Boomtown Film and Music Fest 2025 Winners

Thank you to everyone that helped make Boomtown Film and Music Festival 2025 a success.  With that being said, the winners are…

2025 BOOMTOWN FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPETITION WINNERS

• SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
  • Katie Cokinos
• NARRATIVE FEATURE [a tie for First Place!]
  • 1st Place – Stampila
    • Directed by David Larson
  • 1st Place – Rainbow Door
    • Directed by Trent Moran
  • Your Valley, My Valley
    • Directed by Brendan Fay
• DOCUMENTARY
  • 1st Place – The Ragin’ 13
    • Directed by Nicholas Campbell
  • 2nd Place – Bankie Banx: King of the Dunes
    • Directed by Nara Garber
  • 3rd Place – Bloody & Bruised: The Untold Story of The Back Room
    • Directed by Budro Partida
• TEXAS PROUD
  • 1st Place – Introvert Club
    • Directed by Vered Rodriguez
  • 2nd Place – The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
    • Directed by Chris Beier
  • 3rd Place – City of Hate: Dallas and the Assassination, 60 Years Later
    • Directed by Quin Mathews
• NARRATIVE SHORT
  • 1st Place – Verflechtung
    • Directed by Philip Hofmänner and Simon Jonas Pflanzer
  • 2nd Place – Lesbian Jesus Is Pregnant With Vibes
    • Directed by Reid Pope
  • 3rd Place – Seven Sisters
    • Directed by Isabella Culver
• SCREENPLAY
  • 1st Place – Another Night at Beaver’s
    • Directed by Jeremy Sumrall
  • 2nd Place – Saddled With
    • Directed by Ryan Armstrong
  • 3rd Place – House in Haunted Woods
    • Directed by Drew Henriksen
• REEL FAITH AWARD
  • Chasing Faith
    • Directed by Jerry Loncon
• ANIMATED FILM
  • 1st Place – Cherry Pie, Die!
    • Directed by Joshua Garcia
  • 2nd Place – Autistic Mode
    • Directed by Bob Clark, Nix Busby, Charles Moss, Malcolm Thomas, and Gabrielle Teaford
  • 3rd Place – Too Beautiful: A Spaceman Story
    • Directed by Alex Salsberg
• STUDENT FILM
  • 1st Place – Cryptid Crisis
    • Directed by Tsvetalina Pourciau
  • 2nd Place – Where is Everybody?
    • Directed by Raquel “Rocky” Andrews
  • 3rd Place – Part Time Criminals
    • Directed by Richard Anthony Batres
• EXPERIMENTAL OR MUSIC VIDEO
  • 1st Place – The Deep Rolling: Magma
    • Directed by Robin Scovill
  • 2nd Place – My Face
    • Directed by Jeff Hilliard
  • 3rd Place – Hunky Dory
    • Directed by Steven Vander Meer
• INFORMATIONAL VIDEO
  • 1st Place – Diving into Drinking Water Systems
    • Directed by Ron Perrin
  • 2nd Place – Lutcher Theater Interviews Captain Beverley Bass
    • Directed by Andy McCall
  • 3rd Place – The Nest: A Safe Place
    • Directed by Julian Quebedeaux
• 48 HR. FILM RACE
  • 1st Place – Team Red Beak Productions – Reaper
  • 2nd Place – Team Wizards & Lizards – I Didn’t Do It: King of the Lawn
  • 3rd Place – Team Slayers – AIdan
  • Audience Award – Team Red Beak Productions – Reaper

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

• WINNERS
  • My Final Year
    • Directed by Camila Perez-Mantilla
  • The Silent Watcher
    • Directed by Dulce Sambrano, Alexa Figueroa, Analia Bermudez, Emily Cruz, and Emily Hernandez
  • Driving Safety PSA
    • Directed by Gabriela Bermudez, Kaylie Maldonado, Emeryal Lares, and Haydee Castillo
  • The Politician
    • Directed by Austin Ryan Underdown and Evan Harkins
  • Cooped Up
    • Directed by Kiera Marks
  • Don’t Speed and Drive Public Service Announcement
    • Directed by Jesus Gracian, Fatima Aguilar, Sigfried Martinez, Brandon Garcia, Anthony Almaraz, and German Tejada Gutierrez
  • I’m Glad We Met
    • Directed by Isabella Perez-Mantilla
  • Don’t Be A Bully PSA
    • Directed by Cesia Valdes, Angel Francisco Mendoza, Alexander Barajas, Kimberly Damian, Miguel Chavez, Genesis Flores, and Samuel Manzano
• HONORABLE MENTIONS
  • Fire Drill Safety PSA
    • Directed by Noe Barragan, Sebastian Clottes, Edwin Pulido, and Miguel Oceguera