2016 Award Winners!

Sponsored by the Tucson Film office, this award comes with a $500 cash prize for achievement in overall filmmaking/directing.

Ana Humphrey | Two Weeks

This award is for achievement in screenwriting and is sponsored by Fancy Film, a full service post facility in Los Angeles. The winner of this prize receives an exhibition services grant that will allow the winning filmmaker to professionally present his or her film at the top international film festivals on the festival circuit, and includes an HDCAM master, a 2K unencrypted DCP, a professionally created DVD master and 10 DVD copies, a and professionally created Blu-ray master and five Blu-ray copies.

Matt Decker | Blue Goodbye

Sponsored by Entertainment Partners, the leading provider of budgeting and scheduling software for the film industry, the winner of these two awards will receive complementary copies of the Movie Magic Budgeting and Scheduling software package.

Cameron Ferrier | Joshua Ritter | Matthew Ramirez – Piper in the Woods

Sponsored by Other World Computing, the winner of this award will receive $500 in gift certificates for products from Other World Computing, the leading provider of hard drives and peripherals for the Mac community.

Evan Colten | B-Bot

This award comes with a $500 credit toward studio and/or equipment rentals at Pollution Studios, a full service studio and equipment rental facility in Los Angeles.

Robert Upchurch | Two Weeks