2024 Results.
SCREENPLAY AWARDS
WINNER - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Daughter of a Father by Melissa Ragsly
RUNNERS-UP - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Burn Baby Burn by Caitlin Arcand
Minding Therapy by Ros C Johnson
The Physics of Flight by Mikelle Kruger, Patrick O. McKenna
WINNER - BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
Don’t Say Gay Here by Jamie Savarese
RUNNER-UP - BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
WINNER - BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER SCREENPLAY
BFF by Chessie Reiss
Final Emergence by Anne Denise Weber
WINNER - BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Please Hang Up by Andrea Tellez, Sophie Tellez
Hell's Giving by Susan Kelejian
WINNER - BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Bushwicked! by Natalie Madeline Hoffman
RUNNERS-UP - BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Blue Oasis by Debra Lynne Pralle
The Chosen Ones by Cristina DiGioia
WINNER - BEST STAGE PLAY SCRIPT
The Show Must Go On by Lauren Foley
RUNNER-UP - BEST STAGE PLAY SCRIPT
The Second Time Around by Jennifer Renner
FINALISTS - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Bet by D'Elia Guarnieri
Eulogy by Amanda Brooke Avery
Lock Her Up by Elizabeth Ann Searle
The Byrd Problem by Jennifer Renner
FINALISTS - BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
Are you my Nihilist? by Brittany K. Fonte
Bauble by Scot G Kleinman
Jack and the Box Store by Heidi L FitzGerald
Swiped by James Berg
FINALISTS - BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER SCREENPLAY
Locust Street by Sadie Rose Schoenberger
Lovesick by Caroline Margaret Jamison
The Last Best Place by John Gluck
FINALISTS - BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
El Male by Leonardo Mileikowsky
Who's Afraid of Hollywood? by Katia Noyes
Zoom Hit by Laura Puccia Valtorta
FINALISTS - BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Learning to Howl by Lily Davis
Off The Path by Richard Redlo
The Lu by Ashtyn Law, Dom Evans
Waiting by Rebecca Rocheford Davies
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
An Axe to Grind by Erika Stone
Azalea by Nate Raven
Brit Runs For Prom Queen by Charis Luta Tshihamba
Floating Lessons by Alexis Krasilovsky
Proud Girls by Leslie Flannery
The Longest Night by Rebecca Charlotte Scott
The Measure of She by Karen Dee Carpenter
The Mercury Club by Alison Jean Cole
Thukdum by Susan Teutonico
Twenty-Four Seven by Blair Marino
Why We're Shivering by Melissa Abrams
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST LGBTQIA+ SCREENPLAY
Always For You by Theresia Reinhold
Carnage in D Minor by Stacey Alan Spivey
Tar Pits by Donald Stroud
The Long Midsommar Night by Michel Ohagen
The Nurse by Shanee Edwards
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER SCREENPLAY
Dissension by Stacey Alan Spivey
Marcy's Redemption by Kimberly Hayes
Silver Daze by Becky Harvey
The Lost Girls by Ashtyn Law, Dom Evans
That's Our Girl by Lexi Kristine Brandt
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Alice by Abigail Kate Thomas
Amongst the Stars by Janay Wilson
Bomb Ass Boss(es) by Shanice Williamson
If You Show Me Yours I'll Show You Mine by Riya Agarwal
Invisible by Stephanie Williams
Routine Struggles by Bertha Estrada
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
Ann Arbor by Richard Redlo
Little Deaths by Marisa Drinkwater
Moments Lost by Lori Santarsiere
Protect the Wild Life by Em Koopman
Reunion by Jay Ryan Ellis
River Rises by Tyreek Spaide
Suzanne Valadon: The Sin I Will Commit Again by Mikelle Kruger, Patrick O. McKenna
Widow's Wishes by Holly Sawyer
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST STAGE PLAY SCRIPT
Cleopatra by Joy Yvonne Jones
Omakase by Alena Alova
FILM AWARDS
WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM
Hidden Flora Dir. by Ryan Rox
RUNNER-UP - BEST FEATURE FILM
Thursday's Child Dir. by Leslie Thomas
WINNER - BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
The Trash Goes Out On Tuesday Dir. by Tuesday Thomas, Jesse Orrall
RUNNERS-UP - BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
Black Woman White Man Dir. by Michael Joseph Smith, Ko Han Lai
King Ed Dir. by Nick Fascitelli
WINNER - BEST STUDENT FILM
Ask. Dir. by Nanni Mann
RUNNERS-UP - BEST STUDENT FILM
Ash Wednesday Dir. by Grace O'Brien
Shoreline Dir. by Carina B Raffaelli
The Bonsai Dir. by Rachel L Leigh
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
A Séance with the Queens Dir. by Gregg Maliff
RUNNER-UP - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Singing for Justice Dir. by Christie Herring, Estelle Freedman
WINNER - BEST ANIMATION FILM
Ultramarine Dir. by Grace Wisdom
WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM
Pink Dir. by Yassa Khan
RUNNERS-UP - BEST SHORT FILM
A Shining Example Dir. by Clarke Wolfe
Dirty Towel Dir. by Callie Carpinteri
WINNER - BEST TV PILOT EPISODE
Groupies Dir. by Corey Grant
RUNNER-UP - BEST TV PILOT EPISODE
Jiggle The Handle Dir. by Joe Pomarico
WINNER - BEST WEB SERIES
I’m Not Getting Into This Dir. by Irene Croteau
WINNER - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
In Time Dir. by Alice The G00n
RUNNER-UP - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Shouganai Dir. by Germán Tejada
WINNER - BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
My Rockstar Dir. by Stephanie Williams, Graham Northrup
RUNNERS-UP- BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
Into The Void Dir. by Giovannie Espiritu
She Dir. by Samantha Proaño
FINALISTS - BEST FEATURE FILM
Bricks Dir. by Emily Helpman
Those We Leave in the Dark Dir. by Jordan Hibbins
FINALISTS - BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
Ranger Danger Dir. by Abigail Grubb
Where Are All the Gay Superheroes? Dir. by Tom Paul Martin
FINALISTS - BEST STUDENT FILM
Altermotion Dir. by Hunter Nova
IUDemon Dir. by Alexandra Rose Bianco
FINALISTS - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Dial +37 The Lost Country Dir. by Katharina Taubert
The Enchanted Day of the Erês Dir. by Coraci Ruiz, Julio Matos
FINALISTS - BEST ANIMATION FILM
Little Apple Dir. by Eva D. Hayes
When We Were Llamas Dir. by Erica Thomas
Whisper People Dir. by Danita Lewis
FINALISTS - BEST SHORT FILM
A Broadway Body Dir. by Emilia Ray
Hit Girl Dir. by Victoria Gluchoski Gluchoski, Thom Henke
Improvements Dir. by Erica Terpening-Romeo
Of You On You Dir. by Jinny Ryann, Sam Crainich, Nicholas Bradford, David Patty
She Died. Not for the Living Dir. by Avi Ludmir
The Feed Dir. by Amber Gray
Trailer Park Queen Dir. by Lauren Kleeman
FINALISTS - BEST TV PILOT EPISODE
All That She Left Me Dir. by Molly Jury
With Love Dir. by Kellie Christensen
FINALISTS - BEST WEB SERIES
OMG Dir. by Isabella Ribeiro
Iced Tea Chronicles Dir. by Ruthie Stone
Shots Fired Dir. by Ali Jefferies
Switched Dir. by Petra Sommer
What’s Your Problem Dir. by Kelly Theroux
FINALISTS - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CYA Dir. by Alice The G00n
Green Dir. by Angelica Schwartz
FINALISTS - BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
Be Me Dir. by Sarah Harvey
Freedom Dir. by Alan Rosenfeld
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST FEATURE FILM
My Life As My Father Dir. by Gracen Combs
Sheryl Dir. by Justin Best
The Ruined Mind Of Alice Valencia Dir. by Seth Kennith Messer
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM
Daddy Dir. by Kip Knight
Seeing Stephanie Shu Dir. by Sheng Hou
That's Family Dir. by Puppett
The Betrayed Dir. by Christian Santiago
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST STUDENT FILM
Mírame Dir. by Anna Polacek, Lainey Macken
Streusel Dir. by Sunny Davis
The Lucky Introvert Dir. by Lorie Vivian Moore, J. Pash
The Murder Dir. by Alex Dymalovski
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside Dir. by Rose Marie Perez
Flag Football Dir. by Karen Bullis
Tinseltown's Queer: 30 Years Later Dir. by Nicholas Snow
The Disease Detective Looks at Aphasia Dir. by Laura Puccia Valtorta
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST SHORT FILM
50 Words Dir. by Mark Palmer
Black Friday Dir. by Jenna Milly
If You Give A Girl A Candle Dir. by Nicole Kohut
Internal Dir. by Winter Tomisato
Leben Dir. by Ania Plonka
Pennies Dir. by Lena Louise Streitwieser
Somewhere Over The Rainbow Dir. by Peyton Miller
The Most Beautiful Among Mothers Dir. by Mahmoud Abu Jazi
The Programme Dir. by Samantha Grierson
The Red Dot Special Dir. by Alexa Roberts
Transient Dir. by Luis Tovar
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Dir. by Victoria Horn
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST TV PILOT EPISODE
Days at Sunnyville High Dir. by Noah Coleman
Pickleball is Life: Dill With It! Dir. by Carol Ann DeMarco, Ethan de Aguiar
Where The Wrong Ones Go Dir. by Jens K. Frandsen
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Abigail Fierce - I Miss You Dir. by Abigail Fierce
Oistrophaneia Dir. by Sabina van Rooyen
Wasteland by Josephine Dir. by Louisa Solarz
SEMIFINALISTS - BEST SHORT SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEO
Back In Time Dir. by Luca Arcuri
Final Clearance Dir. by Drex Lee
We Are Everywhere Dir. by Vargha Cseke
CAST & CREW AWARDS
WINNER - GRAND JURY AWARD
Ryan Rox - Hidden Flora
WINNER - BEST PERFORMANCE
Luca Silver - Hidden Flora
WINNER - BEST ACTOR
Jim Caesar - Pink
WINNER - BEST ACTRESS
Silvia Presente - Ask.
WINNER - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Matthias Vienmann - Altermotion
WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR
Yassa Khan - Pink
WINNER - BEST PRODUCER
Adam S. Barta, Gregg Maliff, JoJo Payne, Christopher Gregson, Robert Keniston - A Séance with the Queens