zhao)

Gold Award: The Exchange (Dir. Jared Jacobsen)

Silver Award: SPOONS (Dir. Jon Chittenden Croft)

Bronze Award: Why...? (Dir. Neil A. Ortiz)

Best Director:

Diamond Awards:
Russ Emanuel (Wisper)
Colin A Borden (Scary Finger)

Platinum Awards:
Jay Mohan (RUINS)
Christopher Scissons (The Internal World of Phenomena)

Gold Awards:
Neil Antonio (The Last One)
Neil Antonio (Why...?)

Silver Award: Michael Boston (Velvet Crush)
Bronze Award: Luciana Caplan (Detention)

Best Screenplay:
Diamond Award: Howard Nash & Rod Cavin (Wisper)
Platinum Award: Arturo Javier Mireles (El Soldado De Marbach)
Gold Award: Michael Boston (Velvet Crush)

Best Actor:

Diamond Awards:
Dylan Brody (The Corona Dialogues)
Christian Barber (Wisper)

Platinum Award: Stafford Douglas (Scary Finger)
Gold Award: Manoj Balraj (RUINS)
Silver Award: Michael Boston (Velvet Crush)
Bronze Award: Gerardo Gardea (A piece of life)

Best Actress:

Diamond Awards:
Paige Laree Poucel (Routine)
Kenishia Green (Wisper)

Platinum Awards:
Yiqing Zhao (You & I)
Gracie Piper (RUINS)

Gold Award: Dani Savka (Velvet Crush)
Silver Award: Ana P Braunstein (This Case & My Life)
Bronze Award: Chloe Caplan (Detention)

Best Supporting Actor:
Diamond Award: Tim Cinnante (Wisper)
Platinum Award: Christian Rubio (A piece of life)

Best Supporting Actress:
Diamond Award: Laquana Henny (Wisper)
Platinum Award: Radhika Sajith (RUINS)
Gold Award: Claire Waterhouse (This Case & My Life)
Silver Award: Anastasyia Peralaika (Detention)

Best Editing:
Diamond Award: Emile Haris (Wisper)
Platinum Award: Ed Hartman (It Gets In Your Blood)
Gold Award: Christopher Scissons (The Internal World of Phenomena)
Silver Award: Arturo Javier Mireles (Marbachumentary)

Best Cinematography:
Diamond Award: Emile Haris (Wisper)
Platinum Award: Heather Kim (The Internal World of Phenomena)
Gold Award: Steven Jared Mangurten (Velvet Crush)

Best Original Score:

Diamond Awards:
Zach Weaver & Matt Reyes (Poems from the Dust)
Alex Wong (Scary Finger)

Platinum Award: Ashwin Ramachandran (RUINS)
Gold Award: Jack Bowie (The Internal World of Phenomena)
Silver Award: DMProductions, LLC (The Last One)
Bronze Award: Graham Campbell (Predestination)

Best Narrator:
Diamond Awards: Matt Norman (I'll Stand With You)
Platinum Award: Ed Hartman (It Gets In Your Blood)
Gold Award: Christopher Scissons (The Internal World of Phenomena)
Silver Award: Neil Antonio (The Last One)
Bronze Award: Neil Antonio (Why...?)

Best Sound Design:
Diamond Award: Lois Norman (Ready)
Platinum Award: Jack Bowie (The Internal World of Phenomena)



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