Awards
Winners at Scorpiusfest 2024 will receive the coveted Scorpius Award.
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Scorpiusfest 2019 Award Winners
Best Feature Film
Errementari – Paul Urkijo Alijo
Best Short Film
The Silver – Dave Yohe
Best Director
Stephen Groo – Unexpected Race
Best Director of a Short Film
Sanne Kortooms – To Catch a Fly
Best Screenplay
Luana – Danielle Rachel Erlich
Best Sound and Visual Effects
The Silver – Dave Yohe
Best Independent Live Artist
Terrence Hansen
Best Independent Album
Slow the Devil – Robyn Cage
Best Casting
Sanne Kortooms – To Catch a Fly
Best Cinematography
Jonathan martin – Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Best International Recording Studio and Producer
Rock Canyon Studios and Gaynor Brunson
Scorpiusfest 2020 Award Winners
Best Feature Film
The Fare – DC Hamilton
Best Cast of a Feature Film
The Fare – Brinna Kelly
Best Actress of a Feature Film
The Fare – Brinna Kelly
Best Actor of a Feature Film
The Fare – Gino Anthony Pesi
Best Director of a Feature Film
The Fare – DC Hamilton
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
The Fare – Josh Harrison
Best Score of a Feature Film
The Fare – Torin Borrowdale
Best Live Independent Artist
Kimberly Knighton
Best Independent Album Spectator
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Songwriter of the Year
Robyn Cage
Best Live Hard Rock Band of the Year
Royal Bliss
Guitarist of the Year
Terence Hansen
Best Independent Live Artist
Terrence Hansen
Best Music Single
Hustlin – Oba Bonner
Best Music Single
Razor and Tie – Andrew Mismash
Best Cinematography
Jonathan martin – Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Best Director of a Feature Film
Dimitri de Clercq – You Go To My Head
Best Animated Short Film
Meeting MacGuffin – Catya Plate
Best Screenplay
Paakhi A Tyrewala Kajal
Best Short Film
The Reckoning of Darkness – Christopher Kulikowski
Best Cinematography of a Short Film
The Reckoning of Darkness – Akis Konstantakopoulos
Best Score of a Short Film
The Reckoning of Darkness – Krysztof Penderecki and Stephen Melillo
Best Cast of a Short Film
Kiss the Devil in the Dark – Tina Thorp
Best Director of a Short Film
The Reckoning of Darkness – Christopher Kulikowski
Best Actress in a Short Film
The Reckoning of Darkness – Jessica Spotts
Best Actress in a Short Film
Fever – Lanu Lum
Best Actor in a Short Film
Edward Ventura Jonagold
Best Actor in a Short Film
God Glitch – Ben Chaib Mouad
Greatest Supporter of Independent Artists
Kevin and Bob Valaika – Shabu Freestyle Asian Restaurant
Scorpiusfest 2021 Award Winners
Best Feature Film
Mambo Man – Mo Fini and Edesio Alejandro
Best Actress of a Feature Film
Greer Phillips – The Turn Of The Screw
Best Score of a Feature Film
Finding Courage – Francis Galluccio & Bruce Aronson
Best Actor of a Feature Film
Hector Noas – Mambo Man
Best Director of a Feature Film
Alex Galvin – The Turn Of The Screw
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Jens Klingebiel – The Legacy
Best Comedy Short Film
Rubbish Robbers – Anders Teig
Best Director of a Short Film
Anders Teig – Rubbish Robbers
Best Documentary Short Film
Day 1 – Josh Berman
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Girl Who Wore Freedom – Christian Taylor
Best Director of a Documentary Feature Film
Tom Opre – Killing the Shepard
Best Animated Short Film
Robert The Robot – Jonathan Irwin
Best Short Film
The Seahorse Trainer – Ricardo Bonisoli and Babak Bina
Best Cinematography of a Short Film
Jom Jungwiwattanaporn – Motherhood
Best Score of a Short Film
The Seahorse Trainer – Dan Cantrell
Best Screenplay
The Seahorse Trainer – Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina, and Rodmon Sevilla
Best Director of a Short Film
Niels Bourgonje
Best Actress in a Short Film
Eleanor Tata – Motherhood
Best Actor in a Short Film
Sigurd Sele – Rubbish Robbers
Scorpiusfest 2022 Award Winners
Best Feature Film
Dreamover – Roman Olkhovka
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role of a Feature Film
Angelina Savchenko – Dreamover
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role of a Feature Film
Máté Szabó – Darking Way
Best Score of a Feature Film
Guy Andrews – Dreamover
Best Director of a Feature Film
Zsolt Pozsgai – Darking Way
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Dmitry Zaliskiy – Dreamover
Best Documentary Feature Film
Kids On Tech
Best Comedy Short Film
A Last Hope
Best Documentary Short Film
Between Life and Death – Badi Khlif
Best Documentary Feature Film
Nation’s Promise
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role of a Short Film
Renny Grames – Side Effect
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role of a Short Film
Graham Busby – The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot
Best Documentary Short Film
Dances with Clouds – Kyle B. Wagstaff
Best Animated Short Film
ON / OFF – Nicolas P. Villarreal
Best Short Film
The Last Five Minutes
Best Cinematography of a Short Film
Rasmus Eriksson – Woodland Cemetery
Best Score of a Short Film
Analia Lentini – The Beauty and the Dishcloth
Best Director of a Short Film
Niels Bourgonje – Woodland Cemetery
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role of a Short Film
Mahsa Pourniyazi – The Last Five Minutes