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9th Annual (2020) FILM AWARD NOMINATIONS & WINNERS

2020 NAMED AWARDS

The Tostevin Award

Filmmaker of the Year

Aaron Hose

Aby Pierce

Alison-Eve Hammersley

Aimiende Negbenebor Sela

Bob Celli

Calvin J. Walker

WINNER: Drew Dammron

DB Sweeney

Dennis Cahlo

Jeremiah Kipp

Marisa Luz

Michael Charron

Timothy Troy

PETER FISH AWARD

Cedric Thomas Smith

LUKAS HASSEL - WRITER/DIRECTOR

Patrick Penta

Ferdia Mac Anna

Vasily Chuprina

WINNER: Tommy Faircloth

Dennis Cahlo

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

Ya'Ke

Jenn Shaw

Venita Ozols-Graham

Cedric Hill

Melissa Vitello

Jaysen Buterin

Richard Rowntree

Shane J. Collins

MARGARET ANN GARZA - ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Jess Paul

Rachael Perrell Fosket

Sierra Pond

Brooke Coleman

Carlye Tamaren

Ashley Tyler

Diana Rose

Jessica Irvine Drake

Andie Kratzer

Shanae'a Moore

Megan Hughes-Jones

Rachael Grace

Jennifer Holland

Melissa Saint-Amand

MARGARET ANN GARZA - ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Tina Goldfarb

Morgan McLeod

Ben Richardson

Lukas Hassel

Noah Crawford

Ben Morrison

Joseph Fotinos

Danny Trevino

WINNER: Eric Anderson

Adam Kitchen

Peter Keleghan

Sam Lucas Smith

Blake Rosier

Sean Gunn

MICHElle Mower - Female Filmmaker

Abby Pierce

Clare Cooney

Alison-Eve Hammersley

Carlota Pereda

Katherine Hunsaker

Katie Burris

Natasha Halevi

Paulina Manseau

Marisa Luz

Nicole Ballivian

Aimiende Negbender Sela

WINNER: Rachel S. Thomas Medwin

Vivianna Chan

Venita Ozols-Graham

BEST IN SHOW

SCRIPT: Runing Out Of Sand

MJSIC VIDEO: Out Of Love

ANIMATION: One Last Monster

SHORT: Two Dum Micks

FEATURE: Subferatu

DOCUMENTARY: A Holocaust Journey

ADAM HAMPTON - ACTOR/DIRECTOR

WINNER: Abby Pierce

Vivianna Chan

Bob Celli

TL Westgate

D.B. Sweeney

Jonathan Stimac

Amy Huckabay

Ben Richardson

David Baugh

Erica Papa

TOBE AWARD

Cheap Devils

WINNER: Caprock

Bewere

Goodbye

Lonely Hearts

The History Of Monsters

Post It

The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes

Marshmallows

Sweet Erebus

Buffalo & Trout

Backward Creep

CEDRIC SMITH "CONVICTION AWARD"

Harrell D Williams, Sr - "A Natural Choice"

Jenn Shaw - "Afro"

Ali Alkhafaji - "Allergies"

Jon Alston - "Augustus"

Ya'Ke Smith - "Brother"

Sean Patrick Leonard - "Falling From Arms"

Nicole Ballivian - "Joe & The Shawl"

Nick Breaux - "San Marcos River Project"

WINNER: Cedric Hill - "Noisy"

Tracey Anarella - "There She Is"

Katt Gilrease - "Third Base"

Sav Rodgers LGBTQ+ Filmmaker of the Year

WINNER: Brock Cravy

James Tison

Gus Constantellis

Emma Rappold

Nicholas B. Gianforti

Jon YonKondy

Stacy Jill Calvert

Kasio Violet Drake

Lisa Marie Tedesco

Randall Greenland Writer of the Year

WINNER: Darien Sills-Evans

Austin Koch

Brandi Blevins

Dani Fiondella

Erica Owens

Eric Zoa

Jeff Bassetti

Jeffrey Howe

Lukas Hassel

Meg Swertlow

Muse Seymour

Paulina Mandeau

Robert McDormand

Tasha Hardy

Festival Director's Choice

SHORT SCRIPT: Wonderwall

FEATURE SCRIPT: The Show

ACTOR: Lukas Hassel

ACTOR: Hoyt Richards

SERIES: The Mismangement of Medwin Monroe

SHORT: Allergies

TEXAS FILM: Hard-ish Bodies

DIRECTOR: Scott McEntire

FEATURE: KIll Giggles

BILL HASS AWARD

Texas Director

Calvin Walker

Michael Charron

J Budro Partida

James Arrabito

Cody Lovorn

WINNER: Erik Bernard

Ali Alkhafaji

Katherine Hunsaker

Harrell D. Williams

Mike Carreon

James Arrabito

Ya'Ke Smith

Student's Choice: Best In Show

Throw Like A Girl

ERIC ADAIR: Veteran or Veteran Themed Film

Rachel Farrell Fischer

Nicholas B. Gianforti

WINNER: Walking Point

Robert T McDorman

Trish Dotson
Ryan Binse

BELLA MARCO

High school Filmmaker of the Year

WINNER: Olivia Carter

Kate Saltel

Kaia Goudreau

Greg Smoley

Jocelyn Tchety

Grace Eitrheim

YA'KE SMITH

Given to the Best College Filmmaker.

Brittaney Bandoh - "Bitter"

WINNER: Katherine Morter - "Adopt"

Kavita Parekh - "Engulfed"

Sade Joseph - "Hats"

Emma Rappold - "Homesickening"

Josh Donaldson - "Overthrow"

Spencer Flynn - "Popped Culture"

Kyle Sahadeo - "Sex Toy"

2020 JURIED FILM AWARDS

Texas Short Drama

Moving Pieces

A Natural Choice

Out Of The Walls

Finding Olivia

Allergies

Mors Bonum

WINNER: The First Time After

Salting The Fly

Bloom

Come! (eat)

Antenna Farm

Modern Cowgirl

Lillian

Texas Short Comedy

Half Cooked

Press Conference

The Dog Days of Quarantine

Your First Day in Hell

You're The Puppet

WINNER: Killer Friends

Friend Hunter

Hard-ish Bodies

Texas Genre Short

Cheap Devils

Innocent Boy

Caprock

Killing Time

WINNER: Bewere

Texas Feature

The Place We hide

WINNER: I See A Darkness

Ultimate World

ALLISON WOOD TX ACTRESS

Diana Rose

WINNER: Latoya DeCosta

Peggy Shott

Laura Corral

Jackie Luke

Lauren Lox

Hollie Gonzales

Nikki Dixon

Elyana Barrera

Jessica Irvine Drake

Andie Kratzer

Shanae'a Moore

Texas Actor

Frank Leal

Zachary Stocks

David Baugh

Kentrell Wright

Zach Desutter

Samuel Irving

Zane Shieh

Joseph Fotinos

Danny Trevino

Eric Anderson

Adam Kitchen

WINNER: Mike Carreon

Texas Produced Script

Ultimate World

The Place We Hide

I See A Darkness

Allergies

WINNER: Modern Cowgirl

A Natural Choice

Hard-ish Bodies

Innocent Boy

Salting the Fly

Bewere

Friend Hunter

You're The Puppet

series

TikTok-IN

Fully Formed Adults

WINNER: After Ray

Public Writer

Peter Pan

Anxious Taxidermist

The Influencers

Sycamore Valley

The Mismangement of Medwin Monroe

series actor

Sean Conroy

Blake Rosier

Sean Gunn

Emmanuel Schwartz

WINNER: Wynton Odds

Jeff Harms

Jason Rhee

series actress

Jenness Rouse

Jennifer Holland

Melissa Saint-Amand

Ève Duranceau

Aurora Florence

Shaunna Harmon Thompson

WINNER: Rachel Hroncich

series director

Jenness Rouse - TikTok-IN

Scott Boxenbaum, Nik Smith - Fully Formed Adults

Natasha Halevi - After Ray

Eric Piccoli - Public Writer

Ronald Lee Allman - Peter Pan

Jeff Dickamore - Anxious Taxidermist

Katie Burris - The Influencers

WINNER: Marisa Luz - Sycamore Valley

Kevin Garbee - The Mismangement of Medwin Monroe

varsity film

Chupacabra Uncovered

The Spell

Rewind

Potluck

Melted

Encrypted

WINNER: Colors Run

f/x short

Fruit Loops

WINNER: Who Wants Desert

WINNER: Backward Creep

Solstice

Resurrected

Closed For The Weekend

The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes

Marshmallows

Sweet Erebus

Buffalo & Trout

Date Night

Perfect

Goodbye

Lonely Hearts

The History Of Monsters

Post It

f/x feature

The Silent Natural

WINNER: A Nuns Curse

Galatea

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Subferatu

Kill Giggles

SCREENPLAYS

TV GENRE SCRIPT:

Sole Purpose

TV SCREENPLAY - DRAMA:

Farther And Out

TV SCREENPLAY - COMEDY

Lifeline

Stumptown Records

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - SCI-FI/FANTASY

The Dogs

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - ACTION/ADVENTURE

Madrid

WORLD SCREENPLAY

Apparently So

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - HORROR/THRILLER

Lycan House

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - ROMANCE

Across The Veil

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - DRAMA

White Water Rescue

& Revolutionary Heart

FEATURE SCREENPLAY - COMEDY

Confectionately Yours

SHORT SCREENPLAY - SCI FI FANTASY

The Problem With Time Travel

SHORT SCREENPLAY - ROMANCE/ROM COM

Anartist

SHORT SCREENPLAY - GENRE

Broken Record

SHORT SCREENPLAY - DRAMA

Appropos Nothing

SHORT SCREENPLAY - HORROR/THRILLER

Murphy's Gulch

US Short Drama

Lupita

The Garage

Falling From Arms

WINNER: Afro

Brother

The Squirrels In The Attic

Third Base

Hermit

The Mushroom Huntress

A Rodeo Film

Off Season

Augustus

Bang. Bang.

Walk Off

Three Grand Souls

Walking Point

Extra Innings

US Short Comedy

I'll Miss You

Out Of Line

The Searcher

Bryer's Cucumber Tostinos

The Bra Mitzvah

The Last Two

Joe & The Shawl

Compartmentalization Storage Faciity

The Perfect FU Font

Two Dum Micks

WINNER: Proper British Sex

WINNER: Spy Guys

Dog4Life

US ROMANCE/ROM COM SHORT

Hotline

Eat Your Heart

Go Ahead, Grab Time By The Throat

Nosiy

WINNER: The Keeper

US SCI-FI/FANTASY

WINNER: Bella And The Slasher

Empty

Canis Major

Prodigal's Road

Eyes

One Last Monster

Throw Like A Girl

US THRILLER SHORT

Buffalo and Trout

US Genre Short

Fruit Loops

WINNER: Who Wants Desert

Backward Creep

Solstice

Resurrected

Closed For The Weekend

The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes

Marshmallows

Sweet Erebus

Buffalo & Trout

Date Night

Perfect

Goodbye

Lonely Hearts

The History Of Monsters

Post It

US ACtor

Patrick D. Green

Mike Dooly

Miles Barbee

Ayinde Howell

Peter Riegert

Andy Bustillos

Morgan McLeod

WINNER: Ben Richardson

Lukas Hassel

Noah Crawford

Ben Morrison

US ACTRESS

Jess Paul

Erika Edwards

Rachael Perrell Fosket

Sierra Pond

Brooke Coleman

Carlye Tamaren

Melanie McNulty

Cherokee Rose Castro

Isabel Herrman

WINNER: Ashley Tyler

Chanda Davetas

Bethany Watson
Tina Goldfarb

US FEATURE

The Silent Natural

A Nuns Curse

Galatea

WINNER: The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Subferatu

Kill Giggles

US SHORT FILM DIRECTOR

Jon Alston

Seri DeYoung

John Gray

Presley Paras

Christopher Hall

Eliaz Rodriguez

Justin H. Reich

WINNER: Aimiende Negbenebor Sela

Shant Hamassian

WINNER: Allison-Eve Hammerlsy

Timothy Troy

Scott McEntire

US Feature Film Director

David Risotto - The Silent Natural

Tommy Faircloth - A Nuns Curse

WINNER: Benjamin T. Wilson - Galatea

Derek Carl - The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Patrick Penta - Subferatu

Jaysen Buterin - Kill Giggles

produced script short

TikTok-IN

Fully Formed Adults

After Ray

Public Writer

Peter Pan

WINNER: Anxious Taxidermist

The Influencers

Sycamore Valley

The Mismangement of Medwin Monroe

produced script feature

The Silent Natural

A Nuns Curse

WINNER: Galatea

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Subferatu

Kill Giggles

university film

Overthrow

Popped Culture

Adopt

Hats

Bitter

WINNER: Behind The Bellydance

Homesickening

Engulfed

Sex Toy

Documentary Short

Living Like A King

San Marcos River Project

I Found It At The Video Store

Saddle of Hope

Cathedral of Smoke

Behind The Bellydance

The Brewchurch

WINNER: Ridin' Ropin & Jumpin' Over Cars

Documentary Feature

The One And Only Jewish Miss America

WINNER: There She Is

in Flowers Through Space

documentary director

Charlie Weber

Nick Breaux

Neta Rhyne

David Arond

Tracey Anarella

Matt Rainwaters

Aaron Hosé

Dennis Cahlo

Elaine Smith

WINNER: Wojciech Lorenc

World Short

The Remnant

Misconception

Those Beautiful Moments

SHHHH

WINNER: Piggy

The Onion

Clickbait

Lycanthropy

World Feature

Dub Daze

The Duchess of Cancun

How To Stop A Recurring Dream

WINNER: DannyBoy

World Actor

WINNER: Peter Keleghan

Sam Lucas Smith

Andrew Chapman

Darragh Byrne

Valery Dyachenko

EREZ DERIGUS

Richard Kiess

Paul Duncan

Stephen Clark

Stephen Mahy

World Actress

Kaniehtiio Horn

Ali Hardiman

Megan Hughes-Jones

Rachael Grace

Ruby Barker

Clelia Murphy

Laura Tremblay

NOA KOLER

Laura Galán

WINNER: April Maguire

animation

Press Conference

Canis Major

WINNER: Adopt

One Last Monster

Overthrow

music video

Pearl Cadillac

Strut

Walk The Talk

Momma's Bible

WINNER: Without You

Wanted

Go Rona Rona

Voice Box

The News

The Things You Thought

EDITING SHORT

Fruit Loops

The Onion

Backward Creep

Lonely Hearts

Empty

WINNER: Post-It

The Thing With The Glowing Green Eyes

The Remnant

You're The Puppet

Killer Friends

Piggy

Misconception

editing feature

The Silent Natural

A Nuns Curse

Galatea

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Subferatu

WINNER: Kill Giggles

CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE

The Silent Natural

A Nuns Curse

Galatea

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

WINNER: Subferatu

Kill Giggles

cinematography short

Brother

The Onion

Augustus

Piggy

Extra Innings

Buffalo and Trout

I'll Miss you

I'm The Puppet

Walking Point

The Keeper

The Remnant

Noisy

WINNER: The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes