Check out this year’s Venice Shorts of California winners
The Venice Shorts competition has been one of the best places to find fresh indie talent across all genres of filmmaking. As an IMDB-qualifying festival, so many filmmakers, from pros to newbies, bring their fresh work to the festival for competition. Just as diverse as Hollywood’s history with Venice Beach, the Venice Shorts competition brings out the best from all over the globe.
As a monthly festival, winners will get their work screened through the LA Independent Film Channel, and are up to win 24 different prizes in the annual Venice Shorts competition. This month’s winners were just announced, so you can see the full list below. If you want to see your name on this list in the future, submit your work to the Venice Shorts’s FilmFreeway page.
June 2021 Venice Short Winners
Best Narrative Short:
The Body of Levi
Director Freddy Cheung
Best U.S. Documentary:
A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET
Director: Mark Gould
Honorable Mention Documentary:
Atomic Cover-up
Director Greg Mitchell
Honorable Mention Documentary:
Trazzeri
Director: Giovanni
Best Experimental Documentary:
Cosmonauts
Director: Данила Гулин
Best U.S. Indie Short:
AMERICAN’T
Director: Erick Geovanny Balderas Ortiz
Best International Indie Short:
Close To The Edge
Director: Arne Duppler
Best Female Director:
I Walk On
Director: Dorota Fórmanowska
Best Youth Directors:
Just One Day
Directors: Ethan Daniels, Peyton J Evans
Best First Time Filmmaker:
Welcome Home
Director: Dana Crypto
Best Experimental:
Heiopei
Director: Susanne Deeken
Best Experimental Animation:
Transit Line
Director: Juliane Ebner
Best LGBTQ :
Solitude
Director: Mia Krys
Best Animation:
Forget Me Not
Directors: Courtney LeBlanc, Saige Guevara
Honorable Mention Animation:
E=MC ³
Director: Victor Stabin
Honorable Mention Animation:
Testimony: 52nd St. and the Invisible Violence of UPenn
Director: Amelia Carter
Best Web/Series/Pilot:
The Reminder
Director: Shahriar El Kosht
Best Sitcom:
Recipes For Love – Episode 1 “Brownie Points”
Director: Danny Donnelly
Best Thriller:
LIPS & TIPS
Director: Christian Koch
Best Music Video:
RO MYRA “Irene” (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: Ben Hess
Honorable Mention Music Video:
“Drinking Again”
Director: Clint Mouriño
Best Horror:
The Abandoned- Short
Director: Leigha Kingsley
Best Sci-Fi:
The Aspirant
Director: Adam Orton
Honorable Mention Sci-Fi:
NOMANKIND
Director: Mehdi Hadi
Best Student Film:
Love Letter
Director: Veronica Badell
Honorable Mention Student Film:
Three Clicks
Directors: Bryan Auman, Kayla Moore
Best Student Director:
Elegy
Director: Parish Sharma
Honorable Mention Student Director:
Meant For You
Director: Sasha Rangel Garcia
Best Student Animation:
Final Deathtination
Director: Marika Tamura
Best Comedy:
The Check
Director: Paul Santoli
Honorable Mention Comedy:
Door Salesman Dave
Director: Ross Henson
Best Unproduced Screenplay:
Promises
Writers: Faye Brenner, Detra Hicks
Honorable Mention Short & Best Trailer:
Sila ( The Adventures of )
Director: Jeff Brownell
Best Short Film Director:
Reduction in Force
Director: Joey Fingers
Best Short Film Producer:
All Blood Runs Red
Director: Paul Mignot
Best Actress:
KateLynn Newberry for Reduction in Force
Best Actor:
Josef Säterhagen for The Breath
Best Cinematography:
The Body of Levi
DOP: Will Park
Best Edit:
All Blood Runs Red
Editor: Tao Delport
Honorable Mention Indie Short:
RENDEZVOUS
Director: Dylan Hoang
Best Composer:
The Breath
Composer: Andreu Jacob
Honorable Mention Animation & Music:
The Sky Grey (Boredom) as a part of Alphabet Book on Human Conditions
Directors: Yelena Makarczyk, Maria Kurachova
Composer: Sergey Chipenko
Best Poster:
The Dark Valley
Director: T.J. Morehouse
