Victor Gabriel’s “Hallelujah,” Seemab Gul’s “Mulaqat/Sandstorm” and Joseph Pierce’s “Scale” have won the top awards at the 2022 HollyShorts Film Festival, which presented its prizes on Saturday afternoon in Hollywood — thus qualifying for this year’s Academy Awards.
“Hallelujah” won the Grand Prix for the festival’s best short, “Mulaqat/Sandstorm”The award for best live-action short was won by the film. “Scale”Nominated for animation HollyShorts, an Oscar-qualifying festival in short-film categories is automatically entered into the Oscar race.
The award was presented to “Hallelujah” was presented via video by this year’s Oscar winners for Best Live Action Short, “The Long Goodbye”Aniel Kara and Riz Ahmed are the filmmakers. Oscar Winners 2018 Live-action Short “Skin,”Guy Nattiv and Jamie Ray Newman presented the awards. “Mulaqat/Sandstorm” and best-director winner Carlos Segundo (“Sideral”), respectively.
Other winners included Ben Proudfoot, who won this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary Short for “The Queen of Basketball,”And who won the HollyShorts Prize for his new Doc, “Mink!”
The 2022 HollyShorts Film festival took place in Hollywood from August 11-20. It was also available virtually via Bitfix.
Here is the complete list:
OSCAR-qualifying Grand Prix Best Short: “Hallelujah,” Victor Gabriel
OSCAR-qualifying Best Live Action: “Mulaqat/Sandstorm,” Seemab Gul
OSCAR-qualifying Best animation: “Scale,” Joseph Pierce
The Best Director “Sideral,” Carlos Segundo
The Best Action “Kickstart My Heart,” Kelsey Bollig
Best Comedy: “All I Ever Wanted,” Erin Lau
Best Costume Design “Sauerdogs,” Carmen Granell
The Best Drama “Like the Ones I Used to Know,” Annie St-Pierre
Best Documentary: “Mink!,” Ben Proudfoot
Best Editing: “The Machine,” Rowan McKay
BeCine presents the Best Female Screenplay “Last Ship East,”Eris Qian
Best Horror: “Moshari,” Nuhash Humayun
Best International “The Voice Actress,” Anna J. Takayama
Viacom International Studios presents the Latinx Award: “Huella,” Gabriela Ortega
The Best LGBTQIA+ “North Star,” P.J. Palmer starring Colman Domingo
Midnight Madness: “Homesick,” Will Seefried
The Best Music Video “Consensual,”Jeff Hilliard, Joey Danger
Best Producer “Hallelujah,” Duran Jones
SAG Indie Winner: “My Jerome,”Adjani Salmon
Hawk Films Screenplay Award “Mina Finds Her Edge!,” Robin Rose Singer
Best Sci-Fi: “Waltz of the Angels,” Braden Barton
Script Compass Screenplay Award: “In the Garden Of Tulips,” Ava Lalezarzadeh
Kodak Best Shot on Film: “North Pole,” Marija Apcevska
Kodak Film Super 8MM Shot: “Deerwoods Deathtrap,” James P. Gannon
Kodak Film Honorable Mention “Not the 80s,”Marleen Valien
Social Impact Award: “Stranger at the Gate,” Joshua Seftel
The Best Student Film “The Visit,” Ebele Tate
The Best Thiller: “Wild Bitch,”Rebekka and Kate Johnson
The best TV: “A Question of Service,” Erin Brown Thomas
Best TV Screenplay: “Forsyth County,” James Sasser
Best VFX: “Black Dragon” (“Rồng đen”)
Best Web Series: “Kura,” Vince McMillan
Women in Film Award: “Apart, Together,” Olivia Hang Zhou
ZEISS Presents Hollyshorts Film Festival Achievements in Filmmaking and Cinematography: “Censor of Dreams,” Khalib Mohtaseb
ZEISS Presents: HollyShorts Film Fest Achievement in Filmmaking & Cinematographyy: Nancy Schreiber
