The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the Spring 2024 quarter season competing in 22 genre categories, plus the technical ones.
These projects have been shortlisted from an official selection pool with 42,1% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 10 countries and total runtime of 22:01:45, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 27,1%.
***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***
Spring 2024 Nominations: Technical Competitions
Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Ana Paula by Leigh Marling (USA)
Her by Chu Qiang (China)
There’ll Be No Divorce by Noelle Clarke (Ireland)
Best Foreign Short (Grand Jury Prize)
A Show of the Stray by Qi Tan (China)
Song of the Conscripts by Chonglang Fan (China)
The Roses by Qiao H (China)
Best Documentary Short
Judging Juries by Abby Ginzberg (USA)
The Dolphin Dilemma by Olivia Andrus-Drennan (USA)
The Future of Fashion for All: Creating Safe Spaces by Mei Ling Marzonie (USA)
The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse by Sam “Gebar” Gebremiche (USA)
When Worlds Collide by Genevieve Sulway (UK)
Best Comedy Short
Aunt Liz by Suhana Chander and Shobana Rao (USA)
Feet On The Street with Alyssa Poteet by Jessie Sanchez (USA)
The Liberry by Max Sterling (USA)
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Artifact by Jack Pochop (USA)
Target Jeremy by Eddie Velez (USA)
The Grey Room by Daniel De’Ath (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Andie & June by Mitchell Aaron Gonzalez (USA)
Screaming Silence by Kalyn Elizabeth Wood and Hal Waghorn (UK)
The Engagement Banquet by Dan Su (China)
Best Experimental Short
9/10: Love Before the Fall by Daron Hagen (USA)
Screaming Silence by Kalyn Elizabeth Wood and Hal Waghorn (UK)
Three by Scott Petill (USA)
Best Student Short
TBA
Best Newcomer Short
Ham Sandwich by Kent Randell (USA)
Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)
Them Upstairs by Mark Buckland (UK)
Best Music Video
A Celebration of Great Artists in Alan’s Universe by Susan Mey Lee Lim and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Fade by Vugar Tahirov (Azerbaijan)
You Gotta Dance by Brian Billionaire (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Cause Celebre by Patrick John Donnelly (USA)
Fractured Turnstile by Trenton J Brisco and Joseph Charafi (USA)
Target Jeremy by Eddie Velez (USA)
Best Short Script
TBA
Spring 2024 Nominations: Technical Competitions
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