2023/2024 Annual Awards: Awards Show

2023/2024 Annual Awards: Awards Show
Regal LA Live, April 13th 2024

Best Original Screenplay of the Year
Tom Slevin for Matthew (USA)

Best Cinematography of the Year
Basil Schneeberger for Daedalus (USA)

Best Western Short of the Year
Sister by Payten Brewer (USA)

Best Editing of the Year
Daniel Merlot for House of the Unholy (USA)

Best Original Score of the Year
Director Harald Swinkels, on behalf of Bob Thole for Drawback (Netherlands)

Best Romantic Comedy Short of the Year
Sweet Rose by Gustavo Sampaio (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor of the Year
Director Kyle Cassie, on behalf of Devin Looc for Anti-Social (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress of the Year
Gigi Puana for Daedalus (USA)

Best Microfilm of the Year
Life of a Stranger by Roman Daniel Rütten (UK)

Best Experimental Short of the Year
One White Feather by Florence Rose Broomfield (UK)

Best Screendance Short of the Year
Topia by Jessie Lee Thorne and Justin Thorne (USA)

Best Music Video of the Year
Mendirman (I’m The One) by Nadir Sabirov and Khurshid Sabirov (Uzbekistan)

Best Supporting Actress of the Year
Roslyn Gentle for She Who Sees All (USA)

Best Student Short of the Year
Producer Oliver Li, on behalf of Pauline Zihan Zhang for The Last Nora (USA)

Best First Time Female Director of the Year
Producer John Yu, on behalf of Beidi Wang for Wax and Wane (USA)

Best First Time Male Director of the Year
John Gowan, and Neil Gowan, for Who Followed Us Home (USA)

Best Mystery Short of the Year
She Who Sees All by Gordy Shor De St. Jeor (USA)

Best Horror Short of the Year
Stefan The Vampire by Andrei Vasilevich (USA)

Best Action Short of the Year
Collector by Silas Dunn (USA)

Best Crime Short of the Year
In the Valley of the Moon by Luca Pizzoleo (USA)

Best Thriller Short of the Year
Out There by Laila Iravani (USA)

Best Acting Duo of the Year
Kristina Miller-Weston, and Gregg Daniel, for To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast of the Year
Mardy Ma, on behalf of The Last Nora cast (USA)

Best Actor of the Year
Director Andy Yi Li, on behalf of Jesse Wang for After Sunset, Dawn Arrives (USA)

Best Actress of the Year
Director Kyle Cassie, on behalf of Emilie Mørkøv Ullerup for Anti-Social (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short of the Year
Benny & James by Logan Vaughn (USA)

Best Student Male Director of the Year
Andrei Vasilevich for Stefan The Vampire (USA)

Best Student Female Director of the Year
Katerina Munis for Daedalus (USA)

Best Fantasy Short of the Year
Drawback by Harald Swinkels and Caroline Bevaart (Netherlands)

Best Male Director of the Year
Matt Servitto for Matthew (USA)

Best Female Director of the Year
Jiwon Lee for Call for Cassie (USA)

Best Indie Short of the Year
Who Followed Us Home by John Gowan and Neil Gowan (USA)

Best Drama Short of the Year
Matthew by Matt Servitto (USA)