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2019 Edition
Nominees
MAIN COMPETITION AWARD
"Six Mothers" by Candice Vallantin
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | SPAIN | 2019
"Tip Toe" by Achille Lietha
NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO | SWITZERLAND | 2019
"Lily" by Jingwei Bu
NOMINEE FOR BEST MOBILE SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Solipse" by Josiah Walker
NOMINEE FOR BEST NO WORD SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Make It Sound" by AnDy Wu
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"My Guest From Afar" by Yuan Yao
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
2019
"The Legend of The Lake" by Chloé Hetzel
NOMINEE FOR BEST DRAMA SHORT | SWITZERLAND | 2019
"Bi-curious Sleepover" by Vanessa Mariveles
NOMINEE FOR BEST LGBT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"The Oval Portrait" by Lina Larson
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | HUNGARY | 2019
"Dream Date" by Phillip Lindsey
NOMINEE FOR BEST COMEDY SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Initiation" by Iwona Pasińska
NOMINEE FOR BEST DANCE FILM | POLAND | 2017
"The Art of Flawsome" by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | CANADA | 2019
"Sirenetta's Family Dinner" by Matt Bruneau-Richardson
NOMINEE FOR BEST ANIMATION SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"The Guardian" by S. A. Turk
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Second Breath" by Jean-Philippe Nadeau-Marcoux
& Maxime Laurin
NOMINEE FOR BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT | CANADA | 2019
"Der Offizier" by Olof Berghe
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | SWEDEN | 2019
"Evitiamo nell'aria" by Chiara Gamberini
& Emiliano Camporesi
NOMINEE FOR BEST DISABILITY SHORT | ITALY | 2019
"The Deal" by Paul Kennedy
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | IRELAND | 2019
"Where My Girls" by Mads Engel
NOMINEE FOR BEST LGBT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Please Arrest Me" by Xavier Mairesse
NOMINEE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT | INDIA | 2019
"According to Camden" by Rory de Grasse
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | CANADA | 2018
"Passing" by Max Clark, Regina Ma, Ana Vásquez
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Backcountry Nights" by Gage Meredith, Andrew Ruesch
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Village of the Gramned" by JP Leigh & Joanna DeLane
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"The Nun's Kaddish" by Luis Ismael
NOMINEE FOR BEST DRAMA SHORT | PORTUGAL | 2019
"The Butterfly" by Shiho Fukada
NOMINEE FOR BEST LGBT SHORT | JAPAN | 2019
"Red Omen" by Ed Roman
NOMINEE FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO | U.S.A. | 2018
"Spizella" by Mehmet Tığlı
NOMINEE FOR BEST DRAMA SHORT | GERMANY | 2019
"Ostinato" by Luke Luoh
NOMINEE FOR BEST HORROR SHORT | CHINA | 2019
"Sidepiece" by Teddy Tenenbaum
NOMINEE FOR BEST COMEDY SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Life After Life" by Damien Varley
NOMINEE FOR BEST DRAMA SHORT | IRELAND | 2019
"Are We Born or Made" by Yi Zhang
NOMINEE FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"Alter" by Marcos Obregón
NOMINEE FOR BEST MOBILE SHORT | MEXICO | 2018
"Photographs. I wanted to see you there" by Julián Cáneva
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | ARGENTINA | 2019
"Downlove" by Michele Riemma
NOMINEE FOR BEST SCI-FI SHORT | ITALY | 2019
"The Koi" by Qiyu Zhou
NOMINEE FOR BEST ACTION SHORT | U.S.A. | 2015
"Fraser Syndrome & Me" by Kyle Anne Grendys
NOMINEE FOR BEST DISABILITY SHORT | U.S.A. | 2018
"The Venusian Slip" by Sam Mcgilp
NOMINEE FOR BEST DANCE FILM | AUSTRALIA | 2019
"World As We Know It" by Jameson Bryant
NOMINEE FOR BEST SCI-FI SHORT | U.S.A. | 2019
"The Limit of Love" by Ross Allen
NOMINEE FOR BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT | CANADA | 2019
"Blank Canvas" by Alisa Traskunov
NOMINEE FOR BEST DANCE FILM | U.S.A. | 2019
FILM CRAFT AWARD
"Know You" by Omri Malka
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - CINEMATOGRAHY | ISRAEL | 2019
"Mad About the Boy" by Samir Bhamra
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM EDITING (Jason Elberts) | U.K. | 2018
"The Ribbon" by Polla-Ilariya Kozino
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE (Jonathan Galland) | U.S.A. | 2019
"An Essay of Rain" by Nagraj Manjule
NOMINEE FOR BEST DRAMA SHORT ! INDIA ! 2017
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - SOUND DESIGN (Avinash Sonawane) | INDIA | 2017
"Alder" by Vanda Ladeira
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM DIRECTING (Vanda Ladeira) | U.K. | 2019
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - CINEMATOGRAPHY (Neil Oseman) | U.K. | 2019
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - SOUND DESIGN (BeiBei Wang)| U.K. | 2019
"Pride" by Pantelis Hapeshis
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - MALE ACTING (David McGillivray) | U.K. | 2019
"MOLD" by Sujin Kim
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - SOUND DESIGN (Bo Li) | U.S.A. | 2018
"Outdooring" by Maxwell Addae
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM EDITING (Xiaoyao Shen) | U.S.A. | 2018
"MARLA" by Ay Salo
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM EDITING | U.S.A. | 2019
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - MUSIC SCORE (Natalie Dzbik) | U.S.A. | 2019
"Life After Life" by Damien Varley
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM DIRECTING (Damien Varley) | IRELAND | 2019
"Are We Born or Made" by Yi Zhang
NOMINEE FOR A FCA - FILM DIRECTING (Yi Zhang) | U.S.A. | 2019
WHY QUARTERLY NOMINEES?
When someone submit a short film to a film festival, everyone have to wait until the official selection is announced. The Play Short as a Film Awards event, feels the need to announce the nominees from a specific quarter submission. The film directors don't have to wait until the final decision and it provides a chance to promote the skils of their short films earlier, even before the results.
Obviously every nominees will be in the competition and they will not all win. Each short film is evaluated according to a specific criteria, such as the narrative coherence, the use of storytelling tools, the film techniques and a skilful acting.
NEXT STEPS:
The open call for next quarterly nominees is still open and it will continue. It means that there will be more nominees in each category and these nominees will be competing with each other. The winners will be announced close to the notification date and there will be the Annual Competition for the Best Short Film.