Short Drama
Hew (Laurie Tsou, Director) – Winner
Disconnection (Steven Krimmel, Director) – Honorable Mention

Short Comedy/Musical
Waiting For Godot (Caitlin Pashalek, Director) – Winner

Short Action-Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
Edge of Destruction (Fei Xiang) – Winner
Ms. 3PM (Alain Matz, Director) – Honorable Mention

Short Documentary
Inter-Mezzo (Stephen Chen, Director) – Winner
I’m Fine, How Are You (Chinnapat Potheing, Director) – Honorable Mention

Short Animation
Stronger (Max Zhang, Director) – Winner

Best Actor Short Film
Allen Theosky Rowe (Relativity) – Winner

Best Actress Short Film
Joyce Liu (Hew) – Winner
Mara Measor (I Think About You Sometimes) – Honorable Mention

Best Supporting Actor Short Film
Eijiro Ozaki (Lil Tokyo Reporter) – Winner

Best Supporting Actress Short Film
Keiko Agena (Lil Tokyo Reporter) – Winner
Damara Reilly (Flawless) – Honorable Mention

Best Ensemble Cast Short Film
Relativity (Davis Wyn, Director) – Winner
Keye Luke (Timothy Tau, Director) – Honorable Mention

Best Director Short Film
Laurie Tsou (Hew) – Winner
Davis Wyn (Relativity) – Honorable Mention

Best Cinematographer/DP Short Film
Ryo Rex (Lil Tokyo Reporter) – Winner
Richard Wong (Box of Hearts) – Honorable Mention

Best Editing Short Film
Steven Krimmel (Disconnection) – Winner

Best Original Score Short Film
George Shaw (Keye Luke) – Winner
Roger Suen, Greg Kuehn & Ted Korsmo (Box of Hearts) – Honorable Mention
Kalyan Subramanian (Flawless) – Honorable Mention

FLAT3 follows Lee (Ally Xue), Jessica (JJ Fong) and Perlina (Perlina Lau) as they try to figure out who they are, what they’re doing in this life, and whose turn it is to buy toilet paper.
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LOWER 9: A STORY OF HOME (Matthew Hashiguchi)
“Lower 9: A Story of Home” reveals the displaced culture and community of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward through generations of memories that fill the abandoned homes, buildings and streets of the Lower Ninth Ward community.
TULE LAKE (Michelle Ikemoto)
Set in the winter of 1943 after martial law was imposed on the camp, “Tule Lake” is an animated short film about perseverance, based on the true story of one internee and her actions one night.
A FLICKER IN ETERNITY (Sharon Yamato & Ann Kaneko)
The true WWII story of Stanley Hayami, a talented teenager caught between his dream of becoming an artist and his duty to his country. Based on Hayami’s diary and letters, this coming-of-age tale chronicles his life behind barbed wire and as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. WINNER Best Short Documentary

HIBAKUSHA (Steve Nguyen & Choz Belen)
“Hibakusha” is the real life story of Kaz Suyeishi, an atomic bomb survivor, who revisits her past experiences during her early years in Hiroshima, Japan.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013, 6:00PM
RED CARPET

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013, 7:00PM

COUCH & POTATOES (Chris Lam & Eunsoo Jeong)
The claymation, stop motion short film “Couch & Potatoes” is the story of two TV-watching enthusiasts pioneer a clever way to live on their couch until an unexpected event forces them back into their youthful past. WINNER Best Animated Short Film

STARTING FROM SCRATCH (James Huang)
A young couple are on the brink of divorce when they are audited by the IRS. As they cope with their roller-coaster of emotions and attempt to move on, they must sort through the last year of receipts. Through the audit process, the couple begins to understand what went wrong. WINNER Best Comedy

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013, 9:00PM

THE SHOPGIRL (Diana Ling)
In the animated short “The Shopgirl,” and store clerk meets some very unusal customers who find out she in no ordinary shopgirl.
WILL (Paolo Valdes)
“Will” is the story of a young man’s journey that slips back and forth between what appears to be two twisted realities. In one world, (though apprehensive of his success) he is a musician on the rise that could not ask for a better life and is determined to stay awake to keep things going that way. In the other world, he is completely down on his luck and does whatever it takes to stay asleep and live within his dreams.
METAL GEAR (Agustin Rodriquez)
Based on characters from the video game of the same name, a lonely covert operator is sent to assassinate his own mentor turned-traitor…but what will he do when he discovers that the target is his father?



I AM VENGEANCE (Wayne Lin)
A man consumed by vengeance realizes the futility of his quest.
PUPPETEER (Pauline Lam)

LAST GAME (Mike Cutrone)
After coming home to discover his wife murdered and daughter missing, a man desperately tries to find those responsible with the hope that his daughter might still be alive.
REAL TALK (Patrick Ng)
Pax discovers his best friend’s true alliance.
SUDDEN: BUTTERFLY AND THE DRAGON (James Boss)
A young women realizes that in her line of business, she can’t trust anyone. The fight for survival ensues as she becomes entangled in the cycle of revenge. Killing is all she knows, and it seems as though she can never escape it. WINNER Best Action Short

12:00AM – 2:00AM
AFTER HOURS MIXER (SKINNY’S LOUNGE)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 12:30PM

HU’S GAME (Shaun Kim)
The animated short film “Hu’s Game” is the story of the game to make friends.
FLOWERS FOR HER (Ryuji Kunii)
A letter from a vagabond with flowers for someone he loves.
VIVIAN AND VERONICA (Claire Yi Fu)
The story of the bond between two women. WINNER Best Cinematography Short Film
30 ½ (Phoenix Liu)
The perfect love is the love that has never begun. WINNER Best Original Score Short Film
VOLTE-FACE (Mary Chin)
A second generation Asian American high school senior must make a choice between following her dreams and her duty to her family.

KUYA KO (Dean Banting)
After being humiliated and bullied on the basketball court, the only thing that 14 year-old Daryll wants is a new pair of sneakers. Instead, he comes home to an older brother who he hasn’t seen in five years. With a language barrier, cultural differences, and a small room the brothers must share, Daryll will learn an important lesson about family.
WONDER BOY (Corrie Chen)
Ten year old Clancy is stuck between a life he doesn’t know and a life he wants to belong to. Some problems are universal.
TU & EU (Eddie Shieh)
“Tu & Eu” asks the question, “Does love conquer all?”

THE TELEGRAM MAN (James Khehtie)
SENTAKU BASAMI (Clothes Pegs) (Vichian Sutipornprachum)
Feeling emotionally abandoned by her husband and tired of her routine and repetitive household chores, a housewife decides to break free.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 3:00PM

GRANDPA (Steve Chen)
The documentary short “Grandpa” is about the quest for finding one’s identity.
TAIWANFAMOUS (Sarah Tadayon)
Sarah, a Southern California girl with dreams of a film career ends up in Taiwan as a professional talk show guest. After appearing on several shows, she realizes she is being type cast as a foreigner, and furthermore, after being asked by her agents to lose more weight and perform unusual plastic surgery, she begins to lose her cool. She is willing to make some sacrifices, but at what cost, and for what reward?
LOST YEARS (Kenda Gee)
An epic documentary touching upon 150 years of the Chinese diaspora in Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia; covering four generations of racism as revealed through the journey and family story of Kenda Gee. WINNER Best Documentary Film

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013, 5:00PM
RECEPTION, AWARDS & RED CARPET

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 7:00PM

A KNOCK ON MY DOOR (David Chai)
Life is full of hard knocks, but you should never stop answering.
MODEL MINORITY (Lily Mariye)
Kayla Tanaka, 16, is half-Japanese, half-white, totally American who lives with her sister and her parents in a low-income section of Los Angeles and confronts the idea of being a “Model Minority.” WINNER Best Drama

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 9:00PM

MIRROR (Q-Hyun Kim)
In the animated short “Mirror,” two cats, living in completely different worlds, switch places through a mirror and experience each others life.
WAKING UP (Yuta Okamura)
An inspirational tale about the lessons death can offer, “Waking Up” follows a talented young artist who is forced to face the dreams he gave up on years ago.

INCOMING (Mozhan Marno)
A loner, who has recently lost custody of her son, meets an endearing stranger who likes to sunbathe in the parking lot beneath her balcony.

FRACTURED (Terry Sasaki)
“fractured” is the story of a not-so-innocent relationship with a twist.
A LITTLE LOST (Anupam Lahiri)
The relationship between the son and his demented father gets in to a rift as the son plans for an assisted living facility for his father.
REUNION (Jason Z. Wong)
A reunion with a long lost childhood friend uncovers secrets that give the suicidal daughter of a dying preacher a second chance at life. WINNER Best Ensemble Cast Short Film and WINNER Best Actress Short Film


DUMPLING (Wesley Du)
An ex-boxer desperate to connect with his only son gives him a gift on his 21st birthday that will change their lives forever. WINNER Best Dramatic Short, WINNER Best Director Short Film and WINNER Best Actor Short Film


HER STORY (Aaron Au)
A young girl learns to cope with slavery until she breaks free and discovers the world outside is not what is expected. WINNER Best Supporting Actor Short Film

12:00AM – 2:00AM
AFTER HOURS MIXER (SKINNY’S LOUNGE)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013, 12:30PM

HIDING GAME (David Applebee)
When two thieves break into a family home, Aiden is the only boy they missed. He has the chance to save his family, but what can a little boy do against two dangerous thieves?

STRANGERS (Michael Aki)
A late-night contract murder, carried out with methodical ferocity, is followed by a kidnapping, and these violent but silently accomplished acts set the tone for an atmospheric neo-noir set in LA. The dead man’s girlfriend turns out to be the hitman’s new assignment, but an unfamiliar longing for connection stay his hand, and the two embark on an odd-couple odyssey that necessarily evolves into a getaway.
WINNER Best Actress

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013, 3:00PM

THE ESCAPE (Andre Suyra)
Animated short
MERDE! (Earl McDaniel III)
A short documentary chronicling the work of Bollywood dance company, blue13 and their first all original performance at the Ford Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

WHAT’S THE T? (Cecilio Asuncion)
What’s the T is a documentary that explores the challenges, successes and lives of five trans gender women. These five women represent normality and abnormality, seamlessly in their daily efforts to achieve a balance of feminine and masculine as the day may require. These women are prime examples of reality and self-identity.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013, 5:00PM

BALLET OF THE UNHATCHED CHICKS (Shaun Kim)
Animated short.

RUBY BOOBY (Jonathan Rannells)
A quirky woman searches for her father, Jose Feliciano.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013, 7:00PM

CHUBBY CAN KILL (Kevin Ung)
Wing works at a video rental shop, carrying out routine duties together with his petite colleague day in day out. Gang members come to collect ‘security fees’ and leave behind a few threatening words. The incident makes Wing decide to take some action to change his life.

ANITA HO (Steve Myung)
A Korean American man meets his Chinese American girlfriend’s parents for the first time. Drama, cultural struggles, and laughter ensue. WINNER Best Ensemble Cast

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013, 9:00PM

THE BOY AND THE TREE (Jimmy Zhang)
In the animated short “The Boy and the Tree” a boy grows up in space having never left his home world. One day, a supernova forces him to confront the world beyond.
SHANGHAI LOVE MARKET (Craig Rosenthal)
Shanghai has a park where parents can match-make their unwed children. This is just one love story in a city of 20 million lovers.
BLEACHED (Jess dela Merced)
“Bleached” is the story of Lenny, a Filipino-American girl, who is forced by her image-obsessed mother to use a bleaching cream to lighten the color of her skin.

DIM SUM NOODLE (Kent Leung & Milton Ng)
Two best friends encounter some problems with kung fu artists, after ordering the last box of dim sum noodles.
POTHOUND (Christopher Guiness)
The point-of-view of a street dog in relation to the world around her. She runs into adversity and forms alliances.
THE GELEPHANT (Jenn Liu)
The Gelephant. noun, often attributive – ge.le.fant The Gay (?) Elephant in the Room. Mia brings her Gelephant boyfriend to meet her friends – is he or isn’t he? WINNER Best Short Comedy

MIXED BLOOMS (Destri Martino)
Meet The Fluges, a modern sitcom family made especially for the web! They come to you via this six-episode web series which chronicles the comedic ups and downs of a bi-racial (Caucasian and Asian) family who runs a small suburban flower shop.
THE ROBBERY (Chris Hambright)
Jimmy and Paul are old friends, so when Jimmy is stranded in a neighborhood in nothing but his boxers, he calls Paul to help him out.
MISTER FRENCH TASTE (Jennifer Thym)
A young Chinese guy tries to learn how to be more proper.

BORN TO DANCE THIS WAY (Jerell Rosales)
Joo Si auditions for the opportunity of a lifetime to be a principal backup dancer for the sexy female pop singing sensation, The 4Play Ladies. WINNER Best Supporting Actress Shirt Film


BBOY (Vincent Tran & Michael Simmons)
Growing up in the suburbs of middle America, Vicious (Vincent Tran) finds himself blending into the blandness of his environment. While walking through the city, his life is forever transformed when he sees a bboy breakin on the streets. In his ongoing battle to have his dreams be taken seriously by professionals and his peers, he discovers his own inner strength, and his true love for Bboy Culture. WINNER Best Editing Short Film

12:00AM – 2:00AM
AFTER HOURS MIXER (SKINNY’S LOUNGE)

FEATURE FILMS

Best Drama
Model Minority (Lily Mariye, Director)

Best Comedy
Starting From Scratch (James Huang, Director)

Best Documentary
Lost Years (Kenda Gee, Director)

Best Actor
Chris Pang (Citizen Jia Li)

Best Actress
Eugenia Yuan (Strangers)

Best Supporting Actor
Roni Mazumdar (9 Eleven)

Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Sung (Anita Ho)

Best Ensemble Cast
Anita Ho (Steve Myung, Director)


Best Director
Lily Mariye (Model Minority)

SHORT FILMS

Best Drama
Dumpling (Wesley Du)

Best Comedy
The Gelephant (Jenn Liu)

Best Action/Adventure
Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon (James Boss)

Best Documentary
A Flicker In Eternity (Ann Kaneko & Sharon Yamato)

Best Animation
Couch & Potatoes (Chris Lam & Eunsoo Jeong)

Best Actor
Won Lee (Dumpling)

Best Actress
Jessika Van (Reunion)

Best Supporting Actor
Hiro Kanagawa (Her Story)

Best Supporting Actress
Eileen Soong (Born To Dance This Way)

Best Ensemble Cast
Reunion (Jason Z. Wong)

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Best Director
Wesley Du (Dumpling)

Best Cinematography
Junior Lucan & Alessandro Mattiolo (Vivian and Veronica)

Best Editing
Vincent Tran (BBOY)

Best Original Score
Terry Chan (30 ½)

Dumpling (Wesley Du, Director)
Real Talk (Patrick Ng, Director)

Waking Up (Yuta Okamura, Director)

Best Short – Comedy/Musical
Chubby Can Kill (Kevin Ung, Director)

Dim Sum Noodle (Kent Leung & Milton Ng, Directors)
Shanghai Love Market (Craig Rosenthal, Director)
The Gelephant (Jenn Liu, Director)

Best Short – Action-Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
Last Game (Mike Cutrone, Director)
Metal Gear (Agustin Rodriguez, Director)
Puppeteer (Pauline Lam, Director)
Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon (James Boss, Director)

Best Short – Documentary
A Flicker In Eternity (Sharon Yamato & Ann Kaneko, Directors)
MERDE! (Earl McDaniel III, Director)
The 90th Minute (Jun Stinson, Director)
The Lower 9: A Story of Home (Matthew Hashiguchi, Director)

Best Short – Animation
Couch & Potatoes (Chris Lam & Eunsoo Jeong, Directors)
The Boy and the Tree (Jimmy Zhang, Director)
The Escape (Andre Surya, Director)
The Shopgirl (Diana Ling, Director)

Best Actor – Short Film
Shaleen Cholera (A Little Lost)
Sui Keung Wong (Real Talk)

Tadamori Yagi (Waking Up)

Won Lee (Dumpling)

Best Actress – Short Film
Arielle Tuliao (Her Story)
Cindera Che (Volte-face)
Jennifer Ikeda (Incoming)
Jessika Van (Reunion)

Best Supporting Actor – Short Film
Alvin Lam (Mixed Blooms)
Hidekun Hah (Born to Dance This Way)
Hiro Kanagawa (Her Story)
Shivantha Wijesinha (Last Game)

Best Supporting Actress – Short Film
Eileen Soong (Born to Dance This Way)
Kerri Patterson (The Commitment)
Sofia Shen (Wonder Boy)
Victoria Ma (The Robbery)

Best Ensemble Cast – Short Film
Dim Sum Noodle (Kent Leung & Milton Ng, Director)
Her Story (Aaron Au, Director)
Reunion (Jason Z. Wong, Director)
Tu & Eu (Edward Shieh, Director)

Best Director – Short Film
Edward Shieh (Tu & Eu)
Patrick Ng (Real Talk)
Wesley Du (Dumpling)
Yuta Okamura (Waking Up)

Best Cinematographer – Short Film
Christopher Guinness (Pothound)
Junior Lucan & Alessandro Mattiolo (Vivian and Veronica)
Mahmoud Abdelbar & Pattana Pattanasri (Sentaku Basami)
Tracy Whyte (Dalai Mongol)

Best Editing – Short Film
Allan Liang (Isolates)
Phoenix Liu (30 ½)

Vincent Tran (BBOY)

Yukako Shimada (Reunion)

Best Original Score – Short Film
Clarence Au (Will)
Dave Iwataki (A Flicker In Eternity)
Shantanu Moitra (A Little Lost)
Terry Chan (30 ½)

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Short Drama
WINNER – Real Talk (Patrick Ng, Director)
Honorable Mention – Reunion (Jason Z. Wong, Director)

Short Comedy/Musical
WINNER – The Gelephant (Jenn Liu, Director)
Honorable Mention – Mister French Taste (Jennifer Thym, Director)

Short Action-Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
WINNER – Last Game (Mike Cutrone, Director)
Honorable Mention – I Am Vengeance (Wayne Lin, Director)

Short Documentary
WINNER – A Flicker In Eternity (Sharon Yamato & Ann Kaneko, Directors)
Honorable Mention -The Caregiver (John Paul Su, Director)

Short Animation
WINNER – Couch & Potatoes (Chris Lam & Eunsoo Jeong, Directors)
Honorable Mention – A Knock On My Door (David Chai, Director)
Honorable Mention – Hu’s Game (Shaun Seong-Young Kim, Director)

Best Actor Short Film
WINNER – Sui Keung Wong (Real Talk)
Honorable Mention – Tadamori Yagi (Reunion)
Honorable Mention – Shang-Ho Huang (Last Game)

Best Actress Short Film
WINNER – Jessika Van (Reunion)
Honorable Mention – Beverly Wu (Fantomes)

Best Supporting Actor Short Film
WINNER – Shivantha Wijesinha (Last Game)
Honorable Mention – Osric Chau (Mr. French Taste)

Best Supporting Actress Short Film
WINNER – Victoria Ma (The Robbery)
Honorable Mention – Jenn Liu (The Gelephant)

Best Ensemble Cast Short Film
WINNER – Reunion (Jason Z. Wong, Director)
Honorable Mention – In Full Bloom (Daniel Gonzalez, Director)

Best Director Short Film
WINNER – Patrick Ng (Real Talk)
Honorable Mention – Jason Z. Wong (Reunion)

Best Cinematographer/DP Short Film
WINNER – Junior Lucano & Allessandro Mattiolo (Vivian and Veronica)
Honorable Mention – Ryuji Kunii (Flowers For Her)

Best Editing Short Film
WINNER – Yukako Shimada (Reunion)
Honorable Mention – Patrick Ng (Real Talk)

Best Original Score Short Film
WINNER – Dave Iwataki (A Flicker In Eternity)
Honorable Mention – Chris Marz (Couple In the Bed

HIT GIRLS boasts kick arse high octane shoot outs, explosions, impressive action and showdowns resulting in a fast, furious and funny film taking the signature gunplay from old school Hong Kong action films to hyperbolic extremes set against the style of Australian dramas.

The international cast includes filmmaker/actress, Maria Tran, Dong Tam (Hapkido Master), and Trung Ly and Joshua Tieu, leading fight choreography team who have worked on the Hollywood movie production FIST OF A DRAGON.

HIT GIRLS will launched Friday, 21 December at 7PM, at the Fairfield School of Arts, 19 Harris St, Fairfield.

We are accepting films for the final quarter of the year, Fall, and encourage you to let others know we are looking for films! Congratulations to everyone.

Short Drama
WINNER – Dumpling (Wesley Du, Director)
Honorable Mention – Her Story (Aaron Au, Director)

Short Comedy/Musical
WINNER – Chubby Can Kill (Kevin Ung Director)
Honorable Mention – Bleached (Jess dela Merced, Director)

Short Action-Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
WINNER – Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon, (James Boss, Director)
Honorable Mention – Narcissim (Daniel Onoda, Director)

Short Documentary
WINNER – The 90^th Minute (Jun Stinson, Director)
Honorable Mention – TaiwanFamous (Sarah Tadayon, Director)

Short Animation
WINNER – The Shopgirl (Diana Ling, Director)
Honorable Mention – Mirror (Q-hyun Kim, Director)

Actor Short Film
WINNER – Won Lee (Dumpling)
Honorable Mention – James Boss (Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon)

Best Actress Short Film
WINNER – Arielle Tuliao (Her Story)
Honorable Mention – Jess dela Merced (Bleached)

Best Supporting Actor Short Film
WINNER – Hiro Kanagawa (Her Story)
Honorable Mention –  Raymond Chan  (Her Story)

Best Supporting Actress Short Film
WINNER – Kerri Patterson (The Commitment)
Honorable Mention – Elaine Pinto (Bleached)

Best Ensemble Cast Short Film
WINNER – Her Story (Aaron Au, Director)
Honorable Mention – A God of Sinners (Tagore Almeida, Director)

Best Director Short Film
WINNER – Wesley Du (Dumpling)
Honorable Mention – James Boss (Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon)

Best Cinematographer/DP Short Film
WINNER – Tracy Whyte (Dalai Mongol)
Honorable Mention – Henry Li (The Lesson)

Best Editing Short Film
WINNER – Phoenix Liu (30 ½) – Winner
Honorable Mention – James Boss (Sudden: Butterfly and the Dragon)

Best Original Score Short Film
WINNER – Terry Chan (30 ½) – Winner
Honorable Mention – Levi Chen (Dalai Mongol)

]]> http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2012/10/asians-on-film-awards-summer-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2012/10/asians-on-film-awards-spring-2012/ http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2012/10/asians-on-film-awards-spring-2012/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:21:27 +0000 Scott Eriksson http://www.asiansonfilm.com/?p=7208 We are again thrilled with how many great short films are being made and for Spring 2012 there were a couple of categories where judges scores ranked films with similar scores “forcing” us to announce more than one honorable mention. Winners automatically compete for our year end “best” award in their winning category and will be considered for screening.

We are now accepting films for our Summer quarter and encourage you to let others know we are looking for films! Congratulations to everyone.

Short Drama
Waking Up, Yuta Okamura Director – Winner
The Telegram Man, James Francis Khehtie – Honorable Mention

Short Comedy/Musical
Dim Sum Noodle, Kent Leung & Milton Ng Directors – Winner
Born to Dance This Way, Jerell Rosales Director – Honorable Mention

Short Action-Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
Puppeteer, Pauline Lam Director – Winner
Prescott Place, Peilin Kuo Director – Honorable Mention

Short Documentary
The Lower 9: A Story of Home, Matthew Hashiguchi Director – Winner
All Are Different, Jiaxi Shen Director – Honorable Mention

Short Animation
The Escape, Andre Surya Director – Winner
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks, Shaun Seong-Young Kim Director – Honorable Mention

Best Actor Short Film
Tadamori Yagi (Waking Up) – Winner
Curtis Lum (Will) – Honorable Mention
Kenichi Sano (Giongo) – Honorable Mention

Best Actress Short Film
Jennifer Ikeda (Incoming) – Winner
Becky Wu (Pleasures) – Honorable Mention

Best Supporting Actor Short Film
Hidekun Hah (Born to Dance This Way) – Winner
Ki Hong Lee (Fratervention: The End of Bro’ing Out) – Honorable Mention

Best Supporting Actress Short Film
Eileen Soong (Born to Dance This Way) – Winner
Francesca Waters (Break) – Honorable Mention

Best Ensemble Cast Short Film
Dim Sum Noodle (Kent Leung & Milton Ng, Director) – Winner
Kuya Ko (Dean Banting, Director) – Honorable Mention

Best Director Short Film
Yuta Okamura (Waking Up) – Winner
James Francis Khehtie (The Telegram Man) – Honorable Mention

Best Cinematographer/DP Short Film
Mahmoud Abdelbar & Pattana Pattanasri (Sentaku Basami) – Winner
Kevin Scott (The Telegram Man) – Honorable Mention
Sourav De (1:30 am) – Honorable Mention

Best Editing Short Film
Allan Liang (Isolates) – Winner
Darryl Whetung (Will) – Honorable Mention

Best Original Score Short Film
Clarence Au (Will) – Winner
Paul Summerlin & Matty Castano (Breathe) – Honorable Mention

Best Short – Drama
WINNER – A Little Lost (Anupam Lahiri, Director)
Honorable Mention – Wonder Boy (Corrie Chen, Director)

Best Short – Comedy/Musical
WINNER – Shanghai Love Market (Craig Rosenthal, Director)
Honorable Mention – Mixed Blooms (Destri Martino, Director)

Best Short – Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror
WINNER – Metal Gear (Agustin Rodriguez, Director)
Honorable Mention – Determined Spirits (Diana Rumjahn, Director)

Best Short – Documentary
WINNER – Merde! (Earl McDaniel III, Director)
Honorable Mention – The Golden Pen (Lani Selick, Director)

Best Short – Animation
WINNER – The Boy and the Tree (Jimmy Zhang, Director)
Honorable Mention – El Monte (Elaine Tang & John Liu, Directors)

Best Actor – Short Film
WINNER – Shaleen Cholera (A Little Lost)
Honorable Mention – Terry Sasaki (Fractured)

Best Actress – Short Film
WINNER – Cindera Che (Volte-face)
Honorable Mention – Teresa Huang (Mixed Blooms)

Best Supporting Actor – Short Film
WINNER – Alvin Lam (Mixed Blooms)
Honorable Mention – Duncan Tran (BBOY)

Best Supporting Actress – Short Film
WINNER – Sofia Shen (Wonder Boy)
Honorable Mention – Toni Domanico (Mixed Blooms)

Best Ensemble Cast – Short Film
WINNER – Tu & Eu (Edward Shieh, Director)
Honorable Mention – Mixed Blooms (Destri Martino, Director)

Best Director – Short Film
WINNER – Edward Shieh (Tu & Eu)
Honorable Mention – Corrie Chen (Wonder Boy)

Best Cinematographer – Short Film
WINNER – Christopher Guinness (Pothound)
Honorable Mention – Dae Hoon Kim (Fractured)

Best Editing – Short Film
WINNER – Vincent Tran (BBOY)
Honorable Mention – Christopher Guinness (Pothound)

Best Original Score – Short Film
WINNER – Shantanu Moitra (A Little Lost)
Honorable Mention – Mark Bijasa, Franco De Leon & Ren Tomio Lascelles (BBOY)

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