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 Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2026

2026 WINNERS
Feature, Short, Documentary,
Music Video, TV/Web Series
 

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BEST FEATURE

Fortuitous

 

BEST SHORT

Silenced

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Touched

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Almost There

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE

CRYSTAL L BASS

Fortuitous

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT

Brandon Marcel Murray

KISMET

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DOCUMENTARY

GWENDOLYN WALKER-ABDULLAH and ZACHARY FRIED

Unsung

 

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE

SHANNON RAMSEY

Fortuitous

 

 

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE 

HASSAN JOHNSON

Fortuitous

 

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT

SAUNDRA CHARLESTON

Almost There

 

 

BEST ACTOR IN SHORT

KELLY PERINE

"Day 474 and the Lingerings Thereafter"

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ROSALYN GAINES

Fortuitous

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

GEORGE MOORE

Vegas Knights 3 - The Final Bet

 

 

BEST CAST ENSEMBLE

Together The Short

 

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

When They’re Gone 

 

 

BEST I-PHONE FILM 

Mr. Reaper

 

 

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

BRANDON D. WILKERSON

Somewhere in Brooklyn

 

 

BEST WRITTEN WORK

WHAT REMAINS

Justin Kojok

 

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

At The Mercy of Faith

 

 

BEST TV/WEB SERIES

Furious & Fat Cat: Homecoming (Pilot)

 

 

BEST DRAMA

Waiting for Nia

 

 

BEST RELIGIOUS FILM

Sunlight - Children Matter

 

 

BEST COMEDY

Behind The Jamz: The Rise and Fall of Bumbah Clarke

 

 

BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS

Sunlight -Children Matter

 

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Oddsmakers

 

 

BEST ANIMATION

Serene and the Magic Seeds

 

 

BEST PERIOD PIECE

Together The Short

 

 

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Almost There

 

 

LVBFF FOUNDERS CHOICE 

OTIS

 

LVBFF B.O.M.B Award

You Have No Honor

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2026
NOMINATIONS

 

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BEST FEATURE FILM

Fortuitous​

She Likes to Watch

Freaky Stuff​​​​​​​​​

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BEST SCREENPLAY​

Fortuitous​

Almost There

Silenced

At The Mercy of Faith

Pan Gyul

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BEST SHORT FILM​​​

Rear Desert​

Together The Short

The Day You Find Your Name

Silenced

The Audition

Waiting For Nia

KISMET

That Kid​​​

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

Sunlight--Children Matter

The Memo

Touched: The Story of Nicholas Freeman

Unsung

Where's My Coffee Cup?

Hertz Nazaire: Portrait of an Artist

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BEST WRITTEN WORK

Sled Race​

What Remains

MEN WE'VE NEVER SEEN

In Love With Regret

Old Patrol

The Exodus Project

Cleanse My Sins

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BEST TV/ WEB SERIES​​​

Vegas Knights 3: The Final Bet​

Furious & Fat Cat: Homecoming

You Can't Stop The Beet

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BEST I-PHONE FILM

​Mr. Reaper

Buddy

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO​​​

​We Cry Out - A Cry Of Warfare From America

God Did It

My Mirror

Wake Up

Empty Grave

When They're Gone

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE​​​

She Likes to Watch

ROBERT (Robiiiworld) L DEAN III​

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Fortuitous

CRYSTAL L BASS

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Freaky Stuff

RAMIOUS PRAZENI MUSASA

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT​

KISMET

BRANDON MARCEL MURRAY

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Silenced

HISONNI JOHNSON

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The Day You Find Your Name​

DOMINIQUE R. DRAPER

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Rear Desert

MARK D. BONNER

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A DOCUMENTARY

Sunlight--Children Matter

BILL WEBB

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Touched

KYRICA RENEE

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Unsung

GWENDOLYN WALKER-ABDULLAH and ZACHARY FRIED

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BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE​

She Likes to Watch​

KEVIN GRIPPER

 

Fortuitous

HASSAN JOHNSON

 

Freaky Stuff

RONSON HAWKINS
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BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE

Fortuitous​

SHANNON RAMSEY

 

Survival Of The Fittest

FELICITY ANNALYCE

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She Likes to Watch

FANCY JONES

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Freaky Stuff

STACY OKAFOR

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BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT ​

OPEN LUV

SHAMAARKE PURCELL

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You Have No Honor​

JE'VON WILLIS

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OTIS

Danny De Lloyd 

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KISMET

CHARLES SNYDER
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At The Mercy of Faith

DAVID GAMBLE JR.

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"Day 474 and the Lingerings Thereafter"

KELLY PERINE

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT

KISMET

ANNY ROSARIO

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OTIS

Mariah Q Tavares

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Broken

TERRAH BENNETT SMITH

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Almost There

SAUNDRA CHARLESTON

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Waiting for Nia

CHAUNA SUMPTER

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BEST CAST ENSEMBLE

Fortuitous

Survival Of The Fittest

She Likes to Watch

KISMET

Together The Short

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR​

Fortuitous​

CLIFTON POWELL

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You Have No Honor

TINO TERRELL JR. 

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Vegas Knights 3 - The Final Bet

GEORGE MOORE

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Fortuitous

​ROSALYN GAINES

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Open Luv

JOIA DANAI

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Almost There

SAUNDRA CHARLESTON

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BEST RELIGIOUS FILM ​​​

Sunlight--Children Matter

Born Again

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BEST DRAMA​​​

Fortuitous​​

She Likes to Watch

You Have No Honor

Freaky Stuff

elle / elle

A Lasting Place

Waiting for Nia

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BEST COMEDY​​

Behind The Jamz: The Rise and Fall of Bumbah Clarke​​​

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BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS

Sunlight--Children Matter

Together The Short

elle/elle 

Pick Me Up

Before 1619: She Took Justice

That Kid

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BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

WANDA WEAVER & MARK RIDLEY

Out of Options​​

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THOMAS CANNONVILLE GRIFFITH

You Have No Honor​

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CRYSTAL L BASS

Fortuitous

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BRANDON D. WILKERSON

Somewhere in Brooklyn

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Somewhere in Brooklyn​​

Where's My Coffee Cup?

Before 1619: She Took Justice

The Oddsmakers

elle / elle

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BEST ANIMATION

Bubblegum Da Superhero: Hoodlum 2 Hero​

Serene and the Magic Seeds

Furious & Fat Cat: Homecoming (Pilot)​

The Specialist

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BEST MUSIC SCORE

She Likes to Watch

Almost There

elle / elle 

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BEST PEROID PIECE​

Together The Short ​

The Day You Find Your Name

 

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ​

elle /elle

At The Mercy of Faith

Fortuitous​
 

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KISMET

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