SPOTLIGHT
FILM AWARDS
Alchemy
by Ian Kevin Scott
Spotlight Silver Award
Aleluya
by Alberto Martin-Aragon
Spotlight Silver Award
An Authentic Life
by David Bunzey
Spotlight Silver Award
Anthems: A Journey Around the World
by Stephanie Dieter
Spotlight Gold Award
A.W.O.L.
by Ira Farmer
Spotlight Bronze Award
Byers Remorse
by Robert Vickers
Spotlight Bronze Award
Choices
by Michael Bell
Spotlight Bronze Award
Coming Out to Grandma
by Jason Zuidema
Spotlight Silver Award
Creative Block
by Nicola Rose
Spotlight Silver Award
CUBE
by Maksim Kodarov &
Sain Gabdullin, KINO Company
Spotlight Silver Award
DRIP
by Fiyin McCrary
Spotlight Gold Award
El Amor
by Raul Simao
Spotlight Silver Award
Faith's Gambit
by Steven Zlotowski & Kevin Ernst
Spotlight Silver Award
Float Away
by Patrick Blake
Spotlight Gold Award
Homesick
by Samuel Goodwin
Spotlight Platinum Award
JACOB | a stream of youth and talent
by Justin Dobson
Spotlight Silver Award
Kashmir
by Sugandha Garg
Spotlight Silver Award
Kheer
by Surya Balakrishnan
Spotlight Silver Award
Khujli
by Sonam Nair
Spotlight Gold Award
Knockout Game
by Jamal Hodge
Spotlight Silver Award
Lovers
by Raul Simao
Spotlight Silver Award
Lovers
by Nell Teare
Spotlight Gold Award
Lusitanian Girl
by Bimal K.H
Spotlight Silver Award
Model Citizen
by Nicole Kovacs
Spotlight Gold Award
MUM
by Akash Mihani
Spotlight Silver Award
Now Boarding 2
by Teresa Mular MD
Spotlight Silver Award
Paro Caro
by Caroline Concordia
Spotlight Silver Award
PSA Sarcoidosis Awareness
by Aseneth Parker
Spotlight Bronze Award
RELEASED
by Forrest Tuff
Spotlight Silver Award
Robber Girls
by Robert Howat
Spotlight Silver Award
SMOKE
by Scott Pardue
Spotlight Silver Award
Sudden Death
by Kenneth Sanabria
Spotlight Gold Award
The Last Rain
by Aniket Mitra
Spotlight Silver Award
The Orange Crayon
by Eric Hug
Spotlight Gold Award
The Tug
by Nic Barker
Spotlight Gold Award
TOD
by Nick Perkins
Spotlight Silver Award
Treading Yesterday
by Craig Bettendorf
Spotlight Gold Award
Vesper
by Keyvan Sheikhalishahi
Spotlight Gold Award
Woodhaven
by Dan Sullivan
Spotlight Silver Award
June 2017 Winners
2017 Awards
December 2017 Winners
Platinum Awards
celebrate truly remarkable films with the highest scores from our panel..
Gold Awards
celebrate incredible films with the second highest scores from our panel.
Silver Awards
awarded to unforgettable films with the third highest scores from our panel.
Bronze Awards
awarded to films with high artistic achievement with the fourth highest scores from our panel.
Find out more about awards here
Meet our Award-Winning Filmmakers in the Spotlight
The best independent short films of 2017
Spotlight Bronze Award
A Little Memory
by Nancy Wennan Zhang
Spotlight Gold Award
Acres of Diamonds
by Shawn Small
Spotlight Gold Award
Ape
by Josh Hutcherson
Spotlight Gold Award
Beauté
by Mattheus Carpenter
Spotlight Bronze Award
Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production - Technical Directing
by Paul Overacker
Charlie's Gift
by Duane Journey
Spotlight Gold Award
cupid is not a terrorist
by bellopropello
Spotlight Gold Award
Does a Bear Need Many Glasses?
by Wei Cui
Spotlight Silver Award
Filling In
by Bradley Hawkins
Spotlight Silver Award
Innocence Lost
by Alixx Covington
Spotlight Silver Award
"It's getting darker every day"
by Natalie MacMahon
Spotlight Silver Award
On the Road Again
by Loghan Stong
Spotlight Bronze Award
prime perfect
by Tom Bessoir
Spotlight Bronze Award
Somewhere To Sit
by Joe Wyatt
Spotlight Gold Award
Spark
by Michelle Elise Harding, Daniel Merlin Miller, Christopher Orangeo
Spotlight Silver Award
Take a Picture Rosie
by Mike Dillon
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Babies
by Yuval Shrem
Spotlight Gold Award
The Cards
by David Blankleider
Spotlight Gold Award
The First Date
by Tim Kinner
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Pact
by Nonie D. Clark
Spotlight Silver Award
The Wolves' Game
by Andres Delzo
Spotlight Gold Award
Treasure
by Shelia Wofford
Spotlight Bronze Award
Unseen
by Justin Krul
Spotlight Gold Award
Walking
by Justyn Bell
Spotlight Silver Award
Won't Somebody Think of the Children?!
by Giorgi Plys-Garzotto
Spotlight Bronze Award