Faith & Family
Filmmakers Awards
Winners
Summer 2026
Awards Presented July 12, 2026
Congratulations!
We want to acknowledge the filmmakers and the projects that rose to the top of the Summer 2026 Faith and Family Filmmakers Awards Festival.
You have shown excellence in your work and we are happy to be a part of your process as you take steps to see your work come to life on screen.​
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Thank you to all who entered your projects. We look forward to seeing you in the next season.​
Watch the Awards Presentation
Best Actor Reel
Peggy Schott
Actor Reel - Second Place
Brad Roberts
Actor Reel - Third Place
Christopher Miller
Best Choreographer Reel
Renée Brooks
Post Production
Best Colorist Reel
Jacob Steiner
Best Cinematographer Reel
Jacob Steiner
Cinematographer Reel - 2nd Place
GiGi Faye Wilcox
Cinematographer Reel - 3rd Place
Cian Jarrett
Best Composer Reel
Jason Vizza
Composer Reel - 2nd Place
Henry 'Malachite' Busilli
Best Pitch
Melissa Tate - Crew: Undercover
Pitch - 2nd Place
Melissa Dunn Sullivan
Revelation of Hope
Pitch - 2nd Place
Great Osa-Oni
All Alone in the Basement
Best Proof of Concept
Daniella Santos - Lean on Me
Proof of Concept - 2nd Place
Phillip Hardy
Lone Oak
Proof of Concept - 3rd Place
Mike Fox
Loveday Brooke: Lady Detective
Best Trailer
Brandon Cannon - Set Free
Trailer - 2nd Place
Robin Maxwell - The Redemption
Best Screenplay
Christmas Morning
Wally De La Fuente and Tyler Smith
The writers win a professional table read cast and produced by Jaclyn Whitt and the Faith and Family Filmmakers Association.
Best Short Screenplay
The Gift
Ricardo Miranda
Second Place: Where He Is - Leslie Hamilton
Third Place: Bad People - April Fonesa
Best Pilot Screenplay
Angel Creek
Dan Dougherty
Second Place: Jillian's Travels - Michele McKnight Baker
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Best Adventure Feature Screenplay
The Humming
Joshua Michael Powell
Best Comedy Feature Screenplay
When You Were Mine
Todd Naylor
Best Thriller Feature Screenplay
The Day Before Tomorrow
Wally De La Fuente
Best Musical Feature Screenplay
Shine On
Ronald Edward Strauss
Best Historical Feature Screenplay
Legio-X: The Occupation
Antony Jack Kurth
Based on a True Story Feature Screenplay
Nickel on the Grass
Martin Richard
Second Place: Chosen Anyway - Rinad Bsharat
Best Romance Feature Screenplay
Chosen Anyway
Rinad Bsharat
Best Children's Feature Screenplay
The Humming
Joshua Michael Powell
Best Teen Audience Screenplay
Shine On
Ronald Edward Strauss
Second Place: Saved - John Joseph Dyer
Best Christmas Feature Screenplay
Baking Christmas
Dennis Doud
Second Place: Christmas Morning
Wally De La Fuente & Tyler Smith
Best Family Feature Screenplay
Saved
John Joseph Dyer
Second Place: The Humming - Joshua Michael Powell
Third Place: Baking Christmas - Dennis R Doud
Best Drama Feature Screenplay
Christmas Morning
Wally De La Fuente & Tyler Smith
Second Place: Teeter - M Kenya Branch
Third Place: Nickel on the Grass - Martin Richard
Best Faith Based Screenplay
Teeter
M Kenya Banch
Second Place: The Day Before Tomorrow - Wally De La Fuente
Third Place: Christmas Morning - Wally De La Fuente & Tyler Smith