2025 Film Challenge Winners
The Estate of Betty Clinkenbeard Award for
Best Film / Use of Inspiration Page
​Jim Bultas, Producer
Super B Productions​
The Gillioz Center for Arts & Entertainment Award for
Lead Performance
Dana Powell
Robo
The CB Lacy Award for
Direction
Gracie Simmonds
Carbon Stories
The Estate of William Brandon Bowman Award for Audience Favorite
Brecken C. Vaught, Producer
Banana Course Productions
The Yellow Bike Films Award for
Editing
Karson Jak Knudsen
KarsonMedia
The Danny Woodall Award for
Supporting Performance
Jachin Liké
Cake
The Missouri Stories Award for
Screenplay
Chase Thomas Eliot
Elore
The Unknown Films Award for
Cinematography
Thomas Christopher Baker
Cinetasmagoria
The Missouri Film Office Prize for
Best Opening / Closing Credits.
Thomas Christopher Baker, Producer
Cinetasmagoria
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
"You Gotta' See It" Prize.
Carter Breaux, Producer
Rarity
The Dapper Barber
"Timeless Style" Prize
Karson Jak Knudsen, Producer
KarsonMedia
The Creative Endeavors Award for
Sound Design
Nico Burasco
Xtreme Media Production
Nate Webster Award for
Poster Design
Collin Sumpter & Nicholas Knehans
Fort Sumpter Films
The Graceway Baptist Church
"Golden Weaver" Prize
Dylan Ray Corbett, Producer
Video Dudes
The "Fanatics and the Fan" Prize for
Pop Culture Reference
Brecken C. Vaught, Producer
Banana Course Productions
April 24, 2026
Small Title
PRIME for
Development
