Bronze Awards: September 2024

Best Indie Short: Fool’s Gold by Vidhu Kota (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Terra Draconis: Posterity and Prosperity of Fossils in the Modern Age by Braeden Clete Meyer(USA)

Best Romantic Short: There Goes Stacy by Gabriel Del Rosario (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Dialogue by Felix Crumbsy (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Neighborhood Racket: Love, Laughter, and Rivalry on the Tennis Court! by Robert Pralgo (USA)

Best Horror Short: Pumpkin Guts: Devil’s Night by R.J. De León Vega (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Mama Bird Flew Away by Zhouyi Gutterman (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Buried Memory by Ralph Winedt (Curaçao)

Best Student Short: The Love We Choose by Jayden Alvarez and Reece Caddell (USA)

Best Animation Short: Hair for You by Michelle Marakasherry, Tien Pham, and Jihye “JJ” Kim (Indonesia)

Best Children Short: Buckets by Dan Lubetkin (USA)

Best Women Short: Dee’s Night by Garral Rell Fly Odunlade (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Single Use by Finn Hyndman (New Zealand)

Best Microfilm: I Tried To Talk It Through by Amalya Sara Grodzinsky Liebermann (Israel)

Best Music Video: I Don’t Love My Mother by Gerard Cuq (France)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Seeking… by Jason Lee Courson (USA)

Best Web and New Media: From Banao to the World by Kristy Espinoza and Yulma Garcia (USA)

Best Female Director: Miya Wang for Horse-Riding Therapy (China)

Best Male Director: Justin Wheelon for Tides of Change (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Arielle Alon for Ascend (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Braeden Clete Meyer for Terra Draconis: Posterity and Prosperity of Fossils in the Modern Age (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: JJ Gibson for Teaser Trailer (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Michael James Marentette for The Recipient (Canada)

Best Young Filmmaker: Rylee Lin for 2.5 Culture Kids: The Story of Cross-border Students (Hong Kong)

Best Actor: Dan Goldring for Recall (USA)

Best Acting Duo: P.J. Sosko and Alan Barnes Netherton for Fools Gold (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: DeMarius Copes, Darius Rose, Lauren Renahan, and Alex Ringler for Seeking… (USA)

Best Cinematography: Marcus Kronemeyer, Begona Felix, and Luis Mario Castro Arvizu for El Pulmo (Mexico)

Best Editing: Gerrad A. Holtz for Buckets (USA)

Best Production Design: Bathed In Light (USA)

Best Sound Design: Leo Grand and Marc Sands for The Recipient (Canada)

Best Original Score: Andrè Stringer and Ryan Dunn for Bathed In Light (USA)

Best Original Story: Arielle Alon for Ascend (USA)

Best Short Script: Be Bold! by Ruby Mainieri (USA)