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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 FLOORDirector: 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 HundslingDirector: 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

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MUSIC VIDEO 2024:

GOLD AWARD: Hometown Heroes; Director: Alan Bohms - United States

SILVER AWARD: Candle's fireDirector: Anatoly Gun'ko - Russian Federation

SILVER AWARD: Livin Beyond The PainDirector: Jimmy Adrian Velarde - United States

SILVER AWARD: Even LessDirector: Asaf Ovsiannikov - Israel

BRONZE AWARD: CHXRL - LOVE MEDirector: 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 YouDirector: John Williams - United States

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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

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