
Award Nominations

2024 Nominees
Best Feature Film
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Not Another Deaf Story — Hilari Scarl (USA)
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Pas le choix — Hrysto (France)
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Speak in a Whisper — Thomas Moore and Meret Kraft (France)
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You Shall Hear — Michael Smeaton (Germany)
Best Actor
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Lacrimosa — Austin Chapman (USA)
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Not Another Deaf Story — Justin Jackerson (USA)
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Pas le choix — Anthony Guyon (France)
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What? — John Maucere (USA)
Best Actress
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Not Another Deaf Story — Amber Zion (USA)
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Speak in a Whisper — Jennifer Knafo (France)
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What? — Amber Zion (USA)
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You Shall Hear — Anne Zander (Germany)
Best Director
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Not Another Deaf Story — Hilari Scarl (USA)
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Pas le choix — Hrysto (France)
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Speak in a Whisper — Chongyan Liu (France)
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You Shall Hear — Petra Katharina Wagner (Germany)
Best Screenplay
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Lacrimosa — Austin Chapman (USA)
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Not Another Deaf Story — Hilari Scarl (USA)
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Speak in a Whisper — Chongyan Liu + Martin Trouvé-Dugény (France)
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You Shall Hear — Katrin Bühlig (Germany)
Best Cinematography
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Changer: A Hand Telling — Kyle Seago and Raven Two Feathers (USA)
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Pas le choix —Alex Sambe (France)
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Speak in a Whisper —Yadi Liu (France)
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You Shall Hear — Peter Polsak (Germany)
Best Editing
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Changer: A Hand Telling — Kyle Seago (USA)
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Pas le choix — Natacha Rougier + Julien Joyeux Vittoriani (France)
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Speak in a Whisper — Chongyan Liu (France)
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You Shall Hear — Simone Klier (Germany)
Best Short Film
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Diagnonsense — Louis Neethling (UK)
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Father Tongue — Iris Ben Moshe (Israel)
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Fractal — Anslem Richardson (USA)
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Veneer — Becky Adams + Paul Mills (UK)
Best Feature Documentary
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Alfredo Corrado — Julien Bourges (France)
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Being Michelle — Atin Mehra + Mae Thornton Mehra (USA)
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Silent Rhythm — Sarah Goolishian (USA)
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The Tuba Thieves — Rachel Neervelde, Alison O’Daniel, Su Kim, Maya E. Rudolph (USA)
Best Short Documentary
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Breaking Silence — Monique Walton (USA)
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Elevated — Rachel Weinberg (USA)
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My Life in 2 Luggage — Gabriel Ponte-Fleary (USA)
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NINA — Joe Adams + Kristine Rivera (USA)
Best Episodic
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4 Deaf Yorkshiremen and a Wedding— Camilla Arnold (UK)
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4 Deaf Yorkshiremen’s Contest — Camilla Arnold (UK)
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Here/Not Here — Anne Beresford and Andrew Gillman (UK)
Best Animation
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Dimensions — Melissa Malzkuhn (USA)
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Ice Cubes — Lymon Thorn (USA)
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Greta’s Storm — Christopher Gustav Buhr (Germany)
Best Student Film
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Danceable — Joe Metcalf + Boson Wang (USA)
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Deaf Giants — Peter Hoffman Kimball (USA)
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DOSH — Radha Mehta (USA)
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Interpretation — MJ Kiego (USA)
Special Merit Award Winner
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Changer: A Hand Telling — Howie Seago (USA)