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Symphony in C note

by Antonio Weiss

A visitor checks into a hotel in the early 1980s and his $100 bill changes lives

around the town.


$500 prize sponsored by Beer Creek Brewing Company.

The Letter

by Riley San Nicolas

Based on Arnold Lobel’s ‘The Adventures of Frog and Toad,’ Frog tries to cheer

up his friend Toad.


$500 prize sponsored by Beer Creek Brewing Company.

2024 Winners

Best Music Video

"Afterglow" by John K.D. Graham  

Best Drama

"Be Good, Stay Safe" by Sophia Rendon

Best Experimental Film

"Abandoned Art #19" by Sean Hall

Best Documentary

"Divided Allegiance" by Wendy Young

Shipping Them

by Ryan Rox

A daydreamer pines for the life of the girl next door, but soon finds out the grass isn't always greener on the other side.


$500 prize sponsored by Beer Creek Brewing Company.

So The Story Begins

by Julian Gowdy

A sequence from the upcoming feature documentary about Madrid’s beloved He-She Bang, a legendary gender-bent event and variety show.  


$500 prize sponsored by the Mine Shaft Tavern.

2023 Winners

Best Music Video

Prism B!tch's "Fear" by Jeff Poole.

Best Thriller

"Afton Road" by Adriana Roberson . 

Best Experimental Film

"Love Affair with Gravity" by Marissa Aurora.

Best Documentary

"One in 7" by Healing Voices.

Best Animated Film

"Cosmo" by  Brandon Carter. 

Second Place for the "Oscar" Huber Award

"Tumblin' Down" by Charlie Overbey

previous Winners

Le Palme d'Coal

2022:  Robot Toilet by Sean Hall

2021:  Buscaderos of Madrid, New Mexico by Cathy Weber and Jesse Colvin

2020:  Woke by Wendy Ludlow and Jake Jones link:  [https://vimeo.com/439034536]

2019:  A Picnic Table, at Dusk by Sheridan O'Donnell  link:  [http://www.sheridanodonnell.com/a-picnic-table-at-dusk]

2018:  Apotheosis by Jane Rosemont  link: [https://www.apotheosisshortfilm.com/]  

the "Oscar" Huber Award

2022:  How to Stop Time by Patty Bilbro and Lori Swartz

2021:  Squirrel Slip by Lori Swartz and Patty Bilbro

2020:  Toward the Light:  a Mothumentary by Marissa Aurora; link:  [https://vimeo.com/433556322]

2019:  It Takes a Village by Caiti Lord

2018:  Tight Shoe Blues by Kelly Ann Zwager

All Award Winners

2022:  coming soon!


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