Awards of Merit March 2024

Film festival awards

Award of Merit Special MentionFilm Festival Accolade

Allen Cheng (Thailand), What a Day, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Alysha Nunez (USA), SOW DON’T SING  – This Old Winner, Animation (Student), Concept (Student)
Amber Simone Theisen (Germany), LASTRY – Look at me now!, Original Score
Diane Thomassin (USA), My Favorite Narcissist, Television – Pilot Program
Doug Roos (Japan), Bakemono, Actor: Leading (Takashi Irie as Mitsuo)
F-M Cossey, Renée Jonas and Elizabeth Usher (New Zealand/Australia), I’ll Be Your Soft Place to Fall, Original Song
Hayley Louise McGuire and Jayme Bartlett, Blade & Bow Films (United Kingdom), Baobhan Sith, Women Filmmakers
Horatio Tihanyi (USA), Krazy Dead, Script / Writer
Hung-Lung Hsu (Taiwan), Taiwan’s ‘Wild Bird’ Power Station, Documentary Feature
Ian Aric (USA), Stranded, Direction, Film Short, Original Score
Jeff Sewald (USA), Go To The People, Documentary Feature

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John Papola (USA), Love Gov 3: The Metaverse of Madness, Actor: Leading (Student) (Jonathan Flanders as Gov), Actress: Leading (Student) (Anousha as Rose), Film Feature, Web Series
Lucy McNulty and Emma Pollard (Canada), CHICKEN, Disability Issues
Mehmet Tanrisever (Turkey), DISABLED LOVE, Islamic
Rebecca Hardy (United Kingdom), After the Evidence – The Short Film, Film Short
Shu Su (China), Plum Blossoms Have Fallen All Over the South Mountain, Asian
Stephen Bushnik (Canada), The Donut Mob, Film Short, Narration / Voiceover Talent
Tanya Chuturkova and Kim Wang (USA), Through the Modern Looking Glass, Film Short
Taylor Shore and Thorsden Marschner (Germany), LASTRY – Ethereal, Original Score
Wang Wang (China), Never, Art Direction (Wang Wang)
Xi Wen (United Kingdom), Grow in the Wild, Direction (Student)

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Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri (Iran), The Path Full Of Stars, Disability Issues, Documentary Feature
Aïcha Ghembaza (France), TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR THIS WORLD, Disability Issues
Aleksandra Zamorina (Russia), SASHA LOONA / STIM AXEL – Sleeping Satellite, Music Video
Alexander McKee (USA), ASMR @ A.W.B., Commercial / Infomercial, Direction
Allan Wasserman (USA), Losing Faith (A fable based on The Night Stalker case), Latin / Hispanic
Alysha Nunez (USA), SOW DON’T SING  – This Old Winner, Special Effects: Animation (Student)
Andi Kopek (USA), AIE, Experimental, Creativity / Originality
Birgitta Liljedahl (Sweden), Potato, Film Short
Brent Heise (USA), The Girl Who Faded Away, Music Video, Direction
C.G. Ryche (USA), IronWrath’s Master Storyteller, Concept
Candace Lee Egan (USA), Untold Stories: The Portuguese Festa in Central California, Documentary Short
Candace Lee Egan (USA), SIERRA ODYSSEY: Orland Bartholomew’s Historic Winter Adventure in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Documentary Short
Chico Bennett (USA), Lies, Music Video
Christopher Easterly (USA), Maison, Film Short
Chunzi Wang (China), Our Snowstorm, Film Short
Daniel Ramos (USA), YESTERDAY’S LOVE, Music Video
Didier Canaux (France), WALL OF DEATH GYPSY, Documentary Feature

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Diego Alberto Dávila and Francisco Morales (Ecuador), Andean Eagle, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Donald Watson (USA), Whitey On The Run, Film Short
Doug Roos (Japan), Bakemono, Film Feature, Special Effects: Non-Animation / Stunts
Dr. Sam Osmanagich (Bosnia / Herzegovina), Miracle in the Heart of Bosnia, Documentary Feature
Edwin E. Brochin (USA), Blood of the Ancient Vine, Documentary Feature, Editing (Jordan Marking), Original Score (Roberto Montoya)
Esin Özalp Öztürk (Turkey), Harvest of Light, Documentary Short, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Fabian Van Dongen (Netherlands), The Truth, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Actor: Leading (Michael Schnörr as Job)
George Zouvelos (USA), Ashes to Ashes, Actor: Leading (George Zouvelos as John), Direction
Han Hoezen (Netherlands), We Are Strange, Experimental
Hayley Louise McGuire and Jayme Bartlett, Blade & Bow Films (United Kingdom), Baobhan Sith, Cinematography (Jayme Bartlett)
Henry Chebaane (United Kingdom), THE PANHARMONION CHRONICLES: Times of London, Music Video, Production Design
Honna Zhou (New Zealand), Love Spell, Asian (Student)
Hung-Lung Hsu (Taiwan), Taiwan’s ‘Wild Bird’ Power Station, Editing
Hung-Lung Hsu (Taiwan), Ping’e Centennial: 141km Cable Undergrounding and Beautification Project along Ping’e Highway, Editing

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Hunter Nickless (USA), Gone, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger, Actor: Leading (Hunter Nickless as Luca)
Ian Aric (USA), Stranded, Actress: Leading (Zoe Dean as Pilot)
Ian Xavier Gancas (USA), Sacred Awakenings, Film Short
Jared Rivera Martinez and José González (Mexico), sighing, Music Video
Jonas Singer (Switzerland), Paper Planes, Film Short
Jonghoon Ahn (USA), Non-done Record, Experimental (Student), Film Short (Student)
Keith Leon S. (USA), The INside effects: How the Body Heals Itself, Editing (Theo Hall)
Larry Kingsbury Baxter and Jonathan McHugh (USA), The Maya Revelation, Script / Writer
Linghao Wang (China), Tenet of Loyalty: Mandala Drama, Asian (Student)
Lucy McNulty and Emma Pollard (Canada), CHICKEN, Actress: Leading (Lucy McNulty as Sam), Women Filmmakers
Mac Ullem (USA), Say Freeze!, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Macabit Abramson (Israel), Woman Alive, Film Feature, Actress: Leading (Lihi Zemel as Shlomit), Women Filmmakers
Marianne Hellweger Schneider (Switzerland), Aleksandre- a Thievish Life, Documentary Feature, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Marina Hitt (USA), GREG: THE SECRET TO MY SUCCESS, Editing
Matthew Cichella (USA), God’s Not Here II: Trials & Tribulations, Christian, Actress: Leading (Arianna Lexus as Sarah/Peyton/Harper/Lexie), Direction

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Michael S. Dunn (USA), Destination: Death Valley, Narration / Voice-Over Talent (non-acting) (Mike Dunn)
Mike Jeffers and Richard A. Bass (USA), Untamed, Film Feature, Direction
Ralph C. Cinque (USA), Three Days or Else, Film Feature, Actor: Leading (Mickeal Freeland as Detective Tyrell Banks), Actor: Supporting (Samuel French as Detective Lyle Benesh)
Raymond A. Porter (New Zealand), Himal Gold, Script / Writer
Renee Garcia (USA), Receding, Film Short
Seayoon Jeong (USA), Nyctophobia, Direction, Experimental, Women Filmmakers
Shadow C. LaValley and Danielle Purdy (USA), The Can, Actress: Leading (Zoë Yeoman as Meredith Murphy), Film Short, Original Score (J.M. Quintana Cámara)
Stephen Bushnik (Canada), The Donut Mob, Television – Pilot Program, Script / Writer
Steve B. Jarvis and Kate A Fosselman (USA), 928 The Threat Continues…, Documentary Feature
Steve Radovan (USA), Mirror Of Heaven, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Steve Vilhem (Switzerland), Iceland, On the Trail of Democracy, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest (Student), Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising (Student)
Tara O’Reilly and Michael Monks (USA), MANAGE THIS!, Web Series
Taylor Shore and Thorsden Marschner (Germany), LASTRY – Ethereal, Animation, Music Video, Special Effects: Animation
Vaillen Fung (USA), Happy Guy, Film Short, Original Score, Script / Writer
William George Cherry (United Kingdom), Buoy, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Yuzhu Lan and Yutong Wang (United Kingdom), Slough, Asian (Student), Liberation / Social Justice / Protest (Student), Women Filmmakers (Student)

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