CRITICS' CHOICE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MONTHLY - ONLINE - 2024
JUNE – AUGUST, 2024
BEST SHORT FILM
HONORABLE MENTION
"TRUMPET PLAYER" DIRECTED BY FELINO DOLLOSO
WINNER
"SANDMAN" DIRECTED BY SIMON BARRACCHINI
BEST CRIME FILM
WINNER
“ROOM 10 THE REVISION” DIRECTED BY PHILLIP TITUS BARNETT
BEST SERIES / TV PILOT / WEB SERIES
HONORABLE MENTION
"ABNORMAL FIXATION" DIRECTED BY JOHN KENNETH MUIR
WINNER
"TRUMPET PLAYER" DIRECTED BY FELINO DOLLOSO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
"MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN" AUTHOR DENA K MILLER
HONORABLE MENTION
"JUNGLE OUT THERE" DIRECTED BY BRIAN DEPALMA, & TODD BARROW
BEST SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY
HONORABLE MENTION
"BLOODLINE BLUES" WRITTEN BY KIMBERLY FISHER
HONORABLE MENTION
"TRIUMPHANT" WRITTEN BY LUANNE HUNT
WINNER
"HELL HATH NO VACANCY" WRITTEN BY LAURENCE P STEVENS, MATTHEW L STEVENS
FINALIST
"AKELARRE UNDER THE SUN" WRITTEN BY SHANE HALLAWA
"ABNORMAL FIXATION" WRITTEN BY JOHN KENNETH MUIR
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER - BEST FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAY
"THE STYLITE - CHRISTMAS IN ALEXANTINE" WRITTEN BY SHANE HALLAWA
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER – BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
"TARTAROO" WRITTEN BY FREDDY L ROBINSON
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER - BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
"THE STYLITE" WRITTEN BY SHANE HALLAWA
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER - BEST SHORT SCRIPT
"DIVORCE STORY" WRITTEN BY VANESSA LI WANG
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
HONORABLE MENTION
"TRUMPET PLAYER" DIRECTED BY FELINO DOLLOSO
WINNER
"THE MIRROR (KEPLER 62 EXPERIMENT - EPISODE #9)" BY MICHAEL ROSS CATANIA
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
HONORABLE MENTION
"ON HOLD" DIRECTED BY MACHIEL VAN DEN HEUVEL
WINNER
"AMERICAN POT STORY: OAKSTERDAM" DIRECTED BY RAVIT MARKUS, & DAN KATZIR
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (DOCU-DRAMA)
"THE COREY DAVIS EVOLUTION STORY" DIRECTED BY COREY DAVIS
SPECIAL MENTION
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY)
"5G: FRIEND OR FOE?" DIRECTED BY CHRISTINE ZIPPS
BEST ANIMATED FILM
WINNER
“CHAIN” DIRECTED BY LING HAN
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
WINNER
LING HAN (FILM “CHAIN”)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
HONORABLE MENTION
TONY MERCER (FILM "ABNORMAL FIXATION")
WINNER
KIRSTEN JOHNSTON, RACHEL DESHLER, & JOHN KESSLER (FILM “CHAIN”)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
WINNER
NIKO NETTESHEIM (FILM “CHAIN”)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
FERRY LIE (FILM "TRUMPET PLAYER")
BEST DRAMA
WINNER
"TRUMPET PLAYER" DIRECTED BY FELINO DOLLOSO
BEST DIRECTOR
HONORABLE MENTION
FELINO DOLLOSO (FILM "TRUMPET PLAYER")
WINNER
TAYLOR COLEMAN (FILM "THE COLDEST WARMTH")
BEST ACTOR
HONORABLE MENTION
FELINO DOLLOSO (FILM "TRUMPET PLAYER")
HONORABLE MENTION
JOHN KENNETH MUIR (FILM "ABNORMAL FIXATION")
WINNER
JAMES QUINN (FILM "SANDMAN")
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER
ALICIA MARTIN (FILM "ABNORMAL FIXATION")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER
CHRIS MARTIN (FILM "ABNORMAL FIXATION")