deadCenter Film Festival

2026 Winners

Previous Award Winners

2026

  • KEEP QUIET

    BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Vincent Grashaw

  • WHAT WILL I BECOME?

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos

  • EVERY TIME I SEE A YELLOW CAR

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
    United Kingdom
    Directed by Matt Chandler

  • AMARELO BANANA

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT (TIE)
    Portugal
    Directed by Alexandre Sousa

  • PAPER DAUGHTER

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT (TIE)
    United States
    Directed by Cami Kwan

  • THIS LAND CARRIES US

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
    United States
    Directed by Charine Pilar Gonzales

  • PENELOPE

    BEST EPISODIC or SERIES
    United States
    Directed by Fiona Rene

  • TARR BÉLA

    BEST MUSIC VIDEO
    Hungary
    Directed by Jakob Ladányi Jancsó

  • PAST IN MOTION

    BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM
    United Kingdom
    Directed by Dylan Cusk

  • KEEP QUIET

    BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Vincent Grashaw

  • BASIC BANDITS

    BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
    United States
    Directed by Chris Diamond

  • RESERVATION REDEMPTION

    BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
    United States
    Directed By Blake Pickens, Brenda Fisher

  • THE ARRANGEMENTS

    BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
    United States
    Directed by Sonny Ganaden

  • SHE'S THE HE

    BEST PRIDE FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Siobhan McCarthy

  • MAGID/ZAFAR

    BEST PRIDE SHORT
    United Kingdom
    Directed by Luís Hindman

  • TAKE ME HOME

    SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Liz Sargent

  • SCHOOL FOR DEFECTORS

    SPECIAL JURY DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Jeremy Workman

  • NERVOUS ENERGY

    SPECIAL JURY SHORT
    United States
    Directed by Eve Liu

  • THIS BLOWS

    AUDIENCE AWARD: SHORT
    United States
    Directed by Talia Smith

  • KEEP QUIET

    AUDIENCE AWARD: FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by Travis Weedon