June 10-12 2022
114 N Waggoner St, Electra, TX 76360
#COWPOKESFF
Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival
2022 COWPOKES AWARD NOMINEES
1. Best Feature Film Nominations
Who Is It?
Before Breaker Wakes
2. Best Short Nominations
All Else Fails
Birthday Boy
Brunch Before Baptism
Gal Manns Skrik
Ghost Trippers
Kristin Wants a Car
Soledad
Stranger in the Night
The Lights of Dawn
The Mystery Murder
Time Will Let Me
3. Best Mini Short Nominations
Feast
Terminator: Bad Judgment Day
The Count
The Angel and the Devil
4. Best Western Feature Nominations
Headin' For Mexico
The Bounty Men
Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland
Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell
5. Best Western Short Nominations
A Bad Choice
Bang Bang
Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone
Lady Bandit of Arizona
Miner's Candle
Moon Crossing
Nolan
Robo Hills Texas
Smoking Gun
The Ballad of Emma Wright
The Door
The Last Bullet
tHe uNspoken bAdge
6. Best Mini Short Western Nominations
A Bad Way
Wasteland
7. Best Web Series Nominations
Go Camp with Aurora LaRay (Mississippi)
Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas
8. Best Documentary Short Film Nominations
Bird Lady
Go Camp with Aurora LaRay (Mississippi)
Ride Free or Die
Texas Wines
9. Best Documentary Feature Film Nominations
Delivering Hope
Fade In Texas
10. Best Actor (Feature) Nominations
Adam Rebora (Who Is It?)
Dan Perrin (Before Breaker Wakes)
11. Best Actress (Feature) Nominations
Kristin Auge - (Who is it?)
Cassandra Enzler (Before Breaker Wakes)
12. Best Actor (Short) Nominations
Theodore Carl Flood (All Else Fails)
Dennis O'Neill (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
Vince Eisenson (Birthday Boy)
Nicholas Bordelon (Brunch Before Baptism)
William Godby (Gal Manns Skrik)
J.J. Perez (Ghost Trippers)
Alan Thornburg (Kristin Wants a Car)
Roel Nava (Soledad)
George Torres (Stranger in the Night)
Cotton Filgaira (The Lights of Dawn)
Ian McKenyon (The Mystery Murder)
George Meyers (Time Will Let Me)
13. Best Actress (Short) Nominations
Mackenzie Hoffman (All Else Fails)
Kelsi Chandler (Birthday Boy)
Lee Dufour (Brunch Before Baptism)
Rebecca Guerrero (Ghost Trippers)
Madi Pullin (Kristin Wants a Car)
Gracie Ann Gonzalez (Soledad)
Paola Davalos (Stranger in the Night)
Ana Soro (The Lights of Dawn)
Kirstie Carrizales (The Mystery Murder)
Stephanie Rhodes (Time Will Let Me)
14. Best Actor (Mini Short) Nominations
Avery Merrifield (Terminator: Bad Judgment Day)
Larry Poole (The Count)
15. Best Actor (Western Feature) Nominations
Moe Headrick (Headin' For Mexico)
Dylan Hobbs (The Bounty Men)
Nick Bey (Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland)
Drew Hirschboeck (Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell)
16. Best Actress (Western Feature) Nominations
Whit Kunschik (The Bounty Men)
Deena Ingley (Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland)
Miranda Byers (Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell)
17. Best Actor (Western Short) Nominations
Johnny Halloran for (A Bad Choice)
Liam David Moody (Bang Bang)
Josep María Alejandre (Kill Them All and Don't
Come Back Alone)
Nick Longo (Lady Bandit of Arizona)
Dickey Stanley (Miner's Candle)
Moe Headrick (Moon Crossing)
More Headrick (Nolan)
George Meyers (Robo Hills Texas)
Norman Butterfield (Smoking Gun)
Dean Christensen (The Ballad of Emma Wright)
Jeff Grennell (The Door)
Heston Lee (The Last Bullet)
Cal Bartlett ( tHe uNspoken bAdge)
18. Best Actress (Western Short) Nominations
Mia Angelique (A Bad Choice)
Liv Kathryn Moody (Bang Bang)
Emma Ros (Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone)
Christa Rivington (Lady Bandit of Arizona)
Manuela Schneider (Miner's Candle)
CJ Morrison (The Ballad of Emma Wright)
Rae Edwards Treherne (The Door)
Harper Lee (The Last Bullet)
Dianne Travis ( tHe uNspoken bAdge)
19. Best Western (Mini Short) Actor Nominations
Travis Mills (A Bad Way)
Michael Harrelson (Wasteland)
20. Best Actor (Web Series) Nominations
Dennis O'Neill (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
Marshall R. Teague (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
21. Best Actress (Web Series) Nominations
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi)
Nellie Sciutto (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
22. Best Director (Feature) Nominations
Jim Menza (Who Is It?)
Charles Stanley (Before Breaker Wakes)
44. Best Student Western Film Nominations
Gold, You Idiot
Prisoner of the Desert
Smoking Gun
The Crusade of Felipe Espinosa
A Bad Choice
45. Best Sci-Fi Nominations
Ghost Trippers
Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland
Paradise
Robo Hills Texas
Terminator: Bad Judgment Day
The Door
Time Will Let Me
W.U.B.L.O (Weird Unidentified Baby-Like Organism)
46. Best Texas Made Film Nominations
BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas
Ghost Trippers
Texas Wines
47. Best Texas Made Documentary Nominations
Texas Wines
Fade In Texas
48. Best Texas Made Western Nominations
Headin' For Mexico
The Bounty Men
Moon Crossing
Nolan
49. Best 1st Time Filmmaker Nominations
Sean David Moody for "Bang Bang"
Ryan Nathan Singer "Gold, You Idiot"
Manuela Schneider for "Miner's Candle"
Isaac Gallegos for "The Crusade of Felipe Espinosa"
Anthony Milton & Joe Bannister for "The Mystery Murder"
Chris Vickers-Rynecki for "A Bad Choice"
50. Best Faith Based Music Video Nominations
Draggin My Wagon
If the Good Lord's Willin'
51. Best Inspirational Film Nominations
Delivering Hope
tHe uNspoken bAdge
52. Best Music Video Nominations
Black Bayou
Just An Old Barn
Looking for One Good Cowboy
Miner's Candle
No More Tears
53. Best Inspirational Music Video
Draggin My Wagon
If the Good Lord's Willin'
Just An Old Barn
54. Best Female Filmmaker (Music Video)
KC LaCourse for "Looking for One Good Cowboy"
Manuela Schneider for "Miner's Candle"
Sheril Rodgers for "Just an Old Barn"
55. Best Female Filmmaker (Shorts) Nominations
Manuela Schneider for "Miner's Candle"
Lisa Belcher for "Terminator: Bad Judgment Day"
Sadie Duarte for "The Lights of Dawn"
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi)
56. Best Originality Film Nominations
Bang Bang
Wasteland
The Door
Paradise
57. Best Narrator Nominations
Ramona Brulan for (Roxy)
Ed Begley for (Song of the Open Road)
58. Best Family Film Nominations
Roxy
Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi
Paradise
W.U.B.L.O (Weird Unidentified Baby-Like Organism)
59. Best Kids Film Nominations
Bang Bang
W.U.B.L.O (Weird Unidentified Baby-Like Organism)
Paradise
60. Best Awareness Film Nominations
tHe uNspoken bAdge
Delivering Hope
61. Best Cast Ensemble Nominations
BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas
Nolan
Who is It?
Brunch Before Baptism
Moon Crossing
62. Best Foreign Film Nominations
Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone
On the Edge (À la lisière)
The Lights of Dawn
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23. Best Director (Short) Nominations
Manuel Ruiz (All Else Fails)
Alexander Julian (Birthday Boy)
David C. Luck (Brunch Before Baptism)
E Brett Voss & J Matt Wallace (Gal Manns Skrik)
J. William Boothman II (Ghost Trippers)
Alan Thornburg (Kristin Wants a Car)
Julio Cesar Gonzalez (Soledad)
David Butterfield (Stranger in the Night)
Sadie Duarte (The Lights of Dawn)
Anthony Milton & Joe Bannister (The Mystery Murder)
George Meyers (Time Will Let Me)
24. Best Director Mini Short Nominations
Jeff Scott Hamm (Feast)
Lisa Belcher (Terminator: Bad Judgment Day)
Sean George (The Count)
Evie Atwell & Teddy Padon (The Angel and the Devil)
25. Best Director Western Feature Nominations
Moe Headrick (Headin' For Mexico)
Brett Bentman (The Bounty Men)
Conner Von Kuetzing (Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland)
Clay Dumaw (Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell)
26. Best Director Western Short Nominations
Sean David Moody (Bang Bang)
Enrique Novials (Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone)
Christa Rivington (Lady Bandit of Arizona)
Manuela Schneider (Miner's Candle)
Moe Headrick (Moon Crossing)
Moe Headrfick (Nolan)
Geroge Meyers (Robo Hills Texas)
David Butterfield (Smoking Gun)
Carlos Diaz (The Ballad of Emma Wright)
Tim O'Hearn (The Door)
Bill Foster (The Last Bullet)
Theodore Carl Flood (tHe uNspoken bAdge)
27. Best Director (Western Mini Short) Nominations
Buz Wallick (A Bad Way)
Michael Muchnij (Wasteland)
28. Best Director (Web Series) Nominations
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi)
Dennis O'Neill (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
29. Best Director (Short Documentary)
Carter Rostron (Bird Lady)
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay (Mississippi)
Randall Wilson (Ride Free Or Die)
Robert Burks (Texas Wines)
30. Best Director (Feature Documentary)
Jordan Orsak (Delivering Hope)
George Meyers (Fade In Texas)
31. Best Director (Music Video
Kasey James (Black Bayou)
J.J. Perez (E.V.P. - No More Tears)
32. Best Music Score/Song (Film) Nominations
"Gotta Go" by Kilgore" (All Else Fails)
"No More Tears" by E.V.P. (Ghost Trippers)
The Lights of Dawn (Original Score by Daniel Angelus)
"Glow Worm" by Abbi Berry & Ken Ballard (Who is It?)
33. Best Music Score/Song (Western Film) Nominations
"Will It Ever Get Easier" by The Paladins (Bang Bang)
"Miner's Candle by Carol Markstrom (Miner's Candle)
"Badge Unspoken" by Rusty Richards (tHe uNspoken
bAdge)
"Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" by Jetty Rae (Once Upon a Time
in the Wasteland)
34. Best Drama Feature Nominations
Who Is It?
Before Breaker Wakes
35. Best Drama Short Nominations
All Else Fails
Kristin Wants a Car
Soledad
The Lights of Dawn
Time Will Let Me
36. Best Western Drama Feature Nominations
Headin' For Mexico
The Bounty Men
Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland
Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell
37. Best Western Drama Short Nominations
A Bad Choice
Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone
Lady Bandit of Arizona
Miner's Candle
Moon Crossing
Nolan
The Ballad of Emma Wright
The Door
The Last Bullet
tHe uNspoken bAdge
38. Best Comedy Nominations
Who is it?
Brunch Before Baptism
Ghost Trippers
Kristin Wants a Car
The Mystery Murder
Feast
Terminator: Bad Judgment Day
The Count
39. Best Western Comedy Nominations
Bang Bang
Smoking Gun
Gold, You Idiot
40. Best Dramedy Nominations
Who is it?
Brunch Before Baptism
Ghost Trippers
Kristin Wants a Car
The Count
Gold, You Idiot
41. Best Horror/Thriller Nominations
Birthday Boy
Gal Manns Skrik
Ghost Trippers
Stranger in the Night
A Bad Way
Feast
42. Best Suspense Nominations
All Else Fails
Birthday Boy
Gal Manns Skrik
Ghost Trippers
Soledad
Stranger in the Night
The Mystery Murder
Feast
43. Best Student Film Nominations
Bird Lady
The Angel and The Devil
W.U.B.L.O
Paradise
Stranger in the Night
LIMITED EDITION! SOME WITH FILM SELECTIONS & SCREENPLAY FINALIST LISTED ON THE BACK! AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY!
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PLEASE NOTE: SEVERAL AWARD NOMINEES AREN'T LISTED HERE BUT WILL BE ANNOUNCED & PRESENTED
AT THE AWARD SHOW, AT THE
GRAND THEATRE IN ELECTRA TEXAS ON SUNDAY JUNE 12TH!
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OTHER AWARD NOMINEES INCLUDE AUDIENCE AWARD, SCREENPLAY AWARDS, TV PILOT AWARDS, MANUSCRIPT AWARDS, LYRIC AWARDS, MUSIC AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, SPECIAL AWARDS, MOVIE POSTER AWARDS, ETC.
SPONSOR ONE OR MORE OF CIFF AWARDS AT THE 2022 AWARD SHOW!
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