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Golden State Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017

    Audience Award

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    Best Comedic Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bucky

      6.5 (8)
      Geoffrey Gould(Writer/Director)

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hiro's Table

      7.7 (67)
      Lynn Hamrick(Director/Writer/Producer)
      Light Hearted Films
      Hiro's Table, Winner Audience Award Best Documentary 2019 Golden State Film Festival

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      War Path

      3.4 (197)
      Casey de Fremery(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dinner for Six

      Ryan Willer
      Wunna Myothein

    Best Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ice Wolf Queen Pilot

      7.4 (8)
      LP Green(Director)
      Matthew James Sheridan(Director)
      White Ferret Films

    Best Short Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lilith

      3.2 (267)
      Alexander Hwang T.(director)
      Thomas Haley(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Choice

      8.2 (6)
      Darce Florio(director)
      Robert Florio(director)
      Bruce S Silberman(executive producer)
      Flavia Costa
      Acting Out Loud Foundation
      No BS Productions
      Flip a Coin Productions

    Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Pin-Up

      6.8 (22)
      Liz Lachman

    Golden State Film Festival Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Sean Michael Nugent
      • There's Something in the Trunk
      The New Promethean

    Best Actress - Short Film

    • Lizet Benrey
      Winner
      • Lizet Benrey
      • The Witching Hour

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unwritten

      3.5 (164)
      Ryan Galvan(director of photography)

    Best Comedic Horror Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bucky

      6.5 (8)
      Geoffrey Gould
      We Make Movies

    Best Dance Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      LA, It's Contagious

      Sonia Machado-Hines(Director)
      Terence Bernie Hines(Producer)
      Black Plus Plus Productions

    Best Dating Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Just Keep It 100

      Bryan Bostic
      Professional Hood Entertainment

    Best Director - Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Steven Fine
      • Love Shot

    Best Director, Short Film

    • Richard Dee-Roberts
      Winner
      • Richard Dee-Roberts
      • The Games Children Play

    Best Dramedy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bite!

      8.6 (26)
      Danny Arroyo(producer)
      Juliana Betancourth(producer)
      Xkalybr Films

    Best Family Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Maybe I'm Fine

      4.0 (164)

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Turnover

      6.7 (417)
      Linda Palmer
      Rae Davis
      Marvin Glover
      Mark Cardone
      Brian McCormick
      Martina Webster
      Runaway Productions
      Sea Sand Entertainment

    Best Foreign Language Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Elsker deg til døde

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Elsker deg til døde

      Camilla Roman(writer/director)
      Vibeke Karlsen(producer)

    Best Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Crossing

      8.7 (11)
      Thomas Haley(director)
      H2 Crew Productions

    Best Inspirational Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dreamwisher

      Eric Handler(Producer)
      Positively Positive

    Best International Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I am Banksy

      7.0 (10)
      Samantha Casella(director)

    Best Lighting Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Uppermost

      Ray Wongchinda(director of photography)
      Chad Harrell(gaffer)

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Because Beautiful

      Saul Preciado-Garcia(director)
      Martin Blasick(composer)
      Preciado's Productions
      Because Beautiful song written and performed by Martin Blasick. Video written and directed by Saul Preciado-Garcia
    • [object Object]

      Barrel of a Gun

      Ana Archen
      Tanne Willow

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once Upon a Superhero

      8.1 (105)

    Best Short Dark Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is Fine

      Roth Rind
      Roth Rind Productions

    Best Short Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On the Edge of Reality

      Frank J. Dion
      Rip Roarer Productions

    Best Short Satire

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Failures

      Joseph F. Ferro(director)

    Best Sound Design (short)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder

      Mark Solter(sound designer)

    Best Sound Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sound

      9.0 (49)
      Jeffery Alan Jones
      Alan Audio Works

    Best Specialty Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Her Mind in Pieces

      6.1 (110)
      Palm Street Films

    Best Student Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shape Shifter

      Santa Monica College Film Program

    Best Suspense Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bequest

      Richard Pines

    Best Western Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tell No Tales

      Ross Denyer

    Best original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guitar Man

      Rocky Capella(director/co-writer)
      Laurie Lamson(co-writer)
      Prodigy Entertainment Motion Pictures

    Social Awareness Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Brother Wes

      8.3 (7)
      Tom Suzuki(Director)
      Reggie Luck Productions
      New York Film Academy
      Two Old Guys Productions

    Best Short

    • [object Object]

      Related Destiny

      Will Thompson
      Urban Visionary Films
    • [object Object]

      The Bard

      Michael Knott(director)
      Tara Jade Borg(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Alone

      Markus Otz(director)
      emotive visual outlook carpentry
    • [object Object]

      Ex No More

      Jack Zullo
      Blaise Productions
      We Make Movies
    • [object Object]

      Last Tonight

      Kevin Williams(writer/director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      Bizarre Man: The Jingle Bell Battle

      Dandrell Scott
      Ronald Bardwell
      Correy Bell
      Em Brown
      Danae Scott
      Jaime de Leon
      Reynaldo Dumas
      Quincy Duncan
      Tamika Gibson
      Karla-Renae' Harris
      Keith Jackson
      Destinie Lambert
      Jamiel McKnight
      Jea N. Nicholson
      Matty Robinson
      Leon Rogers
      Mike Samp
      Lem Slaughter
      Bad Entertainment Company

    Best Short, Thriller

    • [object Object]

      Jackal

      Matt Van Tine
      Rich Van Tine
      Jake Sheets
    • [object Object]

      Chameleon

      7.2 (21)
      Trevvor Riley
      Spiros Psihos
      Colten Currey
    • [object Object]

      The Alc-Man

      7.8 (13)
      Hiroki Ohsawa

    Jury Prize

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Sean Michael Nugent
      • There's Something in the Trunk
      The New Promethean

    Best Crime Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Passport

      8.2 (19)
      Olivier Hero Dressen(director)
      Michael Koltes(writer)
      Studio Supreme
      BLNK Media
      Red Clover Productions
      Joint winners

    Best Director - Documentary

    • Edward Payson Illuminati Documentary Premiere
      Winner
      • Edward Payson
      • Our Friend Jon
      an Anti-Hero Production

    Best Fantasy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Babies

      Yuval Shrem
      Fable Entertainment

    Best Inspirational Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Elevate

      3.4 (73)
      Délé Ogundiran
      Brianna Brown
      Jesica A. Andres
      Andre Lamb
      Alexa L. Borden
      Matemotja Productions

    Grand Prize

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    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wetback

      8.1 (11)
      A.P. Gonzalez(writer/director/producer)
      Jeff Vibes(producer)
      Beisbol Productions

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