{"id":1176808,"date":"2024-11-01T17:08:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/?p=1176808"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:08:40","slug":"scad-savannah-film-festival-2024-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/scad-savannah-film-festival-2024-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2024 Winners Include Champions Of The Golden Valley and Los Frikis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced all of the juried award winners for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2024, and they include the documentary Champions of the Golden Valley<\/em> and the feature film Los Frikis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 27th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival<\/a> takes place this year from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2 in Savannah, Georgia. In total, the festival screened 162 films, including 123 narrative feature films, 31 documentary feature films, 69 short films, and 10 world premieres and six U.S. premieres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From more than 2,335 submissions, 19 awards were given out from the 105 films chosen to compete in competition categories including Narrative Features, Documentary Features, Professional Shorts, Animated Shorts, Documentary Shorts, Student Shorts, Shorts Spotlight, Global Shorts Forum and the SAVFF LGBTQIA+ Short Film Competition presented by Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Frikis<\/em>, directed by Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson, won best narrative feature, while Champions Of The Golden Valley<\/em> directed by Ben Sturgulewski won best documentary feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full list of winners below, courtesy of SCAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read:<\/strong> <\/a>Kieran Culkin Never Cared What People Thought of His Work. A Real Pain<\/em> Changed That<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2024 Winners List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professional Competition<\/strong>
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Best Animated Short \u2013\u00a0The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess<\/em>, directed by Anna-Ester Volozh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention:\u00a0Monsoon Blue<\/em>, directed by Jay Hiukit Wong, and Ellis Kayin Chan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Documentary Feature \u2013\u00a0Champions Of The Golden Valley<\/em>, directed by Ben Sturgulewski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Narrative Short \u2013\u00a0The Masterpiece<\/em>, directed by \u00c0lex Lora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Narrative Feature \u2013\u00a0Los Frikis<\/em>, directed by Michael Schwartz & Tyler Nilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Director \u2013\u00a0The Ride Ahead<\/em>, directed by Samuel Habib & Dan Habib<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography \u2013\u00a0\u00a0After Annecy<\/em>, directed by Rebecca Holstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Jury Recognition: Spotlight Performance: Amrit Kaur,\u00a0The Queen Of My Dreams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAVFF LGBTQIA+ Short Film Competition Presented by Amazon MGM Studios\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing the need for more inclusive storytelling in the filmmaking industry, the 2024 SCAD Savannah Film Festival (SAVFF) and Amazon MGM Studios have created a dedicated SAVFF LGBTQIA+ Short Film Competition. Amazon MGM Studios will donate $10,000 for the jury-awarded Best Overall Film and $5,000 for an Audience Award.

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Best LGBTQIA+ Short:\u00a0RIPE!<\/em>,directed by Tusk (Olivia Mitchell and Kerry Furrh)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience Award Winner:\u00a0Re-Entry,\u00a0<\/em>directed by Ariel Mahler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Narrative Student Short \u2013\u00a0El Alma de la Sed<\/em>, directed by Colleen Ryan, Savannah College of Art and Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention:\u00a0Desync<\/em>, directed by Minerva Marie Navasca, Sheridan College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Student Animated Short \u2013\u00a0High Diver<\/em>, directed by Oscar Bittner, Filmakademie Baden W\u00fcrttemberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Jury Honorable Mention:\u00a0The Nectar Instead\u00a0<\/em>for Excellence in Craftsmanship, directed by Yoo Lee, University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Student Documentary Short \u2013\u00a0Failure to Fail<\/em>, directed by Haley Breese, Savannah College of Art and Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inaugural Katie Spikes Legacy Award Scholarship\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This inaugural winner will receive a $7,000 cash prize.
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Award Winner \u2013\u00a0Failure to Fail<\/em>, directed by Haley Breese, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Global Shorts Forum<\/strong>
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Best Latin Lens:\u00a0\u00a1salsa!<\/em>, directed by Antonina Kerguelen Roman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Visions de France:\u00a0Yuck!<\/em>, directed by Lo\u00efc Espuche<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention for Social Impact:\u00a0Monochrome<\/em>, directed by Cedric Prevost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Global Short:\u00a0Little Queen<\/em>, directed by Julien Guetta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shorts Spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Comic Distortions:\u00a0Idiomatic<\/em>, directed by Phil Dunster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best After Dark Horror Short:\u00a0Wake<\/em>, directed by Sean Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Femme Forward:\u00a0Vlog<\/em>, directed by Yvonne Strahovski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Shorts Spotlight:\u00a0A Family Portrait, Queens<\/em>, directed by Billy Silva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Professional Documentary Short:\u00a0Good Enough Ancestor<\/em>, Directed by Cynthia Wade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention:\u00a0I’m Still Here: A Life on Dynamite Hill<\/em>, directed by Stephen Stinson and Sam Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury Award Honorable Mention:\u00a0Les B\u00eates<\/em>\u00a0for Craftsmanship in Animation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main Image: A still from Champions of the Golden Valley, SCAD<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced all of the juried award winners for the SCAD Savannah Film […]","protected":false},"author":1734,"featured_media":1176809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"disable_comments":false,"tpd_featured_posts_arr":"","hide_featured_img_single_post":false,"msn_featured_video":[],"_msn_custom_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[36564],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1176808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-scad"],"primary_category":{"term_id":11,"name":"Movie News","slug":"news","taxonomy":"category","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/category\/news\/"},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/champions.jpg","fimg_url_thumb":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/champions.jpg","featured_img_medium":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/champions.jpg","author_name":"Margeaux Sippell","author_avatar":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=100,height=100,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image_6487327.jpg","author_link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/author\/margeaux-sippell\/","post_categories":["Movie News"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2024 Winners Include Champions Of The Golden Valley and Los Frikis","url":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/scad-savannah-film-festival-2024-winners\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/scad-savannah-film-festival-2024-winners\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/champions.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=576,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/champions.jpg"},"articleSection":"Movie News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Margeaux Sippell"}],"creator":["Margeaux Sippell"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MovieMaker Magazine","logo":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mm_site_logo-2.svg"},"keywords":["scad"],"dateCreated":"2024-11-02T00:08:37Z","datePublished":"2024-11-02T00:08:37Z","dateModified":"2024-11-02T00:08:40Z"},"rendered":"