Venice Shorts Winners

Venice Shorts of California is an annual and a monthly IMDb verified film festival which has been selecting, promoting and awarding U.S. and international short films and scripts of all genres. The festival has been growing in popularity and the jury of the festival just announced the latest winners of its monthly edition.

Best Narrative U.S. Film & Best Directing After Hours Director: Marco Sroka

​ Best Narrative International Film MARIE - LUISE Director: Hervine De Boodt

​ Best Female Director & Best Composer MAN OF FIRE Director & Composer: Heather Schmidt

​ Best Documentary God's Plant

Directors: Jeremy Seifert, Malek Asfeer

Best Producer The Iversons Producers: Malek Asfeer -Jeremy Seifert

​ Best Cinematography Monument DOP: William Yong

Best International Actress ALINA PERSON for LOCKED ​

Best U.S. Actress Anna Rust for Satiety

​ Best U.S. Actor Lance Reddick for MAN OF FIRE ​

Best International Actor SIMONE GALLO for LOCKED ​

Best Animation Ballad of Music Notes Director: Xi Chengzhuo ​

Best Script Bastard III Writer: Tony Schweikle ​ Best First Time Filmmaker The Church Up Peaky Road Director: Arthur James

​ Best Experimental Alternative Treatment Director: Rachelle Menshikova ​ Best Student Film Upstream Director: Kimberly Acosta

Best U.S. Horror You're Family Now Director: Ryan Mack

​ Best International Horror Eye Exam Director: Aislinn Clarke ​

Best U.S. Comedy Forced Parenthood Director: Michelle Boley ​ Best International Comedy Under Pressure Director: David Labrecque ​ Best International Music Video Breath Director: Oriada Islami ​ Best U.S. Music Video Whispers Director: Kristin McQuaid ​ Best Thriller & Best Edit Hope's Portal Director: David Allensworth ​ Best U.S. Science Fiction Voices Director: Jake Hart

​ Best International Science Fiction

Synchro Director: Jii Zhang

​ Best Youth Actor Kunwoo Kim for 091319.mov ​ Best Youth Actress Siya Sharma-Gaines for Friend ​ Best Series/Web/Pilot ITHACA: SEASON 1 Director: Jay Saunders

​ Best LGBTQ Hush Director: Alex Merkin ​

Best Trailer IMPURATUS Director: Michael Yurinko ​

Honorable Mentions in Narrative Directing ​ A Virtuous Man Director: Changyi Yu ​ Yellow Dress: a short film Director: Kristen Johnson ​ Lydia of the Desert Director: Cory Aycock ​ Honorable Mentions in Experimental Filmmaking ​ Alive Director: Braden Joe ​ Heron – Fragrance of violence Director: Natalie Sutinen ​ The Insomnia Plague Directors: Leonardo Aranguibel , Marco Colantoni Honorable Mentions in Scriptwriting Tough Love Writer: Warren Lane Fear of the Dark Writer: Seda Anbarci ​ The Butterfly Keeper Writer: Guy Mayfield ​ ​