Results (July – December 2024)

Best Short Film

Film Title: After the Blue Hour
By: Nathan Colebrook
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: The Quiet Balcony
By: Irina Solovey
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Four Steps from Morning
By: Miguel Santos-Rey
Result: Official Selection

Best Feature Film

Film Title: River Without Return
By: Helena Marchand
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Ashes on Cedar Road
By: Thomas Keane
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: The Long Way into Light
By: Aisha Rahman
Result: Official Selection

Best Documentary

Film Title: Fishermen of the Falling Tide
By: Pavel Orlov
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: The Last Seed Keepers
By: Marisol Vega
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Voices from the Steppe
By: Timur Bekov
Result: Official Selection

Best Animation

Film Title: The Paper Astronaut
By: Celeste Moreau
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Clouds That Remember
By: Hiro Tanaka
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: The Wind’s Small House
By: Renata Silva
Result: Official Selection

Best Thriller

Film Title: The Third Knock
By: Victor Halvorsen
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Signals Under Concrete
By: Lorna Whitfield
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Room 417 Was Empty
By: Oskar Meier
Result: Official Selection

Best Romance

Film Title: When the City Was Warm
By: Camille Roth
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Almost on Sunday
By: Daniel Ríos
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Petals on the Last Train
By: Soo-jin Park
Result: Official Selection

Best Experimental

Film Title: Gravity for Dust
By: Leandro Costa
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Light Bends Here
By: Alina Kershaw
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Echo in a Frame
By: Matteo Valli
Result: Official Selection

Best Student Film

Film Title: The Day We Missed Class
By: Priyanka Nair
Result: Award Winner

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Film Title: Six Lines in Chalk
By: Benjamin Frost
Result: Finalist

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Film Title: Under the Library Stairs
By: Yara Haddad
Result: Official Selection