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