Announcing the Winners
After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
Kudos to Stryde Studios for winning Best Film of 2020. Their film The Void will go on to represent San Antonio against all the other city winners around the world at Filmapalooza 2021.
1st Place: Best Film of 2020
The Void by Stryde Studios
2nd Place: Best Film of 2020
The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
3rd Place: Best Film of 2020
Rules of the Hart by SM/PK Films
Required Elements
- Character: Lloyd or Lorelei Hart, a student
- Prop: Hand Sanitizer
- Line: ""I don't think that's what it means. OR "I do not think that is what it means.""
Audience Favorite: Group B
The Void by Stryde Studios
Audience Favorite: Group C
Dead Live Stream by Talking Leaves
Best Writing
First Place The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Honorable Mentions
Jake Walsh & Tai Serebin, Third Place Tiger House by Finished Productions
Second Place Time Capsule by Team Left Field
Best Editing
The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Tai Serebin, Second Place Tiger House by Finished Productions
Matt Buikema, Third Place Time Capsule by Team Left Field
Best Directing
Christian Stryder, First Place The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Second Place The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Tai Serebrin, Third Place Tiger House by Finished Productions
Best Cinematography
JD Macias The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Second Place The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Third Place Tiger House by Finished Productions
Best Sound Design
Selena Ortiz Futrell, JMK Futrell The Sportsman by Creek Don't Rise Productions
Best Musical Score
David Haug Rules of the Hart by SM/PK Films
Best Song
JMK Futrell The Sportsman by Creek Don't Rise Productions
Honorable Mention
Shawn Ian Hardee and Rob Mabry Scattered by Bright Eye Pictures
Best Actor
Don Kennedy, First Place The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Richard Thurman, Third Place Liberty Deferred by Humble Bae
Bill Field, Second Place Time Capsule by Team Left Field
Best Actress
Tammy Brem, First Place Rules of the Hart by SM/PK Films
Honorable Mentions
Evelyn Rhoe, Second Place Cornered by Cloudy Logic Studios
Joyce Benavedez, Third Place Time Capsule by Team Left Field
Best Choreography
Doxxed by Thoughtcast
Best Costumes
The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Best Use of Character
First Place The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Second Place The Sportsman by Creek Don't Rise Productions
Third Place Liberty Deferred by Humble Bae
Best Use of Prop
Making A Hero by Pint Sized Pictures
Honorable Mention
The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Best Use of Line
First Place The Void by Stryde Studios
Honorable Mentions
Third Place The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
Second Place The Sportsman by Creek Don't Rise Productions
Best Visual Effects
Making A Hero by Pint Sized Pictures
Best Stunts
Lost in the Sauce by Red Rook Dragon
2020 Film List
Cornered by Cloudy Logic Studios
As combative relatives bring tension to a family wake, a troubled girl finds a way to navigate her own self-doubts.
COVID-Z by Heron Productions
A skeptical family of 5 finds out the hard way that the COVID-Z pandemic was not just political after all.
Dead Live Stream by Talking Leaves
Solomon sent a few seconds ago bachelorette party turns into haunted house videogame show live stream
Doxxed by Thoughtcast
An art students journey to submit her painting.
Liberty Deferred by Humble Bae
At a Black Lives Matter protest, a student gets nabbed off the street. His own battle for freedom begins.
Lost in the Sauce by Red Rook Dragon
A vampire teaches a vampire how to be a vampire.
Making A Hero by Pint Sized Pictures
An underdog has had enough of school bullies and vows to become a superhero. He may turn out to be a different kind of hero.
Rules of the Hart by SM/PK Films
Distance loving in the time of COVID
Scattered by Bright Eye Pictures
Old wounds are opened when three siblings seek to honor their father's last wish.
The Ballad of Virgil Boone by Unicorn Studios
A love triangle in the south leads to murder on the plains. Virgil Boone is dead. Are college students Rosie Smith & LLoyd Hart to blame?
The Martial Artist by Dos Pollos Productions
Join us for a never before seen episode of "Peculiar Habits", follow Lloyd Hart a karate master who is chopping his friends and families lives to bits.
The Sportsman by Creek Don't Rise Productions
A father and son fishing trip takes an unexpected turn.
The Void by Stryde Studios
A man's struggle with his own existence.
Tiger House by Finished Productions
A man decides to investigate when takeout menus begin to dominate his life.
Time Capsule by Team Left Field
A man in love stops at nothing to save his love, but his love stops at nothing to stop him.
Worst Day by NachoCinema
A man must take lives to save one
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