QUALIFYING
2024 WINNERS
2024 BEST OF FESTIVAL
TBA
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2024: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: Tokyo, I Love You; Director: HIROSHI NAKAZIMA - Japan
GOLD AWARD: My Love Flows Like a Song; Director: tian Xiao Fan - China
SILVER AWARD: MIRARI; Director: Jérémie Brunel - France
SILVER AWARD: THE END OF THE RIVER; Director: VASIL STEPANOV BARKOV - Bulgaria
BRONZE AWARD: Money Game; Director: Julian Lowenthal - United States
BRONZE AWARD: L.A. 4ORCE; Director: Giovanni M Zelko - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Not That Rich; Director: Chenyang Zhao - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Ninth Order; Director: Nick John A'Hern - Australia
A Life of Sunshine; Director: Paul D. Hannah - United States
Ghosts of the Big Sandy; Director: Joe Robertson - United States
SAFE The Beginning; Director: Sanelle Sibanda - Zimbabwe
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2024: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: Wedding in Hundsling; Director: Christina Baumer - Germany
SILVER AWARD: Pancakes and Syrup; Director: Robert Cividanes - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Harsh Treatment; Directors: Johnathan Paul, Josh Gilbert - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Band on the Run; Directors; Jeff Hupp, Brian Cusac, Merritt Fritchie - United States
Sirens; Director; Lucy Willa Burnett - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2024: HORROR
GOLD AWARD: TOP FLOOR; Director: Jeremy Minui - Bulgaria
SILVER AWARD: For God’s Sake Wake Her Up; Director: Wayne Moreheart - Canada
BRONZE AWARD: SYRO; Directors: keenan capps, Nick Givechi - United States
NARRATIVE FEATURE 2024: LGBTQ
GOLD AWARD: Wedding in Hundsling; Director: Christina Baumer - Germany
SILVER AWARD: A Life of Sunshine; Director: Paul D. Hannah - United States
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 2024:
GOLD AWARD: Trapped in 102 feet of water; Director: lasse spang olsen - Denmark
SILVER AWARD: The Cost of Caring; Director: Marie Barnas - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Brimming With Life; Director: Anthony Heffernan - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: Dreams, Women & Bread.; Directors: Sigrún Vala Valgeirsdóttir, Svanlaug Jóhannsdóttir - Iceland
BRONZE AWARD: MS FITNESS CHALLENGE: THE JOURNEY; Director: George Elias - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Uru Igba-boi; Director: Ijeoma T.M Richards - Nigeria
I Am Gitxsan; Director: Hossein Martin Fazeli - Canada
Three Sisters in a Sketchbook; Director: Romana Turina - United Kingdom
The Finding Papa Movie; Director: JULIANNE ELIZABETH EGGOLD - United States
The Vision : From Dream to Reality; Director: ANGELO FLUCKER - United States
Spray & Tell: a Swiss perspective; Director: Sebastian Andrei - Switzerland
Once Upon a Time In America. American Poverty; Director: Mikhail Romanovskiy - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT 2024: DRAMA
GOLD AWARD: Character Building; Director: Ashley Caldwell - Australia
GOLD AWARD: BOX OF HAPPINESS, Director: Mustapha Danazunmi Sulaiman - Nigeria
GOLD AWARD: Chronos, Director: Filip Gąsiorowski - Poland
GOLD AWARD: JACKIE | WINTER EDITION, Director: RAFAŁ KARNICKI - Poland
SILVER AWARD: Sons of Adam; Director: Ekmel Yavuz - Turkey
SILVER AWARD: Sunset Blues; Director: Eunseol Kim - Korea, Republic of
SILVER AWARD: Bob Wanna Kill; Director: Yingying Yang - United Kingdom
SILVER AWARD: Butchie & Me; Director: Robert Godwin - United States
BRONZE AWARD: BOUNDARY LINE; Director: TOMOKI OTA 太田智樹 - Japan
BRONZE AWARD: Number Six; Director: Jason Dallas - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Avo Plan; Director: Roxsanne Dyssell - Rwanda
BRONZE AWARD: Wine In Time; Directors: Joshua Stevenson, Jack Linsdell - United Kingdom
BRONZE AWARD: TALKING TO MOON AND BAEK; Director: Francheska Dyne Hong - Korea, Republic of
HONORABLE MENTION:
Jobu; Director: Tiffany Tran Shinn - United States
Heaven To Know You; Director: PHILIP H J GAY - France
13th & Sunny; Director: Joshua Caldwell - United States
An Old Tree; Director: Emily Norovsambuu - United States
In the Bowl; Director: Keke Xiao - United States
The CareGiver; Director: William Bright - United States
Eighteen Twenty One; Director:Tiana Melvina - United States
Time To Make It Happen; Director: Tiana Melvina - United States
Wings without a butterfly; Director: Mohamed Desouky - Egypt
NARRATIVE SHORT 2024: COMEDY
GOLD AWARD: Pay Your Bill; Director: Anne Bio - Canada
SILVER AWARD: Love Lockdown; Director: Nicole Catherine Fantl - Australia
BRONZE AWARD: Split Decision; Director: Parker Green - United States
HONORABLE MENTION:
Whitehall Security Guards; Directors: Chaz Pozzi, Ryan Corrigan - United States
DOCUMENTARY 2024: SHORT
GOLD AWARD: Hometown Hero; Director: Samantha Bringas - United States
GOLD AWARD: Walking the Walk; Director: Donal Moloney - Ireland
BRONZE AWARD: Dawn Ready; Director: Jennifer Jo Cawley - United States
BRONZE AWARD: Ale Brider (All My Brothers); Directors: Ruth Hertz Weber, John Paul Weber - United States
BRONZE AWARD: The Imagination of a Child; Director: Cesare Catania - Italy
HONORABLE MENTION:
A Show of the Stray; Director: Qi Tan - China
Fremont: Echoes of Neon; Director: Thomas M Coruzzi - United States
NARRATIVE SHORT 2024: SCI-FI
GOLD AWARD: LEVEL 664 - to get rid of conscience; Director: Gábor Klacsán - Hungary
SILVER AWARD: The Crew; Director: Marc Alan Kagan - United States
WEB SERIES 2024:
GOLD AWARD: When the party is over; Director: Joren Slaets, Renate Raman - Belgium
GOLD AWARD: STONER GIRLS: Episode 2; Director: Angelina Hue - United States
MUSIC VIDEO 2024:
GOLD AWARD: Hometown Heroes; Director: Alan Bohms - United States
SILVER AWARD: Candle's fire; Director: Anatoly Gun'ko - Russian Federation
SILVER AWARD: Livin Beyond The Pain; Director: Jimmy Adrian Velarde - United States
SILVER AWARD: Even Less; Director: Asaf Ovsiannikov - Israel
BRONZE AWARD: CHXRL - LOVE ME; Director: Michael Robertson - South Africa
BRONZE AWARD: "I LOVE YOU" BY NAAMA CHETRIT; Director: Guy Nahum Levy - Israel
BRONZE AWARD: The Prisoner; Director: Mariin UE - Japan
HONORABLE MENTION:
Ancient Lands and Lives-Above the Grand Canyon Rims; Director: Carol J. Amore - United States
Monsoon Melody; Director: Jagan Jazz - India
A Dream In the Sahā World; Director: Sabrina REN - Canada
Saving Grace - Amanda Keeles; Director: Jake Sauve - Canada
It's Always Been You; Director: John Williams - United States
STUDENT FILM 2024:
GOLD AWARD : Exposure; Director: Kam Kwok Wong - Academy of Film - Hong Kong Baptist University
GOLD AWARD : keep dreaming.; Directors: Kai Fung, Hans Zhang - Canadian International School of Hong Kong
GOLD AWARD : THE CALL; Directors: Paloma Williams - Canadian International School of Hong Kong
GOLD AWARD: Show Pub Queen; Director: Ren Tsukamoto - University of Central Arkansas
GOLD AWARD: The Lipstick; Director: QIANHUI JI - China
GOLD AWARD: A Sandwich for the Witch; Director: Julia Habchi - University of South Florida
SILVER AWARD: DREAMERS; Director: Frank Zanella - New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Los Angeles
SILVER AWARD: Ummi- Mother; Director: Paolo Calì - RUFA- Rome University of Fine Arts
SILVER AWARD: Hope on the Field; Director: Sang Jung Alexandra Park - Korea, Republic of
SILVER AWARD: Nerot Shel Shabbat; Director: Lital Mizrahi - California State University, Northridge
BRONZE AWARD: The Ballad of Charlie Winters; Director: Michael Rogan - MFA at Savannah College of Art and Design
BRONZE AWARD: The Low and Mighty; Director: Karácsony Péter - Freeszfe association (Filmacademy Wien)
BRONZE AWARD: JUPITER; Director: Amanda Mickwee - NYU Tisch Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
BRONZE AWARD: AM I; Director: Ce Liu - MFA degree from the LMU film
BRONZE AWARD: daughters of apollo; Director: Lauren M. Ikemoto - California State University, Monterey Bay
BRONZE AWARD: Tule; Director: Jocelyn Estrella Garcia - San Jose State University BFA Animation/Illustration program
HONORABLE MENTION:
Political Discourse in the Information Age; Directors: - Aaron Wang, Charles Xu, Jonathan Li - China
Your Necklace; Director: Kayla Jem Ling - The Nueva School in San Mateo, California, United States
Guiding Light; Director: India Anne Mitchell - Kenil Worth Junior High School, United States
Cascadia; Directors: Atticus Lutz, Brody Gibbs - Crescent Valley High School, United States