2023 WINNERS of the YVFF!

It’s a wrap for the 5th annual Yucca Valley Film Festival!

Please find below the list of winners for this year!

The community showed up big time to celebrate our 5th anniversary. Thank you all!

The many activities and events of the festival were attended by families, teenagers and seniors, and there was a constant stream of discussions and Meet & Greets with local festival goers, the filmmakers and the festivities partners.

The YVHS Wrestling team walked the Red Carpet on Friday,

The Americana Jiu Jitsu Collective performed an impressive live demonstration on Saturday,

and Miss Yucca Valley Court and the YVHS Homecoming Queen & King presented multiple Awards on Sunday.

See you next year for the 6th edition of the festival!

CATEGORY	DIRECTOR / ARTIST	TITLE	AWARD PRESENTER
Best Exhibiting Artist	Hilary Sloane	White Rock Horse Rescue	Clayton Rardon, Recreation Supervisor, Town of Yucca Valley
Best Drone Film	Skip Fredricks	Trinity at Night	Board of the Hi-Desert Water Disctrict
Best Movie Poster	Scott Seagren	Twenty One at the Belle Saloon	Jeremy Johnson YVHS Football Team
Best Visual Art / Dance Film	Josh S Rose, Hyunoh Chang	The Man Who Couldn’t Clap	Miss YV Court & Scholarship
Best Music Video	Director: Derek Hough, Director of Photography: Michael Stine	Higher – Michael Buble	Chloe Malaise, YVFF Podcast
Best Student Film	George Tsereteli	Things To Do Before You Turn 18	Board of the Copper Mountain College
Audience Vote 1st place	Steve Petersen	Viva	Board of the Chamber of Commerce
Audience Vote 2nd place	Nick Luciano	Lunch Tattoo	Patricio Vargas, Superintendent Morongo Unified School District
Best Script	Stephen Burns	Ludlow	Festival director Matt Beurois
Best Animated Short Film	Paul Hollingsworth	Weirdos	Cindy & Gary Daigneault, Z107.7 radio
Best Documentary	Ev Durán	Bobcats: Football returns to Paradise	Festival director Matt Beurois
Best Music Composer	Brian Katona	My Hatton	Tommie Jones & Recreation Department Staff, TYV
Best Director	Jake Myers	Kombucha!	Homecoming Queen & King, YVHS
Best Short Film	Tamiah Bantum	Savage Dawn	Miss YV Court & Scholarship
Yucca Valley Award	Chris Collins	X AE A 12	Councilmembers of the Town of Yucca Valley