Awards Season Short Films

For Your Consideration

Best Documentary Short:
Freeman Vines

82-year-old artist Freeman Vines hand-carves exquisite guitars in search of an elusive sound, some from the wood of a tree linked to the lynching of a young Black man in a small eastern North Carolina town.

Release Date: November 10th

Credits:

A production from The Group Entertainment in association with M+ and Music Maker Foundation and T42 Entertainment 

Directed by Tim Kirkman and André Robert Lee
Produced by Gill Holland
Executive Producers: Tim Duffy, David A Jones, Jr
Cinematographer: Ethan Payne
Editor: Ethan Payne
Music and Sound Design: Gresham Cash
Sound Mastered by: Joel Hatstat
Gaffer: Lee Garmon
Assistant Editor: Eli Eisenstein

Official Selection: 

Tribeca Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival
Montclair Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival
Galway Film Fleadh
RiverRun International Film Festival
Mountainfilm 
Filmfort
Twelve Lions Film Festival
Flyover Film Festival
Footcandle Film Festival
ShockFest Film Festival
Tallahassee Film Festival
Indie Street Film Festival
Lake County Film Festival

For Your Consideration

Best Live-Action Short:
Poreless

A fabulous, queer, Muslim beauty entrepreneur competes in a Shark Tank-like contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.

Release Date: November 10th

Credits:

A Finding SafeTea Production

Directed by: Harris Doran
Written by: Harris Doran, Fawzia Mirza
Starring: Akbar Hamid, Allyce Beasley, Parvesh Cheena, Gia Crovatin, Diane Guerrero, Lucy Owen, Sophie von Haselberg, Sureni Weerasekera with Jillian Gottlieb, Joel Perez, Joey Zauzig
Produced by: Akbar Hamid, Harris Doran, Fawzia Mirza, Rabia Sultana
DP: Bill Kirstein
Editor: Harris Doran
Production Design: Rashi Jain
Makeup Dept Head: Andrew Sotomayor
Hair Dept Head: Walton Nunez
Score by: Arthur Lafrentz Bacon
Costume Design: Allison Calhoun
Executive Producers: Arthur Madrid & Sebastien Borget, Dr. Will Rahal

Official Selection: 

Aspen ShortsFest 
InsideOut (Toronto 2SLGBTQ+) 
Tribeca Festival 
Frameline (San Francisco) 
Bentonville Film Festival 
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
HollyShorts 
Long Beach QFilm Festival 
ISAFF (International South Asian Film Festival Canada) 
Out on Film: Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival 
Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (London) 
Hollywood QUEER Short Film Festival 
Tasveer Film Festival & Market (Seattle) 
NewFest (NYC) 
Ridgway Independent Film Festival 
Newport Beach Film Festival 
Woodstock Film Festival 
Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF)
Twin Cities Film Festival 
Utah Queer Film Festival

For Your Consideration

Best Documentary Short:
Rat Rod

A haunted mechanic muses on his experiences as an immigrant in rural America as he resurrects cars.

Release Date: November 10th

Credits:

A production from The Plains and Paper Hat Films.

Directed by Jared Jakins, Carly Jakins
Produced by Carly Jakins, Jared Jakins, H.B. Phillips, Kelyn Ikegami
Associate Producers:  Nick Dixon, Nathan Christofferson, Andrew Scott James
Leesie Clegg: Gaffer
Noah Richmond: Assistant Camera
Nathan Christofferson: Chase Camera Operator
Vivienne Jakins: Production Assistant/Ghost Hands
Donovan Jakins: Production Assistant
Jonathan Jakins: Field Assistant
Blake Northrup: Field Assistant
Logan R. Anderson: Music Composition
Nathan Christofferson: Post Production Supervisor
Sound Design and Mix: Brenden Bytheway, Doug May
Colorist: Nate Seymour
Color Assistant: Yujin Yohe
Color Producer: Ben Trumm
Head of Production, Color: Greer Bratschie

Special Thanks
Ramirez Autobody, The Ramirez Family

Official Selection: 

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Palm Springs Shortfest
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
SummerShorts
Nashville International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
FilmQuest
Orem Film Festival
Film Four Corners
Virginia Film Festival

For Your Consideration

Best Documentary Short:
Saving Superman

When a local man with autism known as the town hero faces eviction, the community comes together when he needs saving.

Release Date: November 10th

Credits:

An Intersection Production

Directed by: Adam Oppenheim & Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian
Produced by: Adam Oppenheim, Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian, & Julie Spiller
Associate Producer: Jake Huber
Production Assistant: Cait Laird
Motion Graphics: Kayla Eiler Woodward
Director of Photography: Adam Oppenheim
Edited by: Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian
Composer: Mark Crawford
Colorist: Elliot Rudmann
Post Sound Design & Mix: Ken Petrosky
Title Design: Jessica Dunn

Official Selection: 

Indy Film Fest
Washington West Film Festival
San Jose International Film Festival
In the Palace International Short Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
RiverRun International Film Festival
Mountainfilm Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
River Bend Film Festival
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Bloomington Indiana Film Festival
Charlotte Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
NewFilmmakers LA
Dayton Independent Film Festival
Hobnobben Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Presented by Heartland Film
Heartland Film Festival
Catalina Film Festival
Edmonton International Film Festival
PBS Short Film Festival
deadCenter Film Festival
Port Townsend Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
DOC NYC
DOC LA
PÖFF Shorts, Black Nights Film Festival
Naples International Film Festival
Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Film Pittsburgh’s ReelAbilities Film Festival

Awards:

Jury Award for Best Documentary,
Bloomington Indiana Film Festival (2024)

Jury Award for Biggest Message,
Bloomington Indiana Film Festival (2024)

Jury Award for Best Hoosier Lens Documentary Short Film, Indy Film Festival (2024)

Grand Jury Award for Best Indiana Spotlight Film,
Indy Shorts International Film Festival,
Presented by Heartland Film (2024)

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary,
River Bend Film Festival (2024)

Grand Jury Award Honorable Mention for
Best Documentary Short,
Charlotte Film Festival (2024)

Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short Film,
DOC LA (2024)

Grand Jury Award Honorable Mention for The Chicago Award, Chicago International Film Festival (2024)

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