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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

Sam Demaris in The Word

 

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

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