Venice Shorts of California has become a popular festival, selecting and awarding U.S. and international short films of all genres from all over the world. The city of Venice is known for its artistic roots, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice Canals and the popular Venice Beach. It has attracted many people from all over the world. Venice Shorts is an IMDb qualifying monthly and annual festival with screenings in its annual event. All the monthly award winners go through another selection proccess for the annual festival with cash prizes and promotions. In the meantime, the festival promotes and credits its monthly winners.
Award winners for the latest monthly festival were announced on March 20th as follows:
Best International Narrative:
"Nomeolvides" ("Forget-me-nots”)
Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel
Best Youth Actress:
Elena Caricol for "Nomeolvides" ("Forget-me-nots”)
Best U.S. Narrative:
Blinded
Director: Cecilia Choi
Best Indie Short:
Deceivers
Director: Carolina Mejía & Diego Mejía
Best International Director:
Ernie
Director: Ray Panthaki
Best U.S. Director:
Making Peace
Director: Judah Ray
Best Producer:
Permafrost
Producers: Aeryn Lee & Gentry Lee
Best Script:
A Regular Guy
Writer: Charles Petrilla
Best Unproduced Script:
Pandora’s Adversaries
Writer: Jason Harley
Best Cinematography:
Artificial Dreams
Cinematographer: Steve Conway
Best Edit:
Drama19
Editor: Rubén Arnaiz
Best Actress:
Immigrant Mother
Actress:Adriana Kostetska
Best Actor:
Becoming Everything
Actor: Steve Leeds
Honorable Mention Actor:
Blinded
Actor: Leon M. Brown
Best Science Fiction:
PUNCH IT!
Director: Olivier PERRIER
Best Female Director:
Dress
Director: Paulina Lagudi Ulrich
Best Animation:
None Quarantined in Dreamland!
Director: Angela En-Yu Lao
Honorable Mention Animation:
The Music Box
Director: Joe Chang
Best Experimental:
Entropy
Director: Matan Portnoy
Honorable Mention:
O_CE_AN
Director: Priscila Guedes
Best Documentary:
We Will Grow
Director: Anna Keel
Best Horror:
What's in the Woods?
Director: Michel Dominguez Beddome
Best Comedy:
Director: Rich Devaney
Best Composer:
The Long Hair
Composer: Brian Katona
Honorable Mention:
Boy Scientist
Composer: Ron J Danziger
Best Music video:
Child of The Government
Director: Jayli Wolf
Honorable Mention:
Highland Home
Director: Dan Schaefer
Best Thriller:
The Night That Never Happened
Director: Luis Enrique Rodriguez Ramos
Best Youth Actor:
Avery May for Opening Number
Best Web Series/TV Pilot-Series:
Bastet's Test
Director: Diogo Hausen
Best Student Film:
"The Beginning and End of Everything”
Director: Catherine Collins
Best Trailer:
RABBITSNAKE
Director: Jonny Stranger
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Expedition Ayiti
Director: Richard Serrao
Best LGBTQ:
Light as a Feather
Director: Cora Neiman
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