This year, the Yucca Valley Film Festival received 243 submissions from 27 countries, and selected more than 50 movies and artists to compete during three days of celebration.
Results announced Sunday (November 15) distributed awards to multiple local talents through the movie “Nick and Zach: High Desert Day,” filmed near Joshua Tree National Park, and the music video “That One Girl,” by local Yucca Valley band “Off The Wall.”
Nick Luciano and Zach Fairless are returning local filmmakers, who won third place of the 2019 Audience Award.
Actor William Baldwin spent almost two hours live with the festival talking about his career, his biggest movies and TV shows.
Videos of all panels and interviews will remain available on the Festival’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
Best feature of the year goes to “Thy Neighbor,” a thriller directed by Emmy Award winner George A. Johnson.
2020 WINNERS
| Yucca Valley Award | ||
| Very Nick and Zach: High Desert Day | directed by Nick Luchiano | Yucca Valley |
| Keep Mojave Free Award | ||
| Off the Wall – “That One Girl” | directed by Zak Kupcha | Yucca Valley |
| Best Feature Film | ||
| Thy Neighbor | directed by George A. Johnson | Canada |
| Best Short Film | ||
| Lessons with Martha | directed by Matthew C. Johnson | Los Angeles |
| Best Documentary | ||
| Iron Duck | directed by Ben Dolenc | California |
| Best Drone Film | ||
| Würm – A Scotland Journey | directed by Julien Hudym | France |
| Best Animated film | ||
| Super Generic | directed by Di Lu | Florida |
| Best Visual Film | ||
| The Dawn | directed by NP Novack | USA / France |
| Best Dance Film | ||
| Trapped | directed by Carlos Garland, Marisa Dolan | Florida |
| Best Music Video | ||
| Nice Shoes | directed by Jonathan Lawrence | Los Angeles |
| Best Composer | ||
| Angel of Grief | composed by Stefano Gargiulo | Italy |
| Best Poster | ||
| The Fixer | directed by Michael Schilf | Los Angeles |
| Best Script | ||
| Paradigm | written by Stephen Wise | USA |
| Festival Pick | ||
| Talk | directed by Romual Boulanger | USA / France |
Catch up with the winning movie on XERB: https://xerb.tv/channel/yvff/virtual-events/1030
AUDIENCE VOTE
All participants and viewers with a Xerb account can now vote for the one film of their choice, using THIS FORM.
Votes will be considered through midnight November 22.
The audience award will be announced November 23.
FORM LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkG_8Imbok42tSXEMmcoAK3zfsxsFFl0BKd3dx0m3koTa1Tw/viewform
REPLAY
All 2020 movies selected to the festival remain available to watch on XERB through November 22, Midnight: https://xerb.tv/channel/yvff/virtual-events
