Top Shorts Winners - October 2021
Film of the Month
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Best Narrative Film
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
Speak - Robin Hofmann
Best Indie Film
Time Traveler - Jeffrey Israelson, Steven Israelson
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Equus Landing - John Mannion
Best Drama
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Honorable Mention: Drama
Alice Memorial Park - Ritendra Datta
Best Thriller
Conflicted - Samuel Vincent Diggs
Honorable Mention: Thriller
Stay Inside - Jacob Paul
Best Horror
Volatility - Jason Winn
Best Sci-Fi
Evil Professor - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Best Experimental Film
It's Only the End of the World - Brooks Wieszczek
Best Inspirational Film
SARA'S Journey - Pavel Vogler, Sara Vogler
Best Mystery Film
Closure - Ziv Sheffer
Best Dark Comedy
Gift of Peace - Emily Rued
Best Crime Film
Jesters Paradise - Sadi Eliyesil
Best LGBTQ Film
Spin - Lisa Marie Tedesco
Best Web Series
The Off Beat with Lachi - Lachi
Honorable Mention: Web Series
Ten Points of Joy - Bill G Morris
Best Documentary
The Silent Stage - Uğur Evin
Honorable Mention: Documentary
The Pigeon Lady - Giulia Brazzale
Best Animation
Giselle - Emmanuel Shiu
Honorable Mention: Animation
Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray - Lindy Ryan, Timea Gazdag, Dan Walters
Best Music Video
Dimitri & The Scarecrow - Chants of Awakening - Jolein Kirpenstein, Dimitri D. Kwenda
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Evil Professor - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Best Student Film
Outside The Consulting Room - Fangming Liu
Honorable Mention: Student Film
Perfect-Fit - Landen Erickson
Best Microfilm
Moon Knight - Akshay Tiwari
Best Director
Spin - Lisa Marie Tedesco
Honorable Mention: Director
Speak - Robin Hofmann
Best First Time Director
Journey Home - Christopher Houlston
Honorable Mention: First Time Director
Two Weeks to Slow the Spread - Wesley Mullins
Best Indie Filmmaker
Mute - The loudest Silence - Sapan Bamrah
Best Young Filmmaker
When I Met Mia - Merivelle Hannah
Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker
Homemade - Henry Joseph Roth
Best Actor
Journey Home - Mike Bodie
Honorable Mention: Actor
Conflicted - Curtis Caldwell
Best Actress
Journey Home - Jennifer Martin
Honorable Mention: Actress
Volatility - Katie Kay
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Time Traveler - Jeffrey Israelson
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Equus Landing - Katie Lundi
Best Supporting Actor
Journey Home - Alex Good
Best Young Actor
Into the Fog - Connor Laidman
Best Young Actress
Speak - Trinity Soos
Best Child Actor
Li - Eric Chang
Best Child Actress
Mute - The loudest Silence - Sierra Papps
Best Duo
Journey Home - Mike Bodie & Jennifer Martin
Honorable Mention: Duo
Spin - Courtney St. Gelais & Sierra Berkeley Fisher
Best Ensemble
Into the Fog - Christopher Jones, Connor Laidman, Victoria
Kucher, Rebecca Nathan, Natasha Nathan
Honorable Mention: Ensemble
Small and Mighty - Brian Neal, Mellitta McKethan, T.C. Caldwell, D.A. Manson, Sterling Calhoun, Diana Christine Guzman, KerryAnn McKenna, Tameeka Cooper, Diannique Guzman, Sienna Brandon-Gomez
Best Cinematography
Journey Home - Edward Massey
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
Spin - David Ruzicka
Best Editing
Spin - David Shaw, Lea Marie Heller
Honorable Mention: Editing
They Are Fine - Carlos Martinez
Best Score
Journey Home - Stewart Dugdale
Honorable Mention: Score
Time Traveler - Richie Kohan
Best Sound Design
The Calling - Xiaoyu Yang
Best Song
Evil Professor - Ron Josef Danziger, Christina Teenz Tan
Best Visual Effects
Jesters Paradise - Slava Denisov
Best Commercial/Promotional Video
The Calling - Xiaoyu Yang
Honorable Mention: Commercial/Promotional Video
Retica - Carlo De Agostini
Best Original Story
Dark - Kevin Overton
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Maria - Thaer Alakel
Best Screenplay
Hope's Ravens - Catherine Schandl
Best Drama Screenplay
Hope's Ravens - Catherine Schandl
Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay
Still Born - Torin Penwell
Best Horror Screenplay
The Boy Beneath The Silver Pines - Cara Marie Reinard
Best Fantasy Screenplay
Legends - Danny Alex
Best Thriller Screenplay
Lemonade - Christina Brandon-Gómez
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Conscious - Hannah Crystal Ramirez
Best First Time Screenwriter
The Asking - Dorothy Eno Akpabio-Okung
Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter
First-Rate - Khaled Sultan
Best Television Script
Hoodz - Christina Brandon-Gómez
Special Jury Award
Shalloween - Giorge Souladze
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