WINNER
Shandrea Evans // Bloom
“An introverted teenager and her outspoken best friend discover themselves as their already rocky relationship comes to a boiling head on the hottest, most boring day of summer 2004.”
RUNNER UP
Kate T. Parker // Home Field
“A documentary short following the lives, off and on the pitch, of a refugee girls’ soccer team in Atlanta. ”
2ND RUNNER UP
Linzmarie Schultz // Dance for Your Life
Teenage artists must either go into STEM careers or audition for their discipline. The consequence of the audition is either selection or being turned into a plant to save earth heavily afflicted by climate change."
Olamma Oparah & Colbie Fray // Everything Is Fine(.)
A latchkey kid uses her imagination to square off with, rowdy boys, bullies, and the "curse of eve" as she contemplates womanhood.
Rachel Read // Curiosity Killed The Katz
“A meddlesome housewife and her twin sister get trapped in a haunted house with an escaped convict after poking their noses where they don’t belong.”
Christian Nolan Jones // Glitter Ain't Gold
“A sixth-grader takes a trip to the flea market with his best friend in order to impress buy a fake chain and impress his crush.”
Garrett Detrixhe // Encore
“After discovering he was left out of his estranged father's obituary, Jordan, a struggling musician, travels home to say goodbye and face his family the only way he knows how...through song.”
Lacye A. Brown // Dr. Apples: The Eye
“A magical egotistical teenager is left to his own devices to conjure up the greatest spell to enhance his powers which lead to unknown consequences that will alter his life forever.”
Donovan Stanley // Child of the City
“Finding himself living on the streets, a college graduate seeks to get into grad school in order to continue pursuing his dreams of becoming a writer, while navigating the panels of homelessness in Atlanta.”
Vandy Beth Glenn & Bridget LaMonica // Shelter In Place
“After betraying her gangster boss and going into federal witness protection, a transgender bookkeeper must put her life on hold—and hope he doesn't find her.”
