🎬 2024 Winners & Semi-Finalists | Manhattanhenge Film Festival 🎬
JURY AWARDS
🏆 Most Promising Film
Winner: The Father Who Stayed
Directed by Jeremy David Schonfeld
🏆 Best of the Festival
Winner: Company of Shadows
Directed by Dirk van Sloten
🏆Best Inspiring Story
Love of the Land
Directed by Travis Van Alstyne
🏆Jury Special:
No Signal
Directed by Mohammed Zakria Alshareef
FEATURE FILMS
🥇 1st Place: An Open Door - Temple Grandin
Directed by John Alexander Barnhardt
🥈 2nd Place: Breakthrough
Directed by Patryk Wezowski, Kasia Wezowski
🥉 3rd Place: Reclaiming Our Humanity
Directed by Robert Mossi Alexander
Semi-Finalists:
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The Father Who Stayed – Jeremy David Schonfeld
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Set Me Free – James Carman
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Thirst Trap – Chantal Massuh-Fox
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The Uncivil War - America Divided – Andrew Huff, Chris McKechnie
FOREIGN FILMS
🥇 1st Place: Culture vs War. Liberov
Directed by Kadim Tarasov
🥈 2nd Place: 115
Directed by Dave Huynh Macon
Semi-Finalist:
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Assassination Orders from Belgrade – Dragan Cotic
SHORT FILMS
🥇 1st Place: Everyone Writes Memoir
Directed by Mark Solter, Alexander Campbell
🥈 2nd Place: Lost in the Waves
Directed by Joss Berlioux, Franck Marchand
🥉 3rd Place: Dreams of Glory
Directed by Ian Hui
Semi-Finalists:
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The Recruit – Michael Barbee
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Guiding Light – India Anne Mitchell
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Coffee Connection – Jodi Ferguson
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Stranded: A Dirty Coin Short – Alana Mediavilla
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The Imagination of a Child – Cesare Catania
STUDENT FILMS
🏆 Winner: Silent Cycle
Directed by Smahi Anand
Semi-Finalists:
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Terra Draconis – Braeden Clete Meyer
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Say No More – Courtney Havrilla
MUSIC VIDEOS
🏆 Winner: Getting Along
Directed by Scott Dobson, Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Semi-Finalists:
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Bitela (Little Bee) – Daniel Goldblum
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To The Moon – Richard E
WEB SERIES
🏆 Winner: Carved in Stone
Directed by Porter Justus
Semi-Finalists:
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Touch the Sky – Stephen Limkin
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TradeCraft: On The Run – Jeremiah Kipp
EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
🏆 Winner: Sea of Serenity
Directed by YI Qu
Semi-Finalists:
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CR7 – Anesh Chandran Azad
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My Digital Truth – Swen Werner
BEST DIRECTOR
🏆 Winner: The Asifa Bano Story
Directed by Mina Isabella Jafri Malik
Semi-Finalist:
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The Skids Revolution – Laura Graham, Colin J Graham
THRILLER FILMS
🏆 Winner: Between Shadows
Directed by Humberto Dias Fernandes Pacheco
Semi-Finalist:
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The Seal of Death 2 – Harris Josey
SCI-FI FILMS
🏆 Winner: Hole Punched Ear
Directed by Alan Yammin, Ben Tull
Semi-Finalists:
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Event Virus – Andrea Fantauzzi
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Markus Bixby – Cory Baxter
DRAMA FILM
🏆 Winner: Wishful Thinking
Directed by Margaret Messer
BEST EDITING
🏆 Winner: The Skids Revolution
Directed by Laura Graham, Colin J Graham
Semi-Finalist:
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I 2 Aye – Richard Philpott
ANIMATION
🏆 Winner: Supertramp
Directed by Fabrizio Gammardella
Semi-Finalists:
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Wishful Thinking – Margaret Messer
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Hanina/Homesick – Yasmin Moll
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🎉 Congratulations to all the Winners and Semi-Finalists! 🎉
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