Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the second edition!
Established by Creo and sponsored by Sony, the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is a major new annual awards program for short films devoted to supporting and elevating independent filmmakers and creators from across the globe.
Katie Blair | USA | Filmmaker Fiction category
Imogene
Imogene is a single, free-spirited New Yorker in her 40s, whose traditional family is plotting to get her pregnant by inviting a donor for dinner.
Olawunmi Hassan & Adaobi Samson | Nigeria | Non-Fiction category
Ìrún Dídì
From traditional Yoruba techniques to modern interpretations, the film traces the evolution of the timeless art of hair plaiting, as it becomes a sacred ritual of self-care and empowerment.
Solmund MacPherson | Canada | Filmmaker Environment category
Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area
A group of Toronto citizens fed up with the rising cost of living renounce their personhood en masse to legally become animals.
Kyle Novak | Czech Republic | Animation category
Ángulos de la Hora (Hour Angle)
After their flight is grounded, two strangers agree to an anonymous tryst as their new travel plans are arranged.
Raheem Razak | South Africa | Student Filmmaker category
Anguish
In what seems to be a zombie-infested world, devoted son Sam must tend to his zombie mother while surviving the apocalypse himself.
Cristian Daniel | Uruguay | Future Format category
Parasomnia
A young man attempts to discover the unsettling presence in a dark corridor, with no knowledge of what may lie ahead.