2024 Award Winners & Nominees

| Best of Fest

• Another Eight Seconds: WINNER
• As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
• True Love Stays
• The Stars In New Mexico
• Wandering Daydreams
• Sack Race with Knives

| Narrative Feature Film

• A Stranger on Earth
• Dead End Dreams: WINNNER

| Documentary Feature Film

• Richard Orlinski, The Art Documentary
• Breaking Form: WINNER

| Narrative Short Film

• True Love Stays: WINNNER
• As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
• The Stars in New Mexico

| Documentary Short Film

• Another Eight Seconds
• Sack Race with Knives: WINNER

| Music Video

• Please Be Kind
• Good Things: WINNER

| Student Film

• Disciple
• Munchies
• Buddy: WINNER

| Best Director

• As Easy As Closing Your Eyes – Parker Croft: WINNER
• True Love Stays – Sydney Thier
• Another Eight Seconds – Keith Malloy

| Best Actor

• Russell Shealy – You’re Not Alone
• Sean Marquette – As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
• Tyler Weisenauer – The Stars in New Mexico: WINNER

| Best Actress

• Taylor Dupuis – The Stars in New Mexico: WINNER
• Sydney Thier – True Love Stays
• Laura Coover – As Easy As Closing Your Eyes

| Best Cinematography

• Wilderness: WINNER
• You’re Not Alone
• Dance!!!
• Spirals
• Murdrum

| Best Score

• iSwap
• End of the World Mix
• Dance!!!: WINNER

| Best Production Design

• iSwap
• Wilderness: WINNER
• The Stars in New Mexico
• Burglars