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Best Child/Young Actor - Bronze Award

Winner
Brayden Gleave
Growing Up Hill

Silver Award

Best Action Short

Winner
Replicants
Michael Hel
Winner
Little Red
Richard Zapien
RZRCut Films
Winner
Scorpion
Krstover Luaay
IQB Productions

Best Actress

Winner
Natalin Avci(actress)
Lucy the Lion
High Vibe Pictures
Winner
Ashlee Lollback(actress)
The Celebrant
Parkbench Films
Winner
Alex Getlin
Sorry

Best Animation Short

Winner
Hinter-Land
Chris Angus(Director)
Winner
Night of the Thirty First
Margot Moss(Producer)
Jeff Etter(Animator)
Greg Checketts(Director)
Winner
Rise Up & Fight
Nolan Williams Jr.(director/producer)
NEWorks Productions

Best Child / Young Actor

Winner
Hunter Nickless
Gone
Beyond the Film Productions

Best Child/Young Actor

Winner
Jarvis Chan(actor)
Up, Up and Away

Best Cinematography

Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)
Gábor Szebeni(DOP)
Winner
When I Die
Justin Tang

Best Crime Short

Winner
Operation: Dark Waters
Dominique Marsell(actor)
Holden Ciel Sawyer(actor)
Chris Levine(actor)
Rolando Gonzalez(actor)
Neil Bentley Fierro(actor)
Mackenzie Fouts(actor)
Paul Peng(actor)
Mario g Valdez(actor)
Vincent Teixeira(actor)
Candi Marie(actor)
Rodney Brewster(actor)
Raul Perez(director)
Joint Winners
Winner
The Plan
Angelo Donzella

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Death Witch
Ryan Policky
Bloodshed Deathbath Productions

Best Director

Winner
Michael Lena
Lemonade

Best Director (Male)

Winner
Ryan Policky
Death Witch
Bloodshed Deathbath Productions

Best Documentary Short

Winner
The Dolphin Dilemma
Olivia Andrus-Drennan(Producer)
Big Sky Genesis Productions

Best Drama Short

Winner
Memories of Us
Thomas McQuillan(director)
Winner
When I Die
Syuen Chia

Best Editing

Winner
Operation: Dark Waters
Raul Perez(editor)
Bigfox Pictures
Winner
Eternal Presence: Journey into the Mind
9.4 (9)
Behdad Esfahbod
Behdad Esfahbod
Winner
Forecast: The Short
Gillian Cameron(editor)
GreenWisdom Media
Winner
When I Die
Byron Chang

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Daisy
Cassidy Krygger
Lachlan McKillop
Verity Higgins
Roy Barker
Daisy Productions
Fitzcarraldo Pictures
Winner
Blackberry
Violet Gem Productions
Alcove Productions

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Prelude of a Story
Ashley Salman
Three
Scott Petill(director)

Best Female Director

Winner
Mila Vilaplana(director)
Beneath the Veil
Dipsomania Productions
Winner
Annie Goldson
Refuge: A Duty to Care
Winner
Amy Gardner
Egerton
Finite Films and TV
Winners
Craig Anthony Smith(director)
Katherine Armon(director)
The Celebrant
Parkbench Films

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Laëtitia Daché(director/choreographer)
In the Distance

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Matthew Morley Daniel(Director)
Exhibit A
Winner
Keunpyo Yoon
To the Hour, Blue
Winner
Matt O'Leary
Caterpillar
MJO Productions
Winner
Roger Dial
The Red Sash

Best Horror Short

Winner
Caterpillar
Matt O'Leary
MJO Productions

Best Indie Short

Winner
Partly Hazy
John Brownell(writer/director)
Winner
Secret Garden
Yihui Hu
Winner
Hashran
Mohammed Alansary
Norah Mansor
Pixie Entertainment

Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
I Don't
Kuan Wei Yu
Happy Rain Kloud Productions

Best Male Director

Winner
Dastan Khalili
The Sniper
Alliance of Light

Best Microfilm

Winner
Replicants
Michael Hel
Winner
Pipe
David Camero

Best Music Video

Winner
The Girl Who Faded Away
9.0 (8)
Brent Heise
Brent Heise Productions
Winner
The Girl Who Faded Away
9.0 (8)
George W. Daly(executive producer)
Brent Heise Productions
Winner
A Place to Bury Strangers: You Got Me
Christopher Brown
Browzan Ltd

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Behind the Door
9.6 (5)

Best Original Score

Winner
Operation: Dark Waters
Jackson Wood Brown(composer)
Winner
Love of Magdalena
9.2 (12)
George Ivanovich(Composer)
Winner
The Fries Rebellion
9.4 (9)
Thibaut Falgairette
ubiFire
In the Wee hours
Winner
Tigre
6.9 (15)
Jhonatan Faria
JNR Productions
Kai Studio

Best Original Story

Winner
The Jump
Ryan Serrano(Writer)
Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)
Péter Karácsony
Winner
The Caregiver
William Bright(Director)
Reel-Bright Productions
Winner
The Sniper
Chris Calzia
Alliance of Light

Best Production Design

Winner
My Rockstar
9.8 (6)
Winner
Love, Lacey Lane
Rupali Ingle
Winner
Sky-Sky
Anna Khanina(Singer, Actress)
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Memories of Us
Thomas McQuillan
MrTMMProductions
Winner
Egerton
Amy Gardner
Finite Films and TV

Best Screendance Short

Winner
In the Distance
Laëtitia Daché(director/choreographer)

Best Short Script

Winner
The Matt Chat
Ben Neuberger(writer)
Winner
Devious
Martina Lisec(writer)
Winner
For: LiLa
Kaitron Bryant
Croatan Productions

Best Sound Design

Winner
Elteney
Tri-Vision
Winner
Who Knows?
Kevin W. Walker(sound designer)
Mysterious Cube Productions
Winner
Refuge: A Duty to Care
Ewan Collins
Winner
Caterpillar
Matt O'Leary
MJO Productions
Winner
Tigre
6.9 (15)
Rafael Pirela
JNR Productions
Kai Studio

Best Special FX

Winner
Caterpillar
Thomas Floutz
MJO Productions

Best Student Director (Female)

Winner
Audrey Cardinal
Dollhouse

Best Student Short

Winner
Shayna Punim
Emilie Anderson
Winner
The Morning Train
Darren Lee Campbell
Renaud Warrick
Anishika Jontae

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
James J. LaBonte
The Hit
Greatest Gram Productions
Angel Entertainment

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Vanja Djekic(actress)
Stone Soup
Winner
Michelle Stahl
Bad Chemistry

Best Thriller Short

Winner
The Eraser: Time to Kill
Zachary Padgett
Winner
Blackberry
Violet Gem Productions
Alcove Productions

Best Visual Effects

Winner
Elteney
Markus Schnatmann
Tri-Vision

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Hollywoo
Tommy Jay Dwyer
Joseph Anthony Marcello
Greatest Gram Productions
Angel Entertainment
Winner
The Pitch Is Wac
Stephen Reis(director)

Best Web and New Media

Winner
Manage This! Webseries
Michael Monks
Richard Waterhouse
Winner
Heavy Load
Alisher Mishelyov(director)
A+M Creative

Best Women Short

Winner
Sorry
Sorry

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Monotony
Mia Denae'

Best Student Director (Male)

Gabriel Del Rosario
There Goes Stacy

Bronze Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Domino Springs
Coby Larinde
Scott Allen Kennedy
In the Wee hours
Winner
The Fries Rebellion
9.4 (9)
Nancy Kimball
Jon Reinhold
ubiFire
In the Wee hours
Winner
Conversations Between You and I
Matilda Bedford(actress)
Drew Sheridan-Wheeler(actor)

Best Action Film

Winner
The Spectre
Revaz-Giorgi 'Rezo' Arveladze
Rophaki Studios

Best Action Short

Winner
Dauntless and the Demigod
Casey Lloyd

Best Actor

Winner
Tommy Jay Dwyer
Hollywoo
Greatest Gram Productions
Angel Entertainment
Winner
Marcel Grabowiecki
Ebb & Flow
Winner
Michael Ridley
Closure
Winner
Jesse Printz(Actor)
End of Life Inc.
Winner
Samuel Whitten(actor)
Visions of Her
Creative Wisconsin Filmmakers

Best Actress

Winner
Daniela Lugo
March of the Penguins
Lugo Films

Best Child/Young Actor

Winner
Drew Youngblood
Bus Stop

Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Allegra Novikov
Bus Stop

Best Children Short

Winner
Buckets
Dan Lubetkin
Corner Lot Media

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Eraser: Time to Kill
Zachary Padgett
Winner
Hippocrites: A Broken Oath in Reproductive Health
Nathaly Pinheiro(Director of Photography)
Vicente Mayo(Director of Photography)
Rebolucion
Here with You
Matthew Liang(director of photography)

Best Crime Short

Winner
The Hit
Tommy Jay Dwyer
Joseph Anthony Marcello
Jesus Paez
James J. LaBonte
Greatest Gram Productions
Angel Entertainment
Winner
Paradox
Montgomery Mauro(director)
Paul Gratland(director)
No2Mauro Productions
Melodrama Media

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Never Been Better
Jena Ai(actress)
Nicole Rombaoa(actress)
Max Myers(director of photography)
Christopher Foster(director)
Jacob White(actor)
Alexander Ngyuen(Cinematographer)
Cheryl Noelani(actress)
Milo Magno(actor)
Squandered Potential Productions
Winner
Cherry Pie
Jamieson Tabb(editor)
Patrick Mulderrig(writer/director) (producer)
Aakash Raj(cinematographer)
Unseeded Threat

Best Documentary Short

Winner
When Worlds Collide
Genevieve Sulway
Salty Paradise Productions
Winner
When Worlds Collide
Genevieve Sulway
Salty Paradise Productions

Best Drama Short

Winner
Galaxies
Robert Brody(director)
Super Vision

Best Editing

Winner
The Acting Coach
Arvid Unsgaard
Winner
Buckets
Gerrad A. Holtz

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Cycle
Vilma Jackson
Damyan Cholakov
Craig O'Hara
Judit Pasti
Elliot Fradkin
Jacqui Beckford
Sean Patrick Brooks
Maria Alejandra Hernandez
Malachi Oram
Dik Maya Pun
George Ndirangu
Samuel Adedeji

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Free Me! Free Me!
Carlos F. Godinez
Sugar Boy Productions

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
The Stranger
Dawn Brown
The Monster Shop

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Laura Scarpati(director)
The Isaiah House Project: Lessons in Dying and Compassion
Chelsea Park Creative
Winner
Alex Getlin
Sorry
Winner
Anna Danyi
Behind the Door

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Adam Schaller
Sorry

Best Horror Short

Winner
Portrait of Fear
6.4 (26)
Parker Viale
Parkerfilm
Winner
Just a Picture
Lisa Singletary
Cipher Cat Films

Best Indie Short

Winner
Driving There
Marlaina Smith

Best Male Director

Winner
Angelo Donzella
The Plan
Mario Ricardo Rodriguez
Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
Triggered, a Cinematic Superhero Fan-Film
For #2.0

Best Microfilm

Winner
Burned Reputation
Nicolas Pouilley(writer/director)
Winner
Norma at Rico
Christiamir Malanog(director)
December 2024

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Missing Me Someplace
Catherine Phillips

Best Music Video

Winner
Sky-Sky
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Anna Khanina(Singer, Actress)

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Bad Chemistry
Michael Rognlie
E.E. Tallent
Tapped House TV
On The Fence Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
Domino Springs
Thibaut Falgairette
In the Wee hours
Winner
Back to the 8 Count
Charlotte de Mita(vocal director, composer)
Michael Cortez(song producer)
Cintia de Mita(songwriter)

Best Parody Short

Winner
The Coven
Melissa Vitello
Adriana Natale
Winner
The Debate
Todd Bruno(director)
Nick Casal(Writer/Producer)

Best Production Design

Winner
Dead Crush
Kyle Roark(production designer)
Fake ID Productions
Winner
The Sniper
Maria Morillo
Alliance of Light

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Swindle
Alexander Bernes
There Goes Stacy
Gabriel Del Rosario

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
AI vs Deep State
8.7 (11)
Katalin Weith(producer)

Best Student Director (Male)

Winner
Casey Lee Ball
Ram's Head
Winner
Ethan Paulo
Sock Quiz
Winner
Ethan Paulo
Sock Quiz
Winner
Nick Leahy
Live from the Geneva!

Best Student Short

Winner
Cycles
Chiara Padejka(Director)
Winner
Leave
Rama Sardar(Director)
Winner
The Love We Choose
10 (19)
Jayden Alvarez
Reece Caddell

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Seth Lawrence(Actor)
End of Life Inc.

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Carolina Speroterra
mother/daughter

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Happy Together (VII)
Zahier Turner
Christopher Mays
Erin Carrie
Nicholas Golinowski
Winner
Quiver
Dalton Burdette
Vitória Ressineti
Movie Knights

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Embrace
Bryce Michael Hughes

Best Original Story

Return to Sender
Kristy Leigh Lussier(writer)
The Rockit Moving Picture Company

Honorable Mention

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Take Your Medicine
Da Young Lisa Park
Charlene Lefever
Winner
Legendary
Arielle Howell
Rachel Hemsley
Winner
Cherry Pie
Eric Michael Cole(actor)
Linzi Fenix(actor)
Unseeded Threat
Tandem
Charlotte Jackson
John Henry Richardson

Best Actor

Winner
Donny Carrington
Embrace
Winner
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Sonata Para Un Calendario
Winner
Ash Kahn
The Stranger
Mike Silva
Burden

Best Actress

Winner
Crystal Salinas
Free Me! Free Me!
Sugar Boy Productions
Winner
Tara Arielle O'Reilly
Manage This! Webseries
Winner
Iva Kevra(Actress)
Love of Magdalena

Best Animation Short

Winner
Sock Quiz
Ethan Paulo
Winner
Sock Quiz
Ethan Paulo

Best Child/Young Actor

Winner
Maximillian Cherry
Buoy

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Celebrant
9.4 (6)
Garry Phillips(director of photography)
Parkbench Films
A List of Towns
Christopher C. Smith

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Beauty and the biker
Keith Biondi(Writer/Producer)
Lawrence Le(Director)
Hanna Preston(Editor)
Charles Dang(Composer)
Winner
Growing Up Hill

Best Crime Short

Winner
Early Bird
Ziqi Yang(Director/Writer)
Ben Guest(Producer)
Srishti Chakraborty(director of photography)
Michael Atlas Lane(actor)
Caledonia Wilson(actor)
Robert Younis(actor)
Shao Jean Sim(composer)
Cesalie Hintz(actor)

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
End of Life Inc.
Seth Lawrence(writer, actor, executive producer)
Jesse Printz(actor)
Jose Infante(director of photography)
Christian Sampson(writer, director, executive producer)
Abby Tagë Lee(co - producer)
Andrew Han(producer)
Allison Brady(sound department)

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Why Dogs Howl
Gary Teitelbaum

Best Director

Winner
Lee Vander Boegh(director)
Return to Sender
The Rockit Moving Picture Company

Best Documentary Short

Winner
I Am This Dark World's Light
Jonathan Sawyer
Vox Visuals
Winner
Bill Cody's Arcade Wonderland
Jack Pochop
Cartridge Thunder

Best Drama Short

Winner
The Memory Album
Cameron Ryan Soedi
Winner
March of the Penguins
Daniela Lugo
Alberto Anaya
Lugo Films

Best Editing

Winner
Secret Garden
Peiyao Lyu
A List of Towns
Matt A. Carpenter(as Matt Carpenter)

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Bar Wars: Attack of the Shots
Austin Ryan Hunt
Nofar Oved
Kayla Renee
Jacob Rowe
Alex Szafranski
Kyle Dal Santo
Jee In Kim
John Marks
Carlos Wagener-Sobrero
Olivia Hyzy
Jon Spight
Amelia Buell
Matt Helson
Austin Cranley
Erica Mendez
Winner
Bloodthirsty
Brandon Huggins(actor)
Colin Rinard(actor)
McKayla Spence(actor)
Robbie Macey(actor)
Trang Phan(actor)
Daniel Gil(actor)
Abstract Milk

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Legendary
Heather Hemsley
Three AM
Jeff Wolverton

Best Female Director

Winner
Vilma Jackson
The Cycle

Best Film Noir Short

Winner
The Edge of Water
Nicholas Safier
Sean Velasco-Dodge
Safier Universe
Winner
Inside, I Want Out
Charlie Stanton
Joshua De Marco

Best Horror Short

Winner
Shut the Door at 10:04
6.5 (52)
Zachary Padgett
Winner
The Portrait
6.3 (6)
Zachary Padgett

Best Indie Short

Winner
I Love This Country
Rob Turfe(Producer)
Labayka Films
Winner
Going Dark with Earnest Sweetgrass: or a comprehensive guide on how to die
David Barcena(Director)

Best Microfilm

Winner
Sunshine Anytime
Christian Ladia(camera operator)
Myra Datu(sound department)
Jalisha Granger-Ladia(actress)
Michael Bitanga(director)
Winner
I'm Not Dead
Jesse Gasca Garcia(director)
Finder's Fee
Trevor Meyer(producer)
William Sharkey(producer)
Steven Christian(producer)

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Killer Remorse
Miguel Lopez de Leon(writer/director/executive producer/actor/editor)
Winner
Spring Came
Catherine Phillips

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Elteney
Markus Schnatmann
Tri-Vision
Winner
Live from the Geneva!
Winner
Finale of the End
Ryan Policky
Who Knows?
Brandon Rozo(director)
Mysterious Cube Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
Swindle
Michael Murphy
Winner
I Love This Country
Farzam Salami(Composer)
Labayka Films
Winner
Quiver
Rob Crowell
Movie Knights

Best Original Story

Winner
Shayna Punim
Emilie Anderson
Winner
Mi unico hijo
Edzel Rebamontan
Back in Black Productions
MFP Productions and Rentals
Halikon Films
Winner
Traitor
Jordan Rockwell
Winner
Cherry Pie
Patrick Mulderrig(director/producer) (writer)
Unseeded Threat

Best Production Design

Winner
Growing Up Hill
McKenna Star Gattis

Best Sound Design

Winner
March of the Penguins
Alberto Anaya
Daniela Lugo
Lugo Films

Best Student Short

Winner
Brett Wong's Ex-Girlfriends
Gianna Labinpuno
Winner
¡Que Colombianada!
Samuel Vargas
Vargas Productions
MOW Image & Color

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Robert Lewis Stephenson
Paradox
Melodrama Media
No2Mauro Productions

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
The Donut Mob
Stephen Bushnik(director)

Best Western Short

Winner
Bloodthirsty
Ashleigh McPhie(producer)
Baron Logan(producer)
Ellen Asquith(writer/director)
Yasmine Cocotis(director of photography)
Abstract Milk

Best Women Short

Winner
Take Your Medicine
Da Young Lisa Park
Winner
mother/daughter
Julian Morales
Daisy
Cassidy Krygger(Executive Producer, Writer, Actor)
Mia de Rauch(Producer)
Alyssa Scott(Director, Producer)
Nikki Apostolidis(Producer)
Daisy Productions
Fitzcarraldo Pictures

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Contentment
Judie Zhang(director) (writer) (cinematographer) (editor)

Best First Time Director (Male)

Jack Geary
A List of Towns

Best Sci-Fi Short

Sic Itur ad Astra
8.2 (8)
Marco Parolin
21AM Productions

Best Short Script

A List of Towns
Eli Morrison

Best Supporting Actress

Jennylyn Caterina
Burden

Best Thriller Short

The House on Highland Court
Thor Moreno(Director)
Amber Rodgers(Executive Producer)

Platinum Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Break My Soul
Ayanna Tatum(Actress)
Andrea Boronell-Hunter(Actress)
RicOrnel Productions
Winner
Applause
Adriane Shown(actress)
Bill Karnovsky(actor)
Southwest Film Productions
Winner
Egerton
Lorien Haynes
Jonathan Firth
Finite Films and TV

Best Action Short

Winner
The Assassin
9.7 (20)
Ramya Vemulapati
Winner
Punjabi Protector
Keeran Panesar(actress)
Daniel Locicero(director)

Best Actor

Winner
Myles Cranford
Lemonade
Winner
Ryan Serrano(Actor)
The Jump
Winner
Tate Donovan
Steady
JoRo Productions
Winner
Aleksandr Yatsko(actor)
Baron Munchausen (Karl)

Best Animation Short

Winner
Tigre
6.9 (15)
Maria Victoria Sanchez
Kai Studio
JNR Productions

Best Child/Young Actor

Winner
Dean Norris Jr.
The Delicate Cycle
Westside Original Works
Independent Shorts June 2024

Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Brylee Hsu
When I Die

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Jump
Andrew Kommers(Cinematographer)
Winner
Elixir
Dominic Lake
Esque Films
Winner
Alpha 27
9.0 (19)
Nick Azzaro
Winner
Steady
8.8 (7)
J.D. Butler
JoRo Productions
Winner
Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Ilia Noyabrov(director)

Best Director

Winner
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
Jamun Ka Darakht (The Java Plum Tree)

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Shuyue Su
Likes
Winner
Canice Tam(director)
Up, Up and Away

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Forecast: The Short
Paula Randol-Smith(director/producer)
GreenWisdom Media
Winner
Find Yourself
Seth Deter(director)

Best Drama Short

Winner
Cheers,
Jillian Smith
Reagan Yorke
Winner
The Missing Peace
Winner
Steady
8.8 (7)
Joey Rogoff
Brian Yuran
JoRo Productions

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Exhibit A
Matthew Morley Daniel(Actor)
Scott Alda Coffey(Actor)
Chic Daniel(Actor)
Jared Morgan(Actor)
Xochitl Duran(actress)
Chrisi Hornback(Actress)
Winner
Shayna Punim
Emilie Anderson
Winner
The Caregiver
Arlene Victoria Conrad(Actress)
Charlz Williams(Actor)
Cammie Middleton(Actress)
DeJuan Christopher(Actor)
Saki Miata(Actress)
Reel-Bright Productions
Winner
Steady
8.8 (7)
Michael Paré
Tate Donovan
Emma Beubis
Zane Austin
JoRo Productions

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Belle Isle
Michelle Calloway(Writer)
E. Farrell Huntley(Director)
Lulah Films

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Up, Up and Away
Canice Tam(director)
Winner
Triggered, a Cinematic Superhero Fan-Film
Mario Ricardo Rodriguez
Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
Urban Renaissance Entertainment
For #2.0

Best First Time Director

Winner
Ryan Serrano(Director)
The Jump

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Dani Shear
Clown

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Nathan Hubble(writer/director)
Smokescreen
Hubble & Nice

Best First Time Female Filmmaker

Winner
When I Die
Syuen Chia

Best Horror Short

Winner
Dakini
Arniko Kumar Singh(Director)
Vijaya Kumar Singh(Producer)
Manju Singh(Producer)

Best Male Director

Winners
Joey Rogoff
Brian Yuran
Steady
JoRo Productions

Best Microfilm

Winner
Hold On
Ryan Daniel Kavanagh
Kryin78

Best Mystery Short

Winner
The Botanists
Quinn Sheehan-Hipple
Winner
Domino Springs
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours

Best Original Score

Winner
9/10: Love Before the Fall
Daron Hagen(Composer)
Burning Sled Media
534 Productions
Winner
Elmstone
Madison Lam(Composer)
Winner
Ozmar
Federico Ricci(composer)
It's A Film Productions
Winner
Space: The New Frontier
Alan Williams

Best Production Design

Winner
The Fries Rebellion
9.4 (9)
Alex Nicoletti
Kristin Wettstein
ubiFire
In the Wee hours

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Elixir
Marcus Mills
Esque Films

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
The Jump
Ryan Serrano(Writer/Director)
Winner
Sahasra
Sai Srujan Pelluri

Best Short Film - Drama

Winner
Dreamers Never Learn
Nancy Q
Paolo Wriedt
Diego A. Frias
Efímero
Resistance Productions

Best Short Script

Winner
The Age of the Empath
Steve Brown(Writer)

Best Sound Design

Winner
When Worlds Collide
Mark Street
Salty Paradise Productions
Winner
When Worlds Collide
Mark Street
Salty Paradise Productions
Winner
Outlast
Connor Reding
Scallywag Film & Media Company

Best Student Director

Winner
Emilie Anderson
Shayna Punim

Best Student Director (Female)

Winner
Cintia de Mita(director)
Back to the 8 Count

Best Student Short

Winner
Back to the 8 Count
Cintia de Mita(Producer-Director)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Hugh Parker(actor)
The Celebrant
Parkbench Films

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Caterpillar
MJO Productions

Best Thriller

Winner
Here with You
Tyler Vincent(writer, producer, actor)

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Glasshouses
Lawrence Whelan(director)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
The Celebrant
9.4 (6)
Katherine Armon
Craig Anthony Smith
Winner
Les Chroniques de Gliwensbourg
Emilie Tommasi(writer/director)
Association Actio

Best Women Short

Winner
Hippocrites: A Broken Oath in Reproductive Health
Rebolucion

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Pipe
David Camero

Gold Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
The Sniper
Eli Jane
Johanna Watts
Alliance of Light
Here with You
Tyler Vincent(actor)
Jada Delgado(actor)

Best Actor

Winner
Jayd Swendseid
Traitor

Best Actress

Winner
Vilma Jackson
The Cycle
Winner
Yiddá Eslava
Tirabuzón

Best Animation Short

Winner
The Sitters
Hannah Franklin(director)
Winner
The Anatomy of Jane Doesn't Exist

Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Dylan Chance
My Rockstar

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Return to Sender
Lee Vander Boegh(director)
Kristy Leigh Lussier(producer) (writer)
The Rockit Moving Picture Company

Best Crime Short

Winner
In Monster's Hands
9.9 (24)
Christopher Sheffield

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
You Need to Process This
Eleanor Morrison

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Katalin Weith(director)
AI vs Deep State
Winner
Paula Randol-Smith(director)
Forecast: The Short
GreenWisdom Media

Best Director (Male)

Winner
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Winner
Sai Srujan Pelluri
Sahasra

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Refuge: A Duty to Care
Annie Goldson(director)

Best Drama Short

Winner
The Caregiver
William Bright(Director)
Reel-Bright Productions
Winner
The Fries Rebellion
9.4 (9)
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours
ubiFire

Best Editing

Winner
Canary
Hanyu Gao
Winner
Little Red
Edward Bravo
Richard Zapien
RZRCut Films
Winner
Return to Sender
Lee Vander Boegh(editor)
The Rockit Moving Picture Company

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Mi unico hijo
Vee Rolle
Jef Gaitan
Jen Pauline Lopez
Jing Diaz
Carl Alyster Mamawag
Kevin Regalado
Veronica Reyes
MFP Productions and Rentals
Back in Black Productions
Halikon Films
Winner
Back to the 8 Count
Grace Lee Chan(Lina)
Kelsey Susino(Jane)
Danika Star Aragones(Young Clara)
Debbie Y.J. Lin(Teresa)
Ian Reier Michaels(Jackson)
Kianna Vo(Clara)
Henry Mark(Matthew)
Andrew Abaria(Greg)

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Beneath the Veil
Mila Vilaplana(director)
Dipsomania Productions
Winner
Dollhouse
Audrey Cardinal

Best Female Director

Winners
Lucia Valdemoros(Director)
Julieta Casalia(Director)
Hippocrites: A Broken Oath in Reproductive Health
Rebolucion
Winner
Michelle Wise(director)
Ella
Tamaya Productions
Winner
Emilie Tommasi(writer/director)
Les Chroniques de Gliwensbourg
Association Actio

Best First Time Director

Winner
Lou Barogi(director)
Conversations Between You and I

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Marcus Mills
Elixir
Esque Films

Best Indie Short

Winner
The Sniper
Dastan Khalili
Alliance of Light

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner
Transcendent
Shannon Loar-Coté
Janelle Christa Productions

Best Music Video

Winner
Pretty Please
Vanessa Zamarripa(director/producer/editor)

Best Original Score

Winner
AI vs Deep State
8.7 (11)
Gábor Nagysolymosi(Music Composer)
Maródi László(Co-composer)
Winner
March of the Penguins
Alberto Anaya
Daniela Lugo
Lugo Films
Winner
Beneath the Veil
Diego Roman Navaira(composer)
John MacCallum(composer)
Dipsomania Productions
Winner
Myopia
Jack Hayley(composer)
Winner
Elixir
Mark Doggett
Esque Films
Winner
Secret Garden
Dian Shuai
Winner
What If Sunsets Could Last Forever?
Alex Hynds

Best Original Story

Winner
Exhibit A
Matthew Morley Daniel(writer)
Winner
Domino Springs
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours
Winner
Tirabuzón
Yiddá Eslava
Pedro Flores Maldonado
Winner
Lucy the Lion
Natalin Avci(writer)
High Vibe Pictures
Winner
When I Die
Syuen Chia
Winner
Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Semen Khanin(Producer / Writer)

Best Production Design

Winner
Shayna Punim
Alyssa Jones
Winner
Elixir
Clare Conway
Esque Films
Winner
Back to the 8 Count
MaryAlyssa Rodrigues(production designer)
Winner
Return to Sender
Kyle Daniel Barrow(production design)
The Rockit Moving Picture Company

Best Romantic Short

Winner
A Life Well Lived
Asger Folmann(director)

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Alpha 27
9.0 (19)
Nick Azzaro

Best Short Script

Winner
SanDiego: The Series
Donnell Robinson Sr.(writer/director)
Ready Set Shoot Pictures

Best Sound Design

Winner
Canary
Mengchen Sun
Winner
Portrait of Fear
6.4 (26)
Ryan Leonard
Ryan Calhoon
Parker Viale
Zach Smidebush
Parkerfilm

Best Student Film

Winner
Mr Nightmare
Arman Sayat(Director)
New York Film Academy

Best Student Short

Winner
Mr Nightmare
Arman Sayat(director)
Winner
Mr Nightmare
Arman Sayat(director)
Ayaulym Sayat(producer)
Austin Tremblay(cinematographer)
Emily Roberts(assistan director)
Winner
Outlast
Connor Nagel
Scallywag Film & Media Company
Winner
Conversations Between You and I
Lou Barogi(director)

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Exhibit A
Matthew Morley Daniel(director)
Winner
Ebb & Flow
David Mullenger(producer)
Andrew O'Harney(producer & screenwriter)
Maria Busz(director)
Marcel Grabowiecki(Producer & screenwriter)
Simmy and the Whale

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Blackberry
Alcove Productions
Violet Gem Productions

Best Western Short

Winner
Outlast
Connor Nagel

Best Women Short

Winner
Elmstone
Ava Lauren Grayson(Writer/Director)
Winner
Lucy the Lion
Natalin Avci(executive producer)
Kalman Apple(director)
High Vibe Pictures

Best First Time Director (Female)

Here with You

Annual Award

Best Actress

Winner
Denise Trankalis
The Acting Coach

Best Children Short of the Year

Winner
Pentaclub
7.9 (8)

Best Crime Short

Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)
Péter Karácsony(director)

Best Experimental Short of the Year

Winner
Waving
9.1 (50)
Rolfin Nyhus
Steven C Brumwell
Ethan S. Smith
Russel Lazega
Catherine Benfield
TankTop Films
Grouchy Dog Films

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Ingvill Thorson Plesner
The Acting Coach
Dani Shear(director)
Clown

Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
The Acting Coach
Ingvill Thorson Plesner

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Domino Springs
Dan Hertzog
In the Wee hours

Best Original Story

Winner
The Acting Coach
Ingvill Thorson Plesner
Pentaclub
7.9 (8)
Maria Pia Alibrandi
Roberto Strazzarino

Best Original Story of the Year

Winner
Pentaclub
7.9 (8)
Maria Pia Alibrandi(writer)
Roberto Strazzarino(writer)

Best Student Director (Male)

Winner
Péter Karácsony(director)
A kis hatalmasok

Best Women Short

Winner
Cheers,
Reagan Yorke
Jillian Smith
S&Q Film

Best Young Actress of the Year

Winner
Lauren Jude Rosa(actress)
Five and a Half
River Place Productions

Best Acting Ensemble

The Acting Coach
Ingvill Thorson Plesner

Best Actor

Andre Landzaat
The Acting Coach
Nathan Barnatt(actor)
Clown

Best Child/Young Actor

Kue Lawrence(actor)
Clown
What if I Never Wake Up Again?
8.9 (9)

Best Children Short

Pentaclub
7.9 (8)
Roberto Strazzarino
Five and a Half
Heidi Nyburg(writer/director)
River Place Productions

Best Cinematography of the Year

Waving
9.1 (50)
Andrew Alderslade
Rolfin Nyhus
TankTop Films
Grouchy Dog Films

Best Drama Short

The Acting Coach
Ingvill Thorson Plesner

Best Editing

The Acting Coach
Arvid Unsgaard
Cheers,
Jillian Smith
Reagan Yorke
S&Q Film

Best First Time Male Director

Roberto Strazzarino
Pentaclub

Best First-Time Filmmaker of the Year

Pentaclub
7.9 (8)
Roberto Strazzarino(director)

Best Indie Short

Clown
Dani Shear(director)

Best Male Director

Steven C Brumwell
Rolfin Nyhus
Waving
TankTop Films
Grouchy Dog Films

Best Microfilm

Love of Magdalena
9.2 (12)
Iva Kevra(Director/Producer)
Hold On
Ryan Daniel Kavanagh(writer/director)

Best Supporting Actor

Morten Rudå
The Acting Coach
James Hal Hardy(actor)
Five and a Half
River Place Productions

Best Supporting Actress

Lavleen Kaur
The Acting Coach

Best Thriller Short

Rat in the Kitchen
6.6 (62)
Arkish Aftab
Orange Elephant Studios

October Award

Best Romantic Short

Winner
All I Am
Vivian True(as Vanessa)
Travis Lincoln Cox(as Damian Chevalier)
Nick Ritacco(as Luca Blackwood)

Best Short Script

Winner
My Yoga Mat
Michael Monteiro

Best Short of the Season

Back to the 8 Count
Cintia de Mita(producer)

Certificate of Achievement

Best Action Short

Winner
Target Jeremy
Eddie Velez(Director)
Clear Pool Pictures
Silver Award - July

Best Actor

Winner
Jeremy Journet Lynch(Actor)
Target Jeremy
Clear Pool Pictures
Honorable Mention - July

Best Actress

Winner
Kalyn Wood
Screaming Silence

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Dragonfly MP, the Pho Michael Story
Marx Corella(Special Effects)
Lorene M. Yoxtheimer(Producer)
Justice K. Alcantar(Crew)
Douglas J. Corcoran(Director)

Best Editing

Winner
Target Jeremy
Eddie Velez(Editor)
Clear Pool Pictures
Bronze Award - July

Best Short of the Season

Winner
Punjabi Protector
Daniel Locicero(director)
Keeran Panesar(actress)

Best Sound Design

Winner
Target Jeremy
Eddie Velez(sound editor)
Clear Pool Pictures
Bronze Award - July

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Nick Faltas(Actor)
Target Jeremy
Clear Pool Pictures
Honorable Mention - July

Best women short

Winner
Screaming Silence
Kalyn Wood(Producer)
Hal Waghorn(Producer)

First Time Director

Winner
Kalyn Wood(Director)
Screaming Silence

Sound Design

Winner
Screaming Silence
Oliver Bignell(Sound)
AI vs Deep State
8.7 (11)
Tamás Kreiner

Best Mobile Short

Monique & Bus Stop Billy
Aaron W. Brown(director)

Best Music Video

I don't love my mother
Gérard Cuq(director)
Marie Dauphin(actress)

Finalist

Beyond the Book
Raquel Vaught

April Award

Best Short

I Think She Did It
Salomé Sloane(actress)

June Award

Best Actor

Winner
Susanna Bell-Irving
The Wrong Side of Reasonable

Best Actress

Winner
Janet Jurado
In the Shadows

Best Parody Short

Winner
Pan Stackers!!!
Moe Taylor
BrainDagger Films

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Jamall Johnson
The Wrong Side of Reasonable

Best Animation Short

The Straight Poop
Sue Orloff

Best First Time Director (Female)

Kaitlyn Cardona
In the Shadows

Best Women Short

In the Shadows
Kaitlyn Cardona

May Award

Best Short Script

Winner
P e e k a boo
Per Hampton
American International Films

July Award

Best Experimental Short

Winner
The Conscious Movie
Harsh Mamata(director)

Best First Time Female Director

Winner
Yu Zhang
Free

Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
Free
Iris Claire(writer)
Shaochen Cai(composer)
Yu Zhang(director)
Yuqiao Han(cinematographer)
Lara Noel Pflicke(key cast)
Juma Ma(editor)
Kina Kantor(key cast)
Livia Guo(Producer)

Best Trailer

Winner
Only Time Can Tell
Kieran Sebille
James Pertwee
Ken Gay
Robert Sproull
Samuel Henrique-Murray

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
The Ange and Addi Show
Dustin James Leighton

Best First Time Director

Marco Parolin
Sic Itur ad Astra
21AM Productions

Best Student Short

Missing the Trailers
Max H. Walters(director)

August Award

Best Actor

Winner
Jack Hyde
My Shards

Best Music Video

Winner
Jswiss feat. Markus Strickland: One
Brice Blanloeil
Moonflake
Winner
Even Less
Asaf Ovsiannikov

Best Parody Short

Winner
Sospetti su un sospettato al di sotto di ogni sospetto
Giorgio Zingone

Best Student Short

Winner
Oyster Sea
Yixi Luo(cinematographer)
Chengyu Lu(writer/director)
Yulin Chen(producer)
Demi Gao(production designer)
Yefan Zhang(composer)

Best Thriller Short

Winner
My Shards
Irina Ciubotariu

Best Trailer

Winner
My Shards
Valerija Pokrova

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Gavin's Adventures
Fiona Lincke
Rip Roarer Productions

Best Drama Short

Applause
Kathryn Sparks(writer)
Southwest Film Productions
Silver Award

Best Ensemble Cast

Triggered, a Cinematic Superhero Fan-Film
Michael Heger
Robert Dobson
Masashi Ishizuka
Joshua Longfellow Wright
Isis Miette
Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
Anthony Bear Williams
Fernando Marrero
Siri Hull
Bridggett Bess
Urban Renaissance Entertainment
For #2.0

Best First Time Director (Female)

Kathryn Sparks(Director)
Applause
Southwest Film Productions
Gold Award

Best Young Filmmaker

Intermission
Gavin Grant(cinematographer)
Grant Media

March Award

Best Sound Design (Finalist)

Bonding
8.0 (16)
Daniel Teo
9 Lives Entertainment

September Award

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Pentaclub
7.9 (8)
Rexhep Bejaj
Federico Cesi
Leonardo Chiaro
Fabio Gavaciuto
Francesco Ziglioli
Francesco Brondi
Giorgia Ferrero

November Award

Best Actor

Winner
Nita Mistry
From Buckingham Palace

Best Director (Male)

Winners
Lorene M. Yoxtheimer(producer)
Douglas J. Corcoran(director)
Sacrificed: Trading Art for War!
YoxCor Productions and Cord Films

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Sacrificed: Trading Art for War!
Douglas J. Corcoran(director)
Lorene M. Yoxtheimer(producer)
YoxCor Productions and Cord Films

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
From Buckingham Palace
Nita Mistry

Best LGBTQ Short

The Holy Fuck
Arden DiManno(director)
DiMe Films

January Award

BEST FILM OF THE SEASON (RUNNER UP)

Winner
Eslam Hozayen(director)

BEST MALE DIRECTOR

Winner
Eslam Hozayen(director)

BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Winner
Eslam Hozayen(writer)

Best Original Score

Winner
Embrace
Robert Diggy Morrison

Honorable Mention For Best Cinematography

Winner
Oliver
Ilia Smirnov(director of photography)

Silver Award For Best Microfilm

Winner
Oliver
Ilia Smirnov(director)

December Award

Best Children Short

Winner
The Lonely Life of Lint
Sarah Sklar

Best Indie Short

Winner
Visions of Her
Samuel Whitten(actor)
E.G. Voss(writer/director/producer)
Mark F. Roling(writer/director/producer)
Creative Wisconsin Filmmakers

Best Original Story

Winner
Visions of Her
Mark F. Roling(writer/director/producer)
Creative Wisconsin Filmmakers

Best Short Script

Winner
It's Open
Doug Maguire
MagCo Entertainment

Best Cinematography

Finale of the End
Ryan Policky

Finalist

Your Mama's Pie
Matthew Pelton

Best Sci-Fi Short

Best Sci Fi Short

Winner
Reboot
Chris Qi Yao(Director)
Winner
Teleportation
Kevin North Ruiz

February Award

Best Original Score

Winner
Firemen
Liam Phan(composer)

Best Sound Design

Elteney
Tri-Vision

Best Visual FX

Elteney
Markus Schnatmann
Tri-Vision

Best Comedy Short

Best Comedy

Winner
Hollywood Method - Breaking Into the Dream Factory
Batia Parnass(Actress/Creator)
Rainer Lipski(director)
Yeah
Winner
Cass Half Full
Brandon DeLany
Erica Muñoz
Winner
Black Friday
Jenna Milly
Paillette Pictures
Winner
Black Friday
Jenna Milly
Paillette Pictures
Winner
The Delicate Cycle
Renee Garcia
Dave Haws
Katherine King
Westside Original Works
Independent Shorts June 2024
Winner
The Demo Reel
Won Joon Yoon(Best Comedy)
641 Films

Silver Award

Winner
Wheel Gone Kid 4
Keith Large
Wayne Kelly
K Lens UK

Best Drama Short

Best Drama Short

Winner
Cancer
Han Yunnian
Winner
Burden
James Nanney Jr.
Winner
Muda
Andrea Borbolla
Vanessa Miklos
Tomás Rojas
Cecilia Eguiarte
María Cruzate
Juan Ayala
Antonio Juan-Marcos
Octavio Arroyo Cerón
Celina Zárate
Alejandra Alanis Ortiz
Rocio Rubio Roman
Winner
One Small Step
Brian Timoney(Director)
Fantastic Realism Productions
Winner
O palhaço que há em nós
Winner
Pancakes for Dinner
Alexandra Celestin
Celestin Production
Pancakes for Dinner
Unforgiven
Justin Suttles
Bryan Tan
Jesse Scimeca
Lucidity Pictures
Academy Boy
Luke Jin
About A. N. Other
Ryu Haeun(director)
No es mi hijo
Antonio Orbe
Urban Stories
O palhaço que há em nós
Eduardo Robalo(director)
Black Castle

Platinum Award for Best Drama Short

Winner
Edge of Space
5.6 (43)
Jean de Meuron

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Winner
Edge of Space
5.6 (43)
Jean de Meuron
Winner
Hemorrhage
Unbounded Entertainment
Winner
Hashran
Norah Mansor
Mohammed Alansary
Pixie Entertainment
Winner
Glasshouses
Lawrence Whelan(director)

Best Short of the Season

Winner
The Jump
Ryan Serrano(Writer/Director)

Special Jury Awards

Winner
Dreamers Never Learn
Paolo Wriedt
Nancy Q
Diego A. Frias
Resistance Productions
Efímero

Best Horror Short

Gold Award

Winner
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer
Kevin Amaya(producer)
Danny McDermott(producer)
Uriah Herr(director/producer)
Toy Boat Productions
Pink Slip Films

Platinum Awards

Winner
Red Rain
Samer Saifan
Winner
Perfidia
8.9 (10)
Collins Abbott White
Other Vision Studios

Best Romantic Short

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Please Don't Lick the Psychedelic Toad
Winner
Snug Fit
Henry Brower
Dayna Smith
Winner
Always & For Never
Melissa Papel
RokitPig

Best LGBTQ Short

Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
The Clownfish
David Charles Bird(Director)
Robert Slotnick
3 Legged Bird
Winner
43 York Road
9.6 (68)
Alex Figueiredo(writer/director)
Charleen Elea(co-director)
Winner
King Ed
Nick Fascitelli(director)
Single Use
Finn Hyndman

Best First Time Director

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Han Yunnian
Cancer
Winner
Preetu Kolla(director)
The Assassin
Winner
John Brownell(director)
Partly Hazy
Winner
Gavin 'Chief' Meredith(producer/director)
Pistols & Apple Pies
Life in Thought
Winner
Brian Timoney(Director)
One Small Step
Fantastic Realism Productions
Winner
Henry Brower
Snug Fit
Winner
Benjamin Pollack(director)
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
Benvention Films
Winner
Chris Yen(director)
Suburban Story

Best First-Time Director (Female)

Winner
Alexandra Celestin
Pancakes for Dinner
Celestin Production

Best First-Time Director (female)

Winner
Janelle Christa
Transcendent
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
Sarah Nicholls
Crossfire
Winner
Hillary Carrigan
Nana
Winner
Katherine King
The Delicate Cycle
Westside Original Works
Independent Shorts June 2024
Winner
Jassy Yuan
Eunoia
Da Young Lisa Park
Take Your Medicine
Youyin Zhang
The Little Book of Calm

Best Documentary Short

Best Documentary Short

Winner
World War 2: The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon
7.1 (371)
Christian Wehrle
Wehrle Films
Winner
Beyond Home
Vugar Tahirov(Director)
Echoes Film
Beyond Home
Vugar Tahirov(Director)
Echoes Film

Best Dark Comedy Short

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Tomorrow
Jackson Schlekewey(Director)

Best Original Story

Best Original Story

Winner
Nana
Hillary Carrigan
Winner
The Delicate Cycle
Katherine King
Westside Original Works
Independent Shorts June 2024
Winner
Ascend
Arielle Alon(director)
Mooshie Productions
Winner
Tokyo Tango
Ovi Jasso(writer)
Academy Boy
Luke Jin
The Memory Album
Cameron Ryan Soedi

Platinum

Winner
Transcendent
Janelle Christa
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
Do Not Disturb
Eslam Hozayen(writer)

Gold Award

Jamun Ka Darakht (The Java Plum Tree)
Bee Gul(Writer)
The Java Plum Tree
Bee Gul(Writer)

Best Thriller Short

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Of Gods and Pens
Mark Foscolo(director)
Pete Sussi(director)
Red Octopus Films
Winner
Lucy Is Awake
Joseph Coleman
Bad Orange Entertainment
Winner
Inside
Julien Martre
Estelle Martre
Nitty Gritty Films
Cinefool
Klara's Box
Zhuzha Akova

Best Script

Best Short Script

Winner
Az Alku
8.3 (7)
Jenõ Hódi
Dorottya Dürr
Árpád Hermán
CinePartners Entertainment

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography

Winner
Transcendent
Ryan Grau
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
The Assassin
9.7 (20)
Osman Fider Arslan(cinematographer)
Winner
Snug Fit
Jonathan Suarez
Winner
Home
Al Chang(Director)
Roger Lee(Best Cinematography)
Winner
Tokyo Tango
Simon Blaustein(cinematographer)
Kieran Armstrong(cinematographer)
Winner
Unforgiven
Bryan Tan
Jesse Scimeca
Lucidity Pictures
Eyes
Yash Bhatnagar
Finalist for April 2024 Awards.

Platinum Awards

Winner
Bloom-The Only Way Out Is Through
Agnese Marsilii(Cinematographer/ Director)

Best Director

Best Director

Winner
Eslam Hozayen(director)
Do Not Disturb
Winner
Rainer Lipski(director)
Hollywood Method - Breaking Into the Dream Factory
Yeah
Winner
Ella Lentini
Hemorrhage
Unbounded Entertainment
Winner
Justin Wheelon
Tides of Change
Oak Film Co.
Emile Biegel(director)
Absumo
Elime Studio
Ryu Haeun(director)
About A. N. Other
Cameron Ryan Soedi
The Memory Album

Best Male Director

Winner
James Nanney Jr.
Burden
Winner
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
The Java Plum Tree
Winner
Michael Raymond-James(Director)
The Missing Peace

Platinum Award for Best Male Director

Winner
Jean de Meuron
Edge of Space

Best Experimental Short

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Transcendent
Janelle Christa
Ryan Grau
Matthew Organista
Devon James
James Dudley
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
Do You Remember Dad?
Jay Sung
Winner
You are special
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Winner
Vamp Ink
Kassandra Stanley Shostle
The Little Book of Calm
Youyin Zhang
The Pendulum
Ollie Rankin
Pansensory Interactive

Best Original Score

Best Original Score

Winner
The Assassin
9.7 (20)
Eshu
Winner
Crossfire
Cerys Mckenna
Winner
Passage
Valente Bertelli(composer)
Objets
Winner
Always & For Never
Sacha Chaban
Winner
Pancakes for Dinner
Vitalii Buklunov
Celestin Production

Bronze Award

Winner
Red Rain
Andrew Torossian

Best Young Actress

Best Child/Young Actress

Scout Latshaw
The Bike Ride

Best Ensemble Cast

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Cancer
Yu Qian
Song Peijie
Zhao Sichen
Winner
The Clownfish
William Bennett
Robert Slotnick
Silas Hastings
Jackson Tropp
3 Legged Bird
Winner
The Demo Reel
Won Joon Yoon(Best Ensemble Cast)
Sekwon Paik(Best Ensemble Cast)
Gun Woo Shin(Best Ensemble Cast)
641 Films
Winner
The Climbing Rose of the Garden District
Lauren L. Murray(actor)
David Pons(executive producer/co-writer)
Jillian Kinsey(actor)
Kamille McCuin(actor)
Lucy Faust(actor)
Beth Bartley(actor)
Staunch Character Films
Winner
The Missing Peace
Naiya Ortiz(actress)
Javier Molina(actor)
Tye Alexander(actor)
Joseph Russo(actor)
Gabriel Furman(actor)
Dave Shalansky(actor)
Winner
The Red Sash
Roger Dial
AI vs Deep State
8.7 (11)
Lívia Hábermann(actress)
Géza Bodor(actor)
Gav Duncan(actor)
Hans Peterson(actor)
Kata Sarbó(actress)
Code-Switched
Steven Richardson(Peter)
Ibrahim Traore(Uri)
Jayla Corbin(María)
4 Syllables

Gold Award

Winner
Wheel Gone Kid 4
Eleanor Burke
Gabriel Lockwood
Reece Jagpal-Mohan
Rita Jagpal-Mohan
Peter McManus
K Lens UK

Platinum Awards

Winner
Red Rain
Robert Fleet
Ron Laskowski
Khouri St. Surin
Liam Hawley
Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)
Ferenc Köles
Zsolt Trill
Tamás Keresztes
György Gazsó
Dániel Szabó

Silver Award

Winner
Transcendent
Muhammed Mehai
Janelle Christa
Tiffany Thomas
Shannon Loar-Coté
Susi Oldenkamp
Jack Bernstein
Ivy Vahanian
Michael Huth
Wendy James
Leslie Zemeckis
India Darling
Jasmine Bottelsen
Hudson James
Tristan Fleming
Edward Kasper
Will Hughs
Natalie Schlute
Janelle Christa Productions

Best Screendance Short

Winner
Passage
Jigme Tenzin Salto(director)
Objets

Best Female Director

Platinum

Black Friday
Jenna Milly
Paillette Pictures
Black Friday
Jenna Milly
Paillette Pictures

Best Foregin Language Film

Best Foreign Language Short of The Season

Winner
Jamun Ka Darakht (The Java Plum Tree)
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
Winner
The Java Plum Tree
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)

Best Actress

Best Actress

Winner
Sophie Jordan Collins
Burden
Winner
Batia Parnass(actress)
Hollywood Method - Breaking Into the Dream Factory
Yeah
Winners
Al Chang(Director)
Theresa Bome Kim(Best Actress)
Home
Winner
Cybil Lake(actress)
Malibu Mother of Two
Morgan Eagle Pictures
Winner
Abi Lieff(actress)
Blubber
Winner
Megan Davis
Hemorrhage
Unbounded Entertainment

Best Film of the Season

Best Film of the Season

Clown
Dani Shear
Do Not Disturb
Eslam Hozayen(director)
Cheers,
Jillian Smith
Reagan Yorke

Best Crime Short

Best Crime Short Film

Winner
Your Move, My Lady
Tereza Hirsch(director)
David Sír(writer/director)
Hirsch Pictures s.r.o.
Winner
The Red Sash
Roger Dial
Winner
Suburban Story
Chris Yen(director)

Best Actor

Best Actor

Winner
Patrick Gorman(actor)
Galaxies
Super Vision
Winner
Ryon Thomas(actor)
Partly Hazy
Winner
Fred Mancuso
The Delicate Cycle
Westside Original Works
Independent Shorts June 2024
Winner
Frank Noon(actor)
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
Benvention Films
Winner
Tye Alexander(actor)
The Missing Peace

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Travis Lincoln Cox
Burden

Best Editing

Best Editing

Winner
Transcendent
Matthew Organista
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
Match
Xuechen Zhu
Winner
What if I Never Wake Up Again?
8.9 (9)
Youyin Zhang
Winner
Sober
Pauli Janhunen Calderón(editor)
DEP Films
World War 2: The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon
7.1 (371)
Christian Wehrle
Wehrle Films
Snug Fit
Henry Brower

Best Production Design

Best Production Design

Winner
Burden
Nathan Cozart
Winner
Gentle Monster
Rupali Ingle
Winner
Sober
Pauli Janhunen Calderón(director)
Stefan Karlsson(Producer)
DEP Films

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
7.1 (10)
Debbie Pollack(actor)
Benvention Films

Special Jury Award

Best Short of the Season

Winner
Transcendent
Janelle Christa
Ryan Grau
Devon James
Matthew Organista
James Dudley
Janelle Christa Productions
Winner
Likes
Winner
The Missing Peace
Michael Raymond-James(Director, Writer, Executive Producer)
King Ed
Nick Fascitelli(director)

Best Student Short

Best Student Short

Winner
A kis hatalmasok
7.9 (27)
Winner
Dad's Journal
Mufeng Han(director of photography)
Bohan Yang(producer)
Christopher Spatola(editor)
Henry Choa(director)
Winner
Tokyo Tango
Ovi Jasso(executive producer)

Gold Award

Winner
Red Rain
Samer Saifan

Finalist

201
Sal Allarakhia

Best Student Director (Male)

Best Student Director (Male)

Winner
Péter Karácsony(Director)
A kis hatalmasok
Winner
Ovi Jasso(director)
Tokyo Tango

Gold Award

Winner
Red Rain
Samer Saifan

Bronze Award

Growing Up Hill
Brandon Floor

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Cause Celebre TV Pilot
8.2 (5)
Patrick J. Donnelly(Director)
Cinema Five Films
Teen star goes to edgy New York photographer to change her image.
Winner
Malibu Mother of Two
Cybil Lake(writer)
Morgan Eagle Pictures
Welcome to the Whimsical Desert!
Heidi Appe
Cause Celebre TV Pilot
8.2 (5)
Patrick J. Donnelly(director)
Cinema Five Films

Best Indie Short

Best Indie Short

Winner
Jamun Ka Darakht (The Java Plum Tree)
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
Winner
The Java Plum Tree
Rafay Rashdi(Director)
Winner
The Treehouse
8.4 (10)
Mac Shoemaker(Director)
Kid Cactus Production
Winner
What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith
7.1 (10)
Benjamin Pollack(director)
Benvention Films
Winner
Hemorrhage
Unbounded Entertainment
Winner
Subconscious
9.3 (15)
Omar Zaki(director)
Algorio Film Production
Dear Forgiveness

Mobile Film

Winner
Pistols & Apple Pies
Gavin 'Chief' Meredith(producer/director)
E.K. Henry Lee(writer)
Paul Lehman IV(director of photography)
Life in Thought
Beasty Production

Best Microfilm

Winner
Tides of Change
Justin Wheelon
Oak Film Co.
Winner
The Interview
Bethany Taylor-Goh
Bracing Shadows
Bemnet Yemesgen
Bronze Award

Best Women Short

Best Women Short

Winner
Crossfire
Sarah Nicholls
Julie Kingsley
Cerys Mckenna
Helena Jones
Petra Szicso
Winner
The Feeling Part
Romy Nordlinger
Winner
Nana
Hillary Carrigan
Winner
Treatment
Sedona Feretto
Shea Smith
Midnight Hour
Winner
Hemorrhage
Unbounded Entertainment
Winner
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
Evey Yu
71 Floof Studios

Best Acting Duo

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Crossfire
Helena Jones
Petra Szicso
Winner
Nana
Kelly McCready(Natalie)
Pepi Streiff(Nana)
Winner
Black Friday
Abbey McBride
Bayne Gibby
Paillette Pictures
Winner
Black Friday
Abbey McBride
Bayne Gibby
Paillette Pictures
Winner
PIE
Colin Ward
Landon Tavernier
Slice of Pie Productions
3rd Story Pictures
Winner
Always & For Never
John Kyle Sutton
Melissa Papel
Winner
Tokyo Tango
Fernanda Muraad(actress)
Ovi Jasso(actor)
Winner
Pancakes for Dinner
Yannick Rocher
Celestin Production
Dead Money
9.3 (354)
Brandon Lee(Lead Actor)
Tony Jollett(Support Actor)

Best Young Filmmaker

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
You Look So Pretty
Taylor Urquhart(director)
Anna Tuason(director)
Winner
Forgetting Naevy
Hendrix Kate Yancey(director)
Low Key Arts

Best Fantasy Short

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Ascend
Arielle Alon(director)
Mooshie Productions
Winner
Absumo
Emile Biegel(director)
Elime Studio

Best Student Director (Female)

Best Student Director (Female)

Winner
Arielle Alon(director)
Ascend
Mooshie Productions
Winner
Evey Yu
All That Glitters Is Not Marigold
71 Floof Studios

Best Short of the Season

Special Jury Award

Winner
Steady
8.8 (7)
Joey Rogoff
Brian Yuran
JoRo Productions
Winner
Baron Munchausen (Karl)
Ilia Noyabrov(director)
Hide and Seek
Rositsa Trayanova
Nova Film

Winner
Bloody Fury
6.9 (22)
Jordan Inconstant(director)

Best Western

Winner
Bloody Fury
6.9 (22)
Jordan Inconstant(director)

Best Short Script

Best Short Screenplay

Winner
Visions of Her
Mark F. Roling(writer/director/producer)
E.G. Voss(writer/director/producer)
Creative Wisconsin Filmmakers

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