2024 Marina del Rey Film Festival
Award Winners
Award Recipients Receive Certificate of Distinction in Independent Film Production
BEST HORROR COMEDY SHORT - SCALPED!
BEST HORROR SHORT - HIDDEN LIVES
BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - R BNB
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - LUCA - GONOSZ BABOK
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATED FILM - BURBUJILLO
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM - OPAL
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - PARKER AND THE GREEN DRESS
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - FIELD DAY
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - THE CORMORANT'S SHADOW
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - LOVE & GUNS - MAFIA TALES
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - MISSING ME SOMEPLACE
BEST INTERNATIONAL WEBISODE - ACTORS BY ACTORS SHOW - EPISODE 005
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - Brian Fleck/CONTACT(S)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Sean O'Bryan/SHIFT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - MICHAEL PRIETO - SIMON SAYS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM -Rebekka Mueller/WHITEY ON THE RUN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Diana Darrin/COGNITIVE
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THE RIVER'S SONG
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - THE FISHING CLUB
BEST STUDENT SHORT DOCUMENTARY - ON THE BRINK: THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM - THE LAST NIGHT
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Elea Oberon/SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Jacqueline Bisset/LOREN & ROSE
BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Stephen Sorrentino/AMENDS OF THE FATHER
BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - JAMIE COSTA/THE ACTIVATED MAN
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - #TRUCKER
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - NYCTOPHOBIA
BEST FEATURE FILM ABOUT LOS ANGELES - LISSA'S TRIP
BEST LGBTQ WEBISODE - DATING LIKE A DYKE
BEST SCI-FI SHORT - WARRIORS OF THE WORLD
BEST SCI-FI SHORT - OASIS
BEST SCI-FI/THRILLER SHORT - BROKEN TIME
BEST SCREENPLAY - TV PILOT - “I COULD EAT” BY Rick Bedrosian
BEST SCREENPLAYS SHORT FILM - HUNTER NICKLESS/GONE, BEYOND THE GATE & HAUNTED FOR LIFE: ENCOUNTER
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Mallie McCown/DEAR LUKE, LOVE, ME
BEST ROM-COM SHORT - WABI-SABI
BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BEST COMEDY TELEVISION EPISODE - A GUYS GUY
BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - PASTOR JAMISON’S NEW PLAN
BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM - TYPECAST (OR THE RISE AND FALL OF BOINGMAN)
BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - A PLACE AT THE OPERATING TABLE
BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - GIRL UPSTAIRS
BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - AFTER ORANGE
BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - IMMORTAL THIEVES: THE BLOODY HEIST
BEST THRILLER SHORT - QUIVER
BEST THRILLER FEATURE - THE DARK HAMMOCK
BEST DRAMA SHORT - BILLY COMES HOME
BEST FAMILY DRAMA SHORT - “LET’S ROLL”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - KEEPSAKE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - THIRST TRAP
BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - THE CAVE
BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - ADVENTURES WITH THE CARETAKER
BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - A TRUSTED SPACE: NAVIGATING STORMS
BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE - FULL TILT BOOGIE
BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - PUT THE GUNS DOWN: A WORLD EPIDEMIC
BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - THOSE WHO INHERIT THE EARTH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - PEACE GUITAR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - INVISIBLE LINES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - THE DOLPHIN DILEMA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THIRTY ON
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM - THE BUILDOUT
BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Liz Rodriguez/CALL ME ALEXANDER
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - I-Jien Jane Kou - CAMPFIRE SONG, HALLOWEEN
(RABBIT WELL EPISODE 6), HALLOWEEN AT SWAN LAKE
Judo Class (Rabbit Well Episode 8)
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Joseph F Alexandre/CIAO! JOHN CROWTHER
BEST DIRECTORS - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Chuck & Megan Megan/KILLING HOPE & CUP AND A HALF
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
KIRK E. KELLEYKAHN/A STAR WITHOUT A STAR: THE UNTOLD JUANITA MOORE STORY
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM- Michael Hapeshis/THE ASYLUM SEEKERS
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - SMOKE IN THE HOUSE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - MERRY CHRISTMAS MATTY CAT
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- GUIDING LIGHT
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY
DRIVING FAST AND SAVING LIVES SINCE 2001
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - INFINITY!
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT - BAD ATMOSPHERE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE - 10-COUNT
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - PLAYING WITH FIRE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST PILOT/TELEVISION EPISODE - OF THE COMICS
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - SALLYWOOD
GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - CAR COLORS - OLD DEATH
GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE BLOODTHIRSTY VOL1
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - EL ALELUYA
GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TOWARDS THE FIRE - WAR CORRESPONDENT'S STORY
GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT - DON’T LOOK NOW
GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE - THE MAKING OF BOUGAINVILLEA HEIGHTS
GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - THIS LAND IS
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - WHY DINOSAURS?
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - INVISIBLE
MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL 2024 SCREENPLAY AWARDS
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - HEAR MY SONG BY Rachel Walsh-Williams
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - COMEDY - BAGEL DOG BY Tracy L Swanson
BEST SHORT ANIMATION SCREENPLAY - MARBLES BY Danielle Elise Olson
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY HORROR - GILL GIRL BY Sunny Park
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY FAMILY - BACK HOME AGAIN BY DONNA FENTANES
BEST FAITH BASED SHORT SCREENPLAY - THE THEREAFTER BY Carlos Mora
BEST URBAN SHORT SCREENPLAY - KINFOLK BY Benjamin Hinamanu
BEST SHORT DRAMA SCREENPLAY - CLASSIC BY Michelle Kaumeyer Hoffman
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - COMEDY -
FROM THE HAMPTONS TO THE HOOD BY Frank Vespe
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS
NOT FOR PROFIT BY Adam Warwinsky
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - HORROR THE MONSTER'S SON PART 1 BY Nathan Post
BEST TELEVISION PILOT/ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM
40 SHADES OF GREEN BY - Joan Beesley
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COMEDY - REMORSE COURT BY Melanie Villines
BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY - CANDY BY MG Hardie
BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE BASEMENT REMAINS BY Robert F Godwin
BEST EROTIC THRILLER SCREENPLAY - SADISTIC BY Elijah Chandler
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SCREENPLAY - COREY'S HAND BY Jim Norman
BEST FAITH BASED THRILLER SCREENPLAY - AT THE MERCY OF FAITH BY Samuel Taylor
BEST SCI-FI COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY
REBEL WITHOUT A MASK BY Scott M Weil and Bill Bonfanti
BEST SPORTS FEATURE SCREENPLAY - RYAN LEAF IS UNWELL BY Richard Hoffman
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL/THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY
DREAM REALITY BY TRISTAN VENTURE
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY - BETTY AND THE BLITZ BY Mark A Pritchard
BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM
GOLDEN GATE BLUES BY MELISSA L. WHITE
GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
MARBLES (SHORT SCREENPLAY) BY Kyle Hatley
GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - LA FLASH - A TRILOGY BY Catherine Stanley
GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT - BARSTOW BY Brittany Scott Smith, Arjay Smith
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - AFTER EVER BY Sarah Hohman