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Golden State Film Festival
2026 Awards  

BEST HORROR SHORT - WOLF VALLEY

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - THE RITUAL HOUSE

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATION - I CAN HELP YOU BUMBLEBEE!

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM -

Pool Ladies with Nets, The Attack of The Asian Needle Ants

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM - SKINFOLK

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM -Chris Cannon - NO SOUND BUT THE SEA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Walter Koenig/RAGING MIDLIFE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM -  Gloria Laino/DIEZ SEGUNDOS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Sahara Rahas/NOWHERE FAST

BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Chauncey Trask/THE TURN

BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM

Stacey Saunders/Without A Doubt "God is Always There"

BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Miles Clark/ODDS 

BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Antonio Bastidas/THE EVANGELIST

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - SURAKARTA

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - GOOD EGGS

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - I AM AN ALIEN

BEST DRAMA SHORT - NO LEFT TURNS

BEST DANCE SHORT - WATER SPIRIT

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - UNCANCELED

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

NORSEMAN - HUMAN ENDURANCE

BEST WRITING - WEBISODE/TV PILOT - Emile Haris/ROUND THE CORNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - Michael J. Gonzales/GO LIVE

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Alvaro Orlando/PICKUP ARTISTBEST COMEDY

 

SHORT - IMPACTED

BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT - ONE RULE

BEST COMEDY ANTHOLOGY FEATURE - COLD FEET

BEST MOCKUMENTARY FEATURE - PICKLEHEADS

BEST MUSIC BASED SHORT FILM - LIPSTICK GRUNGE

BEST SOUND MUSIC VIDEO - STOP LIGHT MOON

BEST SOUND SHORT ANIMATION FILM - TAKE A DEEP BREATH

BEST SOUND SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - SALT CURED LIFE

BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - ANOTHER SATURDAY

BEST SOUND WEBISODE/TV PILOT - THE MAN FROM JALISCO PART 6

BEST SOUND TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY - BLOODWORK

BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - MY ASIAN CAM GIRL

BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - INFERNAL

BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - 1000 O

BEST SCI-FI FEATURE FILM - SHORT FUSE

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT

BEST SCI-FI SHORT - THE CAGE WE CHOOSE

BEST FAMILY SHORT - THE GARDEN

BEST MICRO SHORT - BACK TA LIFE.THOUGHT CHA KNEW!

BEST ROMANCE SHORT - OFF-OFF-OFF-OFF BROADWAY

BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA - PENGUINS IN PARIS...A LOVE STORY?

BEST SATIRE SHORT - AI JESUS 

BEST DRAMADY FEATURE FILM - TIMINGS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN MUSIC VIDEO - bombastic

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - MY EXTRAORDINARY JOE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM -  Out of State-A Gothic Romance

BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - CALL ME

BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - THE CRAFTSMAN

BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - Huaraches in 5K

BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE -  MATCH

BEST EDITING WEBISODE/TV PILOT - "I COULD EAT" EPISODE 2

BEST EDITING - TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE: "Clean Medicine. Dirty Politics."

BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - WATERGATE SECRETS AND BETRAYALS

BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - BATTLE ARENA 

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MUSIC VIDEO - Yellowstone Wild through Time

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM 

I'M NOT SUPPOSE TO BE HERE ANYMORE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - SAPPHIRE & SONG

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

The Birds Will Sing Again Annie's Story

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - 32 MILES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM - LA JESUS

BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Debra Gussin/THIS IS OUR TIME

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Ariel Orama López/OSKAR

BEST DIRECTOR - PILOT/WEBISODE/WEB SERIES - Jeff Rector/DICK RICHARDS PI

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Syd Stewart/SuperSHEro: The Journey of Johna Rivers

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY - TELEVISION

Shuvendu Sen/BROADWAY, BARS AND FORTUNE

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - John Liang/MARYJANE IS ONE WORD & REUNION

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Eve Annenberg/THE WORK...A CONVERSATION

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM -  Robert Sayegh/BEYOND THE RUSH

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - VIOLET

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - LET IT RIDE, MOLLY GUNNER

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - SNOW DOG

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

A DISASTER DIARY: LEARN. PRAY. PREPARE!

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - BABE

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES -  HENRY BY THE HOUR

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT - "LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE" 

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

CREATING A PHOTOJOURNALIST

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - 399 FOREVER

AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - THE TRADE

GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - RITA'S SONG

GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - THE SAMURAI'S SHADOW

GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -  UNFURLED

GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT -  THE DEDICATION

GRAND PRIZE - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES

  Viscountess and Maidservant (Episodes 1-4)

GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS 

GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY - TELEVISION - THE RICHMOND ROSIES

GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - DANCE OF THE WILD

GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - THE LAST BROWN BERET


 

GOLDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 SCREENPLAY AWARDS

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - HORROR - SEEP BY Suzanne Griffin

 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - COMEDY - First Days BY Jen Prince

 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ROMANCE - The Same Cut BY Shamila Habibi

BEST SHORT ANIMATION SCREENPLAY

NORMAN: THE DOG WHO DIDN'T MEAN TO BY Paul Millward

 BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - Waterloo Sunset BY Oliver Fytche

 BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENPLAY- THE SOUND OF RUINS BY Kris Bart

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Glass Candy by Ronan Quinlan

BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - HORROR - Dead East BY Paul Gober

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT BASED ON A TRUE STORY -  Hook 'em Horns BY Tyler Totten

 BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COMEDY/ DRAMA

MY LIFE IS HEADING SOUTH BY Deborah Stenard

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - MYSTERY -  The Agent BY Marsha Roberts

 BEST WESTERN FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Jesse BY Nicholas P Runfolo

 BEST FEATURE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

The Riddle Behind The Wall BY Felicia Mead

BEST HOLIDAY FEATURE SCREENPLAY- Chili for Christmas BY DARLA RAE

 BEST SCI-FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY- THE DEVIL’S RANCH BY Zack Van Eyck

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY MAGICAL REALISM

The Annual Growth of a Monterey Cypress BY Kaith Karishma

BEST MYSTERY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Arden BY Dale Wolf

BEST URBAN FEATURE SCREENPLAY - ROBIN IN THE HOOD BY ROBERT AMICO

 BEST SUPERNATURAL THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - CYN BY DAVID BARTLETT

 

 BEST GHOST STORY FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Strangers in the Night BY Melissa L. White

 BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY- PERIOD DRAMA -

A Pistoleer And The Khyber Horse BY Eric Weston

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

Ja Laik Dat BY Steven M. Hirohama

 GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY -  THE DRILL BY Vee Kumari

GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - The Velinsk Experiment BY Mariana Salvati

GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT - Grown-Ass Theatre Kids BY Benjamin Adams

 GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Jackie and Harry BY Fisher Alexande

BEST SATIRE/COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY -  Bawdy Count  BY John Kestner 

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - MUSICAL  - Paradise Valley - The Musical BY Steven M.

 

Hirohama  BEST COMING OF AGE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Prodigal BY Aidan Cullen

 

BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Sapientia BY Brad Cooper

BEST ROMCOM SCREENPLAY - Love Reunited BY Joseph Anthony Francis

 

BEST FEATURE FANTASY THRILLER

THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELLERS BY Patricia Planck, Kelly E. Nine

 

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