2024 WINNERS & NOMINEES LIST


BEST U.S SHOWCASE FEATURE FILM
Winner:

Max Dagan - directed by Terre Weisman 
Co-Nominees: 
All Happy Families - directed by Haroula Rose
I'll Be There - directed by Andrew Shea
If That Mockingbird Don't Sing - directed by Sadie Bones
The Strange Dark - directed by Chris Messineo 
The Way We Speak - directed by Ian Ebright


BEST WORLD SHOWCASE FEATURE FILM

Winner:

Tales of Taipei - directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji, Rachid Hami, Keat Aun Chong,

Sinje Lee, Norris Wong Yee Lam, Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu, Chen-Hao Yin, Remii Huang, Chuan Hui Liu
Co-Nominees:
EXILE (Turkey) - directed by Aaron Erol Ozlevi
Steely Lovers (Korea) - directed by Jongkoo CHOI
Three Infallible Rules (Italy) - directed by Marco Gianfreda

BEST SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY FILM
Winner:

Broken Eyes - directed by Dana Conroy
Co-Nominees:
My Life With Asperger's - directed by Julianna Brudek
The Bridge -  directed by Evan Jackson Leong
The Opener -  directed by Jeff Toye

BEST SHOWCASE ANIMATED FILM
Winner:

A Cow in the Sky - directed by Darren Press, C. Fraser Press
Co-Nominees:
Dragonfly - directed by Julia Morizawa
Flocky - directed by Esther Casas Roura
Isotopia - directed by Tom Cassese
Spotlight - directed by Maya Puyat
Tree - directed by Jeongmin Koo

BEST US SHOWCASE SHORT FILM
Winner:

The Wake - directed by Dave Coleman
Co-Nominees:
Ashes on the Highway -  directed by Rupert Smith
Brett was a F*CK - directed by Keith Rubin, Lauren Sowa
Displaced -  directed by Amy Leland
Jackrabbit Homestead -  directed by Kimberlea Kressal
Last Light -  directed by Koa Bayani
The Last Take -  directed by Brian Foyster
Line of Fire -  directed by Weston Porter
Night Session - directed by Ballard C. Boyd
The Red Shoe - directed by K. Lorrel Manning
See you Later -  directed by Yudelka Heyer
Wake -  directed by Sean Carter
The Well - directed by Philip Miles Orduna, Sarah Young

BEST WORLD SHOWCASE SHORT FILM
Winner:

The Weight of Home (Australia) -  directed by Jessica Rookeward, Tamiah Bantum 

Co-Nominees: 
And That’s for this Christmas (Bulgaria) - directed by Nicholas Livanos
Fist (United Kingdom) - directed by Andrew McVicar
Insurrection (Spain) -  directed by Daniel M Caneiro, Jorge Hinojosa
Matterhorn (United Kingdom, Switzerland) -  directed by Anne Madeleine Mancosu
Thirteen (Austria) -  directed by Viktoria Windhab
Our Last Day as Kids (Canada) -  directed by Dylan Scott Hryciuk

BEST SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner:

To Myself With Love: The Bessie Springfield Story -  directed by Diane Fredel-Weis
Co-Nominees:
Di Sarno - The story of Emilio’s Ballato - directed by Johannes Kroemer
Finding my voice -  directed by Rouven Gueissaz
This is IRA Richer -  directed by Rick Knief
We're Ready to believe you: Ghostbusters 40th Anniversary - directed by Jason Godbey

AUDIENCE AWARD for FULL LENGTH FEATURE
Winner:

If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing
Runners-Up:
I'll be there
The Strange Dark


AUDIENCE AWARD for SHORT FILM or SERIES PILOT
Winner:

Night Session 
Runners-Up:
Dig Deeper
The Last Take


AUDIENCE AWARD for EXHIBITION FILMS
Winner:

The Greatest
Runners-Up:
Karaganda
Sally,get the Potatoes

BEST LONG FORM TV PILOT
Winner:

The Jumping Beans - directed by Joseph Isho Levinson
Nominees:
"The Cagone" Ep 1 " The Badge" -  directed by Thomas Bentey
Don't Look Now - directed by Geno Marx
Loft and Found - directed by Pete O'Hare

BEST SHORT FORM TV PILOT
Winner:

Pieces - directed by Johanna Moreau 
Nominees:
Dissocia directed - by Matt Newton
Ms. Pink - directed by Lauren McCann
Spooky Society - directed by Bryson Lima

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - US FEATURE    
Winner:

Patrick Fabian - The Way We Speak
Nominees:
Jasmine Batchelor - I'll be there
Ryan Cooper - I'll be there
Aitana Doyle - If That Mockingbird Don't Sing
Rob Morrow - Max Dagan
Zach Gordon - Max Dagan

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - WORLD FEATURE    
Winner:

Saadet Aksoy - Exile (Turkey)
Nominees:
Matteo Olivetti - Three Infallible Rules (Italy)
Guglielmo Aquaro - Three Infallible Rules (Italy)
Yoon Jin Seo - Steely Lovers (Korea)

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - US SHORT    
Winner:

Dave Coleman - The Wake
Nominees:
Molly Ringwald - Catherine & Michael
Evan Williams - Steps
Richard Kind - Night Session
Arielle Beth Klein - The Red Shoe
Ali Stoner - The Red Shoe
Charlie McElveen - Brett was a F*ck
K Steele - Wake

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - WORLD SHORT    
Winner:

Tom Bezhanishvili - Thirteen/Dreizhen (Austria)
Nominees:
Moir Leslie - Matterhorn (Switzerland/United Kingdom) 
Tilly Vosburgh - Matterhorn (Switzerland/United Kingdom)
Jessica Rookeward  - The Weight of Home (Australia}
Brian Keane - Moratorium (Ireland)
Jenn Murray- Runner (Ireland) 
Connor Delves - The Weight of Home (Australia)

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE AS AN ENSEMBLE
Winner:

If That Mockingbird Don't Sing
Co-Nominees:
Brett was a F*CK
Tales of Taipei
The Red Shoe
EXILE

SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2024
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