AWARDS

The Hitchhiker Effect Film Festival Awards, Nominations and Official Selections

Official Selections: 32    Awards: 19    Nominations: 10

 

Winner Best Sci-fi Film and world premiere, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, February 2024

Winner Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Film, Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, March, 2024

Winner Honorable Mention, Hollywood New Directors Film Festival, Los Angeles, May 2024

Winner Best International Feature Film, Kollywood Int’l Film Festival, Tamilnadu, India, June 2024

Winner People’s Choice Award, DMV International Film Festival, Temple Hills, Md., June 2024

Winner Best Dark Comedy Film, World Premiere Film Awards, Los Angeles, August 2024

Winner Best Actress (Allyson Sereboff), World Premiere Film Awards, Los Angeles, August 2024

Winner Best Cinematography (Sara Bravo), World Premiere Film Awards, Los Angeles, August 2024

Winner Best Editing (Adrian Dennis), World Premiere Film Awards, Los Angeles, August 2024

Winner Award of Merit, Dark Comedy Feature, Cinema World Fest Awards, Summer 2024

Winner Award of Merit, Actress (Allyson Sereboff), Cinema World Fest Awards, Summer 2024

Winner Award of Merit, Cinematography (Sara Bravo), Cinema World Fest Awards, Summer 2024

Winner Award of Recognition, Editing (Adrian Dennis), Cinema World Fest Awards, Summer 2024

Winner Best Feature Film, Sacramento Film Challenge, September 2024

Winner Best UFO Film, Festival of the Unseen, Parkersburg, W.Va., October 2024

Winner Best Cinematography (Sara Bravo), Festival of the Unseen, Parkersburg, W.Va., October 2024

Winner Audience Award/Feature, We Make Movies Int’l Film Festival, Los Angeles, November 2024

Winner Best Dramedy Film, 26th annual Bare Bones Film Festival, Muskogee, Okla., March 2025

Winner Robert Rodriguez Indie Auteur of the Year Award (Zack Van Eyck), Bare Bones FF, March 2025

 

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles, February 2024

Nominated for Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Supernatural Film, Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, March, 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Broad Street Film Festival, Atlanta, March 2024

Nominated for Best Cinematography (Sara Bravo), Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, March, 2024

Nominated for Best Cast (Beardsley, Sereboff, Bigham, Chesson…) Alternative FF, Toronto, March, 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Life Beyond Life Film Festival, Torino, Italy, May 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Fiction Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, June 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, The Monthly Film Festival, Los Angeles, July/August 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Shoot Your Shot Film Festival, Atlanta, September 2024

Nominated for Best Feature Film, Great Lakes Int’l Film Festival, Erie, Pennsylvania, September 2024

 

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

The Cut Film Series, Canton, Ohio, April 2024

Ostia Film Festival, Rome, Italy, June 2024

Roswell Daily Record Film Festival, Roswell, New Mexico, July 2024

Innovative Film Festival, West Hollywood, July 2024

Vermont Film Festival, Woodstock, Vermont, July 2024

Broadway International Film Festival, Los Angeles, August 2024

Silicon Beach Film Festival, Chinese Theaters, Los Angeles, September 2024

Mighty Mac Film Festival, St. Ignace, Michigan, October 2024

Purgatory Film Festival (U.K.), October 2024

Hunter Mountain Film Festival, Hunter, N.Y., November 2024       

Ocean City Film Festival, Ocean City, Md., March 2025

New York Cinefest, Manhattan, April 2025

Richmond Film Network, Richmond, Va., August 2025

HollyWoodstock Film Series, Woodstock, Va., October 2025 

 

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