Award Winners: November 2024

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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

The Crone by Catherine Kasima Kanda (Poland)

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

I’m Not A Robot by Victoria Warmerdam (Netherlands)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Brooklyn by Timur Guseynov (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Fuel by Marc Cleary (USA)

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

Arcade Moon by William Michael Anderson (USA)

Hashran by Mohammed Alansary and Norah Mansor (Saudi Arabia)

Jules by Tiffany Abney (USA)

Public Park by Alosha Robinson (USA)

The Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)

The Hicks Happy Hour by Kate McCarthy (USA)

Best Indie ShortArcade Moon by William Michael Anderson (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short)Golden Aster by Michael D’Alessandro Lena (USA)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short)The Pleasures of the Damned by James Lawler (Australia)

Best Drama Short: Fuel by Marc Cleary (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short)When I Die by Syuen Chia (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short)The Last Chapter Of Life by Shihao Chen (China)

Best Student Short: Brooklyn by Timur Guseynov (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short)Back to the 8 Count by Cintia de Mita (USA)

Honorable Mention (Student Short)Her Nails by Liliana Yawen Yang (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Raising Parents by Nick Warring, Riaan du Toit, and Lara Hart (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short)Our Grandparents Hunted Here by Abdel Mandili and Julian Busquets Moura (Netherlands)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short)#WAY_LamaTenzing by Alan Rexroth (Germany)

Best Comedy Short: Public Park by Alosha Robinson (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short)Hashran by Mohammed Alansary and Norah Mansor (Saudi Arabia)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short)The Advanced Class by Kyle Kouri (USA)

Best Romantic Comedy Short: Some Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too by Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short)I Don’t by Aubrey Arnason (Canada)

Best Dark Comedy Short: I’m Not A Robot by Victoria Warmerdam (Netherlands)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short)BC Buds by Rudy Frederick Lenz (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short)Turn Keys by Luke Pearson (UK)

Best Action Short: Jules by Tiffany Abney (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short)Where The Devil Lies by Austin James Lewis (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short)Where The Devil Lies by Austin James Lewis (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short)Esper by Tori Layne (USA)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short)Self-Care by Essence Moseley (USA)

Best Sci-Fi ShortThe Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)

Best Fantasy Short: The Crone by Catherine Kasima Kanda (Poland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short)I’m Not A Robot by Victoria Warmerdam (Netherlands)

Best Animation Short: Land of Darkness by Chad Douglas Reininger (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short)My Beloved by Paolo Franzelletti (Italy)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short)Ghost Writer by Jason Joel Lethcoe (USA)

Best Children ShortThe Straight Poop by Sue Orloff (USA)

Honorable Mention (Children Short)Green Green Gardens by Elijah S. Pollard (USA)

Best Women Short: Snip by Rowan Faris (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short)Loganberry Lane: A Book Gets Banned by Cathy Cahlin Ryan (USA)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short)Moonbeaming by Charlie Gudgeon and Tavish Gudgeon (Canada)

Best Microfilm: Measure of Creation by Ashton Sterling Bingham (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm)Five More Minutes by Kristin Skivik (Norway)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm)Self-Care by Essence Moseley (USA)

Best Experimental Short: I, Doll by Dasol Jeon (South Korea)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short)Redlining by Jordan Iobbi (USA)

Best Screendance Short: First Move by Minsu Kim (South Korea)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short)L’Empreinte by Janet Roston (USA)

Best Music Video: Wait – Jeremy Renner by Evan Hara (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video)We Are the Descendants by Steven Chesne and Nayip Ramos (USA)

Honorable Mention (Music Video)Truth Has Many Lies by Annamaria Pinna (USA)

Best Web Series & TV Pilot: The Celebrant by Kate Armon and Craig Anthony Smith (Australia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot)Land of Darkness by Chad Douglas Reininger (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short)Zer0 by Shiran Mostovoy (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mobile Short)Open House by Julie Fergus (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short)Oz Doesn’t Exist by Mikel Capriano (UK)

Honorable Mention (Parody Short)Have You Seen My Boyfriend? by Lauren Brodauf and Jacob Boatsman (USA)

Best Short ScriptComic World #101 by Liqi (Leon) Wang (China)

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