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Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 2019201820172016

    Festival Prize

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    Best Action Adventure Screenplay for the November Session

    • Slavica Bogdanov
      Winner
      • Slavica Bogdanov
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marooned Mini-Series

      Kathy Krantz(Screenwriter)
      Jennifer Miller(Book by)
      Good Book Films
      StewArt Productions

    Best Action Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lake of Fire

      6.5 (8)
      Andrew Thorn(director)
      Electric Eye Pictures

    Best Action/Thriller Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vicious

      5.8 (105)
      Jason Rosenblatt
      Andre Khrul
      Marina Film Company

    Best Action/Thriller Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      EIDETIC

      8.4 (46)
      Akash Sunethkumara(producer)
      Stefania Perera(producer)
      Kasun Rathnasiri(producer)

    Best Action/Thriller Short Student - October

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Young Blood

      Aguendia Fotabong(director)
      Ecole de la Cité

    Best Actor

    • Cody Steele
      Winner
      • Cody Steele
      • Sincerely, Me

    Best Actress

    • Photo May, 2025
      Winner
      • Janel Tanna
      • Sienna's Choice

    Best Actress Under 18

    • Winner
      • Zoey Bunce(actress)
      • Finding Fortune

    Best Comedy/Dramedy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Strayed Outta Compton

      Matt Clifford

    Best Director

    • Diana Stefanescu
      Winner
      • Diana Stefanescu(director)
      • Be(you)tiful
    • Winner
      • Yihui Cece Jiao
      • Blank, the Bird

    Best Drama Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sincerely, Me

      6.2 (20)
      Des Matelske
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Turnabout

      7.1 (18K)
      E.B. Hughes

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Inquiry

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      Jiping Liu(graphic designer)
      Yuxiao Olina Wong(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      Jiping Liu(Director, graphic designer)
      Yuxiao Olina Wong(Producer)
      New York Film Academy
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      Jun Xia(editor)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      Jun Xia(editor)
    • [object Object]

      Nasty

      9.0 (16)
      Guy Stephens Celin

    Best Editing (Short)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Tourist

      Harshrajsinh Gohil(editor)
      November

    Best Foreign Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      SFashion

      7.6 (48)
      Mauro John Capece
      Evoque
      Bielle Re
      Revolver Film
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spare

      5.1 (490)
      Amir Parvin Hosseini

    Best Music Score, short form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Treading Yesterday

      8.5 (79)
      Craig Bettendorf(writer)

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Border

      8.8 (30)
      Simone Cilio
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In the Name of a God

      Nicola Lerra

    Best Producer (Short/Series)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Magdalenas Akte

      Oliver Theurich(producer)

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dolphin's Song

      Kathy Krantz(Screenwriter)
      Good Book Films
      StewArt Productions

    Best Screenplay - Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bad News Pairs

      Matt Clifford

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      EnergyCup

      Piotr Wieczorek

    Best Web Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      As We Are

      7.7 (18)
      Deborah Espect(director)
      Moggy Productions

    Experimental Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eureka Dreams

      Todd Kortte
      Anna Zhikhareva
      Silver Street Productions
    • [object Object]

      Follow Me

      Dieter-Michael Grohmann(Director, Writer)

    Best Animation Short

    • [object Object]

      The Letter

      8.6 (12)
      Piotr Wieczorek
      Winston Catarroja

    Best Horror Short - August

    • [object Object]

      Missed Call

    Jury Award

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    Best Comedy Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Xtracted

      Crafty St. James

    Best Dramedy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rose Garden

      9.3 (9)
      Rafael Nani
      Caliope

    Best Filmmaker Under 18

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mirror

      8.4 (40)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      4242

      8.4 (45)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)

    Best Screenplay Short

    • Winner

      Propelled Manipulation

      Crafty St. James
    • [object Object]

      Over the Wall

      6.7 (67)
      Roy Zafrani
      Nami Melumad
      Mor Cohen

    Jury Prize

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    Best Cinematographer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Player

      Daniele Poli(cinematographer)
      Gika Productions

    Best Picture of the Month

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Darkness Falls

      7.1 (225)
      Jarno Lee Vinsencius(producer)
      JLV Pictures
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Admired

      8.4 (18)
      Jacqueline Murphy(Producer, Director, Writer)
      Jackpot Films

    July Award

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    Best Comedy/Dramedy Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Two Steps Away

      8.3 (7)
      Gabriele Fabbro(director)
      New York Film Academy

    Best Director

    • John Henry Richardson
      Winner
      • John Henry Richardson
      • ... Where Is She Now?

    Best Experimental Feature

    • John Henry Richardson
      Winners
      • John Henry Richardson
      • Kiran Dubey
      • Mark Mockett
      • Anchel Bosque de Madera
      • Shiwei Miao
      Blueridge Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ... Where Is She Now?

      8.7 (12)
      John Henry Richardson
      Kiran Dubey
      Mark Mockett
      Anchel Bosque de Madera
      Shiwei Miao
      Blueridge Productions

    Best Experimental Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Message in the Fortune Cookie

      Golam Mustofa(director)

    Best Web/New Media Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Actors Anonymous

      7.4 (6)
      Marilyn Swick(writer)
      Swick, Marilyn

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sixteen Sunrises & Sunsets

      Marilyn Swick(producer/director)
      Swick, Marilyn

    November Award

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    Best Action Adventure Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marooned Mini-Series

      Jennifer Miller(Book by)
      Kathy Krantz(screenwriter)

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Emily Bolanos
      • Living Instead
      BE Rogue Productions

    Best Animation Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Baby and Granny

      9.1 (35)
      Zheng Kang
      University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

    Best Comedy/Dramedy Student short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wink

      Paige Irene Bruns(Director)

    Best Documentary Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Walk on Walk of Fame

      8.7 (8)
      Siva Kumar Kondaveeti

    Best Drama Short Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Good Memory

      5.0 (11)
      Na Liu(director)
      Jun Xia(editor)

    Best Horror Feature Screenplay

    • Jamon Holmes
      Winners
      • Daniel Furuya
      • Jamon Holmes
      "LEVEL 5," written by Daniel Furuya, Daniel Louis, and Jamon Holmes

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Delightful

      Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

    Best Original Music Score (Short)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Awful Pretty

      Alexis Martin
      Four Nine Films

    Best Comedy Film

    • [object Object]

      Dr. Elevator

      7.2 (126)
      Kartikye Gupta

    August Award

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    Best Action/Thriller Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dead Unanimity

      Brigitte Buny(actress)
      James Hu(writer/director)
      Hu Films
      Dead Unanimity Short Film

    Best Director

    • Jody McNicholas
      Winner
      • Jody McNicholas
      • Longshotsville
      Walk in Productions

    Best Horror Short Foreign

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      REM

      April Phillips

    October Award

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    Best Animation Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lion Dance

      9.0 (39)
      Zheng Kang
      Timothy John Pattinson
      University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

    Best Drama Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Heart and the Six Paintings of Ruth Gardner

      6.0 (38)
      Pavel Dudin(director)
      Monster Film

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caposhi Pop

      Matheus Ronn(director)
      Gabriel Farias(producer)
      Mans Reimer(writer)
      Gimmick Filmes
      Jippo Film
      Carioca Productions
    • [object Object]

      Caposhi Pop

      Matheus Ronn(director)
      Gabriel Farias(producer)
      Mans Reimer(writer)
      Gimmick Filmes
      Jippo Film
      Carioca Productions

    Best Experimental Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fauna

      6.2 (11)
      Yusuf Sumer(director)

    Best Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Emily

      Jun Xia

    Best Original Music/Score

    • Mariano Saulino
      Winner
      • Mariano Saulino(composer)
      Mariano Saulino, film composer wrote and orchestrated the score for this multi awarded drama short.

    Best Science Fiction Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      What Once Was

      4.9 (29)
      Sean Penberthy
      Amir Christopher Shafii
      Metronome Pictures

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Review: A Fatal Frame Fan Film

      Zack Birlew
      Babs Do Productions

    Best Director

      • Kazarr
      • Gehenna: Darkness Unleashed

    September award

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    Action/Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dead Unanimity

      Brigitte Buny(actress)
      James Hu(writer/director)
      Hu Films
      Dead Unanimity Short Film

    Best Action / Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son

      8.3 (362)
      Cyrus Neshvad(director)
      Syneco

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Avi Agarwal
      • Loose Ends

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Peaceful Life

      Sébastien Bellaval(director)
      Boris Antona(producer)
      Epix Studio

    Best Producer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marital Aids

      6.3 (8)
      Liz Taylor
      Wild-Maple Films

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]

      Under the Radar

      8.9 (104)
      Lawrence Bucher
      Kiyano La'vin
      Frank Pinnock
      Swagger Movement Productions

    Festival Award

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    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another Day in Paradise

      Bellopropello(director)

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      New York Film Academy
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      She Gives Me Sight

      Wanqiu Sun(editor)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slasher.com

      3.4 (723)
      Chip Gubera

    Best Woman Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Women Prayed and Preyed Upon

      Kankana Chakraborty

    May Award

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    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Liberty & Slavery

      7.5 (44)
      A. Troy Thomas(director)
      Christopher Marshall(director of photography)
      Inertia Films

    June Award

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    Best Animation Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agrinoui

      8.9 (25)
      Alexis Chaviaras(director)

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