Archived Award Winners
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2024 Award Winners! ​
Being Black in America
Director Jackie McGriff
JUPITER
Director Amanda Mickwee
I am a Secret
Director Andrew Cantella
Bullet Wipe
Director Kenneth LaZebnik
Lyrical
Director Carter M. Stewart
Kim Carnie Out Loud
Director Maureen Macleod
The Mistake
Director Jannica Olin
COMMON AS RED HAIR
Director Robbie Robertson
Love Music Shelter (short)
Director Courtney Miller
Kool-Aid Stand
Director Jennifer Marie
Direct Action
Director Tor Kristoffersen
Little Italo
Submitter Mattia Simioni
Divisible
Director Lizzy Barrett
I’M OKAY, WE’RE OKAY
Director Adrienne Acevedo
Good Morning Sunshine (Proof Of Concept)
Director Mariah T. Larocqu - Honorable Mention
One Voice
Director Seth Bernstein
Seize the Summit
Directors Arwa Damon, Binnur Karaevli
The Good Counselor
Writers Kathryn Grant, Sue Robin Pollock
Mechanical Theology
Director Andrew Montiveo​
Una Carta a Mis Hijas
Director JT Doran
We Rise
Submitter Somdatta Pal
​A Mind of Its Own
Director C.C. Randle
Holding The Heart When It Breaks (Song)
Lyricist Diane Kaufman
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2022 Award Winners!
Lightning in a Bottle - A Festival Story
Director John Handem Piette
in Best Feature Documentary
Stay With Me
Director Marty Lang
in Narrative Feature
Concrete Rose
Director Khalid Sena
in Best Student Film
Sign the Show
Director Cat Brewer
in Best Feature Documentary
O’Kelley Legends: 2e Behind the Scenes
Director Harri James
in Best Feature Documentary
Coming Out
Director Tori McJunkin
in Best LGBTQIA+ Film
Questioning
Writer Joshua Marc Allen
in Best Screenplay/Script
The Art of Grieving
Director Preston Zeller
in Best Feature Documentary
Seguimos Aquí (We're Still Here): Pride, Pandemic, and Perseverance
Directors Emmanuel Garcia, David A Moran
in Best Short Documentary
Couple of Guys - Episode 1 - The Meet Up
Director Debra Markowitz
in Best LGBTQIA+ Film
The Broken Heart Syndrome
Director Romina Ortega Perez Villarreal
in Best Short Film
Takeoff
Director Ryan Christopher Lesica
in Best Short Film, Best LGBTQIA+ Film
Yo Andrea
Director Brian Russell
in Best Short Film
ZIP Code Matters
Director Sena Mourad Friedman
in Best Short Documentary
ANGST
Director Béla Baptiste
in Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Thriller
HONEY CYCLE
Director Yudelka Heyer
in Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay/Script, Best Film Score, Best Cinematography
In a Whole New Way
Director Jonathan Fisher
in Best Short Documentary
Warrior Women
Directors Elizabeth A. Castle , Christina D. King
in Indigenous/Native Peoples
Chinese Cancan - Lulu, a Chinese Woman
Director Coralie Van Rietschoten
in Best Feature Documentary
Oxtail Soup
Director Peter No
in Best Short Film
In Pieces Production
Submitter Liza Heinrichs
in Best Poster/Photo
a love letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle
Director Hettie Barnhill
in Narrative Feature , Best Message Driven Film
Fig Jam (Film)
Director Frank J. Avella
in Best Short Film
Kiss the Ground
Directors Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
in Best Feature Documentary
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2021 Award Winners!
Award Winners:
The Good Balloon Film and Best Original Song/Music Video
Nona’s Peppers (Best Poster/Photo)
The Bride Price (Best Feature Documentary)
Stopped (Best Short Film)
Fugetsu-Do (Best Short Documentary
Hunny-Bunny (Best Short Documentary)
“175” (Best Screenplay/Script)
Summer in Hindsight (Best Message Driven Film)
2 Down (Official Music Video) (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Special Someone (Best Original Song/Music Video)
“Brave” by Jon Altham, Pia Toscano, and Matthew Postlethwaite (From “The Great Artist.”) (Best Original Song/Music Video)
The Great Artist (An Original Motion Picture Score)
Parental Guidance Suggested (Best Short Documentary)
We Had To Say Goodbye (Best Original Song/Music Video)
A Son’s Gift (Best Screenplay/Script)
Theme Song of the Female Founder – Woman’s Enlightenment
The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (Best Short Film)
The Gesture and The Word (Best Short Film)
January 14th (Best Short Film)
The Divisible (Best Short Film)
Yarne (Best Short Film)
WHAT IS LOVE? (Best Short Documentary)
What If… (Best Message Driven Film)
Lizzy’s Plan (Best Short Film)
ANNA – Cannes Official Selection, BIFA winner for Best British Short, BAFTA shortlisted (Best Short Film)
I Love Ana (Best Student Film)
HONEY BEE (Narrative Feature)
Turn it Around (Best LGBTQ Film)
FINALISTS:
Shame or honour (Best Screenplay/Script)
Black Roses (Best Screenplay/Script)
Valse Naïve (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Okinawa Sunset (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Moon Chasing the Wind (Best Screenplay/Script)
The Sweet Temptation (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Templin Highway (Best Screenplay/Script)
Sab Rab De Bande (We’re all God’s Creation) (Best Short Documentary)
Sweet Sunshine (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Key of T (Best Short Documentary) (Best LGBTQ Film)
Love Can’t Be Locked Down (Best Short Film)
Bones of Ribbon (Best Screenplay/Script)
A Dress for Rachel (Best Short Film)
DE – Documenting Depression (Best Feature Documentary)
The Good Life (Best Short Documentary)
SEMI-FINALIST
I bow to thee O Mother (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Lioness (Best Original Song/Music Video)
“WAKE UP” (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Selling Out (Best Original Song/Music Video)
No Place Like Home (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Complete Surrender (Best Short Documentary)
Kaali Maati (Best Message Driven Film)
#richieneedsawife (Best Web Series)
Shojon – Theorem (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Love (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Romance in Outer Space (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Dancing in the Rain (Best Original Song/Music Video)
The Line (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Execution Day (Best Screenplay/Script)
Straight Into The Ocean (Best Original Song/Music Video)
The Skys – Communication (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Long Way From Home (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Allured III (Best Screenplay/Script)
AND-1139 (Best Student Film, BEST LGBTQ Film, Best Director)
Soft Boy (Best Student Film)
Alaska Long Hunters (Best Feature Documentary, Best Message Driven Film, Best Cinematography)
The Young Man and Death (Best Short Film)
The Best Gift (Best Short Film)
The 44 Scarves of Liza Minnelli (Best Short Documentary)
Quarter Finalist
Her Seventh Death (Best Screenplay/Script)
Whirling Desert – Iasi Ensemble (Best Original Song/Music Video)
This Is The Last Time (Best Screenplay Script)
Humanity Again (Best Original Song/Music Video)
Miss America By Day (Best Feature Documentary)
Lifesaver: The SLO Noor Foundation Story (Best Feature Documentary, Best Message-Driven Film)
It’s Complicated (Best Screenplay/Script)