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Best Picture

WERNER GRUBER

Igor Sadovski

 

Best Narrative Feature

TARIKH

Churni Ganguly

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Best Narrative Featurette

THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF SANTA SCORESE

Mimmo Spataro

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Best Narrative Short

LOSS OF REALITY

Martin Holper

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

TALK

Boulanger Romuald

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Best Indie Feature

ELENA'S WAR DANCE

Jennifer Treur

 

Best Indie Short

HYPNOSIS

Grégoire Vaillant, Charles-Edouard Dangelser

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

TIS OF THEE

Craig Erpelding

 

Best Drama

RECONDITION

Graham Patrick Martin, Devon Coull

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Honorable Mention: Drama

MURALS

Luke C. Griffiths

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Best Comedy

WHAT THE HELL

Dede Harlan

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

RUNNING WITH VIOLET

Joyce Wong

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Best Dark Comedy

NURSERY RHYME OF A MADMAN

Igor Rados

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Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

THE TAPING

Sam Ra

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Best Thriller

WERNER GRUBER

Igor Sadovski

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Best Horror

LURED

David Li

 

Best Romance Film

IN HER IMAGE

Sungho Phillip Moon

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Best Sci-Fi

THE FIVE MINUTES

Shange Zhang

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Best Experimental Film

WHERE TO GO? WHERE TO COME FROM?

Hung Keung

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Best Inspirational Film

GOD IS NOT TO BLAME

Julio Méndez

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

SOLSTICE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DIRECTOR'S RESTORATION

Jerry Vasilatos

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Best Musical/Dance Film

LEVEL UP

Stephane Benini

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Honorable Mention: Musical/Dance Film

RUMINATE

Severine Reisp

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Best Film Noir

A FAITHLESS ACT

Guilherme Filipe Régio

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Best LGBTQ Film

ALIA

Sreehari Purimetla

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Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Film

CONFRAMA

Robert Adams, Anthony Bawn

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Best Western

MY DECLARATION

Jiayi Li

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Best Action Film

DANTE FALLS

Nancy Lin

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Honorable Mention: Action Film

OPERATION SHELL SHOCK

Allan Riggs

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Best Web Series

MOVING ON

Jamieson Allen, Nikolas Trusko, Laura Torres, Elizabeth Rezende, Conor Twohy, Julia San Andres

 

Honorable Mention: Web Series

RUNNING WITH VIOLET

Joyce Wong

 

Best Documentary Feature

KINGS OF BEER

Sean Mullin

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING

Rick Korn

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Best Documentary Short

THE FALSE SUMMIT

Roman Medjanov

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

THE BEAUTIFUL MUDANJIANG

Wen Tian

 

Best Animation

ECONOMY IS CARE

Sergio Herencias, Andreas Tanner

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

LATTESHIP

Hsing-Fang Tsai, Daishi Takishima

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Best Music Video

MUTTS - BETTER BELIEVE IT

Nick Rush

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

LOSS LEADER - INDIVISIBLE

Nick Rush

 

Best Student Film

DON'T TELL FATHER

Jimmy J. Carter

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

GALLERY EXPERIENCE

Jinghan Tian

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Best Microfilm

CARMEN

Ana Clara Rodríguez

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Best Director

WERNER GRUBER

Igor Sadovski

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Honorable Mention: Director

MELODY

Bernard Kordieh

 

Best First Time Director (Feature)

YONLU

Hique Montanari

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Feature)

LOST TEARS

Nicolas Vasseur

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Best First Time Director (Short)

FRACKED

Antony Stone

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)

THE GIFTED ONES

Chadaporn Mitinunwong

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

S.I.R

Kim Alex Hall & Justice Singleton

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

BLUE

Mufeng Han

 

Best Young Filmmaker

WHEN SHE WAS THERE

Josh Forman

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

THE SABLE DRAGONFLY: AN ODE TO MY BLACK FEMALE ODY

Sakile Odimo

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Best Actor

TALK

William Baldwin

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Honorable Mention: Actor

THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF SANTA SCORESE

Alfredo Traversa

 

Best Actress

MELODY

Maisie Richardson Sellers

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Honorable Mention: Actress

WERNER GRUBER

Cristina Sadovski

 

Best Actor in an Indie Film

THE TAPING

Ivan Murphy

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Honorable Mention: Actor in an Indie Film

FRIEND HUNTER

Adam Kitchen

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

THE RAY OF LIGHT

Olya Lysenko

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Honorable Mention: Actress in an Indie Film

POLLY POCKET

Veronica Maccari

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Best Young Actor

DON'T TELL FATHER

Bradley Carter

 

Best Young Actress

DOLPHIN GIRL

Carly Barnes

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Best Duo

MELODY

Maisie Richardson Sellers & Maja Laskowska

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Best Ensemble

THE TAPING

Iven Murphy, David Wayman, Lara Lemon, Tania Amsel, Georgina Barley, Pete Watts, Hannah Lawrence, Denise Waterman, Lara Mullen, Takayuki Suzuki, Jeff M Murray, Sarah J Lewis, Joseph Rhys Blake

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

FRIEND HUNTER

Adam Kitchen, Daniel Ross Owens, Daniel Mann

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Best Cinematography

WERNER GRUBER

Angelo D. Stramaglia

 

Honorable Mention: Cinematography

DEAR GAIA

Jean-Luc Servino

 

Best Editing

TARIKH

Subhajit Singha

 

Honorable Mention: Editing

LOST TEARS

Nicolas Vasseur

 

Best Score (Feature)

SOLSTICE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DIRECTOR'S RESTORATION

Balint Sapszon

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Best Score (Short)

ALL AROUND COWBOY

Mariano Saulino

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Honorable Mention: Score

BLANK CANVAS

Philip Daniel

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Best Song

TARIKH

Aniruddha Gupta, Sagardweep Deb, Alokananda Chakraborty, Torsha Deryn, Arunendu Das, Rickraj Nath, Prasenjit Ghosal, Gunjan Saha

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Best Sound Design

MOLD

Bo Li

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

SCRAP

Vivian Kerr

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Best Trailer

THE GIFTED ONES

Chadaporn Mitinunwong

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Honorable Mention: Trailer

ATTACK OF THE CAT PEOPLE

Sarah Stephenson

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Best Commercial

Z ZEGNA

Giacomo Boeri

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Best Original Story

DANTE FALLS

Nancy Lin

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

'TIS OF THEE

Craig Erpelding

 

Screenplay of the Month

TWO LIKE ME AND YOU

Chad Alan Gibbs

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Best Feature Screenplay

ERASED

Camille Huot, Ambrealys

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Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

SHELTER ME

Sara Caldwell & Jerry Vasilatos

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Best Short Screenplay

DREAM GIRL

Anthony Marinelli

 

Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

THE CLOSET DOOR

Scott Nelson

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Best Drama Screenplay

SHELTER ME

Jerry Vasilatos & Sara Caldwell

 

Best Comedy Screenplay

FRIEND HUNTER

Brent Crable

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Best Action Screenplay

HOSTILE ACTORS

Thomas Nesti

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Best Thriller Screenplay

THE UNJUST

Scott Cahill

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Best Horror Screenplay

FIELD TRIP

Claudio Martinez-Valle

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Best Fantasy Screenplay

FOREVERLAND: THE GIRL WHO SPEAKS TO ANIMALS

Steven Stonebraker

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

THE REBOOT

Brian Gene White

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

CHANCE AND CIRCUMSTANCE

Patrick Lescarbeau

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

EMANATION

Ben Mathews

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Best Television Script

FARM TEAM

Langston Antosek

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