2024 Annual Award Winners

Best Indie Short: What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith by Benjamin Pollack (USA)

Best Drama Short: Noteworthy by Michele LaBrucherie (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Lighthouse by Lola Mei Ellis (USA)

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

Best Comedy Short: It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) by Beth Riesgraf (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Uninsured by Jamal McLemore (USA)

Best Crime Short: The Low and Mighty by Péter Karácsony (Hungary)

Best Film Noir Short: Desire by Jason Chu (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Domino Springs by Dan Hertzog (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Put Him Down by Kristofer Haase (USA)

Best Horror Short: Gancho by Michael Lucas (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: The Device by Kellen E Malloy (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Fish Out Of Town by Sofia Garza-Barba (USA)

Best Animation Short: The Brave Locomotive by Andrew Chesworth (USA)

Best Children Short: Pentaclub by Roberto Strazzarino (Italy)

Best Women Short: Cheers, by Jillian Smith, Reagan Yorke, and SQ Film (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Marie s’envole by Léa Sassi (France)

Best Experimental Short: Waving by Rolfin Nyhus and Steven Brumwell (UK)

Best Student Short: Likes by Shuyue Su (USA)

Best Microfilm: Swoon by Erika Maish (USA)

Best Music Video: AMMO – Harm by Adrian Pruett and AMMO (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Shimmer by Marta ?wierczy?ska and Anna Watkins (UK)

Best Female Director: Léa Sassi for Marie s’envole (France)

Best Male Director: Eric Chen for The Cut (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Sophie Penn for Mirage (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Péter Karácsony for The Low and Mighty (Hungary)

Best First Time Female Director: Dani Shear for Clown (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Benjamin Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)

Best Actress: Naomi Rubin for Thirteen (USA)

Best Actor: Frank Noon for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Debbie Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Arthur Roberts for Uninsured (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Lauren Jude Rosa for Five and a Half (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Kue Lawrence for Clown (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Landon Tavernier and Colin Ward for Pie (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Lucy Faust, Beth Bartley, Jillian Kinsey, Kamille McCuin, and Lauren L. Murray for The Climbing Rose of the Garden District (USA)

Best Cinematography: Jens Schaffner for A Father’s Job (Germany)

Best Editing: Brian Gonosey for It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) (USA)

Best Original Score: Ludek Drizhal for Thirteen (USA)

Best Original Story: Roberto Strazzarino and Maria Pia Alibrandi for Pentaclub (Italy)