deadCenter Film Festival

Previous Award Winners

2023

  • FANCY DANCE

    BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Erica Tremblay

  • BAD PRESS

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler

  • YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, AND NOTHING IN BETWEEN

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
    Directed by Parida Tantiwasadakran

  • SWING TO THE MOON

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT
    Directed by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero, Solenne Moreau

  • Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
    Directed by Sean Wang

  • BREADWINNERS

    BEST SERIES
    Directed by Emily Delaney, Courtney Schaefer

  • CHINGA LA MIGRA

    BEST MUSIC VIDEO
    Directed by Rahul Chakraborty

  • BOOTEES

    BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
    Directed by Shreya Jayamohan

  • BODY OF MINE

    VR SPECIAL RECOGNITION
    Created by Cameron Kostopoulos

  • ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (WE WILL SPEAK)

    BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
    United States
    Directed by ᎤᎶᎩᎳ/Schon Duncan & Michael McDermit

  • THE EXTERNAL INTERNAL MONOLOGUE OF AN INDEPENDENT INSOMNIAC

    BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
    Directed by Jilian Feliz Aaronson

  • FANCY DANCE

    BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
    Directed By Erica Trembley

  • DEAD BIRD HEARTS

    BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
    Directed by Ryan Redcorn

  • BLACK AS U R

    BEST PRIDE FEATURE
    Directed by Michael Rice

  • AIKĀNE

    BEST PRIDE SHORT
    Directed by Daniel Sousa, Dean Hammer, Joe Wilson

  • QUANTUM COWBOY

    SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Geoff Marslett

  • BLACK BARBIE

    SPECIAL JURY DOCUMENTARY
    United States
    Directed by Lagueria Davis

  • TAKE ME HOME

    SPECIAL JURY SHORT
    Directed by Liz Sargent

  • SAFE AT HOME

    AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT

    Directed by Dave Smith & Darcy Smith

  • RIDING LEGACY: AN OKLAHOMA BLACK COWBOY STORY

    AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE

    Directed by Kian Taylor, Jay "Video Hero" Ridley

2022

  • THE BRAVES

    BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Anaïs Volpé

  • ETERNAL SPRING (長春)

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    Directed by Jason Loftus

  • FOR LOVE

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
    Directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

  • MORE THAN I REMEMBER

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT
    Directed by Amy Bench

  • SOMEWHERE HIGHER

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
    Directed by Mohammad Gorjestani

  • HUDSON FALLS

    BEST EPISODIC
    Directed by Elias Plagianos (d), Kathleen Burke (p ), Brett Dameron (p ), Elias Plagianos (p ), Tara Westwood (p ), Stacey Van Gorder (p )

  • "A Prayer" - Andy Artus Feat. Miah Baker

    BEST MUSIC VIDEO
    Directed by Nicole Emmons

  • OUT OF EXILE

    BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
    Directed by Kyle Kauwika Harris

  • OLD HOUSE, NEW HOME

    BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
    Directed by Kelly Bryan Kerr

  • RUN WOMAN RUN

    BEST INDIGENOUS FEATURE
    Directed By Zoe Hopkins

  • LONG LINE OF LADIES

    BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
    Directed by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi

  • MAMA BEARS

    BEST PRIDE FEATURE
    Directed by Daresha Kyi

  • F^¢K '€M R!GHT B@¢K

    BEST PRIDE SHORT
    Directed by Harris Doran

  • DISFLUENCY

    SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Anna Baumgarten

  • STEPS

    SPECIAL JURY SHORT
    Directed by Blake Winston Rice

  • A LITTLE DEAD

    AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT

    Directed by Ben Richardson

  • CHICKEN HOUSE

    AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST FEATURE

    Directed by Cate Jones

2021

  • INBETWEEN GIRL

    BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Bob Byington

  • HOLY FRIT

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    Directed by Justin Monroe

  • PLAY IT SAFE

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
    Directed by Mitch Kalisa

  • THE CHIMNEY SWIFT

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT
    Directed by Frédéric Shuld

  • THE BOX

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
    Directed by James Burns, Shal Ngo

  • BLACKWATER

    BEST EPISODIC
    Directed by Boise Esquerra

  • RECOVER

    BEST MUSIC VIDEO
    Directed by Yulia Uzkikh

  • SAKTHI VIBRATIONS

    BEST OKLAHOMA FEATURE
    Directed by Zoe Sherinian

  • TOTSU (REDBIRD)

    BEST OKLAHOMA SHORT
    Directed by Jeremy Charles

  • TOTSU (REDBIRD)

    BEST INDIGENOUS SHORT
    Directed by Jeremy Charles

  • MOVING IN 2008

    SPECIAL JURY NARRATIVE FEATURE
    Directed by Calogero Carucci

  • TOUCH

    SPECIAL JURY SHORT
    Directed by Nir Berger

  • STICK UP

    AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST SHORT

    Directed by Chris Oz McIntosh