Salute Your Shorts Film Festival has announced its sixth edition's award winners including the Best of Fest award. The Category Awards sponsored by Giggster, Final Draft, iPitchTV, Shotdeck include Experimental, Documentary, Animation, Genre, Comedy, Drama, Super Short, Cinematography Awards, sponsored by Eastside Camera, and Best of Fest. Additional awards are Programmers' Choice Award, Audience Award and new to this year's festival Local Awards sponsored by Eastside Camera, Giggster, Final Draft, iPitchTV, Shotdeck, Taisho, Sandra Lord, Innovative Dining Group, Stray Angel, and SirReel.
BEST OF FEST
Starfuckers (Directed by Antonio Marziale, Produced by Eli Raskin)
BEST OF FEST HONORABLE MENTIONS
Rat Tail (Directed & Produced by Chad Sogas)
Long Line of Ladies (Directed by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi, Produced by Garrett Schiff, Pimm Allen)
PROGRAMMERS CHOICE AWARD
Rat Tail (Directed & Produced by Chad Sogas)
PROGRAMMERS CHOICE HONORABLE MENTION
Bleue (Directed by Ornella Pacchioni, Produced by Myrina Mané)
AUDIENCE AWARD
My Duduś (Directed by Tom Krawczyk, Produced by Nick J. Santore)
AUDIENCE HONORABLE MENTION
Dress A Cow (Directed by Dawn Luebbe, Produced by Natalie Metzger)
Local Award Prize Package
Sponsored by Eastside Camera, Giggster, Final Draft, iPitchTV, Shotdeck, Taisho, Sandra Lord, Innovative Dining Group, Stray Angel, and SirReel
LOCAL AWARD
Starfuckers (Directed by Antonio Marziale, Produced by Eli Raskin)
LOCAL AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
Americanized (Directed by Erica Eng, Produced by Simran Mahal)
Rachels Don't Run (Directed by Joanny Causse, Produced by No Signal Films)
Category Award Winners
Sponsored by Giggster, Final Draft, iPitchTV, Shotdeck
BEST SUPER SHORT FILM
Five Cents (Directed & Produced by Aaron Hughes)
HONORABLE MENTION, SUPER SHORT
Ipseity (Directed by Nicholas Stachurski, Produced by Eightfold)
BEST DRAMA
Work (Directed by April Maxey & Produced by Skylar Andrews)
HONORABLE MENTION, DRAMA
Written By (Directed by Callie Marie Bloem, Christopher J. Ewing, Produced by Sean Patrick Kelly)
BEST COMEDY
The One Who Never Watched Friends (Directed by Charlotte Gabris, Produced by Sarah Lelouch)
HONORABLE MENTION, COMEDY
Aspirational Slut (Directed by Caroline Lindy, Produced by Caroline Lindy)
BEST GENRE FILM
Written By (Directed by Callie Marie Bloem, Christopher J. Ewing, Produced by Sean Patrick Kelly)
HONORABLE MENTION, GENRE
Rachels Don't Run (Directed by Joanny Causse, Produced by No Signal Films)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Originals (Directed & Produced by Cristina Maria Costantini, Alfie Kim Koetter)
HONORABLE MENTION, ANIMATION
Migrants (Directed by Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise, Produced by Carlos De Carvalho (Pôle 3D))
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Love, Dad (Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Produced by Karolína Davidová, Tomáš Šimon, Jakub Viktorín)
HONORABLE MENTION, Experimental
Starfuckers (Directed by Antonio Marziale, Produced by Eli Raskin)
Documentary Award
Sponsored by Breakwater Studios
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Love, Dad (Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Produced by Karolína Davidová, Tomáš Šimon, Jakub Viktorín)
HONORABLE MENTION, DOCUMENTARY
Long Line of Ladies (Directed by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi, Produced by Garrett Schiff, Pimm Allen)
Cinematography Awards
Sponsored by Eastside Camera
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, Drama
Americanized (Directed by Erica Eng, Produced by Simran Mahal)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, Comedy
Written By (Directed by Callie Marie Bloem, Christopher J. Ewing, Produced by Sean Patrick Kelly)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, Genre
Mary Meet Grace (Directed by Faryl AmadeusProduced by Nell Teare, Elizabeth Mihelich, , Amadeus/Amadeus)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, Documentary
Long Line of Ladies (Directed by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi, Produced by Garrett Schiff, Pimm Allen)
See you again soon in 2023!