Season 2
Official Selection — Discover the films and creative talents selected across Season 2 of the FilmShort Creative Award.
Best Cinematography
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Best Editor
Bad Child
Director: Nicole Emilíana Mendez
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Best Lead Actress
The Restoration
Director: Justin Bratton
Writer: Justin Bratton
Producer: Justin Bratton
Cast: Yumika Hoskin, Justin Bratton, Juria Hartmans, Alan Wong
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Best Producer
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Best Screenplay – Written Only
Mr. Bear Hugz
Writer: Armand Arekian
What the Prophets Last Say to Earth
Writer: Justin Schumann
Producer: Elena Schumann
The Christians – Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile (120)
Writer: tony GIOUTSOS
My Town
Writer: Lynn Elliott
Wiindigoo the Cannibal
Writer: Story by Winona LaDuke, Screenplay by Michael O’Rourke
Best Sound Design
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Best Women Director
Incubus
Director: Heba Salah
Writer: Heba Salah
Producer: Heba Salah
Butterfly Boxing
Director: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Writer: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Cast: Hill Harper, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Don Lacy, Kimberly Marie Olivier
I C U Through Lightning
Director: Deidre C Locklear
Producer: Deidre C Locklear
Bad Child
Director: Nicole Emilíana Mendez
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Music Video
A Feast That Never Comes
Director: Maria Juranic
Writer: Sven Britt
Producer: Rachel Morgan, Sven Britt, Maria Juranic
Cast: John Raffles Durbin, Kayla Farrish, Nico Li, Paul Vickers
I C U Through Lightning
Director: Deidre C Locklear
Producer: Deidre C Locklear
Short Film
Kumaresan collector
Director: NIVAS ADITHAN
Writer: NIVAS ADITHAN, Vishnu devi (a) Yoginee Arul
Producer: Vishnu devi (a) Yoginee Arul, Nivas Adithan
Cast: Arya
Butterfly Boxing
Director: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Writer: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Cast: Hill Harper, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Don Lacy, Kimberly Marie Olivier
Short Film – Animation
dystopia
Director: bellopropello
Writer: bellopropello
Producer: bellopropello
Pitching Movies
Writer: Jonathan Katz, H Jon Benjamin
Producer: Jonathan Katz, Mike Salva
Cast: Jonathan Katz, H Jon Benjamin
Short Film – Comedy
Hector heat stroke
Director: MICKE
Producer: Groupement Cinéma Provençal
Cast: MICKE
Nico Live
Director: Levi A Otis
Writer: Levi A Otis
Producer: Levi A Otis
Cast: Darron Jay Morgan
Short Film – Dark Comedy
Branching Out With The Invisible Man
Director: Jim & Nick Zounis
Writer: Jim & Nick Zounis
Producer: Jim & Nick Zounis
Cast: Nick Zounis, Michael Zounis
Short Film – Documentary
Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ
Director: Eirini Alligiannis
Writer: Eirini Alligiannis
Producer: Eirini Alligiannis
Cast: Eirini Alligiannis
Man and an old mill
Director: Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Writer: Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Producer: Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
Cast: Eino Salonranta
Bad Child
Director: Nicole Emilíana Mendez
Short Film – Drama
The Chief of Nash Valley & The Saga Continues
Director: Aundra’ Michael Segrest
Writer: Aundra’ Michael Segrest
Producer: Aundra’ Michael Segrest
Cast: Carolyn Kent, Benjamin Green, Lonnie Coleman, Tara Hickey, Dominique Savage, Grant III Parham, Fatima L. Gray, Sanddeep Pedneker
De Nada
Director: Sheridan Philipp
Writer: Sandy Parker
Producer: Sheridan Philipp
Cast: Anna Watt, Rachel Gomez, Michael Hinson, Khris Irving, Scott Innes
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Short Film – Experiment
Through Mabel’s Eyes
Director: Marta Renzi
Writer: Marta Renzi
Producer: Norman Bird Sanctuary
Cast: Dominique Alfandre, Aislinn MacMaster, Alberto Denis, Andy Chapman
The Creator (post – off)
Director: Andrzej Dudziński
Writer: Andrzej Dudziński
Short Film – LGBTQ Film
Ataraxia
Director: Haley Seppa
Writer: Haley Seppa
Producer: Haley Seppa
Cast: Stephanie DeMott, Emily Hu, Evander Johnson, Michael Alan Thomas, Sepideh Khosrowjah
Short Film – Noir
For the Greater Good
Director: Michael Gavino
Writer: Michael Gavino
Producer: Michael Gavino, Rosa Costanza Tyabji, Erik Forssell, Ricardo Acuña
Cast: Dwight Hicks, Shishonia Livingston, Peter Carrillo, Sarah Pettycrew
Short Film – Romantic
ROMANCE
Director: Piero Cannata
Writer: Piero Cannata
Producer: Piero Cannata
Cast: Maria Luce Bondì, Daniele Marotta
Short Film – Thriller
The Visitor
Director: Robert Kouba
Writer: Robert Kouba
Producer: Robert Kouba
Cast: Robert Kouba
The Restoration
Director: Justin Bratton
Writer: Justin Bratton
Producer: Justin Bratton
Cast: Yumika Hoskin, Justin Bratton, Juria Hartmans, Alan Wong
Web Series
Tank Talk (ep 1-5)
Director: Mike Salva
Writer: Mike Salva, Sean Parrott
Producer: Mike Salva, Sean Parrott
Cast: Holly Amber, Mark Anundson, Michael Hampton, Sean Parrott, Rik Roberts, Allison Summers, Aaron Weber
KXNG D.O.P.E.
Director: Levi A Otis, Shadow Dragu-Mihai
Writer: Levi A Otis, Chaz KXNG D.O.P.E. Haymond
Producer: Lev A Otis
Cast: Chaz KXNG D.O.P.E. Haymond, Slink Johnson, Jeri Wingo
Zero Dialogue Film
A Morsel Of Love
Director: Helia Behrooz, Sana Norouzbaki
Writer: Sana Norouzbaki, Helia Behrooz
Producer: Helia Behrooz, Sana Norouzbaki
Cast: Mohammad Shisheforous, Azam Bayat