25th Edition
Winter Season/2024
Best Narrative Film
Complexity
Director: Brandon Leake, Cleve Brown
Best Documentary
Bubjan
Director: Nicholas Mihm
Honorable Mention Documentary:
109 BELOW
Director: Nick Martini
Best Indie Short
Abrazo
Director: Paola Baldion
Best Director
The Snow Leopard
Director: Taylor Joshua Rankin
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Love, Hate, Hate, Love
Director: Alex Froom
Best Actress
Catarina Kim
UNDER
Best Actor
Michael Fedele
Addiction
Best Experimental
Anthem of the Lamb
Director: Xincheng Song
Best Animation
Lucky Brave's Sunshine
Director: Joseph Game, Andres Aguilar
Best Web/TV Pilot-Series
Topanga
Director: Mark Kohl
Best LGBTQ
The Fishing Net
Director: Anna Palinkas
Best Thriller
Pay Back
Director: Steve Ramsden
Best Science Fiction
THE STAIRWELL
Director: Brian Yurans
Honorable Mention Science Fiction
Slinkers
Director: Vesa Manninen
Best Music Video
Nothin 4 Something
Director: Cody Critcheloe
Best Horror
BAIT
Director: Alexander Pappas
Honorable Mention Horror
You're On Your Own, Kid
Director: Michael Matsui
Best Comedy
Hope Dealer
Director: Jay Larson
Honorable Mention Comedy
Feet Cute
Director: Dylan Lanham
Best Producer
Jimmy Wu
Dead forest
Best Cinematographer
Angela Herr
Honorable Mention Cinematographer
Sean Kawamoto
The Beginning of The End
Best Editor
Maedeh Moayyednia
Best Composer
Taylor Joshua Rankin
The Snow Leopard
Honorable Mention Composer
Jeff Pifher & Harlan Hodges
Best Youth Actors
Ben Manninen &Luke Manninen
Slinkers
Best Student Film
The Future is Bright and Unbearable
Director: Milena Grujić
Best Female Director
Sasha's Game
Director: Lexee Paige Gordoun
Best Screenplay (Produced)
The Devil's Playground
Director: A.J. Ciccotelli
Best Screenplay (Unproduced)
Karma Is Her Name
Writer: Shanton D Smith