FESTIVAL DIRECTOR'S AWARDS for INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
The Eadweard Muybridge Award
-- for directing an outstanding narrative w/strong message
Winner: Elizabeth Taide Vazquez
The Sallie Gardner Award
-- for 2024/2025 portfolio of various works
Winner: Heather Bayles
The Frances Marion Award
-- for high-volume writing
Winner: Dexter Williams
The Augie Starr Award
-- for placing animals in lead roles
Winner: Elena Kazantceva
The Georges Melies Award
-- for creative cinematographic vision and composition
Winner: Vladimir Rumata
The Victorious Kino-Veteran Recognition
-- for multiple award winning films over several years
Winner: Pamela Falkenberg
The Ohio Film Appreciation Recognition
-- for film production work and active engagement in local film community
Winner: Ron George
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KINO-EXCEPTIONAL AWARD
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Listing Explanation:
-- the Winner is "top title" or 1st Place in that category;
-- the "Runner Ups" share 2nd Place in that category (FilmFreeway marks those as "Nominations");
-- only TITLES of awarded works are listed
SCREENWRITING for SHORT FILMS – SHORTEST LENGTH
Winner: The Demon Inside
Runner Up: Where & When
Runner Up: Case A#39
SCREENWRITING for SHORT FILMS – SHORT LENGTH
Winner: A Key to the Plot
Runner Up: Billi Joe & Bobbi Sue
Runner Up: Almost Human
SCREENWRITING for TV SERIES
Winner: Black Swallows
Runner Up: Eye of the Beholder
Runner Up: Of Prophets and Fools
SCREENWRITING for FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
Winner: Ice Hole
Runner Up: The Sirens Keep Calling
Runner Up: Alien Target
SCREENWRITING for FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS – XL LENGTH
Winner: Caramel Drizzle
Runner Up: The Fourth Psalm
Runner Up: Winning
SCREENWRITING for SHORTEST FILMS / STATE of OHIO
Winner: Weighted
Runner Up: Self-Checkout
Runner Up: Paranormal Deception
SCREENWRITING for SHORT FILMS / STATE of OHIO
Winner: Dark Oak
Runner Up: Voyager
Runner Up: Night of the Living Diwalii
SCREENWRITING for FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS / STATE of OHIO
Winner: Ensure of Micro Buddy
Runner Up: Both Hands In
Runner Up: One More Stop Before Here
PHOTOGRAPHY
Winner: In the Arms of the Sunset
Runner Up: Daily Life on the Platform
Runner Up: The Church of Santo Antonio de Coimbra
ANIMATION - CLASSIC or 2D
Winner: The Raven & the Whale
Runner Up: Longer Education
Runner Up: Into the Reds Tale
ANIMATION - DIGITAL or 3D
Winner: The People Will Not Revolt
Runner Up: Oh! My God
Runner Up: Snowbugs
ANIMATION - OBJECT or CLAY
Winner: The Librarian
Runner Up: Ai and Aiko's Christmas
Runner Up: Snow White, Red Rose, and the Little Capitalist
ANIMATION - HYBRID and MIXED TECHNIQUES
Winner: Pride in Our Steps
Runner Up: Ghariba & Ajeeb
Runner Up: A_biography
ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES MEDIA
Winner: No More Pop Art
Runner Up: Concurrent Realities
Runner Up: Descent Into Hell
FOUND FOOTAGE or CELLULOID TRIBUTE
Winner: I am Nothing
Runner Up: Fish Astronaut
Runner Up: Frank Stares Into Celestials
POETRY/SPOKEN WORD BASED EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA
Winner: Essence
Runner Up: The Journey
Runner Up: Slowmotions
SOUND and IMAGE BASED EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA
Winner: Surface Tension / Silver Dollar / Secret Garden
Runner Up: Dream Sequence - Stasis
Runner Up: Lady in the Mirror
BODY LANGUAGE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA
Winner: Hi How Are You
Runner Up: Blanco
Runner Up: Follow
DOCUMENTARY FILM
Winner: Echoes, Dust and Rust
Runner Up: Lake Erie Sub-coastal Adventures
Runner Up: The Ritz - NYC
LONG-SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
Winner: Time Travelers Graveyard
Runner Up: Cowboy Christmas
Runner Up: The RMS Phenomena
LONG-SHORT FILM / STATE of OHIO
Winner: Cowboy Christmas
Runner Up: The RMS Phenomena
Runner Up: Crazy Love
MID-SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
Winner: Encuentro Americano
Runner Up: The Balloon
Runner Up: Monty Cracks
MID-SHORT FILM / STATE of OHIO
Winner: Solitude
Runner Up: The Dream
Runner Up: Everyday Dread - The Final Kill
MICRO-SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
Winner: FestLife
Runner Up: Gnomes
Runner Up: Donation for the Wedding
MICRO-SHORT FILM / STATE OF OHIO
Winner: Symbol of Strength
Runner Up: Side Quest
Runner Up: It Takes Two
MINIMALIST FILM
Winner: A Boy Opens the Door
Runner Up: My Sister is an Alien
Runner Up: Low Stakes
ONE-MINUTE FILM
Winner: Foil Guys vs Anvil
Runner Up: The Energies - Private Place
Runner Up: YouTuber
DJ Chris Arthur Award - MUSIC VIDEOGRAPHY
Winner: Embrace
Runner Up: The Fool's Song
Runner Up: Biosphere​
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HONORABLE KINO-MENTION RECOGNITION
(includes all categories, only TITLES of works are listed)
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The Weather
What Cheaters Get
Among the Hills of Upper Treviso
Bacquerel
Say Say My Playmate
JUIF
Fitrat {Nature)
The Chameleon Experiment
Upgrade
Bedtime Story
Beyond Infinity
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