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Season 10 Award Winners

Jacob Cummings · May 5, 2024 ·

We’re thrilled to announce our SeriesFest Season 10 Award Winners! Check out the list below. Full announcement live on The Wrap

Independent Pilot Competition: Comedy

Best Performance in a Comedy

Winner— Haris Mirza, The Boy Who Was Afraid of Everything

Best Comedy*

Winner—Broken Toilets

Best Director

Winner—The Boy Who Was Afraid of Everything

Best Writer

Winner—Girls Aren’t Funny

Audience Award: Independent Pilot Competition, Comedy

Winner—The Boy Who Was Afraid of Everything

Honorable Mention: Best Performance

Winner—Sam Song Li, Marvin is Sorry

Honorable Mention: Best Director

Winner—David Sonnenborn, Larry in the Sky with Diamonds

Independent Pilot Competition: Drama

Best Performance – Ensemble

Winner—Neo-Dome

Honorable Mention – Best Performance

Winner—Travis W. Bruyer, HEEBUCK

Best Drama*

Winner—Potluck Ladies

Best Writer

Winner—Joseph Castillo-Midyett, This Boy’s Vida (Made in America)

Best Director

Winner—Sasha Hajduković, SKIN

Audience Award: Independent Pilot Competition, Drama

Winner—Neo-Dome

Unscripted Series Competition

Best Unscripted*

Winner—Breakthrough

Audience Award: Unscripted

Winner—THE DOUG HEIR STORY

Best Direction

Winner—Hard To Swallow

Late Night Competition

Best of Late Night

Winner—Miracle Wood

Audience Award: Late Night

Winner—Miracle Wood

Someone to Watch

Winner—Lucy Porter, Bits

Digital Short Series Competition

Best of Digital Short Series

Winner—PROBLEMATIC

Audience Award: Digital Short Series

Winner—Barden and Sarah Start a Pandemic

Best Director

Winner—Dick Bunny

Best Writer

Winner—Good Guy with a Pun

Best Individual Performance

Winner—Kim Griffin, Dick Bunny

Best Ensemble Performance

Winner—Shit on Your Lip

All Around Excellence

Winner—Ramadan America

Special Awards

Impact in TV Award

Winner—Betsy Beers

Excellence in Acting Award

Winner—Minnie Driver

Innovation Award

Winner—Mark Duplass

Luminaries in Television Award

Winner—SAG-AFTRA

Level Forward Impact Award

Winner—Breakthrough

Caz Matthews Fund

Recipient—This Boy’s Vida (Made In America)

Caz Matthews Fund

Recipient—Hard to Swallow

Caz Matthews Fund

Recipient—THE DOUG HEIR STORY

Caz Matthews Fund

Recipient—Breakthrough

Audience Award: Best International

Winner—C*A*U*G*H*T

Pitch-A-Thon!

Winner—The Haunting of Trisha Lozada

Inclusive Creator Fund

Winner—Brewability

Outstanding Series Format Deck Award, Presented by Canva

Winner— Bits

*Best Comedy, Best Drama, and Best Unscripted Pilots are awarded $25k in in-kind post production services from our partner Company3.

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