˗ˏˋ★ Nominations ★ˎˊ˗
APPLES, ORANGES, LEMONS & LIMES (nominated for Best Drama, Best Romance) – Pat Mitchell
SILVER STAR (nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Character: Officer Chris Simone) - Leonard Varasano
DOUBLEX (nominated for Best Actor, Best Experimental) – Arezoo Monfared
TOUGH (nominated for Best TV or Web Series) – Rico Michael
SINO (nominated for Best Music Video) - Melodi Tözüm
BARELY LEGAL (nominated for Best Music Video) - Arturo de las Fuentes, Ricardo Pérez Gil
KILLING VIOLETS (nominated for Best Music Video) - Jose Luis Girón
AIN’T A SAINT (nominated for Best Music Video) - Daniel Path
FUCK THIS SHIT, LOVE ME! (nominated for Best Romance) – Daniel Path
SWEAT (nominated for Best Romance) - Finn Eichinger
˗ˏˋ★ Honorable Mention ★ˎˊ˗
TOUGH – Rico Michael
The web series "Tangguh" tells the story of the struggle of three teenagers (Rama, Dudit, Theo) in their mission to reclaim their rights to a field claimed by a gang of thugs (led by Bang Jhonny and his henchmen). Their fight is not just for the field, but they also face the tough challenges of life. In a captivating dramatic match, they discover that true victory involves not just basketball skills, but also the courage and resilience to overcome all obstacles.
DARK SECRET – Soura Nath
Nominated for Best Photography. In this photo, the portrait simply reveals the art form of photography. The body paint art creates a different mood and dramatic environment in this photograph. A portrait can tell us about emotions of a person. Portraits can show us what a person looks like, but they can capture and reveal the idea of a person or they stand for. Dark is more exciting and more dramatic that forms a new experience and mood. Art is the secret of light and darkness. This photo “Dark Secret” is all about a simple portrait that creates a art form.
LET’S TALK - Elad Mukades
When Ori picks up his soldier brother for a day at the beach, he is horrified to see that his brother has become religious. In addition to that aggravation, the car's tire goes flat. As the sun sets, Ori is forced to choose between his "new" brother who is planning to make shabbat in a deserted place and going to be with his sick mother.
FLESH AND BLOOD - Paul Vo Le
An anxious young man approaching adulthood must choose between forging his own path or the path of his parents - the country's most notorious serial killers.
THE BOMB - Onur Doğan
Nominated for Best Violence Award. In the Balkan region, where lawlessness prevailed during the war, a man receives a threatening death letter from the gang he used to be a member of. Thereupon, he plans to escape to America with his pregnant wife. On the last night, after being threatened by the gang, the man leaves the house to persuade the gang members but does not come back. Instead, an hour later, gang members enter the house. The gang leader starts a game in which he tells the woman that if she fulfills his wishes, she can see her husband again as a reward.
INTO THE DAWN - Thomas Jordan
A vampire walks through an empty world. What has happened? Where will she go?
SHORT STOP 24 - Robert B. Brown, Antony Andrious
Nominated for Best Documentary film. Five U.S. Marines tragically lost their lives in a helicopter accident during retrograde operations on September 23, 1972, on Grytoya Island in Norway as part of Operation Strong Express. Among the fallen was First Lieutenant Henry N. Pilger, who served as the co-pilot of the ill-fated aircraft. Years later, a local Norwegian hiker stumbled upon an unexpected discovery: Pilger's Naval Academy ring on the very island where the tragic crash had occurred. This poignant documentary delves into the remarkable journey of the ring, its eventual return to the Marine's grieving family, and the enduring memorial erected in honor of these brave Marines.
BLOWS MY MIND – Phillip Hollins
Nominated for Best Screenplay. An ex-CIA agent, now a contract operative with a bullet lodged in her brain that grants her abilities to absorb memories and skills through touch, balances dangerous international missions while relentlessly pursuing the man who shot her.
REASONS? - Marjory E. Leposky
Four friends (Mullika, Jeremy, Carlos, and Benjamin) must deal with issues of quitting smoking that will affect them individually and as a group. They all have their reasons for quitting. Do they have the willpower to stick to the plan? The choices they make will change their lives.
THE LAST QUAALUDE - Sean Brown
Nominated for Best Screenplay. Two aging hipsters, dissatisfied with how their lives have turned out, drop acid before having to rescue their friend who has been kidnapped by a cult and find they have also rescued themselves.
YEARS LIKE APPLES - 明明熊
Nominated for Best Animation. Centered around the theme of "apples," this film portrays the heartwarming moments and farewell between a boy and his grandfather. Through transitions across different stages of life, family dialogues, and memories, the story unfolds in a fragmented narrative, presenting a touching and profound tale of familial bonds.
CRIME NEVER GETS OLD – William Manning
Nominated for Best Animation. Detective Wendell Kent solves mysteries by putting the pieces together.
PRESENCE - Nasim Dehghannayeri
Unfortunately, the presence of women is only through childbearing and sex.
DESTINY - Yaser Talebi
A motherless young woman in Iran is torn between her desire to take care of her mentally disabled father and her desire to go to university. This documentary is observational, letting the people and emotions reveal themselves. A thicket of relationships and expectations are at work here involving family, clergy, friends, religion, social expectations. And Instagram. This is a window on contemporary Iran that everyone should see.
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