2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Best of Crush 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 WWMC award winners! Our distinguished jury named the following recipients:
BEST ANIMATion
Nominees:
& YET HERE WE ARE d. Andy Clay Huey
I WOULD’VE BEEN HAPPY d. Jordan Wong
MORNING JOY d. John Henry Hinkel
TENNIS, ORANGES d. Sean Pecknold
WHITENESS AT WORK (6:15) d. Peter Bonde Becker Nelson
Winner
TENNIS, ORANGES
d. Sean Pecknold
Best screenplay
Nominees:
BIG LOT d. Cassidy Batiz
FOLLOWERS d. Julia Bales
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN d. Jake Honig, Annabel Meschke, Sabina Meschke
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT d. Gustavo T Astudillo
TURNING BLUE d. Dana White
Winner
FOLLOWERS
d. Julia Bales
Best Documentary
Nominees:
A CERTAIN KIND (16:09) d. Gabriel Gutierrez Morales
INCIDENT d. Bill Morrison
SEEDS OF CHANGE d. Maximilian Armstrong
STAGE, THE d. Ray Smiling
UR HEINOUS HABIT d. Eugene Kolb
Winner
INCIDENT
d. Bill Morrisson
Best Performance
Nominees:
Michael Ray Escamilla as Jim in THE RED BIKE
Estefanía Giraldo as Piper in AS YOU ARE
Anna Khaja as Maryam in KASBI
Gil Perez-Abraham as Manuel in IF I DIE IN AMERICA
Bri Scalesse as Millie in AS YOU ARE
Joan Shangold as Ruth in GOODBYE TANGO
Winner
IF I DIE IN AMERICA
D. Gil Perez-Abraham
Best Narrative
Nominees:
IF I DIE IN AMERICA d. Ward Kamel
KASBI (11:57) d. Farah Jabir
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT d. Gustavo T Astudillo
RIPE! d. Tusk
THE RED BIKE d. Toben Bech
Winner
RIPE!
d. Tusk
Alex Sichel Memorial Award
Nominees:
AS YOU ARE d. Daisy Friedman
CLOSE SPACES d. Kamari Bright
RIPE! d. Tusk
STITCHED d. Lorena Lourenço
THIRSTYGIRL d. Alexandra Qin
WINNER
AS YOU ARE
d. Daisy Friedman
BEAST OF THE CRUSH
Winner
LOVEBUGS
Shelly the snail
Curator’s Choice
Winner
d. Ray Smiling
Audience Award
Winner
THEN COMES THE BODY
d. Jacob Krupnick
Read more about our award medallions here!