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Best Picture of the Year 

Amends of the Father 

Luki and the lights

Meal Ticket

Neighborhood Alert

Our Time

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too

 

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Best Drama of the Year

Amends of the Father

Breakout

Neighborhood Alert

 

Best Comedy of the Year

Best Friend

Some of Us Watch the Sunset, Too

What to Expect When You're Not Expecting

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Best Documentary of the Year

51st state

My First Breath: The Story of Carl Gibson

Woven Together

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Best Animated of the Year

Ant Hotel

Luki and the lights

Vestige

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Best Action / Thriller of the Year

Beautiful Darkness

Man of Action

Violence of Action

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Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy of the Year

The Last Butterflies

Our Time

The Phoenix

 

Best Horror / Suspense of the Year

Bergamot

The Final Stop

Those Who Remain

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Best Musical of the Year

The Girl Who Faded Away

Infinity!

Keep Me

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Best Experimental of the Year:

Glimpse

Fremont: Echoes of Neon

The Imagination of a child

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Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

A Real Adventure

Back to Me

Vasomotor Rhinitis

 

Best Smartphone Film of the Year

Asynchronous

Dreamscape

I Boarded the Wrong Plane

 

Best Director of the Year

Hannah Rosenzweig

Ngozi Onwurah

Stephen Sorrentino

 

Best Actor of the Year in Lead Role

Meal Ticket - Rufus Brown

Amends of the Father - Stephen Sorrentino

The Last Butterflies - Whitney Wegnam-Wood

 

Best Actor of the Year in Support Role

A Comfortable Bed - Jemeshia Norman

Ashes to Ashes – Kelly Stables

Neighborhood Alert - Saffron Burrows

 

Best Actor of the Year in a Juvenile Role

Asynchronous - Kawaii Alimbuyao

The Last Butterflies - Ivy Hickman

Our Time - Jessica Battley

 

Best Screenplay of the Year

The Ceiling – Lousia Sexton

Meal Ticket – Adrian Herrera

Some of Us watch the Sunset, Too

 

Best Cinematography of the Year

The Girl Who Faded Away - Bill Ward

Lines of a Woman – Nick Hoffman

The Rowboat - Mufeng Han

Violence of Action– John Taggart

 

Best Editing of the Year

The Chat - Matthew Taylor

Flower Bike Man - Sara Usnick

Shaping Kulture - Alexis Chavez

 

Best Hair & Make Up of the Year

Breakout - Alaina Carr

The Final Stop - Kateryna Strukova

Pizza Date - Vanessa Cuellar

 

Best Costuming of the Year

Dow - Asoomii jay

Infinity! – Molly Martin

The Quinceanera Quest - Aysa Reyes

 

Best SFX-VFX of the Year

A Real Adventure

Immortal

The Phoenix

 

Best Music / Score of the Year

Amends of the Father – Stephen F. Sorrentino & Robbie Elfman

Keep Me - Mytrell Foreman

Vestige - Gage Behnkendorf

 

Best Song of the Year

Amends of the Father - “Albee” 

Ashes to Ashes - “Big Blue Shell”

Back to Me – “Never Letting Go”

The Girl Who Faded Away - “The Girl

Who Faded Away”

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s) of the Year

Asynchronous - Jasper Capalad

Barrio - Sydney Villa

Ephemeral - Hannah Notsch

Roll Up for Equity - JM Balbuena

 

Best Student Filmmaker of the Year

Ephemeral - Hannah Notsch

That Day - Alena Aliaksane

You Look So Pretty - Anna Tuason & Taylor Urquhart

 

Best First Time Filmmaker of the Year

Do Not Touch the Art - Sofi Rivera

Glimpse - Earl Paus

Remains - Mark Villlauz

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The NOMINEES

San Diego
Short Film Festival

Next Event:

March 29 & 30, 2025

Quarterly Film Screening Festival

& Annual Film Festival

What

San Diego

Short Film Festival

When

June 29, 2024

Sept 28, 2024

Dec  28, 2024

March 29 & 30, 2025

Where

Digital Gym Cinema

1100 Market St,

San Diego, CA 92101

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