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DECEMBER 17, 2024
8th Edition (July 9-10, 2019) WINNERS
'The Tattooed Heart' (US) - Sheldon Wong Schwartz
(1st Place)
BEST OF THE FEST WINNER
NOMINEES
'Take The Next Bus, Honey' (US) - Hirokawa Hayashida
(3rd Place)
'We Kept Our Sigh Quiet' (US) - Fnu Wuyunqimuge
(2nd Place)
'Sif' (ISL) - Arnar Freyr Tómasson, Stefán Mekkinósson
'YOU or ME' (US) - Yana Zinov
'Askin' for it' (CA) - Kerry Gamberg
BEST STUDENT FILM
'The Unsung Feather' (US) - Aastha Verma
SPECIAL MENTION
'30' (CY) - Constantinos Patsalides
BEST DIRECTOR
Sheldon Wong Schwartz​ -'The Tattooed Heart' (US)
NOMINEES
Fnu Wuyunqimuge - 'We Kept Our Sigh Quiet' (US)
Arnar Freyr Tómasson, Stefán Mekkinósson - 'Sif' (ISL)
BEST SCREENWRITER
Matt Olmstead - 'The Tattooed Heart' (US)
NOMINEES
George Avraam - '30' (CY)
Fnu Wuyunqimuge - 'We kept our sigh quiet' (US)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
NOMINEES
Lu Lin - 'We kept our sigh quiet' (US)
Matthew Thompson - 'Askin' for it' (CA)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Don Burgess - 'The Tattooed Heart' (US)
Isaac Fowler - 'Take the Next Bus, Honey' (US)
NOMINEES
BEST EDITOR
Stefan Chernev - 'Dream for happiness' (BG)
NOMINEES
James Patrick - 'Askin' for it' (CA)
BEST ACTOR
Drew Schrum - 'YOU or ME' (US)
NOMINEES
Igor Lewicki - 'Ghosts in the Ink' (US)
Onur ÇaÄŸdaÅŸ Åžahan - 'Loss of Reality' (AUT)
BEST ACTRESS
Stefka Yanorova - 'Dream for happiness' (BG)
NOMINEES
Ryan Love, Fnu Wuyunqimuge - 'We kept our sigh quiet' (US)
Leah McKenney - 'Askin' for it' (CA)
Samantha Cox - 'Take the Next Bus, Honey' (US)
'Beyond Us - A Last Story after the Collapse' - Maxime Tiberghien (FR)
BEST ANIMATION
NOMINEES
'Renata' - Zhuang, Ren-Xiang (TWN)
'Tiffany'- Christina Christie (US)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEES
'To Find a Harpy' - Daniel O'Neill (UK)
'In Search of a Moment' - Jake Davies, Andrew Rurik (US)
'Namibia with Paganel' - Andrii Andreiev (UKR)
'Your Eyes, Will I Ever' - Felicien Colmet Daage (FR)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
'Karmacoda - Unglued' - Hirokawa Hayashida (US)
NOMINEES
'Bones Dream Blood' - Don Brosnan (UK)
BEST WEB SHORT
'Happy Together' - Anselm Diehl (GER)
NOMINEES
'Pine High' - Rob Bohn (US)
'<< derelicts >>' - Qian-Junxing, Wei-Zishuo (CHN)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
'Mellow Yellow' - Jessica Batson (US)
NOMINEES
'The Average Dream' - Kolja Haaf (UK)
'Contact' - Lamara Sogomonyan​ (RUS)
BEST SCREENPLAY (written) WINNER
'The Uncanny Valley' - Julia Beney, Jacqueline Godbout
'The Three Little Breakups' - Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
Runner Up:
2nd Runner Up:
'Grover's Quarry' - Timothy McCourt
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