2024 FESTIVAL Finalists
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ANIMATION
A Trace
Julietta Zamora Lam, Mak Archer, Charles Mesa Cayobit, Marco Perez, Jeremy Baehr, Marissa Burckhardt, Kimi Kawai, Heather Lai, Ian Mahoney, Vy Nguyen * San José State
A Winter Hymnal
Julie De Leon, Jenna Cho, Bethany Larson, Kevin Asis, Jessica Fernandez, Bailin Huang * Cal State Long Beach
ACK!ne
Phoebe Chou * San José State
Amongst The Myrtle Trees
Yisel Tapia, Carson Stringer, Netanya Carmona, Katarina Ayson, Katie Zhang, Lucille Hatfield, Bianca Rader, Jordan Vail, Jocelyn Garcia, Hannah Gregoric, Alyssa Anderson, Mak Archer, Charisse Armstrong, Chloe Bennett, Hannah Brohlin, Sydney Calinsian, Hayley Cheng * San José State
And The Dragons Danced - BEST ANIMATION!
Mia Cesario, Lea Hahn, Aki Lin, Sammy Song, Greyson A. Rout-Vazquez, Sugi Sugihara, Bethany Larson, Nicholas Doucet, Kevin Asis, Janet Valenzuela, Howard Hardaway, Nicholas Kendig * Cal State Long Beach
Below Freezing
Nina Ly, Edgar Arellano, Vanessa Garcia-Millan, Isabella Braseny, Ashley Smith, Christine Araoka * Cal State Fullerton
DEAD-Line
Jai Medina, Kenia Salinas, Matthew Rosas, Thalia Garcia, Cassady Lamb, Angela Park, Isabel Nguyen * Cal State Long Beach
Endorphins
Chau Tran, Jack Perry, Toni Rincon, Kat Kim, Oscar Rojas, Lexie Orr, Isaias Matlala, Mary Catherine Wilbur, Tamao Inanabe * Cal State Long Beach
Experimental Therapy
Patrick Daugherty * Cal State Long Beach
FLY EATER
Natalie Zamudio
* Cal State Long Beach
IKARI
Tamao Inanabe, Chau Tran, Meghan Edwards, Kayla Clough, Elena Gant, Jack Perry * Cal State Long Beach
Leave Me Up On The Moon
Diego Meyyotl Puma, Andreas Garcia, Alecia Norton, Kito Fortune, Helen Lesmana, Sophia Perez, Bob Pepek, Savannah Messenger * Cal State Long Beach
Love of the Depths
Samantha Monterrosa, Helen Uribe * Cal State LA
Refill
Lexi Johannessen, Shou Millán, David Sepúlveda * San José State
The Covenant
Michael Miranda, Trinity Berry, Charlene Zamora, Jayson Guinhawa, Zan Lian, James Lu, Nicolette Okimura * Cal State Long Beach
The Elephant in the Room
Jolene Presinal, Sarah Donaldson, Valencia Grace, Drita Osmani, Jonathan Yip, Jessica Lew * Cal State Long Beach
The Night Bus
Maya Gonzalez, Fariha Abedin, Elena Gant, Julia Baetz, Joshua Covarrubias, Rhea Dimaandal, Cooper Bucholz, Gianna Morreale * Cal State Long Beach
The Point of No Return
Jordan Miller, Hector Almaraz * Cal State LA
The Yellow Wallpaper
Lillian Li, David Scott, Lilly Phan, Haley Holder * Cal State Long Beach
Tule
Rie Peredo, Jocelyn Garcia, Rachel Huang, Ealaisa Nelken * San José State
DOCUMENTARY/ CREATIVE NON-FICTION
A Place in this World
Hannah Levin, Bri Chappelear, Madison Constantine, Arlene Ramos * Cal State Long Beach
Carpe Diem
Franklin Mauricio Verdugo Jr, Alam Rodriguez, Fiona Valli, Carson Donner * Cal State Long Beach
Helpless Limbs
Abigail Celine Alonzo, Belleny Iraheta, Wilfredo Chavez, Cherise Jackson * Cal State Long Beach
Lost in the Woods
Gabriel Studer-Randall, Emrys Mayell * San Francisco State
Maek Friends
Naomi Lin, Hannah Notsch, Stephanie Otte, Ace Davis, Joel Guerrero * San Diego State
Meghan
Tom Stiel, Meghan Ibanez, Melvyn Aka * San Diego State
Our Refinery
Reid Sauter, Emily Murphy, Elvis De La Rosa, Ian Sandvik, Luke Criste, Yoontaek Hong, Jennifer Gonzalez * Cal State Long Beach
Safe Haven
Gabriel Amaru Zendejas, Benajamin Taft, Gerardo Tovar Martinez, Justin Pacheco * San Diego State
Tamo Junto (We're Together)
Andrea Esther Barragan, Nathan Dorman, Takoune Norasingh, Tobias Jensen * Cal State Long Beach
The Pier Poet - BEST DOCUMENTARY/ CREATIVE NON-FICTION!
Sarah Atallah, Germán Skinder, Lesly Mendez Moraga, Jason Nghi Truong * Cal State Long Beach
순정
(Sunchong: Pure Love)
Yoontaek Hong, Sungbin Moon, Philip Pleming, Zeinab Gregorio * Cal State Long Beach
NARRATIVE
Birdhouse
Hayden Stocker, Victor Hugo Amaya * San Francisco State
Casa
Lizi Escobar, Jonathan Tirado, Vinny Garcia, Madison Nelson, Eduardo Puebla, Edwin Ruano, Thomas Brau, Piankhi Iknaton, Niko Cisternas, Alexis Salem, Kyle Huerta, Carson Cullen, Jesse Haennelt * CSUN
Cutting the Edge
Chloe Larson, Gordon Buck, Christian Soldano, Amanda Nigro, Yasmin Hurtado, David Wish, Carolina Sabate, Connor Sweeney, Ethan Patrick, Luke Criste * Cal State Long Beach
Diaspora
Takoune Houmphan Norasingh, Ellie Creighton, Isaak Nsuangani, Carolina Sabate, Eduardo Casanova * Cal State Long Beach
Icolette
Sophia Wolfe, Christopher Powers, Ethan Brown, Evan Rashby, Roanne Woo * CSUN
Just Another Alien
Antonio Rojas, Joseph Mejia-Chamul, Tony Rattanasack, Yorick Moran, Henry Elias, Alysa Arias, Stephanie Jimenez, Cynthia Nunez, London Prince, Serafin Puerta, Dac Colon, Samantha Zan, Maritza Ramirez * CSUN
Laddie
Jackson Sherry, Tara Ragsdale-Cronin * CSU Monterey Bay
Levadura - BEST NARRATIVE!
Bianca Zamora, Irwin Ochoa, Melanie Campbell, Stefanie Pacheco, Hannah Grani, Calvin Cossio, Avery King, Nicholas Garcia, Jamie Fetters, Maria Martinez, Jakob Cohen * CSUN
Los Malcriados
Miguel Vega, Justin Stone, Alexander Harvey, Matthew Gantos, Jacob Flores, Ryan Zdravecky, Atria Pirouzmand, Ali Roustaei, Heather K. Nunn, Christopher Medina, Jason Bjorklund * San Diego State
The Katan Valley
Ben Friedman-Hibbs * San Francisco State
風流少女殺人事件 (A Brighter Summer Day For The Lady Avengers)
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung * San Francisco State
SHORT SCREENPLAY
Mothership
Luke A. Makinson * San José State
Naya and the Legend of the Stone Woman - BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY!
Jan-David Soutar * CSUN
Shrouded Sunsets
Sonia Andrade * Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
The Living Paint
Michael Richard Kelley * Cal State Long Beach
The Night You Left Us
Connor Justin Titus * Cal State Long Beach