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