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

Keep Looking.

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

Mute

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

The Human Condition

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

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

SPOTLIGHT

FILM AWARDS

Best Animated Short

La Noria
by Carlos Baena

Best Narrative Short

Give Us Free
by Mac Grant, Chad Tennies

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 Documentary Short

(Un)Divided
by Paul Raila

Best Music Video

Trouble In My Mind
by Allison Flom