WINNERS 2026

Best Movie Poster

Kind Mother

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Music Composer

Tyler Sabbag

for 500 Nuova

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Drone Film

Golden Hour

Patrick Thies

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Dance Film

Fatale

Samantha Bell & John-David Minjares

CASH PRIZE: $100

Festival Pick #1

H.A.G.S

Directed by Matt Mazany,

written and produced by Vivian Gil

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Visual Art

The Good Writer?

Caroline O’Meara

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Music Video

Hello Universe

Tommy Slack, Ross Addy

CASH PRIZE: $100

Keep Mojave Free Special Award

Stay Hydrated

Palo Xanto, Nate Michaels

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Short Documentary

ex-aequo

Thank You For Listening

Gene Gallerano, Bob Ray

Best Short Documentary

ex-aequo

Water After Wildfire

Ev Durán

CASH PRIZE: $100

Festival Pick #2

The Long Con

Aitch Alberto

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Script

Detach

Frankie Ingrassia

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Student Film

Signal

Riley Vitale

CASH PRIZE: $150

Best Trailer

Life Is (a) Short

Chelsea London Lloyd

CASH PRIZE: $50

Best Feature Documentary

Sell Your House

Eric Foss

CASH PRIZE: $200

Best Animated Short Film ex-aequo

A Walk Into The Afterlife

Jiyun Jeong

Best Animated Short Film ex-aequo

Cardboard

JP Vine

Festival Pick #3

Kind Mother

Clare O’Connor

CASH PRIZE: $100

Best Short Film

Veronica

Brett Dos Santos

CASH PRIZE: $250

Best Director

Danny Dolan

for Next In Line

CASH PRIZE: $200

Best Feature Film

Crystal Cross

Richie James Follin

CASH PRIZE: $300

GRAND PRIZE

Yucca Valley Award

To Be Harriet

Robbi Robb

CASH PRIZE: $300