INDIE VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL
2026 AWARDS
BEST HORROR SHORT - EMILY #7
BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - INFERNAL
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATION - GRIZZLY JIM
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - OFF
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM - THE HEIRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM -Mark Vanis/MISSING
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - BJ Mezek/SNOW FALLING ON PUMPKINS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - Summer Sinclair/THE INTERVIEW
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Marcia Haufrecht/ASHES OF A DREAM
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Shea SweeneyBLINKO
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Elora Ellis/THE EVANGELIST
BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Aaron Compagna/OFF-OFF-OFF-OFF BROADWAY
BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Carlton O. Semple/MIRAGE
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - 7 DAGAR (7 DAYS)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - THE BIRTH OF CHRISTMAS
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - THE FUTURE OF ART
BEST DRAMA SHORT - A LETTER OF LAST RESORT
BEST DANCE SHORT - BREAKDANCE LLC
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - A Triptych AORTA - Mortality - Trust - Humility [V2]
BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
Finding the Line - An Exploration of Structural Integration
BEST WRITING - WEBISODE/TV PILOT - Emile Haris/ROUND THE CORNER
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - GINA EAST/WHAT THE CROW SAW
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - Jacob Langsner/SUM: A Tale From the Afterlife
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Richard Boddington/LA JESUS
BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT - COOKIE DEMON
BEST COMEDY/HORROR SHORT - DOOR TO DOOR
BEST SOUND MUSIC VIDEO - DELUSION
BEST SOUND SHORT ANIMATION FILM - SKIP AND HENRY
BEST SOUND SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - DICE DICE BABY IN VEGAS
BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - ONRU
BEST SOUND WEBISODE/TV PILOT - I COULD EAT
BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - CLASS OF HER OWN
BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - HIDDEN LIVES
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - 1000 O
BEST SCI-FI FEATURE FILM - GODMODE_ Digital murder
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT
BEST SCI-FI/COMEDY SHORT - BLESS ME FATHER
BEST SCI-FI SHORT - LILITH'S REIGN
BEST MICRO SHORT - BACK TA LIFE.THOUGHT CHA KNEW!
BEST THRILLER SHORT - DARK SIN
BEST COMEDY SHORT - 404
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN MUSIC VIDEO - CONGO SQUARE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - HATCHLING
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - PEOPLE IN A CIRCLE
BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - WHO'S TO BLAME
BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - THE SAMURAI'S SHADOW
BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - RUMBLE TUMBLE
BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE - GUN AND RUN
BEST EDITING WEBISODE/TV PILOT - Barry & Bernice: L.A. Dating Chronicles
BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - SURVIVING SINNERS
BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - KILL CITY: DEAD ON THE MONEY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MUSIC VIDEO - LONESOME PRAIRIE SEA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - Genel Mejia/THE REDEMPTION OF FAUST
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - THE IN-BETWEEN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - RICE & SUGAR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM - THE IRON DOOR
BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Jeff Hilliard/LOVE MYSELF
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Damiyon Morgan/Senshi
BEST DIRECTOR - PILOT/WEBISODE/WEB SERIES - Maureen Lee Lenker/WHEN MARY MET BETSY
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Michael Hartzog/UMHLAMBI
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - Adam B. Thomas/THE ATTIC
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
JAY NAGEL/Here"s Looking at you, kids ( Conversations about growing up on the silver screen)
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM - PIERCE KAFKA/CONTRADICTION
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - WELCOME TO VEGAS
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THESE?
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - Bubblegum da Superhero: Hoodlum 2 Hero
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
A P.U.P. Story...A Documentary Tail of Love and Affection
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - END OF THE RAINBOW
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES - ALL ABOUT MANOS
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY - Body and Soul, 270,397 Words
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT - THE PROVIDER
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - DAN BUILDS A HOUSE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - WILDFIRE
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - MOUSER
GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - LAST NAME BY CALI TUCKER
GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - State of Nebraska v. Crotchy the Clown
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - THE IN-BETWEEN
GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT - OUR FAMILY PRIDE
GRAND PRIZE - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES - A LIST CASTING - SEASON 2
GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - THE TRANSITION ROOM
GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY - TELEVISION - I ONLY SMOKE IN WAR ZONES
GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - BEING ADOLPH GASSER
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - THE SANCTUARY
INDIE VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL 2026 SCREENPLAY AWARDS
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - CRY WOLF BY Reham Ozjan Yeshar
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - DRAMEDY - SPA N COUNTER BY Thomas Pickard
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY DRAMA - TROPHIES BY Phillip Cook
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY - DERBY CITY BYTyler Totten
BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PILOT SCREENPLAY- HIT ME BY Alexander John Brown
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Glass Candy by Ronan Quinlan
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
Shalom Kolontarov The Hero BY Shalom Kolontarov
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COMEDY
All About Manos "One Way or Another" BY Catherine Natale, Eden Young
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - PARODY - THE FALSETTOS BY Gary Porpora
BEST MODERN WESTERN FEATURE SCREENPLAY - ARCH HAWKINS BY Bobby G Morton
BEST FEATURE THRILLER - THE LONG GAME BY Don Famularo, Don Wells
BEST CRIME/SUSPENSE FEATURE SCREENPLAY- THE MANHATTAN PROJECT BY Janet Walker
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY FANTASY ROMANCE - Child of Dawn BY Leslie Lee
BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY - EDMUND MY MAN BY Kim Rapoport
BEST BLACK COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - CHICKEN AND WAFFLES BY Owen Rogers
BEST SUPERNATURAL THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - CYN BY DAVID BARTLETT
BEST THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Feral Mountains BY Terry Luke Podnar
BEST HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY FEATURE SCREENPLAY
CHEAP, SEXY AND SHOCKING! BY Janna Jones
GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - AFTER THE FALL BY Marco Cariati
GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - PAYBACK BY ROBERT HOUCK
GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT DEAD EAST "Nippon Flight 319" BY Paul Alan Gober
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS BY Patricia Planck, Kelly E. Nine