Honorable Mentions: September 2024

Best Indie Short: Desert Duet Harmony by Nourah Al Hasawi (USA)

Best Drama Short: O palhaço que há em nós by Eduardo Robalo (Portugal)

Best Documentary Short: Pop-Up Life: Los Angeles by Lynn Q. Yu (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Ben & Tony by Sascha Schneider (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: When You Know by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid and Brian Drolet (USA)

Best Horror Short: Bialo by Barkın Tunga (Turkey)

Best Fantasy Short: Mermaids, Beaches and Dreams by Bill E Webb (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Vamp Ink by Kassandra Stanley Shostle (France)

Best Student Short: ¡Que Colombianada! by Samuel Vargas (USA)

Best Animation Short: A Whale Whose Found Ashore by Weiqi Li (China)

Best Women Short: Beyond Us by Madeleine Jones (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Non Slut by Shehryar Mir (USA)

Best Microfilm: Waves of Her by Gwenn Hope (USA)

Best Music Video: Seesaw by Jan Bloch and Daniel Bloch (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Zip Away by Steve Gustafson (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Music, Freedom and Mountains by Jose Ignacio Mateis (Bolivia)

Best Female Director: Nourah Al Hasawi for Desert Duet Harmony (USA)

Best Male Director: Andrè Stringer for Bathed In Light (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Madeleine Jones for Beyond Us (USA)

Best Student Male Director: R.J. De León Vega for Pumpkin Guts: Devil’s Night (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Michelle Marakasherry, Tien Pham, and Jihye “JJ” Kim for Hair for You (Indonesia)

Best First Time Male Director: Garral Rell Fly Odunlade for Dee’s Night (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Yuvana Rajiv Panchal for Narcissus (USA)

Best Actress: Jaci Kjernander for When You Know (USA)

Best Actor: Oswaldo Salas for Sonata For A Calendar (Peru)

Best Acting Duo: Stevie Baggs. Jr and Dee Dee L Legette for Dee’s Night (USA)

Best Cinematography: Hugo Vladimir Mancia Landaverde for Delirium (USA)

Best Editing: Mermaids, Beaches and Dreams (USA)

Best Production Design: R.J. De León Vega for Pumpkin Guts: Devil’s Night (USA)

Best Sound Design: Daniel Rodier for Tule (USA)

Best Original Score: Joshua Conway and Leona Sigmund for Endless Exile (USA)

Best Original Story: Jordan Rockwell for Traitor (USA)

Best Short Script: Scoops by Ross Greenlees (UK)

FINALISTS

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

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