OFFICIAL SELECTION LIST - April 2024
Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Animation
(random order)
1. Boy A-Nee-Gu Fight with Magical Bugs! (d. Jack Shih) - 27 min, Taiwan, 2024
2. (w)hole (d. Natasha Redmond) - 5 min, United Kingdom, 2023
3. Flame (d. Elzbieta Muskietorz) - Student - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Experimental
(random order)
1. Good friend (d. Matěj Čížek) - 5 min, Czech Republic, 2023
2. withal our bodies we are (d. Yoonseo Lee) - 7 min, United States, 2024
3. Goodbye (d. Anya Leckie) - Student - 6 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Music Video
(random order)
1. Earthbound. - FLIGHT (d. Jake Alexander Pemberton) - 5 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2. I'm Not A Boy (d. Bryant Berry) - 2 min, United States, 2024
3. I'm back (d. Carlos Rufete) - 4 min, Spain, 2023
Screenplays
(finalists)
1. Stupid Dead Boy (w. Alex Vickery-Howe)
2. Witching Hour (w. Alex Vickery-Howe)
3. The Summer of Stirrings (w. Anthony Severe)
4. Canny Chanta (w. Stefan Krzysiak)
5. All For Show (w. Alexander Owen)
6. Audible (w. Rachel Parkinson)
Winners: May 24th. Screening: June 18th, 2024
BEST OF THE FEST
Oranda (d. Livan Garcia-Duquesne) - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2nd BEST OF THE FEST
STAY (d. Iryna Mordiushenko) - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
3rd BEST OF THE FEST
Way Out (d. Reka Almasi) - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
BEST STUDENT FILM
Oranda (d. Livan Garcia-Duquesne) - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
AUDIENCE AWARD
Flame (d. Elzbieta Muskietorz) - Student - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024 - 99 votes
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Best Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Best Animation
Boy A-Nee-Gu Fight with Magical Bugs! (d. Jack Shih) - 27 min, Taiwan, 2024
NOMINEES:
(w)hole (d. Natasha Redmond) - 5 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Flame (d. Elzbieta Muskietorz) - Student - 2 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Experimental
Good friend (d. Matěj Čížek) - 5 min, Czech Republic, 2023
NOMINEES:
withal our bodies we are (d. Yoonseo Lee) - 7 min, United States, 2024
Goodbye (d. Anya Leckie) - Student - 6 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Music Video
I'm back (d. Carlos Rufete) - 4 min, Spain, 2023
NOMINEES:
I'm Not A Boy (d. Bryant Berry) - 2 min, United States, 2024
Earthbound. - FLIGHT (d. Jake Alexander Pemberton) - 5 min, United Kingdom, 2024
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Best Director
Livan Garcia-Duquesne - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Reka Almasi - Way Out - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
Iryna Mordiushenko - STAY - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Screenplay
Reka Almasi - Way Out - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
NOMINEES:
Yuze Shi, Peihong Situ - A Show of the Stray - 15 min, China, 2024
Jaime Carroll - Stay Cold A Little Longer - 3 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Actor
Alexis Latham - Way Out - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
NOMINEES:
Alan Cooper - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Jonathon Carley - Stay Cold A Little Longer - 3 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Actress
Karina Orr - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Tetiana Lavska - STAY - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Editing
Lewis Pusey - STAY - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Toth Csaba - Way Out - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
Sorin Baluta - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Cinematography
Adrian Axel - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Christopher Gregson - Lost Soul of the Brooklyn Bridge - 9 min, United States, 2023
Nitin Rohra, Boyuan Lu - STAY - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Best Original Score
Livan Garcia-Duquesne - Oranda - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Clay Ostrer - STAY - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Joshua A. Idio - (w)hole - 5 min, United Kingdom, 2023
Screenplays
1st Place
Stupid Dead Boy (w. Alex Vickery-Howe)
2nd Place
Canny Chanta (w. Stefan Krzysiak)
3rd Place
The Summer of Stirrings (w. Anthony Severe)
Fiction
(random order)
1. Way Out (d. Reka Almasi) - 22 min, Hungary, 2024
2. A Show of the Stray (d. Qi Tan) - 15 min, China, 2024
3. STAY (d. Iryna Mordiushenko) - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2024
4. Smoking kills (d. Pravdeep Singh Sidhu) - 1 min, Australia, 2024
5. The Grate Director (d. Samuel J Punto) - Student - 16 min, Germany, 2024
6. Lost Soul of the Brooklyn Bridge (d. Liz Sowers Buras) - 9 min, United States, 2023
7. Oranda (d. Livan Garcia-Duquesne) - Student - 27 min, United Kingdom, 2024
8. Stay Cold A Little Longer (d. Luke Walters) - 3 min, United Kingdom, 2024