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2024 Marina del Rey Film Festival 
Award Winners 

Award Recipients  Receive Certificate of Distinction in Independent Film Production

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BEST HORROR COMEDY SHORT - SCALPED!

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BEST HORROR SHORT - HIDDEN LIVES

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BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - R BNB

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BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - LUCA - GONOSZ BABOK

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATED FILM - BURBUJILLO

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BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM -  OPAL

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM -  PARKER AND THE GREEN DRESS

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - FIELD DAY

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BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - THE CORMORANT'S SHADOW

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - LOVE & GUNS - MAFIA TALES

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - MISSING ME SOMEPLACE

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BEST INTERNATIONAL WEBISODE - ACTORS BY ACTORS SHOW - EPISODE 005

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - Brian Fleck/CONTACT(S)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Sean O'Bryan/SHIFT

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - MICHAEL PRIETO - SIMON SAYS

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM -Rebekka Mueller/WHITEY ON THE RUN

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Diana Darrin/COGNITIVE

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BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THE RIVER'S SONG

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - THE FISHING CLUB

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BEST STUDENT SHORT DOCUMENTARY - ON THE BRINK: THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY

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BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM - THE LAST NIGHT

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BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Elea Oberon/SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

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BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Jacqueline Bisset/LOREN & ROSE

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BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Stephen Sorrentino/AMENDS OF THE FATHER

 

BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - JAMIE COSTA/THE ACTIVATED MAN

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - #TRUCKER

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - NYCTOPHOBIA

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BEST FEATURE FILM ABOUT LOS ANGELES -  LISSA'S TRIP

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BEST LGBTQ WEBISODE -  DATING LIKE A DYKE

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BEST SCI-FI SHORT - WARRIORS OF THE WORLD

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BEST SCI-FI SHORT - OASIS

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BEST SCI-FI/THRILLER SHORT - BROKEN TIME

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BEST SCREENPLAY - TV PILOT - “I COULD EAT” BY Rick Bedrosian

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BEST SCREENPLAYS SHORT FILM -  HUNTER NICKLESS/GONE, BEYOND THE GATE & HAUNTED FOR LIFE: ENCOUNTER

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Mallie McCown/DEAR LUKE, LOVE, ME

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BEST ROM-COM SHORT - WABI-SABI

 

BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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BEST COMEDY TELEVISION EPISODE - A GUYS GUY

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BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - PASTOR JAMISON’S NEW PLAN

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BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM -  TYPECAST (OR THE RISE AND FALL OF BOINGMAN)

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BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - A PLACE AT THE OPERATING TABLE

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BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - GIRL UPSTAIRS

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BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - AFTER ORANGE

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BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - IMMORTAL THIEVES: THE BLOODY HEIST

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BEST THRILLER SHORT - QUIVER

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BEST THRILLER FEATURE - THE DARK HAMMOCK

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BEST DRAMA SHORT - BILLY COMES HOME

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BEST FAMILY DRAMA SHORT - “LET’S ROLL”

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - KEEPSAKE

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - THIRST TRAP 

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BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - THE CAVE

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BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - ADVENTURES WITH THE CARETAKER

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BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - A TRUSTED SPACE: NAVIGATING STORMS

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BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE -  FULL TILT BOOGIE

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - PUT THE GUNS DOWN: A WORLD EPIDEMIC

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - THOSE WHO INHERIT THE EARTH

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - PEACE GUITAR

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  INVISIBLE LINES

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - THE DOLPHIN DILEMA

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THIRTY ON

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM - THE BUILDOUT

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BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Liz Rodriguez/CALL ME ALEXANDER

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BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - I-Jien Jane Kou - CAMPFIRE SONG, HALLOWEEN

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(RABBIT WELL EPISODE 6), HALLOWEEN AT SWAN LAKE

 Judo Class (Rabbit Well Episode 8)

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT -  Joseph F Alexandre/CIAO! JOHN CROWTHER

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BEST DIRECTORS - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

Chuck & Megan Megan/KILLING HOPE & CUP AND A HALF

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

KIRK E. KELLEYKAHN/A STAR WITHOUT A STAR: THE UNTOLD JUANITA MOORE STORY

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BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM-  Michael Hapeshis/THE ASYLUM SEEKERS

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - SMOKE IN THE HOUSE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - MERRY CHRISTMAS MATTY CAT

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- GUIDING LIGHT

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY

DRIVING FAST AND SAVING LIVES SINCE 2001

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - INFINITY! 

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT - BAD ATMOSPHERE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE -  10-COUNT

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - PLAYING WITH FIRE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST PILOT/TELEVISION EPISODE - OF THE COMICS

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AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - SALLYWOOD

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GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - CAR COLORS - OLD DEATH

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GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE BLOODTHIRSTY VOL1

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - EL ALELUYA

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY

RUNNING TOWARDS THE FIRE - WAR CORRESPONDENT'S STORY

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT -  DON’T LOOK NOW

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE - THE MAKING OF BOUGAINVILLEA HEIGHTS

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GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - THIS LAND IS

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - WHY DINOSAURS?

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - INVISIBLE

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MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL 2024 SCREENPLAY AWARDS

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - HEAR MY SONG BY Rachel Walsh-Williams

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - COMEDY - BAGEL DOG BY Tracy L Swanson

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BEST SHORT ANIMATION SCREENPLAY - MARBLES BY Danielle Elise Olson

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY HORROR - GILL GIRL BY Sunny Park

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY FAMILY - BACK HOME AGAIN BY  DONNA FENTANES

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BEST FAITH BASED SHORT SCREENPLAY - THE THEREAFTER BY Carlos Mora​

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BEST URBAN SHORT SCREENPLAY - KINFOLK BY Benjamin Hinamanu

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BEST SHORT DRAMA SCREENPLAY - CLASSIC BY Michelle Kaumeyer Hoffman 

 

BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - COMEDY -

FROM THE HAMPTONS TO THE HOOD BY Frank Vespe

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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

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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

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BEST SCI-FI COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY

REBEL WITHOUT A MASK BY Scott M Weil and Bill Bonfanti

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BEST SPORTS FEATURE SCREENPLAY - RYAN LEAF IS UNWELL BY Richard Hoffman

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BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL/THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 DREAM REALITY BY TRISTAN VENTURE

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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

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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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