Nominations and Winners of the 2024 Edition

 

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Best Actress Nominations:

 

  • Cassandre Anaya – “Je”
  • Marie Everett – “The Imposters”
  • Sarah Cugini – “Bitter Taste of Ginger”

Winner:

 

Cassandre Anaya – “Je”

Best Actress - Cassandre Anaya

Best Actor Nominations:

 

  • Caleb Short – “A Night in Bridge”
  • Tulio Villavicencio – “Key To The Past”
  • Alex Pettyfer – “The Last Witness”

Winner:

Caleb Short – “A Night in Bridge”

Best Actor - Caleb Short - A Night in Bridge

Best Student Film Nominations:

 

  • Gurinder J Singh – “Blood Drive”

  • Sofi Dawalibi –  “(UN)SCRIPTED”

  • Montante Thompson – “Zoetrope”

Winner:

 

Gurinder J Singh – “Blood Drive”

Best Student Film - Blood Drive

Best Rising Filmmaker Nominations:

 

  • Justin Chi – “A Night in Bridge”

  • Anthony Igra – “Final Broadcast”
  • Colton Caulfield – “Above All a Dreamer”

Winner:

 

Justin Chi – “A Night in Bridge”

Best Rising Filmmaker - A Night in Bridge

Best Animation Nominations:

 

  • “A Tree Once Grew Here” – Johnnie Semerad

  • “Ant Hotel” – Yu-Hsuan Teng
  • “SOS Save Our Seaweed” – Brandon Eric Strathmann

Winner:

 

“A Tree Once Grew Here” – Johnnie Semerad

Best Animation - A Tree Once Grew Here

Best Music Video Nominations:

 

  • “EGO (singer – Ava Della Pietra)” – Adam Lukowski

  • “Rattle My Cage” – Patrick Thornton
  • “Moses” – Ai Toyoshima

Winner:

 

“EGO (singer – Ava Della Pietra)” – Adam Lukowski

Best Music Video - Ego

Best LGBT Nominations:

 

  • “Blood Drive” – Gurinder J Singh
  • “Good Girl” – Jenny Kleiman
  • “The Last Taboo” – Manfred Oldenburg

Winner:

 

“Good Girl” – Jenny Kleiman

Best LGBT Film - Good Girl

Best Human Rights Nominations:

 

  • “Alma” – Sebastián Claro

  • “A Silent Escape” – Yogi Devgan

  • “Time’s Up” –  Hugh D.G. Moody

Winner:

 

“Time’s Up” –  Hugh D.G. Moody

Best Human Rights - Time's Up

Best Drama Nominations:

 

  • “Bitter Taste of Ginger” –  Brandon C. Lay
  • “Living the Dream” –  Jordan Rubio
  • “September” – Carlos Aceituno

Winner:

 

“Bitter Taste of Ginger” –  Brandon C. Lay

Best Drama - Bitter Taste of Ginger

Best Comedy Nominations:

 

  • “Above All a Dreamer” – Colton Caulfield
  • “Cause Celebre” – Patrick John Donnelly
  • “Emotional Logical” – Vered Rodriguez

Winner:

 

“Cause Celebre” – Patrick John Donnelly

Best Comedy - Cause Celebre

Best Short Documentary Nominations:

 

  • “An Extraordinary Place” – Tom Bell
  • “Split Jury” – Buddy Terry, Linus Unah
  • “Vanished in Ohio” – Tatalovic, B. R., Ochwat, Deborah

Winner:

 

“Split Jury” – Buddy Terry, Linus Unah

Best Short Documentary - Split Jury

Best Experimental Nominations:

 

  • “Drink In The Pain” – E.J. Acosta
  • “If We Were A Movie” – Arthur Knox, Kendrah Wellman
  • “The HoodTrophy Bino Story” – Sam “Gebar” Gebremiche

Winner:

 

“If We Were A Movie” – Arthur Knox, Kendrah Wellman

Best Experimental Film - If We Were A Movie

Best Feature Documentary Nominations:

 

  • “Alien Abduction: A Physical Case” – Andy Victor
  • “Invisible Corps” – Chris Schueler
  • “Walking and Falling” – Jacob Maximillian Baron, Alan Saltz

Winner:

 

“Walking and Falling” – Jacob Maximillian Baron, Alan Saltz

Best Feature Documentary - Walking and Falling

Best Documentary Production Nominations:

 

  • “Invisible Corps” – Chris Schueler
  • “Rising Wings” – Harun Kazaz
  • “Tax Broke​” – Stephen S Janis, Taya M Graham

Winner:

 

“Rising Wings” – Harun Kazaz

Best Documentary Production - Rising Wings

Best Screenplay Nominations:

 

  • “Olvidado” – D.B. Roderick

  • “Single Girl’s Guide To Narcissists” –  Diane Thomassin, Michael Miceli
  • “The Pickleball Killer” – Jim Carroll

Winner:

 

“Single Girl’s Guide To Narcissists” –  Diane Thomassin, Michael Miceli

Best Screenplay - Single Girl's Guide To Narcissists

Best Production Nominations:

 

  • “A Silent Escape” – Yogi Devgan
  • “Sara, La Fuerza Del Mar” – Martín Agudelo Ramírez, Andrés Ricaurte 
  • “Time’s Up” – Cristina Colissimo, Hugh D.G. Moody

Winner:

 

“A Silent Escape” – Yogi Devgan

Best Production - A Silent Escape

Best Short Narratives Nominations:

 

  • “AJ’s Story” – Leon Robinson, Christina Richardson
  • “Alma” – Sebastián Claro
  • “The Coffee Shop” – David Wenzel

Winner:

 

“AJ’s Story” – Leon Robinson, Christina Richardson

Best Short Film - AJ's Story

Best Woman Director Nominations:

 

  • Szonja Szabo – “Caravan”
  • Erika Sanz – “From the Dark“
  • Cassidy C Harrison – “The Life of Lester Wink”

Winner:

 

Cassidy C Harrison – “The Life of Lester Wink”

Best Woman Director - Cassidy C Harrison

Best Cinematography Nominations:

 

  • “Final Broadcast” – David Gribble ACS
  • “Heart of Gold” – Jack Foley
  • “Je” – Zane 

Winner:

 

“Final Broadcast” – David Gribble ACS

Best Cinematography - Final Broadcast

Best Director Nominations:

 

  • Carlos Aceituno – “September”

  • Daryl Denner – “Five Flights”
  • Darwin Reina – “A Hello of a Trip to Delicias”

Winner:

 

Darwin Reina – “A Hello of a Trip to Delicias”

Best Director - Darwin Reina - A Hell of a Trip to Delicias

Best Feature Narratives Nominations:

 

  • “Premonition” – Mahalia Jackson-Butler, Kirtana Banskota
  • “The Imposters” – Nicholas Winter
  • “The Last Witness” – Piotr Szkopiak 

Winner:

 

“The Last Witness” – Piotr Szkopiak

Best Feature Film - The Last Witness

Honorable Mention

“Zoetrope” - Montante Thompson

 

Honorable Mention - Zoetrope

Lazar Karov - “The Screecher”

 

Honorable Mention - The Screecher

Zane - "Je"

 

Honorable Mention - Je

“Drink In The Pain” - E.J. Acosta

 

Honorable Mention - Drink In The Pain

“Five Flights” - Vanessa Cordova-Corwin

 

Honorable Mention - Five Flights

"Living The Dream" - Jordan Rubio

 

Honorable Mention - Living The Dream