Award Winners: March 2024

Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Nea by Alex Ulises and Nelson G. Navarrete (Colombia)

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

Song of the Conscripts by Chonglang Fan (China)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

English Rose by Alexander Bather (UK)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Let’s Go Disco by Austin Lewis (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)

Best Indie Short: English Rose by Alexander Bather (UK)

Best Student Indie Short: Lucy Is Awake by Joseph Coleman (USA)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): I Love This Country by Robert T Turfe (USA)

Best Drama Short: Undeveloped by Derek MacDonald (Canada)

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

Best Student Drama Short: Burden by James Nanney Jr (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Galaxies by Robert Brody (USA)

Best Documentary Short: On My Road to Dharma by Yihuan Zhang (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): When We Get Home by Kathleen Potter Shriver (USA)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Asifa Bano Story by Mina Isabella JafriMalik (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Velvet Smooth by Noah Pescara (USA)

Best Student Romantic Short: Ram’s Head by Casey Lee Ball (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Nea by Alex Ulises and Nelson G. Navarrete (Colombia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Dine and Die by Marcel Flock (Germany)

Best Student Comedy Short: Places, Please! by Paul Keith Rye (Australia)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Wrong Bill by Patrick Walsh (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Motel London II by Ryan Policky (USA)

Best Action Short: Hit-Girl by Kevin Barile (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)

Honorable Mention (Action Short): Cry Havoc by Dmitry Kazantsev (USA)

Best Crime Short: Going All Out by Keshav Barati (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Whitey On The Run by Donald Watson (USA)

Best Student Crime Short: Cosa Nostra by Gabriel Mouritzen (USA)

Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Secuestrados by Wilson F Castillo (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Sunrise Boulevard by Mike Montagna (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Together Alone by Jolene Kim (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)

Best Thriller Short: Let’s Go Disco by Austin Lewis (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Exhibit A by Matthew Morley Daniel (USA)

Best Student Thriller Short: MR Nightmare by Arman Sayat (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Stages by Claire Haines (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Talisman by Dylan Alexander (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Cats and Husbands by Grace Samson and Barry Samson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): My Rockstar by Stephanie Williams and Graham Nothrup (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Last Take by Brian Foyster (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Undeveloped by Derek MacDonald (Canada)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Boyfriends by C.J. Arellano (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Zero90Six.(Redacted) by Carter Logan Cox (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Our Daisy by Charlotte Juergens (USA)

Best Student Experimental Short: Riots Vs. Tsunamis by Robyn Killian (USA)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Exposure by Cesar Ramirez (USA)

Best Microfilm: Franck Rébillard & Death by Franck Glenisson (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Late Night Pickup by Lex Lumpkin (USA)

Best Music Video: Dead Homies (GTA) by Isaiah “Cutthroat” Cain (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Symphonic Fantasy: Cine Concert with Animation and Orchestral Magic by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)

Honorable Mention (Music Video): Texas Football: Protect the Farm by Mychal Hunt (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: RugbyTown – Season 2 by Patrick Guthrie (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Elika Spills Tea On Games by Stephen Reis (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Triggered Love by Joell Jackson and Richard Louprasong (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Return To Kawthoolei: A Refugee Rapper’s Journey To His Homeland In Burma by I am Knyaw, St. Paul Minnesota, “Hons Solo” Honey Moon, and “Wah Fish Paste” Shakerpaw Wah (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Missing Me Someplace by Catherine Phillips (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): The Tan Man by Greg James Blount (USA)

Best Short Script: Apt. 1B by Sterling Gates (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Angeleno by Gavin “Chief” Meredith and John Autry II (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): The Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done by Johnny Galvan 3 (USA)