2022-TWBFF-Nominations-Winners

7th Annual Int'l

1. Best Western Feature Film

Shooting Star

2. Best Western Short

Return To Remembrance

3. Best Western Mini-Short

Blood is My Redemption

4. Best Modern Day Western Feature (Tie)

Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River

A Cowgirl's Song

5. Best Modern Day Western Short

A Dark Destiny

6. Best Foreign Film

Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone

7. Best Actor (Western Feature) (Tie)

Jeff Grennell - Showdown in Yesteryear

Drew Waters - Shooting Star

8. Best Supporting Actor (Western Feature)

Peter Sherayko - Shooting Star

9. Best Actor (Western Short)

John Marrs - Return to Remembrance

10. Best Supporting Actor (Western Short)

Dickie Stanley - Miner's Candle

11. Best Actress (Western Feature) (Tie)

Debra Lamb - Showdown in Yesteryear

Brooklin Michelle - Shooting Star

12. Best Supporting Actress (Western Feature)

Lyana Ferrino - Shooting Star

13. Best Actress (Western Short)

Imelda Paclibar - Apache Girl

14. Best Supporting Actress (Western Short)

Kimberlee Oren - The Hanging of William Cane

15. Best Actor (Mini Short Western)

Nick Pernokas - "Just An Old Barn"

16. Best Actress (Mini Short Western)

Aurora LaRay - Gussy

17. Best Actor (Modern Day Short Western)

John Layne - A Dark Destiny

18. Best Supporting Actor (Modern Day Short Western)

Sam Whitten - Meteoric

19. Best Actress (Modern Day Short Western)

Bobbi Jean Olson - Woman with No Name

20. Best Supporting Actress (Modern Day Short Western)

Wendy Pennington - A Dark Destiny

21. Best Actor (Modern Day Feature Western)

Jeff Grennell - Showdown in Yesteryear

22. Best Supporting Actor (Modern Day Feature Western)

Rudy Saint Cyr - Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River

23. Best Actress (Modern Day Feature Western)

Savannah Lee May - A Cowgirl's Song

24. Best Supporting Actress (Modern Day Feature Western)

Darci Lynne Farmer - A Cowgirl's Song

25. Best Director (Foreign Film)

Enrique Novials - Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone

26. Best Director (Western Feature Film)

Michael Feifer - Shooting Star

27. Best Director (Western Short Film)

Preston Walden - The Hanging of William Cane

28. Best Director (Mini-Short Western Film)

Zach Ball - Blood is My Redemption

29. Best Director (Modern Day Short Western Film)

Philip C. Sedgwick - Meteoric

30. Best Director (Modern Day Feature Western Film)

Timothy Armstrong - A Cowgirl's Song

31. Best Director (Music Video)

Sheril Rodgers - Just an Old Barn

32. Best Cinematography (Western Feature Film)

Jordi Ruiz Masó - Shooting Star

33. Best Cinematography (Western Short Film)

Christian B. Meza - Miner's Candle

34. Best Cinematography (Modern Day Western Feature)

Gerry Olert - Heart Cycles

35. Best Cinematography (Modern Day Western Short)

Rowdy Olson - Woman with No Name

36. Best Female Filmmaker

Sophia Natalie Arguelles &

Grace Caroline Currey - Hart of the Wild Bunch

37. Best Score/Song (Western Short Film)

"Miner's Candle" by Carol Markstrom - Miner's Candle

38. Best Score/Song (Western Feature Film)

"Faraway Horses" by Shane Clouse - Eye for Eye

39. Best Score/Song (Modern Day Western Feature Film)

"Hailey's Comet" By Savannah Lee May - A Cowgirl's Song

40. Best Score/Song (Modern Day Western Short Film) (Tie)

"6 Ft" by Jett Platt - A Dark Destiny

"Bang" by Lexi Saal - The Boutress

41. Best Romance Film

Heart Cycles

42. Best True Story Based Film

Apache Girl

43. Best Trailer

Desert Flowers

44. Best Student Film

Prairie Pirates

45. Best 1st Time Filmmaker

Rowdy Olson - Woman with No Name

46. Best Adventure Film

Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River

47. Best Action Short Film

Bang Bang

48. Best Action Feature Film

Showdown on the Brazos

49. Best Comedy Western Short Film

Bang Bang

50. Best Modern Day Western Crime/Mystery

Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River

51. Best Western Horror/Suspense

Fangs vs Spurs

52. Best Ad/Commercial

What A Drag

53. Best Sci-fi Film

Robo Hills Texas

54. Best Fantasy Film

Showdown In Yesteryear

55. Best Drama Short Film

A Dark Destiny

56. Best Drama Feature Film

Buckskin

57. Best Originality Western Film

Bottled Up Poison

58. Best Faith Based Western Film

The Church

59. Best California Short Western Film

Hart of the Wild Bunch

60. Best Arizona Western Film

Return to Remembrance

61. Best Arizona Modern Day Western

Woman With No Name

62. Best Texas Western Film

Showdown on the Brazos

63. Best Texas Modern Day Western Film

A Dark Destiny

64. Best Western Feature Film Cast Ensemble

Shooting Star

65. Best Western Short Film Cast Ensemble

Patagonia Justice

66. Best Modern Day Western Short Film Cast Ensemble

The Bountress

67. Best Modern Day Western Feature Film Cast Ensemble

A Cowgirl's Song

68. Best Awareness Film

Heart Cycles

69. Best Narrator in a Film

Jonathan Abel - Burrito's First Christmas

70. Best Music Video

Just An Old Barn by Sheril Rodgers

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71.

Best Stunt Coordinator - Joop Katana - "Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River"

Lifetime Stuntman Achievement - Moe Headrick

72.

2022 Recipient - Manuela Schneider (also the first female to win this award)

73.

2022 Recipient - The Mescal Movie Set

74. Audience Choice Award

Miner's Candle

75. Movie Poster 1st Place

Shooting Star

76. Movie Poster 2nd Place

Hart of the Wild Bunch

77. Movie Poster 3rd Place

Buckskin

78. Best Poetry - 1st Place

"ROSE OF THE CIMARRON" By Pat Larkin

79. Best Poetry - 2nd Place

“BASS REEVES” By Pat Larkin

80. Best Poetry - 3rd Place

"MY BEST FRIEND" By Pat Larkin

81. Best Poetry 4th Place

"MIS RAICES ESTAN AQUI" By John Mitchum

82. 1st Place Wardrobe

Desert Chase Theme by "Wild Instincts"

83. 2nd Place Wardrobe

Finale Theme by "Wild Instincts"

84. 3rd Place Wardrobe

Most Unique & Diverse by "Wild Instincts"

85. 4th Place Wardrobe

Fantasy Theme by "Wild Instincts"

86. PHOTOGRAPHY - 1ST PLACE

"Striking it Rich" By David Bertoldo

87. PHOTOGRAPHY - 2ND PLACE

"Card Player Three" by Lewis Smith

88. PHOTOGRAPHY - 3RD PLACE

"Battle of Selfs" By Lewis Smith

89. PHOTOGRAPHY - 4TH PLACE

"A Happy Song of Farewell" by Aurora LaRay

90. 1st Place Western Song MP3

"Sacramentos" By Doug Figgs

91. 2nd Place Western Song MP3

"If My Saddle Could Talk" By Wanda Cramer

92. 3rd Place MP3

"Horses Dogs and Kids" By Doug Figgs

93. 4th Place MP3

Kay-Yah Ha Chickasaw by Carol Markstrom

94. Song Lyrics

"Thrift Store Cowgirl" Aurora LaRay

95. Best Travel Poster

"Go Camp" with Aurora LaRay

96. Best Western Art

"Gussy" by Aurora LaRay

97. Best Poetry Video

"A Gun, A Hat and a Horse"

98. Best Western TV Show

Macy Ray And The Legend of Dead River

99. Mini-Short Western

Film Cast Ensemble - "The Purgatory Saloon"

100. Best Noir Film

"Woman With No Name"

101. Best Arizona Mini Short

"Burrito's First Christmas"

102. Best Family Western Film

"A Cowgirl's Song"

103. Best Western With A Twist

The Hanging of William Cane

104. Best Comedy Western Feature

"Fangs vs Spurs"

105. Best Dark Drama

"Gussy"

106. Best Video Podcast Gary Metivier

Travis Mills - Man on a Mission

107. Best Actor - Foreign Film

Josep María Alejandre for "Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone"

108. Best Supporting Actor - Foreign

Miguel Ángel Romero for "Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone"

109. Best Actress - Foreign

Emma Ros for "Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone"

110. Best Supporting Actress - Foreign

Marzia Liuzzi for "Kill Them All and Don't Come Back Alone"

111. Best Documentary

"A Gun, A Hat And A Horse"

112. Best Director - Documentary

Michael McGreevey - "A Gun, A Hat and A Horse"

113. Best TV Trailer

"Artist of the Southwest"

114. Cinematography - Mini Short

Brock Childers - "Blood is My Redemption"

115. Director's Choice - Director

Western Feature - Bill Foster - "Showdown on the Brazos"

116. Director's Choice Director

Western Short - John Marrs - "Return to Remembrance"

117. Director's Choice Director

Modern Day Short - George Meyers - Ian Harrup - "Time Will Let Me"

118. Director's Choice Director

Modern Day Feature - Austin Baur - Macy Ray and the Legend of Dead River

119. Director's Choice Comedy

Western Short Film - "Bottled Up Poison"

120. Director's Choice

Western Horror/Suspense - "Gussy"

121. Director's Choice

Drama Short - "Apache Girl"

122. Director's Choice

Drama Feature - "Heart Cycles"

123. Director's Choice

Arizona Western - "Miner's Candle"

124. Director's Choice Arizona

Modern Day Western - "Meteoric"

125. Director's Choice Western

Feature Film Cast Ensemble - "Headin' for Mexico"

126. Director's Choice Actress

Modern Day Feature Western Film - Cheryl Ladd "A Cowgirl's Song"

127. Festival Director's Choice Actress

Western Short Film - Amanda Bearmedicine "Checkmate"

128. Best Composer Overall

Elena Maro

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Among Snakes

Best Over All Western Feature Screenplay

Blood Is My Redemption

1st Place Best Action Western Feature Screenplay

More Dead Than Alive

2nd Place Best Action Western Feature Screenplay

Big Iron

3rd Place Best Action Western Feature Screenplay

Three For Hire: Revenge of The Mescalero Apache

1st Place Best Action/Drama Western Feature Screenplay

Ruth

2nd Place Best Action/Drama Western Feature Screenplay

Dead Man's Hand

3rd Place Best Action/Drama Western Feature Screenplay

Calf Rope

Best Modern Day Family Western Feature Screenplay

Gina Jericho

Best Crime/Drama Feature Screenplay

Hadleyville

Best Romantic Drama Western Feature screenplay

Henry's Fort

Best Adventure Western Feature Screenplay

Outlaws & Luck

Best Action/Romance Western Feature Screenplay

Playing For Time

Best True Story Based Screenplay

Rodeo

Best RomCom Western Feature Screenplay

Rodeo Queen

Best Action Modern-Western Feature Screenplay

Vampires and Parasols

Best Western Horror Feature Screenplay

Was Once A Hero

Best Action/Adventure Western Feature Screenplay

Whiskey's Women

Best Arizona Western Feature Screenplay

Why Not

Best Modern-Western Feature Screenplay

Wingspan

Best Fantasy Western Feature Screenplay

Wrangled

Best Faith-Based Western Feature Screenplay

Geronimo's Revenge

Best First-Time Drama Western Screenwriter - Mario Louis Gandolfo

Doc's Holliday

Best First-Time Female Feature Screenwriter - Lynne Wainfan

Miner Justice

Best Arizona First-Time Western Feature Screenwriter - Paul Bloom

Shut Eye Revival

Best First-Time Screenwriter- John Kestner

Tiger Lily

Best Female Screenwriter - Anne VanDeuson

FEATURE SCREENPLAY WINNERS

Belle's Bones

Best Suspense Short Western Screenplay

Chupacabra Sundown

Best Supernatural Short Screenplay

Double Rig

Best Mini-Short Western Screenplay

Guns Of Santa Verde

Best Action Short Western Screenplay

Return To Remembrance

Best Romantic/Drama Short Western Screenplay

The Bright Siders

Best Comedy Short Western Screenplay

The Hanging Of William Cane

Best Screenplay Twist

The Scorpion Gang

Best Arizona Short Western Screenplay

Woman With No Name

Best Drama Short Western Screenplay

Wrong Turn

Best Adventure Short Western Screenplay

Younger And Faster

Best Action/Drama Short Western Screenplay

The Gloved One

Best First-Time Short Western Screenwriter - Alice Bowden

Touched

Best First-Time Female Short Western Screenwriter-CJ Mo

SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNERS

Canyon Of The Old Ones

Best Over All Western Manuscript

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Lady Warrior And The Billionaire

Best Fantasy Romance Western Manuscript

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Murder At Castlewood Canyon

Best Mystery Western Manuscript

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The Reaper

Best Action Western Manuscript

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Santa Maria: An Arch Hawkins Story

Best Crime/Drama Western Manuscript

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Rowdy: Wild And Mean, Sharp And Keen

Best First-Time Western Manuscript Writer - Chris Mullen

MANUSCRIPT WINNERS

Bad Hand

1st Place Western T.V. Pilot

Spirits In The Wind

2nd Place Western T.V. Pilot

TV PILOT WINNERS