Chosen from more than 500 international entries from 50 countries, the winners included:
FIRST PLACE / NARRATIVE
I’m On Fire, Michael Spiccia, director
FIRST PLACE / ANIMATION
Tennis, Oranges, Sean Pecknold, director
FIRST PLACE / NON-FICTION
To Myself With Love: The Bessie Stringfield Story, Diane Fredel-Weis, director
FIRST PLACE / EXPERIMENTAL
Anyone Who Knows, Kate Harpootlian, director
STUDENT AWARD
Rickshaw, Raphaël Hernandez, director
TEXAS AWARD
Animation – The Mayfly, Sue Perrotto, director
Narrative – Doubles, Alyssa Udovitsch & Tim Yager, co-directors
The 2024 National Jury included actor, writer and director Stephen Tobolowsky; actress, producer, documentarian and educator Diane Baker; actor, producer and musician Shane West; actor Jim Beaver; animator and director Bill Haller; manager, writer, producer and director Chris Roe; artist, director and writer Rosson Crow; and writer and actress Tora Hallström.
This year marks the 54th Anniversary of the Festival, which has awarded prizes to dozens of now established filmmakers early in their careers including Mark Osborne (More), Don Hertzfeldt (Lilly and Jim), Chel White (Choreography for Copy Machine), Michael Almereyda (Another Girl, Another Planet), Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien), Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket), Marlon Riggs (Tongues Untied), Todd Haynes (Superstar), Alexander Payne (The Passion of Martin), George Hickenlooper (Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade), Alan Taylor (That Burning Question) and John Lasseter (Tin Toy).
Additional acknowledgement went to the following short works:
Jury Prize, Narrative – Auxiliaire, Lucas Bacle, director
Jury Prize, Animation – Who Is the Zookeeper?, Masha Vasilkovsky, Ruah Edelstein & Jinghan Zhang, co-directors
Jury Prize, Non-Fiction – Filming Under Fire: John Ford’s OSS Field Photo Branch, Dan Gagliasso, director
Jury Prize, Experimental – I Was There, Chi Jang Yin, director
Jury Prize, Student – Wandering Memories, Yuta Noguchi, director
Honorable Mention, Narrative – The Masterpiece, Alex Lora, director
Honorable Mention, Narrative – Keep, Lewis Rose, director
Honorable Mention, Narrative – Lemon Tree, Rachel Walden, director
Honorable Mention, Narrative – Fár, Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter, director
Honorable Mention, Animation – The Mayfly, Sue Perrotto, director
Honorable Mention, Non-fiction –Tracing Imperfection, Chehade Boulos, director
Honorable Mention, Student – The Caged Bird, Xi Wen Liu, director
Honorable Mention, Student – The Furious Me!, Yabin Wang, director
Honorable Mention, Student – Lucky Market, Eric Wang Schwager, director
Honorable Mention, Texas – Almost Perfect: The 99th Pitch, John Benjamin Terrell, director
Honorable Mention, Texas – Introvert Club, Vered Rodriguez, director
Honorable Mention, Texas – Grow a Better Dallas, Cullen Blanchfield, director
Honorable Mention, Texas – They Don’t Make ‘Em Like Willie Anymore, Blacksmith Rose (K & Karen Foster), co-directors
Honorable Mention, Texas – Georgia, Hannah Abu-eideh, director
