Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival
2024 COWPOKESFF
AWARD WINNERS
1. Best Feature Film
"Blood Dried Hands"
2. Best Short Film
"Death by King Cake"
3. Best Mini Short Film
"A Time For Love: I Got This"
4. Best Western Feature Film
"Goin' Home"
5. Best Western Short Film
"Double-Crossed in El Paso"
6. Best Western Mini Short Film
"Gone Fishin' "
7. Best Documentary
"You Just Can't See Them From The Road"
8. Best Foreign Film
"The Searcher"
9. Best Trailer
"The Roping Fools"
10. Best Actor (Feature)
Chance Gibbs - "Blood Dried Hands"
11. Best Supporting Actor (Feature)
Jason Vandygriff - "Blood Dried Hands"
12. Best Actress (Feature)
Kaiti Wallen - 'Finding Nicole"
13. Best Supporting Actress (Feature)
Debra Lamb - "Finding Nicole"
14. Best Actor (Short)
Dennis O'Neill - "Bail Out ep 103"
15. Best Supporting Actor (Short)
Jade Roberts - "Bail Out ep 103"
16. Best Actress (Short)
Patty Corres - "False and Baseless"
17. Best Supporting Actress (Short)
Penny LeLeux - "Death by King Cake"
18. Best Actor (Mini Short)
Dennis O'Neill - "A Time For Love: I Got This"
19. Best Supporting Actor (Mini Short)
Mark E. Howell - "A Time For Love: I Got This"
20. Best Actress (Mini-Short)
Sarah Smith - "Silent Charm"
21. Best Supporting Actress (Mini-Short)
Veronica Clayton - "A Time For Love: I Got This"
22. Best Actor (Western Feature)
Bill Foster - "Showdown On The Brazos"
23. Best Supporting Actor (Western Feature)
Dale Snowberger - "Goin' Home"
24. Best Actress (Western Feature)
Dianne Travis - "Sheriff Walter Johnson"
25. Best Supporting Actress (Western Feature)
CJ Morrison - "Robo Hills"
26. Best Actor (Western Short)
Mike Doherty - "Double-Crossed In El Paso"
27. Best Supporting Actor (Western Short)
Ken Henson - "Salt Lake Jake"
28. Best Actress (Western Short)
Bobbi Jean Olson - "Woman With No Name"
29. Best Actor (Western Mini Short)
Sponsored by Doherty Plumbing in Tucson
Cameron Norsen - "Gone Fishin' "
30. Best Supporting Actor (Western Mini Short)
Vernon Butterfield - "Gone Fishin' "
31. Best Actor (Foreign Film)
Josep María Alejandre - "The Searcher"
32. Best Supporting Actor (Foreign Film)
Gabriel Rueda - "The Searcher"
33. Best Actress (Foreign Film)
Ana Belén Izquierdo - "The Searcher"
34. Best Director (Feature)
Jason Vandygriff - "Blood Dried Hands"
35. Best Director (Short)
Rowdy Olson - "Woman With No Name"
36. Best Director (Mini Short Film)
Dennis O'Neill - "A Time For Love: I Got This"
37. Best Director (Western Feature)
Steven Mark Shaw - "Goin' Home"
38. Best Director (Western Short)
Paul Bloom - "What Must Be Done"
39. Best Director (Western Mini Short)
Trevor Rock - "Rockgut Whiskey"
40. Best Director (Foreign Film)
Sponsored by Red Haired Lady Productions
Enrique Novials - "The Searcher"
41. Best Director (Trailer)
Paul Bloom & John Marrs - "Miner Justice"
42. Best Director (Documentary)
Will Fitzpatrick - "The Roping Fools"
43. Best Director (Music Video)
Aaron Bratcher - "Showdown"
44. Best Music Video
"Showdown" Performed by Tim Ruffo
45. Best Original Film Score
Rick Balentine - "Goin' Home"
46. Best Songwriting/Music/MP3
"A Small Space"
47. Best Music Lyrics
"With My Blessing"
by Manuela Schneider
48. Best Drama Feature
"Finding Nicole"
49. Best Drama Short
"False and Baseless"
50. Best Drama Mini-Short
"Silent Charm"
51. Best Western Drama Feature
"Sheriff Walter Johnson"
52. Best Western Drama Short
"What Must Be Done"
53. Best Crime Drama
"Blood Dried Hands"
54. Best Comedy
"Death by King Cake"
55. Best Sci-Fi
"Robo Hills"
56. Best Fantasy Film
"Sheltered from Time"
57. Best Suspense
"Finding Nicole"
58. Best Family Film
"Sheriff Walter Johnson"
59. Best Horror/Thriller
"Blood Dried Hands"
60. Best True Story Film
"Finding Nicole"
61. Best Inspirational Film
"Silent Charm"
62. Best Originality Film
"Rockgut Whiskey"
63. Best Noir Film
"Woman With No Name"
64. Best Faith Based Film
"A Time For Love: I Got This"
65. Best Action Film
"Double-Crossed in Durango"
66. Best Awareness Film
"Finding Nicole"
67. Best Group Photography
"Woman With No Name"
68. Best 1st Time Filmmaker
Paul Bloom - "What Must Be Done"
69. Best Female Filmmaker
Sadie Duarte - "Sheltered from Time"
70. Best Cast Ensemble
"Goin' Home"
71. Best Web Series
"Bail Out ep 103"
72. Best Youtube Western Film
"Double-Crossed in El Paso"
73. Best Proof of Concept Film
"Miner Justice"
74. Best T.V. Pilot
"Atascosa"
75. Best Texas Short Film
Sponsored by Dependable Expendables
"Bail Out EP 103"
76. Best Texas Feature Film
Sponsored by Dependable Expendables
"Robo Hills"
77. Best Oklahoma Film
"Static In The Ether"
78. Best of Fest Westerns
"Showdown On The Brazos"
79. Best of Fest
"Blood Dried Hands"
80. Best Movie Poster
"Blood Dried Hands"
81. Best Western Movie Poster
"What Must Br Done"
82. Best Wardrobe
Wild Instincts
'Woman With No Name'
83. Festival Director's Choice
for Actress in a Feature Film
Micha Marie Stevens
"Blood Dried Hands"
84. Festival Director's Choice
for Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Blanca Blanco - "Finding Nicole"
85. Festival Director's Choice
for an Actor in a Short Film
Jim Olson - "Woman With No Name"
86. Festival Director's Choice
For Supporting Actress
In A Western Feature Film
Amanda Smith - "Showdown on the Brazos"
87. Festival Director's Choice
for a Feature Film
"Finding Nicole"
88. Festival Director's Choice
for a Short Film
"Bail Out" EP 103
89. Festival Director's Choice
for a Mini Short Film
"Silent Charm"
90. Festival Director's Choice
for a Feature Western Film
"Sheriff Walter Johnson"
91. Festival Director's Choice
for a Short Western Film
"Salt Lake Jake"
92. Festival Director's Choice
for a Mini Short Western Film
"Rockgut Whiskey"
93. Festival Director's Choice
for a Foreign Film
"Sheltered From Time"
94. 2024 Cowpoke Of The Year Award
goes to Bill Foster
4th Annual
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Best Western Drama
Short Screenplay
"Big Whiskey"
Best Western Drama
Feature Screenplay
"Goin' Home"
Best Action Western
Feature Screenplay
"McIntyre's Mountain"
Best Romance Thriller
Feature Screenplay
"Milton and Myrna"
Best First-time Western Screenwriter
Paul Bloom for
"Miner Justice"
Best First-time Female Screenwriter
Victoria Keffer for
"The Vicar Takes a Wife"
Best Texas Western
Screenplay
"The Whore and the Horseman"
SCREENPLAY WINNERS
Best Script Over All
"I/O" (Input-Output)
by Molly J Vernon
Best Comedy T.V.
Pilot Script
"Declaration"
Best Sci-Fi Suspense
T.V. Pilot Script
"I/O" (Input-Output)
T.V. PILOT WINNERS
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MANUSCRIPT WINNERS
Best Unpublished Modern
Western Manuscript
"Colorado Springs"
Best Action Romance Manuscript
"Cowgirl Witness & Her
Bodyguard: A Western Romance"
Best Sci-Fi Romance Manuscript
"Fire Goddess & Dream
Dragon: A Fantasy Romance"
Best Western Manuscript
This Award is sponsored by Rutledge Media Group in memory of Randall Rutledge.
"Putney's Reckoning,
Vengeance in Blanco Canyon"
Best Action Revenge Western Manuscript
"The Huntress - The Oath
Best Published Family Faith Manuscript
"The Setting Son"
Best Western Horror Manuscript
"The Unknown Enemy"
