Artistic Expression Film 

• Check Your Insides, Shea Clews, dir. 

• Film Noir, Jesikah Cox, dir. 

Emerging Media Film 

• Escapism, Christopher Demond Jordan, dir. 

Graphic Design (High School) 

• Naiad, Kaia Langhorn 

Graphic Design (University) 

• The Five Knightly Virtues, Bailee Jackson 

• Roc Grotesk,  Juwairya Gharib 

High School Documentary Film 

• The Botanical Garden: A Reflection of the Soul, Logan Michael Kord., dir. 

• The CIT Chronicles: Turning Crisis into Connections, Brook Danielle Ellis, dir. 

• Tatum Tough, RJ James Brummett, Addison Frances Sandifer, Maddie Marie Myles, dirs. 

Journalism (High School) 

• “Mommy,” Logan Day 

Journalism (University) 

• “Is rodeo animal cruelty,” Teigan Ashleigh Poston 

• “Recent events at Texas universities could lead to ‘self-censorship’ on campus,” Emily Lara  

• “The Zen of Animal Crossing: The Importance of Playing Without Ambition,” Stephen Michael Langlais 

Music Videos 

• Pretty Bolt Nori, Christian James Alexander Brooks, dir. 

• Rocket, Jahsoulii Blain, dir. 

• Veridis Quo, José Aaron Lumbreras 

Photography (High School) 

• Final Bow, Full Heart, Audrey Heebner 

• Wildcat Pride Bump, Elizabeth Dean 

Photography (University) 

• A Cowboy’s Grit, Teigan Poston  

• Amber Stillness, Teigan Poston 

• Dad/Son U.S. Veteran Duo, Derren Hall  

• Roped Up, Teigan Posten  

Podcast (University) 

• Hear Me Out, Aliah Moore, John Epperson, Madalyn Gray, Amanda Foster 

• You Hate Me Cause You Ain't Me Sports Talk, Episode 8, "Two Texans, One Room," Featuring Avery Wheelock: Christian Ekpenike, dir. 

Best PR/Advertising (University)

• Dead to Me, Robert Thomas Swartley Jr.

• Tad’s Louisiana, Juwairya Gharib

PR/Advertising (High School) 

• Bloom, Ethan Jackson 

• Broken, Jaxon Olalde 

• In The Eyes of The Beholder, Kaia Langhorn 

Yearbook 

• 2024-2025 yearbook, Caney Creek High School 

• “it’s OUR thing” yearbook, New Braunfels Christian Academy 

• TBD

Beyond Texas 

• A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing, Ashley Seering, director 

Independent Texas Filmmaker 

• It Came from Studio A, Marshall Wright, director 

• Patch, Meg Cook, director 

Narrative Student Film 

• Dungeons and Drama, Grey Ortiz, Tony Torrez, dirs. 

• Goo Goo for Gaga Ball, Spencer Tristan Hancock, dir.  

• Grief, Rae Murphy, dir.  

• The Gift of Today, Michael Loya, dir.  

• Gun Slingin' Grandpa, Madden Stahlecker, dir. 

• Hollow, Isabella Huczek, dir.  

• The Mystical Gamble, Michael Loya, dir.  

• Ramen, Jahsoulii Blain, dir.  

• So Far Away, Chantal Nkiruka Obi, dir. 

• Spin, Adam Babu, dir. 

• Value, Sidney Mallari, dir.  

• When it's Gone, Manyu Dubbyreddy, dir. 

• Without Their Dreams, Xavier Alexander, Alice Hakalenko, dirs.  

• Would You Still Love Me if I Was a Cockroach? Andy Alexander Araujo, dir. 

TBD: Will be revealed at the April 30 award ceremony