If you couldn’t make it to the fest or the awards ceremony, (shame on you…and me) here are the winners and nominees.
Snake Alley Festival of Film Awards
Best Music Video
Nominees:
J.K. The Reaper – Exodia – Director: Josh Yates
Run – Director: David Kroll
Walk Away – Director: Landon Brands
Winner: Walk Away – Director: Landon Brands
Best Dramedy
Nominees:
Cowboys – Bernabé Rico
Falling to Pieces – Director: Chris Connolly
The Memory of Martin Fugue – Director: Eric Lang
Winner: Falling to Pieces – Director: Chris Connolly
Best Horror
Nominees:
Scared to Death – Director: Drew Marvick
Special – Director: Mikeal Burgin
Tickle – Director: Corey Norman
Winner: Tickle – Director: Corey Norman
Best Comedy
Nominees:
Dare Side of the Moon – Director: Alex Constantin
Death to Cupid – Director: Joe Gonzales
Damn It, Mamet! – Director: Michael Lang
Winner: Death to Cupid – Director: Joe Gonzales
Best Animation
Nominees:
Junk Girl – Director: Mohammad Zare
The Sound of the Road – Director: Barzan Rostami
Tick Tock – Director: Zeynep Kocak
Winner: Tick Tock – Director: Zeynep Kocak
Best Student Film
Nominees:
The Lost Mariner – Director: Tess Martin
The Woods – Director: Remington Smith
Safe Space – Director: Zora Rux
Winner: The Lost Mariner – Director: Tess Martin
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nominees:
The Pen – Director: Derek Nelson
The Future Perfect – Director: Nicolas Citton
Winner: The Future Perfect – Director: Nicolas Citton
Best Action
Nominees:
Hyena’s Blood – Director: Nicolas Caicoya
Bandito – Director: Evan Kelman
Silenced – Director: Alaa “Zak” Noweihed
Winner: Bandito – Director: Evan Kelman
Best Drama
Nominees:
A New Man – Director: Hughes William Thompson
Tom in America – Director: Flavio Alves
Charlie – Director: Shawn Ryan
Winner: A New Man – Director: Hughes William Thompson
Best Documentary
Nominees:
Invisible Sister – Director: Jamie Rogers
Man in the Can – Director: Noessa Higa
Hollywood Gals – Director: Jack Truman
Winner: Man in the Can – Director: Noessa Higa
Best Foreign Film
Nominees:
Awakenings – Director: Bhargav Saikia
Innocent – Director: Àlvaro Pastor
Beneath Water – Director: Charlie Manton
Winner: Beneath Water – Director: Charlie Manton
Writer’s Block for Best Screenplay
Winner: My Friend Max – written by Chuck Mittan & Mikeal Burgin
The Director’s Award for Outstanding Performance
Nominees:
Beneath Water – Director: Charlie Manton
Une Liberation – Director: Brian Crewe
The Future Perfect – Director: Nicolas Citton
Winner: Une Liberation – Director: Brian Crewe
Audience Choice
Nominees:
Lennis Moore: Woodcut Print Artist – Director: Derek Nelson
Special – Director: Mikeal Burgin
That Night – Director: Phillip Mayall
Winner: That Night – Director: Phillip Mayall
Best Iowa Film
Nominees:
The Simple Gift of Walnut Grove – Director: John Richard
Lennis Moore: Woodcut Print Artist – Director: Derek Nelson
Special – Director: Mikeal Burgin
That Night – Director: Phil Mayall
Winner: The Simple Gift of Walnut Grove – Director: John Richard
Best of the Fest
Nominees:
The Simple Gift of Walnut Grove – Director: John Richard
The Future Perfect – Director: Nicolas Citton
Lapsus – Director: Karim Ouaret
Tick Tock – Director: Zeynep Kocak
Winner: Lapsus – Director: Karim Ouaret