2024 Challenge
Genre: Buddy Comedy
Theme: Rivalry, An unlikely couple, Dynamic duo
Setting: an apartment/house, a recreational area, such as a park, a backyard, storefront, a garage, a car/parking lot
Required props: coffee cup, phone, hat, bowl, photograph, pretzels
Best Film presented by Sony Pictures Entertainment:
Audio Description – Lee Pugsley
Best Actor presented by IMDbPro:
Emergency Contact – Kiersten Kelly
Best Writer presented by Netflix:
Call the A.D.A. – David Radcliff
Best Director presented by NBCUniversal:
The Case of the Obsidian Muskrat – Chase Chambers
Best Editor presented by the Adobe Foundation:
The Case of the Obsidian Muskrat – Chase Chambers
Awareness Campaign Award presented by Amazon MGM Studios: Out of Reach – Sawsan Zakaria
2023 Challenge
Genre: Romance
Theme: Unlikely couple, A first encounter or A reunion
Setting: an apartment/house, a recreational area, such as a park, a backyard, a café, storefront, a garage or parking lot
Required props: a journal or notebook, flowers, The number ‘10’ as a prop or in spoken dialogue, hat, scarf or a blanket
Best Film presented by Warner Bros. Discovery:
Rain in my Head – Chrissy Marshall
Best Actor presented by IMDbPro:
Rain in my Head – Layne Apffel
Best Writer presented by Netflix:
Unlucky In Love – Rachel Handler
Best Director presented by NBCUniversal:
Rain in my Head – Chrissy Marshall
Best Editor presented by Adobe:
Smash or Pass – Nathan Cox
Awareness Campaign Award presented by Prime Video:
Leap of Love – Judith Rubin
2023 Film Finalists
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Editor
Best Writer
Best Awareness