NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2024 FIRST CITY FILM FESTIVAL
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
PARADISO
BLUE HOUR
RETREATED
NO SMALL PARTS
LA RUTA
BEST FEATURE FILM
OUT OF THE PLAINS
THE BUTTERFLY PEOPLE
BEST 'SHORT' SHORT (UNDER 10 MINUTES)
SLOW DANCE
DEATH IN LAVENDER
HEMORRHAGE
PESCADO
BEST INTERNATIONAL
MOURNING SICKNESS
LA RUTA
XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS
BEST DOCUMENTARY
MILDRED’S ESCAPE: A WWII SURVIVAL STORY
40-SOMETHING SUMMERS
SCRAPPER
BEST COMEDY
RETREATED
PESCADO
NO SMALL PARTS
INTERROGATOR
BEST SCI-FI
INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
THE IRON DETECTIVE: BITTER HEART
THE IRON DETECTIVE: THE EXONETIC DIVISION
THE GLOWING MAN
BEST DRAMA
SLOW DANCE
BLUE HOUR
PARADISO
THE BALLAD OF RICH AND CHAMP
BEFORE I GO
LA RUTA
BEST HORROR SHORT
MOURNING SICKNESS
LASAGNA
CHLOE’S HAPPY HOUR
STALKER GRANDMA
BEDTIME STORY
LOCAL, KANSAS/MISSOURI CATEGORIES
BEST LOCAL ACTOR IN A COMEDY
BOBBY MILLER JR. - NO SMALL PARTS
MICAH STREETER - PESCADO
JESSICA WHITFIELD - CALL ME SNAKE
PAIGE MARIA - CHLOE’S HAPPY HOUR
ELIZABETH DEXTER - LANEY’S SECRET
BEST LOCAL ACTOR IN A DRAMA
LENNY HERNANDEZ - PARADISO
SANTIAGO VASQUEZ - OUT OF THE PLAINS
LOLO LOREN - DEATH IN LAVENDER
AUTUMN TRIBITT - BEFORE I GO
CAMRON SMITH - BEFORE I GO
JASON TURNER - THE IRON DETECTIVE
ALFREDO MERCADO - INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
BEST LOCAL ACTOR IN A HORROR FILM
MARILYN LYNCH - STALKER GRANDMA
NICOLE HALL - BEDTIME STORY
JESSICA WHITFIELD - NIGHT SHIFT
STEVEN WOOD - LASAGNA
BEST LOCAL SUPPORTING ACTOR
NICOLE HALL - NO SMALL PARTS
AUTUMN TRIBITT - NO SMALL PARTS
PATRICK POE - DEATH IN LAVENDER
KEAGAN THORP - LANEY’S SECRET
DEBBIE DIESEL - INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
BEST LOCAL DIRECTING
PARADISO - JONNA VOLZ
NO SMALL PARTS - PATRICK POE AND LOLO LOREN
SLOW DANCE - MICAH STREETER
MILDRED’S ESCAPE: A WWII SURVIVAL STORY - DENA HILDEBRAND
BEST LOCAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
SLOW DANCE
THE BALLAD OF RICH AND CHAMP
INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
OUT OF THE PLAINS
BEST LOCAL SCREENPLAY
SLOW DANCE
OUT OF THE PLAINS
THE BALLAD OF RICH AND CHAMP
INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
BEST LOCAL FILM
OUT OF THE PLAINS
DEATH IN LAVENDER
SLOW DANCE
INTERROGATOR
BEFORE I GO
STALKER GRANDMA
NO SMALL PARTS
PARADISO
THE BALLAD OF RICH AND CHAMP
MILDRED’S ESCAPE: A WWII SURVIVAL STORY