
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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