2019 FESTIVAL
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2019 AWARD WINNERS
Cinema Dulce – Best of Fest
Tiny Life of Butcher Duke | directed by Mike Akel
Audience Choice Award
Jump Shot | directed by Jacob Hamilton
Best Feature Film
The Bird Catcher | directed by Ross Clarke
Best Short Film
Ricochet | directed by Sanders Bohlke & Weldon Pless
Best Texas Film
Nothing Stays The Same: The Story of The Saxon Pub | directed by Jeff Sandmann
Best Documentary Film
The River and the Wall | directed by Ben Masters
Best Student Short Film
Street Flame | directed by Katherine Propper
Best Director
David Blue Garcia | Tejano
Best Actress
Stephanie Thoreson | Good Feels on Wheels
Best Actor
Michael Shenefelt | Postal
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
Adonis Complex | USA | Thriller | Chad Werner
Cruel Hearts | USA | Thriller | Paul Osborne
Good Feels on Wheels | USA | Comedy | Ronald Short
Postal | USA | Drama | Tyler Falbo
Tejano | USA | Drama | David Blue Garcia
The Bird Catcher | UK | Drama | Ross Clarke
The Tiny Life of Butcher Duke | USA | Comedy | Mike Akel
We Used To Know Each Other | USA | Dramedy | Robert Putka
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS
Jump Shot | USA | Jacob Hamilton
Nothing Stays The Same: The Story of The Saxon Pub | USA | Jeff Sandmann
The Money Stone | Ghana | Stuart Harmon
The River and the Wall | USA/Mexico | Ben Masters
Trans Youth | USA | Rebecca Adler
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
All Güt Things: The Life and Death of Texas German | USA | Chase Honaker
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Circle Up | USA | Julie Mallozzi
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I’d Rather Be Skateboarding | USA | Tony Perez
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Igniting Hope | USA | Samuel Z. P. Thomas
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New Mexico Rain: The Story of Bill & Bonnie Hearne | USA | Bunee Tomlinson
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Return of the Texas Bighorn | USA | Ben Masters & Charles Post
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - STUDENT SHORT FILMS
A Gooder Life | USA | Drama | Sidi Wang
An Altar of Sorts | USA | Drama | Brandon Shenk
Animation General | USA | Animation | Sawyer Geffert
As Ye Sow | USA | Drama | Su Liu
Aurora | Germany | Drama | Philip Escobar Jung
Being Yousuf Karsh | USA | Documentary | Corey Cave
Cake | USA | Drama | Esmeralda Hernandez
Due Process | USA | Drama | Gabriel P. Braden
Excuse me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend | Germany | Dramedy | Bernhard Wenger
Forte | USA | Drama | Will Nordstrom
Game Changer | USA | Comedy | Aviv Mano
Grandma’s Pie | USA | Animation | Camilo Castro & Ricardo San Emeterio
The Grounded Astronaut | USA | Drama | Monimar Mancillas
In Search of Paul | USA | Comedy | Liang Ce
Lizard Quest | USA | Adventure | Micah Breitweiser, Nikki Cespedes, Jessica Castillo
Pack It Up | Switzerland | Animation | Jana Bula, Kevin Duong, Samuel Flores, Kitjan Lau
Rattletrap | USA | Drama | Riley Cusick
Rebooted | USA | Comedy | Sagar Arun & Rachel Kral
Reflection | USA | Animation | Hannah Park
Showtime | USA | Drama | Shawn Antoine II
Sitting Shiva | USA | Comedy | Heather Shapiro & Preston Lane Jeter
Street Flame | USA | Drama | Katherine Propper
SPECIAL SCREENINGS - FEATURE FILMS
Amanda and Jack Go Glamping | USA | Comedy | Brandon Dickerson
Great Balls of Fire! | USA | Drama | Jim McBride
Greener Grass | USA | Comedy | Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
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Sister Amiee | USA | Dramedy | Samantha Buck & Marie Schlingmann
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS - SHORT FILMS
Navajo Son | USA | Documentary | Jeff Bednarz
No Law | USA | Documentary | Nicholas Luna and Trevor Aranda
Our City, Our World Heritage | USA | Documentary | Fatima Aguillon
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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - SHORT FILMS
A Swedish Classic | Sweden | Drama | Måns Berthas
All The World Is A Stage | Singapore | Animation | Hannes Rall
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Back Seat Blues | USA | Comedy | JJ Pollack
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Beautiful Dogs | USA | Drama | Matt McClung
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Behave, Kids | USA | Comedy | Tripp Crosby
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Bewildered | USA | Drama | Gregor Wilson
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Birthday Cake For Dinner | USA | Drama | Damon Russell
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Boots at the Door | USA | Music Video | Drake Howard
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Carl | USA | Drama | Dylan Boom
Clementine | USA | Drama | Aaron G. Hale & Ross Wooten
“Coplillas” for Bombay | Spain | Romantic Comedy | Jaume Miranda
Dandelions | USA | Drama | Jason Winn
Dead Winter | USA | Drama | Jason Winn
El Aguacate | USA | Drama | Darwin Serink
Fate Has No Plan | USA | Drama | Anita Azenet
First Disco | Ireland | Drama | Helen O’Reilly
Flicker | USA | Drama | Julia Barnett
Framed | Italy | Animation | Marco Jemolo
Gloria | USA | Drama | Christine Chen & Camille Schmoutz
Guest of Honor | USA | Drama | Lisa Belcher
Heart Killer | USA | Music Video | Brenden Hubbard
Il tratto | Italy | Drama | Alessandro Stevanon
Labor | USA | Drama | Cecilia Albertini
Laurie’s Poem | USA | Drama | Peggy Schott
Lollipop | USA | Comedy | D.J. Becker
Made Public | USA | Dramedy | Foster Wilson
Melodi | Singapore | Drama | Michael Kam
Mr. Goody | USA | Comedy | Jason MacDonald
Muerte | USA | Thriller | Harold Fisch
Pepito | USA | Comedy | Eman Esfandi
Pinky and Blueboy | USA | Crime | Chase Joliet & Stephanie Barkley
Portrait of a Woman at Dawn | USA | Drama | Cullen Douglas
Power Hour | USA | Dramedy | Garrett Detrixhe
Receding | USA | Comedy | Dario Caudana
Ricochet | USA | Drama | Sanders Bohlke & Weldon Pless
Sign | USA | Drama | Van B. Nguyen
Stick Fighter | USA | Drama | Mayo Whaley
Switch | USA | Drama | Natasha Straley
Swung | USA | Comedy | Fokke Baarssen
The Ember Days – Without Love | USA | Music Video | Jeff Ray
The Helping Hand | USA | Thriller | Brenden Hubbard
The Long Wet Grass | Ireland | Drama | Justin Davey
The Music Director | USA | Drama | Elizabeth Mims
The Porcelains | USA | Drama | Jacob Sizemore
The Producer | USA | Drama | David Marshall Silverman
The Sleepover | USA | Drama | Gregory Bayne
Twice at Once | USA | Drama | Amos Efrat
Un cortometraje sobre la educacion | Chile | Drama | Sebastián Nemo Arancibia
Wolves Inside | USA | Western | Samantha Ireland
Yellow Arrows | USA | Drama | Yana Sar
You and Yours | USA | Drama | Johnathon Holdforth & Taylor Washington