URBAN-15 is pleased to announce the 12 winning filmmakers from the 2024 Josiah Media Festival! The 18th iteration of this international film showcase saw submissions from all over the globe, screening films from over 20 of those nations. These films have been awarded the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place positions in each of the four respective film categories; narrative, documentary, animation and experimental. URBAN-15 congratulates these filmmakers for their important contribution to independent film around the world.
All 12 films will be streamed in a “Winners Only” stream every weekend in March, beginning on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025. URBAN-15 invites all participating filmmakers, as well as their friends, family and all other film aficionados, to tune in to the livestream event at urban15.org/live-stream.
Narrative category winners
• 1st place – “Never Free” dir. Linden Dodson, age 21, from Austin, Texas
• 2nd place – “Endless” dir. Bekzhan Amantayev, age 20, from Almaty, Kazakhstan
• 3rd place – “Growing Pains” dir. Molly Ulvsrod Koldso, age 18, from Hvidovre, Denmark
Documentary category winners
• 1st place – “On-Corps” dir. Ireland Robinson, age 21, from San Antonio, Texas
• 2nd place – “Guiding Light” dir. India Anne Mitchell, age 14, from Petaluma, California
• 3rd place – “Summer Before Prague” dir. Leesha Grant, 15, from Montreal, Canada
Animation category winners
• 1st place – “Cycle” dir. Wong Ka Chun, age 21, from Tsing Yi, Hong Kong
• 2nd place – “Memory Emporium” dir. Michael Allred, age 21, from Wellington, New Zealand
• 3rd place – “Nochar” dir. Felix Lipp, age 21, from Munich, Germany
Experimental category winners
• 1st place – “Three Colours” dir. by Lana Gredelj, age 15, from Kutina, Croatia
• 2nd place – “In A Foreign Land” dir. by Ada Lemberg, age 21, from Pozan, Poland
• 3rd place – “4 Thoughts on Womanhood from a 21 Year Old Little Girl” dir. by Allison Frankfort, age 22, from Detroit, Michigan