1947 Two Soldiers
by Sravan Gajabhinkar
Spotlight Silver Award
A Happy Divorce
by Jamal Hodge
Spotlight Bronze Award
Airplane Mode
by Evan Schmidt
Spotlight Silver Award
ALONE IN MY MIND
by Anthony Pelé
Spotlight Silver Award
A Moment In Time
by Philip Geertsen
Spotlight Bronze Award
An Extraordinary Journey
by Ding Yi
Spotlight Silver Award
Bella Ballet
by Rob Lee
Spotlight Silver Award
Bellmouth
by Joseph Roberts
Spotlight Gold Award
Be-Longing
by Mike McKenzie
Spotlight Gold Award
Blue Bunny
by Jan Fabris
Spotlight Silver Award
Brunch Before Baptism
by David C. Luck & Kent J. Arceneaux
Spotlight Gold Award
Cellmates
by Zane Johnson
Spotlight Silver Award
Creaker
by Vidar T. Aune
Spotlight Gold Award
Curtains (Live)
by John Pope
Spotlight Bronze Award
Damian
by Jose Luis Anaya
Spotlight Platinum Award
Dan's Leg
by Dan Smith
Spotlight Bronze Award
David Arn's "Not Amused"
by William Murray
Spotlight Silver Award
David Arn's "St. Paul's Chimes"
by William Murray
Spotlight Bronze Award
Dictators Don't Die
by Serkan Öztürk
Spotlight Silver Award
Drapetomania
by Ethan Feaster
Spotlight Bronze Award
Duality
by Lucas Monteiro
Spotlight Silver Award
El corredor
by Jeremiah Moore III
Spotlight Silver Award
Elixir
by Jinghan Zhang
Spotlight Gold Award
Eureka
by Samuel Saravolatz
Spotlight Silver Award
Eve
by T.C. Barrera
Spotlight Gold Award
Everybody
by Joseph Villapaz
Spotlight Gold Award
FEDERATION TEMPLE
by Trei Hill
Spotlight Gold Award
Fool For Love
by Josiah Newbolt
Spotlight Silver Award
Formerly Teen Currently Twenty Something Mom
by Jason Kierce
Spotlight Bronze Award
Goldie
by Shanalyna Palmer
Spotlight Silver Award
Hazel
by Sara Eustaquio
Spotlight Gold Award
i Am
by Serge Alhelayel
Spotlight Silver Award
I am sorry
by Kamil Olejnik
Spotlight Platinum Award
If Dreams Came True
by Rob Kneller
Spotlight Bronze Award
Illustrator's Block
by Daniel Pignato
Spotlight Silver Award
It's Night
by John Long
Spotlight Gold Award
Johnny Colorado
by Alejandro Espinoza & Michael Benton
Spotlight Bronze Award
Kandace Queen
by Lynette Jones
Spotlight Bronze Award
Knock Knock
by Paul Catalanotto
Spotlight Gold Award
Labyrinth Life
by PAINT VK
Spotlight Bronze Award
Lady in the Shower
by Chris Borgo
Spotlight Gold Award
Limbo
by Shanalyna Palmer
Spotlight Bronze Award
Lost & Found
by Benjamin Feldman
Spotlight Silver Award
Meaningless Red
by Qianzi Gao
Spotlight Silver Award
Meeting of the Exes
by Mitchell Walthour
Spotlight Bronze Award
#MenToo
by Bradley Bohannon
Spotlight Silver Award
Mire
by Xinpeng Chen
Spotlight Silver Award
moments in paradise
by bellopropello
Spotlight Platinum Award
Momma's Boy
by Sandra James
Spotlight Bronze Award
More than a Mountain
by Heather McKay
Spotlight Bronze Award
NO NAME part ll
by Chris Miller
Spotlight Bronze Award
No Time, Son
by J.V.Aravind
Spotlight Silver Award
Not Myself
by Michelle D Ivy
Spotlight Silver Award
OLAV
by Stig Håkon Pedersen, Jørund Moltubakk & Andreas Ven Langø
Spotlight Gold Award
ONE MORE RIDE
by Xinying Gu
Spotlight Gold Award
ONE WAY
by Jonathan Munoz
Spotlight Gold Award
Opstanak
by Henry Platt
Spotlight Silver Award
Passage
by Igor Coric
Spotlight Gold Award
Perlocution
by Elijah Brand
Spotlight Gold Award
Professor Henry Bowfax's Incredible Journey Through Time!
by Robert Howat
Spotlight Silver Award
Ricochet
by Tim Earnheart
Spotlight Gold Award
Rocky Jones
by Jeremy McClelland
Spotlight Silver Award
Room
by Sijing Yang
Spotlight Gold Award
Say Goodbye, Grace
by Ryan N. Olsen
Spotlight Silver Award
Secret Santa
by Lee Patrick Robinson
Spotlight Gold Award
Serial Dater
by Michael May
Spotlight Gold Award
Sketch
by Taryn Smith
Spotlight Silver Award
Spizella
by Mehmet Tığlı
Spotlight Silver Award
Split Decision
by Tom Kondilas
Spotlight Gold Award
Story of Legend
by Peter Dickson
Spotlight Silver Award
Swipe Right
by John Draekul
Spotlight Silver Award
Tell Me About Your Killer
by Nathaniel Johnson
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Boss
by George Dargus
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Dame, The Diplomat, & The Detective
by Drew Hunt
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Farmhand
by Michelle Elise Harding & Shari Harding
Spotlight Silver Award
The Funeral Dancer
by Natalie MacMahon
Spotlight Gold Award
The Ham Sandwich
by Paul Catalanotto
Spotlight Gold Award
The Hunted
by Giancarlo Orellana
Spotlight Gold Award
The Journey
by Ethan Feaster
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Last Time You Were Happy
by Russell Francis
Spotlight Gold Award
The Magic Behind the Mojo
by Joe Gallo
Spotlight Gold Award
The promise I made to you
by Fabio Mangroni
Spotlight Gold Award
The Shoeshine Minister
by Forrest Tuff
Spotlight Bronze Award
(t)here
by Snigdha Kapoor
Spotlight Gold Award
Thumb
by Brey Browne & Nick Perkins
Spotlight Gold Award
toke is cheap
by Kerry van der Griend
Spotlight Gold Award
To You- Charley's House
by Chip Carriere
Spotlight Bronze Award
Tutorial > SKIP?
by Thy Vo, Sydney Seekford & Ryan Imm
Spotlight Silver Award
TXT...
by Brandon Ray Olive
Spotlight Gold Award
Voices from Zaatari
by Théo Collet
Spotlight Silver Award
Warbonnet: An Odyssey of Honor
by John Harrington
Spotlight Silver Award
White Wolves
by Sarah Koteles
Spotlight Gold Award
You're Never Alone
by Robynn Lin Fredericks
Spotlight Silver Award
Zebra Munchies: A Film about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
by Annie Tohill
Spotlight Gold Award
A Game of Tyranny
by Yang Zhang
Spotlight Silver Award
A Night at the Table
by Tamara S. Hall
Spotlight Silver Award
A Seat At The Table
by Lorenzo Yearby
Spotlight Silver Award
A Story of Courage
by Ariana Feiner
Spotlight Gold Award
Adams
By Tom Stern
Spotlight Platinum Award
Angels Ladder
by John Powers
Spotlight Silver Award
ArchiPaper
by Rafal Barnas
Spotlight Gold Award
AstroLOLogy - Aquarius - Abducted
by Ken Foong
Spotlight Gold Award
Bathroom Troll
by Aaron Immediato
Spotlight Silver Award
Behave, Kids
By Tripp Crosby
Spotlight Platinum Award
Blossom
by Joseph Anthony Marcello
Spotlight Bronze Award
Bookends
by Rebecca Rajadnya
Spotlight Silver Award
Broken Treasures
by Sondra Sottile
Spotlight Silver Award
Candle Lights
by Angéllica Carrillo
Spotlight Silver Award
Cellular
by Anthony Bradford
Spotlight Gold Award
Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters
by Chris Roe
Spotlight Gold Award
Courtesan
by Ryan Czerwonko, Daniel Passaro, Cynthia Cook
Spotlight Silver Award
Dictoven
by Ammar Nusry
Spotlight Platinum Award
Dillon
by Mark Hammill
Spotlight Gold Award
Don’t Croak
By Daun Kim
Spotlight Platinum Award
Don't Shoot
by Brent Duncan
Spotlight Silver Award
Duke
By Thiago Dadalt
Spotlight Platinum Award
Eat Rich
by Ash Barker, Molly Pease, Nevo Shinaar
Spotlight Gold Award
Elephants Purr Like Cats Do
by Kaleigh Spencer
Spotlight Silver Award
Ella
by Kerry Everett
Spotlight Silver Award
Festival Of The Midnight Sun
by Björn Rallare
Spotlight Gold Award
Fever
Brian Rosenthal
Spotlight Platinum Award
FILTH
by Adam Ciolfi
Spotlight Gold Award
Fishing Lesson
by Carlito Gilchrist
Spotlight Bronze Award
Food Cart
by Lucas Longacre
Spotlight Gold Award
Four Junkies
by Hayden Croft
Spotlight Gold Award
Garage
by Michael P. Jahoda
Spotlight Silver Award
Give Us Free
By Mac Grant, Chad Tennies
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Go Back
By Matthew Barber & Nathaniel Barber
Spotlight Platinum Award
Godspeed
Sunny Wai Yan Chan
Spotlight Platinum Award
Good Conversation
by Jenn Gomez
Spotlight Silver Award
Gryphon Animo
By Matthew Maloney
Spotlight Platinum Award
GUEST OF HONOR
by Justin Robinson
Spotlight Gold Award
Half-Cocked
By Aaron Barrocas
Spotlight Platinum Award
Happy Mother's Day
by August Aguilar
Spotlight Silver Award
Hazard
by Gairo Cuevas
Spotlight Gold Award
Here For The Night
by Taylor Ellis
Spotlight Gold Award
Here There Be Monsters
By Drew Macdonald
Spotlight Platinum Award
Hidden in Darkness
by Romeo López Aldana
Spotlight Gold Award
Hitting Twin Grove High
by Caleb Nelson
Spotlight Gold Award
How Far
By Alexis Ostrander
Spotlight Platiinum Award
How Far - Infidelity Through the Eyes of Women
by David Tayar
Spotlight Silver Award
I Am A Man
by Kevin Jackson
Spotlight Silver Award
I Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around
By David Nobles
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST LOCAL SHORT
Icons
by Ronnie Cramer
Spotlight Silver Award
ILL FEELINGS
by Allison Flom
Spotlight Gold Award
"Imagine This: A Story Told With Sound Effects"
by Dick Jordan
Spotlight Bronze Award
Ironrite
by Clayton Combe
Spotlight Gold Award
Jackrabbit
By Alex Feggans
Spotlight Platinum Award
Jerky
By Amy Trefry & Brent Braaten
Spotlight Platinum Award
Jones Cafe
by Addi Ajmani
Spotlight Silver Award
Joy
by James Johnson, Racquel Townsend
Spotlight Silver Award
by Marcos Muñoz Flores
Spotlight Silver Award
Knuckles
by William Simmons
Spotlight Silver Award
La Noria
By Carlos Baena
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Lifematch
by Gillian Greenbaum
Spotlight Silver Award
Lil Detectives A Toy Too Far
by Chad Repko
Spotlight Bronze Award
Limerence
Charlene Fisk
Spotlight Platinum Award
Lobisome
By Juan De Dios Garduño
Spotlight Platinum Award
Lourdes' Choice
by Jose Luis Anaya
Spotlight Gold Award
Lovely
by Caroline Williams
Spotlight Silver Award
Maelstrom
by Timothy Collins
Spotlight Gold Award
Mahaan Hutatma
by Sagar Puranik
Spotlight Gold Award
Make Me A Butterfly
by Amy Barbera
Spotlight Bronze Award
Mara
by Tiffany Albright
Spotlight Silver Award
Memory Care ... the long goodbye
by Catherine Forster
Spotlight Gold Award
Molly
by Phyllis Jackson
Spotlight Platinum Award
by Austin Tutor
Spotlight Gold Award
Nice Shoes
by Jonathan Lawrence
Spotlight Gold Award
Night Crawl
By Gregory Shultz
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST HORROR SHORT
No Wahala
by Pamela Lyles, Michelle Valines
Spotlight Bronze Award
OBITS
by Alix Lambert
Spotlight Gold Award
Obsessed
by Robert Reinholdsson
Spotlight Silver Award
One Last Breath
by Al Harland
Spotlight Silver Award
Peggy
by Justin Miller
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST COMEDY SHORT
Pen Pals
by Graham Uhelski
Spotlight Silver Award
PhotoBomb
By Catherine Dyer
Spotlight Platinum Award
Pink Me Blue
by Natalie MacMahon
Spotlight Silver Award
Pin-up Boy
by Bernard Peasley
Spotlight Bronze Award
Plasmid
by Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
Spotlight Gold Award
PROOFS FROM THE PAST
by Christophe Ledard
Spotlight Gold Award
Rob Is Terminal
by Ryan Bennett
Spotlight Silver Award
RUBY BABY
by Lee Mcqueen
Spotlight Silver Award
Sex Planet - Lacie
By Zach Strum
Spotlight Platinum Award
Shadow At The Door
by Roshni "Rush" Bhatia
Spotlight Silver Award
shadowland
by bellopropello
Spotlight Gold Award
Shallow Water Blackout
by Trygve Luktvasslimo
Spotlight Silver Award
Sidepiece
by Teddy Tenenbaum
Spotlight Silver Award
SPIES?
by Becca Q. Co
Spotlight Silver Award
Steel Cut Oats
by Harry Chaskin
Spotlight Gold Award
Summer Storm
by Daniel Colella
Spotlight Bronze Award
Teenage Love
by Alex Chung
Spotlight Silver Award
THE AUTUMN OF YOUR LIPS
by Moisés Sánchez
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Boy and The Well
by Cristobal Ruiz
Spotlight Gold Award
The Boy Who Thought He Could Fly
by Emma Pitt
Spotlight Silver Award
The Confession
by Clark Stefanic
Spotlight Gold Award
The Fever
by Amina Kearney
Spotlight Silver Award
The Final Mission
by Winston James
Spotlight Silver Award
The Hebron Protocol
by Jared Leong
Spotlight Bronze Award
by Jon Stewart
Spotlight Gold Award
The Loneliest Man in the World by Pacifico
By Tiffany Sewell, Jonathan Downing
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Peephole
By Enrique Manzo Escamilla
Spotlight Platinum Award
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER: THE MUSICAL
by Santina Vendra
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Scar Runs through The Pupil
by Amanda May
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Sound of Silence
by Donald Wilson
Spotlight Gold Award
The Spaghetti
by V.J. Lopez
Spotlight Silver Award
The Square Roots of Twins
by Linda Kudzmas
Spotlight Silver Award
The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre
by Danny Ashkenasi
Spotlight Silver Award
The Things We Don't Say
by Soleidy Mendez
Spotlight Silver Award
The Threat of Ozone Depletion PSA
by Maria Carpenter
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima
by Otto Bell
Spotlight Gold Award
The Very Special Day
by Hayatto
Spotlight Silver Award
The Wigmaker of Wellington Street
by P. William Grimm
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Womb
by Aba Arthur, Kit Vinsick
Spotlight Silver Award
The Youth
by Sean Garcia
Spotlight Gold Award
Three Objects Spoke to Me
by Diane Kaufman
Spotlight Silver Award
Tickle
by Christian Chalklen
Spotlight Gold Award
Time Slips Away
by Charlie Mysak
Spotlight Silver Award
Together
by Ryan Oksenberg
Spotlight Gold Award
TOXIC
by Khitam Jabr
Spotlight Platinum Award
Train Crash
by FINAL ACT
Spotlight Silver Award
Trouble In My Mind
by Allison Flom
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Twilight of Dreams: Ep.01 "Zombie Jesus Vampire Hunter"
by Gustavo Aviles
Spotlight Silver Award
UNCLE'S CAR
by C. E. Dye
Spotlight Gold Award
(Un)Divided
by Paul Raila
Spotlight Platinum Award
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Uniped Soldier
by Sijing Yang
Spotlight Gold Award
Unloaded
by Daniel Colella
Spotlight Bronze Award
Unsaid
by Sam Dobbs
Spotlight Bronze Award
We Should Hang Out More
By Marquelle "Kelley" Young & Kelly Dawkins
Spotlight Platinum Award
White Iris
by James Dalrymple
Spotlight Silver Award
Withorwithout
By Benjamin Howdeshell
Spotlight Platinum Award
The best independent films of 2019
Winners - Best of the Year
June 2019 Winners
Best Horror Short
Night Crawl
by Gregory Shultz
Best Comedy Short
Peggy
by Justin Miller
Best Local Short
Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around
By David Nobles
Platinum Awards
celebrate truly remarkable films with the highest scores from our panel. These films screen in January during the Spotlight Film Awards best of the year event.
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
December 2019 Winners
2019 Awards
Best Animated Short
La Noria
by Carlos Baena
Best Narrative Short
Give Us Free
by Mac Grant, Chad Tennies
Best Documentary Short
(Un)Divided
by Paul Raila
Best Music Video
Trouble In My Mind
by Allison Flom
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