Season 3
Official Selection — Discover the films and creative talents selected across Season 3 of the FilmShort Creative Award.
Best Cinematography
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Concept (Screenplay or only logline)
IN THE LOCKED UPPER ROOM
Writer: JAMES B. SAUNDERS
Best Debut Director
AMANDA (SheHeItAlien) www.vimeo.com/ondemand/amanda FREECODE:WATCH33O21
Director: MORENO FUENTES
Writer: MORENO FUENTES
Producer: MORENO FUENTES/ MFUENTEMEDIA SLU
Cast: MORENO FUENTES, ANGEL BLANCO, JAVIER DE LA TORRE, JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Best Editor
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best Lead Actress
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Producer
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Production Design
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Screenplay – Written Only
A Shared View
Writer: Stephen Joseph Olson
ACTOR MASTER SHOWMAN
Writer: Francis Longworth Billingsley
IN THE LOCKED UPPER ROOM
Writer: JAMES B. SAUNDERS
Best Short Women Film
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Sound Design
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Male/Female Both)
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Women Director
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Young Actor/Actress (Male/Female Both)
the wanderer of the montagnette……..
Director: Jacques MICKE
Producer: Association Groupement Cinéma Provençal
What It Takes
Director: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Writer: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Cast: Charles Denechaud, Drake Johnson, Eli Mayer, Sam Haine, Elijah Lemon
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Young Director (<17 Years)
What It Takes
Director: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Writer: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Cast: Charles Denechaud, Drake Johnson, Eli Mayer, Sam Haine, Elijah Lemon
Film Made During the Pandemic
The Smart Life
Director: Henry Graham Murray
Writer: Stephen Joseph Olson
Producer: Stephen Joseph Olson
Cast: Edward Hong, Steve Brock
One Minute Short Film
Baby Cam
Director: Dave Heron
Writer: André Heron
Producer: Michael O’Hare
Cast: André Heron, Daniel Teu
Dream Job
Director: Kofi Afriyie Ntiforo
Writer: Kofi Afriyie Ntiforo
Producer: Sheila Abra, Sarah Kukua Ammah-Tagoe
Cast: Kiliana Akyaamah Adjei, Prempeh Yeboah-Afari
Consequences (Short)
Director: Jonathan Denechaud
Writer: Jonathan Denechaud
Cast: Charlie Schmidt, Sage Barreto, Ayla Patel, Helena Heath
Script is Written During the Pandemic
The Religious Exemption
Writer: Michael James Austin
Short Film
Bat Diary
Director: Silvano Plank
Writer: Silvano Plank, Helga Köhl
Producer: Silvano Plank
Cast: Stefano Zerbinati, Roberto Segnan, Helga Köhl, Lin Chenying
Short Film – Animation
Rock N’ Justice (Extended Version)
Director: George Jacobs
Writer: George Jacobs
Cast: George Jacobs, Collin Clayton
Journey through the Northern Wind
Director: Edmund Paul
Writer: Edmund Paul
Producer: Jazly havor
Cast: Alannah
Short Film – Comedy
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Director: Brian Whisenant
Writer: Joe Starzyk
Producer: Oxford Film Festival
Cast: Susan McPhail, Johnny McPhail
Another Que’ Rashad Moment
Director: Levi A Otis
Writer: Levi A Otis
Producer: Levi A Otis
Cast: Que’ Rashad, Chaz KXNG D.O.P.E. Haymond, Simone Posey
Short Film – Documentary
No Water Land
Director: Saumitra Singh
Writer: Abhi Raj Sharma
Producer: Shaz Memon
Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Divya Dutta
Trapped In The Hood Documentary Series Episode 1
Director: ROBERT BOYD, lucinda Boyd
Writer: ROBERT BOYD, lucinda Boyd
Producer: ROBERT BOYD, lucinda Boyd
Short Film – Drama
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Short Film – Experiment
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Director: Joanna&rubens
Skipping
Director: Vincent Pongracz, Peter Felix Rom
Writer: Vincent Pongracz, Peter Felix Rom
Producer: Vincent Pongracz
Cast: Andreas Lettner, Manuel Mayr, Peter Felix Rom, Anna Defant, Bernhard Hadriga
Sunday at the Chelsea
Director: Cathie Boruch
Writer: Cathie Boruch
Producer: Cathie Boruch
Cast: Robert Sheehan, Maryann Swieck, Laura Oleck, Diane Tucci, Jesse Malin, Jackie Margolis, Patty Swick
AMANDA (SheHeItAlien) www.vimeo.com/ondemand/amanda FREECODE:WATCH33O21
Director: MORENO FUENTES
Writer: MORENO FUENTES
Producer: MORENO FUENTES/ MFUENTEMEDIA SLU
Cast: MORENO FUENTES, ANGEL BLANCO, JAVIER DE LA TORRE, JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Short Film – LGBTQ Film
AMANDA (SheHeItAlien) www.vimeo.com/ondemand/amanda FREECODE:WATCH33O21
Director: MORENO FUENTES
Writer: MORENO FUENTES
Producer: MORENO FUENTES/ MFUENTEMEDIA SLU
Cast: MORENO FUENTES, ANGEL BLANCO, JAVIER DE LA TORRE, JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Short Film – Thriller
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Student Short Film
MEDEA (SUB ENG)
Director: Giuseppe Arcieri
Writer: Giuseppe Dibenedetto, Giuseppe Arcieri, Maria Grazia Memeo
Producer: Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia, Jr Studio CINEMA
Cast: Vincenza Dinoia, Michele Piccolo, Serena Rizzi, Nicola Nasca, Marco Antonio Nasca, Francesco Barile
What It Takes
Director: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Writer: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Cast: Charles Denechaud, Drake Johnson, Eli Mayer, Sam Haine, Elijah Lemon
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producer: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writer: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producer: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Web Series
Case Management
Director: Levi A Otis, Shadow Dragu-Mihai
Writer: Levi A Otis
Producer: George “G Dot” Hill
Cast: Brynn Mosley, Sofea Watkins, Ari Carter, Hailey Winslow
Missy Jubilee is Trash
Director: Missy Jubilee
Writer: Missy Jubilee
Producer: Missy Jubilee
Cast: Missy Jubilee
Zero Dialogue Film
Slow Movie
Director: Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Writer: Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Producer: Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Dreams of the Past
Director: Dmitri Frolov
Writer: Dmitri Frolov
Producer: Dmitri Frolov
Cast: Dmitri Frolov, Sergey Oskolkov, Ludmila Konyaeva, Olga Kirillova, Dmitri Ivashentsov, Olga Vorsina
Wooden Horse
Director: Ali Jaf
Writer: Ali Jaf
Cast: shima nourbakhsh, Ali Entezari, Nazli Aminsalehi, Aida Rezaei, Maryam Khezrzade, Arian Khosravi, Veqor