WINNERS 2024
BEST FOREIGN SHORT
SAHASRA
Sai Srujan Pelluri
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
DO YA WANNA
Nick W. Nicholson
BEST STUDENT FILMMAKER
OUTLAST
Connor Nagel
BEST NEW FILMMAKER
THE HEARTS THAT BLEED AND BLOOM
Seth Bakke
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
OVAXX
John Schlag
BEST ACTION SHORT
PUNJABI PROTECTOR
Daniel Locicero
BEST THRILLER SHORT
BOTTOM - FEEDER
Brandon D. Hill
BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER
PANDAAL
Nausheen Ahmed & Shaily Sanghvi
BEST HORROR SHORT
HOLIDAY FEAST
Kyle Roark
BEST ANIMATION
ILLUMINATUS!
Chris Kalis
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE CURSE OF STIGMA
Derek Watson
WINNING SCREENPLAYS___________________________
1. Best Screenplay
EXTEARIORS
by Reza Monahan
2. Best Suspense/Thriller Screenplay
PEEKA BOO
by Per Hampton
3. Best Dramatic Screenplay
EULOGY
by Amanda Brooke Avery
4. Best Action-Adventure Screenplay
THE STYLITE
by Shane Hallawa
5. Best Comedy Screenplay
THE LAST SUMMER IN SPRINGFIELD
Olivia Kozlevcar
6. Best Horror Screenplay
SACRED SUN
by Michael Louis Gould
BEST DRAMA SHORT
BREAKOUT
Jake Solomon
BEST COMEDY/ DRAMEDY SHORT
DEAD CRUSH
Kyle Roark, Maty Young
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
THE KEYBOARD
Mohammed Mamdouh
BEST WEB EPISODE/ NEW MEDIA
WELCOME TO THE FORTIES
Shay Mack
BEST SHORT FILM
MADE
Bach Tran
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
HOLIDAY FEAST
Bach Tran
BEST DIRECTOR
YOUR TIME HAS COME
David Durán
BEST ACTRESS
SARA DAVENPORT in DADFEST
Sara Davenport
BEST ACTOR
COLBY SINCLAIR HERBST in I AM CAIN
Colby Sinclair Herbst
BEST FEATURE FILM
EBENEZER THE TRAVELER
Joe Valenti