2024 AWARD WINNERS
Our 2024 Official Selections can be found on this page.
Congratulations to all our winners!
Our next submission cycle will be announced on our social media.
Scroll for listed Award Winners (2024)
Written Word Winners:
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORTS AND TV PILOT:
DADIES BOI
Written by: Louie Rinaldi, Zoe Tyson
BEST SYNOPSIS:
LA ADELITA
Written by: Renée Louise De Palma
BEST LOGLINE:
MORE SHENANIGANS
Written by: Lulu Valencia
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE SCRIPT – COMEDY:
TOKYO GHOST
Written by: Rachel Walsh-Williams
BEST SCREENPLAY SEQUENCE:
SMILES AND GOODBYES
Written by: Chartsiri Klinpibul
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE SCRIPT - DRAMA:
A LIFE TO LIVE FOR
Written by: Sarah Harvey
BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE SCRIPT:
A NATIVE LAND
Written by: Caitlin McCarthy
Film Winners:
BEST SHORT FILM (DRAMA):
THE SUIT - Carol McCann
BEST SHORT SHORT FILM (INCLUDING MICRO SHORTS) DRAMA:
ST. PANCRAS SUNRISE - Director: Maeve Murphy
BEST SHORT COMEDY FILM:
DRIVING SEPARATELY - Directed by: Dexter Pierce Jr
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
THEY CALL ME THE TATTOO WITCH - Director: Lindsay Nyman
BEST ANIMATION AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM:
CHAIN - Director: Ling Han
BEST ACTION FILM:
PUNJABI PROTECTOR - Director: Daniel Locicero
BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
LIQUID GIRLFRIEND: ONCE UPON A TIME - Director: Janet Van Ham
BEST ACTRESS:
HR LADY - Director Fred Shahadi
ACTRESS: KIM RHODES
BEST MOVIE TRAILER:
INSIDE JUSTICE: GETTING OUT - Director: Nikki Hevesy
Editor: Christopher Ridder
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY:
UNDERCOVER - Director: Sue Thomson
BEST FEATURE FILM:
A SONG FOR IMOGENE - Director: Erika Arlee
BEST FEMINIST FILM:
RESISTERHOOD - Cheryl Jacobs Crim
BEST LGBTQ THEMED FILM:
MAKING UP - Ryan Paige
BEST ANIMATION:
CHAIN - Ling Han
BEST ACTION:
PUNJABI PROTECTOR - Daniel Locicero
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR:
YOUNG PEOPLE - BROOKE WESTPHAL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL:
ANATOMY OF LONGING - Britain Botsford
BEST FEMALE DRIVEN CAST:
THE FUSCOS - Jennie Girardo
BEST FEMALE PROTAGONIST:
OVER THE EDGE - Jenna Harder
BEST THRILLER:
INFIDELITY - AJ Babbra
BEST SOCIAL COMMENTARY:
THE STORY PROJECT OF MEASURE 110: PART ONE: PEERS - Sarah Shively
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR:
THE WINDOW - NABAT SHIR
BEST TRAILER:
INSIDE JUSTICE: GETTING OUT - Nikki Hevesy
BEST WEB SERIES:
PAY YOUR BILL - Anne Bio
BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
LIQUID GIRLFRIEND: ONCE UPON A TIME - Janet Van Ham
BEST STUDENT FILM:
HER LAST DAY - Jiacheng "Tiffany" Wang
BEST INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AWARD:
UNWAVERING - Alexandra Hsu
BEST DISABILITIES AWARENESS FILM:
AVOCADO HEART GIRL - Keeley Gainey
BEST ACTOR:
NOWHERE PIE - Director: Lauren Freedman
ACTOR: Jason Pierce
BEST NEWCOMER ACTOR:
IN WAITING: Director: Jon Matthews
ACTOR: Amari Martinez
BEST SMARTPHONE FILM:
FAREWELL JADE BANGLE - Fenfen Huang
BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM:
MORNING STAR - Zara Balfour
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE:
STAMPILA - David Larson
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM:
WE ARE GUARDIANS - Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman
BEST FEATURE FILM:
A SONG FOR IMOGENE - Erika Arlee
PANAVISION CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD:
THIS LAND IS - Bunnie Rivera