ANNUAL WINNERS: YEAR 4

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Best Cinematography

• Nominees:

  • The Fallen Knight - Mason Kattelman

  • Waterlogged - Ebrahim Ghaehini

  • The Boy with White Skin - Simon Gouffault

  • Untainted Sky - Carson Blickenstaff

  • The Dandelion Girl - David Nguyen

  • Something Pointless - Keefa Chan

  • Thus Spoke the Wind - Ebrahim Ghaehini

• Winner: THUS SPOKE THE WIND - EBRAHIM GHAEINI

Best Editing

• Nominees:

  • The Fallen Knight - Harrison Woodland

  • Connie & Clyde - Nate Hoffman

  • The Hook - Ellis Evans

  • The Angel - Hunter B. Phillips

  • Something Pointless - Laurence Cohen

  • Foosball Fever - Xavier Hovington Dupois

  • Nomina - Justin Huard

  • Cut Off Your Wings and Fly - Kayden Turnbow

• Winner: THE ANGEL - HUNTER B. PHILLIPS

Best Director

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly - Stephen King Simmons

  • The Hook - Thomas Beatty

  • The Boy with White Skin - Simon Pinay

  • Violent Butterflies - Adolfo Davila

  • Lunar Sway - Nick Butler

  • Something Pointless - Asa Bailey

  • "The Fire I Am" Carson McKinnon

  • Thus Spoke the Wind - Ebrahim Ghaeini

  • Aicha - Sanaa El Alaoui

  • Number 7: A Space Opera - Brandie McDonald

  • Happily Better After - Julie Cordell-Seamons

  • Cut Your Wings and Fly - Meryem Lahlou

• Winner: LEAD BELLY - STEPHEN KING SIMMONS

Best Actor

• Nominees:

  • A Quiet Man - James Christian Morris

  • A Novel Idea - Miguel Lopez de Leon

  • Violent Butterflies - Alejandro Porter

  • First Kiss - Farhad Baghaeenia

  • Something Pointless - Owen Teale

  • Lunar Sway - Noah Parker

  • Backwards Dad - Michael Rodriguez

  • Quiet Gods - Isaac Nelson

  • The Sound of Leaves - Tom Glassman

• Winner: SOMETHING POINTLESS - OWEN TEALE

Best Supporting Actor

• Nominees:

  • Blurrish - Aulio Ivan

  • The Angel - Doug Jones

  • Notes for Tomorrow - Brando White

  • Princess for a Day - Adam Johnson

  • The Dandelion Girl - Charles Ross

  • Gus Diablo: Dying Laughing - Peter Larney

• Winner: PRINCESS FOR A DAY - ADAM JOHNSON

Best Actress

• Nominees:

  • Connie & Clyde - Lauren Call

  • Dazy Girl - Kayli Brummer

  • The Hook - Mei Bignall

  • Violent Butterflies - Diana Laura Di

  • Lunar Sway - Liza Weill

  • A Little Jaded - Kelley Lord

  • Nomina - Alex Borlo

  • Evelyn - Kayla Coulthurst

  • Gus Diablo: Dying Laughing - Rebecca Stoughton

• Winner: THE HOOK - MEI BIGNALL

Best Supporting Actress

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly - Emily Ashby Martin

  • Andariel - Lisa Thurman

  • Quarantine - Bailey Sorrel

  • Staycation - Olivia d'Abo

  • Something Pointless - Sophie Thompson

  • Nomina - Siobhan Fallon Hogan

  • Gus Diablo: Dying Laughing - Emilie Soghomonian

• Winner: LEAD BELLY - EMILY ASHBY

Best Voiceover Talent

• Nominees:

  • Theater of Mystery - Juliet Landau

  • Theater of Mystery - Malcolm McDowell

• Winner: THEATER OF MYSTERY - MALCOLM MCDOWELL

Best Music Score

• Nominees:

  • "Shade of You" - TEONI

  • Work Flow

  • Violent Butterflies - Martin Thulin

  • In Half - Juan Manuel Camean

  • Lunar Sway - Adrian Ellis & Walker Grimshaw

  • Something Pointless - Andrea Bellucci

  • Princess for a Day - Russ Whitlock

  • Gus Diablo: Dying Laughing - Joshua Sohn

• Winner: IN HALF - JUAN MANUEL CAMEAN

Best International Film - Feature

• Nominees:

  • Violent Butterflies

  • The Present Help

  • Lunar Sway

  • The Holidays

  • Zona Cesarini

• Winner: VIOLENT BUTTERFLIES

Best International Film - Short

• Nominees:

  • Helezon Akiskan

  • The Boy with White Skin

  • Aicha

  • The Holidays

  • Something Pointless

  • Our Monsters

  • The Mould

• Winner: THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN

Best Documentary - Short

• Nominees:

  • The Sanctity of Faith

  • Making It

  • Knowing From the Inside

  • Bee Money: Mormon Gangster

  • Riding the Waves of Chaos

• Winner: RIDING THE WAVES OF CHAOS

Best International Documentary

• Nominees:

  • Bahia Underground

  • The Witchdoctor and the Windmill

  • The Avenue

• Winner: BAHIA UNDERGROUND

Best Visual Effects

• Nominees:

  • Violent Butterflies - Isaac Telle Isaacacho

  • Francesca - Ika Mauga

  • Demonetize - German Eden Munoz

  • Moving Mountains - Porter Justus

  • The Assassin’s Apprentice – Trevor Mayes

  • Quiet Gods – Erick Lozano & Liliana Hernandez

• Winner: QUIET GODS – ERICK LOZANO & LILIANA HERNANDEZ

Best Wardrobe

• Nominees:

  • The Fallen Knight - Brynne Bender

  • The Hook - Tamara Orlova

  • Lunar Sway - Chelsea Preston

  • The Dandelion Girl - Iryna Kuznetsova

• Winner: THE HOOK - TAMARA ORLOVA

Best Make Up / Special Effects Make up

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly - Candice Bahe

  • Violent Butterflies

  • "Revamped with Juliet Landau" Todd Mcintosh

  • The Hook - Chelsea Murphy

  • Monday Lasagna - Caleen Brown & Amanda "Panda" Baldwin

  • Cut Off Your Wings and Fly - Marie Esther Dor

  • My Fckas Roommate – Jessica Ruiz

• Winner: MONDAY LASAGNA - CALEEN BROWN & AMANDA "PANDA" BALDWIN

Best Sound Design

• Nominees:

  • Waterlogged - Christian Burton

  • The Boy with White Skin - Vivien Roche

  • The Angel - Brenden Bytheway & Doug May

  • Foosball Fever - Timur Asleav & Dominic Bolduc

• Winner: FOOSBALL FEVER - TIMUR ASLEAV & DOMINIC BOLDUC

Best Production Design

• Nominees:

  • A Quiet Man - Ariel Jean

  • The Boy with White Skin - Bandini Films

  • Untainted Sky - Randy Seely & Team

  • Demonetize - Alicia Haverland

  • Princess for a Day - Darla Smith

  • Patrick Dougherty - Isabelle

  • Quiet Gods - Erick Lozano & Liliana Hernandez

• Winner: THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN - BANDINI FILMS

Best Micro-Short

• Nominees:

  • Waterlogged

  • Hoe Phase

  • On Dreams

  • The Harpies

  • Finding Harmony

  • Use Your Words

  • Isabelle

• Winner: USE YOUR WORDS

Best Music Video

• Nominees:

  • "Whisper" Mothers of Mayhem

  • "Swingin' on a Star with Joe" The Robin Simone Hollywood Orchestra

  • "Brave Wolfe" Katherine Gilger & David Dash

  • "Heart's Too Cold" Luke Angelo & the Aurastones

  • "Pace"

  • "Find My Way" Ataman Nikita

  • "Andariel" Uncle Opey

  • "Eternal Warrior" Infernal Execution

  • "Rocket" Brett Ryder

  • "I'm Still Bored" Phenta Soldier

  • The Kluane Compositions

  • Another World - Trachta

  • Loved You Once Before - Makaria

  • White Rivers - Jude Ella

  • Let Them Eat Cake - H.P.W. Guy

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

  • "No Need to Whisper" In the End

  • Spin Me Again

  • "The Cunningham Wake" Lycan Bite

  • "Atlas" Kindly Kait

  • "Sprung" Alan

• Winner: "THE FIRE I AM" AURELIAN

Best Original Screenplay - Short

• Nominees:

  • "Final Draft" Michael H. Moore

  • "Jefferson in Paris & Napoleon" Robert Benn

  • "Steal Me" Jeffrey Morin

  • "Souls" Mikal Himes

  • A New Kind of Patriot - Zachary Blaine Maxfield

  • When the Veils Dance - Tayebe Babei

  • Cate - Kelsey Risher

  • The Paper Daugher - Howard Lun Hong

  • Nothin But Bogeys - Alan Lucchetti

  • The First Ten - Thomas Ortiz

  • Eternally Bound - Jonathan Joseph Reddoch

  • The 18th Hole - Michael Ferrara

  • The Long Road to Recovery - Michelle L. Morgan, David R. Schleicher

  • The Current – Michael Ferrara

• Winner: NOTHIN’ BUT BOGEYS - ALAN LUCCHETTI

Best Fictional Podcast

• Nominees:

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Hekate "The Awakening"

Best Non-Fictional Podcast

• Nominees:

  • Re-vamped with Juliet Landau

  • Abandoned: The All American Ruins "Nick and the Assassination of JFK"

  • Shadow Clock: Mr. Ransom Part 1 & Part 2

• Winner: SHADOW CLOCK: MR. RANSOM PART 1 & PART 2

Best Animated Film

• Nominees:

  • In Half

  • Dark Orange

• WINNER - IN HALF

Best TV / Web Series Episode

• Nominees:

  • Revelation: The Rest is Silence

  • Round the Corner

  • Hit Me - Alexander John Brown

  • The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

• Winner: THE ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE 2: SILBADORES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

Best First Time Director

• Nominees:

  • Dazy Girl - Elijah Amodt

  • Broken Magic - Platon Ogarev

  • The Present Help - Tyson Whitney

  • Foosball Fever - Siham Medjahed

  • The Dandelion Girl - Rogan Lovse

  • James Loveland - A Quiet Man

• Winner: THE PRESENT HELP - TYSON WHITNEY

Best Stunt Coordination

• Nominees:

  • Waterlogged - Kent Loyd

  • Last Reckoning - Ethan Kartchner

  • Violent Butterflies - Tomas Guzman

  • Monday Lasagna - Devi Strrill

  • Use Your Words - Kent Lloyd

• Winner: USE YOUR WORDS - KENT LLOYD

Best Ensemble Cast

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly

  • A Quiet Man

  • The Hook

  • Violent Butterflies

  • Demonetize

  • The Genesis Project

  • Use Your Words

  • My Fckas Roommate

• Winner: DEMONETIZE

Best Film Colorist

• Nominees:

  • The Hook - Elisa Wallbridge

  • Violent Butterflies - Juan Magana

  • The Dandelion Girl - Martin Berthiaume

  • "The Fire I Am" - Anthony Wood

• Winner: "THE FIRE I AM" - ANTHONY WOOD

Best Musical Film

• Nominees:

  • Slouching Towards Branson

  • The Hook

  • What Kind of World Is This?

  • The Heart is Waking Up

• Winner: THE HEART IS WAKING UP

Best Original Musical Soundtrack

• Nominees:

  • Quantum Qi: The Taoist Art of Nurturing Life

  • The Hook

  • Violent Butterflies

  • Princess for a Day

  • Happily Better After

  • Obsession's Rising

• Winner: QUANTUM QI: THE TAOIST ART OF NURTURING LIFE

Best Generative AI Film

• Nominees:

  • Dubai Reef

  • Red Dot

  • Snow Colored Ashes

  • D'Ombre et le Lumiere

  • The 18th Hole

• Winner: SNOW COLORED ASHES / THE 18TH HOLE (TIE)

Best Vertical Film

• Nominees:

  • The Billionaire's Secret Heir

  • Cry Me An Ocean

• Winner: THE BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET HEIR

Best Experimental Film

• Nominees:

  • Life_Line

  • Aicha

  • O God, Enlighten Me

  • Use Your Words

  • Where the Water Gets Dark

  • Number 7: A Space Opera

  • Cut Your Wings and Fly

• Winner: WHERE THE WATER GETS DARK / CUT YOUR WINGS AND FLY (TIE)

The Willowstone Award (Best Family Friendly Film)

• Nominees:

  • The Long Walk

  • Swift Current Swimmer

  • Willow

  • A Little Jaded

  • Princess for a Day

  • Happily Better After

  • Something Pointless

• Winner: PRINCESS FOR A DAY

The Fablestone Award (Best Sci-Fi or Fantasy)

• Nominees:

  • The Fallen Knight

  • Tales of Jovia Anthology

  • Untainted Sky

  • Francesca

  • The Liar

  • Monday Lasagna

  • Thus Spoke the Wind

  • Quiet Gods

• Winner: UNTAINTED SKY

The Powerstone Award (Best Drama or Suspense)

• Nominees:

  • Blurrish

  • The Cost of Living

  • Overhang

  • Last Reckoning

  • The Hollow Ones

  • Evelyn

  • Backwards Dad

• Winner: BACKWARDS DAD

The Sunstone Award (Best Narrative Comedy)

• Nominees:

  • Connie & Clyde

  • Smoke in the House

  • The Hook

  • Hoe Phase

  • Use Your Words

  • My Fckss Roommate

• Winner: THE HOOK

The Brightstone Award (Best Youth Actor or Actress Under 18)

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly - Liam Foehl & Bastian Jesus

  • Blurrish - Tash Gomez

  • The Boy with White Skin - Boubacar Dembele

  • The Present Help - Gunner Wares

  • Something Pointless - Leo Harris

  • Braids - Sweet Tsosie

  • Our Monsters - Azriel Dalman & Xander Wilson

• Winner: THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN - BOUBACAR DEMBELE

The Scholarstone Award (Best Student Film)

• Nominees:

  • The Fallen Knight

  • De L'Amour

  • Happy Thoughts

  • The Rogue Runner

  • Road to Oblivion

  • The Sound of Leaves

  • Camille's Holiday

• Winner: ROAD TO OBLIVION

The Grimstone Award (Best Horror Film)

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly

  • The Noise

  • Quarantine

  • True Meaning

  • The Harpies

  • Hillcrest

  • From the Library of a Madman

  • Where the Water Gets Dark

  • Obsession's Rising

  • Demonetize

• Winner: DEMONETIZE

The Gritstone Award (Best Western or Apocalyptic)

• Nominees:

  • A Quiet Man

  • Gracie Buckshot & the Kiddo

  • Staycation

• Winner: A QUIET MAN

The Shadowstone Award (Best Black & White/Gothic/Noir)

• Nominees:

  • Waterlogged

  • Drawn in Black

  • In Half

  • Foosball Fever

  • Theater of Mystery

  • The Great Cardona

• Winner: THEATER OF MYSTERY

The Rainbowstone Award (Best LGBTQ+ or Inclusive Film)

• Nominees:

  • Francesca - Katie Mae Jones

  • Souls - Mikal Himes

  • Francesca

  • Lunar Sway

  • The Pain and the Power

• Winner: LUNAR SWAY

Excellence in Casting

• Nominees:

  • The Boy with White Skin - Iman Djionne

  • Something Pointless

• WINNER - THE BOY WITH WHITE SKIN

Best Country Song

• Nominees:

  • “I Only Smoke When I Drink” Ghostowne

  • "Baby" Mandreger

• Winner: "BABY" MANDREGER

Best Folk Song

• Nominees:

  • "Materializing Dog" Samantha L. Keller

  • "Truth" The Kluane Compositions

  • "Finding Harmony" Felisha Wong & David Air

• Winner: "FINDING HARMONY" FELISHA WONG & DAVID AIR

Best Jazz Song

• Nominees:

  • "Swingin' on a Star with Joe" Robin Simone & The Hollywood Orchestra

  • "Suite for Africa Part 3: Forgotten Children" Amina Figarova and Matsiko World Orphan Choir

Best Metal/Progressive Song

• Nominees:

  • "Fire Cross the Sky" Tony Levin

  • "The Elemental Four" Dhara

  • "Eternal Warrior" Infernal Execution

  • "Living Fast" Running Across Steal

• Winner: "LIVING FAST" RUNNING ACROSS STEEL

Best Pop Song

• Nominees:

  • "I'm Still Bored" Phenta Soldier

  • "Crybaby" The Glitter Bombs

  • "Sunshine" Kanu Chauhan

  • "Depth of Hell" Makaria

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

• Winner: "I'M STILL BORED" PHENTA SOLDIER

Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song

• Nominees:

  • "No Miracles" Jon Connor, Dr. Pushkin, Ataman Nikita

  • "Andariel" Uncle Opey

  • "Street Lights" Griff

  • "Your Enigma" Makaria

• Winner: "NO MIRACLES" JON CONNOR, DR. PUSHKIN, ATAMAN NIKITA

Best Rock Song

• Nominees:

  • "Whisper" Mothers of Mayhem

  • "Sins of Sinclair" Celine Egan

  • "Masquerade" Mandreger

  • Bahia Underground

• Winner: "WHISPER" MOTHERS OF MAYHEM

Best World Song

• Nominees:

  • "Peace" Dr. Pushkin & Ataman Nikita

  • "Love" Elviria

  • "Venice" Emiko

  • "Together We Rise" Aurelian

  • "Between What is Real" Aurelian

• Winner: "VENICE" EMIKO

Best Alternative/Indie Song

• Nominees:

  • "Girly Whirly" The Alpines

  • "Bus Stop to Jupiter" Cosmic Fates

  • "What Do I Mean to You?" Rocket

  • "Another World" - Trachta

  • "Sickness" Chloe Vonkoelsch

  • "SWKM" Chloe Vonkoelsch

  • "Sprung" Alan

• Winner: "SPRUNG" ALAN

Best Contemporary Song

• Nominees:

  • "Devil's Game" Ataman Nikita

  • "Higher" Caleb Fullmer

  • "Hold My Own" Makaria

• Winner: "HOLD MY OWN" MAKARIA

Best Instrumental/ Classical Song

• Nominees:

  • "Wake" Celine Egan

  • "Emerging From the Shadows" Mieczyslaw Weinberg

  • "Elemental Four" Dhara

  • "Randy" Andre Correa

  • Swift Current Swimmer

  • "Fall of a Dream" Hana Masai

  • "Moon Song" Maria Rago

• Winner: "FALL OF A DREAM" MOTHER OF SUFFERING

Best R&B/Soul Song

• Nominees:

  • Not enough noms

Best Music Video Producer

• Nominees:

  • Isolirium Entertainment

  • Matthiew Lien - The Kluane Compositions

  • Jared Palmer "Andariel"

  • "Running Across Steel" Living Fast - Miles Stanley

  • "Fire I Am" Aurelian - Tony Toscano & Jinhee Wilde

• Winner: JARED PALMER "ANDARIEL"

Best Inspirational Song

• Nominees:

  • "Maria Sol" Cedar Breaks Band

  • "The Sanctity of Faith" Stacey Stone

  • "Chain Breaker" Kayden Lightel

  • "Now I Can See" Stephen Dejoseph, Henry Nevision

  • "Set Me Free" Caleb Fullmer

  • "Live for Today" Living Fast

  • "Lullaby foir Benson" Archelaus Crisanto

• Winner: "CHAIN BREAKER" KAYDEN LIGHTEL

Best Song Lyrics

• Nominees:

  • "Masquerade" Mandreger

  • "Bus Stop to Jupiter" Cosmic Fates

  • "Bumblebees" Cate and the Garden Bandits: The Musical

  • "Perfect Sign" Kanu Chauhan

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

  • Chloe Vonkoelsch "Sickness"

• Winner: CHLOE VONKOELSCH "SICKNESS"

Grand Jury Prize: Song of the Year

• Nominees:

  • "Fire Cross the Sky" Tony Levin

  • "Masquerade" Mandreger

  • "Running Across Steel" Living Fast

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

  • "Fall of a Dream" Hana Masai

  • Chloe Vonkoelsch "Sickness" 

  • Atlas "Kindly Kait"

• Winner: “ATLAS” KINDLY KAIT

Performance of the Year

• Nominees:

  • The Kluane Compositions

  • "Running Across Steel" Living Fast

  • "Moonlight" Pet Conspiracy

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

• Winner: THE KLUANE COMPOSITIONS

Album of the Year

• Nominees:

  • "Dying Star" The Alpines 

  • The Kluane Compositions

  • "Suite for Africa" Amina Figarova & Matsiko World Orphan Choir

  • "Running Across Steel" Living Fast

• Winner: THE KLUANE COMPOSITIONS

Live Performance of the Year

• Nominees:

  • "Devil's Game" Ataman Nikita

  • "Love" Elviria

  • "The Elemental Four" Dhara

• Winner: "LOVE" ELVIRIA

Best Fashion Team

• Nominees:

  • "The Cosmos Awakens" VanderRose

  • "The Elemental Four" Dhara

  • "The Fire I Am" Aurelian

  • Venus in Fur Grasmere

• Winner: "THE COSMOS AWAKENS" VANDERROSE

Best Non-Fiction Book

• Nominees:

  • "Made for Me" Careshmeh French Dean

  • "Runes: Experience and Gnosis of a Modern Rune Walker" Rune Walker

  • "The Path of the Priestess: A Guidebook for Awakening the Divine Feminine" Sharron Rose

• Winner: "RUNES: EXPERIENCE AND GNOSIS OF A MODERN RUNE WALKER" RUNE WALKER / "THE PATH OF THE PRIESTESS" SHARRON ROSE (TIE)

Best Fiction Book

• Nominees:

  • "Snowflake and the Enchanted Seven" Allesandro Penington

  • "Rules Worth Breaking" - Liz Whittaker

  • "A Tragedy of Riches" Tony Cointreau

  • "Only the Dead Know Burbank" Bradford Tatum

• Winner: "ONLY THE DEAD KNOW BURBANK" BRADFORD TATUM

Best Poem

• Nominees:

  • "Inundations" Anne Ciecko

  • "Gros Topos" Anne Ciecko

  • Peripatetic Salvaged Poetry for Inexorable Excoriations Brought on by Grief – Anne Ciecko

  • "Blind Man You Don't See" Ramsom Miller

• Winner: "BLIND MAN YOU DON'T SEE" RAMSOM MILLER

Best Visual Art

• Nominees:

  • Dawn Durantos “Enternal Pulse”

  • Adrian Cruz “Violent Butterflies”

  • Willow

• Winner: DAWN DURANTOS “ETERNAL PULSE"

Best Photography

• Nominees:

  • "Wasatch Moonrise" Jason Yeaman

  • "Living Art Show" Miles Stanley

  • "Top View Photos" Aaron Lawrence

• Winner: "TOP VIEW PHOTOS" AARON LAWRENCE

Best Theatrical Performance

• Nominees:

  • Grasmere 

  • Venus in Fur

• Winner: VENUS IN FUR

Grand Jury Prize: Best Feature Film

• Nominees:

  • A Quiet Man

  • The Hook

  • Demonetize

  • Last Reckoning

  • Backwards Dad

  • Obsession's Rising

  • Lead Belly

  • The Genesis Project

  • Princess for a Day

• Winner: LAST RECKONING

Grand Jury Prize: Best Short Film

• Nominees:

  • A Fallen Knight

  • Dazy Girl

  • The Angel

  • Notes for Tomorrow

  • The Dandelion Girl

  • Braids

  • Cut Your Wings and Fly

  • Quiet Gods.

  • Something Pointless

• Winner: SOMETHING POINTLESS

Grand Jury Prize: Best Documentary - Feature

• Nominees:

  • Quantum Qi: The Taoist Art of Nurturing Life

  • A Connecticut Farmer & the King's Cow

  • Racing for Laverda: P.K. Davies

  • Breaking Chains

  • Emerging From the Shadows: Rediscovering the Legacies of Weinberg & Korngold

  • The Vlth (The 6th)

  • Stressmas

  • The Heart is Waking Up

  • Overlooked

  • Carter Country

• Winner: BREAKING CHAINS

Grand Jury Prize: Best Original Screenplay - Feature

• Nominees:

  • "Bagram" Keenan Kunst

  • "Francesca" Katie Mae Jones

  • "Tenebris" Brandon Young

  • "The Dead That Feeds the Trees" Tyler Baker

  • "Katherine" Shane R. Nolan

  • Hunch - Michael E. Caisley

  • The Loser's Club - Jonathan Turner Smith

  • Voodoo Valentinos - Michael Louis Gould

  • Crab Walkers - Toni Martocchio

  • Solomon's Keys - Victoria Polzer

  • The Last Patient - Michael Ferrara

  • No Exit - Travis Ardle

  • The Winter Dance Party Tour: 1959 - LJ Coon, Donna L Cleaves

  • The Origin of Species - Taunya Gren, Susan Phelan

  • Overlooked

  • Carter Country

  • Racing for Laverda: P.K. Davies

  • 221-A – Tony Toscano

  • Americana – Dale Wolf

  • The Bell – Michael Ferrara

  • Anthrillogy – Thomas Ortiz

• Winner: THE LAST PATIENT - MICHAEL FERRARA

Grand Jury Prize: The Innovator Award

• Nominees:

  • Khaya AI: Human-Centered Language for Africa

  • Forgotten Children Sing - Mark Lee Hegeraty

  • Breaking Chains - SOLID Media Services & Utah State Correctional Facility

  • Use Your Words

  • A Rock Opera

• Winner: A ROCK OPERA

Grand Jury Prize: Social Impact Award

• Nominees:

  • Breaking Chains

  • Aicha

  • Forgotten Children Sing

  • Zona Cesarini

  • Braids

  • Our Monsters

  • Happily Better After

  • Overlooked

• Winner: BRAIDS

Separate: ZepFEST Community Impact Award

• Nominees:

  • Jenkins Soffe Mortuary

  • Tea Rose Diner

  • Murray Vision Center

  • Sideshow Productions Tattoo Shop

• Winner: JENKINS SOFFE MORTUARY

Audience Choice

• Nominees:

  • Lead Belly

• Winner: LEAD BELLY

Lifetime Achievement Award

• JULIET LANDAU