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2024 NOMINEES

 

U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD

  • DELAY (Director, Sofia Macias, Denver School of the Arts, Denver Colorado)

  • ZYRAEX (Director, Chengyu Li, Beachwood High School, Beachwood Ohio)

  • GONE (Director, Hunter Nickless, Hickory High School, Chesapeake Virginia) 

  • DAWN TO DUSK: OAHU’S RHYTHM (Director, Makena de Souza Leao, Mid Pacific Institute Honolulu Hawaii)

  • KAINE INTERCEPTION (Director, Johnny White, Jeffco Virtual Academy, Evergreen Colorado) 

  • HANDS BEHIND THE DOOR (Director, Ethan Conklin, Denver School of the Arts, Denver Colorado)

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CALIFORNIA STUDENT YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD

  • CEREAL (Director, Chaplin Adam Boyd, Santa Monica High School) 

  • CRESCENDO  (Director, Alexa Jeong, Viewpoint School, Calabasas)

  • NO STRINGS ATTACHED (Director, Ava DeVoe, Orange County School of the Arts)

  • DAISY (Director, Ines Arroyo, California School of the Arts, San Gabriel Valley)

  • KNAFEH QUEENS (Director, Ennes Kahf)

  • READY HIT! (Director, Brendan Kennedy Kastner Jazmines)

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COLLEGIATE FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT AWARD

  • CATCH AND RELEASE (Director, Maggie Gee, University of the Arts) 

  • OH MY SWEETHEART (Director, Aristides De Jesús Mantilla Artigas, New York Film Academy)

  • THE TRANSLATOR (Director, Ryan Collins, New York Film Academy)

  • SPLIT (Director, Vincent Salah Essid, University of Southern California)

  • CANTA SANTIAGO (Director, James Valdez, New York Film Academy)

  • BREATHE (Director, Haley Powell, Loyola Marymount University)

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN / ART DIRECTION

  • BATMAN BEYOND: YEAR ONE (Production Designer, Marc De Bertier/Art Directors, Eimi Thompson & Simon Gao) 

  • LA BRUJA (Production Designer, Georgina Gutierrez/Art Directors, Sean Hale & Suzy Schofield)

  • PANACEA (Production Designer, Josh Kay/Art Director, Scott Nivens)

  • SUNRISE BOULEVARD (Production Designer, Andrea Figueroa/Art Director, Angelica Figueroa Sarabia)

  • CALLER 102: A BALLAD OF CYBERSPACE (Production Designers, Turner Barrowman & Jack Goldfisher)

  • TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELER’S PARADOX (Production Designer, Vincent De Felice)

 

BEST FAITH-BASED FILM

  • BREATH (Directors, Edward Young Lee & Jan Lin Lee) 

  • PSALMS MICROFILMS (Directors, Jason Hildebrand & Tad Munnings )

  • SARAH (Director, Steve Horswill Johnston) 

  • BACK TO BRIDGEWOOD (Director, Kelsey Cooke)

  • THE JUDGMENTAL PSYCHIATRIST (Director, Noreen Jenkins)

 

BEST TELEVISION PILOT SCRIPT

  • WHISPER HILL (Writer, Leatha Madison Starks)

  • L.A. BIO TECH (Writer, Ryan C. Irving)

  • BOUND (Writer, Charline Odiot)

  • TRANSITIONS (Writer, Rachael CG Cudlitz)

  • FLAMES OF LOVE (Writer, Tommy Anderson)

  • THE CONTROL PROBLEM (Writer, Sam J Alper)

 

BEST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

  • THE SILVER CUP (Writers, D.A. Stenard & Dan Fitzpatrick)

  • THE ARRANGEMENT (Writer, Don L. Lorincz)

  • TAMAR (Writer, Ronald Lawson Ecker)

  • THE SECOND COMING (Writer, Michael William Hogan)

  • MASON (Writer, Kevin Waite)

  • LOVE IN THE TIME OF HOLLYWOOD (Writers, Sydney Deeter & Stevi Ward)

 

BEST LGBTQ SHORT FILM

  • YELLOW INSIDE (Director, Jade Jenise Dixon)

  • KANOJO (Director, Yukiko Cho) 

  • DAISY (Director, Ines Arroyo)

  • KING ED (Director, Nick Fascitelli)

 

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

  • JOE (Director: Greg Furman)

  • CHEAT MEAL (Director: Drew Bierut)

  • O.C.D. (Director: Luca Pizzoleo)

  • THE ENTIRE LIFESPAN OF A MAYFLY (Director: Samip Raval)

  • THE FIRST TIME (Director: Michael Chi Peer)

  • V-CARD (Director: Brooklyn Braaten)

 

BEST FEMALE ARTISTS AWARD

  • UNDER (Director, Aloura Charles) 

  • RED (Director, Madison Elizabeth Lin)

  • 172 PUSH-UPS (Director, Frieda Naphsica de Lackner)

  • ID EST (Director, Shayda Frost)

  • REBEL REBEL (Director, Tamar Pelzig)

  • DIRTY TOWEL (Director, Callie Carpinteri) 

 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

  • LUKi AND THE LIGHTS (Dir. Toby Cochran) 

  • TENNIS, ORANGES (Dir. Sean Pecknold)

  • THE CHIHUAHUA SHAKE (Dir. Chase Olivera) 

  • TEA STORY (Dir. Celina Lung)

  • A ROBOT ROM COM (Dir. Jonathan Hludzinski)

  • MISCARRIED: AN “UNSPOKEN” CARTOONMENTARY (Dir. Chari Pere)

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BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SHORT FILM

  • GOOD MORNING (Director, James Raudabaugh)

  • TWO BREATHS (Director, Kateryna Kurganska)

  • BATMAN BEYOND: YEAR ONE (Director, Michael Yu) 

  • BUDDY LOVE (Director, Kiefer O’Reilly)

  • LA BRUJA (Director, Manuel Villarreal)

  • ID EST (Director, Shayda Frost)

 

BEST HORROR/THRILLER SHORT FILM

  • CALLER 102: A BALLAD OF CYBERSPACE (Directors, Turner Barrowman & Jack Goldfisher)

  • PANACEA (Directors, Michael Naizu & John Wilcox) 

  • WATCHFUL EYE (Director, Mikel Cravatta)

  • INSANE (Director, Sonia Blangiardo-Goins)

  • WAKE (Director, Sean Carter)

  • VESSEL (Director, Leila Garrison)

 

TIM BURTON “NATIVE BURBANK” VISIONARY AWARD

  • FLUXX (Director, Brendan Gabriel Murphy) 

  • BACK TO BRIDGEWOOD (Director, Kelsey Cooke)

  • RADIO SILENCE (Director, Ric Serena)

  • CATS AND HUSBANDS (Director, Grace Samson & Barry Samson)

  • LA BRUJA (Director, Manuel Villarreal)

  • ID EST (Director, Shayda Frost)

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • WAKE (Cinematographer, David Khayznikov)

  • CATS AND HUSBANDS (Cinematographer, Giancarlo Diaz) 

  • THE PURPLE GLASSES (Cinematographer, Luke Miller) 

  • WATCHFUL EYE (Cinematographers, John Dempsey & Mitchell Gamache) 

  • WE WILL FIND YOU (Cinematographers: Judson Vaughan & Marek Dabrowski)

  • RADIO SILENCE (Cinematographer: Shawn Corrigan)

 

BEST FILM SCORE / MUSICAL COMPOSITION

  • BAU, ARTIST AT WAR (Music by John Coda with Original Song, ‘However Long Forever Is” Performed by ryn & Written by ryn, Andrew Furze and John Coda) 

  • DIRTY TOWEL (Music by Rosalind Wong) 

  • JOE (Music by Greg Furman) 

  • UNDER (Music by Kyle Newmaster) 

  • CALLER 102: A BALLAD OF CYBERSPACE (Music by Bret Klug)

  • TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELER’S PARADOX (Music by Si Begg & Damon Baxtor)

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

  • RAZÓN DE SER: LUIS C. GARZA (Director, Alessandro Gentile) 

  • TO MYSELF WITH LOVE: THE BESSIE STRINGFIELD STORY (Director, Diane Fredel-Weis) 

  • GRIEF AND LOSS (Director, Bruno Marcos Mastrocolla)

  • THE OPENER (Director, Jeff Toye)

  • INVISIBLES MÉXICO (Director, Rafael Franco Gomez)

  • BONNIE BRAE & 6TH, LOS ANGELES (Director, Laura Catania)

 

BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM

  • ANA PAULA (Director, Leigh Marling; Canada) 

  • THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR (Director, Christian Holtappel; United Kingdom)

  • CONEJ STEPS OUT (Director, Pablo Río; Spain)

  • WHIPPY (Director, James Rooke)

  • KIDS GAMES (Director, Benarbé Rico)

  • CAMPING IN PARADISE (Director, Eirik Tveiten)

 

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

  • ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (Director: Michael Cudlitz)

  • TACENDA (Directors: Rita & Luke Konopasky)

  • UNDER (Director: Aloura Melissa Charles)

  • RADIO SILENCE (Director: Ric Serena) 

  • YURI (Director, Johnnie Hobbs)

  • KANOJO (Director, Yukiko Cho & Qinyi Fu)

 

BEST ACTOR

  • STIG HENRIK HOFF (“Camping In Paradise”) 

  • ESPEN ALKNES (“Camping In Paradise”)

  • JOHN POTVIN (“Watchful Eye”)

  • K STEELE (“Wake”)

  • KATIE L. HALL (“Under”)

  • CAT KIM (“Under”)

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BEST DIRECTOR

  • SEAN CARTER (“Wake”)

  • MIKE MONTAGNA (“Sunrise Blvd.”) 

  • STIMSON SNEAD (“Tim Travers & The Time Traveler’s Paradox”) 

  • ALOURA CHARLES (“Under”) 

  • TURNER BARROWMAN & JACK GOLDFISHER (“Caller 102: A Ballad of Cyberspace”) 

  • JOHNNY HICKEY (“Methadone Mile”) 

 

BEST FEATURE FILM

  • BAU, ARTIST AT WAR (Producers, Marc Griffith, Michelle P. Griffith, Deborah Smerecnik, David Brookwell, Sean McNamara)

  • TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELERS PARADOX (Producers, Rich Cowan, Felicia Day, Ben Yennie)

  • A GIRL UPSTAIRS (Producer, Linda Trask)

  • HELLBENT ON BOOGIE (Producers, Gregory Thomas, Khory Pilley, Shiloh Fernandez) 

  • BACK TO BRIDGEWOOD (Producer, Kelsey Cooke) 

  • CASH FOR GOLD (Producers, Ahmos Hassan, Robert Enriquez)

  • FLUXX (Producers, Lance Paul, Brendan Gabriel Murphy, Tanner Beard, Daniel Sheldon, Jeff Perkins, Cait Bidwell)​

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