2022 Winners

We are thrilled to announce this year's Award Winners. Congratulations to all the artists and creators!


2022 Official Selections


2021 Winners

Digital Shorts

Gold

Banshee (USA)

Pass (Iran) - Gold Writing

Digital Expression

Gold

Hominidae (USA)

Silver

Press X to Start Podcast (USA)

Other Awards

Special Jury

Best Before (Canada)

Legacy Creator Award
Pepper: Ricochet (USA)

Local Hero

Oversight (USA)

Time Capsule Award / Best Quarantine Content

Distant Learners (USA)

Special Highlight

Shakespeare Republic (Australia)


2021 Official Selections

Honorable Mentions

All in 3 (Canada)

Bizi Txarra / La Mala Vida / The Bad Life (Spain)

Endline (Jordan)

Heat (Netherlands)

Lost & Found Cowboy (Japan)

My Pride (Canada)

Overhere (Germany)

Pepper: Ricochet (USA)

The Shot (USA)

Simon Bouisson (France)


2020 Winners

Writing/Digital Expression

Gold

Noir 365 (USA)

Silver

Prosperity Creek (USA)

Bronze

Drawn (USA)

Local Hero

Noir 365 (USA)

VR/AR & Games

Gold

The James River Experience (USA)

Silver

A Short Hike (Canada)

Bronze

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Local Hero

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Social Impact

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Women in STEM (USA)

Women’s Empowerment at Stone Ridge (USA)

Student Awards

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Women in STEM (USA)

Women’s Empowerment at Stone Ridge (USA)

Social Impact

Trash Empire (USA)

Game Flow (USA)

Noir 365 (USA)

Girl Aspiring (USA)

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Women in STEM (USA)

Women’s Empowerment at Stone Ridge (USA)

Digital Series

Gold

All Souls (USA)

W. (Luxembourg)

Silver

Killer Workout (USA)

Just the Two of Us (Canada)

Over and Out (Australia)

Bronze

Good Genes (USA)

Tokens (Canada)

How to Buy a Baby (Canada)

Local Hero

GROWN the Web Series (USA)

Special Jury

Lotte Haus (Germany, Korea)

Social Impact

Game Flow (USA)

Trash Empire (USA)

Girl Aspiring (USA)

Student Awards

Game Flow (USA)

Trash Empire (USA)

Podcasts

Gold

All the Fly Kids (USA)

Silver

Word to the Rise (USA)

Bronze

Press X to Start (USA)

Hey Frase (USA)

Local Hero

Hometown Sounds (USA)


2020 Official Selections

Podcasts

Press X to Start (USA)

Hometown Sounds DC (USA)

Hey Frase (USA)

All the Fly Kids (USA)

Word to the Rise (USA)

Digital Expression & Writing

Prosperity Creek (USA)

Noir 365 (USA)

Drawn (USA)

AR/VR & Games

A Short Hike (Canada)

Blocks Simulator (USA)

The James River 360 Experience (USA)

The Square Root of Rick (USA)

Walking for Freedom (USA)

Women’s Empowerment At Stone Ridge (USA)

Women in STEM 360 (USA)

Honorable Mentions:

Blackout (Canada)

Re:Frame (USA)

Lotte Haus (Germany, Korea)

It’s Your Turn (Spain)

Web Series

United States:

All-American Sex Offender

Killer Workout

GROWN the Web Series

All Souls

Good Genes

Trash Empire

Game Flow

Girl Aspiring

International:

Anomalie (Germany)

Just the Two of Us (Canada)

Tokens (Canada)

Genre Humaine (France)

Detention Adventure (Canada)

How to Buy a Baby (Canada)

W. (Luxembourg)

Over and Out (Australia)

Bastards (Germany)


2019 Winners

Trailers & Digital Shorts

Gold

A Trip Down Memory Lane (USA)

Changing the Narrative (USA)

Starvation (Iran)

Silver

The Indies (USA)

Bronze

Season of the Storm (USA)

Special Jury Prize

Balance (Iran)

Digital Expression

Gold

Ariel Burgess (USA)

JadedIsland (USA)

Silver

DC Kawaii Style (USA)

Special Jury Prize

High Rotation (Australia)

Local Hero Awards

Sam Dates (Web Series) (USA)

Drinkomancy (Podcast) (USA)

Flyest Fables (Podcast) (USA)

The Indies (Trailer) (USA)

Go Getters (Digital Short) (USA)

Evolution (Game)

Color Story Mag (Digital Expression) (USA)

Townhouse of Doom (Digital Expression) (USA)

DC Kawaii Style (Digital Expression) (USA)

Student Awards

Sam Dates (Web Series) (USA)

Utukku (Web Series) (Canada)

Drinkomancy (Podcast) (USA)

Balance (Digital Short) (Iran)

Seasons (Game) (USA)

Color Story Mag (Digital Expression) (USA)

Social Impact

Dizhsa Nabani (Web Series) (USA)

Bidune Kaid (Web Series) (Lebanon)

How to Know if You’re Dating a Narcissist (Web Series) (Australia)

Sui Generis (Web Series) (New Zealand)

Balance (Digital Short) (Iran)

Changing the Narrative (Digital Short) (USA)


2019 Official Selections

Podcasts

DC Music History (USA)

Dealing with my Grief (USA)

Drinkomancy (USA)

Flyest Fables (USA)

Gayish Podcast (USA)

The Freelance Friday (USA)

Screenwriting/Blogs

Ariel Burgess (USA)

Color Story Mag (USA)

DC Kawaii Style (USA)

High Rotation (USA)

Jadedisland (USA)

Townhouse of Doom (USA)

Games/Apps

Celeste (Canada)

Evolution (USA)

For The King (Canada)

Lethal League Blaze (Netherlands)

Seasons (USA)

The Banner Saga 3 (USA)

Trailers & SHorts

A Trip Down Memory Lane (USA)

Balance (Iran)

Changing the Narrative (USA)

Go Getters (USA)

Starvation (Iran)

Season of the Storm (USA)

The Indies (USA)

Web Series

United States:

Crystal the Web Series

Dizhsa Nabani

Fake News Writer

Lullaby Theories

Shangri-LA

Guess I’m a Ghost

Sam Dates

Who You Are

International:

Abracadavers (Canada)

Bidune Kaid (Lebanon)

Blind (Australia)

Caterpillar’s Times (Canada)

Dreaming Whilst Black (UK)

Fjer (Denmark)

How to Know if You’re Dating a Narcissist (Australia)

In the Land of the Wolves (Spain)

Sui Generis (New Zealand)

The Amazing Gayl Pile (Canada)

The Vault (Canada)

The Watercooler (New Zealand)

Utukku (Canada)

Virtual & Augmented Reality

The Last B24 (USA)

Isle of the Dead (France)

Tree (USA)

VR Party Club (USA)

Zero Days VR (USA)


2018 Winners

Podcasting

Gold

DC Diary DC (USA)  

Silver

Good Grief Good (USA) 

Dealing with my Grief  (USA)

Special Jury Prize

Anansi Storytime (USA)   

 

Trailers & Digital Shorts

Gold

If You Care (Saudi Arabia)  

Silver

Introverted Girl (USA) 

Special Jury Prize

Rock Bottom (Australia)  

 

Blogs & Scripts

Gold

PoPVille (USA)

Silver

Morning After Zine (USA)

Special Jury Prize

Heartstopper (UK)

 

Local Hero Awards

Close of Business (Script) (USA)

Garbled Twistory (Podcast) (USA)

The Story Unfolds (VR)

She's Got Grit (Web Series) (USA)

If You Care (Digital Short)  (Saudi Arabia)


2018 Official Selections 

Web Series

Trailers & Shorts

The Luck Bird (Afghanistan)

The Hollow (USA)

Rock Bottom (Australia)

The Hum

Introverted Girl (USA)

If You Care (Saudi Arabia)


2017 winners

Web Series Gold Winners

Wizards Of Aus (Australia)

Attack! Attack! Art? (Australia)

High Road (New Zealand)

Zyara (Lebanon)

 

Web Series Silver Winners

Mimosas With Millie (USA)

Bertrand (France)

FashPack: Freetown (Sierra Leone/Australia)

The Watercooler (New Zealand)

Yukata Cowboy (Japan/USA)

The Messy Truth (USA)

That's My DJ (Canada)

 

Local Hero Web Content Winner

The Magic Trick (USA)

 

 

Game Gold Winner

Superhot

 

Game Silver Winners

Inside

Mini Metro

 

Local Student Hero Award

K. Dot Lingo

 

Screen Writing Gold Winners

Poe Party (USA)

East Coast Grow (USA)

 

Screen Writing Silver Winners

Knights Of New Jersey (USA)

Best Thing You'll Ever Do (USA)

 

Local Hero Screen Writing

Starship Farragut


2017 official selections


2016 Winners

Game GOld winner

Rap Ad Libs

 

Game Silver Winner

Space Cats in Space!

 

Screenwriting Gold WInners

Night School

 

Screenwriting silver winners

DC Yuppies

Invisible Man

Web series gold winners

Croissant Man (USA)

Talent Freaks USA)

The Small Time (USA)

AIRLOCK (Australia)

Number of Silence (Germany)

 

web series silver winners

True Dating Stories (Canada)

The Tommy Edison Experience (USA)

LARP's (Canada)

Coded (Canada)

Greetings! From Prison (USA)

 

Local Hero web content winner

Gold

The Beat & Path: Walk of Shame (USA)

Silver

Transitions (USA)


2016 official Selections


Greetings! From Prison USA)

Horizon (Australia)

apps/online games

Conjure a Storm

Lazer Pong

Space Cats in Space!

Rap Ad Libs


2015 Winners


2015 Official Selection

Web Series

The Amazing Gayl Pile (Canada)

Anacostia (USA)

The Banks (USA)

The Beat and Path: Walk of Shame (USA)

BEARDS (USA)

De Pontis (Spain)

Down with David (USA)

Georgetonia (USA)

Il Solito Sesso (Italy)

I’m Harry Clark (USA)


apps/online games

VG[Art]

LA Macabre (USA)

Mansplainer

Meet the Ladybugs (USA)

One Hundred Yard Stare (USA)

The Popcorn Show (France)

Ride The Lightning: Vengeance USA)

Starship Farragut (USA)

Street Cuts (USA)

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2014 Winners

game gold winners

Gemini

 

game silver winners

FREEQ

 

 

Web Series Gold Winners

Cap South (USA)

El Gran Día de los Feos (The Great Day of the Ugly Ones) (Spain)

Faith in Five Boroughs (USA)

FUTURE DUCK! (UK)

Noirhouse (Australia)

One Hit Die (Canada)

 

WEb series silver winners

Authentik (France)

Johnny Dynamo USA)

Sin Vida Propia (Spain)

Someone Not There (Canada)

 

Local Hero Web Content WInners

Cap South (USA)

Shotgun Mythos (USA)


2014 Official Selections

Apps/Online games

FREEQ

Gemini

Web Series

Authentik (France)

Bad Indian (India)

Bennington Gothique (USA)

Cap South (USA)

El Gran Día de los Feos (Spain)

Faith in Five Boroughs (USA)

FUTURE DUCK! (UK)

Johnny Dynamo (USA)

La Grieta (The Crack) (Spain)

Noirhouse (Australia)

One Hit Die (Canada)

Pay Up (Canada)

Ragged Isle (USA)

SAUTE QUI PEUT ! (Canada)

Shotgun Mythos (USA)

Sin Vida Propia (Spain)

Someone Not There (Canada)

The Ushers – A Dark Tale of a Bright Night (Italy)

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2013 Award Winners & Honorees

Dan LevyMy Long Distance Relationship - New Media Advocate Award

Anthony Anderson, Anacostia - ITV Soap Award

Phil Cook,  Malice - ITV Horror Award

Paul Awad & Kathryn O'SullivanThurston - ITV Western

Otessa Ghadar Orange Juice in Bishop's Garden - Acknowledged for being an ITV innovator

young guns awards:

Richard Volin, Toying with Jerry - Comedy

Tracey McKoy, Georgian Way - Comedy

Richard Cutting, Milgram and the Fastwalkers - Sci Fi

Connor Bergeron, Mo & The Cheese - Comedy

Aaron Mullins & Tyler Perry, Hard Fix - Thriller

Darla Gaige, Shotgun Mythos - Sci Fi

Chad Diez, Laps - Comedy

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