Congratulations 2024 Winners
Thanks for helping us finding Inspiration in Every Turn,
to continue to be passionate about helping you succeed.
Below are our top prize winners!
Along with Bump score winner
Audience Choice Award Winner
and the announcement for the festival activities for
the top Blue Diamond Winners.
YouTube cash winner featured at the bottom of this page.
Blue Diamond trophy winners can be featured at Mipcom and AFM along with small intimate group dinners award in person interivews. We will be participating in elevating your projects so you can grow in the industry. We will not retain rights to your project, and you are free to go with whomever you choose; we will connect all offers directly to you. Again, you are not obligated or exclusive with our partnered company, Spotlight Feature Films, unless you freely choose to do so. Winners may contact us for more details.
Welcome to the 2024 new top-tier promotional festival where we help the top filmmakers winners reach of their goals. Instead of focusing our efforts on all the selected films, we have decided to put more effort into the best of the festival. Those who showed great motivation for success and self-promotion gained an advantage in winning as they have the unique skills it takes to make it this business. Thus, the bump score offers.
This festival is exceptional in that you can participate from anywhere in the world via online; we will also be in France in late October in addition to Las Vegas in early November, so you have the option of attending from overseas, having your interview done in person and learning more about the industry as a whole as well.
We are about internet interviews, online promotions, access to your content, and having connections reach out to you rather than keeping it for ourselves. You can participate entirely from home or by attending.
Top Category winners, Blue Diamond winners, as well as Blue Diamond runner-ups, will receive a trophy. However only the top Blue Diamond Trophy winners have the option for a screening. However, all top winners, including runners-ups, can be included in the distribution offers and short films in the best of the festival feature compilation for more exposure, so please inquire. We know how hard you worked, and we hope you are pleased with our efforts to promote you. Please realize it was through tremendous efforts on your part to get to this point, so take a moment to congratulate yourselves no matter where you end up in the competition, and always remember keep moving forward...and never forget how truly awesome you are!
BLUE DIAMOND RUNNER-UPS
EYE OF AURNA
ORUN THE FINAL FIGHT
THE PORTRAIT
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FOR ROY
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT
MEET THE DIRECTORS OF THE BLUE DIAMOND TROPHY WINNERS
BEST FEATURE
AITA
Director: Stepan Burnashev
FEATURE FILM
1:26:00 min [THRILLER]
"The film tells about the tragedy that happened in one of the villages of our Russia. By chance, a police officer, Afanasy becomes a suspect in a serious crime. Locals are ready for the "Lynch" trial. Investigator Serditov faces a difficult task. On the one hand, he understands that such a crime should not go unpunished, but on the other, he understands that his job is to find out all the details of the coming."
BEST TV SERIES
SOLANO CANYON
Director: Jake Segelbaum
TV SERIES COMPLETED
31: 19 min [Comedy]
"Five struggling artists living together in an old, decrepit, house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, try to navigate their egos, selfishness, and the cruelty of rejection in Los Angeles."
BEST TV MOVIE
FULL TILT BOOGIE
Director: Greg Brooks
TV MOVIE
39:25 min [Comedy]
"In a world we can only hope doesn't exist, we follow the first few very compromised people who, a year ago, escaped a secret government holding facility for exceptionally, uncontrollably horrible individuals."
BEST
UNFINISHED FEATURE FILM
BECOMING A SERIAL KILLER
Director: Ru Benjamin Revolver
UNFINISHED FEATURE
31: 19 min [Mocumentary]
"A mockumentary series following an oddball and his pursuit of being the next great American serial killer."
BEST TV SHORT
SEEN
Director: Christine Arquero
TV SERIES COMPLETED
28:32 min [Drama]
"A story about an aspiring young actor dreaming of higher success who finds himself battling his inner demons of ego driven pursuits and finding true fulfillment."
BEST
UNFINISHED TV SERIES
"CAUSE CELEBRE" PILOT
Director: Patrick John Donnelly
TV UNFINISHED SERIES
40:00 min [Comedy]
"A teen queen TV star tries try's to change her wholesome image by doing a photography session with an edgy rising NY photographer."
BEST SHORT
LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
Director: Yotam Knispel
SHORT FILM
15 min [Foreign Drama]
"Rina can't look at her son Dean, who's under house arrest at her home.
Tomorrow Dean's trial starts.
As Rina doubts her ability to stand by his side, today, she will have to look into his eyes and hear the truth."
BEST TV SERIES
IT'S THE VAN AMBURGS
Directors: Christopher Ellis & Bruce Bowers
TV SERIES COMPLETED
16:40 min [Animation]
"Existing in a sea of prime-time animated shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad, It’s The Van Amburgs strive to be something a little more...refreshing. With the backdrop being a small community in the Bay Area, CA called Piedmont, It’s the Van Amburgs explores true “old fashioned family values” within a progressive 21st century society."
TENTATIVE ITINERARY: blue diamond winners
Full Schedule Comes Out Oct 30th - Dates November 7-10, email for inquiries
AFM
Partner SFF Screenings
Free Screening and Entry
Blue Diamond Trophy Winners
ONLINE and In Person
Interviews
Films TBA
Evening: Winners Circle Dinner Sponsored by Spotlight Feature Films: Team 1
AFM
Partner SFF Screenings
Free Screening and Entry
Blue Diamond Trophy Winners
ONLINE and In Person
Interviews
Films TBA
Evening: Winners Circle Dinner Sponsored by Spotlight Feature Films: Team 2
Lunch
More photo ops and
Networking
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Interviews
2:30 pm-4:30pm
Catered Lunch & Awards
After Party Wrap
CATEGORY WINNER RUNNER-UPS
SCI-FI/ACTION
MEGAVILLE - AFTER HOURS
2ND RUNNER-UP: THE EYE OF AURNA
HORROR
THE FOOT OF THE BED
2ND RUNNER-UP: DRENCHED IN EMBERS
COMEDY
THE DEATH MESS
2ND RUNNER-UP: SWALLOW
THRILLER
WANDERING ALBATROSS
2ND RUNNER-UP: ARTERY
ANIMATION
BIRD DRONE
SHORT FOREIGN
GENESIS
2ND RUNNER-UP: TO GO
SHORT DRAMA
EMIRI
2ND RUNNER-UP: FOR ROY
FEATURE DRAMA
CELYN
2ND RUNNER-UP: THE TRIP
EXPERIMENTAL
GOOD TO TALK
2ND RUNNER-UP: PANTA RHEI
MOCUMENTARY
MEN IN CARS
Documentary
THE MAN ON THE ROOF
2ND RUNNER-UP: ORUN THE FINAL FIGHT
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CATEGORY WINNERS
WHO IS MATTHEW?
Director: Ivanka Pogodina
SCI-FI/ ACTION
22:15 min / RUSSIAN FEDERATION & USA
"A depressed alien in the shape of a man find himself in therapy with a psychotherapist…. just who is rescuing whom? The world's gone crazy and so have we. This film is a metaphor for today's situation. We have forgotten where we came from and where we are going, we have forgotten our only mission - to love."
ANNA
Director: Aadil Jaleel
HORROR
1:15 min / INDIA
"A youtube vlogger investigates a series of suicides happening in the town and sets out to prove his theory that a supernatural force is the cause of these suicides."
FULL TILT BOOGIE
Director: Greg Brooks
COMEDY (TIE)
39:25 min / USA
"In a world we can only hope doesn't exist, we follow the first few very compromised people who, a year ago, escaped a secret government holding facility for exceptionally, uncontrollably horrible individuals."
SOLANO CANYON
Director: Jake Segelbaum
COMEDY (TIE)
31: 19 min/ USA
"Five struggling artists living together in an old, decrepit, house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, try to navigate their egos, selfishness, and the cruelty of rejection in Los Angeles."
THE PORTRAIT
Directors: Petra Revenue & Golaleh Azad
FEATURE DRAMA / SWEEDEN
1:14 min
"This is a film consisting of one conversation between a man and a woman, two artists.
A confused love story in the form of a single encounter. The artist Henry decides to call his old crush Iris after ten years, as he finds himself in a creative crisis..."
LOVE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
Directors: Yotam Knispel
SHORT FOREIGN DRAMA
15:00 min / ISRAEL
"Rina can't look at her son Dean, who's under house arrest at her home.
Tomorrow Dean's trial starts.
As Rina doubts her ability to stand by his side,
today, she will have to look into his eyes and hear the truth.."
TO THE END
Director: Gui Agustini
SHORT DRAMA / USA
14:00 min
"When Cheryl's ex-husband, Joe, unexpectedly shows up at her bar the couple is forced to face the bitter end of their toxic relationship, while their house burns outside."
INVISIBLE LIFE
Director: Mark Krol
DOCUMENTARY
1:03:26 min / RUSSIA
This is an observational documentary that portrays the daily lives of visually impaired individuals in a provincial city in Russia. Despite their limitations, these individuals find ways to overcome their challenges in various aspects of life..."
BECOMING A SERIAL KILLER
Director: Ru Revolver
MOCKUMENTARY
31: 19 min / USA
"A mockumentary series following an oddball and his pursuit of being the next great American serial killer."
YEARS FALL LATER
Director: Erik Berg
EXPERIMENTAL
1:30:00 min / CANADA
"One blizzard night, Naomi, a struggling poet, meets with her unhappy friend Cece, a pharmaceutical engineer, who is mysteriously back in town for one night."
Blue Diamond
Audience Choice
goes to:
Full Tilt Boogie
THANK YOU TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND PARTICIPANTS; WE THINK YOU ARE ALL TRULY AMAZING! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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