Apex Film Festival

Congratulations to this year’s winners! Thanks so much to everyone in our audience for voting. We’re proud of the curated selection of films we shared this year, and we hope participation in next year’s festival will be just as fantastic.

BEST FILM:
“The Fix” from Emilio Miguel Torres | Washington

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
“Now I Know” from Melanie Field, Shihan Fé | California

BEST DRAMA:
“Everybody Don’t Electric Slide” from Rodney Stringfellow, Andrew Lee | North Carolina

BEST COMEDY:
“The Bank Robbery” from John Marrs, Anouschka Alexa | Arizona

BEST ACTING:
“All You’ll Ever See” from Liri Asllani | New York

BEST SCREENPLAY:
“Mission Control” from Timothy Ingold | Arizona

BEST SCI-FI:
“Waka Chicka Waka” from Ryan Clausen | Arizona

BEST TEEN DRAMA:
“Hidden” from Mathilde Suissa | New York

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
“A Lesson in Love Jealousy and Violence” from DJ Walker | Arizona

BEST POP VIDEO:
“How to Love” from Sharkk Heartt, Lara Ruggles | Arizona

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
“Retribution” from Mel Orpen | California

BEST RAP VIDEO:
“Jednorożec” from Sokół, Sebastian Panczyk | Poland

BEST HORROR:
“Judy” from Rene Rivas | Arizona

We’ll kick off the event with a red carpet photo shoot and introduction, and will have Q&A panels with VIP filmmakers and musicians throughout the day. The following times are approximate.

3:45 – Doors open & red carpet
4:05 – Introduction & first block of videos
6:10 – Panel with Timothy Ingold, Anouschka Alexa, Andrew Lee, DJ Walker followed by an intermission
6:30 – Second block of videos
7:20 – Live musical performance by Freddy Jay Music
7:35 – Panel with Freddy “Jay” Walker, Trey Bryant, Liri Asllani, Lara Ruggles
7:45 – Third block of videos
8:35 – Panel with Ryan Clausen, Rene Rivas; followed by meet & greet in the lobby

Join us at The Screening Room in downtown Tucson, 127 E Congress Street.

Congratulations to our winners! Thanks so much to everyone in our audience for voting. We’re proud of the curated selection of films we were able to share this year, and we hope participation in next year’s festival will be just as great.

BEST FILM:
“This is a Film About the James Webb Space Telescope” from Joel Fox, Jennifer Jordan Day, Kevin Hainline | Arizona

BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
“Work Fires” from Sharkk Heartt | Arizona

BEST ACTING:
“Contusion” from Amin Anari | Iran

BEST HORROR:
“One Night” from Jacob Ewing | Arizona

BEST ANIMATION:
“The Clockmaker” from Adam Krug | Arizona / Italy

BEST R&B VIDEO:
“Know Me” from Chezale | Arizona

BEST ELECTROPOP VIDEO:
“Bloodbath” from Dramas | Austria

BEST DRAMA:
“Over & Over” from Sneaky Owl Media | Arizona

BEST POP VIDEO:
“Angelic” from Dalby | Georgia

BEST EFFECTS:
“Monsters” from Taisia Deeva | Ukraine

We’ll kick off the event with a red carpet photo shoot and introduction, and will have Q&A panels with VIP filmmakers and musicians throughout the day. The following times are approximate.

3:00 – Doors open & red carpet
3:30 – Introduction & first block of videos
4:10 – Panel with Chezale Rodriguez, Lara Ruggles, Freddy Jay Walker; followed by an intermission
4:35 – Second block of videos
5:30 – Panel with Kevin Hainline, Adam Krug, Emma & Josh Mattison; followed by an intermission
5:50 – Third block of videos
7:10 – Live musical performance by Philthy
7:20 – Panel with Jack Foley, Jacob Ewing, Austin Buchanan, Brianna & Walter Temple; followed by an intermission
7:45 – Fourth block of videos

Join us at The Screening Room in downtown Tucson, 127 E Congress Street.