December 2024
Festival Awards
Aka, The Shitties.
Best Acting Performance
“Shawn the Superhero”
Directed by: Shawn Mooney
Best Editing
“My Dad is My Hero”
Directed by: Illango Ashok
Best Original Song
“[your name] HERE”
Directed by: Cailan Compierchio & Bennett Smith
Most Abhorrent
“Sidewalk Baby”
Directed by: Robert Mckay
Best Animation
“A Crunch Out of Bullying”
Directed by: Owain Hollett
Best Ensemble
“The Time Capsule”
Directed by: Michael Charron
Best Sound Design
“Buddymovie”
Directed by: Ryan McGlade
RAWR XD (Best Performance by an Animal)
“The Cynical Dog”
Directed by: Sydney Wong
Most Incoherent Film
“Pants Labryinth”
Directed by: Simon Jones & Kaylee Nicholas
Best Film and the Spirit of Shit in the Dirt Award
“Murder in the Park AKA No One Likes You”
Directed by: Rives Elliot & Corinne Halbert
June 2024
Festival Awards
Aka, The Shitties.
Best Editing
“Beyond the Bleed Limit”
Directed by: Michael, Emmett, & Maxwell Dofrman
Best Cinematography
“Bramble On”
Directed by: Sean Whiteman
Best Ensemble
“So Joyful”
Directed by: Jack Zullo
Best Animation
“Counting Sheep”
Directed by: Brandon Hicks
Best Sound Design
“Smokes”
Directed by: Marcelese Cooper
Best Acting
Tim Myer in “This is Us”
Directed by: Kevin Ralston
Most Abhorrent Film
“Shawnzilla”
Directed by: Robert Mooney
Most Coherent Film
“Dream Farm”
Directed by: Bryce Mackie
Most Incoherent Film
“bycatch vol. 1”
Directed by: Alison Campbell
The Spirit of Shit in the Dirt Award
“ding dong!! the crushing weight of mortality is at the door”
Directed by: Kat Frazier
Best Film
“Famous Adjacent”
Directed by: Ethan Knecht
December 2023
Festival Awards
Aka, The Shitties.
Best Acting Performance
Lucia Cammalleri in“Bambina”
Directed by: Yotam Knipsel
Best Animation
“Dennis”
Directed by: Guillermo Garzón, Carlos Beceiro
Most Coherent Film
“Supreme Claws of Justice”
Directed by: Mariah Klapatch
Best Editing
“Toilet Paper Ninja 4: Flush of the Forgotten”
Directed by: Michael Dorfman, Emmett Dorfman, Maxwell Dorfman
Best Ensemble
“Crunchatized”
Directed by: Max Levine
Most Incoherent Film
“Meet The Jonnys”
Directed by: Jonah Linz
Most Abhorrent Film
“OOZE”
Directed by: Matthew Rollins
Most Explicit Film
“Valentoes Dinner”
Directed by: Remy Katz
RAWR XD Award - Best Performance
by an Animal
“KRABZ”
Directed by: Marcus Quaratella
The Kevin Ralston Legacy Award
to… Kevin Ralston
For great contributions to low-budget cinema (Hubbards, Spank Patrol, The Warmest Color is Blue).
The Spirit of Shit in the Dirt Award
“Jesus’ Abs”
Directed by: Ethan Knecht
June 2023
Festival Awards
Aka, The Shitties.
Best Film
“Mark Tank”
Directed by: Jared Youmans
Best Animation
“Cheeky”
Directed by: Jack Yuster
Most Coherent Film
“Pick a Random Number”
Directed by: Jared Bronen
Best Editing
“Nobody Wants To Fix Things Anymore”
Directed by: Joseph Wilcox
Best Acting Performance
“Kind Regards”
Directed by: Laura Dalgleish
Most Incoherent Film
“Two Weeks Pay”
Directed by: Ray & Migdalia Etheridge
Most Abhorrent Film
“What a Match”
Directed by: Bjorn Granberg Ahlmark
Best Ensemble
“The Wixon Family Goes to Burger King”
Directed by: Alex Wrotten, Zoey Wrotten-Heinzmann,
Lu Wixon, and Steve Wixon
RAWR XD Award - Best Performance
by an Animal
“Conductor Soot”
Directed by: Soot Kohnen
The Insert Sponsorship Here Award
“Van in Space”
Directed by: Emmett Dorfman, Maxwell Dorfman, and Michael Dorfman
The Spirit of Shit in the Dirt Award
“Pencil Warriors”
Directed by: Wyatt Unger