Award Winners: September 2024

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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Rooftop by Byung Chan Jang (USA)

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

The Man Who Reads Faces (얼굴 읽는 남자) by Jung Joo Yohan Lee (South Korea)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Cry Like a Guy by Anthony Rubinstein (UK)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Pay Back by Steve Ramsden (UK)

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

Daylight by Peter Cornwell (USA)

Elixir by Marcus Mills (UK)

Home by Sonia Suvélor (France)

Mesa Rats by Marlon Savinelli (USA)

Punjabi Protector by Daniel Locicero (USA)

Trance by Samira Uchôa and Mia Shimon (Brazil)

Best Indie Short: Rooftop by Byung Chan Jang (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short)Mesa Rats by Marlon Savinelli (USA)

Best Drama Short: Elixir by Marcus Mills (UK)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short)I Matter by Chris Sato and Peter Lambrinatos (USA)

Best Student Short: Put To Sleep by Eric C. Yang (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short)The Banquet of Greed by Hongbo Sun (China)

Honorable Mention (Student Short)Boxer by Zane Rizvi-Riemer (USA)

Best Documentary Short: El Pulmo by Marcus Kronemeyer and Begona Felix (Mexico)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short)Dawn Ready by Jennifer Jo Cawley (USA)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short)Coffee Needs People by Cody Hansen (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short)I’m Dead, You’re Welcome by Roderick Fenske (USA)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short)Snooze Air by Joanna Rhambo (USA)

Best Romantic Comedy Short: Show Up by Anisha Sisodia (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short)Promposal by Cassandra Nguyen (Australia)

Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short)The Dating Game by Keith Murphy (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): That’s Messed Up! by Chris Mastro (USA)

Best Action ShortDaylight by Peter Cornwell (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short)Punjabi Protector by Daniel Locicero (USA)

Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Paradox by Montgomery Mauro and Paul Gratland (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Pay Back by Steve Ramsden (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short)Home by Sonia Suvélor (France)

Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Murder Queens by Chad Darnell (USA)

Best Mystery Short: The Man Who Reads Faces (얼굴 읽는 남자) by Jung Joo Yohan Lee (South Korea)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short)Level 664 – To Get Rid of Conscience by Gábor Klacsán (Hungary)

Honorable Mention (Mystery Short)Invasion by Arshia Zeinali (Iran)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short)Silenced by Maxime Laurin (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short)Stephan’s Computer Parts by Ari Miller (USA)

Best Fantasy ShortDaylight by Peter Cornwell (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short)Chinatown Cowboy by Jaafar Alnabi (USA)

Best Animation Short: My Turn! by Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela and Daisha Lin Sherman (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short)Elephant Tracks by Joshua Martin (USA)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short)Purgatory by Vanessa Ng and Zechariah Teo (Singapore)

Best Children Short: VanTongerloo’s Dream by Seth Swirsky (USA)

Best Women ShortTrance by Samira Uchôa and Mia Shimon (Brazil)

Honorable Mention (Women Short)Adam & Eva by Priscilla Emprechtinger (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Acting Human by Augustus Tyde George (USA)

Best Microfilm: Cry Like a Guy by Anthony Rubinstein (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm)The Untranslatable Forest by Ivan Miguel and Andy Camou (USA)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm)Today I Fell in Love by Jesse Foy (USA)

Best Experimental ShortStephan’s Computer Parts by Ari Miller (USA)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short)Here After (미래) by Min Yeong Kwak (South Korea)

Best Screendance Short: Left by Joseph Lim, Anne Wang, and Yoshi (Singapore)

Best Music VideoAlone In My Dreams by John Frost (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video)Sky Fashion – Ozone by Eduard Vladimirovich Krakov, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Menshchikova, Natalya Maslova, and Anatoly Nechaev (Russia)

Honorable Mention (Music Video)One by Brice Blanloeil (USA)

Best Web Series & TV Pilot: One For The Team by Rain Valdez (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot)Alicia & Jerome – Season II by Diana Atai (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot)The Others by Ali Roberts (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web and New Media)Zip Away by Steve Gustafson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mobile Short)Price of a Bargain by Ciubotariu Rozalia Irina (UK)

Honorable Mention (Parody Short)Arnold: The Unreal Story by Jarrad Bhatia (Australia)

Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser)Richard III: To Take A Woman by Antonio Rodriguez (USA)

Best Short ScriptFlip the Script by Steph France (USA)

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