RUN N GUN 2024 Award Winners
Gearbase Camera Rentals ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
This award is given to a first-time director who demonstrates excellence and the Run N Gun spirit.
Sonia Chou for Late Spring
Sunbelt Film & TV Rentals AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Third Person or: If Found Footage Movies Were Real - Produced by Sydney Facey, Ryan Jamison, Karina Jesson
CreativeBC AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
Late Spring - Domidomi Production
BEST YOUTH FILM
Chad & Brad’s Musical Adventure - Elphinstone Televistion Productions
DGC-BC AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
Late Spring - Sonia Chou
Film Gear Canada AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Harpies - David Nguyen
Cinephile Accounting AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
The Third Person or: If Found Footage Movies Were Real - Kevin Saxby
BEST ENSEMBLE
Crash Landing: The Death of Amelia Scareheart - Shona Struthers, Daria Banu, Ana Mahmoodi, Drew Carlson, Jed Weiss, Aaron Paul Stewart, Ridley Wallace, Adalyn Riberdy
BEST WRITING
Lost Media - Rebeca Spiegel
BEST EDITING
The Third Person or: If Found Footage Movies Were Real - Ryan Jamison
BEST SOUND
Split Decision
Sound Mixer and Boom Operator - Matt MacTavish
Sound Design – Lex Ortega
Sound Supervisor - LSD AUDIO
Dialogue Editor and Re-Recording Mixer – Luis Flores
Original Music by - Blake Matthew
BEST ART
The Harpies
Production Designer - Aza Lynn Deschamps
Costume Designer Iryna Kuznetsova
Art Director - Althea Krebelj
SPFX Make-Up - Maddie Bisset
Key Hair Stylist - Jeanne Morneau
Key Make-Up - Julia Ho
THE BRUCE BLAIN MEMORIAL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
The Third Person or: If Found Footage Movies Were Real
SCREENING AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
BOLDER BEGINNINGS - Brendan and The Humans by The Marias
ESSENTIAL EXISTENTIAL - Art Connoisseur by Show Biz
DUDE, WHERE’S MY SHORTS? - Where’s My Vape by Where’s My Vape
FAST TIMES AT THE RIO THEATRE - Brim Reaper by Team Well
WICKED WEDNESDAY- The Prostitute by Team Manz
48HRS LATER - URN by The Tannery
RUN N GUN WILDCARD AUDIENCE CHOICE - Where’s My Vape by Where’s My Vape
SEMI FINALS - Folkquest by Unit 53
Run N Gun 2023 Award Winners
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Wiliam F White International AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Jeffrey - Produced by Nhi Do, Elliott Montello & Thomas Affolter
Sparky's Award for BEST STUDENT FILM
Halfway J by TwoOhSeven
( Adrianna Kellerman, Madison Carver, Rashayn Alexander, Sarah Silva, Daniel Gnad, Rares Cristescu Emmanuel Trier Caleb Nsingi, Luka Wrenshall, Juan Pablo Gama, Kaiya Senecal, Eunice Yeung, Emma Bigland, Taily Barron, Joshua Blumhagen )
BEST YOUTH FILM
Creeping Tide by Powell River Digital Film School (PRDFS)
DGC-BC AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
Thomas Affolter - Jeffrey
KESLOW AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rogan Lovse - Sleep
BEST PERFORMANCE
Mae Bellen - Follow Me
The MiTribe Media Award for BEST ENSEMBLE
Jess McLeod, Soheil Khojasteh, Cornel Maris, Jessamine Salas, Ivy Padmos, Shania Justice - Six, Afraid of Seven.
BEST OVERALL ART
Jeffrey
Jacqueline Miller, Production Designer
Saki Shirasaka, Lead Makeup Artist
Franziska Pohl - Art Director/Set Decorator;
Elliott Montello - Set Dresser/Creature Wrangler;
Jon Affolter - On-Set Dresser;
Hayden Kruger - Costumer Designer;
Elliott Montello - "Jeffrey" Builder;
Mike Perrin - Costume Builder;
James Fairley - "Jeffrey" Props Builder
BEST EDITING
Cody Nelson - Party’s Over
BEST SOUND
On-Set Sound: Nina Lee
Post-Sound: J.B. McCarthy
Cinephile Accounting Award for BEST WRITING
Rebeca Spiegel - Cranberry Juice
Rookie of the Year Award
Amy Yao (Director) of Edwin
THE BRUCE BLAIN MEMORIAL AUDIENCE CHOICE
Jeffrey by Team Gingeramma
Individual Screening Audience Choice Winners
RUN N GUN BEGINS AUDIENCE CHOICE - Happily Ever After by Sunday Movies
RUN N GUN RISES AUDIENCE CHOICE - It’s Just Not That Into You by Child Size Productions
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT AUDIENCE CHOICE - ‘Fôrəst’ By Bad Bunch
RUN N GUN’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE AUDIENCE CHOICE- Flightless Runs in the Family By GRYM
RUN N GUN AFTER DARK AUDIENCE CHOICE - Spiked by Iconochasm
RUN N GUN AFTER DARK XXL AUDIENCE CHOICE - The Good Scout by Murivo Productions
RUN N GUN WILDCARD AUDIENCE CHOICE - The Good Scout by Murivo Productions
SEMI FINALS - Strings Attached by BS Productions
SPARKY’S AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
BEST YOUTH FILM
Cinephile Accounting Award for BEST WRITING
DGC AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
KESLOW AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PERFORMANCE
The MiTribe Media Award for BEST ENSEMBLE
BEST OVERALL ART
BEST EDITING
BEST SOUND
