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.
Meet our Award-Winning Filmmakers in the Spotlight
The best independent films of the year
2024 Award winners
2024 Awards
8 BALL
Director Adrien Marquet
Spotlight Gold Award
About James
Director Alice Weber
Spotlight Silver Award
A Close Encounter
Director Adam Linkenhelt
Spotlight Gold Award
Across the BoHai Sea
Director Michael Ma
Spotlight Gold Award
After The Beep
Director Ryan Nunes
Spotlight Gold Award
A House for My Family
Director Sean Breitkreutz
Spotlight Gold Award
A King’s Tale
Director Robert Bzy Bowden
Spotlight Bronze Award
American Ginseng
Director Quinn Cavin
Spotlight Platinum Award
Analog Nightmare
Director Gianfranco Sorrentino
Spotlight Silver Award
An AI Story - To Be or Not to Be
Director Steve Halpern
Spotlight Silver Award
Anything For You
Director Anna Kate Duplantis
Spotlight Gold Award
A Token of the Heart
Director Rachel Olivia Taylor
Spotlight Gold Award
A Touch of Magic
Director Shane LeCocq
Spotlight Gold Award
Bardo
Director Dmitri Peskov
Spotlight Silver Award
Betur sjá augu (See No Evil)
Directors Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow
Spotlight Gold Award
Between the Black Keys
Director Aaron Brewer
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Big Howl
Spotlight Silver Award
Black History Man
Director Raymond Phillip Lambert
Spotlight Bronze Award
Blackout
Director Cassidy Burns
Spotlight Gold Award
Body of Christ
Director Alex Stene
Spotlight Gold Award
Bonding
Director Luke Rex
Spotlight Gold Award
Brass Monkeys of the North Sea
Director Tom Mcguire
Spotlight Gold Award
BREAK
Director Sam Henderson
Spotlight Silver Award
Breakdown
Director Gabriel Tibi
Spotlight Gold Award
Breathe
Director Kassidy Goodwin
Spotlight Silver Award
By My Side
Director Rachelle Hughes
Spotlight Gold Award
Cassandra
Director Alexander Manolides
Spotlight Gold Award
Casually (Not) Dating
Director Tim Mosley
Spotlight Bronze Award
Cheese Sisters
Director Connie D Franklin
Spotlight Gold Award
Children's Album
Director Natalia Ervits
Spotlight Silver Award
Circles
Director Audie C Silcott
Spotlight Gold Award
Cottonmouth
Director Hailey Naomi Irvin
Spotlight Gold Award
Cougar Hunters
Director Jesse Holland
Spotlight Silver Award
Credit
Directors Patrick Kirton, Susan Kirton
Spotlight Gold Award
Cum Laude
Directors Corey Johnson, Stephanie Colon
Spotlight Gold Award
Death by King Cake
Directors Janssen Swent, David Luck
Spotlight Gold Award
…der Flitter graut. Es bleibt Verpasstes übrig.
Directors Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz
Spotlight Silver Award
Dignity
Director Dan Silov
Spotlight Platinum Award
Disconnect
Director Riley Wadden
Spotlight Gold Award
Doctorhood, Motherhood
Directors Tianshui Li, Haitong Lian
Spotlight Silver Award
Dojo
Director Armin Alic
Spotlight Gold Award
Dolorem
Director Matthew Mason
Spotlight Gold Award
Dusty Do Good
Director Jack Hughes
Spotlight Gold Award
Edge of Mind
Director Keanu Maier
Spotlight Gold Award
Enter the Room
Director Harry Waldman
Spotlight Silver Award
Enter the Temple
Director Sam Slovick
Spotlight Gold Award
Even Monsters Sleep
Director Cooper J
Spotlight Silver Award
Everyday Things
Director Andrea Dragov
Spotlight Gold Award
FARE GAME
Director Bryan Frank
Spotlight Gold Award
Finger Lickin' Good
Director Logan Wood
Spotlight Platinum Award
First Refusal
Director Courtney Sanello
Spotlight Gold Award
Fragments
Director Matthew Luppino
Spotlight Gold Award
Friend
Director Marc Chackal
Spotlight Gold Award
From a Barren State
Director Priyam Sadhukhan
Spotlight Gold Award
Funk Odyssey: The Zamboni Funk Story
Director Alexander David Sandone
Spotlight Gold Award
Gold & Gunpowder
Director Michael Daniels
Spotlight Silver Award
Gorgeous Girl
Directors Eric LaBossiere, Riel Foidart
Spotlight Silver Award
Grow a Solution
Director Amielle R Zemach
Spotlight Silver Award
Guardian of the Steppe
Director Saya Omar
Spotlight Gold Award
Heart Of Detroit
Director Derien Stephens
Spotlight Silver Award
Hi, Dad
Director Stephanie Tonneson
Spotlight Silver Award
How do you take your coffee?
Director John Lucas Ramirez
Spotlight Gold Award
Human Day
Director Anthony Nold
Spotlight Gold Award
I Am The Warrior
Director Kevin Resnick
Spotlight Bronze Award
I Chose Jesse
Director Derrick Christie
Spotlight Gold Award
Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster
Director Safiya Songhai
Spotlight Gold Award
Intruder
Director Godwin Onohwosa
Spotlight Silver Award
Iridescence
Director Max Arnzen
Spotlight Silver Award
Is He Evil?
Director Jon-Robert Corasanti - aka Professor JR
Spotlight Silver Award
It's Not Up To Us
Director Anthony Werhun
Spotlight Platinum Award
Julia
Director Víctor Muñoz
Spotlight Silver Award
Kaleidoscope
Director Vandna (Cheena) Jain
Spotlight Gold Award
Kids Can Really F*ck Up A Marriage (Nobody tells you that.)
Director Julie O'Hora
Spotlight Gold Award
LEFT
Directors Davante Griffin, Trey Nelson
Spotlight Bronze Award
Letters from an Immortal: Coffee shop
Director Phillip Mcconnell
Spotlight Gold Award
Lisa's Monologue
Director Eric Hanson
Spotlight Silver Award
Lost Dog
Directors Tonya Love, Demetris Jones
Spotlight Bronze Award
Love Intense
Director Davide Chiazzese
Spotlight Bronze Award
LuoLan
Director Ryan Bai
Spotlight Bronze Award
LURED
Director John Hurley
Spotlight Gold Award
Mason
Directors Jinqiu Guan, Bernard Brown
Spotlight Silver Award
mavi / willpower
Director Sean Breitkreutz
Spotlight Gold Award
Monster Feast
Director W.L. Walker
Spotlight Silver Award
Motives
Director Liam Devine
Spotlight Gold Award
MOUNTAIN MAN
Director Anthony B. Frazier
Spotlight Silver Award
Mr. Red
Director Shu Gao
Spotlight Gold Award
NEIGHBOUR / 鄰人
Director Yujie Ma
Spotlight Silver Award
Night Fishing
Director Julian Alexander
Spotlight Gold Award
No Limits No Refunds
Director Benjamin Strickland
Spotlight Silver Award
Of Love & Loss
Director Alisanna Vincent
Spotlight Bronze Award
One Night in Squatchtown
Director Sam Morgan
Spotlight Silver Award
One Shot
Director Blake Lowe
Spotlight Silver Award
Parabens
Director Michael Bukovanský
Spotlight Gold Award
Patient Zero
Director Douglas W Dunklin
Spotlight Silver Award
Peat and Patty
Director Clinnie Brinson
Spotlight Silver Award
Peeping Tammy
Director Bret Jones
Spotlight Silver Award
Perseus
Director J Davies
Spotlight Gold Award
Planet Ocean Blues
Director Michael Buckley
Spotlight Bronze Award
Postcard from Hallowell Maine
Director David C Benner
Spotlight Silver Award
Pressed
Directors Michelle Elise Harding, Scott "Silent K" Knowlton
Spotlight Gold Award
Prostate, Men, let's talk
Director Wayne Nelson
Spotlight Gold Award
Quarantine Fling
Director Milo Shandel
Spotlight Gold Award
Rare Land
Director EFTHIMIS HATZIS
Spotlight Gold Award
Regarding Abel
Director Alyssa Giese
Spotlight Gold Award
Rulebook
Director Sophia Aranda
Spotlight Gold Award
Sacrament
Director Josh Eliot
Spotlight Gold Award
Saudi Atlas
Director Ali Alfaifi
Spotlight Gold Award
seamless
Director W James
Spotlight Gold Award
Sentient
Director Natasha Beste
Spotlight Gold Award
Single Life
Director Jiandong Shen
Spotlight Silver Award
Skeleton Crew
Director Tomi Lavinder
Spotlight Silver Award
Something's Not Quite Right
Director Tom Cornwall
Spotlight Platinum Award
Sound of the Lake
Directors Cale Green, Johnny Holder, Daphne Wong
Spotlight Gold Award
Stardust
Directors Wendy Alane Wright , Mark Bonner
Spotlight Silver Award
Stationheads
Director Stu Gamble
Spotlight Gold Award
Stories We Could Have Told You
Director Darcy Miller
Spotlight Gold Award
SUNNY
Director 신 선명
Spotlight Silver Award
Swipe
Director Tailiah Breon
Spotlight Silver Award
Sympathizer
Director Taz Lake
Spotlight Silver Award
Talent Revoked
Director Brian Nguyen
Spotlight Silver Award
TAPEFACE
Director Bill Tapia
Spotlight Silver Award
The Box
Directors David Colao, J.D. Wentzel
Spotlight Silver Award
The Black Altar
Directors Sean Breitkreutz, Brent Worden
Spotlight Gold Award
The Dream Machine
Directors Josef Hermansson Embring, Philip Sterner
Spotlight Gold Award
The Flying Moose
Director Michael Sky Danley
Spotlight Silver Award
The Hat Man Chronicles
Directors Christopher Soucy, Drew Hunt
Spotlight Gold Award
The House
Director Austin Caley
Spotlight Gold Award
The Karens
Director Katie Goodman
Spotlight Gold Award
The Last Ride
Director Sean Makepeace
Spotlight Silver Award
The Making of 'The American's Creed'
Director Randall Franks
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Method
Director Jackson Martini
Spotlight Gold Award
The Muse & Her Author
Director Jordan Paul Spalding
Spotlight Gold Award
The Pact
Director Clayton Landey
Spotlight Gold Award
The Puppet
Director Sergio Bauza Jr.
Spotlight Silver Award
The Seal of Death 2
Director Harris Josey
Spotlight Gold Award
The Seeker
Director Patrick Peacock
Spotlight Silver Award
The Service
Director Julie O’Hora
Spotlight Gold Award
The Silent People
Director Keith O'Grady
Spotlight Silver Award
The Skin I'm In Vol. 1 Melanin Melanie
Director Deonte' Bolden
Spotlight Silver Award
The Toad in the Hole
Director Oliver Brubaker
Spotlight Platinum Award
The Tragity of the Harkened Zealot
Director Brian Nguyen
Spotlight Bronze Award
Tim Valentine: a covid story
Director Kevin Rabas
Spotlight Bronze Award
to Scale
Director Jonathan Moy de Vitry
Spotlight Gold Award
Train Passes Carbondale
Director Hong Zhou
Spotlight Silver Award
Transitions
Director Constantin Richard Lederer
Spotlight Silver Award
Trapped In The Hood Documentary Series Episode 1
Directors ROBERT BOYD, Lucinda Boyd
Spotlight Bronze Award
Twenty Four Hours
Director Ana Masley
Spotlight Silver Award
Uncle Ivan
Directors Ben Walters, Nathan Walters
Spotlight Platinum Award
Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story
Director LaDonna Humphrey
Spotlight Gold Award
Unmet: North Carolina's Disability Crisis
Director Robin Rayne
Spotlight Gold Award
Van Gogh
Director Ricky Chow
Spotlight Silver Award
Vicky
Director Lorenzo Taquia
Spotlight Silver Award
Vision
Director Steve Dawson
Spotlight Gold Award
Walls Running
Director Charlotte Griffin
Spotlight Silver Award
Wandering
Director Mia Levi
Spotlight Silver Award
Whale Fall
Director Maddi Pearl Price
Spotlight Silver Award
What is Kuthuli?
Director Anvi Dayal
Spotlight Gold Award
What Remains of Emily
Director Mya Breyana Morton
Spotlight Gold Award
Why Did the Sunset?
Directors Regopotswe Matshelo, Aphiwe Mabuza
Spotlight Gold Award
Wild Mustangs of the Sagebrush
Director Mary Piller
Spotlight Silver Award
Would you like fries with that?
Director Saad Ahmed
Spotlight Silver Award
Yellow Magnolia
Director Rob Luedtke
Spotlight Silver Award
ZMIENA
Director Pierre Renverseau
Spotlight Platinum Award
SPOTLIGHT