November 2024

BEST PICTURE
Shadows of Yesterday (Japan)
Dir: Michi

BEST FEATURE FILM
Autumn (Austria)
Dir: Patrick Guendera, Florian Eidenhammer

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Shadows of Yesterday (Japan)
Dir: Michi

BEST SHORT FILM
Dream Shift (USA)
Dir: James Cane

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
VanTongerloo’s Dream (USA)
Dir: Seth Swirsky

BEST STUDENT FILM
Hunting (USA)
Dir: Yiqing Wei

BEST HORROR/THRILLER/SCI-FI SHORT STUDENT
Mimph (UK)
Dir: Luke Cooper

BEST DRAMA SHORT STUDENT
Action (China)
Dir: Ruijing Li

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Look Up—The Science of Cultural Evolution (Norway)
Dir: Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT STUDENT
Above History (China)
Dir: Kejing Li, Bosen Gao

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
Distance
By Jeremy Clarke

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT
Chilling Bell
By Tony F.

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Ziqi Tu
‘Awake’

BEST TRAILER
Before It Was Cool (USA)
Dir: Michael West, Lia Komakhidze