The award winners of Venice Shorts were announced through the festival on June 1st. All the winners are further nominated to be an official selection of the annual festival with further awards. Venice Shorts has brought together emerging talents with well known and established names in the short film industry. The festival provides the options for all the award winners to screen films through Venice Shorts throughout the whole month. The festival is dedicated to short film talents from all over the world. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of Venice Shorts of California.
Best Narrative Short:
The Body of Levi
Director Freddy Cheung
Best U.S. Documentary:
A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET
Director: Mark Gould
Honrable Mention Documentary:
Atomic Cover-up
Director Greg Mitchell
Honorable Mention Documentary:
Trazzeri
Director: Giovanni
Best Experimental Documentary:
Cosmonauts
Director: Данила Гулин
Best U.S. Indie Short:
AMERICAN’T
Director: Erick Geovanny Balderas Ortiz
Best International Indie Short:
Close To The Edge
Director: Arne Duppler
Best Female Director:
I Walk On
Director: Dorota Fórmanowska
Best Youth Directors:
Just One Day
Directors: Ethan Daniels, Peyton J Evans
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Welcome Home
Director: Dana Crypto
Best Experimental:
Heiopei
Director: Susanne Deeken
Best Experimental Animation:
Transit Line
Director: Juliane Ebner
Best LGBTQ :
Solitude
Director: Mia Krys
Best Animation:
Forget Me Not
Directors: Courtney LeBlanc, Saige Guevara
Honorable Mention Animation:
E=MC ³
Director: Victor Stabin
Honorable Mention Animation:
Testimony: 52nd St. and the Invisible Violence of UPenn
Director: Amelia Carter
Best Web/Series/Pilot:
The Reminder
Director: Shahriar El Kosht
Best Sitcom:
Recipes For Love - Episode 1 "Brownie Points"
Director: Danny Donnelly
Best Thriller:
LIPS & TIPS
Director: Christian Koch
Best Music Video:
RO MYRA "Irene" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: Ben Hess
Honorable Mention Music Video:
Drinking Again
Director: Clint Mouriño
Best Horror:
The Abandoned- Short
Director: Leigha Kingsley
Best Sci-Fi:
The Aspirant
Director: Adam Orton
Honorable Mention Sci-Fi:
NOMANKIND
Director: Mehdi Hadi
Best Student Film:
Love Letter
Director: Veronica Badell
Honorable Mention Student Film:
Three Clicks
Directors: Bryan Auman, Kayla Moore
Best Student Director:
Elegy
Director: Parish Sharma
Honorable Mention Student Director:
Meant For You
Director: Sasha Rangel Garcia
Best Student Animation:
Final Deathtination
Director: Marika Tamura
Best Comedy:
The Check
Director: Paul Santoli
Honorable Mention Comedy:
Door Salesman Dave
Director: Ross Henson
Best Unproduced Screenplay:
Promises
Writers: Faye Brenner, Detra Hicks
Honorable Mention Short & Best Trailer:
Sila ( The Adventures of )
Director: Jeff Brownell
Best Short Film Director:
Reduction in Force
Director: Joey Fingers
Best Short Film Producer:
All blood runs red
Director: Paul Mignot
Best Actress:
KateLynn Newberry for Reduction in Force
Best Actor:
Josef Säterhagen for The Breath
Best Cinematography:
The Body of Levi
DOP: Will Park
Best Edit:
All Blood Runs Red
Editor: Tao Delport
Honorable Mention Indie Short:
RENDEZVOUS
Director: Dylan Hoang
Best Composer:
The Breath
Composer: Andreu Jacob
Honorable Mention Animation & Music:
The Sky Grey (Boredom) as a part of Alphabet Book on Human Conditions
Directors: Yelena Makarczyk, Maria Kurachova
Composer: Sergey Chipenko
Best Poster:
The Dark Valley
Director: T.J. Morehouse