New Awards Process
There are two festival awards, one for each program of the festival, Heartstrings and Headtrip.
As of 2024, the films are reviewed by the participating filmmakers themselves, who vote for their favorite films created by their peers.
There is also an international jury panel of participants from our Spoiler Alert Radio film program, who review and select their favorites. For the list of jury members, touch here.
The jury and filmmaker votes are combined to determined winners, who receive commissioned custom art objects created by a past festival winner.
This year, awards were created by 2024 Heartstrings award winners Jiahao Li and
Yuwei Jiang.