We are excited to announce our diverse lineup of award winners for the 2024 Malibu Film Festival. Dedicated to providing accessible programming both in-person and online, the 2024 hybrid festival returned this year with events hosted at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater Complex in Los Angeles, California on Saturday May 25th and online on XOLO.TV from May 26 to May 31. 

 

​JURY AWARD WINNERS

 

BEST OF FESTIVAL

PLANDEMIC THE MUSICAL

DIRECTOR: MIKKI WILLIS

 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

NUBBINWOOD

DIRECTOR: TIM GRANBERG

 

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

EPIDEMIC OF FRAUD 

DIRECTOR: JOHN ALLEN DAVIDSON

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT 

12 PARTS PER MILLION

DIRECTOR: CHET THOMAS, TED BARNHILL

 

BEST DIRECTOR

STOP WHINING & START WINNING

DIRECTOR: EMMA RAIMI

 

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

FLUXX

DIRECTOR: BRENDAN GABRIEL MURPHY

 

BEST COMEDY

OVER THE MOOON!

DIRECTORS: SARAH HEALY, JACLYN JASGUR

 

BEST HORROR FILM

WAKE

DIRECTOR: SEAN CARTER

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

KITE

DIRECTOR: OLIVIER HERO DRESSEN

 

BEST PERFORMANCE

ERIC ROBERTS

OLD FERGUSON

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STREAMING AUDIENCE AWARDS

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NARRATIVE SHORT

WABI-SABI

​Director: Josephine Green Zhang

 

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT 

ATMOSPHERE OKAY

​Director: Justin Marmorstein
 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT 

STRONG HUNTER

​Director: Tony Lee
 

NARRATIVE FEATURE

SO SHOT

Director: ​Bryan Ferriter
 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

EPIDEMIC OF FRAUD

​Director John Allen Davidson
 

EPISODIC PILOT

PARK TEN PLAYERS

Directors Gabe Lipton, Noah Alderfer