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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

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