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 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

MMEND

Songwriter of the Year

Robyn Cage

Best Live Hard Rock Band of the Year

Royal Bliss

Guitarist of the Year

Terence 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

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