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Prison City Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 2019

    The Seargent's Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Transcendents

      6.4 (4.4K)
      Jeff Melanson
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      Winner

      Where There Is Darkness

      Cimela Kidonakis
      Lawrence Daufenbach
      Stella Mar Films

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      E-Bowla

      Cindy Maples(director)
      Carriage House Productions

    Best F/X

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Utopia

      Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
      Dylan Tuccillo(F/X Editor)
      Sela Films

    Best Production

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Utopia

      Aimiende Negbenebor Sela(Producer, Writer, Director)
      Nicole Lenora(Producer)
      Sela Films

    Best Sound & Sound Mixing

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      Winner

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Check Your Brain Productions
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shot to the Heart

      3.8 (965)
      Aric Cushing
      Ascent Releasing

    Narrative Short - Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Random Knowledge

      5.6 (6)
      Steven Gunter(Cinematographer)
      Rogue Alchemy Pictures

    Best Cinematography - Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Guilty Pleasure

      Yannik Leibacher
      René Müller

    Best Cinematography Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      Zach Campbell
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best Costume Design - Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      Jane Ji

    Best Editing - Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Guilty Pleasure

      Yannik Leibacher(editor)

    Best Editing Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best F/X - Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      Anthony Pepe
      Bates E. Jaffe

    Best Make Up - Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      Bates E. Jaffe
      Anthony Pepe

    Best Music Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best Writing Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Alex Niknejad(director of photography)

    Costume Design

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      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Alejandra Guerrero

    Editing

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      James Hall(co-editor)
      Benjamin Howard(co-editor)

    Music

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Tyler Rivera Stein(composer)

    Sound

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Cameron Cross(post sound mixer)

    US Narrative Short Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      Sentinel: Or Mythology and Methodology

      8.5 (6)
      Jacob Mallin
      Caramel Hippo Studios

    US Narrative Short Best Editing

    • [object Object]

      Sentinel: Or Mythology and Methodology

      8.5 (6)
      James Abrams
      Caramel Hippo Studios

    Writing

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      James Hall(co-writer)
      Benjamin Howard(co-writer)

    The Next-Gen Award

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    Best Student Film

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      Sentinel: Or Mythology and Methodology

      8.5 (6)
      James Abrams
      Caramel Hippo Studios
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      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      David M. Night Maire
      Rob Eletto
      Jayesh Hariharan
      Carlos Valdivia
      AireBedd Productions
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      For It Is Written

      7.6 (17)
      Daniel Ståhl

    Major's Award

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    Best Actor

    • Aric Cushing
      Winner
      • Aric Cushing
      • Shot to the Heart
      Ascent Releasing
    • Rob Franco
      • Rob Franco
      • The Transcendents

    Best Actress

    • Kristen Marie Perry
      Winner
      • Kristen Marie Perry
      • Facing the Black
    • Savannah Welch
      Winner
      • Savannah Welch
      • The Transcendents

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Ben Reno
      • The Transcendents

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kathy Valentine
      Winner
      • Kathy Valentine
      • The Transcendents

    Narrative Short - Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Ariel Greenspoon
      • Random Knowledge
      Rogue Alchemy Pictures

    Narrative Short-Best Actress

    • Kristen Marie Perry
      Winner
      • Kristen Marie Perry
      • Facing the Black

    Best Actor - Narrative Short

      • Thomas Häusler(actor)
      • Guilty Pleasure
    • Headshot 2024
      • Martin Nick Alexandersson
      • For It Is Written

    Best Actor Narrative Short

    • from the feature length version of "Carnage Radio"
      • Brandon J. Johnson
      • Carnage Radio
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best Actress - Narrative Short

      • Johanna Smitz
      • For It Is Written

    Best Supporting Actor - Narrative Short

    • Örebro Sweden
      • Robert Karlsson
      • For It Is Written

    Narrative Short - Actor

    • Rudy Pankow
      • Rudy Pankow
      • Deviant

    Narrative Short - Supporting Actor

      • Court Rutter
      • Deviant

    Ad-Seg Award

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    Most Intense and Uniquely Creative

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Facing the Black

      Kristen Marie Perry

    Most Intense/Uniquely Creative

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Facing the Black

      Kristen Marie Perry

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]

      The Transcendents

      6.4 (4.4K)
      Derek Ahonen

    Most Intense, and/or Uniquely Creative

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      For It Is Written

      7.6 (17)
      Daniel Ståhl

    U.S. Short Film Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]

      The Republican

      Jon Navarro
      Allusion Pictures

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      Facing the Black

      Kristen Marie Perry

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]

      The Republican

      Jon Navarro
      Allusion Pictures

    Best Overall Submission

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      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Benjamin Howard(co-producer)
      James Hall(co-executive producer)
      Ricardo Osuna(co-producer)

    Best Short Thriller

    • [object Object]

      The Republican

      Jon Navarro
      Allusion Pictures

    The Captain's Award

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    Best Director

    • Benjamin Howard at an event for Disconnect (2016)
      Winner
      • Benjamin Howard(director)
      • Deviant
    • Sean Bloomfield
      Winners
      • Sean Bloomfield
      • Cimela Kidonakis
      • Where There Is Darkness
      Stella Mar Films
    • Winner
      • Mira Hamour
      • Syria's Tent Cities

    Best Director - Narrative Short

    • D. M. Night Maire - Filmmaker Portrait at the Orlando Film Festival 2018
      • David M. Night Maire
      • Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
      AireBedd Productions
      • Daniel Ståhl
      • For It Is Written

    Best Director Narrative Short

    • James Fite at the San Antonio Film Festival
      • James Fite
      • Carnage Radio
      Check Your Brain Productions

    The Desk Boss Award

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    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Brandon J. Johnson
      Zach Campbell
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best in Genre - Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Random Knowledge

      5.6 (6)
      Michael Charron
      Rogue Alchemy Pictures

    Best Drama

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      For It Is Written

      7.6 (17)
      Daniel Ståhl

    Best in Genre - Horror

    • [object Object]

      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      David M. Night Maire
      Rob Eletto
      Jayesh Hariharan
      Carlos Valdivia
      AireBedd Productions

    Drama

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Benjamin Howard(co-producer)
      James Hall(co-executive producer)
      Ricardo Osuna(co-producer)

    The Warden's Vanguard Award

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    Best Overall Submission

    • [object Object]

      Chateau Sauvignon: terroir

      6.7 (38)
      David M. Night Maire
      Rob Eletto
      Jayesh Hariharan
      Carlos Valdivia
      AireBedd Productions

    The C.O. Award

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    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Check Your Brain Productions

    Best US Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Carnage Radio

      James Fite
      Brandon J. Johnson
      Zach Campbell
      Check Your Brain Productions

    International Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Guilty Pleasure

      Yannik Leibacher
      René Müller
    • [object Object]

      For It Is Written

      7.6 (17)
      Daniel Ståhl

    US Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      Deviant

      7.5 (73)
      Benjamin Howard(co-producer)
      James Hall(co-executive producer)
      Ricardo Osuna(co-producer)

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