2024 Arizona International Film Festival
Festival Grand Prize
ITU NINU (Where the corn fields are)
Itandehui Jansen, Mexico, 2023
Best of Category
Best Dramatic Feature
THE BALLAD OF A HUSTLER
Heitor Dhalia, USA, 2023
Best Foreign Feature
SUPPRESSED
Tomas Masin, Czech Republic, 2023
Best First Feature
FLASHLIGHT
Justen Patrick Lander, USA, 2024
Best Action Feature
THE MAN WITH THE SILVER CASE
Colin Best, USA, 2023
Best Horror Feature
WELCOME TO KITTYTOWN
Douglas Luciuk, Canada, 2024
Best Short Feature
ANA PAULA
Leigh Marling, Mexico/USA, 2023
Best Documentary
INTERPRETERS WANTED
Robert Ham, USA, 2023
Best Environmental Documentary
GIANTS RISING
Lisa Landers, USA, 2024
Best Short Documentary
HIVE
Ryan M. Rust, USA, 2024
Best Dramatic Short
WHAT YOU LEFT IN THE DITCH
Tucker Bliss, USA, 2024
Best Foreign Short
WANDERING MEMORIES
Yuta Noguchi, Japan, 2023
Best Indigenous Short
NIGIQTUQ (The South Wind)
Lindsay McIntyre, Canada, 2023
Best Comedy Short
CHAIRS
James Hughes, United Kingdom, 2023
Best Experimental Short
DEMI-GODDESSES
Martin Gerigk and Nicola Gocic, Germany, 2023
Best Animated Short
BUG DINER
Phoebe Jane Hart, USA, 2023
Best Short Short
THE LURE
Tony Hipwell, United Kingdom, 2024
Best of Arizona
10FT DOWN
Alan Williams, USA, 2024
Sam Polito Award for
Best of Arizona Short
ROOM 107
Steve Anderson and Leandro Imaz, USA, 2024
Best of IndieYouth
SAVONNETTE
Quentin Pladeau, France, 2023
Special Jury Awards
Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures
THE OTHER
Joy Sela, USA, 2024
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking
THE DIAMOND COUPLE
Sonja Bertucci, USA, 2024
Special Jury Award for Activist Filmmaking
RHINO MAN
John Jurko II, Matt Lindenberg and Daniel Roberts, USA, 2023
Special Jury Award for Best Performance to
FANNY ARDANT for MY MOTHERLAND
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Cinematography
WILL GOLDENBERG, OWEN BISSELL and FABIAN AQUIRRE for
GIANTS RISING
Jury Awards
for Creative Achievement
DAWN OF MELANCHOLY: A BIRTHDAY SOLILOQUY
(Canada, 2024)
Experimental Short
DRAGONFLY
(USA, 2023)
Animation
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
(USA, 2024)
Short Short
HARLEM FRAGMENTS
(USA, 2024)
Dramatic Short
INSIDE
(USA, 2024)
Experimental Short
SOME KIND OF HEAVENLY FIRE
(USA, 2024)
Dramatic Short
TENNIS, ORANGES
(USA, 2024)
Animation
IndieYouth Shorts Awards
Best of IndieYouth
SAVONNETTE
Quentin Pladeau, France, 2023
Best Animation
C'EST LA VIE
Tiffany Zhang, USA, 2024
Best Documentary
INSTANT GIMBAP
Eleanor Smith, United Kingdom, 2023
Best Narrative
PARADOX
Gabe Leite, USA, 2024
Best Experimental
HYMN OF THE SUNS
Ryan Nah, Hong Kong, 2024
Best Made in Arizona
THE TRANSACTION
Sebastian Crump, USA, 2023