Last Updated on June 8, 2024, 1:22 PM | Published: June 8, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY — In a late-morning ceremony marking, appropriately, the dead center of the festival’s schedule, the 2024 deadCenter Film Festival crowned its award winners inside OKCMOA’s Sam Noble Theater on Saturday.
The announcement of the winners at the weekend-long festival’s midpoint provides moviegoers with the opportunity to catch the buzz of the winning films at repeat screenings throughout the remaining days.
The ceremony kicked off with deadCenter Executive Director Cacky Poarch imploring filmmakers across the nation and the world to “come to Oklahoma, stay in Oklahoma, and film in Oklahoma.”
The winners of the 2024 deadCenter Film Festival Awards are:
Best Narrative Feature – “Smoking Tigers”
Best Oklahoma Feature – “Hail to the Breadsticks!”
Best Oklahoma Short – “Demo Reel”
Best Documentary – “La Singla”
Special Jury Prize: Narrative Feature – “Wild Goat Surf”
Special Jury Prize: Documentary Feature – “Citizen Sleuth”
Special Jury Prize: Best Short – “A Body Called Life”
Best Live-Action Short (Academy Award-qualifying category) – “Auganic”
Best Animated Short (Academy Award-qualifying category) – “27”
Best Short Documentary – “Diables”
Best Series – “Movers”
Best Music Video – stepmom: “Chaos Candy”
Best High School Film – “Zero”
Best Indigenous Feature – “Moloka’i Bound”
Best Indigenous Short – “Mary Margaret Road-Grader”
Best Pride Feature – “Hailey’s Game”
Best Pride Short – “Honey & Milk” Runner-up: “Hello Stranger”
Best VR Film – “Last We Left Off”
Film ICONs 2024 – Paul Sparks, Dylan Brodie
Congratulations to all of the winners and to those who put in the work to enter films in this year’s deadCenter Film Festival!
Brett Fieldcamp has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for nearly 15 years, writing for several local and state publications. He’s also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.
