We reently closed the 21st Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, and with ten days of incredible films, it was recently announced who took home the prizes for best in their category, with several also gaining entrance into the Academy Awards for their placement here. The Grand Prize, which went to Trapped, a film by Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz qualifies for the industry’s bigges stage, as does the winners in the Best Live Action, Best Animation and Best Documentary Categories, with awards going to Andrés Ramírez Pulido for A Son and a Father, Jan Saska for Hurikán, and Irving Serrano and Victor Rejón for their documentary Voices From The Abyss respectively. A big congratulations to all of these winners, as well as the others who took home prizes at this year’s festival. The full list will be below (A big shout out to Matthew Carey and Deadline, who first published this news):
Best Short Film Grand Prize
Trapped, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Best Live Action
A Son and a Father, Andrés Ramírez Pulido
Best Animation
Hurikán, Jan Saska
As well as those amazing Academy Award qualifying films, the following also won awards in their categories:
Best Documentary
Voices From the Abyss, Irving Serrano, Victor Rejón
AAPI Award
Mushroom Dad, Michael Yuchen Lei
Best Cinematography
Lo Que Desaparece, Mario Lerma and Alex Rapariz
Best Comedy
Susana, Gerardo Coello Escalante and Amandine Thomas
Best Drama
Trapped, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Best Director
A Friend of Dorothy, Lee Knight
Best Editing
Say Wuff!, Fabian Podeszwa
Best Horror
Heirlooms, Dan Abramovici
Best International
The Painting & the Statue, Freddie Fox
Best Midnight Madness:
Stomach Bug, Matty Crawford
Best Music Video
Earth Defender, Sil van der Woerd, Jorik Dozy and Kynan Tegar
Best Podcast
Moonburn, Robbie Hyne
Best Producer
Money Talk$, Tony Mucci (Director and Producer), Scott Aharoni (Producer), Bryan Schmier (Producer) and David Mazouz (Producer)
Best Sci-Fi
The Second Time Around, Jack Howard
Best Special Effects
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting, Alexander Thompson
Best Student Film
1:10, Sinan Taner
Best Thriller
Plastic Surgery, Guy Trevellyan
Best TV
Chasers, Erin Brown Thomas
Best Web Series
Hasaan Hates Portland, Mischa Webley
Kodak Best Shot on Film, 16MM
Ragamuffin, Kaitlyn Mikayla
Kodak Best Shot on Film, 35MM
The Singers, Sam Davis
Kodak Honorable Mention
Synthesize Me, Bear Damen
Latine Award
Cura Sana, Lucía G. Romero
LGBTQIA+ Award
Dancing in Tomorrowland, Jakob Roston
SAGindie Award
L’avance, Djiby Kebe
Social Impact Award
Rise, Jessica J. Rowlands
Best Sports Drama
Negro League Nights, Kyle Sykes
Best Sports Documentary
It’s On Like a Pot of Neckbones, Joey Garfield
Also included in this year’s awards, three film scripts were given a prize for their screenplays:
ISA Story Award – Best Feature Screenplay
The Dope Friend, Matt Ferrucci
Best Female Screenplay
The Unraveling, Samantha Mallory
Best Short Screenplay Grand Prize
Mudslide, Frederik Ehrhardt
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, each and every one of them is well-deserving of the awards they received. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to view our coverage of this year’s festival, and a big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed on every piece of this year’s HollyShorts, from those who helped put it together to those who contributed to the films shown, it took everyone to make this happen, and everyone should be very proud of what’s been accomplished. Good luck to our Oscar qualifiers when the big awards come, and to everyone reading, thanks again! Be sure to keep checking us out for more news, reviews and information regarding next year’s festival, as well as anything that comes up in between.
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