Honorable Mentions: August 2024

Best Indie ShortGoing Dark with Earnest Sweetgrass: or A Comprehensive Guide on How to Die by David De La Barcena (USA)

Best Drama ShortCorkscrew by Pedro Maldonado (Peru)

Best Dark Comedy ShortDeceased by Alan Brady (UK)

Best Mystery ShortLive from The Geneva! by Nick Leahy (USA)

Best Thriller ShortMy Shards by Ciubotariu Rozalia Irina (UK)

Best Sci-Fi ShortShell by Loki Olin (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: In Lieu of Longing by Ayessa Sotelo (USA)

Best Experimental ShortZ/Q by John Harrison Trinder (USA)

Best Student ShortOyster Sea by Chengyu Lu (USA)

Best Animation ShortAlma Under the Rubble by Imed Ben Labidi (Qatar)

Best MicrofilmF.I.S.H. by Darren Huang (USA)

Best Music VideoEvery Pebble by E Lockleis (USA)

Best Web Series/TV PilotOgees by Nicholas Byrd (USA)

Best Mobile Short: Spring Came by Catherine Phillips (UK)

Best Female Director: Laure Gervais for Centrum (Belgium)

Best Male Director: Alan Rexroth for #WAY_LamaTenzing (Germany)

Best Student Female Director: Sida Wang for Shape (Australia)

Best Student Male Director: Jordan Scott Curiale for Silverstreak (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Jack Geary for A List of Towns (USA)

Best Actor: Jack Hyde for My Shards (UK)

Best Acting Duo: Darius Michael and Memori Peoples for Dalliance (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Jon Spight, Matt Helson, Kyle Dal Santo, Austin Cranley, Olivia Hyzy, Jean Kim, Kayla Renee, Amelia Buell, Nofar Oved, Erica Mendez, Carlos Wagner-Sobrero, John Marks, Austin Ryan Hunt, Alex Szafranski, and Jacob C Rowe for Bar Wars: Attack of the Shots (USA)

Best Cinematography: Christopher C. Smith for A List of Towns (USA)

Best Editing: Matt Carpenter for A List of Towns (USA)

Best Visual FX: Deceased (UK)

Best Original Story: Edzel Rebamontan for Mi Unico Hijo (Philippines)

Best Short Script: A List Of Towns by Eli Morrison (USA)

FINALISTS

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