HollyShorts Announces Awards Nominees!

The 20th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival has wrapped up, but the final screenings won’t be the last we hear from those at the event. One of the biggest perks of submitting to HollyShorts is the chance to win big at the Festival, with some prizes being financial, and some even allowing filmmakers to become eligible for the most prestigious award in filmmaking, the Oscars. With four Oscar qualifying categories this year, several of these nominees could be in for a huge boost to their credibility and notoriety if they’re able to bring home the win here at HollyShorts.

Later tonight (as of this writing), the winners from the following group of nominees will be announced. Be sure to check back with us to see the full list of winners when the news breaks!

Note: Nominee list taken directly from the HollyShorts main page, which can be found here.

Tickets for the pre-awards event at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, which is a screening of Lords of Dogtown with HollyShorts honoree Catherine Hardwicke can be found here as well, and awards show can be found streaming on BitPix.

The Nominees are:

OSCAR-QUALIFYING AWARDS

10 Live Action Short Film Finalists:

1UP – Greg Francis

Clodagh – Portia A. Buckley

Corpse Fishing – Jean Liu

Amplified – Dina Naser

The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee

The Fishing Net – Anna Palinkas

Yaya – Leticia Akel Escárate

Anuja – Adam J. Graves

Say Hi After You Die – Kate Hollowell

Motherland – Jasmin Mozaffari

Best Animation: 

Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz

Summer 96 – Mathilde Bédouet

Magic Candies – Daisuke NISHIO

An Angel on Oxford Street – Paul Shammasian

Best Documentary –

David Again – Adam Elliott

Bob’s Funeral – Jack Dunphy

The Final Copy of Ilon Specht – Ben Proudfoot

Anaïs – Hélène Hadjiyianni

OTHER AWARDS

Best Drama:

River of Grass – Derek Magyar

Motherland – Jasmin Mozaffari

Titanic, suitable version for Iranian families – Farnoosh Samadi

Best Comedy: 

Ily, Bye – Taylor James

Deep Tish – Dave Paige

Jane Austen’s Period Drama – Julia Aks, Steve Pinder 

Best Cinematography: 

Spaceman – Ian McMillan – Cinematographer

Corpse Fishing – Pip White – Cinematographer

Hearts of Stone – Hans Bruch Jr. – Cinematographer

Best Horror: 

I Could Just Die and That Would Be Alright – A.K. Espada

Bill – Emily Dhue

/HAAW/ – Joey Scoma

Best Editing:

Make Me A Pizza – Lynn Hong – Editor

Triptych – Paul Watts, Meg Thorne – Editors

The Cockroach – Patrick Lawrence – Editor

Best International:

Alarms – Nicolas Panay

French – Dylan Joseph

The Masterpiece – Alex Lora

Latinx Award:

The Middle – Sylvia Ray

Carnivora – Felipe Vargas

The Ballad of Tita and the Machines – Miguel Angel Caballero

Best LGBTQIA+

Sister Wives – Louisa Connolly-Burnham

Will I See You Again? – Michael Perez-Lindsey

If I Die In America – Ward Kamel

Best Midnight Madness:

Earwax – Jasper Martin

Dream Creep – Carlos A.F. Lopez

Bananahead – Christopher Greenslate

Best Music Video: 

My Everything – Omer Ben David

Booked A Room – Kris Lefcoe

You Have Changed – Paul Emile

Best AAPI:

Sarajin – Justin Kim

Fishtank – Wendi Tang

A Family Guide To Hunting – Zao Wang

Best Producer:

Fall Risk – Alex Martini, Chad Shields, Bella Thorne

The Ugly Chickens – Michael Flax

Tea – Gabriella Piazza – Producer

Best SAGIndie: 

Brand New – Quincy Ledbetter, Denzel Whitaker

Boat People – Al’Ikens Plancher

Azi – Montana Mann

Best Sports:

Black Mark – Jaren Hayman

Season of Boom – Madeline Down

Life of Kai – Keith Malloy

Best Sci-Fi: 

Attachment Theory – Katherine Jackson

Paeonia – Pedro Xavier Buson

Last to Leave – Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Kodak Best Shot on Film, 35MM: 

For Fox Sake – Minha Kim

Clodagh – Portia A. Buckley

Lista – Bianca Poletti

Kodak Best Shot on Film, 16MM: 

Deep in My Heart is a Song – Jonathan Pickett

Stains – Joseph Burch

Loser – Colleen McGuinness

Social Impact Award: 

The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee

His Mother – Maia Jo Scalia

Untouchable: Traffickers, Buyers, and the Kids They Exploit – Morgan Perry

Best Thriller: 

Cameron – Sam Freedman

Wild Animal  – Beth Park

Alice and the Little Green Men  – Anthony Columbus

Best Student Film: 

When Everything Burns – Maria Belen Poncio

Fishmonger – Neil Ferron

Out The Window Through The Wall – Asya Segalovich

Best TV: 

Can’t Retire From This – Melanie Page

Prophet – Diana Savone

Loft and Found – Pete O’Hare 

Best VFX: 

Edge Of Space – Jean de Meuron

Fireline – Robin Takao D’Oench

Kinetic – Carlos Maldonado

Best Web Series:

Dick Bunny – Katie Locke O’Brien

I Hate People, People Hate Me – Blake Mawson

The Jumping Beans – Joseph Isho Levinson

A big congratulations to all of the nominees! These were all incredible films, and all involved should be very proud of what they accomplished. Be sure to check back with us to find out who wins!