Bronze Awards: October 2024

Best Indie ShortMy America by Conrad Miles (USA)

Best Drama ShortStuck in Muskogee by P.J. Sosko (USA)

Best Documentary ShortSan Jose Is Not For Sale: A Community Project by Michael Cabana (USA)

Best Romantic ShortEverything is in Your Head by Igor Hnes (Ukraine)

Best Comedy Short: After Party by Shana Lauren McInnes (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Grave Diggers by Kyle Jamie Stutz (Australia)

Best Action Short: Let’s Fight by Silvija Kuodytė (Lithuania)

Best Crime Short: Paradox by Montgomery Mauro and Paul Gratland (USA)

Best Thriller ShortYou Are Early by Ashish Sharma (Singapore)

Best Mystery Short: Bad Chemistry by Michael Rognlie (USA)

Best Horror Short: Just a Picture by Lisa Singletary (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: The Stranger by Dawn Brown (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Mark on the Wall by Shucheng Yan (USA)

Best Student ShortAll That Glitters Is Not Marigold by Evey Yu (USA)

Best Animation ShortInto the Reds Tale by Alisdair Zhang (USA)

Best Women Short: Buried by Nicole Agostino (USA)

Best Microfilm: Belief by Yitong Liu (China)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Red Farm by Michael Ama-Psalmist Akinrogunde (Nigeria)

Best Mobile Short: Zer0 by Shiran Mostovoy (USA)

Best Female Director: Anne Paquette for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)

Best Male Director: Emile Biegel for Absumo (France)

Best Student Female Director: Fernanda Alberdi for Antonieta: A Modern Catastrophe (Mexico)

Best Student Male Director: Victor Quintana for Ringside (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Anna Danyi for Behind the Door (Netherlands)

Best First Time Male Director: Michael Cabana for San Jose Is Not For Sale: A Community Project (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Giulio Merati Foscarini for The Nuclear Dilemma (Italy)

Best Actress: Vivian True for All I Am (USA)

Best Actor: Igor Hnes for Everything is in Your Head (Ukraine)

Best Supporting Actress: Carolina Speroterra for Mother/Daughter (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Mitchell Anthony for As We Fall Silent (Canada)

Best Acting Duo: Haillye Young Miller and Taylor Abigail Rice for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Alina Pilecka, Robertas Petraitis, Angelina Andrėja Daukaitė, and Kristupas Budrys for Let’s Fight (Lithuania)

Best Cinematography: Matt Liang for Here With You (USA)

Best Editing: Or Schraiber for Strays (USA)

Best Production Design: Anne Paquette and Valerie Gresham for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)

Best Sound Design: Chang Xu for Laura, 29 Old Compton Street (USA)

Best Original Score: Cintia de Mita, Michael Cortez, and Charlotte de Mita for Back to the 8 Count (USA)

Best Original Story: Kate Armon and Craig Smith for The Celebrant (Australia)

Best Short ScriptHelping Hands by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)

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