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Previous Award Winners

2024

SMOKING TIGERS

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
United States
Directed by So Young Shelly Yo
LA SINGLA

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Spain / Germany
Directed by Paloma Zapata
AUGANIC

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Canada
Directed by Krit Komkrichwarakool
27

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
France
Directed by Flóra Anna Buda
DIABLES

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
United Kingdom
Directed by Tom Sweetland
MOVERS

BEST SERIES
Russian Federation
Directed by Alexander Ershov
'CHAOS CANDY' - STEPMOM

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
United States
Directed by Lauren Bumgarner, Lindsey Cox
ZERO

BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
India
Directed by Neel Menon
LAST WE LEFT OFF

VR SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Canada
Directed by Connor Illsley, Grayson Moore, Jon Riera, Aidan Shipley
HAIL TO THE BREADSTICKS!

BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
United States
Directed by Donick Cary
DEMO REEL

BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
United States
Directed by Chris Diamond
MOLOKA'I BOUND

BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
United States
Directed By Alika Tengan
MARY MARGARET ROAD GRADER

BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
United States
Directed by Steven Paul Judd
HAILEY'S GAME

BEST PRIDE FEATURE
United States
Directed by Katie Hightower
HONEY & MILK

BEST PRIDE SHORT
United States
Directed by Dash Donato
WILD GOAT SURF

SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
Canada
Directed by Caitlyn Sponheimer
CITIZEN SLEUTH

SPECIAL JURY DOCUMENTARY
United States
Directed by Chris Kasick
A BODY CALLED LIFE

SPECIAL JURY SHORT
United States
Directed by Spencer MacDonald
TRANSYLVANIE

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT
France
Directed by Rodrigue Huart
SECRET MALL APARTMENT

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE
United States
Directed by Jeremy Workman

2023

FANCY DANCE

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Erica Tremblay
BAD PRESS

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler
YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, AND NOTHING IN BETWEEN

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Directed by Parida Tantiwasadakran
SWING TO THE MOON

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Directed by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Directed by Sean Wang
BREADWINNERS

BEST SERIES
Directed by Emily Delaney, Courtney Schaefer
CHINGA LA MIGRA

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Directed by Rahul Chakraborty
BOOTEES

BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
Directed by Shreya Jayamohan
BODY OF MINE

VR SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Created by Cameron Kostopoulos
ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (WE WILL SPEAK)

BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
United States
Directed by ᎤᎶᎩᎳ/Schon Duncan & Michael McDermit
THE EXTERNAL INTERNAL MONOLOGUE OF AN INDEPENDENT INSOMNIAC

BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
Directed by Jilian Feliz Aaronson
FANCY DANCE

BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
Directed By Erica Trembley
DEAD BIRD HEARTS

BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
Directed by Ryan Redcorn
BLACK AS U R

BEST PRIDE FEATURE
Directed by Michael Rice
AIKĀNE

BEST PRIDE SHORT
Directed by Daniel Sousa, Dean Hammer, Joe Wilson
QUANTUM COWBOY

SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Geoff Marslett
BLACK BARBIE

SPECIAL JURY DOCUMENTARY
United States
Directed by Lagueria Davis
TAKE ME HOME

SPECIAL JURY SHORT
Directed by Liz Sargent
SAFE AT HOME

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT
Directed by Dave Smith & Darcy Smith
RIDING LEGACY: AN OKLAHOMA BLACK COWBOY STORY

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE
Directed by Kian Taylor, Jay "Video Hero" Ridley

2022

THE BRAVES

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Anaïs Volpé
ETERNAL SPRING (長春)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Directed by Jason Loftus
FOR LOVE

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
MORE THAN I REMEMBER

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Directed by Amy Bench
SOMEWHERE HIGHER

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Directed by Mohammad Gorjestani
HUDSON FALLS

BEST EPISODIC
Directed by Elias Plagianos (d), Kathleen Burke (p ), Brett Dameron (p ), Elias Plagianos (p ), Tara Westwood (p ), Stacey Van Gorder (p )
"A Prayer" - Andy Artus Feat. Miah Baker

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Directed by Nicole Emmons
OUT OF EXILE

BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
Directed by Kyle Kauwika Harris
OLD HOUSE, NEW HOME

BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
Directed by Kelly Bryan Kerr
RUN WOMAN RUN

BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
Directed By Zoe Hopkins
LONG LINE OF LADIES

BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
Directed by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi
MAMA BEARS

BEST PRIDE FEATURE
Directed by Daresha Kyi
F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

BEST PRIDE SHORT
Directed by Harris Doran
DISFLUENCY

SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
Directed by Anna Baumgarten
STEPS

SPECIAL JURY SHORT
Directed by Blake Winston Rice
A LITTLE DEAD

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT
Directed by Ben Richardson
CHICKEN HOUSE

AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE
Directed by Cate Jones