PAIFF '24 AWARD WINNERS
BEST FEATURE
ROSWELL DELIRIUM - Directed by Richard Bakewell, USA
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
DAUGHTERS OF MAGUEY - Directed by Francisca Siza
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE
LISSA'S TRIP - Directed by Jeffery Lando, USA
BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR - FEATURE
THE ANNOYED - Directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, IRAN
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
TAKE YOUR SPACE - Directed by Karolína Alvarez
BEST EDITING - FEATURE
LISSA'S TRIP - Directed by Jeffery Lando, USA
BEST EDITING - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE TRAIN & THE PENINSULA - Directed by Sky Richards, Andreas Kruger Foncerrada, MEXICO
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE
Carter Ross - ROSWELL DELIRIUM - Directed by Richard Bakewell, USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MENTAWAI - Directed by Joachim Peter, Germany
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - FAVORITE … (TIE)
THE POWER OF ONE - Directed by Alex Valdez, USA
SAVING WALDEN'S WORLD - Directed by Jim Merkel, USA
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE -BEST INNOVATIVE CULTURAL STORYTELLING
A LATINO HOLLYWOOD NIGHTMARE - Jeff Valdez, USA/Mexico
BEST SHORT FILM
BETWEEN THE WORDS - Directed by Farid Ismail, Luxembourg
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
MONEY MAKER - Johannes Thuermer, Martina Schuster, Germany
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM
DEATH ANNIVERSARY - Directed by Armin Keshvari, IRAN
BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM
EXPENSES - Directed by Gary Fieldman, USA
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
MONEY MAKER - Directed by Johannes Thuermer and Martina Schuster, Germany
BEST EDITING - SHORT FILM
Dan Hertzog - DOMINO SPRINGS - Directed by Dan Hertzog, USA
BEST EDITING - DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Nèma van Raalte - ARMED WITH A BRUSH - Directed by Nèma van Raalte, Chile, Netherlands
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT FILM
Dan Hertzog - DATING AUDREY - Directed by Dan Hertzog, USA
BEST VISIONARY CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT FILM
Milad Hosseini - DEATH ANNIVERSARY - Directed by Armin Keshvari, Iran
BEST ACTOR - FEATURE
Farrokh Nematia as Sepanta Shaygan in THE ANNOYED, Directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, IRAN
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE
Sofia Vassilieva as “Lissa” in LISSA'S TRIP, Directed by Jeffery Lando, USA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - FEATURE
Anthony Michael Hall as “Jerry” in ROSWELL DELIRIUM, Directed by Richard Bakewell, USA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FEATURE
Dee Wallace as “Betty” in ROSWELL DELIRIUM, Directed by Richard Bakewell, USA
BEST ACTOR - SHORT
Edmund C. Short as “Pete” in DATING AUDREY, Directed by Dan Hertzog, USA
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT
Dostana Nikolić as “Saska” in 5/3/0, Directed by Danilo Stanimirović, SERBIA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
CAR COLORS - OLD DEATH - Directed by Kyle Garrett, USA
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
DEBS STUDIO - Directed by Miguel Octave, FRANCE
BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO
CAR COLORS - OLD DEATH - Directed by Kyle Garrett, USA
BEST VISIONARY DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO
THE GIRL WHO FADED AWAY - Directed by Brent Heise, USA
BEST EDITING - MUSIC VIDEO
CAR COLORS - OLD DEATH - Directed and Edited by Kyle Garrett, USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MUSIC VIDEO
UNWIND - JAMES DOWNHAM - Directed by Jake Sauve, CANADA
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - FEATURE
Troy Van Leeuwen - ROSWELL DELIRIUM - Directed by Richard Bakewell, USA
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - DOCUMENTARY
MENTAWAI - Directed by Joachim Peter, Germany
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MUSIC VIDEO
SHOT! - KROSSOVER, MEXICO
BEST SOUND DESIGN - FEATURE
LISSA'S TRIP - Directed by Jeffery Lando, USA
BEST SOUND DESIGN - DOCUMENTARY
DEBS STUDIO - Directed by Miguel Octave, FRANCE
BEST SOUND DESIGN - MUSIC VIDEO
WHAT’S THE DEAL -Directed by Constanza E. Godoy, Brett W. Vance, USA
BEST VISIONARY MUSIC VIDEO
4 Of You - LOAD -Directed by Cam Bennett, Dave Zellis, & Carrie Forsythe, CANADA
BEST CULTURAL MUSIC VIDEO
THE ESCENCE OF THE GUAGUANCO, SKALA B, MUSIC FROM CUBA - directed by Jairo Valeria Mosqueira of Belgium
BEST SCREENPLAY
THE ARCHITECT OF THE FUTURE - Written by Michael D. Eerdmans, USA
BEST TRAILER
THE POWER OF ONE - Directed by Alex Valdez, USA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union, Directed by Chad Gracia, Ukraine
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
“52 Thursdays” Directed by R.D. Cane, CANADA
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM
BUMPER - Directed by Selvakumar M, INDIA
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
MENTAWAI - Directed by Joachim Peter, Germany
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
ARMED WITH A BRUSH, directed by Nèma van Raalte, Netherlands
BEST VISIONARY FIRST FILM
LA PIPERA - Directed by Miguel Perez, Mexico
BEST FIRST SHORT FILM
CASH ON DELIVERY -directed by Udara Buddika Wijesinghe, Sri Lanka
BEST FIRST STUDENT FILM
BERLIN - directed by Ashley Bogley, USA