Past Fault Line Winners
Continue to main contentThe Fault Line Film Festival has been showcasing student films since 2010. Award-winning films are listed by year below:
First Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Frank Live"
Director: Cody Tucker
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Clean Up"
Director: Paul Edwards
Audience Choice Award
"Late"
Director: Kurt Ehlmann
Best Drama
"Clincher"
Director: Bryan Birks
Judges' Award
"Ecstasy of Tuco"
Director: Hunter Hempen
Honorable Mention
"A Living Nightmare"
Director: Osby Tomlin
Best Comedy
"We've Got a Problem"
Director: Bryan Schilligo
Best of 48-Hour Film Frenzy
"Bag"
Director: Joe Groeller
Honorable Mention
"Everly"
Director: Whitney Buckner
Second Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Coming and Going"
Directors: John Haas and Gloria Day
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Lost and Found"
Director: Kurt Ehlmann
Audience Choice Award
"Lies in the Night"
Directors: Sam Pixley and Will Hughes
Best Drama
"Shift"
Director: Bryan Birks
Best Animation
"Kreigshund"
Director: Kurt Dillow
Honorable Mention
"Not to Run"
Director: Elena Brown
Best Comedy
"Terrible Tides"
Director: Hunter Hempen
Judges’ Award
"Achromatic"
Director: Paul Stokes
Honorable Mention
"Lies in the Night"
Directors: Sam Pixley and Will Hughes
Third Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Madison"
Director: Josh Friedrich
Best Animation
"I'm Awake"
Director: Jenny Martinez
Best Drama
"Caliginosity"
Directors: Robert Foote and Hunter Hempen
Best Comedy
"Blind Date"
Director: Amanda Sachtleben
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Crossroads"
Director:Paul Stokes
Judges' Award
"The Wight King"
Director: Robert Spurlock
Audience Choice Award
"Blind Date"
Director:Amanda Sachtleben
Honorable Mention
"The Distance of the Heart"
Director: Hailan Wang
Honorable Mention
"Etc."
Director: Bryan Birks
Honorable Mention
"Misericordia"
Directors: Gary P. Schmidt, Jr. and Adam Miller
Fourth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Putting Out the Fire with Gasoline"
Director: Noah Canavan
Best Invitational Film
"Lemon"
Director: Jenny Brinkman
Best Drama
"To Beat the Devil"
Director: Bryan Birks
Best Comedy
"Servants"
Director: Jordan Tingle
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Inside Oblivion"
Director: Madison Friend
Best Animation
"Scaredy Kat"
Director: Jonathan Piedimonte
Judges' Award
"P-a-r-a-n-o-i-a-c"
Director: Wes Lyons
Audience Choice Award
"Servants"
Director: Jordon Tingle
Honorable Mention
"The Jar"
Director: Ashley Toombs
Honorable Mention
"A Mess"
Director: Noah Canavan
Fifth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Unexpected"
Director: Amanda Sachtleben
Best Other
"I Have Been Here Before"
Director: Taylor Stuart
Best Drama
"Back-up"
Director: Kyle Mitchell
Best Comedy
"All Sales Final"
Director: Gregory Jackson
Best Mystery/Suspense
"The Rosewood Music Box"
Director: Andy Theis
Best Animation
"Molecular Virology"
Director: Thomas Wack & Clinton Hughes
Judges' Award
"Ordinary Mary"
Director: Jenny Brinkman
Audience Choice Award
"Unexpected"
Director: Amanda Sachtleben
Honorable Mention
"Captured"
Director: Livvy Runyon
Honorable Mention
"The Death of a Coke Dealer by a Cowardly Goon"
Director: Ethan Myer and Gregory Jackson
Honorable Mention
"Eye of the Beholder"
Director: Laura Liefer
Sixth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Jack and Alice"
Director: Madison Friend
Best Other
"Until Sunrise"
Director: David Keninger
Best Drama
"When You Go"
Director: Jon Dzuik
Best Comedy
"Be Persistent"
Director: Stephanie Salyer
Best Mystery/Suspense
"The Break In"
Director: Rhett Thompson
Best Animation
"Sleep is Brainless"
Director: Kestrel Erickson
Judges' Award
"Tulley's Lift"
Director: Jesse Bader
Audience Choice Award
"Be Persistent"
Director: Stephanie Salyer
Honorable Mention
"Rut"
Director: Elizabeth Davis
Honorable Mention
"The Menace(s)"
Director: Greg Wolgast
Honorable Mention
"A Bone to Dig"
Director: David Keninger
Gala Screening
"Wait Here"
Director: Ben Hendricks
Gala Screening
"Milkman"
Director: Amber Langston
Gala Screening
"After They Met"
Director: Brandon Oatsvall and Akayi Win
Seventh Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Myles"
Director: Kevin Brooks
Best Other
"Charlie's Matrix"
Director: Larry Miller
Best Drama
"Staged"
Director: Aaron Berger
Best Comedy
"Over and Over"
Director: Stephanie Salyer
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Ladies' Night"
Director: Johnnie Brannon
Judges' Award
"Renounce"
Director: Valentin Merlet
Audience Choice Award
"Myles"
Director: Kevin Brooks
Honorable Mention
"Looking Back Merrifield"
Director: Morgan Johnson
Honorable Mention
"The Date"
Director: Zachary VanHoy
Honorable Mention
"Reflection"
Director: Sydney White
Gala Screening
"Chimera"
Director: Ethan Myer
Gala Screening
"Tasty"
Director: Spencer Elmore
Eighth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Personal"
Director: Sonia K. Hadad
Best Other
"Two Rails from Hell"
Director: Russell Gummelt
Best Drama
"Frame of Mind"
Director: Alexandria Ferguson
Best Comedy
"The Gift"
Director: Tim Garrett
Best Mystery/Suspense
"The Devil Made Me Do It"
Director: Johnnie Brannon
Best Animation
"Flying"
Director: Jacob Hood
Judges' Award
"Certainty"
Director: Candace Nelson
Audience Choice Award
"The Gift"
Director: Tim Garrett
Best High School Film
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
Director: Noah Mooney
Redhawk Award
"Break"
Director: Braydon Leadbetter
Honorable Mention
"Atonement"
Director: Jared Dollins
Honorable Mention
"The Pitch"
Director: Spencer McGruder
Honorable Mention
"Early Birds"
Director: Jeffrey Mundinger
High School Runner-Up
"Did Ya Get Em?"
Director: Skylar Tarkington
High School Honorable Mention
"Eyes"
Director: Jasmine Jones
High School Honorable Mention
"Chester Maxwell"
Director: Bennett Turner
High School Honorable Mention
"A Ligneous Voice"
Director: Ryan Fuemmeler
Gala Screening
"Consumed"
Director: Jordynn Rascoe
Gala Screening
"A Date"
Director: Olena Benko
Ninth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Come Up For Air"
Director: Tori Mills
Best Other
"Conflict"
Director: Aurora Thomas-Hagerman
Best Drama
"Ivy"
Director: Brady McDowell, Anna Alexander and Branson Cusack
Best Comedy
"5 Year Plan"
Director: Adler Davidson and Ridgley Harless
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Awaken"
Director: Braydon Leadbetter
Best Animation
"The Window Vignette"
Director: Bethany Draper
Audience Choice Award
"5 Year Plan"
Director: Adler Davidson and Ridgley Harless
Best High School Film
"Diluted Fear"
Director: Jared Goudsmit
Redhawk Award
"Senseless"
Director: Regan Ernst and Jodi Willenbrink
Honorable Mention
"Nein"
Director: Tyler Wikoff
Honorable Mention
"Lights at Night"
Director: Joel Priegnitz
Honorable Mention
"Planet Iowa"
Director: Landon Walsh
High School Honorable Mention
"The Piano"
Director: Emma Weller-Stilson
High School Honorable Mention
"Letters of Tomorrow: Foul Play"
Director: Mason Pobst
Gala Screening
"Sister"
Director: Stephanie Salyer
Gala Screening
"Johnny & the Apple"
Director: Jacob Hood
Gala Screening
"The Eclipse"
Director: Missouri Western State University
Judges' Award
"93 Miles"
Director: Noah Canavan
Tenth Annual Fault Line Film Festival
Best of Festival
"Castle Hill"
Director: Alexandria Ferguson
Judges' Award
"Atonement"
Justin Alanach
Best Drama
"Feel So Good"
Director: Ben Tefera
Best Comedy
"5 Year Plan"
Director: Carson Rohlf
Best Long Form
"Goner"
Director: Braydon Leadbetter
Best Mystery/Suspense
"Deer in Headlights"
Director: Austin McEuen
Best Alternative
"Suffering Addicts"
Director: Luke Le
Best Animation
"Trash Panda"
Director: Alex Kaelke
Best High School Film
"Potluck"
Director: Jared Goudsmit
Redhawk Award
"The Alibi"
Director: Randi Sargent
Honorable Mention
"Midterm"
Director: Jaryd Smith
Honorable Mention
"Life of a Professional Rapper"
Director: Bobby Kessler
Honorable Mention
"The Big Day"
Director: Jake McGruder
Honorable Mention
"Clara"
Director: Marissa Sill
Honorable Mention
"Specimen"
Director: Joseph Jourdan
Honorable Mention
"The Hero Within"
Director: Daniel Truxel
Honorable Mention
"My Sappho"
Director: Mahryn Rose
Honorable Mention
"Century Egg"
Director: Christina Zhang
Honorable Mention
"Distorted Image"
Director: Rachel Utecht
Honorable Mention
"Paradox"
Director: Stephen Brda
Honorable Mention
"Missing"
Director: Jasmine Jones
Honorable Mention
"Backseat"
Director: Brendan Wade
Best of Festival
"West Park"
Stuart Elmore
Judges' Award
"Another Life"
Kathryn Higginbotham
Best Drama
“It’s Not You, It’s Me”
Hannah Lindvall
Best Comedy
“The Hash-Slinging Slasher”
Austin McEuen
Best Long Form
"Underwater Infrastructure"
Jonathan Gautier
Best Mystery/Suspense
“Invisible”
Paige Steelman
Best Alternative
“Tango de Imago”
Nick Sparger
Best Animation
“Confined”
Carolyn Calvert
Best High School Film
“Peanut and Carrot”
Francisco Jimenez
Redhawk Award
“Jesus!”
Jake McGruder
Honorable Mention
“Trapped”
Abby Withe
Honorable Mention
“Hundred Short”
Jared Kunish
Honorable Mention
“Amour”
Curt Hardin
Honorable Mention
“Brave”
Thomas Eutzy and Carter Gentry
“internal Conflict”
Terrell Jackson II
Best of Festival
"El Camino Hacia la Nada"
Javier Lopez
Judges' Award
"The Glowing Man"
Nick Sparger
Best Drama
“Worries”
Nicholas Grimaldi
Best Comedy
“Puppet Problem”
Tate Mohlenkamp
Best Long Form
"Chained to a Cowboy"
Corey Holl
Best Mystery/Suspense
“Lookalike”
Juliana Swickard and Nicolette Santana
Best Alternative
“Drukqs”
Tabatha Jeaux and Nathaniel Henley
Best Animation
“Origin”
Mahryn Rose
Best High School Film
“A Home Like Mine”
Rachael Doel
Redhawk Award
“Untitled Self Portrait”
Jackson Bradshaw
Honorable Mention
“Filthy II”
Joseph Shin
Honorable Mention
“Tim Hawkins: Professional Moron”
Christina Russell
Honorable Mention
“Chicken”
Blake Snowden Thorne
Honorable Mention
“Wild Flowers”
Onalivia Smith
“Calypso's Island”
Verve Reposar
Best of Festival
"Apart of Me"
Francisco Jimenez
Judges' Award
"Between the Black Keys"
Aaron Brewer
Best Drama
“Flying Blind”
Dylan Boling
Best Comedy
“Happy Mombie's Day”
Jared Kunish
Best Long Form
"Teacher of Patience"
Carmen Vincent
Best Mystery/Suspense
“Mr. Penemuel's Playpen”
Aaron Brewer
Best Alternative
“Winter's Bite”
Ben Herrell
Best Animation
“Batman: Identity Crisis”
Nathaniel Henley
Best Documentary
"Women in Sound"
Zoe Willott
Best High School Film
“The Forgotten Leftovers of Meaningful Things”
Elizabeth Esther
Redhawk Award
“La Luz”
Gabrielle Freitas
Honorable Mention
“The A.B.E.N. Case”
Joshua Woolcott
Honorable Mention
“White Rock”
Jaden Tadda
Honorable Mention
“Exodus”
Nathan Blizzard
Honorable Mention
“Only Actors”
Cole Mandras
Honorable Mention
“Love's Beginning”
John Dawson Kinchen
Honorable Mention
"Two Americas"
Asher Anantham
Honorable Mention
"Christmas Dinner"
Chelsea Ryan
Best of Festival
"Fortune Favors the Dead"
Joshua Rodriguez
Judges' Award
"MAIYA"
Anna Bowald
Best Drama
“Thereafter”
Aaron Davis
Best Comedy
“WWJD?”
Sofia Voss
Best Long Form
"Synthesize"
Francisco Jimenez
Best Mystery/Suspense
“The Ritual”
Rachel Coomes
Best Alternative
“On the Wall”
Chelsea Ryan and Deanna Rubach
Best Animation
“Dream-Escape”
Rickey Berry
Best Documentary
"The Mystery of Picture Cave"
Alan Zhou
Best High School Film
“The Doll”
Gabe Elzein
Redhawk Award
“Dear Bridge”
James Hurt and Scott Bellovich
Honorable Mention
“Bus Stop”
Allegra Novikov and Drew Youngblood
Honorable Mention
“Irena”
Diana Dalton
Honorable Mention
“Goon Girl”
Nick Sparger
Honorable Mention
“Fifty-Fifty Clown”
Brynn Forhan
Honorable Mention
“Flip”
Joshua Stroups
Honorable Mention
"Mind Over Matter"
Elizabeth Sandahl
Honorable Mention
"Wildflowers"
Seneca Whorton
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