Venice Shorts of Los Angeles is an international competition and an annual screening event in LA. The festival committee is devoted to the recognition, promotion and screening of the best international shorts every year in LA. The next live screening of the festival will be at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills on January 28th.
The finalists of the year are selected by the programmers from the winners and honorable mentions of the seasonal competition in various categories. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Fall/2023 of Venice Shorts.
Best Narrative Film & Best Director
Rare Land Director: Efthimis Hatzis
Best Documentary
The Walk Director: Jonny Stern
Best Indie Short
The Rocking Chair Director: Jeno Hodi
Best First-Time Filmmaker
Cottonmouth Director: Hailey Naomi Irvin
Best Actress
Lidia Vitale
Judgement
Best Actor
Mundo
Bobby Soto
Honorable Mention Actor
Andrew King Bach Bachelor
Miles Ryder
Best Experimental
Welcome To Hell Director: Zachary Bradtke
Best Animation
The Last Set
Director: Aisling Conroy
Honorable Mention Animation
Bloom In Director: Avery Robinson Rouda
Best Web/TV Pilot-Series
Sidewinder
Director: Milo Edwards
Best LGBTQ
The Last Take
Director: Brian Foyster
Best Thriller
Blood on the leaves
Director: Sharieff Salaam Walters
Best Science Fiction
Summerville
Director: Anthony Di Pietro
Best Music video
LASTRY - Look at me now!
Director: Amber Simone Theisen
Honorable Mention Music Video
Celebrated (All The Way Up)
Director: D. Christopher Campbell
Best Horror
13 Steps
Director: David Lawrence
Best Comedy
I'm Glad That You're Sorry Director: Jourdan Henderson
Honorable Mention Comedy
Pee Pee Platter Director: Jon Conklin
Honorable Mention Comedy
Long Beach Vice Director: Skylar Adams
Best Producer
Nourah Al Hasawi
Everything Is Not What It Seems
Best Cinematographer
Kevin Kohjus
Because We Were Happy
Best Editor
Federico Lagna
PENTACLUB (The Club of Five)
Best Composer
Jimmie LeBlanc
Light
Best Youth Actress
Actress: Allegra Cockcroft Sand Castles
Best Youth Actor
Actor: Theologos Hatzis Rare Land
Best Student Film
Online
Director: Bianka Bereczky
Best Female Director
Jess Fritz
Sane Men
Honorable Mention Documentary
A Proper Education Director: MaryLanae Linen
Best Screenplay (Produced)
Black Metal
Michael Hyon Johnson
Best Unproduced Script
Ashes to Dust
Clark Childers
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