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24th Seasonal edition of Venice Shorts

Venice Shorts of Los Angeles is an international competition and an annual screening event in LA. The festival committee is devoted to the recognition, promotion and screening of the best international shorts every year in LA. The next live screening of the festival will be at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills on January 28th.


The finalists of the year are selected by the programmers from the winners and honorable mentions of the seasonal competition in various categories. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Fall/2023 of Venice Shorts.



Best Narrative Film & Best Director

Rare Land Director: Efthimis Hatzis


Best Documentary

The Walk Director: Jonny Stern


Best Indie Short

The Rocking Chair Director: Jeno Hodi


Best First-Time Filmmaker

Cottonmouth Director: Hailey Naomi Irvin


Best Actress

Lidia Vitale

Judgement


Best Actor

Mundo

Bobby Soto


Honorable Mention Actor

Andrew King Bach Bachelor

Miles Ryder


Best Experimental

Welcome To Hell Director: Zachary Bradtke


Best Animation

The Last Set

Director: Aisling Conroy


Honorable Mention Animation

Bloom In Director: Avery Robinson Rouda


Best Web/TV Pilot-Series

Sidewinder

Director: Milo Edwards


Best LGBTQ

The Last Take

Director: Brian Foyster


Best Thriller

Blood on the leaves

Director: Sharieff Salaam Walters


Best Science Fiction

Summerville

Director: Anthony Di Pietro


Best Music video

LASTRY - Look at me now! Director: Amber Simone Theisen


Honorable Mention Music Video

Celebrated (All The Way Up)

Director: D. Christopher Campbell


Best Horror

13 Steps

Director: David Lawrence


Best Comedy

I'm Glad That You're Sorry Director: Jourdan Henderson


Honorable Mention Comedy

Pee Pee Platter Director: Jon Conklin


Honorable Mention Comedy

Long Beach Vice Director: Skylar Adams


Best Producer

Nourah Al Hasawi

Everything Is Not What It Seems


Best Cinematographer

Kevin Kohjus

Because We Were Happy


Best Editor

Federico Lagna

PENTACLUB (The Club of Five)


Best Composer

Jimmie LeBlanc

Light


Best Youth Actress

Actress: Allegra Cockcroft Sand Castles



Best Youth Actor

Actor: Theologos Hatzis Rare Land


Best Student Film

Online

Director: Bianka Bereczky


Best Female Director

Jess Fritz

Sane Men


Honorable Mention Documentary

A Proper Education Director: MaryLanae Linen


Best Screenplay (Produced)

Black Metal

Michael Hyon Johnson


Best Unproduced Script

Ashes to Dust

Clark Childers



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