NYC Web Fest, known for highlighting the best in digital storytelling, has officially announced its nominations for the 11th Annual festival, which will take place from November 15-17, 2024, in Manhattan’s Theatre District at the Producer’s Club. This year’s nominees highlight a diverse array of web series, short films, and pilot episodes, reflecting the festival’s commitment to celebrating innovative digital content.
Earlier this year, the festival revealed its lineup, revealing that 31 web series, short films, and pilot episodes have been selected. In addition to the official selections, the NYC Web Fest has taken a significant step forward by launching its own channel on the Footprint Network. This new platform aims to bring more visibility to creators and their work, expanding the festival’s reach beyond the three-day event.
NYC Web Fest 2024 Details:
Celebrating Global Talent: The Official Selections
NYC Web Fest has consistently showcased innovative and diverse web series from across the world. This year is no different, with creators from countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, and South Africa being represented. The official selections showcase a mix of emerging creators and seasoned professionals, offering festivalgoers a preview of the next generation of web-based storytelling.
In addition to the screenings, attendees can expect panel discussions featuring industry experts, giving insight into the future of web series and digital content creation. These sessions offer invaluable opportunities for creators to network, learn, and engage with their peers.
- 2GETHER 4EVER – Hatchet Lake NS, Canada
- Ainsi va Manu/Hogtown Season 2 – Toronto ON, Canda
- A Short Tutorial – Staatsburg NY, USA
- Breathe In Breathe Out – Montréal QC, Canada
- Closure – Glenroy VIC, Australia
- Discreet – Montréal QC, Canada
- Drunk Bathroom Girl – New York NY, USA
- Future Proof – Jackson Heights NY, USA
- How to Fail as a Popstar – Toronto ON, Canada
- How We Met Your Dave – Brunswick West VIC, Australia
- I (Un)Do – Los Angeles CA, USA
- In A NY Minute – Jamaica NY, USA
- La dernière communion – Montréal QC, Canada
- La terre appelle Mathilde – Montréal QC, Canada
- Malena y Sofía, fashionistas pero nunca tanto – Santiago, Chile
- My Exes’ Zodiac Signs – SÃO PAULO, Brazil
- Near or Far – Toronto ON, Canada
- Nothing Bad Ever Happens – Los Angeles CA, USA
- Paranormal Unit – Episode 01 – Blaine MN, USA
- Plausible Deniability – Mont Albert North VIC, Australia
- Rent Control – New York NY, USA
- Space Janitors – Toronto ON, Canada
- STRYX – Ticino, Switzerland
- Swiping Right Season 2 – Camberwell VIC, Australia
- The Mediator – Longueuil QC, Canada
- The Meteorites – Montréal QC,
- The Roommate Contract – New York NY, USA
- Transmission – Cape Town, South Africa
- Upstairs – Malverne NY, USA
- Vintage Heart (Coeur vintage) – Montréal QC, Canada
- When the Party is Over – Berchem AN, Belgium
A New Chapter: NYC Web Fest’s Channel on the Footprint Network
A major highlight for 2024 is the launch of NYC Web Fest’s own streaming channel on the Footprint Network. The channel provides fans, creators, and industry professionals with access to archived footage from previous festivals, including interviews, panel discussions, and behind-the-scenes content. This initiative not only extends the life of the festival but also provides a continuous platform for creators to showcase their work.
Festival founder Lauren Atkins shared her excitement about the partnership with Footprint TV, “The NYC Web Fest Experience currently has interview footage with Donna Drake at our fifth and tenth anniversaries, and talks from our Creator Conversation series featuring documentary filmmaker Annie Sundberg (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein) and former NYCWF award winners and jury members Julie Halston (Tootsie, Sex & The City) and Victor Williams (King of Queens, The Affair) We will be adding much more after the 2024 festival.”
The 2024 Nominations: A Look at the Best in Web Series, Pilot Episodes, and Short Films
The festival culminates with the highly anticipated awards ceremony, which will recognise outstanding achievements across various categories. Leading the pack are Discreet and The Meteorites, both of which are nominated in multiple categories, including Best Web Series. Other notable contenders include 2GETHER 4EVER from Canada and Near or Far, a drama set in Toronto.
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting
- Auguste Lapensée – La terre appelle Mathilde
- Andre St. Jules – 2GETHER 4EVER
- Dylan Young, Haider Hussaini – Near or Far
- Frédéric Nivoix – The Meteorites
- Isabela Moreira, Camila Torres – My Exes’ Zodiac Signs
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
- Marianne Boucher – La terre appelle Mathilde
- Zoé Guèvremont – Discreet
- Renata Pegorer, Bruna Fortes, Lais Catalano Aranha – My Exes’ Zodiac Signs
- Christopher Minns – Near or Far
- Brian Michael – Paranormal Unit – Episode 01
Outstanding Achievement in Sound
- Adam Killick – Space Janitors
- Thierry Bourgault-D’Amico, Gaël Poisson Lemay – Discreet
- Arthur Hey – Paranormal Unit – Episode 01
- Luis Trujillo – Transmission
- Mathieu Roy – The Mediator
Outstanding Achievement in Music
- Hayden Warren – Upstairs
- Raffi Froundjian – Rent Control
- Pierre-Philippe Côté – Discreet
- Lorenzo Soldini – STRYX
- Johnny Spence – How to Fail as I Popstar
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
- Marlon King, Kwesi Peters – Upstairs
- Thomas Fontaine – The Meteorites
- Pierre-Étienne Bordeleau – Vintage Heart (Coeur vintage)
- Xavier Bossé, François Herquel – La terre appelle Mathilde
- Michael Adeleke, Conor Clarke – The Roommate Contract
Outstanding Achievement in Writing
- Amal Awad, Claire Christian, Iain Crittenden, Meg Mundell, Samuel Gebreselassie – Plausible Deniability
- Nadia Louis-Desmarchais – The Meteorites
- Joren Slaets, Renate Raman – When the Party is Over
- Andrezza Czech – My Exes’ Zodiac Signs
- Reva Grimball – Drunk Bathroom Girl
Best Original Concept
- Future Proof – Bradley Tangonan, Justine Sweetman, Tessa Travis, Lacuna Films INC
- La dernière communion – Martin Henri, Béatrice Moukhaiber, Marina Khoury, Francis Corbeil-Savage, ROMEO & FILS
- The Roommate Contract – Lydia Muir
- Drunk Bathroom Girl – Reva Grimball
- Space Janitors – Davin Lengyel, Space Mop
Best Youth Performance
- Mae White – Plausible Deniability
- Anaïs Ceus – The Meteorites
- Heaven Jayne Fenelon Jean – The Meteorites
- Ethan Hollingsworth – I (Un)Do
- Jamaal Mansaray – Ainsi va Manu/Hogtown Season 2
Best Supporting Actress
- Maïka Ferron – Ainsi va Manu/Hogtown Season 2
- Lynn Hagele – Swiping Right Season 2
- Édith Cochrane – Breathe In Breathe Out
- Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves – How to Fail as a Popstar
- Ariane Castellanos – The Mediator
Best Supporting Actor
- Ben Watts – Swiping Right Season 2
- Jeremy Tremblay – Near or Far
- Flavio Sala – STRYX
- Michele Rezzonico – STRYX
- Patrick Henry Taft – Rent Control
Best Sci-Fi/Thriller
- Closure – Joshua Charles Dawe, Joyce Northey, Abele Productions & Big Wonder & Dillon Pearce Media
- Space Janitors – Davin Lengyel, Space Mop
- Breathe In Breathe Out – Sonia Cordeau, Katherine Levac, Jean-François Chagnon, Ian Quenneville, Patricia Blais, Monique Lamoureux
- Transmission – Carolyn Carew, Electra Hartman, Mikkie-dené Le Roux, Liese Kuhn
- Paranormal Unit – Episode 01 – Brian Michael, Lori Roovers, Legs Production
Best Drama
- Near or Far – Duana Taha, Caitlin Brown, Harlow Creative
- The Meteorites – Nadia Louis-Desmarchais, Mylène Augustin, Marie Ka, Inaru Films
- In A NY Minute – Phyillicia Bishop, Phil’s Productions
- Ainsi va Manu/Hogtown Season 2 – Josiane Blanc, Ania Jamila, Sahkosh Productions
- Vintage Heart (Coeur vintage) – Émilie Bibeau, Éric Lambert, Zone3
Best Comedy
- Drunk Bathroom Girl – Reva Grimball
- The Mediator – Marie-Élène Grégoire, Louis-Philippe Drolet, Louis Morissette, Marie-Hélène Lebeau-Taschereau, Mélanie Viau, KOTV
- Future Proof – Bradley Tangonan, Justine Sweetman, Tessa Travis, Lacuna Films INC
- Rent Control – Claire Marie Torn, Lee Paul Crisci, A CT Marie Production
- How We Met Your Dave – Jesse Richards, Liam Nguyen, Greta Nash, Gillian Crosby, Gabrielle McLeod, GGG Films
Dynamic Duo
- Veerle Dejaeger, Nidal van Rijn – When the Party is Over
- Juliette Gosselin, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré – Discreet
- Sonia Cordeau, Virginie Fortin – Breathe in Breathe Out
- Jesse Richards and Liam Nguyen – How We Met Your Dave
- Eugenia Lemos, Alejandra Fosalba – Malena y Sofía, fashionistas pero nunca tanto
Ensemble Cast
- Connie Shi, Frances Li, Jason Amerling,Alphonse Gonzales, Sagan Chen, Lee Hubilla – Future Proof
- Naomi Ejigu, Lennox Lee, Mae White, Amir Rahimzadeh – Plausible Deniability
- Fayolle Jean, Guy Jodoin, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Karina Aktouf – La dernière communion
- Brendan Halloran, Pat Thornton, Rong Fu, Neha Kohli, Scott Yamamura, Kris Siddiqi – Space Janitors
- Todd A. Jackson, Leah Haile, Ethan Hollingsworth, Amari McCoy – I (Un)Do
Special Guest Star
- Amari McCoy – I (Un)Do
- David Sitler – A Short Tutorial
- Vivek Shraya – How to Fail as a Popstar
- Britt Migs – Drunk Bathroom Girl
- Darren Gilshenan – Plausible Deniability
Best Actress
- Éléonore Delvaux-Beaudoin – La terre appelle Mathilde
- Kerri Romeo – A Short Tutorial
- Andrezza Czech – My Exes’ Zodiac Signs
- Mylène Mackay – The Mediator
- Mikkie-Dené Le Roux – Transmission
Best Actor
- Daniel Kim – The Roommate Contract
- Taylor Olson – 2GETHER 4EVER
- Olivier Gervais-Courchesne – Discreet
- Joshua Charles Dawe – Closure
- Adrian Pavone – How to Fail as a Popstar
Best Foreign Language
- La terre appelle Mathilde – Anthony Coveney, Martin Henri, ROMEO & FILS
- When the Party is Over – Joren Slaets, Renate Raman, Rutger Beckers, Kris Gaens
- STRYX – Camila Koller, Thania Micheli, Alessandro Zumstein, Marco Bitonti, Kaylah Films, Over Film Productions
- Discreet – Sophia Belahmer, Juliette Gosselin, Patricia Blais, Monique Lamoureux, Ian Quenneville
- Malena y Sofía, fashionistas pero nunca tanto – Eugenia Lemos, Alejandra Fosalba, Matías Kosznik, Producciones Eugenia Lemos Spa
Best International
- 2GETHER 4EVER – Taylor Olson & Koumbie, Afro Viking Pictures Inc
- Space Janitors – Davin Lengyel, Space Mop
- Near or Far – Duana Taha, Caitlin Brown, Harlow Creative
- How to Fail as a Popstar – Vivek Shraya, Laura Perlmutter, Caroline Habib, Elise Cousineau, Jennifer Kawaja, Bruno Dube, Sphere Media Toronto
- Closure – Joshua Charles Dawe, Erica Zulian-Dawe, Joyce Northey, Dillon Pearce
Best Short Film
- A Short Tutorial – Geoff Tarson, Alexandra D. Levinsohn, D. Clifford Hart, Diagonal Media, LLC
- Nothing Bad Ever Happens – Geenah Krisht, Heidi Weitzer, Good Good Films
- Upstairs – David-Georges Renaud, Hayden Warren, Charisse Hardy, David Schelling, Nativroots Collective
Best Pilot
- I (Un)Do – Todd A. Jackson, Roderick McCarthy
- Transmission – Carolyn Carew, Electra Hartman, Mikkie-dené Le Roux, Liese Kuhn
- Paranormal Unit – Episode 01 – Brian Michael, Lori Roovers, Legs Production
I love NY
- The Roommate Contract – Lydia Muir
- Upstairs – David-Georges Renaud, Hayden Warren, Charisse Hardy, David Schelling, Nativroots Collective
- Rent Control – Claire Marie Torn, Lee Paul Crisci, A CT Marie Production
- In A NY Minute – Phyillicia Bishop, Phil’s Productions
- Future Proof – Bradley Tangonan, Justine Sweetman, Tessa Travis, Lacuna Films INC
Best Director
- Victoria Thaine and Grace Feng Fang Juan – Plausible Deniability
- Josiane Blanc – Ainsi va Manu/Hogtown Season 2
- Sophia Belahmer, Juliette Gosselin – Discreet
- Heidi Weitzer – Nothing Bad Ever Happens
- Nicolas Jullian – Malena y Sofía, fashionistas pero nunca tanto
Best Web Series
- Plausible Deniability – Iain Crittenden, Random Pictures
- Discreet – Sophia Belahmer, Juliette Gosselin, Patricia Blais, Monique Lamoureux, Ian Quenneville
- The Meteorites – Nadia Louis-Desmarchais, Mylène Augustin, Marie Ka
- Future Proof – Bradley Tangonan, Justine Sweetman, Tessa Travis, Lacuna Films INC
- The Mediator – Marie-Élène Grégoire, Louis-Philippe Drolet, Louis Morissette, Marie-Hélène Lebeau-Taschereau, Mélanie Viau, KOTV
The nominees reflect the festival’s diverse and dynamic programming, showcasing everything from dramatic narratives to lighthearted comedies, and even sci-fi thrillers. This year’s competition is fierce, with each category highlighting the best web series, short films, and pilot episodes from around the world.
Wrapping Up: What to Expect from NYC Web Fest 2024
With an impressive array of global talent, the introduction of a dedicated streaming platform, and a strong selection of award contenders, NYC Web Fest 2024 is set to be one of the most exciting festivals yet. The event not only offers a platform for creators to showcase their work but also serves as a celebration of innovation in digital storytelling. Whether you’re attending in person or tuning in via the Footprint Network, this year’s festival is an unmissable opportunity to witness the future of web series unfold.
Make sure you check out their official website, www.nycwebfest.com, to find out more information, to get tickets to the event, and to discover their channel on the Footprint TV Network. You can even buy official merch, browse through photos, and discover more about the founder of the festival, Lauren Atkins. Also, while you’re at it, why not check out who won awards at the 2023 festival which can be viewed by clicking here or via clicking the image below.