2024

Best Animation – “Nubbinwood”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Sounds of the Blue Spaces”
Best Comedy – “Fortissimo”
Best Documentary – “Sydney G. James: How We See Us”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “The Hereafter”
Best Drama – “Past Prologue”
Best Student – “Young Oak Tree”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking – “Head in the Clouds”
Audience Favorite – “Enemy No More”

2023

Best Animation – “Roses in the Night”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Piconland: The Quest for the Perfect Picon Punch”
Best Comedy – “Miss Patti”
Best Documentary – “Identity: The Andrew Nemr Story”
Best Music Video – “Everything Everything – Jennifer”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Fieldtrip”
Best Drama – “Wrap Me in a Sheet”
Best Student – “Lifeblood of the Southwest”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking – “Shark Beat”
Audience Favorite – “A Mind Cannot Touch”

2022

Best Animation – “Fulcrum”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets”
Best Comedy – “Or, The Whale”
Best Documentary – “Everything In Hardware”
Best Music Video – “Promenade – Amour”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “The Exit Plan”
Best Drama – “Entwined”
Best Student – “One For The Road”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking – “Faleminderit”
Movie Magic® Best Screenplay – “Kafkas”
Audience Favorite – “Living All The Life (Vivir Toda La Vida)”

2021
Best Animation – “Uberfrog”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Sword Of!”
Best Comedy – “The Speed of Time”
Best Documentary – “When Better Letters Met Barbara Enright”
Best Music Video – “Promenade – Amour”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “When We Dance”
Best Drama – “Forget Me Not”
Best Student – “Le Prince Oublie”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking – “All the Young Dudes”
Movie Magic® Best Screenplay – “Growing Pains”
Audience Favorite – “The Gesture and the Word”

2020
Best Animation – “Grab My Hand: A Letter to my Dad”
Railroad Pass Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Rainshadow”
Best Comedy – “Demand Curve”
Best Documentary – “Fraser Syndrome & Me”
Best Music Video – “Sonia Barcelona – Violent Water”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “The Interview”
Best Drama – “Lila”
Best Student – “Father by Law”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Filmmaking – “A Million Eyes”
Movie Magic© Best Screenplay – “Ladies Most Deject”
Audience Favorite – “#3 Normandy Lane”

2019
Audience Favorite – “40 Minutes Over Maui”
Railroad Pass Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Sweetheart Dancers”
Best Drama – “Bagheera”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Stop”
Best Comedy – “Curtains”
Best Documentary – “A Song Can’t Burn”
Best Student – “Quiet Sundays”
Best Animation – “Late Afternoon”
Best Music Video – “No Le Digan”
Best College of Southern Nevada – “A Walk in the Park”
Movie Magic® Screenwriter Best Screenplay – “Skip Girl
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking – “My Paintbrush Bites”

2018
Audience Favorite – “The Matchmaker”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Halt the Salt: Conserving Mt. Charleston’s Beauty”
Best Drama – “Hero”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Sputnik”
Best Comedy – “To Do List”
Best Documentary – “Mr. Connolly Has ALS”
Best Student – “Pickle”
Best Animation – “Wishing Box”
Best Music Video – “What I Want”
Final Draft Best Screenplay – “House of the Lonesome Human Beings”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking – “Pop”

2017
Audience Favorite – “The Soul of a Tree”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Barriers”
Best Drama – “Minh Tâm”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Brentwood Strangler”
Best Comedy – “Mime Games”
Best Documentary – “Billsville”|
Best Student – “Angeltown”
Best Animation – “Bingo!”
Final Draft Best Screenplay – “Like Totally Hot Couple Seeking Same”
Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking – “Dear George”

2016
Audience Favorite – “Teen Press”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Exchange”
Best Drama – “It’s Drizzling”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Grace”
Best Comedy – “A Reasonable Request”
Best Documentary – “Untethered”
Best Student – “The Amazing Rondini”
Best Animation – “Stellar”
Final Draft Best Screenplay – “Trivia Night”

2015
Audience Favorite – “Down in Flames”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Rule of Love”
Best Drama – “Till Then”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “The Stomach”
Best Comedy – “The Gunfighter”
Best Documentary – “The Noble Spirit”
Best Student – “The Red House”
Best Animation – “Me+Her”

2014
Jury Award – Best Documentary – “The Pixel Painter”
Jury Award – Best Animation – “Ouverture”
Jury Award – Best Sci-Fi/Horror – “Un Monde Meilleur”
Jury Award – Best Student – “Deserted”
Jury Award – Best Comedy – “The Wound”
Jury Award – Best Drama – “The Birthday Gift”
Jury Award – Best Nevada Filmmaker” – “Derby Kings”
Audience Award – Best Documentary – “The King of Size”
Audience Award – Best Animation – “Chopper”
Audience Award – Best Sci-Fi/Horror – “Gasmask”
Audience Award – Best Student – “Home”
Audience Award – Best Comedy – “No Respires”
Audience Award – Best Drama – “Fruitcake”
Audience Award – Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Firecracker”
Audience Award – Best of the Fest – “Croft”

2013
Jury Award – Best Documentary – “The Globe Collector”
Jury Award – Best Animation – “Rose & Violet”
Jury Award – Best Sci-Fi/Horror – “Bunker 731”
Jury Award – Best Student – “Love Hacking”
Jury Award – Best Comedy – “Interview Date”
Jury Award – Best Drama – “Harry Grows Up”
Jury Award – Best Nevada Filmmaker” – “Sposini”
Audience Award – Best Documentary – “The Last Days of Cinerama”
Audience Award – Best Animation – “Snap”
Audience Award – Best Sci-Fi/Horror – “Horrific”
Audience Award – Best Student – “Beyond Belief”
Audience Award – Best Comedy – “Jack to the Future”
Audience Award – Best Drama – ”Beyond the Deadend”
Audience Award – Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Action! Action!”
Audience Award – Best of the Fest – “First Date”

2012
Best Nevada 1st Runner-up – “Walter Was Here”
Best Drama 1st Runner-up – “The Scarecrow Girl”
Best Sci-fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Dorothy”
Best Comedy 1st Runner-up – “Office Romance 2.0”
Best Documentary 1st Runner-up – “JPAC: A Hero’s Mission”
Best Student 1st Runner-up – “The Maiden and the Princess”
Best Animation 1st Runner-up – “The Girl and the Fox”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Just Like the Movies”
Best Drama – “A Finger, Two Dots Then Me”
Best Sci-fi / Horror – “Chorebot”
Best Comedy – “The Proposition”
Best Documentary – “UMOJA: No Men Allowed”
Best Student – “Incest! The Musical”
Best Animation – “Bottle”
Audience Favorite – “My Good Fortune”

2011
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “The Last Night”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “Seedling”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “The Island”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “Withstand One Night”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “Just About Famous”
Student 1st Runner-up – “Mercy, Grace & Crab Meat”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation”
Audience Favorite – “Indestructible”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Cowboy”
Best Drama – “War”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “The Furred Man”
Best Comedy – “Mam Always Told Him”
Best Documentary – “Forgotten Bird of Paradise”
Best Student – “God of Love”
Best Animation – “Barko”

2010
Audience Favorite 1st Runner-up – “Psyche on Melrose”
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “The Growth”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “Who’s Dog is it Anyway”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Schizofredric”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “Funky Pickles”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “The Sundowner”
Student 1st Runner-up – “The Seventh Floor”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “Skylight”
Audience Favorite – “Hamlet, But You Didn’t Hear it From Me”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Kill Order”
Best Drama – “Slice of Pie”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Under God”
Best Comedy – “Cabbie”
Best Documentary – “Side Effects”
Best Student – “Down in Number 5”
Best Animation – “Lightheaded”

2009
Audience Favorite 1st Runner-up – “Growing Up Vegas”
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “One Two Punch”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “Dixon’s Girl”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Cam2Cam”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “The Computer Wonder of the Future”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “Holodomor Ukraine’s Genocide of 1923-33”
Student 1st Runner-up – “Gracie”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
Audience Favorite – “The Early Nineties”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Growing Up Vegas”
Best Drama – “Things We Do for Love”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “In the Dark”
Best Comedy – “A Death in Progress”
Best Documentary – “Armed for the Challenge”
Best Student – “The Early Nineties”
Best Animation – “Gerald’s Last Day”

2008
Audience Favorite 1st Runner-up – “Validation”
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “10 Seconds”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “Feeding”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Rain”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “I Hate Musicals”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “Spitfire 944”
Student 1st Runner-up – “It Rises from the East”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “Everything Will Be OK”
Audience Favorite – “Passenger Seat”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Passenger Seat”
Best Drama – “Locked Out”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “High Maintenance”
Best Comedy – “Validation”
Best Documentary – “Ghost Town 24 Hours in Tergulina”
Best Student – “Earano”
Best Animation – “Home”

2007
Audience Favorite 1st Runner-up – “Chiyo”
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “Lowell Gleason Wears Glasses”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “My Lover’s Moods”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Happy Birthday 2 You”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “Fancy”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “Horror Fans”
Student 1st Runner-up – “Game Over”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “2”
Audience Favorite – “Zombie-American”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Barry Goes to the Cabaret”
Best Drama – “Chiyo”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Zombie-American”
Best Comedy – “I Am Ann”
Best Documentary – “Bowl Digger”
Best Student – “Caroline Crossing”
Best Animation – “Spider’s Walk”

2006
Audience Favorite 1st Runner-up “The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc.”
Nevada Filmmaker 1st Runner-up – “Happily After Forever”
Drama 1st Runner-up – “Window”
Sci-Fi / Horror 1st Runner-up – “Apartment 206”
Comedy 1st Runner-up – “The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc.”
Documentary 1st Runner-up – “Bodies and Souls”
Student 1st Runner-up – “All Souls Day”
Animation 1st Runner-up – “Emelia”
Audience Favorite – “Rent-a-Person”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Better Masque”
Best Drama – “Joe Willies Friend”
Best Sci-Fi / Horror – “Spin”
Best Comedy – “Rent-a-Person”
Best Documentary – “Flag Day”
Best Student – “Imaginary Friend”
Best Animation – “Lemmings”

2005
Audience Favorite – “Fortune Cookie”
Best Live-Action – “Tahara”
Best Nevada Filmmaker – “Luckey Quarter”
Best Student – “Shades of Crimson”
Best Animation – “The Auction”
Best Youth/Family – “Training Wheels”
Best Documentary – “Dog People”