2024 | YEAR 8
AWARD NOMINATIONS
SHORT FILMS
Best High School Animation
Announced at awards ceremony
Best College Animation
Announced at awards ceremony
Best High School Documentary
Announced at awards ceremony
Best College Documentary
Announced at awards ceremony
Best High School Fiction
Announced at awards ceremony
Best College Fiction
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Supporting Actor (SHORT)
Eric Anderson as Richards (Losing Lalo)
Michael Farrely as Smith (ReBirth)
Joe Grisaffi as Stockton Astor Sinclair (The Word)
Casey Hess as Ben (Wayward)
Brian Villalobos as Nathan (Your House is My House)
Best Supporting Actress (SHORT)
Aliyah Celeste as Danielle (Your House is My House)
Darcy Doyle as Jenni (Wayward)
Alyssa Rivera as Stephanie (Losing Lalo)
Anna Schatte as Terri (Titty Boy)
Anna Zavelson as Kimmy (Where We Went Wrong)
Best Actor (SHORT)
Gabriel Burrafato as Peter (They’re Coming Tonight)
Rutherford Cravens as PD Lumbago (The Word)
Sam Demaris as Sam (The Word)
Johnny Rey Diaz as Lalo (Losing Lalo)
Anthony Ezell as Trey (Titty Boy)
Best Actress (SHORT)
Gabriella Gonzalez-Biziou as Ingrid (They’re Coming Tonight)
Debra Monk as Virginia (Hold)
Lorey Hayes as Anna (Dignity)
Kyla Diane Kennedy as Darcine (Darcine’s Day)
Jessica Kinsey as Lily (ReBirth)
Best Cinematography (SHORT)
Ali Asad (ReBirth)
Townsend Dixon (GO_BACK)
Sean Dunplap (They’re Coming Tonight)
E.J. Enriquez (Titty Boy)
Ritvik Tyagi (L’Hypermnésique)
Best Editing (SHORT)
John Bonner (They’re Coming Tonight)
Hukmat Matti (Darcine’s Day)
Serkan Nihal (ReBirth)
Lucas Moesch & Josiah Junqueria Spencer (Hold)
Hans Vipersteen (The Word)
Best Production Design (SHORT)
Sarah Brown (Darcine’s Day)
Sara Pina Onder (ReBirth)
Gini X Ramos (Hold)
Jere Sallee (They’re Coming Tonight)
Valerie J.M. Tengelmann (L’Hypermnésique)
Best Special FX (SHORT)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Director - Documentary (SHORT)
Cullen Blanchfield (Grow a Better Dallas)
John- Carlos Estrada & Zac Zeh (Barbette + Fontaine)
Jimmy Galt (After ISIS)
Christin Kane (What We Came From)
Erik Mauck (One a Day)
Best Director - Fiction (SHORT)
John Bonner (They’re Coming Tonight)
William Brooke (ReBirth)
Josiah Junqueria Spencer (Hold)
Rob Nielson (The Word)
Edward Loupe (The Chronocular Device)
Best Dance Film (SHORT)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Music Video (SHORT)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Comedy (SHORT)
Body
Probed
The Word
Time Capsule
Titty Boy
Best Documentary (SHORT)
After ISIS
Barbette + Fontaine
Grow a Better Dallas
One a Day
What We Came From
Best Drama (SHORT)
Darcine’s Day
Dignity
Hold
Losing Lalo
Propaganda of the Deed
Best Dramedy (SHORT)
Titty Boy
The Doer
Your House is My House
Wedding War
Best Foreign (SHORT)
L’Hypermnésique
Love Sweet Sound
Music to Die For
ReBirth
Tunnels
Best Horror (SHORT)
Body
Go_Back
Not Him
They’re Coming Tonight
The Righteous and The Wicked
Best Sci-Fi (SHORT)
The Chronocular Device
Probed
ReBirth
Wayward
Best Television Pilots/Web-Series
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Festival Screenplay (SHORT)
John Bonner (They’re Coming Tonight)
William Brooke (ReBirth)
Aaron Goffman (Darcine’s Day)
Rob Nielson, Sam Demaris and Billy D Washington (The Word)
Kelly Strandemo (Hold)
Best Contest Screenplay (SHORT)
Dead on Distribution
MAILMAN
Poison Dart Frog
The Hard Way
Best Texas Film (SHORT)
Barbette + Fontaine
Copilot
Probed
Titty Boy
The Word
Audience Choice (HIGH SCHOOL)
Announced at awards ceremony
Audience Choice (COLLEGE)
Announced at awards ceremony
REEL Jury Award (SHORT)
After ISIS (Documentary | San Diego, CA)
Hold (Drama | New York, NY)
One a Day (Documentary | Austin, TX)
The Word (Comedy | Houston, TX )
What We Came From (Documentary | Tijuana, Mexico)
FEATURE FILMS
Best Supporting Actor (FEATURE)
Announced at awards ceremony
Best Supporting Actress (FEATURE)
Becky Banner as “Olivia” in Just One Last Thing
Best Actor (FEATURE)
Jacob Demonte-Finn as “Sam” in Hanky Panky
David Gow as “Michael” in The Intruder
Best Actress (FEATURE)
Georgiana Gillespie as “Etta” in Just One Last Thing
Hailee Lipscomb as “Lilith” in Fragment
Ashley Holliday Tavares as “Diane” in Hanky Panky
Best Cinematography (FEATURE)
Fragment
Just One Last Thing
The Intruder
Best Production Design (FEATURE)
Fragment
Just One Last Thing
The Intruder
Best Director - Documentary (FEATURE)
Announced at Awards Ceremony
Best Director - Fiction (FEATURE)
Jack Brame for The Intruder
Alexandra Gillespie for Just One Last Thing
Lindsey Haun & Nick Roth for Hanky Panky
Robert Vornkahl for Fragment
Best Comedy (FEATURE)
Friday Night Delight
Best Documentary (FEATURE)
Announced at Awards Ceremony
Best Drama (FEATURE)
Just One Last Thing
Best Foreign (FEATURE)
Just One Last Thing
Best Horror (FEATURE)
Fragment
The Intruder
Best Sci-Fi (FEATURE)
Hanky Panky
Best Festival Screenplay (FEATURE)
Fragment
Hanky Panky
Just One Last Thing
The Intruder
Best Contest Screenplay (FEATURE)
Announced at Awards Ceremony
Best Texas Film (FEATURE)
Announced at awards ceremony
Audience Choice (FEATURE)
Announced at awards ceremony
REEL Jury Award (FEATURE)
Announced at Awards Ceremony
