2025 DENVER UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL AWards

2025 DENVER UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

NARRATIVE SHORT

1. The Resident. Director: Tristan Jones. Denver, CO.

2. Dolphin Boy. Directors: Arielle Bordow, Tyler Zonies. Ridgewood, NY

3. When Life Gives You A Lawnmower. Director: Moon Abbott. Chicago, IL.

ANIMATION

1. Howl if You Love Me. Director: John R. Dilworth. NYC, NY.

2. 2nd Day & the End of the World. Director: Sara Koppel. Copenhagen, Denmark. Animation. 12:28

3. The Haunted Saxophone. Directors: Ron Campbell, Katarina Fink. Emeryville, CA.

MUSIC VIDEO

1. Shadow In The Water. Director: Scott Allan Pardue. USA.

2. Creep Dance. Director: Christina Santa Cruz. Los Angeles, CA. Music Video. 02:55

3. Up & Out. Director: Alex Bugg. Denver. CO.

DOCUMENTARY

1. My Grandma's Story. Director: Sourthearak Duong. Thornton, CO.

2. Goth Brunch. Director: Lewis Stice. Denver, CO.

3. Canyon Light. Director: Elijah Bigler. Colorado.

EXPERIMENTAL GENRES

CLASSIC EXPERIMENTAL

1. Monument. Director: Jeremy Drummond. Canada / USA

2. Good Neighbors Care. Director: Kate E. Hinshaw. NC, USA.

3. The Tooth of Time. Director: Hannu Nieminen. Lempaala, Finland.

NARRATIVE EXPERIMENTAL

1. Divinity Pixel. Director: Kirs Thoen. Denver, CO. Experimental.

2. It Doesn't Pass. Director: Dan Lopez. Scranton, PA.

3. You, Rock. Director: Daniel Maggio. USA.

DIGITAL EXPERIMENTAL
Experimental films created in a digital environment.

1. Aurora Oscillans - Refugia at the Intersection: Entropy, Exposure, and Emergence.
Director: Tristan Zand. Iceland.

2. Film That Never Begins. Director: Scott Bateman. Beacon, NY.

3. Eye Bird Blink. Director: Scott Turri. Philadelphia, PA.

NATURE EXPERIMENTAL
Experimental films featuring the natural environment.

1. Environmentals. Director: David Wilde. Monroe, NH. Experimental.

2. Hollowgram. Director: Laura Iancu. Romania

3. Carbon. Director: Leighton Pierce. Acton, MA.

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

1. [sun]film. Director: Derek Taylor. Middlebury, CT.

2. The Eye in Nothing. Director: Michael Edwards. Sandy, UT

3. Algorithmic Nudes Grapple with Entropy. Director: David R Witzling. Milwaukee, WI.

EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY

1. Trenza. Director: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas. USA / CDMX, Mexico. Experimental. 10:01

2. Canyon Light. Director: Elijah Bigler. Colorado.

FOUND FOOTAGE

1. Tiempo De Morir - Time To Die. Director: Alaric Rocha. USA / Mexico.

2. 2004. Director: Meredith Bateman. Wilmington, NC.

3. Malfunctions. Director: Julie Anne Sando. Canada.

COLORADO FILM AWARDS

BEST COLORADO NARRATIVE SHORT

1. The Bug. Director: Patrick Convoy. Denver, CO.

2. Opposable. Director: Peter Nepi. Denver, CO

3. Clubbing. Directors: Eric Forbes, Zach Myers. Ft, Collins, CO

BEST COLORADO MUSIC VIDEO

1. Country Girl. Director: Dan Hartman. Denver, CO. Music Video.

2. Swing for the Fences. Director: Jessie Rodriguez. Denver, CO. Music Video

BEST COLORADO EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

1. Divinity Pixel. Director: Kirs Thoen. Denver, CO.

BEST COLORADO DOCUMENTARY

1. Goth Brunch. Director: Lewis Stice. Denver, CO.

2. Puppet Camino. Director: Jon Sargent. Colorado Springs, CO.

2. Canyon Light. Director: Elijah Bigler. Colorado.

BEST OF FEST - IN NO PARTICUALAR ORDER

Up & Out. Director: Alex Bugg. Denver. CO.

Never Fingerbang a Wendigo
Director: John Brennan. USA. Narrative.

Film That Never Begins. Director: Scott Bateman. Beacon, NY.