The short film “Hallelujah” from Compton-based director Victor Gabriel won the Grand Prix for Best Short at the Academy Award® qualifying 18th Hollyshorts Film Festival on Saturday afternoon. Producer Duran Jones picked up the festival’s Best Producer prize.
Two other winners qualified for Oscar consideration: Seemab Gul’s “Mulaqat/Sandstrom” won Best Live Action Short and “Scale” by Joseph Pierce, won the award for Best Short Animation.
The HollyShorts Film Festival showcases the top short films produced in 40 minutes or less. Categories include Short Animation, Short Live Action, Short Documentary, Music Video, Webisode, Commercials, Youth Film and Digital Microbudget.
See below for the full list of short film winners:
Grand Prix Best Short: Hallelujah by Victor Gabriel
Best Live Action: Mulaqat/Sandstorm by Seemab Gul
Best Animation: Scale by Joseph Pierce
Best Director: Carlos Segundo for Sideral
Best Action: Kickstart My Heart by Kelsey Bollig
Best Thriller: Wild Bitch by Rebekka Johnson and Kate Nash
Best Horror: Moshari by Nuhash Humayun
Best Comedy: All I Ever Wanted by Erin Lau
Best Drama: Like the Ones I Used to Know by Annie St. Pierre
Best Documentary: MINK! By Ben Proudfoot
Best LGBTQIA+: North Star by P.J. Palmer
Best International Short Film: The Voice Actress by Anna J. Takayama
Best Sci-Fi: Waltz of the Angels by Braden Barton
SAG Indie Winner: My Jerome by Adjani Salmon
Hawk Films Screenplay Award: Mina Finders Her Edge! by Robin Rose Singer
Script Compass Screenplay Award: In the Garden of Tulips by Ava Lalezarzadeh
Best Female Screenplay, presented by BeCine: Last Ship East by Eris Qian
Best TV: A Question of Service by Erin Brown Thomas
Best TV Screenplay: Forsyth County by James Sasser
LatinX Award, presented by Viacom International Studios: Huella by Gabriela Ortega
Women in Film Award: Apart, Together by Olivia Hang Zhou
Best Midnight Madness: Homesick by Will Seefried
Best Music Video: Consensual by Jeff Hilliard and Joey Danger
Best Web Series: Kura by Vince McMillan
Best Producer: Duran Jones for Hallelujah
Best Editing: The Machine by Rowan McKay
Best VFX: Black Dragon by Rồng đen
Best Costume Design: Sauerdogs by Carmen Granell
Social Impact Award: Stranger at the Gate by Joshua Seftel
Best Student Film: The Visit by Ebele Tate
Kodak Shot on Film: North Pole by Marija Apcevska
Kodak Shot on Film Super 8MM: Deerwoods Deathtrap by James P. Gannon
Kodak Shot on Film Honorable Mention: Not the 80s by Marleen Valien
Zeiss Presents: HollyShorts Achievement in Filmmaking and Cinematography: Censor of Dreams by Khalib Mohtaseb
Zeiss Presents: HollyShorts Career Achievement in Filmmaking and Cinematography: Nancy Schreiber
