11th Annual (2023) Award Nominations & Winners

Winners in italics and *

Premier Awards

Filmmaker of the Year

Ben Richardson

Benjamin Carlucci

Cat Papadimitriou

Chip Hale

Chris Ethridge

Cooper Shapiro

Darien Sills-Evans*

Erin Laine

Kaleigh Spencer

Laura Sweeney

Meg Swertlow

Michael Charron

Olivia Carter

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

Rodrigo Moreno

Wojciech Lorenc

Margaret Ann Garza - Actor

David Lenik

Peter Stormare

Les Best

Brian Cobos*

Erik Anderson

Darien Sills-Evans

Michael Patrick Sullivan

Chaz McCormack

Alan Maxson

Chris Boudreaux

Chris Tashima

Sherman Augustus

Logan Roberts

Donato De Luca

Christopher Chen

Best Director/Actor

Jonah Saeson

Erin Laine

Nessa Norich

Amy Peak

Danny Zanelotti

Jennifer Enskat / Cynthia Gray

Michael Fedele

Kaleigh Spencer

Amy McPeak

Ben Richardson*

Brooke Linsalata

Jenny Ward

Veronica Mannion / Ariel Hart

Emily Ruhl

Tobe Hooper Award

Watcher

Jack of All Lanterns

The Cure

Loose Ends

Feast

Yes, Mother

Killer Abs

Mask of the Devil

Pete & Re-Pete

Ditched

Penny*

Closet Nightmares

Spectral Wind

Screenwriter of the Year

Erin Elizabeth Keefer

Stuart Creque

John Kirk

Melissa Skirboll

Chris Esper

Naomi Lisner

Jeff Craig Bassetti

Jeff Kaminski

Jeanine Bartel

Rakefet Abergel

Darien Sills-Evans

Eliaz Rodriguez

Michael Charron

David N. Reyes

JoAnn Esposito Hess*

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

Melissa Sheridan, Amy Traurig

Margaret Ann Garza - Actress

Nicole Girt

Emily Ruhl

Julia Barnett

Rachel Bellini

Leila Annastasia Scott

Sarah J Bartholomew

Erin Laine

Julia Barnett*

Jeanine Bartel

Tiana Stuart

Erin Day

Chloe Colleen

E.G. Daily

Cat Limket

Mika Dyo

Afton Quest

Best Writer/Director

Kaylin River Allshouse

And Kinzy

Richard Moreno

Benjamin Carlucci

Rebecca Charlotte Scott

Meg Swertlow

Evelyn Pecikonis

Chantelle James

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid*

Tiana Stuart

April Yanko

Sam Upton

Jenny Ward

Gabrielle Fox

Jacob Shelton

LGBTQ Film/Script of the Year

Reflection

Rumors

DIVR

The PUF

Jelly Bean

The Perfect First Date*

Female Filmmaker of the Year

Shanna Riker*

Debra Markowitz

Jordan Wilson

Vanessa Rae Lerma

Lucy Owens

Jenny Ward

Kaylin Rizer Allshouse

Laura Sweeney

Rozalyn Dione Mattocks

Gabrielle Fox

Katie Martin

Rachel Thomas-Medwid

Ness Norich

Shay Thurmon

Erin Laine

Brooke Linsalata

Meg Swertlow

Kaleigh Spencer

Carla Feldpausch Siegle

Melissa Skirboll

Announced at the Festival

BEST IN SHOW:

Best Picture - Script	Lottery
Best Picture - Short	Waving
Best Picture - Feature	Behind The Bucket

PETER FISH 'ARFFER of the YEAR':
Alyssia Rivera
Carlo Rodriguez
Lisa Belcher

SHELLY AWARD
Heidi Sloan
Diann Bayes

ERIC ADAIR - VETERAN AWARD
Great Mistakes

SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN FILM
Waving

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE:

DOCUMENTARY	Texas Wines
TEXAS DOCUMENARY	Tatoos In South Texas
SHORT SCRIPT	Overdue and Still
DIRECTOR	Kaleigh Spencer
FEATURE SCRIPT	Paw Mama
SERIES	Intersection
SHORT	A Thousand Times A Day
TEXAS FILM	My Brother, My Hero
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE	Dark Sunrise
US FEATURE	Stacked

Texas Filmmaker of the Year

Tiana Stuart

Amy McPeak

Virginia Colmenares

Chip Hale

Lauren Himmelvo

Carla Feldpausch Siegle

Joe Marks

Jimmy Willden

Ronald Short

Chantelle James

Rodrigo Moreno*

Katie Martin

Michael Charron

Grace Olivia Goen

Cody Leveski

Martha Louise Van Garza

U.S Feature Film Awards

US Feature

Gianna

The Banality

Unpacking

No No Girl

Xanadu Hellfire

The Blonde Experiment*

US Director - Feature

Brooke Linsalta

Michael Stevatoni

Alexandra Clayton/Michal Sinnott

Justin Armao

Veronica Mannion/Ariel Hart*

Paul Daisuke Goodman

Cinematography - Feature

Gianna

The Banality

Unpacking*

Xanadu Hellfire

The Blonde Experiment

No No Girl

Dark Sunrise

Breathing Happy

Mask Of The Devil

Feature Screenplay - Genre

A God Among Sheep -- The Rise of Maria Salvatore

Screeners

Hunted*

Stiletto

DPPELGANGER HEIST

STARS, WON'T YOU HIDE ME?

The Lookout

GOLEMS

Suspension

Log

Feature Romance/Rom-Com

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Darke

THE SPONSOR

Nesselrode

What the Doctor Ordered*

Purgatory is a Grocery Store

Twenty Last Summers

US Actor - Feature

Anthony Pavone

Sherman Augustus

Alan Maxson*

Ryon Thomas

Chris Boudreaux

Chris Tashima

John Pacheco

Jonathan Stoddard

Scott Keiji Takeda

Produced Script - Feature

Gianna

The Banality

Unpacking*

No No Girl

Xanadu Hellfire

The Blonde Experiment

F/X Feature

Gianna

The Banality

Unpacking

Xanadu Hellfire

The Blonde Experiment

No No Girl

Dark Sunrise

Breathing Happy

Mask Of The Devil*

Feature Screenplay - Comedy

Dial It Back

Justice in Bulk

MARRIED WITH FRIENDS

The Adventures of Sock Man and The Tunnel of Doom

The Useless

The Prince of Walgrove Manor

Paw Mama

Rebels without a Claus*

THEATER CRAWLERS

Lottery

US Actress

Brooke Linsalata

Karole Foreman

Dania Arancha

Sam Bianchini

Chloe Colleen

Macy Minear

E.G. Daily

Cat Limket

Mika Dyo*

Keileigh Rodenbaugh

Editing - Feature

Gianna*

The Banality

Unpacking

Xanadu Hellfire

The Blonde Experiment

No No Girl

Dark Sunrise

Breathing Happy

Mask Of The Devil

Feature Script: Horror/Thriller

A God Among Sheep -- The Rise of Maria Salvatore

Screeners

Hunted

Stiletto

Theater Crawlers

Stars, Won't You Hide Me

The Lookout

Golems*

Suspension

Log

Feature Script - Drama

In Ottie's World

A Whisper From The Waves

As Good As She Gets

SIMPLIFY

Todd and the Nephilim

The Break-In

Frankie

Culture of Life

Who Let the Wallflowers Out?

Booker Carmichael and The Tree of Life

REVOLUTIONARY ANNA

A Reckoning

Porcini*

Screams of the Silent

U.S. Short Film Awards

U.S. Short Film Actor

Michael Patrick Sullivan

Nathaniel Bumpus

Trevor March

Donato De Luca

Darien Sills-Evans

Adam Keller

Logan Roberts

Chaz McCormack

Howard Hendrix Powell

Marcus Jahn

Tommie Dickie*

Christopher Sky

Trevor B aNgle

Michael Fedele

Drama Short

The Sweet Embrace

Got Your Back

Sfortunato

I'm Losing You

We Got Your SIx

DIVR

Completely Normal

Cost

Not Approved For Cancer Treatment

Mending

ACROSS

Father Daughter Dance*

Draw Up and Stare

Spaceman

GOBLIN*

Horror/Thriller Short

Siren

Power of Prayer

Yes, Mother

Kid Free Weekend

The Last Picture

Ditched

Penny

Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors*

Closet Nightmares

F/X Short

D.A.D.*

Feast

Loose Ends

Watcher

Loose Ends

The Shortest Night of Summer

Billy’s Clown

Mystery Meat

Closet Nightmares

Looking Back

Away

Cinematography Short

A Best Man

A Little Dead

Breakfast to Go

Closet Nightmares

Draw Up and Stare

Garden Spells

Goblin

Ice Cream. Sladoled.

Parents?

Billys Clown

Closure

Empty Miles

Best In The City

The Shortest Night of Summer

U.S. Short Film Actress

Julia Barnett

Silvia Dionicio

Afton Quest

Brianna Fogelson

Leila Annastasia Scott

Erin Laine

Kelly McCart

Dee Wallace

Mandy Evans

Natasha Lyonne

Catharine Daddario

Jeanine Bartel

Tiana Stuart

Erin Day*

Romance/Rom Com Short

Garden Spells

A Best Man

OVERDUE*

Jelly Bean

Genre Short

Blood Will Have Blood

Jack of All Lanterns

Billy's Clown

Devoid

3:33 A.M.

Parlay the Hard Way

Best in the City

City of Angels: The Mayor's Decree...

Split Second

A Little Dead*

Editing Short

Completely Normal

DIVR

Fault Line

The Cure

Blood Will Have Blood

13th Stepping

Devoid

Ditched

Normal

Robot*

The Last Picture

City of Angels: The Mayor’s Decree

Not Approved For Cancer Treatment

Horror/Thriller Short Script

STILL

Baubas

Gender Reveal Party

Light Sleeper

Reflection

A Day In The Neighborhood*

Wolf Hollow

Killer Crush

Romance/Rom Com Short Script

Killer Crush*

Comedy Short Script

Be Careful

Blood Is Thicker

Church Ladies

DOGZ*

Neath Port Talbot*

Comedy Short

Watcher

Parents?

Pulling the Plug on Mom

I Would Do Anything For Love

The Cure

Great Mistakes

Mixed Signals

Milk Snake

Ta-Da!*

The Perfect First Date

Heir Mail

D.A.D.*

The Problem With Time Travel

Who Killed the Coach?!

13TH STEPPING (SHORT)

Ice Cream. Sladoled

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short

Chat History

Together Forever

Away*

Robot

PARTNR

The Shortest Night of Summer

Short Film Director

Shanna Riker

Jacob Shelton

Chris Ethridge

Mara Beier/Matthew Beier

Courtney Sposato/Mark Sposato

Rosalyn Dione Mattocks*

Carla Feldpausch

James Sims

Draw Up And Stare

Christopher J Hall

Dylan Tuccillo

Jordan Wilson

Chris Sciacco

Zoey Martinson

Produced Script Short

Got Your Back

Power of Prayer

Pulling The Plug On Mom*

Across

Heir Male

PARTNR

Pete & Re-Pete

The Sweet Embrace

Who Killed The Coach

Ta-Da

3:33 AM

I Found Something

Overdue

Penny

The Problem With TIme Travel

Mixed Signals

Drama Short Script

A Better View*

Drunken Psychiatry

Rumors

Asian Thread

Scarred

LOVELY BIG BUFFALO

Ends Meet

TOUCHED

Texas Film Awards

Texas Genre Short

Feast

Tell Me A Story

Killer Abs

NORMAL

Spectral Wind

Pete & Re-Pete*

I Found Something

Cost To Life

Loose Ends

Looking Back

Texas Actor

Les Best

Dan Burkarth

Donato De Luca

Erik Anderson

Brian Cobos

Sonny Robertson

John D'Aquino*

Tommy Bo

Todd Allen

Connor Bock

Larry Cassady

Texas Produced Script

Shame-Ful

Short Term Solution

Looking Back

A Thousand Times A Day

Purgatory

Miss Susie Had A Steamboat

Killer Abs

Breathing Happy

Tell Me A Story

You Need To Leave

Loose Ends*

I Found Something

Pete & Re-Pete

Mannequins

Texas Drama Short

You Need To Leave

A Hard Pill To Swallow

FAULT LINE

Closure

Empty Miles

A Thousand Times A Day

The Magician

Shame Full*

Strings

'Allison Wood' Texas Actress

Giselle Muñoz*

Rachel Bellini

Ruth Johansson

Leila Annastasia Scott

Julia Barnett

Jamie Hundt

Mandy Evans

Lara Williams

Isabel Himmelvo

Miya Goodwin

Katelyn Nacon

Sarah J Bartholomew
Isabel Brown

Texas Comedy Short

Twinsies

MANNEQUINS

Miss Susie Had A Steamboat

Purgatory

Breakfast To Go

The Hostage Situation

First Day

Dead Man's Hand

Looking Back*

Short Term Solution

Texas Feature

Breathing Happy*

Tattoos In South Texas

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

The Innocents

Series Awards

Series Actress

Annabeth Gish

Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez*

Déjà Dee

Emily Ruhl

Best Series

HANGMAN

Most Likely To

Intersection

Anyl Malik: Grand Blessings

All About Manos

Crosses In The Dust

13th Stepping

Just The Bit*

TV Script Drama

Mike Goes Fishing*

The Sum Of Our Sins

Coahoma

Mayday

Step-Mother, Dearest

Series Actor

Peter Stormare

Anthony Ruiz Jr.*

Jason Echols

Anyi Malik

Dusty Lachowicz

Christopher Chen

Alexis DeLaRosa

Shelly Desai

TV Script - Comedy

All-Sports Mental Health Camp*

Area 50

PTSDee

MR. DIY

The Pushpocket

The PUF

Pundits

Series Director

Sam Upton

Vanessa Rae Lerma*

Meg Messmer, Charlene Fisk, Avery O Williams, Alycia Cooper

Darien Sills-Evans

Danny Herb

Christine Kane

Emily Ruhl

Adam Taylor, Rob Neilson

TV Script Genre

Mike Goes Fishing

TALION

7 Years After (Pilot)*

Invisible Pilot

Kita Manitou Pilot

Land of Tornadoes

Documentary Awards

Documentary Short

THEIR LAST RIDE - the final journey

Texas Wines*

Sunset at Dry Creek

My Brother, My Hero Forever!

Heartbreak Country

Want To Hear Something Funny

Tattoos in South Texas

Documentary Editing

THEIR LAST RIDE - the final journey

Texas Wines

Sunset at Dry Creek

My Brother, My Hero Forever!

Heartbreak Country

Want To Hear Something Funny

Tattoos in South Texas

A Break For Impact*

Behind the Bucket: A Garrison Story

Hog Haven

Roots of Fire

The Innocents

Stacked

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

Documentary Feature

A Break For Impact

Behind the Bucket: A Garrison Story

Hog Haven

Roots of Fire*

The Innocents

Stacked

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

Documentary Director

Neta Rhyne
Robert Burks
Budro Partida
Ken Vose
Edward Tyndall
Ellen Olis
Christine Kane /Aaron Hose
Michael Thomas Determan, Tom Rosy
Christopher Beeson*
Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Eli Elan Gonzalez jr
Wojciech Lorenc
Brett Scheske
Ya'Ke Smith

International

International Director

Cat Papadimitriou

Navin Ramaswaran

Rolfin Nyhus, Steven Brumwell

Kay Shioma Metchie

Hannah van Dijk

Lee Chambers

Hilary Phillips*

Richard Rowntree*

International Feature

Dark Sunrise

Mask of the Devil*

International Actor

Izad Etemadi*

Ralph Ineson

Cole Vandale

Style Dane

Greg Gibbons

David Lenik

Kemal Yildirim

International Short

Berlin

Add To Wish List*

Waving

Weeds Are Flowers, Too

Mystery Meat

Wicked Plans

International Actress

Nicole Girt

Caroline Biedka

Lauren Knight

Cat Papadimitriou*

Jenn Pogue

Krissi Bohn

Brittany Palmer

Jessica Lee

Elly Gerspacher

Student/Video

Student Screenplay

Lies*

High School Filmmaker

Drew Smith*	Dear Past Self
Mason SMith	Lax Bros
Brooklyn Rice	The Boy
Clowning Around	Kelvin Finnie
Bullied	Kelvin Finnie

Varsity Film

Dear Past Self

Lax Bros

The Boy

Clowning Around

Bullied

College Filmmaker

Camila de los Santos Speed

Katherine Morein

Orlagh Heverin

Sean Furey*

Adrian Pacini

Ellen Olis

Larissa Salazar

Joe Marks

Olivia Carter

John Donaldson

Amber Duhon

Sydney Hendrix

Cooper Shapiro

Virginia Colmenares

Jaclyn Goldstein

University Film

Closet Nightmares

Generations

Deoch Dance*

Syntax

Dear June

Want To Hear Something Fun?

SACRIFICIOS

Closure

Social Media Virgin

Surface Deep

I'm Fine

Hell And back

The Adventures of Brooklyn Barnes

A Hard Pill To Swallow

Buzzbrews

Music Video

Abandon

Down & Out

Haunted*

Saturn