The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the Fall 2024 quarter season competing in 22 genre categories, plus the technical ones.
These projects have been shortlisted from an official selection pool with 45,5% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 15 countries and total runtime of 19:26:26, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 26,3%.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements, namely 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***
Fall 2024 Nominations: Technical Competitions
Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Bubble by Yang Wang (China)
Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
The Sun Rises Again by Yi Wei (China)
Best Foreign Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Phantom Pain by Boya Liu (China)
The Last Chapter Of Life by Shihao Chen (China)
Your Time Has Come by David Durán (Spain)
Best Documentary Short
80 Faces of Freedom by Jason van Bruggen (Canada)
Dawn Ready by Jennifer Jo Cawley (USA)
Disability in Focus by Allan Wasserman (USA)
Best Comedy Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
L’Empreinte by Janet Roston (USA)
Not Yet by Qiaoyi Wang (China)
The Change by Elizabeth B Sampson and Aaron Boyd (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Student Short
Collapse by Luoyi Li (China)
Crazy Takeout by Heyi Ma (China)
Fragments of Yesterday by Iara Scherer Keen (Argentina)
Hot Water by Jiayi Zhong (China)
Walking Away by Zachary Tyler Cruz (USA)
Best Newcomer Short
TBA
Best Experimental Short
3rd Aye by Richard Philpott (UK)
An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)
Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
Best Microfilm
Beauty and the Biker by Lawrence Le (USA)
I Love You Always by Michael J. McDonough (USA)
Nonlinear by Matthias Klein (New Zealand)
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Match Point by Joslyn Rose Lyons (USA)
SIN3056843 by Dustan J. Hlady (Canada)
The Celebrant by Katherine Armon and Craig Anthony Smith (Australia)
Best Short Script
Capital by Samet Bayrak (Turkey)
Greed by Tania Villegas Ocampo (Mexico)
The Last Mediation of Christ by David R. Schleicher and Mike Bell (USA)
Those .p.ersnickity .P.runsNF’AS by Jason Thome (USA)
Visions of Her by Mark F Roling and Erik G Voss (USA)
Fall 2024 Nominations: Technical Competitions
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