We Recognize You . . .The prestigious Hattie Awards symbolizes excellence, perseverance, and inspiration in all creative genres and focuses on Creators in film, music, art and technology.
Hattie McDaniel’s journey—from being overlooked to breaking barriers and achieving greatness—perfectly embodies the mission of OUMFF. Her legacy of resilience and triumph mirrors the paths of countless actors, directors, musical talents, and creators, inspiring generations to push forward and claim their rightful place in award history.
The Orlando Urban Film Festival
2026 Awards
Memorial Day Weekend
Wednesday, May 20 to
Saturday, May 23
Regal Cinema Pointe Orlando
Rosen Centre Hotel
OUFF HATTIE AWARDS
2025 Winners
Rick E Cutts (Rising Director Award) and Layne Harper(Rising Star Award)
Rising Star Award - Layne Harper
Chairman's Award - Tony L. Davis, Director - Probable Cause
Best Music Video - 80's RAD Directed By Jonathan Daniel Williams
Phenominal Women Award - Lena Jenkins-Smith
Rising Director Award - Rick E Cutts (Stratagem The Movie)
Best Web Series - Chorus to Dero (Animation) Directed By Dana Corrigan
OUFF 2025 Loves Shorts - The Ghanaian film "GEM" wins OUFF 2025 Hattie Awards Honorable Mention Award, Dunn Pearson, OUFF Vice President Congratulation's Director and Producer on their the success of their film and Screenings!
Best Screenplays - One Last One Directed By Will Lewis and Chris Lewis
So You Want Your Name In Lights and OUFF "Youth Summer Camp Program" Hattie Awards Winner - Jarvis - For his skills in literature as a youth screenwriter, camera operator in video recording and still photography and as Production Assistant (PA) setting up the camera, green screen, lights, tripod and more.
Best Social Impact Film - Shattered Reflections Directed By Rock Davis and Tiffani Hyde
So You Want Your Name In Lights and OUFF "Youth Summer Camp Program" Hattie Awards Winner - Brielle - For her skills in literature, as a youth screenwriter, camera operator in video recording and still photography and as Production Assistant (PA) setting up the camera, green screen, lights, tripod and more.
So You Want Your Name In Lights and OUFF "Youth Summer Camp Program" Hattie Awards Winner - Liam - For his skills in literature as a youth screenwriter, camera operator in video recording and still photography and as Production Assistant (PA) setting up the camera, green screen, lights, tripod and more.
OUFF 2025 Hattie Awards Veterans and Military Performing Arts Award - Legend Award Honoree and Best Director Feature Film, Presented by Prince Levy and accepted by Urban Light for Gregory Alan
OUFF Inspire Award - Mimi Mala For Her Community Service In Media
Best Student Film - Adonis Directed By Kaylee Alexa
N0MINEE | DIRECTOR | AWARD |
1. Nominee Best Short Film | ||
At the Mercy of Faith | Andrew Arguello | Winner |
Emilio | Jacinto J.E. Cleveland | Honorable Mention |
Touched | Jessica Evans | Honorable Mention |
GEM | Justice Ornan Abadah | Honoranle Mention |
The Death Of Jezebel | Ken Miles | Honorable Mention |
2. Nominees Best Feature Film | ||
Stratagem The Movie | Rick E Cutts | Winner - Feature Film - Rising Director - 1 hour 50 Minutes Shot on an iPhone |
Cocoa in the Dark | Ryan Hope Travis | Runner - upHonorable Mention |
Rum Jungle | Christopher Paul Pinellas, Duron Barker | Honorable Mention |
3. Nominees Best Student Film | ||
Adonis | Kaylee Alexa | Winner |
The Guilt That Follows | Alejandro Londono | Honorable Mention |
Shelly | Jackson lee Hartman | Honorable Mention |
4. Nominees Best Social Impact Film | ||
Shattered Reflections | Rock Davis, Tiffani Hyde | Winner |
Designed by Preeti | Gayatri Everitt Bajpai | Honorable Mention |
5. Nominees Best Animated Film | ||
The Komrades | Bryan Boyd | Winner |
Reboot | Tyra Pacheco | Honorable Mention |
6. Nominees Best Music Video | ||
80's RAD | Jonathan Daniel Williams | Winner |
Chaton - From the Future - (Technology) | Marcus CB Soori | Honorable Mention |
7. Nominees Best Webseries | ||
Chorus to Dero - Animation | Dana Corrigan | Winner |
You Can't Stop the Beet | Emma Cones, Ashley Obinwanne | Honorable Mention |
8. Nominees Best Military Screenplay | ||
Squatta | James W. Williams III | Winner |
Wind and A Prayer | Harry Kleinman | Honorable Mention |
Grandma's Squad | Dr. Tamecca Rogers | Honorable Mention |
9. Nominees Best Screenplays | ||
One Last One | Will Lewis, Chris Lewis | Winner |
Flectcher Town Road | Devin S. Jones | Honorable Mention |
Candy | MG Handy | Honorable Mention |
10. Phenominal Women Award | Lena Jenkins-Smith | Phenominal Women Award |
11. Rising Star Award | Layne Harper | Rising Star Award |
12. Military and Veterans Performing Arts "Legend Award" - | Gregory Alan Williams (star Greenleaf and 200 other projects) and | Legend Award and Best Director Feature Film |
Gregory Alan Williams - BEST DIRECTOR - Feature Film -Paw Paw & Dayja | ||
13. Chairman's Award | Tony L. Davis, Director - Probable Cause | Prince Levy's, OUFF Chair - Chairman's Award |
14. OUFF Inspire Award | Mimi Mala | Inspire Award - For Her Community Service In Media |
So You Want Your Name In Lights | Orlando Urban Film Festival's Youth Collabortive Partners: Gwen and Will Covenington | |
15. So You Want Your Name In Light / Summer Camp Program and OUFF Media Arts Award | Brielle | ONLY USE STUDENTS FIRST NAMES |
16. So You Want Your Name In Light / Summer Camp Program and OUFF Media Arts Award | Liam | ONLY USE STUDENTS FIRST NAMES |
17. So You Want Your Name In Light / Summer Camp Program and OUFF Media Arts Award | Diondra "Star" | ONLY USE STUDENTS FIRST NAMES |
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The Orlando Urban Film Festival (OUFF) is a “Movie and Music Showcase”. Our goal is to help filmmakers and music producers expose their creative projects through public platforms.
The OUFF Team has helped build the careers of many of today’s superstars. OUFF is energized by the diversity and inclusion of all types of cultural films, movies, documentaries, videos, shorts, clips, music and photography from content creators globally.
We honor and award the best talents and do not exclude entry to any creative works from other cultures. Creators’ works are displayed on the “BIG SCREEN” in major movie theaters.
The OUFF Young Directors and Artist’s Program educates young people on how to communicate and express their feelings through the use of reading, writing and the visual arts (images, audio, media)
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The Orlando Urban Film Festival's (OUFF) mission is to help content creators in film, music, art, and technology publish and perform their creative works in various public venues.
OUFF’s key objective is to help Content Creators display their works in a theatrical setting to the public on a “BIG SCREEN” in major movie theaters, or perform live on large venue stages and in our Metaverse Spaces.
We provide Content Creators and their works with much-needed media exposure to help advance their recognition in the entertainment marketplace as well as provide them with information and education to help gain exposure and access to sell their products in the major marketplaces. We also recognize, honor, and award the best talent, and we do not exclude entry of any creative works from other cultures globally.
The OUFF Young Director’s Program “Jump At The Sun” teaches young people key communication, visual, public speaking, and media arts skills. The goal is to help young people better communicate and express their feelings through the use of writing, images, audio, media, technology, and visual arts.
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- 5:00pm to 10:00pm
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