Nominations for Performance: February 2024

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NOMINATIONS FOR PRODUCTION

SEMI-FINALISTS

NOMINATIONS FOR GENRE

Best Female Director

Janelle Christa for Transcendent (USA)

Léa Sassi for Marie s’envole (France)

Noelle Clarke for There’ll Be No Divorce (Ireland)

Best Male Director

Giulio Maria Cavallini for Still Yesterday (Italy)

James Nanney Jr for Burden (USA)

Joe Juanyao Zheng for July 4th, 2020 (China)

Naveen Vijay Krishna for Satya (India)

Paul Bukoskey for Open Pages (USA)

Best Student Female Director

Anabel Estrella for Descending (Spain)

Cindy Tang for Renascence (Canada)

Emilie Anderson for Shayna Punim (USA)

Hyunjin Lee for Cross (USA)

Sofia S Lomax for The Heel (USA)

Best Student Male Director

Jake Bisnett for Knowing Chloe (USA)

Jay Nagjee for Smack-Man Resurrected (USA)

Linghao Wang for Tenet of Loyalty: Mandala Drama (China)

Best First Time Female Director

Jiaxi Wu and SiJia Zheng for Monument (China)

Lux Carroll for Opus 1: f.u.n (USA)

Mae Breazeale for Ráoshù (USA)

Sabrina Joseph for Elisai (UK)

Stella Rea for Who Were You In New York (Brazil)

Best First Time Male Director

Hamid Baig for Jinn – Chapter 1 (India)

Lucas Gonzalez for Sunbathe (Brazil)

Matthew Morley Daniel for Exhibit A (USA)

Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)

Tyler Milliron for Gray Land (USA)

Best Young Female Filmmaker

TBA

Best Young Male Filmmaker

TBA

Best Actress

Jo Schmidt for Sunbathe (Brazil)

Lucía Marchán for Descending (Spain)

Maria Laila Fernandez for Still Yesterday (Italy)

Sophie Jordan Collins for Burden (USA)

Swathi Reddy for Satya (India)

Best Actor

Colmcille Donston for Somethings Come of Age (USA)

Elijah Olachea for Boyfriends (USA)

Jonathan Berry for Forlorning (USA)

Mike Silva for Burden (USA)

Sai Dharam Tej for Satya (India)

Best Supporting Actress

TBA

Best Child/Young Actress

TBA

Best Child/Young Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Ann Palee and Senora D’mello for Elisai (UK)

Chelsee Reign and Al Friedman for Without You (USA)

Connor Killeen and Kaitlyn Raymond for One Night in WeHo (USA)

Craig Nigh and Holt Boggs for Captain Freckles and Applesauce (USA)

Sai Dharam Tej and Swathi Reddy for Satya (India)

Best Ensemble Cast

Haley Weber, Enrique Dueñas, Zach Downing, and Christian Hayes for Easy Action (USA)

Matthew Morley Daniel, Scott Alda Coffey, Chic Daniel, Jared Morgan, Xóchitl Duran, and Chrisi Hornback for Exhibit A (USA)

Muhammed Mehai, Janelle Christa, Tiffany Thomas, Shannon Loar Cote, Susi Oldenkamp, Jack Bernstein, Ivy Vahanian, Mike Huth, Leslie Zemeckis, Wendy James, Will Hugh’s, Ed Kasper, Natalie Schlute, Leo Bottelsen, Lydea Perez, Poppy Plummer, James Ladin, Dylan Ladin, Ossian Sverdrup, Viggo Sverdrup, Jasmine Bottelsen, Hudson James, India Darling, and Tristen Fleming for Transcendent (USA)

Pat Skipper, Patrick Walker, and Rumman Ariff for Brotherly Blood (USA)

Quentin Garzón, Grace Stockdale, Lilli Passero, Avionce Hoyles, Elena Ramos Pascullo, and Taylor Harvey for Gray Land (USA)