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Boomtown Film and Music Fest 2026 Winners

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 Boomtown Film and Music Festival a success.  With that being said, the winners are…

   

2026 BOOMTOWN FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPETITION WINNERS

  • SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
    • O’Brien Stanley
  • NARRATIVE FEATURE
    • 1st Place – Nowhere Fast
      • Directed by Shaheer Naqvi
    • 2nd Place – In a Good Way
      • Directed by Joshua Allen LaBure and Zach Gutierrez
    • 3rd Place – A Break in the Rain
      • Directed by Don Scardino
  • DOCUMENTARY
    • 1st Place – The Melody Maids Movie
      • Directed by Kai Jai Conner and Doug Forrest
    • 2nd Place – Nash the Slash Rises Again!
      • Directed by Tim Kowalski
    • 3rd Place – Crab Yarns
      • Directed by Alexander Snider
  • TEXAS PROUD
    • 1st Place – The Triple Three
      • Directed by Larry Wright
    • 2nd Place – Wake
      • Directed by Andrew Patrick Torrez
    • 3rd Place – Sweet Boy
      • Directed by Shannon Chance
  • NARRATIVE SHORT
    • 1st Place – The Pearl Comb
      • Directed by Ali Cook
    • 2nd Place – Blue Evening
      • Directed by Jett Jansen Fernandez
    • 3rd Place – Long Time, No See
      • Directed by Donald Saunderson
  • SCREENPLAY
    • 1st Place – Graveyard Songs
      • Directed by Christopher Paul Allen
    • 2nd Place – Precursor
      • Directed by Steve Brown
    • 3rd Place – The Guitarist
      • Directed by Scott Silvester
  • ANIMATED FILM
    • 1st Place – Freedom
      • Directed by Arjan Brentjes
    • 2nd Place – The Ballad of Tony Strombolli
      • Directed by Dominick Green
    • 3rd Place – Stand Alone
      • Directed by Soyeon Kim
  • STUDENT FILM
    • 1st Place – The Sax
      • Directed by Naomi Fryer
    • 2nd Place – To Write the Ending
      • Directed by Shaler Keenum
    • 3rd Place – Rockwell Lake
      • Directed by Liam Dietz
  • EXPERIMENTAL OR MUSIC VIDEO
    • 1st Place – Wilco – I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
      • Directed by Ryne Barnish
    • 2nd Place – Fever
      • Directed by Reagan Elkins
    • 3rd Place – Take My Life Away
      • Directed by Jacob Spooner
  • 48 HR. FILM RACE
    • 1st Place – Team Team Chris Gaines’ Eyeliner – Silvertongue
    • 2nd Place – Team Red Beak Productions – Deadbeat
    • 3rd Place – Team The Robicheaux Boys – No Harm, No Fowl
      • Honorable Mention – Team Employees of the Month – An Inconvenience Called Death
      • Honorable Mention – Team Urine Trouble – Reservoir Cats
      • Audience Award – Team Red Beak Productions – Deadbeat
      • Social Media Winner – Team Harry & Gary

 

Lamar University also recognized the following entries in the Spindletop Storytellers student competition for the grade-school filmmakers of Southeast Texas.

  • NARRATIVE
    • First Place – “PLAY DATE”
      • Made by Diana Lopez, Johana Figueroa, Jade McGuire, Edna Garcia Salazar
    • Second Place – “THE WORD”
      • Made by Emily Gomez, Melanie Barragan, Jovanny Maldonado, Alexis Davila
    • Third Place – “CENTER OF ATTENTION”
      • Made by Autumn Wyatt Mayer, Marilyn Osorio, Freddy Estupinan, Natalia Torres
    • Honorable Mention – “END OF DAY”
      • Made by Claire Eastman
  • DOCUMENTARY
    • First Place – “EAGLES ONLINE”
      • Made by Javier Garcia, Diego Carrillo, Mitxel Chavez, Giovani Munguia
  • PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
    • First Place – “DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE”
      • Made by Adreanna Huerta
    • Second Place – “CHILD ABUSE”
      • Made by Jimena Davila Aguilar, Keyla Nunez, Nathalie Velasquez Erazo, Pamela Estupinan
    • Third Place – “THE SOLUTION TO POLLUTION”
      • Made by Kaylie Maldonado Oceguera, Angel Francisco Mendoza, Giovani Munguia, Bryan Valdovinos