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Palm Springs International ShortFest

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Best of the Festival

Best of Fest

Winner
Matriochkas
6.3 (118)
Bérangère Mc Neese
Soukoon
8.7 (8)
Farah Shaer(director)
Lucien Bourjeily(producer)
All That Perishes at the Edge of Land
7.4 (13)
Hira Nabi
I'll End Up in Jail
6.8 (90)
Alexandre Dostie
Wade
7.1 (169)
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Kalp Sanghvi
The Visit
6.5 (18)
Azadeh Moussavi
Union County
6.6 (26)
Adam Meeks
Sticker
7.4 (409)
Georgi M. Unkovski
Hell and Such
5.2 (25)
Enrique Buleo
Mizaru
7.3 (54)
Sudarshan Suresh
Stay Awake, Be Ready
6.9 (518)
Thien An Pham
Aline
5.3 (29)
Simon Guélat
Citric Acid
Elenie Chung
Tantrums
6.1 (33)
Zander Coté
Among the Almond Trees
7.0 (21)
Marie Le Floc'h
Citric Acid
Elenie Chung
Summer Xinlei Yang
Vittoria Campaner
Leonardo Campaner
Wei Ren

Special Mention

Winner
Stay Awake, Be Ready
6.9 (518)
Thien An Pham
Winner
Mizaru
7.3 (54)
Sudarshan Suresh

Student Award

Best Student Film

Black Goat
7.4 (14)
Kayla Arend(producer)
Yi Tang(writer/director)

Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes

Best Film

Winner
Birth Right
7.3 (15)
Inbar Horesh
Ward's Henna Party
7.1 (187)
Morad Mostafa
Girl and Body
7.8 (14)
Charlotte Mars
Sloan Hearts Neckface
6.2 (23)
Justin Fair
Day Release
7.9 (32)
Martin Winter
Nina
6.6 (45)
Hristo Simeonov
My Mother
7.9 (38)
Wassim Geagea
Educated
Tom Nicoll
Birthday Girl
Portia A. Buckley
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
7.2 (256)
Mads Koudal

Best Student Film (from a US Film School)

Best Student U.S. Short

Winner
Heading South
6.7 (12)
Yuan Yuan
The Last Ferry from Grass Island
6.3 (33)
Linhan Zhang
Tape
7.1 (19)
Jojo Erholtz
Fort Irwin
7.2 (14)
Quinn Else
Broken Bird
6.4 (130)
Rachel Harrison Gordon
Kindling
6.0 (11)
Xinyi Zhu
The Speech
7.8 (12)
Haohao Yan(director)
Xiaoxiao Li(producer)
Anton Shavlik(cinematographer)
Menghan Qi(production designer)
Luqi Zhao(editor)
American Film Institute (AFI)
Ex Disposer
7.7 (12)
Ex Disposer
7.7 (12)
Amelia Spitler
Daniel Ferrer
The Other Side of Night
Jaclyn Noel
Nymph
Maria del Mar Rosario

Best Student Documentary Short

Winner
For Your Sake
Ronja Hemm
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
6.7 (208)
Lasse Linder
Jesa
6.5 (6)
Kyungwon Song
No Crying at the Dinner Table
7.1 (173)
Carol Nguyen
Lázaro
Mario González Jiménez
Silent Storm
6.3 (9)
Anaïs Moog
Inside me
7.3 (11)
Maria Trigo Teixeira
Umbilical
6.1 (39)
Danski Tang
Dear Joel
7.7 (16)
Thanasis Trouboukis

Best Documentary Short

Winner
The Heart Still Hums
6.0 (42)
Savanah Leaf
Taylor Russell
Huntsville Station
7.4 (48)
Chris Filippone
Jamie Meltzer
Hydebank
7.6 (9)
Ross McClean
The End of the Season
5.9 (7)
Stanislaw Cuske
Egg Cup Requiem
8.7 (8)
Prisca Bouchet
Nick Mayow
Flesh
6.9 (218)
Camila Kater
Call Center Blues
6.6 (96)
Geeta Gandbhir
Character
7.5 (10)
Vera Brunner-Sung
Mizuko
7.2 (59)
Kira Dane
Katelyn Rebelo
Kachalka
6.9 (66)
Gar O'Rourke
Mr. Somebody
Brian Wertheim
Eau Vive
Lucia Martinez
Dead Woman's Pass
Lali Houghton
To Calm the Pig Inside
7.6 (9)
Joanna Vasquez Arong
The Water Will Carry Us
6.0 (6)
Shasha Huang
Tiger and Ox
6.3 (9)
Seung-hee Kim

Special Jury Award

Best Animated Short

Winner
Sh_t Happens
6.9 (116)
Michaela Mihályi
David Stumpf

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Blocks
6.9 (209)
Bridget Moloney

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Huntsville Station
7.4 (48)
Chris Filippone
Jamie Meltzer
Winner
Dead Woman's Pass
Lali Houghton

Best International Short

Winner
Funfair
5.9 (37)
Kaveh Mazaheri

Best LGBTQ+ Short

Winner
La Gloria
7.9 (12)
M.G. Evangelista

Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes

Winner
Ward's Henna Party
7.1 (187)
Morad Mostafa

Best Live-Action Short Under 15 Minutes

Winner
The Midsummer's Voice
Yudi Zhang

Best Midnight Short

Winner
The Nights Alone
6.1 (28)
Olivier Strauss

Best Student Animated Short

Winner
Sh_t Happens
6.9 (116)
Michaela Mihályi
David Stumpf

Best Student Documentary Short

Winner
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
6.7 (208)
Lasse Linder

Best Student International Short

Winner
22:47 Line 34
7.4 (46)
Michael Karrer

Best Student U.S. Short

Winner
Tape
7.1 (19)
Jojo Erholtz

Best U.S. Short

Winner
PHARMACOPEIA
Tania Taiwo
Special Mention for Stylistic Vision and Emerging Talent

Local Jury Award

Winner
Sundays at the Triple Nickel
Jess Colquhoun

Audience Favorite

Winner
The Present
7.6 (4.1K)
Farah Nabulsi
Winner
Lena
6.8 (8)
Jojo Shapiro(Writer)

Best Short Film Under 15 Minutes

Best Live Action Short

Winner
Dummy
6.7 (109)
Laurynas Bareisa
Emergency Action Plan (EAP)
6.8 (21)
Dylan Redford
Important Police Shit
6.5 (38)
Andrew T. Betzer
Community Gardens
7.2 (344)
Vytautas Katkus
Verisimilitude
7.4 (14)
David Proud
Victor in Paradise
7.2 (63)
Brendan McHugh
A Portrait of Frances, Enclosed
Jacob Levy
Katie Schiller
The Midsummer's Voice
Yudi Zhang
In the Dark Park
7.9 (13)
Nicolás Schujman
Calladita
6.2 (132)
Miguel Faus

Best Film

Good Thanks, You?
6.8 (334)
Molly Manning Walker(director)
DMC Film
Try Hard Films
Salaud Morisset
The Couple Next Door
5.6 (15)
Abbesi Akhamie

Ruwatan
Ernest Lesmana
Cayenne
7.3 (43)
Simon Gionet(director)

Vimeo Staff Pick Award

Winner
Give Up The Ghost
6.9 (58)
Zain Duraie

Best International Short

Winner
The Tongues
6.2 (11)
Marja Bål Nango
Ingir Bål Nango
Winner
The Tongues
6.2 (11)
Elisa Fernanda Pirir
Mer Film
Young Mother
6.2 (29)
John Robert Brown
Danielle Harvey
Tibo Travers
Just a Little Production
SweetDoh! Productions
Volcano
6.7 (16)
Karen Kicak
They Salivate
6.3 (21)
Ariane Boukerche(Director)
Transkom
Soukoon
8.7 (8)
Farah Shaer(director)
Lucien Bourjeily(producer)
Qadin (A Woman)
6.2 (16)
Tahmina Rafaella
I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain
5.9 (32)
Sofia Banzhaf
So What If the Goats Die
6.7 (153)
Sofia Alaoui
What Did You Dream?
6.4 (9)
Karabo Lediga
Symbiosis
7.0 (116)
Nadja Andrasev
Party Day
6.7 (55)
Sofia Bost
Day Trip
7.0 (11)
Mathieu Grimard
Theodor Solin Director
Wanted: Strong Woman
7.0 (25)
Marilyn Cooke
The Present
7.6 (4.1K)
Farah Nabulsi

Best Animated Short

Winner
The Fabric of You
7.4 (57)
Josephine Lohoar Self
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves
6.9 (131)
Chintis Lundgren
Eli
6.3 (40)
Nate Milton
Wade
7.1 (169)
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Kalp Sanghvi
If Anything Happens I Love You
7.8 (22K)
Michael Govier
Will McCormack
Sh_t Happens
6.9 (116)
Michaela Mihályi
David Stumpf
Blackheads
5.7 (38)
Emily Ann Hoffman
Why Slugs Have No Legs
6.6 (61)
Aline Höchli
The Last Day of Autumn
7.6 (33)
Marjolaine Perreten
The Hunt
Natacha Baud-Grasset
Liliana
6.3 (12)
Milanka Fabjancic
Yes-People
5.7 (1.4K)
Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Pipe Dream
Ben McCullough
There Were Four of Us
6.7 (35)
Cassie Shao
Beyond Noh
7.0 (43)
Patrick Smith
Tadpole
7.1 (45)
Jean-Claude Rozec
Per Aspera Ad Astra
6.3 (26)
Franck Dion

Best Student Animation

Winner
Daughter
6.5 (1.3K)
Daria Kashcheeva
Sh_t Happens
6.9 (116)
Michaela Mihályi
David Stumpf
Applesauce
6.6 (26)
Alexander Gratzer
Inside me
7.3 (11)
Maria Trigo Teixeira
Umbilical
6.1 (39)
Danski Tang
Blieschow
7.5 (42)
Christoph Sarow
Such a Beautiful Town
Marta Koch
Such a Beautiful Town
Marta Koch
Any Instant Whatever
6.8 (18)
Michelle Brand

Best U.S. Short

Winner
My Hero
7.0 (18)
Logan Jackson
PHARMACOPEIA
Tania Taiwo
T
7.0 (87)
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
Hoss
Ryan McGlade
Marcy Learns Something New
6.3 (83)
Julia Kennelly
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
5.1 (12)
Caitlin Gerard
Jane
Kathryn Prescott
Josiah
6.2 (30)
Kyle Laursen
A Mother
6.0 (5)
Natasha Ngaiza
Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad
7.8 (67)
Camrus Johnson
Pedro Piccinini
The Couple Next Door
5.6 (15)
Abbesi Akhamie
Foreign Powers
6.3 (15)
Bingham Bryant
Girl Callin'
Tiffany Johnson
Hannahs
6.5 (22)
India Donaldson
Wednesday
7.9 (53)
Daniel Willis
Waters of March
Chase Johnson
Wally Wenda
Diane Russo
Keep It Quiet
6.2 (33)
Ilya Simakov
The Letter Room
6.8 (3.2K)
Elvira Lind

GoE Bridging the Borders Award

Winner
The Present
7.6 (4.1K)
Farah Nabulsi
Fabiu
7.4 (65)
Stefan Langthaler
Deserter
Sasha Stelchenko
All That Perishes at the Edge of Land
7.4 (13)
Hira Nabi
White Eye
7.3 (1.3K)
Tomer Shushan
Call Center Blues
6.6 (96)
Geeta Gandbhir
Home
Adewale Olukayode
Silent Storm
6.3 (9)
Anaïs Moog
Red Ants Bite
5.9 (41)
Elene Naveriani
Dear Joel
7.7 (16)
Thanasis Trouboukis
Home
Jungyoon Kim

Best LGBTQ+ Short

Winner
Kama'aina
7.2 (20)
Kimi Lee
Fabiu
7.4 (65)
Stefan Langthaler
The Distance Between Us and the Sky
6.8 (1K)
Vasilis Kekatos
Infinite While It Lasts
7.1 (37)
Akira Kamiki
How to Say I Love You at Night
6.4 (96)
Andree Ljutica
Purpleboy
6.1 (93)
Alexandre Siqueira
Dirty
6.2 (250)
Matthew Puccini
Darling
7.0 (103)
Saim Sadiq
La Gloria
7.9 (12)
M.G. Evangelista
Visible
Liv Mari Mortensen
From the Top
Neal Mulani
Beautiful You
6.4 (5)
Bernadette Kolonko
Aline
5.3 (29)
Simon Guélat
These Streets Will Never Look the Same
Léonard Vuilleumier
Kapaemahu
6.6 (1.2K)
Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
I Know Her
7.1 (15)
Fawzia Mirza
Query
6.7 (812)
Sophie Kargman

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Viktor on the Moon
6.0 (22)
Christian Arhoff
Blocks
6.9 (209)
Bridget Moloney
The Feeling
Bridey Elliott
Zoe and Hanh
5.5 (38)
Kim Tran
Little Con Lili
7.8 (71)
Gabriela Garcia Medina
Single
6.9 (100)
Ashley Eakin
Second Team
7.9 (110)
Ria Pavia
Kangaroo Court
Jason Begue
Coffee Shop Names
7.2 (126)
Deepak Sethi
Beer! Beer!
4.9 (10)
Fan Popo
Riga's Lilac
7.0 (12)
Lizete Upite
Cooties
Kat Gueli
The Dream
8.2 (7)
Ron Najor
Thirsty
6.0 (142)
Nicole Delaney
The Adventures of Whit
Andrew Barchilon
Tapes
5.7 (24)
Dara Katz
Betsy Kenney
Chemo Brain
7.6 (27)
Kristian Håskjold(director)
Nadja Nørgaard Kristensen(Producer)
Jesper Duelund(Director of Photography)
Eva Lendorph(Production Designer)
Johan Wang
TV2 Danmark
Splay One
Thirsty
6.0 (142)
Fabio Costabile

Young Cineaste Award

Winner
Colette
7.1 (1.6K)
Anthony Giacchino
Exam
7.0 (223)
Sonia K. Hadad
Darling
7.0 (103)
Saim Sadiq
Educated
Tom Nicoll
Visible
Liv Mari Mortensen
Homegoing
5.7 (36)
Carlton Daniel
A Fallen Fruit
6.7 (9)
Amit Dubey
Rouge
6.5 (60)
Kostis Theodosopoulos
Happy Birthday, Great Grandma
Paphawee Jinnasith
Day Release
7.9 (32)
Martin Winter
Touch
7.1 (19)
Nir Berger
Afloat
6.7 (26)
Ève Chems de Brouwer
Tattoo
6.5 (77)
Farhad Delaram(director)

Best Midnight Short

Winner
The Sleepwalkers
7.2 (10)
Radhika Apte
Unfinished Business
5.5 (18)
Mary Dauterman
Regret
6.9 (78)
Santiago Menghini
I Love Your Guts
6.3 (46)
David Janove
Nero
7.8 (8)
Jan-David Bolt
The Devil's Harmony
6.3 (414)
Dylan Holmes Williams
The Nights Alone
6.1 (28)
Olivier Strauss
All Inclusive
6.6 (106)
Teemu Nikki
Waffle
6.0 (176)
Carlyn Hudson
It's Nothing
6.1 (28)
Anna Maguire
Pulsión
6.8 (70)
Pedro Casavecchia
Oracle
7.1 (19)
Aaron Poole
Crucifixion
Danielius Minkevicius

Best Student International Short

Winner
Still Working
6.6 (31)
Julietta Korbel
22:47 Line 34
7.4 (46)
Michael Karrer
Beautiful You
6.4 (5)
Bernadette Kolonko
Alma in the Herd
5.7 (6)
Agnese Làposi
Learn to Swim
Gaya von Schwarze
What We Were
Hannah Martin
Melanie Waelde
Good Night
6.6 (573)
Anthony Nti
Cruz
Andrea Rosales
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
6.6 (12)
Tommaso Santambrogio
When Birds Fly Low
8.0 (5)
Luca Meisters
Rio
7.6 (8)
Zhenia Kazankina(director)

Local Jury Award

Winner
Welcome Strangers
8.0 (13)
Dia Sokol Savage
Winner
Welcome Strangers
8.0 (13)
Lions in the Corner
6.4 (56)
Paul Hairston
Little Chief
7.0 (99)
Erica Tremblay
My Father the Mover
7.4 (21)
Julia Jansch

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Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films

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Event Location

Palm Springs, California, USA

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http://www.psfilmfest.org/

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