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March 22/24 2024
@ The Coleman Theatre
103 N. Main St. Miami, OK
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1. Best Feature Film
    Sponsored by John Layne Entertainment
    Self Isolated

​2. Best Short Film (TIE)
    Safe Harbor 
​    Silencing Fear

3. Best Mini Short Film
    A Time For Love: Something Beautiful

4.  Best Western Feature 
    Showdown In Yesteryear  

5. Best Western Short Film
    Sponsored by "BrenRock Productions LLC" 
     Apache Girl 

6. Best Western Mini Short Film
    Gussy

7. Best Modern Day Western
    A Dark Destiny

8. Best Animation Film
    Action Figure Theater

9. Best Actor (Feature)
    L. Tanner Smith (Fathers Weekend)

10. Best Supporting Actor (Feature)
      Doug Burch (Self Isolated)

11. Best Actress (Feature)
     Maggi Mayfield (Self Isolated)

12. Best Supporting Actress (Feature)
      Janet Travis (Heart Cycles)

13. Best Actor (Short) 
      Ducon Williams (Silencing Fear)

14. Best Supporting Actor (Short)
      Ben Richardson (A Little Dead)

15. Best Actress (Short) (Tie)
      Giselle Marie Muñoz (Esperanza)
      Johanna Smitz (Safe Harbor)   

16. Best Supporting Actress (Short)
      Deborah Madick (Silencing Fear)

17. Best Actor (Mini Short)
      Dennis O'Neill (A Time For Love: Something Beautiful)

18. Best Supporting Actor (Mini Short)
      Bobby Miller Jr. (Vegan Apocalypse)

19. Best Actress (Mini Short)
​      Dz Rife (Back to Bora-Bora)

20. Best Supporting Actress (Mini Short)
      Amber Joy (Vegan Apocalypse)

​21. Best Actor (Western Short or Mini Short)
      Zach Ball (Blood Is My Redemption)

22. Best Actor (Western Feature) (Tie)
      Jeff Grennell (Showdown In Yesteryear)
      Tom Zembrod (The Doc)

23. Best Supporting Actor (Western Feature)
      Billy Blair (The Doc)
      Best Young Actors
​43. Alejandro Quintero-Beltran (Seeker)
44. Decker Franklin (Seeker)
45. Landen Ferrell (Showdown In Yesteryear)
46. Tristan Ratliff (Fathers Weekend)
47. Samuel Creek Pruett (Robo Hills)
48. Iver Mitchell (A Dreamer's Search)

      Best Young Actresses
49. Seraphina Williams (Silencing Fear)
50. Koranya Williams (Silencing Fear)
51. Charity Williams (Silencing Fear)
52. Maddux Bandy (Seeker)
53. Angela Puckett (Seeker)
54. Venice Bandy (Seeker)
55. Zoelia Caballero (Seeker)
56. Inez Ruiz (Institution)

57. Best Music Score/Song (Feature Film)
      Music by Abbi Berry (You And What Army)

​58. Best Music Score/Song (Short Film)
      Music by Will Gardner (The Lesson)

59. Best Music Score/Song (Mini Short Film)
      Music by Andrew Ripp (A Time For Love: Something Beautiful)

60. Best Music Score (Western Film)
      Music by Brandon Richard (Showdown in Yesteryear)

61. Best Documentary 
      The Pace of Change

62. Best Indigenous Film
      Apache Girl

63. Best Indigenous Documentary
​      The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo

64. Best Historical Film
​      When Wire Was King

65. Best Drama Feature Film
      Heart Cycles

66. Best Drama Short Film
      Silencing Fear

67. Best Drama Mini Short Film
      Almost A Masterpiece

68. Best Dark Drama Film
      Institution

69.  Best Comedy Film 
       Sponsored by "One Crazy Night Movie"
       Action Figure Theater

70. Best Comedy Mini Short Film
      Back to Bora-Bora
      Vegan Apocalypse  
​      
71. Best Western Drama Short Film
​      Apache Girl
96. Festival Director's Choice
      Best Feature Film (Fathers Weekend)

97. Festival Director's Choice
      Best Short Film (Last Minute Gift)

98. Festival Director's Choice
      Best Mini Short Film (Almost a Masterpiece)

99. Festival Director's Choice
      Best Western feature Film (Robo Hills)

100. Festival Director's Choice
        Best Western Short Film (Blood is My Redemption)

101. Festival Director's Choice
        Best Modern Day Western Film (Heart Cycles)

102. Festival Director's Choice
        Oklahoma Made Documentary Film
        (The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo)

103. Best Lyrics
        Put On The Armor Of God - By Almarin Fisher

104. 1st Place Photography
        Devour by Robin Fowler

105. 2nd Place Photography
        The Widow by Aurora LaRay

106. Best Art
        Go Camp With Aurora LaRay, by Aurora LaRay

​107. 1st Place Movie Poster
        Truck Stop Waltz

108. 2nd Place Movie Poster
      The Doc

109. 3rd Place Movie Poster
        Hawaiian Warrior and the Sea Dragon
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110. Best Awareness Feature Screenplay
        "No Address"

111. Best Comedy Feature Screenplay
        "Love Me x Three"

112. Best Horror Feature Screenplay
       "Red Bird Phoenix"

113. Best Oklahoma Feature Screenplay
        "The TentVille Knights"

114. Best Drama Feature Screenplay
        "Riley's Gift"

115. Best Western Feature Screenplay
        "Geronimo's Revenge"

116. Best Suspense Feature Screenplay
        "4-19-95"

117. Best Family Faith Feature Screenplay
        "A Cowgirl's Christmas"

118. Best Family Drama Feature Screenplay
       "Forget-Me-Nots"

119. Best Inspirational Feature Screenplay
        "Amy And Angel"

120. Best Feature Screenplay
       "Inviolable"

121. Best Romance Feature Screenplay
        "Love At First Christmas"

122. Best Inspirational Heartfelt Short Screenplay
        "The Breakable Shoes"

123. Best Romance Short Screenplay
       "Tolerant Heart"

124. Best Southern Comedy Conspiracy Short  
        Screenplay "The Inheritance"

125. Best Drama Short Screenplay
        "Unattainable"

126. Best Student Mini-Short Screenplay
        "No Running"

127. ​Best Modern Western Sci-Fi Fantasy Action  
        Romance Manuscript
        "Hawaiian Warrior and the Sea Dragon"

128. Best Action/Adventure Western Manuscript
        "Rowdy: Dead or Alive"

129. Best Murder Mystery Suspense T.V. Pilot
        "The Favorite Daughter"

130. Best Action Western T.V. Pilot
         "Atascosa"

131. Best Drama T.V. Pilot
        "Terminal Call"
24. Best Actress (Western Feature)
      Debra Lamb (Showdown In Yesteryear)

25. Best Supporting Actress (Western Feature)
      Amanda Smith (The Doc)

​26. Best Actress (Western Short Film)
      Imelda Paclibar (Apache Girl)

27. Best Actress (Western Mini Short Film)
      Sophia Lily (Blood Is My Redemption)

28. Best Actor (Modern Day) Western
      John Layne (A Dark Destiny)

29. Best Supporting Actor (Modern Day) Western
      J.D. Posey (A Dark Destiny)

30. Best Actress (Modern Day) Western
      Elizabeth Bode (Heart Cycles)

31. Best Supporting Actress (Modern Day) Western
      Wendy Pennington (A Dark Destiny)

32. Best Actress (Foreign Film)
      Johanna Smitz (Safe Harbor)

33. Best Supporting Actress in a Foreign Film
      Mimmi Kandler (Safe Harbor)

34. Best Western Movie Location
      Sponsored by The Wild Bunch Film Festival
      Buggy Barn Museum (TX)

35. Best Director (Feature Film)
      Jim Menza (You And What Army)

​36. Best Director (Short Film)
      Ethan McDowell (Last Minute Gift)

​37. Best Director (Mini Short Film)
      Dennis O'Neill (A Time For Love: Something Beautiful)

38. Best Director (Western Feature Film) 
      Brett Bentman (The Doc)

39. Best Director (Western Short) 
      Richard A. Pines (Apache Girl)

40. Best Director (Western Mini Short Film) 
       Zach Ball (Blood Is My Redemption)

41. Best Director (Foreign Film)
       Daniel Ståhl (Safe Harbor)

42. Best Director (Animation Film)
      Alan Thornburg (Action Figure Theatre)


72. Best Horror/Thriller Film
      A Little Dead

73. Best True Story Based Film
      A Dreamer's Search

74. Best Suspense Film
      Gussy

75. Best Faith Based Film
      A Time For Love: Something Beautiful 

​76. Best Student Film
      Institution

77. Best Romance Film
       Last Minute Gift

​78. Best Sci-Fi Film
      Robo Hills

79. Best Oklahoma Made Feature Film
      Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film & Music Office
      Rage, Fear, Love

80. Best Oklahoma Made Short Film
      Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film & Music Office
      A Little Dead

81. Best Oklahoma Made Mini Short Film
      Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film & Music Office!
      Filmed in Oklahoma

82. Best Oklahoma Made Documentary Film
      Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film & Music Office!
      The Pace of Change

83. Best 1st Time Filmmaker
      Dwight Jackson (Back to Bora-Bora)

84. Best 1st Time Oklahoma Filmmaker
      Co-presented by the Oklahoma Film & Music Office!
      Colin Patrick Ryan (The Lesson)

85. Best Inspirational Film
      The Pace of Change

86. Best Music Video
​      Things Are Gonna Be Alright

87. Best Female Filmmaker
      Wendy Pennington - A Dark Destiny

88. Best Narrator
      Aurora LaRay (Go Camp with Aurora LaRay: Mississippi)

89.  Best Family Film
       Action Figure Theater

90. Best Film Twist
      Self Isolated

91. Best Awareness Film
      Heart Cycles

59. Best Cast Ensemble
      You And What Army

92. Best Texas Film
      Action Figure Theater

93. Best Web Series
      A Time For Love: Something Beautiful

94. Best Youtube Project
      Cookie Cutters: A Sweet Tradition

95. Best Arkansas Film
      Fathers Weekend
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