2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12,
2025Lansing,
MI
2023 Winners
1st Place
The King's Gambit
Travis Hayward
2nd Place
And He Was Like
Isis Diaz
3rd Place
Waterworks
Aral Gribble
Audience Choice
The Invasion
Thang Mung
Audience Choice
Kindled Flame
Sam Klassa
2022 Winners
1st Place
Lone Wolf
Nicholas Gascho
2nd Place
Latrinarium
Travis Hayward
3rd Place
Midwest Emo
Nick Couture
Audience Choice
Being a Youth
Bears Eat Beets Productions
2019 Winners
1st Place
Last Right
Nomadic Disturbance
2nd Place
Pendulum
Strike to Burn
3rd Place
Hit
Team Hojo
Audience Choice
Coinrun Park
Bears Eat Beets Productions
Best Screenplay
On the Way
Katelyn Robakiewicz
2018 Winners
1st Place
Firecracker
Katrina Robinson
2nd Place
Arti
Nomadic Disturbance
3rd Place tie
Affinity
Bears Eat Beets
3rd Place tie
Headshot
BSL Cinema
3rd Place tie
Seedlings
Katelyn Robakiewicz
Audience Choice
Breaking Wheel
Rebel Pictures
2017 Winners
1st Place
Peripheral
Casey Cavanaugh
2nd Place
Tracker
David Fairman
3rd Place tie
Kidnapped for Good
Mitten State Productions
3rd Place tie
Chapter Four
Strike to Burn Productions
3rd Place tie
Goldfish
Big Shot Video
Audience Choice
Tracker
David Fairman
Best Original Score
Nazi Punch
Ninja Mind Productions