OFFICIAL SELECTION LIST - August 2024
Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Animation
(random order)
1. Walk In The Light (d. Princella Smith) - 34 min, United States, 2024
2. CHAIN (d. LING HAN) - Student - 4 min, United States, 2024
3. Metal Flower (d. Seoyun Kim) - Student - 9 min, Republic of Korea, 2024
Experimental
(random order)
1. "MEIN BALLEN" by Supercasanova (d. David Byron Kelley) - 4 min, United States, 2024
2. Experiments of Colour and Substance (d. Finlay Miller) - Student - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
3. Rain (d. Vasilios Papaioannu) - 6 min, United States, 2024
Music Video
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Screenplays
(finalists)
1. Curry Sauce Ninja (w. Hecham Heesh Elhajoui)
2. Abort (w. Karmin Mosley)
3. Meadow (w. Diana Shoykhet)
4. Love My Boy (w. Matt Hansen)
5. The Widow of Summit Springs (w. Susan Sweeney)
6. Path of Liberation (w. Mansoor H Laghari)
August 2024 Winners. Screening: December 17, 2024
BEST OF THE FEST
Iris Mortem (d. Wilf Henry James McKie) - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
2nd BEST OF THE FEST
Blackness (d. Vivek Roy) - 27 min, United States, 2024
3rd BEST OF THE FEST
We Will Find YOU (d. Judson Vaughan) - 20 min, Spain, 2024
BEST STUDENT FILM
CHAIN (d. LING HAN) - Student - 4 min, United States, 2024
AUDIENCE AWARD
CHAIN (d. LING HAN) - Student - 4 min, United States, 2024 - 105 votes
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Best Documentary
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
Best Animation
CHAIN (d. LING HAN) - Student - 4 min, United States, 2024
NOMINEES:
Walk In The Light (d. Princella Smith) - 34 min, United States, 2024
Metal Flower (d. Seoyun Kim) - Student - 9 min, Republic of Korea, 2024
Best Experimental
Rain (d. Vasilios Papaioannu) - 6 min, United States, 2024
NOMINEES:
Experiments of Colour and Substance (d. Finlay Miller) - Student - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
"MEIN BALLEN" by Supercasanova (d. David Byron Kelley) - 4 min, United States, 2024
Best Music Video
NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
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Best Director
Wilf Henry James McKie - Iris Mortem - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Judson Vaughan - We Will Find YOU - 20 min, Spain, 2024
Vivek Roy - Blackness - 27 min, United States, 2024
Best Screenplay
Wilf Henry James McKie - Iris Mortem - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Melanie Grancourt - The Trees are Blue - 37 min, France, 2023
Zhandos (Jandos) Dzholdoshov (Djoldoshov) - Connection (Bailanysh) - 30 min, Kyrgyzstan, 2024
Best Actor
Reece Montague - Baobhan Sith - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2023
NOMINEES:
Damian Reyers-Fox - Play Pretend - Student - 16 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Kevin Stewart - We Will Find YOU - 20 min, Spain, 2024
Best Actress
Sabine Crossen - The Trees are Blue - 37 min, France, 2023
NOMINEES:
Portia van de Braam - Iris Mortem - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Isha Luthra - Blackness - 27 min, United States, 2024
Best Editing
Himanshu Shekhar Sharma - Blackness - 27 min, United States, 2024
NOMINEES:
Asan Dzhantaliev, Adilet Omorov - Connection (Bailanysh) - 30 min, Kyrgyzstan, 2024
Judson Vaughan - We Will Find YOU - 20 min, Spain, 2024
Best Cinematography
Rahul Jadhav - Blackness - 27 min, United States, 2024
NOMINEES:
Mthabisi Mlauzi - Iris Mortem - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
Judson Vaughan, Marek Dabrowski - We Will Find YOU - 20 min, Spain, 2024
Best Original Score
Harpal Mudhar - Iris Mortem - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024
NOMINEES:
Gaurav Chatterji - Blackness - 27 min, United States, 2024
Maurine Thiebaut, Teddy Labbens - The Trees are Blue - 37 min, France, 2023
Screenplays
1st Place
Love My Boy (w. Matt Hansen)
2nd Place
Curry Sauce Ninja (w. Hecham Heesh Elhajoui)
3rd Place
Meadow (w. Diana Shoykhet)
Fiction
(random order)
1. Baobhan Sith (d. Hayley Louise McGuire) - 13 min, United Kingdom, 2023
2. Connection (Bailanysh) (d. Zhandos (Jandos) Dzholdoshov (Djoldoshov)) - 30 min, Kyrgyzstan, 2024
3. Blackness (d. Vivek Roy) - 27 min, United States, 2024
4. We Will Find YOU (d. Judson Vaughan) - 20 min, Spain, 2024
5. The Trees are Blue (d. Melanie Grancourt) - 37 min, France, 2023
6. Play Pretend (d. Sophie-Dominique Parea) - Student - 16 min, United Kingdom, 2024
7. Iris Mortem (d. Wilf Henry James McKie) - 11 min, United Kingdom, 2024