Genre Categories: Nominations of March 2024

The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly season of March, competing in 65 different categories. These works were shortlisted from an official selection pool with acceptance rate of 41,3%, based on submissions from 12 countries with total runtime of 33:35:02, plus the short scripts.

The nominations are placed in the top 35,1%.

***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements, namely with minimum scores to make the cut***

***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with scores for the awards’ cut. The award winner(s) announcement for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***

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Technical Categories: Nominations of March 2024

Semi-finalists

Best Indie Short

Burden by James Nanney Jr (USA)

English Rose by Alexander Bather (UK)

I Love This Country by Robert T Turfe (USA)

Lucy Is Awake by Joeseph Coleman (USA)

To Grieve or Not to Grieve by Donald Watson (USA)

Best Drama Short

Burden by James Nanney Jr (USA)

Galaxies by Robert Brody (USA)

I Love This Country by Robert T Turfe (USA)

The March of the Penguins by Daniela Lugo and José Ansareo (Mexico)

Undeveloped by Derek MacDonald (Canada)

Best Documentary Short

Meant to Be by Andrea Sambuccetti (USA)

On My Road to Dharma by Yihuan Zhang (USA)

The Asifa Bano Story by Mina Isabella JafriMalik (USA)

The Projectionist: A Collector’s Journey by John Cornelissen (USA)

When We Get Home by Kathleen Potter Shriver (USA)

Best Romantic Short

TBA

Best Comedy Short

Dine and Die by Marcel Flock (Germany)

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

Places, Please! by Paul Keith Rye (Australia)

Triggered Love by Joell Jackson and Richard Louprasong (USA)

Wrong Bill by Patrick Walsh (UK)

Best Dark Comedy Short

TBA

Best Action Short

Cry Havoc by Dmitry Kazantsev (USA)

Hit-Girl by Kevin Barile (USA)

Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)

Best Crime Short

Cosa Nostra by Gabriel Mouritzen (USA)

Dead Homies (GTA) by Isaiah “Cutthroat” Cain (USA)

Going All Out by Keshav Barati (Canada)

Secuestrados by Wilson F Castillo (USA)

Whitey On The Run by Donald Watson (USA)

Best Film Noir Short

TBA

Best Mystery Short

TBA

Best Thriller Short

Exhibit A by Matthew Morley Daniel (USA)

Let’s Go Disco by Austin Lewis (USA)

MR Nightmare by Arman Sayat (USA)

Best Horror Short

TBA

Best Sci-Fi Short

TBA

Best Animation Short

TBA

Best Women Short

Cats and Husbands by Grace Samson and Barry Samson (USA)

My Rockstar by Stephanie Williams and Graham Nothrup (USA)

The Rose Garden by Nidheya Suresh (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short

Boyfriends by C.J. Arellano (USA)

The Last Take by Brian Foyster (USA)

Undeveloped by Derek MacDonald (Canada)

Best Experimental Short

Exposure by Cesar Ramirez (USA)

Our Daisy by Charlotte Juergens (USA)

Riots Vs. Tsunamis by Robyn Killian (USA)

This City by D. Alvarado (Philippines)

Zero90Six.(Redacted) by Carter Logan Cox (USA)

Best Microfilm

Eyes by Yash Bhatnagar (USA)

Franck Rébillard & Death by Franck Glenisson (France)

Late Night Pickup by Lex Lumpkin (USA)

Best Music Video

Dead Homies (GTA) by Isaiah “Cutthroat” Cain (USA)

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

Texas Football: Protect the Farm by Mychal Hunt (USA)