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NATIONAL FEATURE FILMS WITH MULTI-TASKING FILMMAKERS FROM ACROSS THE USA WERE NOMINATED FOR THE COVETED BARE BONES ROBERT RODRIGUEZ INDIE AUTEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD.

This award is in honor of the original "Rebel Without A Crew" (Robert Rodriguez) who was the inspiration for the 1999 creation of the Bare Bones Independent Film Festival.
NO FILLS-NO WASTE"!

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2025 BARE BONES INDIE AMBASSADOR AWARDEES!!

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These Feature Filmmakers are the 2025
Bare Bones Ambassadors! "NO FRILLS-NO WASTE"!

2025-ROBERT RODRIGUEZ INDIE AUTEUR OF THE YEAR NOMINEES!

DEATH ORCHARD
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Directed by Mary K DeVault &
Kim Kowalski
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71 minutes HORROR COMEDY

Guts are spilled and spells send shivers in a spooky world where a lovelorn hex from the past haunts a rural town and sends two orphaned sisters on a quest to find their missing brother. A fun horror-comedy filled with gore, eccentric characters and witchcraft.

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Best HORROR-Genre Award

Recipient of THE ROBERT RODRIGUEZ INDIE AUTEUR OF THE YEAR Award-Mary K. DeVault

HEAVY METAL CANNIBALS
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Directed by the late James Andrew Jennings
Produced by Keith Swinton
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70 minutes THRILLER,HORROR

Follow the adventures of a college town heavy metal band as they become flesh eating cannibals!

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Best Motion Picture SOUNDTRACK

INTERSECTION
Directed by Jason Rosenblatt
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100 minutes DRAMA

Over the course of a single day the lives of innocent and not-so-innocent individuals collide in a web of misfortune and redemption.

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Best ENSEMBLE CAST in a Feature Film
Best DRAMA Genre Award

Recipient of THE FORD AUSTIN DIRECTOR Award

LISANDRO BOCCACCI'S STRAY KIDS
Directed by Lisandro Boccacci
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108 minutes CRIME DRAMA, GANGS, DRUGS

Danny living in the streets befriends two other hoodlums that get him too involved with the cartel...too involved to just walk away ..now he spends his time trying to escape his fate with death... when all he wants is to is find a real home and family.

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Recipient of THE WILLIAM MCCALLUM ACTOR Award
Recipient of THE OSCAR RAY SHAMELESS D.I.Y. MARKETING Award

MONSTERS WITHIN
Directed by Devin Montgomery
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101 minutes THRILLER,ROMANCE, DRAMA, HORROR

Life brings Luke Wolf back to his hometown where his sister, who has Down Syndrome, is. Things are different, or maybe it's just that now he's different. After years of running from his problems, Luke must face his monsters.

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Best LEAD ACTOR Award-Devin Montgomery as "Luke Wolf"

AUDIENCE CHOICE-Favourite Feature Award

STAYCATION
Directed by Russ Emanuel
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94 minutes THRILLER/DRAMA

Lead virologist Edward Bellows races to find a cure to the Nix virus as the world collapses under the weight of this worldwide horror. Meanwhile, roommates Britt and Marnie, are forced to live together, while a couple, Matt and Cathy, separated between continents, must all deal with their newfound realities.

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Best COMEDY-Genre Award

THE EVE OF MAY
Directed by Ray Nomoto Robison
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90 minutes FEMALE BUDDY FILM, ROAD TRIP DRAMEDY

73-year-old Evamay road trips with her grown granddaughter back to the town where she grew up and hasn't returned to in over 50 years. The granddaughter discovers much about her grandmother including why it took so long for her to return.

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Best LEAD ACTOR (Female) in a Feature-PRISCILLA QUINBY as "Eva May"

Best ACTION/ADVENTURE Genre Award

Recipient of THE GRAY FREDERICKSON PRODUCER Award-Ray Romoto Robison

THE HITCHHIKER EFFECT
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Directed by Zack Van Eyck
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76 minutes UF0 PARANORMAL DRAMA

A beleaguered conspiracy theorist in a contentious relationship struggles to understand the reality of paranormal events that begin when his eccentric neighbors drop by and refuse to leave.

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Best DRAMEDY-Genre Award

Recipient of THE ROBERT RODRIGUEZ INDIE AUTEUR OF THE YEAR Award-Zack VanEyck

WITHOUT A NAME
Directed by Emmett Charles Loverde
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84 minutes THRILLER/HORROR

Teenager Calvin is drawn into a cult that worships youth but threatens adults. His father struggles to rescue him but Calvin may not want saving.

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Recipient of THE JAMES CHRISTOPHER SCRIPT-2-SCREEN AWARD
Best Youth Actor in a leading role-DESI CRUZ BROOKS

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27TH ANNUAL BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL-MUSKOGEE, OK USA   
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