June 10-12 2022
114 N Waggoner St, Electra, TX 76360
#COWPOKESFF
Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival
2022 COWPOKES AWARD NOMINEES
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LIMITED EDITION! SOME WITH FILM SELECTIONS & SCREENPLAY FINALIST LISTED ON THE BACK! AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY!
1. Best Feature Film
Before Breaker Wakes
2. Best Short Film
All Else Fails
3. Best Mini Short Film
Feast
4. Best Western Feature Film
The Bounty Men
5. Best Western Short Film
Nolan
6. Best Mini Short Western
Wasteland
7. Best Web Series
Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas
8. Best Documentary Short Film
Texas Wines
9. Best Documentary Feature Film
Delivering Hope
10. Best Actor (Feature)
Dan Perrin (Before Breaker Wakes)
11. Best Actress (Feature)
Cassandra Enzler (Before Breaker Wakes)
12. Best Actor (Short)
Alan Thornburg (Kristin Wants a Car)
13. Best Actress (Short)
Madi Pullin (Kristin Wants a Car)
14. Best Actor (Mini Short)
Larry Poole (The Count)
15. Best Actor (Western Feature)
Dylan Hobbs (The Bounty Men)
16. Best Actress (Western Feature)
Whit Kunschik (The Bounty Men)
17. Best Actor (Western Short)
Dickey Stanley (Miner's Candle)
18. Best Actress (Western Short)
Manuela Schneider (Miner's Candle)
19. Best Actor Western (Mini Short)
Michael Harrelson (Wasteland)
20. Best Actor (Web Series)
Dennis O'Neill (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
21. Best Actress (Web Series)
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi)
22. Best Director (Feature)
Charles Stanley (Before Breaker Wakes)
23. Best Director (Short)
Manuel Ruiz (All Else Fails)
24. Best Director Mini Short
Jeff Scott Hamm (Feast)
25. Best Director Western Feature
Brett Bentman (The Bounty Men)
26. Best Director Western Short
Moe Headrick (Nolan)
27. Best Director (Western Mini Short)
Michael Muchnij (Wasteland)
28. Best Director (Web Series)
Dennis O'Neill (Bail Out - I am Lorenzo Lamas)
29. Best Director (Short Documentary)
Robert Burks (Texas Wines)
30. Best Director (Feature Documentary)
Jordan Orsak (Delivering Hope)
31. Best Director (Music Video
Kasey James (Black Bayou)
32. Best Music Score/Song (Film)
The Lights of Dawn (Original Score by Daniel Angelus)
33. Best Music Score/Song (Western Film)
"Badge Unspoken" by Rusty Richards (tHe uNspoken
bAdge)
34. Best Drama Feature
Who Is It?
35. Best Drama Short
Time Will Let Me
36. Best Western Drama Feature
Headin' For Mexico
37. Best Western Drama Short
Miner's Candle
38. Best Comedy
The Mystery Murder
39. Best Western Comedy
Bang Bang
40. Best Dramedy
Gold, You Idiot
41. Best Horror/Thriller
Ghost Trippers
42. Best Suspense
The Mystery Murder
43. Best Student Film
Stranger in the Night
44. Best Student Western Film
Smoking Gun
45. Best Sci-Fi
Robo Hills Texas
46. Best Texas Made Film
BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas
47. Best Texas Made Documentary
Texas Wines
48. Best Texas Made Western
Nolan
49. Best 1st Time Filmmaker
Anthony Milton & Joe Bannister for "The Mystery Murder"
50. Best Faith Based Music Video
If the Good Lord's Willin'
51. Best Inspirational Film
tHe uNspoken bAdge
52. Best Music Video
Black Bayou
53. Best Inspirational Music Video
Just An Old Barn
54. Best Female Filmmaker (Music Video)
Sheril Rodgers for "Just an Old Barn"
55. Best Female Filmmaker
Sadie Duarte for "The Lights of Dawn"
56. Best Originality Film
The Door
57. Best Narrator
Ramona Brulan for (Roxy)
58. Best Family Film
W.U.B.L.O (Weird Unidentified Baby-Like Organism)
59. Best Kids Film
Paradise
60. Best Awareness Film
Delivering Hope
61. Best Cast Ensemble
Brunch Before Baptism
62. Best Foreign Film
Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone
63. Best Foreign Western Film
On the Edge
64. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST FEATURE FILM
Who Is It?
65. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST SHORT FILM
Kristin Wants a Car
66. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST MINI SHORT FILM
The Count
67. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST WESTERN FEATURE FILM
Headin' For Mexico
68. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST WESTERN SHORT FILM
Miner's Candle
69. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST MINI SHORT WESTERN FILM
A Bad Way
70. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST WEB SERIES
Go Camp with Aurora LaRay (Mississippi)
71. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Ride Free or Die
72. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Fade In Texas
73. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST DIRECTOR (SHORT FILM)
David C. Luck (Brunch Before Baptism)
74. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Prisoner of the Desert
75. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
BEST DIRECTOR (MINI SHORT FILM)
Sean George (The Count)
76. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director Western Feature
Moe Headrick (Headin' for Mexico)
77. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director Western Short
Sean David Moody (Bang Bang)
78. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Western Drama Short Film
The Ballad of Emma Wright
79. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director (Western Mini Short)
Buz Wallick (A Bad Way)
80. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director (Web Series) Nominations
Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay - Mississippi)
81. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director (Short Documentary)
Randall Wilson (Ride Free or Die)
82. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director (Feature Documentary)
George Meyers (Fade In Texas)
83. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Director (Music Video)
J.J. Perez (E.V.P. - No More Tears)
84. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Film Score/Song
"No More Tears" by E.V.P. (Ghost Trippers)
85. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Score/Song (Western Film)
"Miner's Candle by Carol Markstrom (Miner's Candle)
86. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Student Western Film
Gold, You Idiot
87. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Texas Made Film
Ghost Trippers
88. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Texas Made Western
The Bounty Men
89. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best 1st Time Filmmaker
Ryan Nathan Singer "Gold, You Idiot"
90. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Faith Based Music Video
Draggin My Wagon
91. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Music Video
Looking for One Good Cowboy
92. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Female Filmmaker
Lisa Belcher for "Terminator: Bad Judgment Day"
93. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Narrator
Ed Begley for (Song of the Open Road)
94. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Family Film
Roxy
95. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Awareness Film
tHe uNspoken bAdge
96. FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
Best Cast Ensemble
BAIL OUT - I am Lorenzo Lamas
OTHER AWARDS
123. Audience Award - Online Vote
Brunch Before Baptism
124. Movie Poster Awards
1st Place (Rodeo)
2nd Place (Feast)
3rd Place (The Count)
125. Best Photography
The Destruction Project (Car Graveyard)
Jojin Van Winkle
126. Best Songwriting/Lyrics Category
1st Place - Kay-Yay Ha Chickasha
2nd Place - Thrift Store Cowgirl
3rd Place - Medicine Bottle
127. Songwriting/Music Category
1st Place - Thrift Store Cowgirl
2nd Place - Medicine Bottle
128. Best Actress (Western Mini Short)
Fiona Rose Story (A Bad Way)
129. Best Director Mini Short Documentary
Don Cardona (Roxy)
130. Best Mini Short Documentary
Roxy
131. Best 1st Time Female Filmmaker
Manuela Schneider for "Miner's Candle"
132. Best Poetry Video
"Song of the Open Road"
133. Best Modern Day Western
"The Count"
134. Best Trailer
"Showdown on the Brazos"
135. Best World Premiere Film
"The Bounty Men"
136. Best Actress (Mini Short)
Jody Catlin (The Count)
137. Best Music Video Performer
Sarah Hobbs (Black Bayou)
138. Best Cinematographer (Music Video)
Chris McKechnie (Black Bayou)
139. Best Sci-Feature Film
Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland
140. Best Supporting Actor
Mike Zaragosa (Ghost Trippers)
141. Best Canadian Film
Lady Bandit of Arizona
142. Best Cinematographer (Western Short Film)
Christian B. Meza (Miner's Candle)
143. Best Supporting Actor (Western Short Film)
Johnny Davis - (Moon Crossing)
144. Best Cinematographer (Foreign Film)
Gilles Daubeuf for (On the Edge)
145. Best Dog Actor in a Film
Roxy (Roxy)
146. Best Supporting Actor in a Horror Film
George Torres (Stranger in the Night)
147. Best Supporting Actor in a Western Feature Film
Tom Zembrod (The Bounty Men)
148. Best Supporting Actor in a Western Mini Short Film
James Brunhuber Sr (Wasteland)
149. Best Supporting Actress (Western Short Film)
Renae Lee (Miner's Candle)
SCREENPLAY/MANUSCRIPT/TV PILOT WINNERS
97. Best Feature Family Drama Screenplay
"Amy and Angel"
98. Best Feature Action Western Screenplay
"Big Iron"
99. Best Modern Western Family Screenplay
"Calf Rope"
100. Best Western Mini-Short Screenplay
"Double Rig"
101. Best Short Texas Drama Screenplay
"El Prodigio (The Prodigy)"
102. Best Short Comedy Screenplay
"Fairytale"
103. Best Feature Mystery Screenplay
"Guilty"
104. Best Short Romance Screenplay
"Heart Cycles"
105. Best Feature Modern Western Romance Screenplay
"I've Got Your 6"
106. Best Texas Feature Screenplay
"Play To Your Strength"
107. Best Mini-Short Sci-fi Western Screenplay
"Return To Robo Hills"
108. Best Feature Rom-com Screenplay
"Rodeo"
109. Best First-Time Short Screenwriter
Jojin Van Winkle
"Tanked"
110. Best Mini-Short Romance Screenplay
"Tex and Lila"
111. Best Feature Western Adventure Screenplay
"The Devil At Sundown"
112. Best Feature Texas Drama Screenplay
"The Fellowship"
113. Best Feature Comedy Adventure Screenplay
"The Legend of Lizzy Flynn"
114. Best Feature Western Screenplay
"The Peacemaker"
115. Best Short Drama Screenplay
"Turn Over"
116. Best Short Suspense Western Screenplay
"Under The Law"
117. Best Feature Modern Western Screenplay
"Warning: No Trespassing"
118. Best Feature Faith-Based Western Screenplay
"Wrangled"
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119. Best Western Fantasy Manuscript
"Victorian Cowgirl and Latent Dragon: A Western Fantasy"
120. Best Western Mystery Manuscript
"Murder at Castlewood Canyon"
121. Best Romance Manuscript
"Savant Cowgirl and Her Lumberjack: A Colorado Novel"
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122. Best Action Adventure Western T.V. Pilot Script
"Atascosa"
2022 VIRTUAL CIFF AWARDS
150. 2022 VIRTUAL CIFF AWARD
1st Place - Terminator: Bad Judgment Day
2nd Place - The Last Bullet
3rd Place - Soledad
151. COWPOKE OF THE YEAR AWARD
A Texan with a Passion for the Old West!
2022 WINNER - MOE HEADRICK
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