Venice Shorts of California has become a popular festival, selecting and awarding U.S. and international short films of all genres from all over the world. The city of Venice is known for its artistic roots, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice Canals and the popular Venice Beach. It has attracted many people from all over the world. Venice Shorts is an IMDb qualifying monthly and annual festival with screenings in its annual event. All the monthly award winners go through another selection proccess for the annual festival with cash prizes and promotions. In the meantime, the festival promotes and credits its monthly winners.
Award winners for the latest monthly festival were announced on March 20th as follows:
Best International Narrative:
"Nomeolvides" ("Forget-me-nots”)
Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Best Youth Actress:
Elena Caricol for "Nomeolvides" ("Forget-me-nots”)

Best U.S. Narrative:
Blinded
Director: Cecilia Choi

Best Indie Short:
Deceivers
Director: Carolina Mejía & Diego Mejía

Best International Director:
Ernie
Director: Ray Panthaki

Best U.S. Director:
Making Peace
Director: Judah Ray

Best Producer:
Permafrost
Producers: Aeryn Lee & Gentry Lee

Best Script:
A Regular Guy
Writer: Charles Petrilla
Best Unproduced Script:
Pandora’s Adversaries
Writer: Jason Harley
Best Cinematography:
Artificial Dreams
Cinematographer: Steve Conway

Best Edit:
Drama19
Editor: Rubén Arnaiz

Best Actress:
Immigrant Mother
Actress:Adriana Kostetska

Best Actor:
Becoming Everything
Actor: Steve Leeds

Honorable Mention Actor:
Blinded
Actor: Leon M. Brown

Best Science Fiction:
PUNCH IT!
Director: Olivier PERRIER

Best Female Director:
Dress
Director: Paulina Lagudi Ulrich

Best Animation:
None Quarantined in Dreamland!
Director: Angela En-Yu Lao

Honorable Mention Animation:
The Music Box
Director: Joe Chang

Best Experimental:
Entropy
Director: Matan Portnoy

Honorable Mention:
O_CE_AN
Director: Priscila Guedes

Best Documentary:
We Will Grow
Director: Anna Keel

Best Horror:
What's in the Woods?
Director: Michel Dominguez Beddome

Best Comedy:
Director: Rich Devaney

Best Composer:
The Long Hair
Composer: Brian Katona

Honorable Mention:
Boy Scientist
Composer: Ron J Danziger

Best Music video:
Child of The Government
Director: Jayli Wolf

Honorable Mention:
Highland Home
Director: Dan Schaefer

Best Thriller:
The Night That Never Happened
Director: Luis Enrique Rodriguez Ramos

Best Youth Actor:
Avery May for Opening Number

Best Web Series/TV Pilot-Series:
Bastet's Test
Director: Diogo Hausen

Best Student Film:
"The Beginning and End of Everything”
Director: Catherine Collins

Best Trailer:
RABBITSNAKE
Director: Jonny Stranger

Best First Time Filmmaker:
Expedition Ayiti
Director: Richard Serrao

Best LGBTQ:
Light as a Feather
Director: Cora Neiman
