2024 Disorient Film Festival Awards

Main Awards

AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

KILIG!

Directed By Kacey Layson

Nominated Films:

  • A Shadow’s Glow
  • Chopstick
  • Dragonfly
  • Bon Odori
  • Kilig!

AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO

NO CLOUDS IN MY SUMMER

Directed By Mood Infinite, Jason Poon

Nominated Films:

  • Stop Asian Hate, Love One Another
  • Blue and Orange
  • No Clouds In My Summer

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Kahuku Mana

Directed By Ryan Travis

Nominated Films:

  • Benkyodo: The Last Manju Shop in J-Town
  • Harvest Widow
  • Kahuku Mana
  • Mia’s Mission
  • Riding Han
  • She Marches in Chinatown

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT NARATIVE

SEOUL SWITCH

Directed By LIANN KAYE

Nominated Films:

  • APPA
  • Bad Asian
  • Breakdown
  • Eyecatcher
  • “Halmoni’s Pot” (Grandma’s Pot)
  • Kala
  • Leon
  • Post Term
  • Seoul Switch
  • The Old Young Crow

     

AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Starring Jerry As Himself

Directed By Law Chen

Nominated Films:

  • Ashima
  • Nurse Unseen
  • Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
  • Starring Jerry As Himself 
  • The Gardener

AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE Narrative

A Great Divide

Directed By Jean Shim

Nominated Films:

  • A Great Divide 
  • Egghead and Twinkie
  • Fanti
  • My Partner

JASON D. MAK AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story

Directed By Jennifer Takaki

Nominated Films:

  • Mia’s Mission
  • Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
  • Sa Amin: Our Place

Special Recognition

Seeds of Kinship Award

The Gardener

Directed By Derek Shimoda

Comments:

 

Emerging Filmmaker award

Egghead and Twinkie

Directed By Sarah Holland

Audience Choice Awards

Audience Choice Best Feature Narrative

Unbroken Ties

Directed By Graham Streeter & Grace Swe Zin Htaik

World Premier

Audience Choice Best Feature Documentary

Dear Mother, A Climber’s Transracial Adoption Story

Directed By Jon Glassberg

Audience Choice Best Short Narrative

"Halmoni’s Pot" (Grandma's Pot)

Directed By A.L. Lee

Audience Choice Best Short Documentary

She Marches in Chinatown

Directed By Della Chen

Audience Choice Best Animation

Dragonfly

Directed By Julia Morizawa

Audience Choice Best MUSIC VIDEO

Blue and Orange

Directed By Aya Garcia