10th Annual Top Shorts 2024 Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 10th Annual Top Shorts 2024 have been announced!

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale (dir. Jan Fabris) leads with the most nominations this year. Congratulations to all the nominees!

Best of Fest

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Jan Fabris

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Saint-Sacrifice - Jean-Claude Leblanc

Bloody Fury - Jordan Inconstant

The Last Repair Shop - Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Kory Orban

Best Narrative Film

That's Enough Now Thanks - Aquila Chase-Daniel

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Foreign Planetary - Tiffany Lin

Bloody Fury - Jordan Inconstant

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Kory Orban

Saint-Sacrifice - Jean-Claude Leblanc

Best Indie Film

Dark Web - Tyler Appian

RUST - Tim Mountain

Endurance - Imre van Opstal

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Jan Fabris

We Love You Ray - John Hays

Grave Decision - Aaron Shabansky

Best Drama

Say Your Name - Matt Kerr

Greener Pastures - Medora Levy

FEAR - Walter Alonso Espinoza, Celeste Villar

Social Life - Alex Montagnani

Dive Into the Blue - Ge Gao

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Jan Fabris

Best Comedy

Committing to Burglary - JJ Duffy

Parabens - Michael Bukovanský

Rock Inn - Fon Davis

The Seer - Michael Kneller

We Love You Ray - John Hays

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Kory Orban

Best Thriller

The Critic - Kyle Gregory

Dark Web - Tyler Appian

Iced - Charlene Golightly, Justin Golightly

Ben - Sebastian Hou

True Love - Yimao Zhang

Bonding - Luke Rex

Best Horror

Don't Lose Faith - Brian Klewin

Hand Me Down - Tom Quinn, Justin Piotrowski

The Silhouette - Oldrich Werner

Lullaby - Noah Kinsey

Night Fishing - Julian Alexander, Robert Fisher

Saint-Sacrifice

Best Sci-Fi

Turing - John Cihangir

Space Ryder - Jeff Kenji Yamashita

Foreign Planetary - Tiffany Lin

Saint-Sacrifice

Made in Technicolor - Millie Cupp

Freedom - Taekyeong Kim

Best Experimental Film

Con Artist - Griffin Glendinning, Addison Rafford

…der Flitter graut. Es bleibt Verpasstes übrig. - Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz

Longings - Karen Mueller Bryson

Souls - Alberto Martín-Aragón, Julia Doménech

Merano goes on stage - Carlo Guttadauro

Liminal - Evbaguehita Odeh

Best Inspirational Film

Leydenville - Dale Fabrigar

The Vessel - Brendan Garvey, Rodney Smith Jr.

A Hard Row to Hoe - Lucas Fiederling

Art of Survival - Tony Heriza, Valerie Keller, James Wasserman

American Made - Dana Nies

Woman, Life, Freedom - Auctus Productions

Best Web/TV Pilot

Bad Atmosphere - Mason Sperling, Keenan McGuckin, Danyelle Guernsey, Michael Calmis, Leah Bleich

Brian & Connie - Ryan Gimeson

Is He Evil? - Jon-Robert Corasanti

The Applicants - María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández

Heroes - Roberto Sanchez

Spells Abound - Daisy Hickey

Best Documentary

When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications - Jennifer Abbe Manner

The Last Repair Shop - Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers

Song & Spirit - Gage Masterson

My Dear Hanna - Matthew Sullivan

Reclaiming the Night - Daniel Wheeler

Foot Moon - Vincent Romain

Best Animation

Mary - Abdulaziz Khashabi, Abdulla Al-Janahi

Tittie Tussle - Jimin Kim, Wendy Ye

Speedman - Joe Bowers

Unstoppable Beat - Luke Dye-Montefiore, Rufus Dye-Montefiore

Dog Days - Hailey Bair

The Tale Of The Little Potato - Sergio Herencias

Best Music Video

If I Fall For You - Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh, Karin Ann

Ego - Ava Della Pietra, Adam Lukowski

Mirage - Jad Rahmé

Getting Along - Kathryn Allison Rose, Julian Taylor, Scott Dobson, Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Karin Ann - A Stranger With My Face - Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh

Burning Forest - Imre van Opstal

Best Student Film

Lollipop - Boyu Zhang

Greener Pastures - Medora Levy

Imma Head Out - Zaknafein Luken

Fili - Peter Filimaua

Motherlode - Grace Perry

Space Eye - Kevin Mainenti

Best Director

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Jan Fabris

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Endurance - Imre van Opstal

Rock Inn - Fon Davis

Jet Lag - Sergey Khromykh

The Last Repair Shop - Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers

Best First Time Director

Behind the Red Curtain - Cooper Miller

My Method - Kaze Uzumaki

Genre Inc. - Ela Gavrila

The Cycle - Vilma Jackson

Sifter - Shalini Bathina

The Unicorn that Never Lies - Chandler Riggs, Xavier Jimenez

Best Young Filmmaker

Hey There! - Camille Blundell

Retro Memo - Zhaoyu Liu

Untitled Future - Yuchen Ji

Telescope - Nicolás Dimópulos

A Soccer Ball - Tianze Hou

The Nighthawk Murders - Jack Komaroff, Lawson Wright

Best Actor

That's Enough Now Thanks - Dakota Shapiro

Saint-Sacrifice - Luc Picard

Queen of Wands - Jacob Nuti

Rock Inn - James Hong

The Last Target - Noel Baterna

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Matthew MacCaull

Best Actress

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Lea Mihevc

Good Girl - Alexandra Rey

Foreign Planetary - Chelsea Sik

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Chrissy Mozylisky

Dive Into the Blue - Angela Lin

Genre Inc. - Ela Gavrila

Best Duo

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Chrissy Mozylisky & Matthew MacCaull

The Perfect Size - Chad Anderson & Francesca Brice-Martin

Breakdown - Michael Paone & Hannah Coffman

That's Enough Now Thanks - Dakota Shapiro & Francesca Barker McCormick

The Last Target - Noel Baterna & Alexander Nunn

The Unicorn that Never Lies - Mia Cole & Jason Dolley

Best Ensemble

Running Colours - Carolina Haddad, Sabrina Black, Aaron Noble, Kendall Tiffany Hall, Kayla Tripp, Loretta Williams, Lydia Gagoh, Josh Bowren, Imani J Grant

Five Questions - Kiera Allen, Andrew Arrow, David Arrow, Joyia D. Bradley, Eliza Simone Bradley, Donna Lynne Champlin, Elijah Guo, Amber Paul, and Tom Alan Robbins

Imma Head Out - Spencer Davis, Kareem Burnett, Joshua Howard, Kenneth Miles, Liam Luken, John Malone, Anthony Lofton, Kaylea Ingram, Madalyn Schmidt

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Miha Rodman, Lea Mihevc, Lara Fortuna

We Love You Ray - Marina Pires, Kevin Paul Woods, John Hays

Hand Me Down - Payton Nesci, Sara Schuldt, Allison McKiernan

Best Cinematography

That's Enough Now Thanks - Jason Vizzini

RUST - Tim Mountain

Better Together - Justin Tang

Hand Me Down - Justin Piotrowski

The Last Target - Andrew Yang

Because We Were Happy - Kevin Kohjus

Best Editing

Hand Me Down - Justin Piotrowski

Because We Were Happy - Taavi Kohjus

The Last Target - Sergy Olkowski

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Jan Fabris

The Last Repair Shop - Nick Garnham Wright

Saint-Sacrifice - Geoff Klein

Best Score

The Last Repair Shop - Katya Richardson

Julia - Víctor Muñoz

[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] - Walter Jeworski, Kenny Wong, Esteban Gonzalez

Roller Coaster - Peter Zongting Li

Unripe - Mariano Saulino

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Ruslan Perezhilo

Best Sound Design

1848 - Alfonso Otero Mireles

Rebirth - Peter Zongting Li

The Last Repair Shop - Tom Boykin

Silence - Jia Lu

The Disappearance of Evelin Gale - Julij Zornik

Bloody Fury - Nicolas Dubois

Best Original Story

Committing to Burglary - JJ Duffy

Good Girl - Haley Dercher

Foreign Planetary - Tiffany Lin

Bloody Fury - Jordan Inconstant

Queen of Wands - Christina Giorgi

Big Momma Earth - Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian

Best Screenplay

Change - Dan A Edwards

Blood Will Have Blood - John Kestner

Deus In Machina - Michelle Fenn

The First Eternal - Rapsodies

The Little Theatre Story - Amey Richards, JR Hartigan, Warren Levi Haney

What's In A Name? - Michael Moore

Special Jury Award - Film

Clean Freak - Phil Wirkus

The Physicist in Outer Space - Mon Castro

The Perfect Size - Francesca Brice-Martin

Breakdown - Morgan Cini, Gabriel Tibi

Suspicions - Thomas Anthony Quinn, Stephen Nickisch

Good Girl - Haley Dercher, Jenny Kleiman

Special Jury Award - Screenplay

Gale - Matthew R Ford

Revenge Porn - Suzanne Roberta Friedman

Modern Warfare - Matthew Stewart

Commercial Actress - Zoé Mahfouz

What's In A Name? - Michael Moore

The Implosion in My Mind - Tim Tobias

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