Award Winner Interviews 2024

Click on the links below to see IAG interviews with each director.

Best Experimental Feature: Utakata - Adrien Lacoste (Belgium/Japan)

Best Experimental Short: Tölva - Brigitta Kontros (Sweden)

Best Environmental Feature: Mannvirki - Gústav Geir Bollason (Norway)

Best Environmental Short: Warhol on Climate Change - Kris De Meester (Belgium)

Best Documentary Feature: Everything is Stolen - Kevin Ford (U.S.)

Best Documentary Short: Hearing Squares - Magnus Bjørnstad (Norway)

Best Animated Short: Into the Reds Tale - Alisdair Zhang (U.S.)

Best Analog Film: Speculations - Marco Mazzi (Italy)

Best Debut Film: Okamoto - Soujirou Sanada (Japan)

Best Student Film: I don’t want your respect - Charlee Van Poppel (U.S.)

Best Music Video: Tensile - Christopher Rejano (U.S.)

Best Cinematography: Utakata - Adrien Lacoste (Belgium/Japan)

Best Performance: If I Were You - Marlie Couto & Jessie Lee Thorne (U.S.)

Best Actor: Utakata - Haya Nakazaki (Japan)

Best Art Direction (tie): Little Martians: Dear Human, My Muse - Vanessa Rosa (Brazil)

Best Art Direction (tie): Dance of the Nain Rouge - Eric Millikin (U.S.)

Best Analog Visual Effects: Christofascist - Aaron Ross (U.S.)

Best Original Screenplay: VanTangerloo's Dream - Seth Swirsky (U.S.)

Best Original Song: Little Martians: Dear Human, My Muse - Vanessa Rosa (Brazil)

Best Original Concept: Tölva - Brigitta Kontros (Sweden)