Winners
Announced on August 1st, 2024

Best Narrative Feature

Lonely Nights in Chinatown

Director: Ryan Storm

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Best Narrative Short

Breathe without Water

Director: Christy Tse

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Best Documentary Feature

Face Down - The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer

Director: Gerry Gregg

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Best Short Documentary

Musical Moments

Director: Erik Dreng Jacobsen

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Best Feature Script

NATURE CALLS, CAT ANSWERS

Christopher Boyce

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Best Short Script

COVID-19 ALIEN MENACE

William D. Caldwell

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Best Indie Short

The Fries Rebellion

Director: Dan Hertzog

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Best Director

Her Nails

Director: Liliana Yawen Yang

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Best Animation

LOVER

Director: CHING-WEN YANG, SHAO-HUA WANG, ZHI-KOU ZHAI

 

Best Experimental

The broken circle director's cut

Director:  Sarah Revoltella

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Best Comedy

Fortune Cookies

Director: Brenda Lee

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Best Student Film

Shut up, dad!

Director: Max Marcus Landergård

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Best Human Rights

Because We Are Too Many

Director: Eve Natasha Leonard-Walsh

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Best Actor

Shane Clouse

Mr. Pettigrew

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Best Composer

BOHDAN DONALD TANASIJCZUK

The Return