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Kevin Machate

72 wins & 52 nominations

Austin Film Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2022 Winner Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
    • Second Rounder
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
    • Second Rounder
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
    • Semifinalist - Short Screenplay
    • Last Thursday

Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2017 Nominee Bonehead Award
    • Best Picture Short Film
    • Promise Me
  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Nominee Bonehead Award
    • Best Comedy Short
    • #Rip

North Carolina Film Festival

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Director's Award
    • Short Film
    • Promise Me
  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Winner President's Award
    • #Rip

WorldFest Houston

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Platinum Remi Award
    • Independent Shorts - Dramatic - Original
    • Promise Me
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2015 Winner Platinum Remi Award
    • Best Screenplay (Short)
    • Promise Me
  • Living with Joban (2013)
    2014 Winner Silver Remi Award
    • Original Comedy Short
    • Living with Joban
    Shared with: Heath Allyn
  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Winner Silver Remi Award
    • Black/Dark Comedy Short
    • #Rip
  • Love, Simple (2012)
    2013 Winner Silver Remi Award
    • Independent Short Subject-Films & Video - Comedy-Romantic
    • Love, Simple

Vail Film Festival

  • The Survivor
    2024 Nominee Best Short Screenplay
    • Finalist
    • The Survivor
  • Kevin Machate in Worst Enemy (2026)
    2023 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Finalist
    • Worst Enemy
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Semifinalist
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Last Thursday
    2021 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Quarterfinalist
    • Last Thursday

Accolade Competition

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Winner Award of Merit
    • Short film
    • #Rip

Gulf Coast Film & Video Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Film Festival Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Film Festival Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Last Thursday

Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival

  • The Survivor
    2025 Winner Short Screenplay Competition
    • 2nd Place
    • The Survivor
  • Stranded
    2022 Winner Short Screenplay Competition
    • 2nd Place
    • Stranded

Mexico International Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Winner Bronze Palm Award
    • Student Film
    • #Rip

Maverick Movie Awards

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Nominee Maverick Movie Award
    • Best Screenplay: Short
    • Promise Me

Richmond International Film Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2022 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Best Shorts Competition

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Winner Award of Merit
    • Short Film
    • #Rip

Trail Dance Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2016 Nominee Festival Director's Award
    • #Rip
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Nominee Festival Director's Award
    • Promise Me
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Nominee Best Short Drama
    • Promise Me

The Golden Egg Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee GEFF Cancun Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • #Rip
    Shared with: Jason Vines
  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee GEFF Cancun Award
    • Best Director of a Short
    • #Rip
  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee GEFF Cancun Award
    • Best Short Film
    • #Rip
  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Winner GEFF Cancun Award
    • People's Choice Award
    • #Rip

Hill Country Film Festival, US

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2015 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Promise Me

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, US

  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Winner Genre Award
    • In This Together
    • Milton
    Shared with: Libby Villari · Gayland Williams · Todd Rodgers
  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Nominee Genre Award
    • What's Love Got To Do With It?
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Nominee Genre Award
    • Every Woman
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Best Domestic Short
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Best Drama Short
    • Milton

Couch Film Festival

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2020 Nominee Best Film Of The Festival
    • Promise Me

Alaska International Film Awards

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Drama
    • Promise Me

Austin Indie Flix Showcase

  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Comedy
    • #Rip

Back in the Box, California

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2015 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Promise Me
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2015 Nominee Best Film
    • Promise Me

Festival Internacional de Cine Social Castilla-La Mancha

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Young Jury Prize
    • Young Jury Prize
    • Promise Me

ITSA Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee Festival Prize
    • #Rip

Houston Comedy Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee Best Texas Film
    • #Rip

International Independent Film Awards

  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Winner Bronze Award
    • Student
    • #Rip

FilmQuest

  • Stranded
    2022 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film Screenplay
    • Stranded
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Screenplay (Short Film)
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2020 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Creative World Awards

  • Kevin Machate in Worst Enemy (2026)
    2024 Winner Creative World Award
    • Finalist
    • Worst Enemy
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers

Awareness Film Festival, CA

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Short
    • Promise Me

Festival Internacional de Cortometraje Social Solo para Cortos

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Special Mention
    • Best Screenplay
    • Promise Me

The Short Film Awards

  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Nominee SOFIE
    • Best Writing in a Dramatic or Narrative Short Film
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Nominee SOFIE
    • Best Director of a Dramatic, Narrative or Comedic Short Film
    • Milton
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2020 Winner SOFIE
    • SOFIE Cares
    • Promise Me
  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Nominee SOFIE
    • Best Writing in a Narrative or Dramatic Short Film
    • Promise Me
  • #Rip (2014)
    2014 Nominee SOFIE
    • Best Comedic Short Film
    • #Rip

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

  • 2015 Nominee LAIFF January Award
    • Screenplay Shorts
    4th place. Screenplay: "Promise Me"

Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Winner Award of Exceptional Merit
    • Drama Short Film
    • Promise Me
  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Winner Award of Exceptional Merit
    • Comedy Short Film
    • #Rip
  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Winner Award of Exceptional Merit
    • Director
    • #Rip

People Of Passion (POP) International Film Festival

  • #Rip (2014)
    2015 Nominee POP
    • Short Comedy Film Showcase
    • #Rip

Film Fest International, Berlin

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2016 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • Promise Me

Independent Horror Movie Awards

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Nominee Spring Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Gloomy Sunday

Cinema World Fest Awards

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2020 Winner Cinema World Fest Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Waco Independent Film Festival

  • Stranded
    2024 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Screenplay - Short
    • Stranded
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Screenplay - Short
    • Gloomy Sunday

Reel East Texas Film Festival

  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Nominee Reel East Texas Film Festival Reel Award
    • Best Drama Short
    • Milton

Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Diamond Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Milton (2023)
    2021 Winner Diamond Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Milton
  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner Diamond Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins
  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Diamond Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Last Thursday

Sunny Side Up Film Festival

  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Winner Best Director
    • Short Film
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Nominee Best Drama Short
    • Best Drama Short
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Milton (2023)
    2024 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Romance Short Film
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2024 Winner Sunny Side Up Film Festival Award
    • Best Thriller Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Independent Shorts Awards

  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Script
    • Last Thursday

Hollywood Just4Shorts

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner June Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Hollywood Horrorfest

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Royal Wolf Film Awards

  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Best of Month Award - March
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Last Thursday

Indie Short Fest

  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Last Thursday

Aphrodite Film Awards

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2019 Winner October Edition Award
    • Best Fiction Short Film
    • Promise Me

Pinnacle Film Awards

  • Last Thursday
    2020 Winner Diamond Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Last Thursday

Terror in the Bay Film Festival

  • Stranded
    2022 Nominee Best Unproduced Screenplay
    • Stranded
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Best Unproduced Screenplay
    • Best Unproduced Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Malta Film Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2022 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Lifft India Filmotsav

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Kinodrome Festival

  • Stranded
    2022 Winner Honorable KinoMention
    • Screenwriting for Short Films - Short Length
    • Stranded
  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner KinoExceptional Award
    • Screenwriting for Short Films and TV Series
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Milton (2023)
    2021 Winner Honorable KinoMention
    • Motion Picture or Screenplay
    • Milton
  • Last Thursday
    2021 Winner Honorable KinoMention
    • Motion Picture or Screenplay
    • Last Thursday

Script Summit

  • Stranded
    2022 Winner Festival Award
    • Short Screenplay
    • Stranded

Las Vegas International Film & Screenplay Festival

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner Best Short Script
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Golden Nugget International Film Festival

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner Gold Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

New York Movie Awards

  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2021 Winner May Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Underground Indie Film Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2022 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday
  • Come Along, Harry Higgins
    2020 Winner Best Short Screenplay
    • Come Along, Harry Higgins

Nassau Film Festival

  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Winner Princeton Tiger Award
    • Fiction
    • Milton

Cowpokes Int'l Film Festival

  • Milton (2023)
    2025 Nominee Best Director (Short)
    • Best Director (Short)
    • Milton
  • Milton (2023)
    2025 Nominee Best Drama Short
    • Best Drama Short
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Milton (2023)
    2025 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • The Survivor
    2025 Nominee Best Short Screenplay
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • The Survivor
  • Milton (2023)
    2025 Nominee Best Texas Short Film
    • Best Texas Short Film
    • Milton
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers

Art Color Digital Cinema International Film Festival (AC DC IFF)

  • Promise Me (2015)
    2015 Nominee Best Short Script
    • Short Script
    • Promise Me

Genesis International Film Festival

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Best Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

MegaFlix Movie Awards

  • Gloomy Sunday
    2021 Winner Gold Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Gloomy Sunday

Creators Film Festival

  • Milton (2023)
    2023 Winner Creators Award
    • Best LGBT Film
    • Milton

Scriptation Showcase

  • Kevin Machate in Worst Enemy (2026)
    2023 Winner Best Short Script
    • Finalist
    • Worst Enemy
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers

Panther City Film Festival

  • Kevin Machate in Worst Enemy (2026)
    2024 Winner Panther City Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Worst Enemy
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers
  • Kevin Machate in Worst Enemy (2026)
    2024 Winner Panther City Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Worst Enemy
    Shared with: Todd Rodgers

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