2023-2024
All seasonal winners (fall, winter, spring and summer) will compete to be the best of the best each year for the chance to be screened at the annual ceremony.
Ceremony on Saturday 26 October 2024
Annual Winners 2024
Best film (short) (ex æquo) > “My Cuppa Tea” by Chaa Ustaoğlu
Best film (short) (ex æquo) > “Stone Soup” by Nikita Belomestnykh
Best filmmaker (short) > Jalen Snowden for “A BAD, BAD DAY”
Best actress (short) > Abi Lieff in “Blubber » by Chloë Levine
Best actor (short) > Craig Hensley in “Gammons' Greed » by Ryan Riffle and Richard Riffle
Best screenplay short film > Justin Lovett & Koheun Lee for “It Doesn't Mean Anything » by Justin Lovett
Best cinematography (short) > Andrew Aiello for “Vance and the Afterlife” by Sam Kimbrell
Best visual effects (short) > Carlos Perez for “Space Ryder” by Jeff Kenji
Best production design (short) > Zachari B. Friedman for “Space Ryder” by Jeff Kenji Yamashita
Best costumes (short) > Catherine Lax in “Tale of the Ten Finger Saloon” by Gavin Gines
Best makeup (short) > “Bad Deal” by Michael Rock
Best editing (short) > Samuel Hanrahan for “Places, Please!” By Paul Keith Rye
Best sound (short) > Haley Muraleedharan for “Nine Years” by Haley Muraleedharan & Gabriel Fernández-Gil
Summer Winners 2024
Best romance (short) > “Rice, Ribs, and Tea” by Lenti Liang
Best comedy (short) > “My Cuppa Tea” by Chaa Ustaoğlu
Best sci-fi (short) > “Hole Punched Ear” by Alan Yammin & Ben Tull
Best thriller (short) > “Murdrum” by Joseph Job Gailey
Best fantasy (short) > “The Night Friend” by Damien Kazan
Best action/adventure (short) > “Dojo” by Armin Alic
Best horror (short) > “Chute” by West Webb
Best fan film (short) > “The Lost Relic - A Star Wars Story” by Clément Labarre & Pierre Labarre
Best drama (Short) > “The Sea” by Ian Bartholomew
Best editing (short) > Samuel Hanrahan for “Places, Please!” By Paul Keith Rye
Best screenplay (short) > Romy Nordlinger for “The Feeling Part” by Jesse Lowell Anholt
Best sound (short) > Haley Muraleedharan for “Nine Years” by Haley Muraleedharan & Gabriel Fernández-Gil
Best visual effects (short) > Seth Garretson for “The Pathfinders” by Isaac Garretson
Best actor (drama short) > Vahl Pate in “The Lost Boys” by Bryan Young
Best actress (thriller short) > Iva Kevra in “Love of Magdalena” by Iva Kevra
Best actress (horror short) > Lucy Davis in “Have a Good Day” by Lisa Soper
Best filmmaker (horror short) > Juming Delmas for “The Ballerina's Curse”
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > Chaa (Çağrı) Ustaoğlu for “Precipice”
Best filmmaker (action/adventure short) > Will Axtell for “The Hitman and the Assassin”
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Chaa Ustaoğlu for “My Cuppa Tea”
Best actress (drama short) > Beata Jutila in “Gift Of Life” by Mohammed Alshehhi
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Mohammed Alshehhi for “Gift Of Life”
Best cinematography (short) > Irtaza Qadeer for “Gift Of Life” by Mohammed Alshehhi
Spring Winners 2024
Best editing (short) > “Nice Thievage” by Brian Burroughs
Best makeup (short) > “Bad Deal” by Michael Rock
Best cinematography (short) > Andrew Aiello for “Vance and the Afterlife” by Sam Kimbrell
Best production design (short) > Rio Swatton for “Urban Legends”
Best screenplay (short) > Tommy Jay Dwyer and Jesus Paez-Cortes for “The Hit” by Joseph Anthony Marcello
Best sound (short) > “Event Horizon” by Carlox Cadena
Best visual effects (short) > “Nice Thievage” by Brian Burroughs
Best actor (comedy short) > Joel Vinsen in “Nice Thievage” by Brian Burroughs
Best actor (horror short) > Johnny Bazaldua in “Vincent”
Best actor (thriller short) > Tommy Jay Dwyer in “The Hit” by Joseph Anthony Marcello
Best actor (drama short) > Anish Pinnamaraju in “Inshallah” by Sequoia Holton
Best actress (thriller short) > Pamela Kaval in “Under Cover” by Guillaume Arnoulet
Best actress (drama short) > Whitney Wegman-Wood in “The Last Butterflies” by Patrick Rea
Best actress (horror short) > Brie Rameriz in “Haunted for Life: Encounter” by Hunter Nickless
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Brian Burroughs for “Nice Thievage”
Best filmmaker (horror short) > Michael Matsui for “You're On Your Own, Kid”
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Cetre Pegues for “Superheroes”
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Naveed Mir for “Appetence”
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > Igor Neljak for “Kiseru”
Winter Winners 2023
Best sci-fi (short) > “Sunset Drive » by Michael Thomas DeLano
Best thriller (short) > “Sorry, Dumpling » by Becca Suh-Hee Han
Best fantasy (short) > “Stone Soup” by Nikita Belomestnykh
Best action/adventure (short) > “Would you like fries with that?” by Saad Ahmed
Best horror (short) > “13 Steps» by David Lawrence
Best fan film (short) > “woodley gets a special delivery” by Mark Vargo
Best romance (short) > “Love Hurts” by Paddy Thunder
Best comedy (short) > “The Perfect Jump Scare» by Jacob Miller
Best drama (Short) > “The Last Embrace» by Diego Contreras
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Paddy Thunder for “Love Hurts”
Best filmmaker (horror short) > Jean-Claude Leblanc for “Saint-Sacrifice”
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Jalen Snowden for “A BAD, BAD DAY”
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Christine Juarbe for “Dark Room”
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > James Wallace for «Wakehurst Parkway - Australia's Most Haunted Road”
Best actress (thriller short) > Eden Wright for “Cutter”
Best actress (sci-fi short) > Juliet Chevelle for “Who Invited The Robots?” by Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace &Dan Rathke
Best actress (comedy short) > Emily Waters for “Love Hurts” by Paddy Thunder
Best actress (drama short) > Julia Burnier for “Blood Drive” by Gurinder J Singh
Best actress (horror short) > Lauren Gillespie for “DRINK IN THE PAIN” By E.J. Acosta
Best actress (romance short) > Mélissa Brun for “Kimono” by Aditya Chintapalli
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Dan Rathke for “Who Invited The Robots?” by Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace & Dan Rathke
Best actor (comedy short) > Russell Dean for “Love Hurts” by Paddy Thunder
Best actor (horror short) > Rob Graydon for “DRINK IN THE PAIN” By E.J. Acosta
Best actor (drama short) > Hank Bishop for “The Butterfly Effect” by Kaitlyn Bishop
Best cinematography (short) > Eugene Hawkins for “Keep Moving» by Nathan Menser
Best production design (short) > “Queer Khalifa” by Danial Gondal
Best screenplay (short) > Justin Lovett & Koheun Lee for “It Doesn't Mean Anything » by Justin Lovett
Best sound (short) > Ahmed Arifin for “Camping” by Derek Quick
Best visual effects (short) > Carlos Perez for “Space Ryder » by Jeff Kenji Yamashita
Fall Winners 2023
Best costumes (short) > Catherine Lax in “Tale of the Ten Finger Saloon” by Gavin Gines
Best editing (short) > Ian Pirner in “The App” by Nick Krekeler
Best screenplay (short) > Oscar Vazquez and Richard Kelemen in “Apple Pie” by Oscar Vazquez and Richard Kelemen
Best cinematography (short) > Jordan Danelz in “Queen's Pawn” by Lyndon Daniel Johnson
Best visual effects (short) > Dante Majorana in “The Flash” by Momò Lee
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Count Federico Wardal in “Fellini Mastorna...a film of no return » by Jennifer Glee Foley
Best actor (thriller short) > Craig Hensley in “Gammons' Greed » by Ryan Riffle and Richard Riffle
Best actress (thriller short) > Shanae Trujillo and Shaleen Trujillo in “Tale of the Ten Finger Saloon » by Gavin Gines
Best actress (drama short) > Abi Lieff in “Blubber » by Chloë Levine
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Nick Krekeler in “The App”
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Chloë Levine in “Blubber »
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Loay 'cielo' Tattan in “In My Shoes »
Best filmmaker (fanfilm short) > Austin J Rhodes in “TURNED OUT: THE PREQUEL »
Best sci-fi (short) > “Who Invited The Robots? » by Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace and Dan Rathke
Best thriller (short) > “Vax” by Barak Shpiez
Best fantasy (short) > “SURVIVAL » by Philippe SFEZ
Best action/adventure (short) > “Le Tour” by Johnny Yager
Best horror (short) > “Killer in a Small Town » by Clinton Cornwell
Best fan film (short) > “The Trapper: Dead by Daylight » by Jared Cline
Best romance (short) > “Alchemy » by Bil Richardson
Best comedy (short) > “The App” by Nick Krekeler
Best drama (Short) > « Kite » by Olivier Hero Dressen