2024 Riverside International Film Festival Winners!

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ralph Winter

Founder's Award: Riley

President's Award: The House that Stood

Best Feature: The Business of Pleasure

Best Short: Let Me Out

Best Short: Fitting Descriptions

Best Student Film: The House that Stood

Best Animation: Disappearing Jewels

Best Documentary: We Rise

Best Documentary Honorable Mention: King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones

Best SoCal Student Film: Chroma

Best Editing: Love Gov 3: Metaverse of Madness

Inland Empire Student Film Festival Award Winners!

High School Films

Best Public Service Announcement: White Noise, Pierce Angel Olguin

2nd Place Public Service Announcement: Don’t be Scared of Life, Alexander Nielsen

3rd Place Public Service Announcement: A Text Can Wait, Kaytlin Michelle Stephens

Best Documentary Film: Rise of the Arts, Zachary Chavez, Vivian Conrad, Elizabeth Barry & Sabrina Gomez

2nd Place Documentary Film: Understanding the Drive to Juvenile Delinquency, Anna Pham

3rd Place Documentary Film: Jurupa Hills Basketball 2023-2024, Anthony A. Garcia

Honorable Mention Documentary Film: Utilize the Movement, Michaela Inez Serna

Best Short Film: Nothing Happens, Seth Robinson & Joshua Yen

2nd Place Short Film: Admission, Josue Lopez & Vanessa Garcia

3rd Place Short Film: Until the End, Alyssa Elaine Diephouse

Best Music Video: Make Your Memories, Leala Kadin Marstellar

2nd Place Music Video: Generoso Bitter Winds, Jesiah Jonathan Generoso

3rd Place Music Video: Don’t Cry Evangeline, Landon Halvas

Honorable Mention Music Video: Is Your Bedroom Ceiling Bored?, Tayler Vasquez

Best Director: Anna Pham, Understanding the Drive to Juvenile Delinquency

2nd Place Director: Alexander Nielsen, Don’t be Scared of Life

3rd Place Director: Jamie O’Neil, Child Psychology

Best Cinematography: Admission, Josue Lopez & Vanessa Garcia

2nd Place Cinematography: White Noise, Pierce Angel Olguin

3rd Place Cinematography: Generoso Bitter Winds, Jesiah Jonathan Generoso

Best Actor: Alexander Nielsen, Don’t be Scared of Life

2nd Place Best Actor: Victoria Maria Aguilar, Decisions

3rd Place Best Actor: Clay Michael Yarbro, Yarbro Film

California Baptist University Film Festival Award Winners

Director's Challenge: We Have to Stop Barry, Avery Warren

Best Picture: Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone, Brooke Donovan

Best Director: Brooke Donovan, Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone

Best Cinematography: Caleb Chong, Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone

Best Actor: Remy Fisher, Alone in the Apocalypse

Best Actress: Riley Kluczynski, Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Salas, Play by the Water

Best Supporting Actress: Amelia Brenes, When I Grow Up

Best Production Design: Brooke Donovan, Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone

Best Editing: Caleb Chong, Things I’ve Learned Now That You are Gone

Best Screenplay: Blake Rice, Play by the Water

Best Music: Caleb Sheffield, Play by the Water

Best Music Video: Aracely Muñoz, Lovegod