2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Experimental/Arthouse
Pang (paNG) noun. 1: a brief piercing spasm of pain. 2: a sharp attack of mental anguish.
Director(s): Jamin Scotti
Writer(s): Emily Charouhas
Key Cast: Emily Charouhas
Country: USA
Intertitle
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental
Eliza and Cary have a mysterious communication problem.
Director(s): Nicholas Burns
Producer(s): Mary Frances Noser
Key Cast: Leslie Yacopetti, Jeremy Uranna
Country: USA
Wake
2024 Official Selection: Short Film – Horror
With a hurricane raging outside their hospital, two nurses have to stow the dead body of a young woman in the downstairs morgue before the building floods. But the corpse quickly reveals itself to be more than it seems.
Director(s): Sean Carter
Writer(s): Sean Carter
Producer(s): Lauren Fash
Key Cast: K Steele, Milly Sanders, Lavelle Roby, Catherine McCafferty
Country: USA
2023 Awards
Best In Fest
Best in Fest – Feature Film – Off Ramp
Best in Fest – Featurette – Blue Square Heart
Best in Fest – Short Film – Backlog
Grand Jury Awards
Best Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Feature Film – Documentary – REAL
Best Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown
Best Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Feature Film – SciFi – Foil
Best Feature Film – Thriller – Off Ramp
Best Featurette – Drama – A Way Home
Best Featurette – Drama – Blue Square Heart
Best Featurette – Horror – Drawn
Best Featurette – Horror – Scratch
Best Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb”
Best Short Film – Animation – Moving Day
Best Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental – The Sacred Bees
Best Short Film – Comedy – Men Grieving
Best Short Film – Comedy – Wiener
Best Short Film – Dance – Radical Kingdom
Best Short Film – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Best Short Film – Drama – Backlog
Best Short Film – Drama – What Dictators Dream About
Best Short Film – Horror – Oddities
Best Short Film – SciFi – Homecoming
Best Director – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape
Best Director – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Director – Short Film – Backlog – Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – American Meltdown – Jacki Von Preysing
Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Scratch – Brian Palatucci
Best Lead Performer – Short Film – What Dictators Dream About – Rick Segall
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Scott Turner Schofield
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown – Nicolette Sweeney
Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – Jessica Lea Risco
Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Room 107 – Winter Andrews
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Off Ramp
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette – A Way Home
Best Performance by a Cast – Short Film – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Peter Jason & Jonah Ray Rodrigues
Best Performance by a Duo – FOIL – Zach Green & Devin O’Rourke
Best Screenplay – Feature (Unproduced) – Club Illusion The Movie – Christine Elizabeth Bridges, David Brent Parris, & Vivian Paul Suter
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape & Tim Cairo
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her – Selina Ringel
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Horror – Psychosis – Pirie Martin
Best Screenplay – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Screenplay – Sereies/TV (Unproduced) – Badger – Anna Elizabeth Ross
Best Screenplay – Short (Unproduced) – The Ballad of River Kendricks: da prologue – Jason Mendoza
Best Screenplay – Short Film – Manifesto – Mike Sorce & Matthew Kic
Best Cinematography – Feature Film – Black Mold – Robert Patrick Stern
Best Cinematography – Featurette – Drawn – Stephen Tringali
Best Cinematography – Short Film – Homecoming – Skyler Bocciolatt
Best Production Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – Sarah Sharp
Best Production Design – Featurette – Scratch – Michael Trainotti & Jim Ward
Best Production Design – Short Film – The Unquiet Dead – Julia Vela
Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – John Wong
Best Sound Design – Featurette – Scratch – Stephen Tringali
Best Sound Design – Short Film – Homecoming – Erik D. Magnus
Filmmakers Awards
Outstanding Short Film – Animation – Ingolstadt
Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – A Brush With Death
Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – Welcome To The Neighborhood
Outstanding Short Film – Dance – If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta
Outstanding Short Film – Documentary – Accidental Artist
Outstanding Short Film – Documentary – Kneel
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Manifesto
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Room 107
Outstanding Short Film – Horror – My Scary Indian Wedding
Outstanding Short Film – Horror – The Unquiet Dead
Outstanding Short Film – SciFi – Entrainment
Outstanding Short Film – SciFi – Pleroma
Outstanding Director – Animation – Moving Day – Sean Mirkovich
Outstanding Director – Comedy – Men Grieving – Adam Peltier
Outstanding Director – Dance – Radical Kingdom – Isaiah Shinn
Outstanding Director – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Outstanding Director – Drama – Room 107 – Steve Anderson & Leandro Imaz
Outstanding Director – Horror – The Unquiet Dead – John Gray
Outstanding Director – SciFi – Homecoming – Garrett Johnson & Ben Nicholson
Outstanding Director – Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Tommy O’Rourke
Outstanding Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Oustanding Pefromances – Animation – Moving Day
Oustanding Pefromances – Comedy – Men Grieving – Adam Peltier & Lucas Brahme
Oustanding Pefromances – Dance – If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta
Oustanding Pefromances – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Oustanding Pefromances – Drama – What Dictators Dream About
Oustanding Pefromances – Horror – Oddities
Oustanding Pefromances – SciFi – Test Drive
Oustanding Pefromances – Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Oustanding Screenplay – Animation – Ingolstadt – Mike Harris
Oustanding Screenplay – Comedy – Welcome To The Neighborhood – Jason Lee Segal
Oustanding Screenplay – Dance – Radical Kingdom – Kendra Willis
Oustanding Screenplay – Drama – What Dictators Dream About – Christian Shapiro
Oustanding Screenplay – Horror – Oddities – Tyler Savage
Oustanding Screenplay – SciFi – Entrainment – Bill Prokopow
Oustanding Screenplay – Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Tommy O’Rourke
Outstanding Creativity – Animation – Ingolstadt
Outstanding Creativity – Comedy – Wiener
Outstanding Creativity – Dance – Radical Kingdom
Outstanding Creativity – Documentary – Accidental Artist
Outstanding Creativity – Drama – Sunflower Nicky
Outstanding Creativity – Horror – My Scary Indian Wedding
Outstanding Creativity – SciFi – Entrainment
Outstanding Creativity – Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Audience Awards
Best Feature Film – Drama – Kikum Spirit (The Untold African Story)
Best Feature Film – Horror – Psychosis
Best Feature Film – SciFi – Mind Thief
Best Featurette – Horror – Strawberry
Best Short Film – Animation – Austin Karimloo
Best Short Film – Comedy – Long Beach Vice
Best Short Film – Dance – Perennial
Best Short Film – Documentary – Resurgence
Best Short Film – Drama – Homologies
Best Short Film – Drama – Rock Bottom
Best Short Film – Horror – The Night Editors
Best Short Film – Comedy – Long Beach Vice
Programmer’s Prize
For Exceptional Filmmaking
Death Doula
Gummies
Hell of a Child
Homologies
I Want to Live on Mars
Just Passing Time
Lena
Mickey Dogface
Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors
Reseda
Robert & Billie
Sally Chooses Adventure
Sinigang
Something Good Coming
Swish
Tax Time
The Bytes Dreams are Made of
The Island
Prize Definitions/Explanations
Best In Fest – determined by the festival’s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre/category.
Grand Jury Awards – determined by the festival’s official selection committee.
Filmmakers Awards – given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
Audience Awards – determined by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.
Programmer’s Prize – given by festival programmer Jeff Howard as a reward for his hard work. Also, having his own awards means he never has to put his finger on the scale for the other awards.
2023 Best In Fest Awards
Best In Fest
Best in Fest – Feature Film – Off Ramp
Best in Fest – Featurette – Blue Square Heart
Best in Fest – Short Film – Backlog
Prize Definition/Explanation
Best In Fest – determined by the festival’s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre/category.
2023 Grand Jury Awards
Grand Jury Awards
Best Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Feature Film – Documentary – REAL
Best Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown
Best Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Feature Film – SciFi – Foil
Best Feature Film – Thriller – Off Ramp
Best Featurette – Drama – A Way Home
Best Featurette – Drama – Blue Square Heart
Best Featurette – Horror – Drawn
Best Featurette – Horror – Scratch
Best Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb”
Best Short Film – Animation – Moving Day
Best Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental – The Sacred Bees
Best Short Film – Comedy – Men Grieving
Best Short Film – Comedy – Wiener
Best Short Film – Dance – Radical Kingdom
Best Short Film – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Best Short Film – Drama – Backlog
Best Short Film – Drama – What Dictators Dream About
Best Short Film – Horror – Oddities
Best Short Film – SciFi – Homecoming
Best Director – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape
Best Director – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Director – Short Film – Backlog – Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – American Meltdown – Jacki Von Preysing
Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Scratch – Brian Palatucci
Best Lead Performer – Short Film – What Dictators Dream About – Rick Segall
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Scott Turner Schofield
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown – Nicolette Sweeney
Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – Jessica Lea Risco
Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Room 107 – Winter Andrews
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Off Ramp
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette – A Way Home
Best Performance by a Cast – Short Film – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Peter Jason & Jonah Ray Rodrigues
Best Performance by a Duo – FOIL – Zach Green & Devin O’Rourke
Best Screenplay – Feature (Unproduced) – Club Illusion The Movie – Christine Elizabeth Bridges, David Brent Parris, & Vivian Paul Suter
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape & Tim Cairo
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her – Selina Ringel
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Horror – Psychosis – Pirie Martin
Best Screenplay – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Screenplay – Sereies/TV (Unproduced) – Badger – Anna Elizabeth Ross
Best Screenplay – Short (Unproduced) – The Ballad of River Kendricks: da prologue – Jason Mendoza
Best Screenplay – Short Film – Manifesto – Mike Sorce & Matthew Kic
Best Cinematography – Feature Film – Black Mold – Robert Patrick Stern
Best Cinematography – Featurette – Drawn – Stephen Tringali
Best Cinematography – Short Film – Homecoming – Skyler Bocciolatt
Best Production Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – Sarah Sharp
Best Production Design – Featurette – Scratch – Michael Trainotti & Jim Ward
Best Production Design – Short Film – The Unquiet Dead – Julia Vela
Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – John Wong
Best Sound Design – Featurette – Scratch – Stephen Tringali
Best Sound Design – Short Film – Homecoming – Erik D. Magnus
Prize Definition/Explanation
Grand Jury Awards – determined by the festival’s official selection committee.
2023 Filmmakers Awards
Filmmakers Awards
Outstanding Short Film – Animation – Ingolstadt
Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – A Brush With Death
Outstanding Short Film – Comedy – Welcome To The Neighborhood
Outstanding Short Film – Dance – If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta
Outstanding Short Film – Documentary – Accidental Artist
Outstanding Short Film – Documentary – Kneel
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Manifesto
Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Room 107
Outstanding Short Film – Horror – My Scary Indian Wedding
Outstanding Short Film – Horror – The Unquiet Dead
Outstanding Short Film – SciFi – Entrainment
Outstanding Short Film – SciFi – Pleroma
Outstanding Director – Animation – Moving Day – Sean Mirkovich
Outstanding Director – Comedy – Men Grieving – Adam Peltier
Outstanding Director – Dance – Radical Kingdom – Isaiah Shinn
Outstanding Director – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Outstanding Director – Drama – Room 107 – Steve Anderson & Leandro Imaz
Outstanding Director – Horror – The Unquiet Dead – John Gray
Outstanding Director – SciFi – Homecoming – Garrett Johnson & Ben Nicholson
Outstanding Director – Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Tommy O’Rourke
Outstanding Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Oustanding Pefromances – Animation – Moving Day
Oustanding Pefromances – Comedy – Men Grieving – Adam Peltier & Lucas Brahme
Oustanding Pefromances – Dance – If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta
Oustanding Pefromances – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Oustanding Pefromances – Drama – What Dictators Dream About
Oustanding Pefromances – Horror – Oddities
Oustanding Pefromances – SciFi – Test Drive
Oustanding Pefromances – Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Oustanding Screenplay – Animation – Ingolstadt – Mike Harris
Oustanding Screenplay – Comedy – Welcome To The Neighborhood – Jason Lee Segal
Oustanding Screenplay – Dance – Radical Kingdom – Kendra Willis
Oustanding Screenplay – Drama – What Dictators Dream About – Christian Shapiro
Oustanding Screenplay – Horror – Oddities – Tyler Savage
Oustanding Screenplay – SciFi – Entrainment – Bill Prokopow
Oustanding Screenplay – Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Tommy O’Rourke
Outstanding Creativity – Animation – Ingolstadt
Outstanding Creativity – Comedy – Wiener
Outstanding Creativity – Dance – Radical Kingdom
Outstanding Creativity – Documentary – Accidental Artist
Outstanding Creativity – Drama – Sunflower Nicky
Outstanding Creativity – Horror – My Scary Indian Wedding
Outstanding Creativity – SciFi – Entrainment
Outstanding Creativity – Series / TV Pilot – Baby Gay
Prize Definition/Explanation
Filmmakers Awards – given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
2023 Audience Awards
Audience Awards
Best Feature Film – Drama – Kikum Spirit (The Untold African Story)
Best Feature Film – Horror – Psychosis
Best Feature Film – SciFi – Mind Thief
Best Featurette – Horror – Strawberry
Best Short Film – Animation – Austin Karimloo
Best Short Film – Comedy – Long Beach Vice
Best Short Film – Dance – Perennial
Best Short Film – Documentary – Resurgence
Best Short Film – Drama – Homologies
Best Short Film – Drama – Rock Bottom
Best Short Film – Horror – The Night Editors
Best Short Film – Comedy – Long Beach Vice
Prize Definition/Explanation
Audience Awards – determined by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.
2023 Programmer’s Prizes
Programmer’s Prize
For Exceptional Filmmaking
Death Doula
Gummies
Hell of a Child
Homologies
I Want to Live on Mars
Just Passing Time
Lena
Mickey Dogface
Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors
Reseda
Robert & Billie
Sally Chooses Adventure
Sinigang
Something Good Coming
Swish
Tax Time
The Bytes Dreams are Made of
The Island
Prize Definition/Explanation
Programmer’s Prize – given by festival programmer Jeff Howard as a reward for his hard work. Also, having his own awards means he never has to put his finger on the scale for the other awards.
Club Illusion The Movie by Christine Elizabeth Bridges, David Brent Parris, Vivian Paul Suter
2023 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film
Magicians and Drag Queens come together to help a couple save their struggling magic club. Chaos and laughter ensue.
The SOFF 2023 screenplay awards ceremony will be held on December 3 at 1 PM at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas.
Go to 2023 Official Selections – Films Page
Screenplay Awards Ceremony & Theatrical Screenings are held at:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas
128 Artsakh Avenue
Glendale, California 91206
SOFF 2023 Theatrical Screenings held from November 29 to December 3.
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Virtual Screenings: The SOFF 2023 Virtual Screenings run from Friday, December 1 to Sunday, December 10. There will be Virtual Exclusives as well as many of the films that screened at the theater.