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Atlanta Shortsfest Awards 2024

2024 aWARDS

Best Narrative Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

 Keepers

Director Paul Emile


Reborn

Directors Andrew Neymarc, Remy Neymarc *WINNER


Stop Whining & Start Winning

Director Emma Raimi

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

 Born From Dust: The Art of Richard Wilks

Directors Simone Staff, Nick Paskhover


Catman

Director Emily M. Goldberg


Dumpster Archeology

Director Dustie Carter 

* WINNER

Best Comedy Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

 I Didn't Mean To Say I Love You

Director Jenna D'Angelo

*WINNER


Miracle Wood

Director Johnny Rey Diaz


Never Have I Ever

Director Cory Stonebrook

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

 I'm Pretty Sure My Therapist Thinks I'm a Bad Actor

Director Spenser Davis


My Obsession with Death

Director Alexis Evelyn

*WINNER


Pangloss

Director Rodney Reyes

Best Dramedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dramedy Short Nominees

 King Ed

Director Nick Fascitelli

*WINNER


Mattress Express

Director Noah Morse


The Answers

Director Sarah Delaney O'Neal

Best Drama Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dramedy Short Nominees

 GABRIELA

Director Evelyn Lorena


Treeline

Director Freddie Bonfanti


Una Carta a Mis Hijas

Director JT Doran

*WINNER

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

 BAD DOG

Director Daxton DiPiazza

*WINNER


Nubbinwood

Director Tim Granberg


Supertramp

Director Fabrizio Gammardella

Best Student Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

 Cracks In The Porcelain

Director Caitlyn Dorrer


Poppy

Director Elise Nation


The Patrolman

Director J. Søren Viuf

*WINNER

Best Micro Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Date Night

Director Sean Wenning


So, How Long?

Director Adrian Pnut


Today I Fell in Love

Director Jesse Foy

*WINNER

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Our Males and Females

Director Ahmad Alyaseer


Love, Cherish, Obey

Director Frigyes Racz

*WINNER


Piss on Patriarchy

Director Lena Fakler

Best Horror Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Horror Short Nominees

GREEN

Director Chris Johnson


SACRIFICE

Director Aldo Enrique Apango Ortiz


Wake

Director Sean Carter

*WINNER

Best Sci-Fi Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Horror Short Nominees

 Bisected

Director Danny Pineros

*WINNER


Project Penelope

Directors Felipe Castilla, Alex D Lugo


THE CURE

Director Nathan Hattaway

Best Local Short Nominees

Best Local Short Nominees

Best Local Short Nominees

1201

Director Bobby Jordan

*WINNER


A Grim Diagnosis

Directors Nicole Kemper, Sarah Alison Hodges


Flipping the Bird

Director Alex Petkus

Best Action Short

Best Local Short Nominees

Best Local Short Nominees

The Proposal

Director Dan Liu

*WINNER

Best Experimental Short

Best Local Short Nominees

Best Experimental Short

One Happy Customer

Director WATTS

*WINNER

Best Music Video

Best Experimental Short

 Chenny Britt - “Hi” Music Video

Director Viktor Herrmann

*WINNER

2024 Atlanta Shortsfest

2024 Atlanta Shortsfest

2023 AWARDS

Best Narrative Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Narrative Short Nominees

 Lucy’s Last Song

Director Raul Rosco Guerrero +WINNER


Mayfly

Director Keith Andreen


Spring Must Come

Director Victor Louis Velle


Two Shovels and a Will

Director Nicholas Cirillo

Best Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Narrative Short Nominees

 40 Minutes

Director Director Vlad Pavlov


Fanatic

Director Taran Killam +WINNER 


Not A-Muse-D

Director Sammy Ray Welch 


Rare Disease

Director Hoang-Vu Nguyen

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

 Happy Retirement Mr Pickering

Director Keshav Shree


Jacques

Director Charlie Bellarose +WINNER


Kody Switch

Director Evan Cleaver


To The Death

Director Rose McIver

Best Drama Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Dark Comedy Short Nominees

 Bus Driver

Director Amar Singh Sethi 


The Stupid Boy

Director Phil Dunn +WINNER


We'll Want For Nothing

Directors Eric Schabla, Jack Whaley


Wild Ones

Director Hanly Banks Callahan

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

 Hunny-Bunny

Director Jayden Barrial +WINNER


In Bloom

Director Ashley Davidson

Best Music Video Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

Best Documentary Short Nominees

 Dizzy

Directors Elizabeth Achée, Nicholas Adams


Old Flames

Director Fugitives +WINNER

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

In Bloom

Director Kelli Marie Gargan


Mother

Director Sheridan Clark +WINNER


The Computer Cube

Directors Alex Kropinak, Anna Rubanova, Adam Bozarth


The Dark Odyssey 2 - Ice Nexus

Director Michael Lavine

Best Local Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

 American Ginseng

Director Quinn Cavin


Black Butterfly

Director Kelvin Summerhill


My Daughter, My All

Director Myles Evan Fulton


Spare

Director Iona Sun +WINNER

Best Student Short Nominees

Best Animated Short Nominees

Best Student Short Nominees

 Church Camp

Director Director Andrew D Bourne


Luperca

Director Rainn Mowris +WINNER


Sleepless

Director Siqi Zhang


Tony and the Tree

Director Pacey Hansen

Best Micro Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Student Short Nominees

  For I Have Sinned

Director Juan Javier Aguirre


Iscariote

Director Louis Tolleron


Solitude

Director Trevor Hancock


Wake Up

Director Josh Kasselman +WINNER

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

 Sonar

Director James Hughes  +WINNER


The Next Chamber

Director Richard Starkey


The One Who Never Watched Friends

Director Charlotte Gabris


Wait

Director Leo Kurpershoek

Best Ensemble Cast Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

Best Foreign Short Nominees

 Baby Better Swallow

Directors Alexander Rodriguez Valerio, Abbey Kincheloe +WINNER


Brown Elephant

Director Fawzia Mirza


Losing Eric

Director Jai Santiago


The Island

Director Camille Corbett 

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

 American Ginseng

Director Quinn Cavin +WINNER


One Day / Day One

Director Meagan McAteer


The Desert King

Director Lev Mergian

Best Experimental Short Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

 Fringe

Director Grant Lee Bomar


Progression

Director Emily Freeze


Torn Together

Director Melissa Kunnap

 

Winter's Year

Director Carlee Soeder +WINNER

Best Horror Short Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Short Nominees

Best Horror Short Nominees

 Puncture

Director Shaine Jones


Ringing Rocks

Director Gus Reed


Stolen Dreams

Director Justin Ferrato


Voices

Director Abbie Lucas  +WINNER

Best Sci-Fi Short Nominees

Best Sci-Fi Short Nominees

Best Horror Short Nominees

 Above the Branches

Director Matt Kravitsky +WINNER


BLUE FiRE

Director Nick Ronan


Waiting for Spring

Director Ryan Michael Brown


Welcome to Forever

Director John Gray

Best Director Nominees

Best Sci-Fi Short Nominees

Best Director Nominees

 Household Demons

Director John Gray


Perception

Director Erik Bloomquist


Spring Must Come

Director Victor Louis Velle +WINNER


Uncle Ivan

Directors Ben Walters, Nathan Walters

2022 AWARDS

2022 AWARDS

2022 AWARDS

Best Narrative Short

Titan
Director Valéry Carnoy


Best Documentary Short

The Martyr
​Director Edmund Stenson


Best Animated Short

A Night at the Cemetery
Director Stelios Polychronakis


Best Horror Short

Cutter
​Directors Dan Repp, Lindsay Young


Best Sci-Fi Short

Clean Slate
Director Olubajo Sonubi


Best Drama Short

Talk To Me In Silence
Director Julia Ngeow


Best Comedy Short

A Home Invasion
​Director Maddie Downes


Best Foreign Short

Le Pompon
Director David Hourrègue


Best Local Short

Potluck
Director LaLa Halsema


Best Music Video

David Lindmer // Omen
Director DRUST


Best Mini Short

Mariposas
Director Adrian Carey


Best Director

The Little Drummer Boy 
Director John Gray


Best Ensemble Cast

Unbridaled
Director Chelsea Bryn Lockie 


2021 AWARDS

2022 AWARDS

2022 AWARDS

Atlanta Shortsfest Awards

Best Narrative Short

The Mark
Director Devin E. Haqq


Best Documentary Short

Tears Teacher
Director Noemie Nakai 


Best Animated Short

Überfrog
Director Tuomas Kurtakko


Best Horror Short

The Barber
Director Sergiy Pudich 


Best Sci-Fi Short

Sweet Nothings
Director Christian Klein


Best Drama Short

The Punishment
Director Chris Sexton Fletcher


Best Comedy Short

She Had It Coming
Director Gedde Watanabe


Best Foreign Short

Imelda and Luis 
Director Leonel Chee


Best Local Short

Late for Christmas
Director Blake Studwell


Best Experimental Short

Seven Years
Director Lexi Read  

2020 AWARDS

2022 AWARDS

2020 AWARDS

Atlanta Shortsfest awards

Best Narrative Short

Jenna Gets an Abortion
​Director Jonothon Mitchell


Best Drama Short

Alzheimer's
Director Peter Vietro-Hannum


Best Comedy Short

Gary Got Involved!
Director Lonny Ross


Best Animated Short

Ladder to You
Directors Victoria Watson, Chris Watson


Best Horror Short

Deathyard
Directors Daniel Ballard, Taylor Hellhake


Best Documentary Short

Shadow Dancer
Director Bruce Temuchin Brown


Best Music Video

Wife Material
Directors Melanie Leanne Miller, Ivan Salinas


Best Local Short

Hey Zeus
Director Jose A Acosta


Best Director

Night Shifts
​Director Finn Wolfhard             

2019 AWARDS

2019 AWARDS

2019 AWARDS

Atlanta Shortsfest awards

Best Drama Short
Give Us Free
By Mac Grant & Chad Tennies


Best Animated Short
Don’t Croak
By Daun Kim


Best Comedy Short
Behave, Kids
By Tripp Crosby


Best Micro-Short
You Don't Have to Save the World
By Kevin O'Brien


Best Student Short
No Good Deed
By Grant Lafferty


Best Documentary Short
Shelter Me
By Zach Lawson


Best Music Video
The Loneliest Man in the World by Pacifico
By Tiffany Sewell, Jonathan Downing


Best Screenplay
3 Days
By Julie Sharbutt


Best Foreign Short
Moth
By Alexey Frenkel


Best Local Short
I Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around
By David Nobles


Best Director
Adams
By Tom Stern


Best Actress
Adenike Thomas
Me Time


Best Actor
Chris Wilson
Alaska


Best Cinematography
The Neighbors’ Window
By Marshall Curry


Audience Choice Award
Give Us Free
By Mac Grant & Chad Tennies 

2018 AWARDS

2019 AWARDS

2019 AWARDS

Atlanta Shortsfest awards

Best Short Film
The Avocado
by Darwin Serink


Best Drama Short
Runner
by Clare Cooney


Best Comedy Short
Sac de Merde
by Greg Chwerchak


Best Cinematography
The Colorful Life of Jenny P.
by Daniele Barbiero


Best Foreign Short
Skin
by Alasdair K Boyce


Best Horror Short
Devil’s Play
Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan


Best Thriller Short
Creeper
by Drew Macdonald


Best Sci-Fi Short
Control
by Carroll Brown


Best Horror Comedy Short
Fetish
by David Hess


Best LGBTQ Short
Magic H8 Ball
by Dan Hass


Best Animated Short
The Catcher
by Cassie Guidry


Best Action Short
Pandora
by Daniel Rübesam


​Best Documentary Short
Halter Off
by Jake Bulgarino



Best Experimental Short
Who's With Me
by Tadas Staponavicius


Best Mini-Short
Inside The House
by Jennifer Bonior, Dycee Wildman


Best Student Short
The Art of Foley
by Sara Karimipour


Best Local Short
Nightbird
by Rob Sorensen


Best Local Comedy Short
Dick Pic Professional
by Sarah Alison Hodges


Best Local Drama Short
My Mother When She Was Younger
by Weston Manders


Best Local Action Short
Keep The Engine Running
by Tim Johnson


Best Director
Minor Turbulence
by Jared Houseman


Best Ensemble Cast
Holiday Hostage
by Abby Walla & David Storch
Cast: Maggie Wheeler, Don Stark, Bunny Levine, David Storch and Abby Walla


Best Actor
Toneey Acevedo
The Avocado
by Darwin Serink


Best Actress
Karina Wolfe
Thirsty Girl
by Sean Berger

2017 AWARDS

2019 AWARDS

2017 AWARDS

Atlanta Shortsfest awards

Best Short Film

AmeriKa
by Ryan Ward


Best Comedy Short

The Julie Stories
by Julio Vincent Gambuto 


Best Drama Short

Americana
by Jacob Allinson


Best Documentary Short

The Opera Singer
by Steve Kahn 


Best Foreign Short

The Boy By The Sea
by Vasily Chuprina


Best Horror Short

When Demons Die

by Daniel Ruebesam


Best Thriller Short

Borderline
by Kieran Shea , David Osorio


Best Animated Short

Treasure Nest
by Meng-Chwen (JOY ) Tien, Allison Botkin, Mike Bourbeau


Best Music Video

Empty Promise
by Kevin Eikenberg


Best Action Short

Fist of People
by Dong-ki An 


Best Experimental Short

BLACKBIRD a dream resurrected
by Cyrus Salvia


Best Short Short

Lenses
by Becca Roth, Laura Goehrke


Best Western Short

The Duel
by Amanda Barnes, David Speck


Best Historical Drama

ROPEd
by Riel Stone


Best Sci-Fi Short

Iteration 1
by Jesse Lupini


Best Student Film

Lil Bat
by Justin Gorski


Best Dark Comedy

Temporary.
by Milena Govich


Best Fantasy Short

Always with You

by Hugo C. Domenech


Best Romantic Comedy

The New 35
by Michelle Bossy


Best Musical Short

REPAIRations! - The Musical
by Courtney Miller 


Best Erotic Short 

Cake
by Anne Hu  


Best Actor

Valerie Harper in My Mom and The Girl 

by Susie Singer Carter


Best Ensemble Cast

My Mom and The Girl
by Susie Singer Carter


Best Director

AmeriKa & In the Beginning was Water and Sky
by Ryan Ward


Best Cinematography

Penalty
by Aldo Luliano


Best Local Short

Good Hair
by Fray Forde, Catherine Dee Holly


Best Local Comedy Short

F
by Rob Tiffin, Ben Lamm, Mitchell Hardage


Best Local Drama Short

Somna
by Jordan Anstatt


Audience Choice Award

The After War
by Giorgio Litt                                          

2016 AWARDS

2016 AWARDS

2016 AWARDS

Best Short Film
Land of Exodus
dir. by Skinner Myers


Best Drama Short
Zarr 
dir. by Ibrahim Nada


Best Foreign Short
A Selfie
dir. by María Fernanda Suarez


Best Horror Short
Chateau Sauvignon : Terroir
dir. by David E. Munz-Maire


Best Horror-Comedy Short

Nursing and You
dir. by Jack Macilvain


Best Student Film
Pigskin
dir. by Jake Hammond



Best Comedy Short
Being Glen : A Puppeteer's Story
dir. by Xavier Jordan


Best Music Video
Speech of Foxes
dir. by Ben Phillippo


Best Action Short
Outside the Wire
dir. by Shaun Clifford


Best Experimental Short
The Sparrow's Flight 

dir. by Tom Schroeder​


Best Short Short
Napoleon: The Ticket
dir. by Matthew Berenty


Best Animated Short
Moom
dir. by Robert Kondo, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi 


Best Local Short
Hotel Clermont 
dir. by Heather L. Hutson


Best Documentary Short
In This World
dir. by Kelly Creedon


Best Ensemble Cast
The Lipinski
dir. by Nate Townsend


Best Web Series

The Mother Load

dir. by Nicole Kemper, Grant McGowen


Best Director
Wally's Will

dir. by Matteo Mosterts


Audience Choice Award
The Bus Stop
dir. by Justin Malone

2015 AWARDS

2016 AWARDS

2016 AWARDS

Best Short Film
A Tree in The Sea 
dir. by Shahir Zag


Best Drama Short
Wedding Dress 
dir. by Haroula Rose


Best Foreign Short
Antoine
dir. by Cyrus Neshvad


Best Horror Short
Meridians
dir. by Blake Rice


Best Sci-Fi Short
One Billion Dates 
dir. by Alec Robbins


Best Student Film
The Wonderful
dir. by Erin Good


Best Comedy Short
The Script Re-Right 
dir. by Maddie Mindling


Best Music Video
Brooklynn - Friends
dir. by Jordan St. Martin-Reyes, Benjamin Roberds


Best Action Short
Awesome Runaway!! 
dir. by Benjamin De Los Santos


Best Erotic Short
Courtesan 
dir. by Jeremy Osbern, Misti Boland


Best Experimental Short
Von Strantz "1793" 
by Joe Leavell


Best Short Short
stay.
dir. by Brey Browne


Best Animated Short
Dji. Death Sails 
dir. by Dmitri Voloshin


Best Local Short
20 BAHT 
dir. by Rachel Kessler


Best Documentary Short
Our People
dir. by Payne Lindsey


Best Ensemble Cast
Raise The ToyGantic 
dir. by Gail Lerner


Best Director
Come Away With Me 
dir. by Ellen Gerstein


Audience Choice Award
Send in the Clowns
dir. by Carmelle Danneman

2014 AWARDS

2016 AWARDS

2014 AWARDS

Best Film

Satellite Beach
dir. by Andrew Wilson & Luke Wilson


Best Drama Short

Tuesday

dir. by Oscar Lalo


Best Foreign Short

Le Train Bleu

dir. by Stephanie Assimacopoulo


Best Horror Short

The Jigsaw

dir. by Rashad Al-Safar, Al Safar Brothers


Best Comedy Short

Dictionary Models

dir. by Jason Coates


Best Music Video

When He Comes Home

dir. by Ben Phillippo


Best Erotic Short

O Jogo

dir. by Pedro Coutinho


Best Experimental Short

Egghead

dir. by Patrick Longstreth


Best Animated Short

Monstro!

dir. by Christopher Romano


Best Local Short

This is a Test

dir. by Matt Leary


Best Documentary Short

The Packinghouse

​dir. by Brian Graves


Best Action Short

Hot Tuesday

dir. by Ramon Fernandez


Best Director

Little Monsters

dir. by Jay Carver


Audience Choice Award

Through the Pane

dir. by Pauline Egan

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