2024 AWARD WINNERS
CINEMA DULCE-BEST OF FEST
Canvas | directed by Melora Donoghue and Kimberly Stuckwisch
AUDIENCE AWARD
Bastards of Soul | directed by Paul Levatino
BEST FEATURE FILM
Canvas | directed by Melora Donoghue and Kimberly Stuckwisch
BEST TEXAS FILM
Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience | directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas and David Hartstein
BEST SHORT FILM
The Heart of Texas | directed by Gregory Kasunich
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Tessa | directed by Megan Dahl
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter | directed by Christy Carpenter and Abby Ginzberg
BEST DIRECTOR
Sarah Reyes & Daniel Driensky for Art is Love: Nepal
BEST ACTRESS
Jeanine Mason in Any Sign at All
BEST ACTOR
BEST STUDENT FILM
Julie Baby | directed by Emily Grooms
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
A Time Apart | France/USA | Drama | Courtney Hope Thérond
Canvas | USA | Drama | Melora Donoghue and Kimberly Stuckwisch
Fluorescent Beast | USA | Comedy | Paul Osborne
I'll Be There | USA | Drama | Andrew Shea
No Right Way | USA | Dramedy | Chelsea Bo
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS
Art is Love: Nepal | USA | Daniel Driensky and Sarah Reyes
Bastards of Soul | USA | Paul Levatino
Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience | USA | Sam Wainwright Douglas and David Hartstein
Print It Black | USA | Tomas Navia and Megan Hundahl Streete
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter | USA | Christy Carpenter and Abby Ginzberg
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
Dynasty and Destiny | USA | Travis Lee Ratcliff
Floodplain | USA | Samuel Diaz Fernandez
Jaguar Del Cielo | Mexico/USA | Austin Alvarado
The Ride To Happiness | USA | Trish Rawls
Tessa | USA | Megan Dahl
The Test | USA | Claudia Myers and Laura Waters Hinson
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - STUDENT SHORT FILMS
Bent Out of Shape | USA | Animation | Chloe Merwin
The Bubby Bear Show | USA | Animation | Thavin Vongpatanasin
The Crow Woman | USA | Drama | Brooklyn Rice
Dog Days | USA | Animation | Hailey Bair
Don't Mess with Texas: An Abortion Story | USA | Documentary | Roswell Goransson, Ellison Leticia Martin and Qiu Li Tovo-Hurt
Elevated | USA | Drama | Zoha Omar
The Good, the Bad and the Ill | USA | Animation | Carter Schmidt
Head in the Clouds | USA | Animation | Kaylee Tian Lin Tan
Ick | Canada | Dramedy | India Opzoomer
Julie Baby | USA | Drama | Emily Grooms
Memento Mori | USA | Drama | Ines Wallisch
Muse | USA | Drama | Abbie Bergman
Octopus Ninja | USA |Animation | Donghoe Kim
The Perfect Line | USA | Drama | Caitlyn McConnell
Please Don't Stand While I'm Falling | USA | Documentary | Kyle Ward
The Understudy | USA | Drama | Lucas Miller (out-of-competition)
What You Don't Know: A Driver's Story | USA | Drama | Christopher Chan
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
1201 | USA | Thriller | Bobby Jordan
A Girl. A Guy. A Ford. A Love Story | USA | Drama | Suzanne Weinert
Always Summer (Altijd Zomer) | Belgium | Drama | Hans Dessers
Any Sign at All | USA | Drama | Faryl Amadeus
Body | USA | Dark Comedy | Ronald Short
Break/Fix | USA | Drama | Amanda Pinto
Calf | Ireland | Drama | Jamie O'Rourke
Cinching Saddles | Canada | Comedy | Aman Pannu and Kevin Sengara
Copilot | USA | Drama | Darcy Doyle
The Day Of | USA | Drama | Umar Malik
Evergreen | USA | Drama | Zachary Zebrowitz
Fancy Florez's Summer Staycation | USA | Comedy | Marissa Díaz
The Heart of Texas | USA | Drama | Gregory Kasunich
The Hope Chest Has a Secret Drawer | USA | Drama | Laura Frenzer
Ice Cream Shop Girls | USA | Dramedy | Kyra Boldrighini
In Wonderland | USA | Drama | Andrea Camacho McCracken
Jedo's Dead | USA | Drama | Sara Nimeh
Labor + Justice | USA | Drama | Sarah Joy Byington
Leverage | USA | Comedy | Michael Robert Charron
Moratorium | Ireland | Drama | KC Connolly
Passenger | USA | Drama | Michael Basha
Search & Destroy | USA | Drama | Alexander Rosales
Sister | USA | Drama | Shane Andries
Smoke | USA | Drama | Joshua Gallas
Solo un ensayo | Spain | Drama | Hugo Sanz
Things I've Made My Roommate Do | USA | Drama | Mylissa Fitzsimmons
The Greensman | USA | Comedy | William F. Reed (out-of-competition)
Tiny, Texas | USA | Drama | David Lykes Keenan
The Word | USA | Comedy | Rob M Neilson
World's Lamest Teacher | USA | Drama | Casey Lee Floyd
You Are Here | USA | Dramedy | Michael Friberg
You're Invited to Tuscan's 5th Birthday Party! | USA | Comedy | Lee Eddy