9th Annual Int'l
Best Feature
Big Budget Film (200K - 1.5M)
Was Once a Hero
Best Feature
Low Budget Film (10K - 100K) (Tie)
Doc Holliday 2
Lady Outlaw
Best Short
Big Budget Film (6K-50K)
Outlast
Best Short
Low budget Film (0 - 5K)
Yesteryear Once More
Best Mini-Short
The Coyote Sisters
Best Micro-Mini-Short
Rockgut Whiskey
Best Modern-Day Feature
Ride
Best Modern-Day Short
A Simple Payday
Best Modern Day Mini-Short
The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Foreign Film (Tie)
Bloody Fury
L'Ankou, L'Enfant et les Brigands
Best Documentary
White Buffalo Presents: Voices Of The West
Best Mockumentary
An Ounce Short
Best Trailer (Tie)
The Whore and the Horseman
Vengeance: A Tombstone Remembrance
Best Teaser
Miner Justice
Best Music Video
Jeffords Secret - Performed by Carol Markstrom
Best Actor (Feature) Film (Tie)
Tom Zembrod - Doc Holliday 2
Darby Hinton - Was Once a Hero
Best Actor (Short) Film (Tie)
Bennett Huxley Miller - Salt Lake Jake
George Meyers - Yesteryear Once More
Best Actor (Mini Short) Film
Cliff Owens - The Lawman
Best Actor (Micro-Mini Short) Film
John Marrs - No Reservations
Best Actor (Modern-Day Feature) Film (Tie)
Jake Allyn - Ride
Josh Plasse - Ride
Best Actor (Modern-Day Short) Film
Kyle Louis - A Simple Payday
Best Actor (Modern-Day Mini-Short)
Robert Francis - The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Actor (Foreign) (Tie)
Kevin McNally - Bloody Fury
Josep María Alejandre - The Searcher
Best Voice Over Actor
Kenny Schreiber - The Awakening Of Jacob Crown
Best Actress (Feature) (Tie)
Lisa Butala - Lady Outlaw
Manuela Schneider - Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Heather Graham - Place of Bones
Best Actress (Short)
Aubree Horton-Clark - Too Tuff To Die
Best Actress (Mini Short)
Tory LeClair - The Coyote Sisters
Best Actress (Micro-Mini Short)
Ashley Bowers - Eye for an Eye
Best Actress (Modern-Day Feature Western)
Annabeth Gish - Ride
Best Actress (Modern Day Short)
Cali Tucker - Old Nevada
Best Actress (Modern Day Mini-Short)
Avrielle Corti - The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Actress (Foreign)
Megan Daynes - Attack on Tranquility
Best Actress (Music Video)
Alexandra Augustine - Take You Out
Best Supporting Actor (Feature)
Wes Gillum - Lady Outlaw
Best Supporting Actor (Short)
Wade Brinson - Salt Lake Jake
Best Supporting Actor (Mini-Short)
Garrison Rule - The Coyote Sisters
Best Supporting Actor (Micro Mini-Short)
Vernon Butterfield - Gone Fishin'
Best Supporting Actor Modern-Day Feature
Forrie J. Smith - Ride
Best Supporting Actor Modern-Day Short
Robert Craighead - A Simple Payday
Best Supporting Actor Modern Day Mini-Short
Jason Chimonides - The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Supporting Actor (Foreign)
Joris Adu - Bloody Fury
Best Supporting Actress Feature (Tie)
Maribel Jimenez - Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Rebecca Holden - Was Once a Hero
Best Supporting Actress Short
Dakota Hyatt - Sisters of Sundown
Best Supporting Actress Mini-Short
Lydia Mushkatina - Black and Amber
Best Supporting Actress Modern-Day
Laci Kaye Booth - Ride
Misty Rowe - Old Nevada
Best Supporting Actress (Music Video)
Robyn Deverett - Take You Out
Best Director Feature (Tie)
Brett Bentman - Doc Holliday 2
Michael Tuthill - Was Once a Hero
Best Director Short
Andrew Huxley Miller - Salt Lake Jake
Best Director Mini-Short
Evan Patrick Adams - The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Director Micro-Mini
Trevor Rock - Rockgut Whiskey
Best Director Modern-Day Feature
Jake Allyn - Ride
Best Director Modern Day Short
Gary Sax - Old Nevada
Best Director Modern Day Mini-Short
Gianluca Console - No Man's Land
Best Director (Foreign)
Jordan Inconstant - Bloody Fury
Best Director (Documentary) (Tie)
Barry Tolli - The Wolf In The Chute
Cam Mackey - White Buffalo Presents: Voices of The West
Best Director (Trailer)
Mark Headley - Vengeance: A Tombstone Remembrance
Best Director (Teaser)
Alex Petty - Atascosa
Best Director (Music Video)
Michael Foster
'Jeffords Secret
This award is sponsored by C.J. Morrison.
Best Female Director Feature
Audrey Cummings - Place of Bones
Best Female Director Short
Elle Marlow & Anouschka Alexa - Sisters of Sundown
Best Female Director Western Mini-Short
Autumn Harrison & Tory LeClair
The Coyote Sisters
Best Female Mockumentary Filmmaker
Chris Enss
'An Ounce Short'
Best Female Director (Trailer/Teaser)
Manuela Schneider - Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Best Female Music Video Director
Alexandra Augustine
Take You Out
Best 1st Time Filmmaker (Tie)
Jake Allyn - Ride
Autumn Harrison & Tory LeClair - The Coyote Sisters
Best Student Film (Tie)
Outlast
The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Cinematographer Feature
Brett William Mauser - Lady Outlaw
Best Cinematographer Short
Mia Longoria - Too Tuff To Die
Best Cinematographer Mini-Short
Phil Montgomery - The Coyote Sisters
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Best Movie Poster
Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Background Scene Photos
1st Place 'Memoirs of Madame
Moustache' Photographer
Barbara Prichard
Best Photography Still
'Abandoned' by Photographer
Amanda Jo Smith
Best 1st Time Poetry Writer
'Trying to Survive'
by Amanda Jo Smith
Best Poetry
'The Painting'
by Bill Foster
Best Music Lyrics - 1st Place
'Brown Bottle Fever'
by Mike Thompson
Best Music Lyrics - 2nd Place
'A Mother's Love'
by Judy Belshe-Toernblom
Best Music MP3
1st Place
'Brown Bottle Fever'
Lori Jo Thomas
Best Music MP3
2nd Place
'This Old Barn'
by Dan Washburn
Best Wardrobe Designer
Karin McKechnie-Lid & Adam Lid.
'Memoirs of Madame Moustache'
Best of Fest Wardrobe
Designer Photos
'Memoirs of
Madame Moustache'
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WRITER’S CATEGORY,
sponsored by Christian Ferrarelli.
SCREENPLAY WINNERS
Best Action Western Feature Screenplay
"A Bullet For God's Bounty"
by Don Stroud
Best Arizona Screenplay
"Arizona Way Out West & Wacky:
The Play" by Zachary Simpson
Best Dramedy Short Screenplay
"Bagel Dog" by Tracy L Swanson
Best Mini-Short Western Screenplay
"Book Of Winchester"
by Rachel Barrett
Best Drama Western Feature Screenplay
"Buckshot"
by Larry Jay Martin
Best Short Modern Day
Western Awareness Screenplay
"Clara's Garden" by Bill Foster
Best Post Apocalyptic Short Screenplay
"Eye For An Eye"
by Ashley Bowers
Best Feature Western Screenplay
"Fool's Silver"
by Terry K Jacob
Best True Story Feature Screenplay
"Happy Trails"
by Chris Enss
Best Sci-fi Feature Screenplay
"Junior's Ranch"
by Alec Cuddeback
Best Adventure Western Feature Screenplay
"McIntyre's Mountain"
by Nathan Carliner &
Miriam Esther Goldman
Best Comedy Feature Screenplay
"Meeting Director Sam Peckinpah"
by Nancee LaFayette
Best Crime Action Western
Feature Screenplay
"Mr. Pettigrew"
by Larry J. Martin
Best Female Western
Feature Screenwriter
"Sarah Runner"
by Billie Harris
Best Of The Fest
Western Feature Screenplay
"Sonny Came Home" by - Ben Sarro
Best First-time Western Short Screenwriter
"That's the Way It Is"
by D. Preston Davidson
Best Feature Neo-Western Screenplay
"The Apache Way"
by Phillip E. Hardy
Best Family Western Short Screenplay
"The Children of Angel Creek"
by Richard J Telesca
Best Foreign Feature Screenplay
"The Devil's Right Hand"
by Algis Danaitis
Best Comedy Western Short Screenplay
"The Ranger's Bath"
by Robert Bruce Sikes
Best Romance Short Screenplay
"The Verdict"
by Bill Foster
Best Modern Day
Western Rodeo Screenplay
"Thunder Run"
by Taylor Grant
Best First-time Western
Feature Screenwriter
"The Whore and
the Horseman" by Matt Malone
Best Romance Western Feature Screenplay
"When Two Ends Meet"
by Tom Tanno
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Best T.V. Pilot Winners
Best Suspense Western
T.V. Pilot Screenplay
"Tales of the Valley"
by Richard Scott
Best Adventure T.V. Pilot Screenplay
"The Search"
by Sid Kramer
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Manuscript Winners
Best Arizona Modern Western Manuscript
"A Reckoning at Caldwell Ranch"
by - Dennis H. Williams
Best Unpublished Modern Western
Short Manuscript
"Colorado Springs:
Competitors - Book 1
by Manuela Schneider
Best Modern Western Romance Manuscript
"Enchanted Cowgirl:
A Western Romance"
by Mark E. Scott
Best Modern Western Rodeo Manuscript
"Mike Garrett"
by Dennis H. Williams
Best Texas Western Manuscript
Putney's Secret, The Legend of
Jack Callahan by
David Preston Davidson
Best Family Western Manuscript
"Take Um' to Colorado"
by Bill Foster
Best Revenge Western Manuscript
"Texas Blood Oath"
by H.M. Taylor
Best Oklahoma Family Faith Manuscript
"The Setting Son
by Martha Jordan
Best Horror Romance Western Manuscript
"The Unknown Enemy"
by Manuela Schneider
Best Modern Western Fantasy Manuscript
"Time Jumping Cowgirl
& Her Marine: Western Fantasy
Romance by Mark E. Scott
Best Cinematographer Modern-Day
Western Feature
Keith J. Leman - Ride
Best Cinematographer
Modern-Day Western Short
Connor Nelson - Future West: Origin
Best Drone Cinematographer
Warren Lara - Lucky 7 Angus:
An Art of a Cowboy Story
Best Cinematographer Foreign
William Samson
Attack On Tranquility
Best Young Actor (Western)
Keaton Gilbert - Harsh Treatment
Jude Sack - No Name & Dynamite
William Northup - No Name & Dynamite
Blaise Berry - Seeds
Yancey Levi - The Awakening Of Jacob Crown
August Levi - The Awakening Of Ja cob Crown
Maddex Means - The Company of Thieves
Zach Fleischman - The Company of Thieves
Noah Deavers - Was Once a Hero
Best Young Actress (Western)
Charlotte Vautier - L'Ankou, L'Enfant et les Brigands
Daisy Northup - No Name & Dynamite
Zia Carlock - Ride
Rome Carlock - Ride
Daphne Hardt - Sisters of Sundown
Krystal Hardt - Sisters of Sundown
Taloa Abeita - The Company of Thieves
Aubree Horton-Clark - Too Tuff To Die
Best Film Animal (Tie)
Squishy the Turtle - No Name & Dynamite
Nacho the Horse - Old Nevada
Hero the Dog - The Man in the Blue Suit
Best Drama Feature
Lady Outlaw
Best Drama Short
On Earth, as it is in Heaven
Best Drama Mini Short (Tie)
A Flame's Reach
Black and Amber
Best Action Feature
Harsh Treatment
Best Action Short
Ambush at St. Mary's
Old Nevada
Best Adventure
The Company of Thieves
Best Comedy (Tie)
The Coyote Sisters
The Legend of Cactus Canyon
Best Dark Comedy
The Coyote Sisters
Best Dramedy
A Simple Payday
Best Crime Drama
Ride
Best Horror
Place of Bones
Best Thriller
Place of Bones
Best Sci-fi
Yesteryear Once More
Best Fantasy
Bloody Fury
Best Suspense
Place of Bones
Best Romance
Lady Outlaw
Best Faith Based
The Awakening Of Jacob Crown
Best True Story
Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Best Family Film
Sheriff Walter Johnson
Best Film Twist
Place of Bones
Best Dark Drama Film
Place of Bones
Best YouTube Film
An Ounce Short
Best Web Film
Future West: Origin
Best PSA Film
Don’t Text and Ride
Best Feature Film Cast Ensemble (Tie) 
Ride
Was Once a Hero
Best Short Film Cast Ensemble
The Lawman
Best Inspirational Film
The Awakening Of Jacob Crown
Best Awareness Film
Was Once a Hero
Best Rodeo Film
Ride
Best Steampunk Western
Bloody Fury
Best Indigenous Film
White Buffalo Presents:
'Voices Of The West'
Best Originality
The Dirty Thirties
Best Post-Apocalyptic Film
Seeds
Best Narrator
Josh Gamboa - The Legend of Cactus Canyon
Best TV / Pilot Episode Show
Old Nevada
Best Film Revenge
A Flame's Reach
Best Animation Film
Bloody Fury
Best Arizona Feature Film
Memoirs of Madame Moustache
Best Arizona Short Western
What Must Be Done
Best Texas Feature Film
Harsh Treatment
Best Texas Short Film
Yesteryear Once More
Best California Film
Sheriff Walter Johnson
Best Tennessee Film
Ride
Best Colorado Film
The Last Claim
Best New Mexico Film
The Legend Of Cactus Canyon
Best Western Film Location
Buggy Barn Museum
Best Arizona Film Location
Buck On The Run
Best Texas Film Location
Byggy Barn Museum
Best Montana Film Location
Nemesis - A Movie Town
Best Western Promo Ad
Buck on the Run
Best TV Pilot Teaser
Atascosa
Best Film With The Most Stunts
The Lawman
Best Director (Western Lifestyle Clips)
Rowdy Olson
'Western Trading Post Compilation'
This Award is Sponsored by
Brenrock Productions LLC
Best Feature Score/Song (Tie)
"Ride" Performed by
C. Thomas Howell & Zia Carlock - Ride
"Angel Waltz" Performed by
Ana Cristina Cash - Was Once A Hero
Best Short Score/Song
"Me 'N' Jesus" by Thomas Michael Riley
The Awakening of Jacob Crown
Best Western Foreign Short
Composer/Score/Song
Salvatore Sangiovanni & Susan DiBonna
'Bloody Fury'
Original Film Score Feature (Tie)
Jordan Miller
for 'Was Once A Hero'
Those Who Ride With Giants
for 'Ride'
Original Film Score Shorts (Tie)
Royal Dean III
for 'The Wolf In The Chute'
Composer/Score/Song
Ellis Bryant - Future West: Origin
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Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Big Budget Feature Film
'Harsh Treatment'
'Place of Bones'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Low Budget Feature Film
'Memoirs of Madame Moustache'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Big Budget Short Film
'On Earth, as it is in Heaven'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Low Budget Short Film
'Salt Lake Jake'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Mini-Short Film
Black and Amber
Film Fest Director's Choice
Micro-Mini-Short
'No Reservations'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Modern-Day Western Feature
'On the Edge of Freedom'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Best Modern-Day Western Short
'Old Nevada'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Best Modern Day Western
Mini-Short - No Man's Land
This Award is sponsored by
David Davidson.
Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Best Foreign Film
'Attack on Tranquility'
The Searcher
Film Fest Director's Choice
Best Documentary
'The Wolf In The Chute'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Trailer - 'Tombstone Arizona
Paranormal Lockdown'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Teaser - 'Atascosa'
Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Actor (Feature)
Curt Lambert - Memoirs of Madame Moustache
John Carter Cash - 'Was Once a Hero'
Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Actor (Western Short)
Dennis Allyn - 'The Awakening Of Jacob Crown'
Josh Gamboa - The Legend of Cactus Canyon
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actor (Mini Short)
Steve Silkotch 'Gold'
Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Actor Modern Day Western Feature
Liam O'Brien - 'On the Edge of Freedom'
C. Thomas Howell - 'Ride'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actor Modern-Day Short
Western Film - Jake B. Miller
Old Nevada
Film Fest Director's Choice (Tie)
Actress (Western Feature)
Tiffany McDonald - 'Doc Holliday 2'
Eliza Kelley -'Was Once a Hero'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actress (Western Short)
CJ Morrison - 'Yesteryear Once More'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actress - Mini Short Western
Anabel Colo - Black and Amber
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actress - Micro-Mini Short
Cara Leoni 'No Reservations'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actress - Modern Day Short
Brianna Kellum 'A Simple Payday'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Actress (Foreign)
Ana Belén Izquierdo
The Searcher
Film Fest Director's Choice
Supporting Actor
Modern-Day Western Short
Shawn Dunham - Old Nevada
Film Fest Director's Choice Music
"Rattlesnake Moon" Brandon Burnett
(Broke String Burnett)
Harsh Treatment
Film Fest Director's Choice
Music "Always a Hero"
Jacob Jones 'Was Once a Hero'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Music "Hide From The Devil"
Dennis Jewett 'Was Once a Hero'
Film Fest Director's Choice Music
by Matt Robertson "Rodeo Mom"
for 'The Wolf in the Chute'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Original Film Score
The Good Time Ramblers
for 'On the Edge of Freedom'
Film Fest Director's Choice
Original Film Score Feature
Ian Minsick - White Buffalo Presents:
Voices Of The West
Film Fest Director's Choice
Original Film Score by
Oliver Crosby for Short Film
'Black and Amber'
The Robert Shelton Award 2024
Recipient is
John Marrs
The 2024 Jerry Vance Award
Recipient is
Caleb Evans
The 2024 Charlie LeSueur Award
Recipient goes to
George Meyers
The 2nd 2024 Charlie LeSueur Award
Recipient Goes to
Jim, Bobbi Jeen & Rowdy J. Olson
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