February-August 2024 Honorable Mentions

Best Short Film

Bitter Brownies

Directed by: James Carman

Best Feature Film

Hide&Sniff

Directed by: Kousuke Hishinuma

Best Experimental Short Film

MASKING

Directed by: Lili Murciano

Best Experimental Feature Film

The Evolution of Human Motivations: An AI-Illustrated Odyssey

Directed by: John Voorhees Wylie

Best Feature Documentary Film

I MILLE CANCELLI DI FILIPPO — THE THOUSAND GATES OF FILIPPO

Directed by: Adamo Antonacci

Best Animation

Shumisen town

Directed by: 直隆遠藤

Best Micro Short Film

Les Coffrets / Excuses

Directed by: Mark C. Hewitt

Best Short Film Director

The Cobbledick Lake Monster

Directed by: Michael Curtis

Best Music Video

Tomorrow

Directed by: Diogo Vasconcellos

Best Dance Video

MONTERANO’S TALES

Directed by: Marika Vannuzzi

Best Student Film

PERFECTION

Directed by: Francisco Yael Ascanio Pacheco

Best Leading Actress
Best Drama

The Silent Treatment

Directed by: Steven Lancefield

Best Short Screenplay

Head Wound

Written by: Paul Corricelli

Best Horror

Look Twice

Directed by: Kyle Wilson

Best Dark Comedy

The Ghost And His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale

Directed by: Jim & Nick Zounis

Best Educational Film

Are We Really Friends…Yet

Directed by: Natasha C. Smith