SEPTEMBER 5-12, 2024
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2022 WINNERS & NOMINEES LIST


BEST US SHOWCASE FEATURE FILM
BLACK WHITE AND THE GREYS by Marchelle Thurman & Casey Nelson
DEVIL’S HOLLOW by Chris Easterly
WINNER: OUT AND ABOUT by Peter Callahan
REBEL/REBEL by Drew Harwood
THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA by Mike Perrone

THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BURN by Elise Finnerty

BEST WORLD SHOWCASE FEATURE FILM
ADULT ADOPTION (Canada) by Karen Knox
GROUNDS OF HOPE (France) by Lionel Bernardin
HIDEOUT (Taiwan) by Yen Kuang Chen
WINNER: MAGDALENA (Poland) by Filip Gieldon
SWEET DISASTER (Germany) by Laura Lehmus

BEST SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY FILM
HONK by Cheryl Allison
HUMANITY STOKED  by Michael Ien Cohen
NOT A TAME LION by Craig Bettendorf
SIGN THE SHOW by Cat Brewer

WINNER: HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A PROBLEM? by Thomas Edward Keith & J.W. Wiley

BEST US SHOWCASE SHORT FILM

1992 by Kuan Cao
A BITTER MURMUR by Manuel Baeza
LIONESS by Molly E. Smith
THE END OF THE SQUIRREL by Michael Christensen

WINNER: WILD ROSE by Hannsue
WRITTEN FOR WALKEN by Adam Cushman


BEST WORLD SHOWCASE SHORT FILM
ALL THAT GLITTERS (United Kingdom) by Dan Bronzite
WINNER: MEDEA (China)  by Feifei Zhong
MY FAVORITE BUS DRIVER (Taiwan) by Wesley Ko
RAINING CATS AND DOGS (Fance) by Vanessa Caffin
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (United Kingdom) by Margarita Milne

BEST SHOWCASE ANIMATED FILM

WINNER: A POEM BY ALBA by Yoo Lee
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT by Dean Temple

FRIENDSHIP by Lin Tam
PANCAKE PANIC! by David Filmore
THE NEW FLAVOUR: LOTTERY by Xu Chen

AUDIENCE AWARD for FEATURE LENGTH FILM 
BLACK WHITE AND THE GREYS
DEVIL’S HOLLOWHUMANITY STOKED
OUT AND ABOUT
WINNER: THE ONES YOU DIDN'T BURN

AUDIENCE AWARD for SHORT FILMS or SERIES PILOT
HATE CRIME IN HOWARD BEACH
LIONESS
RAINING CATS AND DOGS (France)
TONY’S AUTO REPAIR
WINNER: UNBRIDALED

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR EXHIBITION FILMS
ESPN FILMS PRESENTS: THE CAPTAIN, Documentary
FRACTAL, US Short Film
LIN, US Short Film
WINNER: STAG, US Feature Film

THE REDEEMER, US Feature Film

BEST SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY SHORT
WINNER: BACON ‘N’ LACES by Stephen Michael Simon
BELOW THE RISE by Massimo Soto
HATE CRIME IN HOWARD BEACH by Stephen J Woods & Eric Notar

BEST LONG FORM TV PILOT
HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL by Sassy Mohen
LIMITED EDITION by Cole Mueller
OUTLI(a)RS by Maia Henkin
WINNER: THE CLOAKED REALM (THE KNIGHT AND THE QUEEN) by Marisa Cohen & Peter Isaac Alexander

WALLBALLERS by Christine Scherer

BEST SHORT FORM TV PILOT
ABSTRACTION by Tash Ann
WINNER: BREWTOWN by Emm O’Connor and Scott Long
HOW DID WE GET HERE? By Matt Frierdich

LOST & FOUND ABROAD by Vanina Kondova

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE  - US FEATURE
Kelly Shipe in "Devil's Hollow" 
WINNER: Peter Callahan in “Out and About”
Marchelle Thurman in "Black White and the Greys" 
Casey Nelson in "Black White and the Greys"

Sheila Tapia in “The Man Behind the Camera” 
Shuler Hensley in “Devil’s Hollow”


BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - WORLD FEATURE
Lee Fong Cheng in “Hideout”
Magdalena Żak in “Magdalena”
WINNER: Friederike Kempter in “Sweet Disaster”
Stephanie Schoonjans in “Grounds of Hope”

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE  - US SHORT

Adam Cushman in “Written for Walken”
Ava Ramey in “Wendy”
WINNER: Greena Park in “1992

”Sara Oliva in “Lioness”
Wilderman Garcia in “Hamleyed”


BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - WORLD SHORT 

WINNER: Leiying Luan in “Medea”

​Sophia Myles in “All that Glitters”
Paul Chiang in “My Favorite Bus Driver”
Wei-ting Huang in “My Favorite Bus Driver”
Georgina Morgan in “When She was Good”


BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE - SERIES PILOT 

​Emm O’Connor in “Brewtown”
Eston Clare in “Wallballers”
Maia Henkin in “Outli(a)rs”
WINNER: Scott Long in “Brewtown”