See also Fall 2024 Award Winners: Technical Competitions
Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)
The Sun Rises Again by Yi Wei (China)
Best Foreign Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Phantom Pain by Boya Liu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Grand Jury Prize) for Narrative Short
Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Grand Jury Prize) for Foreign Short
Your Time Has Come by David Durán (Spain)
Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize) for Narrative Short
Bubble by Yang Wang (China)
Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize) for Foreign Short
The Last Chapter Of Life by Shihao Chen (China)
Best Documentary Short: Dawn Ready by Jennifer Jo Cawley (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): 80 Faces of Freedom by Jason van Bruggen (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Storage by Brittney Badduke (USA)
Best Crime Short: In Monster’s Hands by Christopher Sheffield (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Bump by Frank Ertl (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Delivery by Octavio Ochoa (USA)
Best Children Short: The Stone is Flying by Tsering Dondrub (China)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Green Green Gardens by Elijah S. Pollard (USA)
Best Women Short: Not Yet by Qiaoyi Wang (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Change by Elizabeth B Sampson and Aaron Boyd (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Cowboy Boots by. Eric K Delehoy (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Crazy Takeout by Heyi Ma (China)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Fragments of Yesterday by Iara Scherer Keen (Argentina)
Best Newcomer Short: Papa’s Corner by A.J. Lising (USA)
Honorable Mention (Newcomer Short): Visions of Her by Mark F Roling and Erik G Voss (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): I Love You Always by Michael J. McDonough (USA)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Beauty and the Biker by Lawrence Le (USA)
Best Music Video: You, Me and The Night – Cat Serrano by Coco Bigles (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Dominant – The Lulls In Traffic by Nik Kleverov (USA)
Best Screendance Short: L’Empreinte by Janet Roston (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Celebrant by Katherine Armon and Craig Anthony Smith (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): SIN3056843 by Dustan J. Hlady (Canada)
Best Short Script: Capital by Samet Bayrak (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Greed by Tania Villegas Ocampo (Mexico)
See also Fall 2024 Award Winners: Technical Competitions
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