Best Song

  • Who I Am - Donna Britton Bukevicz

Best Youth Writer

  • Hope - Ellie Mae Smith

Best Film Score

  • My Life Between the Reins - Donna Britton Bukevicz

  • Gunfight at Deadman Wash - Lorenzo Gioco

Makeup & Hair

  • Living in the Dark

Writing

  • Drive to Airport - Mike Abbate

  • Chopstick - Leah Rathe

Special FX

  • Bequest

Specialty Costume

  • Housebroken - Candice D’Omme

Set Design/Art Director

  • Keep Your Mouth Shut - Luke Steward

Screenplay

  • CATastrophe - Tracy Lauren Locke

Makeup Low Budget

  • Bark of Evil - Candice D’Omme

Best Sound

  • Lady Doctor - Matthew Straube

Editing

  • Together with ALS

Best Cast

  • Hope

  • Lady Doctor

  • Self

  • 42 Seconds

  • Polaris

  • Whispers of Friendship

Honorable Mention Acting

  • Password Problems - Brad Woidyla

  • Jack Gets Even - Elijah Silva

Acting Awards

  • Hunter Enright - Living In the Dark

  • Sally Ann Francis - The Foxhole, Bark of Evil, Housebroken

  • Cloey Lipps - Church Girl

  • Nehali Radha - In Silence

  • Tony Noyes - Confessional

  • Elijah Silva - Jack gets Even

  • Thekla Hutyrova - Parking Spot

  • Allen Valor - CATastrophe

  • Cale Kaz - Catharsis

  • Andrew Parker Scott - Drive to Airport

Best of Acting Award

  • Dean Cain - Hope

Best Director Awards

  • Whispers of Friendship - Lux Wolett

  • The Darkside of Society - Larry Wade Carrell

  • Together with ALS - Kimber Leigh & Diane Dresback

  • 42 Seconds - Steve Anderson

  • Damaged - Dana Kippel

  • Gold - Garrett Moldrem

  • These friends of Ours - Paul Fisher & David Fuller

Best Writer/Director Awards

  • In Silence - Brandon Salaz & Salvatore Arnoldo

  • Self - Mark Anthony Short

  • Parking Spot - Robert Strong

  • Rescued - Rod Randolph

Cinematography

  • Roman Aguirre - Housebroken

  • Jason Ryan - The Right Vintage

  • Jean Pronovost - Virtus et Potestas

Script Awards

  • Short Historial Fiction: Dos Brujas - LORI LYLE

  • Short Drama Thriller: Confessional - DOC SKINNER

  • Short Faith-Based: A New Believer - Ellie Mae Smith

  • Feature Comedy: Four Corners - DAMON EVANS

  • Feature Suspense: Undertow - AARON WILSON

  • Feature Faith-Based: Godless Heathen - JOHN KESTNER

  • Feature LGBT: The Traditional Plan - AL TITKEMEYER

  • Feature Family Sport/Drama: Never Stop Living - BRYAN CARON

  • Feature Family Action: Fly Orbital Control - DOC SKINNER

  • Feature Horror/Suspense: The App - JOHN KESTNER

  • Feature Animation Holiday: Theodore’s Plate - STEPHEN NEBGEN

Best of Scripts

  • Queen Lina and the Artemis Players - A.J. CICCOTELLI

Shorts Under 6 Minutes

  • Music Video: My Life Between The Reins

  • Children’s Short: Whispers of Friendship

  • Sci-Fi: The Right Vintage

  • Pitch Video/Trailer: Bearth

  • Thriller: Living in the Dark

  • Documentary/Commercial: We are Arizona

  • Drama: These Friends of Ours

  • Comedy: Drive to Airport

  • Horror/Animation: Wilder

Best of Shorts Under 6 Minutes

  • Chopstick

Shorts 6-10 Minutes

  • Comedy: Parking Spot

  • Arizona Made Comedy:

    • Jack gets Even

    • Bark of Evil

  • Comedy/Mockumentary: Password Problems

  • Dark Comedy: CATastrophe

  • International Art House: Virtus et potestas

  • Sci-Fi: Bequest

  • Arizona Made Western:

    • Gold

    • Keep Your Mouth Shut

Best of Shorts 6-10 Minutes

  • Who I Am

Shorts 11-14:29 Minutes

  • Drama: Self

  • Western: Gunfight at Deadman Wash

Best of Shorts 11-14:29 Minutes

  • Housebroken

Shorts 14:30-16:59 Minutes

  • Horror/Thriller: In Silence

  • Narrative Drama: 42 Seconds

  • Drama: Polaris

  • Faith-Based:

    • Church Girl

    • The Fox Hole

Best of Shorts 14:30-17:49 Minutes

  • Confessional

Featurette & Shorts 17-59 Minutes

  • Horror Fantasy: Catharsis

  • Drama: Damaged

  • Faith-Based: Rescued

  • Documentary/Historical: Lady Doctor

Best of Featurette & Shorts 17-59 Minutes

  • Together with ALS

Features

  • Best Documentary: The Darkside of Society

Best of Features

  • Hope

Producer’s Choice Awards

  • 7th year in a Row

    • Tony Noyes

  • Lighthouse Award

    • John Kestner

  • Lifetime Achievement Award -Acting

    • Michael Harrelson

  • Lifetime Achievement Award

    • John McTiernan

Top 3 Best Scripts

3rd Place Top 10 Score of 8.2 out of 10

  • Sacajawea - Beverly Nault

2nd Place Top 10 Score of 8.4 out of 10

  • Postponement - Diane Dresback

1st Place Top 10 Score 8.5 out of 10

  • The Christmas Stocking - Beverly Nault

Top 10: Best of the Fest Winners

6th Place Overall - with a score of 8.1 out of 10

  • The Stolen Wish

5th Place Overall - A Tie with a score of 8.3 out of 10

  • Bus Stops

  • I’m Dead - You’re welcome

4th Place Overall - A Tie with a score of 8.4 out of 10

  • The Accelerators: Brains, Braids & Bots

  • Dear Liza

3rd Place Overall - with a score of 8.5 out of 10

  • SOS Paperclip

2nd Place Overall - with a score of 8.7 out of 10

  • Help is... on the way?

Top Overall First Place is a 3-way tie with a score of 8.9 out of 10

  • The Cold Night

  • The Twilight Cafe

  • The Shifting