Winter 2023/2024 Award Winners: Technical Competitions
Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)
Best Foreign Short (Grand Jury Prize)
Ojue by Fernando Alberto Broce (Panama)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Grand Jury Prize) for Narrative Short
Petit Louis by Andre Bato (USA)
Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize) for Narrative Short
Through the Modern Looking Glass by Tanya Chuturkova and Kim Wang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize) for Foreign Short
The March of the Penguins by Daniela Lugo and José Ansareo (Mexico)
Best Documentary Short: #WAY_Aurelio by Alan Rexroth (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Al Primo & His Eyewitness News Revolution by Brian Calfano(USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): When We Get Home by Kathleen Potter Shriver (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Demon Interrupted by NJ Brown and Anthony Bretting (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Dad Bod Dale by Cam Woodman, Jamie Patterson, and Carly Fawcett (Canada)
Best Crime Short: Your Move, My Lady by Tereza Hirsch (Czechia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Wolfpack by Cédric Peyster (France)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Losing Faith by Allan Wasserman (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Of Gods & Pens by Mark Foscolo and Pete Sussi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): You’re On Your Own, Kid by Michael Matsui (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Now I Lay Me by Taioni Micaela (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): AI vs Deep State by Katalin Weith (Hungary)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Forty Three Seconds by Joann Maxwell (USA)
Best Western Short: The River by Joseph Paul Alvarado (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Burial of Natty Bumppo by Fred Burns (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Being Frank by Jason Joel Lethcoe (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Play Dead by Zijiang Yang (China)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Original Sin by Xi Bo Yan (China)
Best Women Short: Lines by Sara Werner (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Home by Kanya Iwana (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Wrong Side Up by Shubhangi Shekhar (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Boyfriends by C.J. Arellano (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Arlo and The Sea by Damian Overton (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Rapacity by Julia De Simone and Ricardo Pretti (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Nothing But Emptiness by Loxel Li (China)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Until… by Tanin Torabi (Iran)
Best Student Short: Ruby’s Dad by David Tschan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Therapist of the Year by Abel B. Padilla (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Opus 1: f.u.n by Lux Carroll (USA)
Best Newcomer Short: Uninsured by Jamal McLemore (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Newcomer Short): On The Paths Awakened by Axel Dahan (France)
Honorable Mention (Newcomer Short): Water Park by Joshua Montrel (USA)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Newman’s Block by Hudson Hillin (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Woulda Coulda Shoulda by Maui Barzuna (Costa Rica)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): The Reflection Of Francisca Newman by Jon Frenkel Garcia (USA)
Best Music Video: Abandon by Jeff Hilliard (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): The Girl Who Faded Away by Brent Heise (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Johan – Cincinnati by Amalia de la Veja (Netherlands)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: AI vs Deep State by Katalin Weith (Hungary)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Manage This! by Michael Monks and Richard Waterhouse (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): The Donut Mob by Stephen Bushnik (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Long Way Home by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)
Winter 2023/2024 Award Winners: Technical Competitions
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