Season 3 Winners
Celebrating the winning films, screenplays, filmmakers and creative talents recognized in Season 3 of the FilmShort Creative Award.
Best Cinematography
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key 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)
Director: MORENO FUENTES
Writer: MORENO FUENTES
Producer: MORENO FUENTES/ MFUENTEMEDIA SLU
Key Cast: MORENO FUENTES, ANGEL BLANCO, JAVIER DE LA TORRE, JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Best Editor
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producers: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Key Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best Film Made during the pandemic
The Smart Life
Director: Henry Graham Murray
Writer: Stephen Joseph Olson
Producer: Stephen Joseph Olson
Key Cast: Edward Hong, Steve Brock
Best Lead Actress
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producers: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Key Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best One Minute Short Film
Baby Cam
Director: Dave Heron
Writer: André Heron
Producer: Michael O’Hare
Key Cast: André Heron, Daniel Teu
Best Producer
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producers: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Key Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best Production Design
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Screenplay – Written Only
A Shared View
Writer: Stephen Joseph Olson
Best Script is written during the pandemic
The Religious Exemption
Writer: Michael James Austin
Best Short Film
Bat Diary
Director: Silvano Plank
Writers: Silvano Plank, Helga Köhl
Producer: Silvano Plank
Key Cast: Stefano Zerbinati, Roberto Segnan, Helga Köhl, Lin Chenying
Best Short Film – Animation
Rock N’ Justice (Extended Version)
Director: George Jacobs
Writer: George Jacobs
Key Cast: George Jacobs, Collin Clayton
Best Short Film – Comedy
Another Que’ Rashad Moment
Director: Levi A Otis
Writer: Levi A Otis
Producer: Levi A Otis
Key Cast: Que’ Rashad, Chaz KXNG D.O.P.E. Haymond, Simone Posey
Best Short Film – Documentary
No Water Land
Director: Saumitra Singh
Writer: Abhi Raj Sharma
Producer: Shaz Memon
Key Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Divya Dutta
Best Short Film – Drama
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producers: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Key Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best Short Film – Experiment
Skipping
Directors: Vincent Pongracz, Peter Felix Rom
Writers: Vincent Pongracz, Peter Felix Rom
Producer: Vincent Pongracz
Key Cast: Andreas Lettner, Manuel Mayr, Peter Felix Rom, Anna Defant, Bernhard Hadriga
Best Short Film – LGBTQ FIlm
AMANDA (SheHeItAlien)
Director: MORENO FUENTES
Writer: MORENO FUENTES
Producer: MORENO FUENTES/ MFUENTEMEDIA SLU
Key Cast: MORENO FUENTES, ANGEL BLANCO, JAVIER DE LA TORRE, JOSÉ MANUEL MARTÍNEZ
Best Short Film- Thriller
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Sound Design
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Student Short Film
MEDEA (SUB ENG)
Director: Giuseppe Arcieri
Writers: Giuseppe Dibenedetto, Giuseppe Arcieri, Maria Grazia Memeo
Producers: Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia, Jr Studio CINEMA
Key Cast: Vincenza Dinoia, Michele Piccolo, Serena Rizzi, Nicola Nasca, Marco Antonio Nasca, Francesco Barile
Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Male/Female Both)
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Web Series
Case Management
Directors: Levi A Otis, Shadow Dragu-Mihai
Writer: Levi A Otis
Producer: George “G Dot” Hill
Key Cast: Brynn Mosley, Sofea Watkins, Ari Carter, Hailey Winslow
Best Women Director
If My Candle Burns Blue
Director: Lolly McLellan
Writers: Lolly McLellan, Mya Stengel
Producers: Mya Stengel, Jacquelyn Chin, Lolly McLellan
Key Cast: Sierra Bonn, Becca Blacksten, Max von Kolnitz
Best Women Film
Candy
Director: Melanie Kardos
Writer: Jacquelyn Chin
Producers: Jacquelyn Chin, Mya Stengel, Ryan Smith
Key Cast: Noa Yehudayan, Jack J. Hopkins, AnnaJo Lubasi, Owen Brooks Larson
Best Young Actor/Actress (Male/Female Both)
the wanderer of the montagnette……..
Director: Jacques MICKE
Producer: Association Groupement Cinéma Provençal
Best Young Director (<17 Years)
What It Takes
Director: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Writer: Jonathan Byrne Denechaud
Key Cast: Charles Denechaud, Drake Johnson, Eli Mayer, Sam Haine, Elijah Lemon
Best Zero Dialogue Film
Dreams of the Past
Director: Dmitri Frolov
Writer: Dmitri Frolov
Producer: Dmitri Frolov
Key Cast: Dmitri Frolov, Sergey Oskolkov, Ludmila Konyaeva, Olga Kirillova, Dmitri Ivashentsov, Olga Vorsina