And the Winners are…
UTAH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARDS
JAN 5th, 2026
Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center
Comedy
A Ghosted Heart
Connie & Clyde
EL Lloron
Everybody’s Sad
*Frugalman – WINNER
How to Escape a Chinese Finger Trap
Java Jive
May I Put You On Hold?
Drama
A Thousand Years
Blossom
Dazy Girl
Laurel Moon
My Friend of Misery
Notes For Tomorrow
*Sister Wives – WINNER
The Deed
Fantasy
*An Old Friend – WINNER
Patina
Salve, Anima
Under The Northern Skies
Horror
*I’ll Be Right Back – WINNER
Picturesque
Pud And Chud, A Buddy Tragedy
See You in Your Sleep
Seeing The Red
The Followed
Sci-Fi
Impressionable
Loom
No Nation
Thinking in Portals
*Untainted Sky – WINNER
Thriller
Perspective Identity
*Prime – WINNER
Session
Silent Echoes
The Baby
Western
A Disturbance in the High Desert
Cane Creek
Stubborn
*The Ballad of the Bush Mare – WINNER
The Magician’s Bluff
Ensemble Cast
A Ghost’s Best Friend
Bad Timing
College Personal Essay
*Dazy Girl – WINNER
Family Sunday
Murder For Dummies
Notes for Tomorrow
The Day You Find Your Name
Actor Under 18
Beyond Your Grasp – Brady Slater
Braids – Julius Sweet-Tsosie
Depression Vs. Happiness – Nath lo an Chung
Firecracker – Patrick Elijah
*Game Over – Dorian Hodges – WINNER
Megunticook – Lukis Crowell
No Look Back – Milo Maharlika
The Bird and The Bear – Greyson Nielson
Actress Under 18
Ba Ba Bound – Fiorella Victoria
Family Reunion – Jetta LaJewel
*Free to a Good Home – Tilly Morris – WINNER
I’ll Be Right Back – Harper Griffith
Lights Out – Amelie Anderson
Love, from Ellie – Sara Willars
Picture Perfect – Flure Keach
Silent Echoes – Stella Allen
Supporting Actor
An Old Friend – Tom Skeritt
Dazy Girl – Qwinton Gaije
Galilee – J. D. Robinson
Just A Pill Away – Trevor Komm
Nadine – Tyler Posey
*The Ballad of the Bush Mare – Spencer Garrett – WINNER
The Bird and the Bear – Jarod Lewis
The Followed – Israel Isaac Melchor
Supporting Actress
*EL Lloron – Renee Victor – WINNER
From Way Up Here – Mallory Everton
Margaret the Brave – Veronica Mitsuk
May I Put You On Hold? – Natalie Lynch
Prime – Anita Durst
Sister Wives – Mia McKenna-Bruce
The Baby – Emily Steelhammer
War – Jill Adler
Lead Actor
*Connie & Clyde – Austin Archer – WINNER
Don’t Hang Up – LT Hines II
Frugalman – Nick Denhalter
Hypercalcemia – Matth Smit
Seeing The Red – R.J Hall
The Followed – Tom Glasmann
Thinking in Portals – Chris Curlett
War – Ken Applegate
Lead Actress
Connie & Clyde – Lauren Call
Cowboys and Hindus – Priya Deva
Don’t Hang Up – Paula Jai Parker
Going Out With Grace – Bridget Bloodgood
Just A Pill Away – Dana Moore
NCMO (Non-Committal Make Out) – Eden Candland Bostrom
Sister Wives – Louisa Connolly-Burnham
*Status: Active – Eliza Taylor – WINNER
Production Design
A Ghosted Heart
Cane Creek
Danka Priscilla Danka
Loom
Margaret the Brave
*The Demon Core – WINNER
The Pearl Comb
War
Cinematography
A Disturbance in the High Desert
A Rare Grand Alignment
I’ll Be Right Back
Juice
Prime
The Bird and The Bear
*The Day You Find Your Name – WINNER
The Meadow
Sound Design
An Old Friend
Ba Ba Bound
I’ll Be Right Back
Juice
Prime
The Followed
*The Meadow – WINNER
Untainted Sky
Music Score
*A Disturbance in the High Desert – WINNER
Cane Creek
CGI
Christopher & The Bug
The Ballad of the Bush Mare
The Followed
The Last Gunfight… yet!
Under The Northern Skies
Editing
Born For This: The Tia Bee Stokes Story
Going Out With Grace
Juice
Kilter
Prime
The Pearl Comb
Two Heartbeats
*War – WINNER
Director
Born For This: The Tia Bee Stokes Story
CGI
Just A Pill Away
Pretendian
Quantum Flux
*Status: Active – WINNER
The Ballad of the Bush Mare
The Pearl Comb
BIPOC Filmmaker
Blu’s
Braids
Chronology
Guts
Hunt’s Trading Post
*Pretendian – WINNER
Redbird
The Basket Lady
LGBTQ+ Filmmaker
Arman
Galilee
*Kilter – WINNER
Prom Party Massacre
Woman Filmmaker
Aloha Means I Love You
Bywater Coven November New Moon Admin Convening
*Decode Me – WINNER
Family Reunion
No Strings Attached
Trapped Inside
Witches of Magna
Short Screenplay
Cure for Creativity
Don’t Break Any Hearts
Meeting Your Maker
Mr. Screwloose Is Dying
O Child, Be Silent
Pirates of Vengeance
*Pith – WINNER
Uncle David
Feature Screenplay
Beneath the Dust
Mother Up: War in the West
Shadow Self
The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair
The Wolves of Mount Saturn
*Thursdays – WINNER
Turns Out It’s The Apocalypse… We Think
When in Shelter
Experimental
Breaking & Entering
Flowers
Refractions of Great Salt Lake
*Strangers Under My Skin – WINNER
The Lemon Yellow Tights with Cats
The Ride
Touch
Yanga
Music Video
*CGI – WINNER
Ideal Distance
Lovely Lola Jean
Maria Sol
Somebody
Whisper
Student Animation
Cell Buddies
Chirp Talker
Kid President
My Turn!
*The Lonely Life of Lint – WINNER
What We Imagined
Animation
Blu’s
Bound
Christopher & the Bug
If the Dogs Don’t Speak…
SnowBugs
The Family Photo
*The Last Gunfight… yet! – WINNER
Series
Discovery of Witches
*Murder For Dummies – WINNER
Space Station Village
Wrestle-Off
WROL: Thorns
University Documentary
Blue Blooded Taxidermy
Found Family
*Reflections – WINNER
The Gun
The Table We Share
Documentary Short
80 Faces of Freedom
By My Side
*Folsom’s Run – WINNER
In Transit
Neptune’s Fallen Heroes
SLC Comb
Spannuth Armada: A Redemption Story
Documentary Feature
*Born For This: The Tia Bee Stokes Story – WINNER
Breaking Chains
Kai Jones’ Falling Into Place
Secrets of Great Salt Lake
The Grim & The Dark
The Kids Are Not Alright
Elementary Student Film
A Ghost’s Best Friend
Chirp Talker
Depression Vs. Happiness
Game Over
*Lights Out – WINNER
Picture Perfect
The Disappearing
What We Imagined
Secondary Student Film
Acting Out
Anamnesis
Beyond Your Grasp
Echoes of Silk and Tides: An Ethnic Introspection
Every Living Breathing Moment
Kinesthesia
The Photographer
*Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo – WINNER
University Narrative
Beyond the Static
Contigo
Family Sunday
Pickles
The Demon Core
The Source Of All Beauty
*The Straw Lady – WINNER
Untainted Sky
Short Narrative
Ayer Otra Vez
Cowboys and Hindus
Don’t Hang Up
From Way Up Here
Going Out With Grace
Status: Active
The Meadow
*The Pearl Comb – WINNER
Feature Narrative
A Rare Grand Alignment
Quantum Flux
Audience Choice Award
Breaking Chains
Quantum Flux
Creative Award
The “RadGeekery” Program
Innovate Award
“Breaking Chains” Team
Impact Award
Tia Bee Stokes
