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Venice Shorts

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    Venice Short Film Award

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    Best Actor

    • Brian DeRozan
      Winner
      • Brian DeRozan
      • Black Face
      Videohead Films

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dying for a Living

      Michael C. Jenkins

    Best Composer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Property for Sale

      Maurice Heerdink
      Strehmann Heerdink

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Erik Almås
      • It's Probably Me

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dream of Aces

      7.2 (26)
      Emir Kumova

    Best Film Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cold Start

      Richard Townsley
      The 2022 Venice Short Film Awards presented Richard Townsley with the Best Film Editor award for Cold Start.

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Badlands

      7.6 (9)
      Gabriel Chicano(director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      White Eyes

      Jeffrey Brown(director)
      Seacliff Pictures
      No Frames

    Best International Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Otthon

      9.8 (7)
      Jenõ Hódi
      Laura Strausz
      CinePartners Entertainment

    Best Narrative Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Geo

      8.0 (18)
      Darren Miller
      Kylr Coffman
      Caylee Cowan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      It's Probably Me

      5.9 (10)
      Anthony Burns
      Erik Almås

    Best Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      It's Probably Me

      5.9 (10)
      Anthony Burns

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Venice Drifting

      Liam Mills
      University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
      Thank you to all those involved!
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Charon

      Minhan Liang(director)
      Written and Directed by Minhan Liang, Cinematographer: Yifan Du, Producer: Linbohao Liu, Minhan Liang, Yifan Du, Produced by: The Old Kid Studio, Assistant Director: Jingwen Zhong, Gaffer: Boru Zhang, Composer Zoe Zai
    • [object Object]

      Pseudea

      Ani Stein(director)
      Ethelle O'Mara(writer)
      Samantha Doria(editor)
      Tyler McGuigan(director of photography)
      Chelsea Columbus(writer)
      Stace Productions

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Power in the Blood!

      Ranjit Singh
      John Alexander Fraser

    Best Trailer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Hero

      Emmanuel McCord
      Crimson Moon Cinema

    Best Youth Actress

    • Winner
      • Lilah Sandberg
      • Pappa är en alien!
      Eva Lingon

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]

      Monster of Minsk

      Bradley Kofman
    • [object Object]

      Daddy's Divas

      8.3 (654)
      David Tittone(Executive Producer)
      David Torre(Executive Producer)
      Paul Strohm(executive producer)
      Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
      Christie Courville(co-producer)
      Rodney Phillips(producer)
      Larry Parrish(producer)
      Dan Murphy(producer)
      Jay Haupt(producer)
      Doyle Haverfield(producer)
      Paul Kim(co-producer)
      Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
      Michael Webb(associate producer)
      Paradise Lost Films
      Episode 5

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]

      Fly, Black Boy

      Spencer Elliott-Hair
      Bronson Hill

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]

      Pasajeros

      Alejandra Alanis Ortiz
      Sara Dávila
      Christian Diez
      Rocio Rubio Roman
      Cinema Artero
    • [object Object]

      Up & Over

      Harrison Fuller
      Drop Shadow Pictures

    Best Female Director

      • Ifigenia Dimitriou(director)
      • Despot's Palace of Mystra

    Best First Time Filmmaker

    • [object Object]

      Muza

      Max Karplev

    Best Indie Short

    • [object Object]

      Monster of Minsk

      Bradley Kofman
    • [object Object]

      The Meeting

      Eugene Bernard
      Sergio Cortes
      John Goad
      Bethany Hazida
      Michelle Koran
      Marie France Louis
      Paul Obelley
      Funke Ogunjobi
      Elizabeth Kathryn
      Daron Smith
      Imoleayo J. Odeneye Ladipo
      Anthony Ladipo
      Imole J. O. Ladipo
      Ayodele Ayodeji Omoniyi
      Goodness Ogiamien
      Keirra Ewah
      Carmel Ceravolo
      John Ogbechie Jbars
      Victor Fortunate
      David Rena
      Misha Maseka
      Amaka Chidioke
      Joshua Jones
      Nathaniel Rhyma
      Amaka Chidioka
      Lumîérè Films
    • [object Object]

      Muza

      Max Karplev

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      I Fell in Love

      George Tsotsos

    Best Science Fiction Film

    • [object Object]

      Lifecell

      Tyler Mann
      Ruined Man Productions

    October Award

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    Best Actress

    • Teisha Lowry
      Winner
      • Teisha Lowry(Actress)
      • Habitat

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Moon Followed Me to Falmouth

      Joël Gibbs
      Magnetic Dream Animation Studio

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cadillac: A Mobster Fairy Tale

      Robert J. Curreri

    Best Unproduced Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      For: LiLa

      Kaitron Bryant

    TV web series

    • [object Object]

      Art of the Hustle

      Kenny Tiller
      Rushmore Films

    December Award

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    Best Animation

    • [object Object]

      The Last Star

      Dimitri Vallein

    Honorable Mention

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mad Martha

      Carl Allison

    Best Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dead Man Travel

      Moora Vander Veken
      Lament, Lars Petter Hagen

    Best Indie Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Four Walls of Charlotte Moreland

      8.1 (31)
      Alison Stover
      Joe Benedetto
      Rissa Davis
      Cecilio Davis

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Elyaz: Remember Home

      Mauro Elias Morone

    February Award

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    Best Composer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scatterbrain

      9.6 (10)
      Guido Consoli

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Pachamama

      Piper Dellums(writer/director)

    Best Student Film

    • [object Object]

      Wheat

      9.8 (7)
      Jonny Berkowitz(director)

    August Award

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    Best Actress

    • Aimee Paxton
      Winner
      • Aimee Paxton(actress)
      • Uncradled

    Best Narrative Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Deadly Conversation

      9.5 (30)
      David Pratt(director)
      Melanated Writers Society
      9 Studio Productions

    Best Short Film Actor

    • Chelsea Spack
      • Chelsea Spack
      • The Sunset

    September Award

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    Best Indie Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Peace

      Zahir Rashed

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