INFLUX Film Awards Season 18

Season 18 of the INFLUX Film Awards saw an amazing selection of films and screenplays from all over the world.

What an amazing group of features, documentaries, shorts, and screenplays. We are always so honored to view and share the winners and selections!

It is always an incredibly difficult task to select the winners and we are so grateful to all entrants for sharing their amazing work with us.

We are excited to name this incredible group of honorees.

The Awards

The Winners are in! Scroll Down to see if you’re a winner!

BEST FEATURE FILM
RedSin: Martyrs of Dissent, directed by Chris Ortiz

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
DELA – The Making of El Anatsui, directed by Oyiza Adaba

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Projectionist: A Collector’s Journey, directed by John Cornelissen

BEST SHORT FILM
The Change, directed by Elizabeth B. Sampson and Aaron Boyd

LONG-FORM SCREENPLAY WINNER
Riley’s Gift, written by DZ Rife

SHORT-FORM SCREENPLAY WINNER
Bagel Dog, written by Tracy L. Swanson

BEST DIRECTOR
The Great Vanishing: Part IV, directed by Ria T. DiLullo

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Saturneers: Episode 2: Thulk, directed by Jonathan Nolan

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
IRaH, directed by Sam Bhattacharjee

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Your Everyday Heroes of Costa Rica, cinematography by Hernán Salcedo

BEST SCORE
Galaxies, directed by Robert Brody

BEST EDITING
Hvngry Ghost, directed by Henry West

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Coyote – Pocho feat. MC Magic, directed by Justin Marmorstein

The honorable mentions are movies that are considered award worthy and worth seeking out, following, and finding a way to watch down the road when they become available.

HONORABLE MENTION FEATURE FILMS
In the Mirror: Ardalan Sarfaraz, directed by Shiva Sanjari
Life of Barron: CultTV: The Movie, directed by Brian Anderson
On Hold, directed by Machiel van den Heuvel
Sublimation Nation, directed by Roland Paul Marconi and Gary Null

HONORABLE MENTION SHORT FILMS
A Texas Trilogy, directed by Robert Marshall Tartell
Chicago, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker
Deja Vu, directed by Jean Frenette
Mother of Dreams, directed by Sean Chalmers
Moroccan for Dinner, directed by Nigel Rodgers
The Ocean, Hundreds of Birds and Grandpa’s Suona, directed by Yumo Zhang
The Skin She’s In, directed by Cole McCracken

SHORT-FORM SCREENPLAY HONORABLE MENTIONS
Barn Help Wanted, written by Rachel Reedy
Happy Valentine’s Day, written by Kenzie Stephan Pursel
Heading Down the Corner, written by Hanzhi Zhang

LONG-FORM SCREENPLAY HONORABLE MENTIONS
Belief, written by Susan Kelejian
City on Fire, written by Russell Luke Taormina
Creation Club, written by Daniel R. Stevens
Lucky in Long Island, written by Michelle Lynn
Sacred Sun, written by Michael Louis Gould
Yo Andrea, written by Mike Boland