HollyShorts Film Festival has announced the complete list of award winners for 2022 festival, which took place from August 11-20 at TLC Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles (California, USA).
HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California. It brings together top creators, industry leaders, and companies and has launched many filmmakers into the next stages of their careers.
Three short films were the winners in the Oscar-qualifying categories for Grand Prix Best Short, Best Live Action and Best Animation and earned the HollyShorts Film Festival’s official academy nomination. Victor Gabriel‘s “Hallelujah” won the Grand Prix Best Short, Seemab Gul‘s “Sandstorm” (“Mulaqat”) won the Best Live Action and Joseph Pierce‘s “Scale” won the Best Animation.
HollyShorts Film Festival 2022 winners
- Grand Prix Best Short: “Hallelujah” by Victor Gabriel
- Best Live Action: “Sandstorm” (“Mulaqat”) 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, 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: “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: Rowan McKay” for “The Machine
- Best VFX: “Rồng đen” for Black Dragon
- Best Costume Design: Carmen Granell for “Sauerdogs”
- 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
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