Award Winners: April 2024

Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

New Idea by Marko Bosanac (Serbia)

Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Growing Pains by Shengwen Ruan (China)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Hoteling by Ryan Buffa (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

The Deep End by Andrew Gerstenblatt (USA)

Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)

Come Another Day by Molin Liu (USA)

Cub by Noa Yakobov (Israel)

Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)

Harbor by Keegan Duncan (USA)

Lost and Finders Club by Angela Lavelle (USA)

The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)

Best Indie Short: The Deep End by Andrew Gerstenblatt (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Cub by Noa Yakobov (Israel)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Come Another Day by Molin Liu (USA)

Best Drama Short: Hoteling by Ryan Buffa (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Harbor by Keegan Duncan (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)

Best Student Short: On the Bridge by Wen Rui Tang (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Tomorrow by Jackson Schlekewey (USA)

Honorable Mention (Student Short): A Soldier’s Dilemma by Collin Nelson (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Reinventing Recycling by Jay Windland (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Forecast by Paula Randol-Smith (USA)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Fishtail: The Last Best Place by Zoe Heafner (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Lost and Finders Club by Angela Lavelle (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Tomorrow Is Friday by Cameron Raser (USA)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Real Robbers by Adam Pine and Sean Pine (USA)

Best Romantic Comedy Short: The Life and Loves of Allan Glickman by Stanley Katz and Eric Lau (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): The Time We Met by Gabrielle Emma (USA)

Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Capture The Flag by Ajima Cole (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: We Are the Apocalypse! by Charles William Lane (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Dinner is Served by Aleksandr Boikov (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Chum by Jason King (Australia)

Best Action Short: Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Zero90Six.[Redacted] by Carter Logan Cox (USA)

Honorable Mention (Action Short): Dauntless and the Demigod by Casey Lloyd (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: The Empty Hours by Kevin Shaheen (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): The Strange Case of Detective Jones by Amirali Habibi (Iran)

Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Midnight Mayhem by Natasha Zedan (USA)

Best Thriller Short: The Botanists by Quinn Sheehan-Hipple (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Dishonorable by Siros Kerdouni (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Red Rain by Samer Saifan (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Love of Magdalena by Iva Kevra (Ireland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Them Upstairs by Mark Buckland (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)

Best Fantasy Short: Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Five to One by Vincenzo Carrano and David Atrakchi (USA)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Stolen Wishes by Yashvi Mulchandani (USA)

Best Animation Short: New Idea by Marko Bosanac (Serbia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Nerd by Gustavo Andres Menese (Argentina)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Cosmic Travelers by Yilin Huang (Macao)

Best Children Short: Lost and Finders Club by Angela Lavelle (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Good Brother by Kevin Lee (Taiwan)

Best Women Short: Elmstone by Ava Lauren Grayson (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The March of the Penguins by Daniela Lugo and José Ansareo (Mexico)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): Butterfly: The King Of Yue by Jingxuan Qi (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)

Best Microfilm: Let It Go by Kulikowski Przemyslaw (Poland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): A Soldier’s Dilemma by Collin Nelson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Requiem by Michele Blood (USA)

Best Experimental Short: The Deepest Dance by André Musgrove (Bahamas)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Five by Scott David Petill (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Somber Tides by Chantal Caron (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Novelty by Raymond Gerard Braza (USA)

Best Music Video: When the Hawk Comes by Lilia Li-Mi-Yan and Katherina Sadovsky (Armenia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Secret – Shaliy by Valeria Cappuccino Cocos (Russia)

Honorable Mention (Music Video): Starlight by Gregory Scelsa (USA)

Best Web Series & TV Pilot: La Terre Appelle Mathilde by Anthony Coveney (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): RugbyTown – Season 2 by Patrick Guthrie (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Lillith & Bert Go Nowhere by Rex Provost (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Cosmic Travelers by Yilin Huang (Macao)

Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Baby by Lexi Goldi (USA)

Best Short Script: Hidden Keys by Anna Cappello and Frank G Danna (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Blues For Herold by JT Rosen (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): Focus On Wilma by Carlos R. Gomez (USA)

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