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Best Picture

Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President

Mary Wharton

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Best Narrative Feature

The Secret

Ben Wicks

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

The Christmas Masterpiece

Wayne Goodrich

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Best Narrative Short

We Met in Quarantine

Rob Seiffert, Rob Wagner

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

Inappropriate

Lisa Maria Kerschbaumer, Joseph Crepaldi

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Best Indie Film

Morti's Law

Marcel Wohlfahrt, Natalie Kölbl

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

I Want to be a Director

Li Guozhen

 

Best Drama

The Twilite Hour

Warren Cook

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Honorable Mention: Drama

Fallen Heights

Dustin Weible, Brian Ackley, MJ Mattiaccio

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Best Comedy

Most Unwanted

Sara Young, Johan Wiman, Simon Garshasebi, Babak Yousefi

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Honorable Mention: Comedy

Like Daughter, Like Mother

Devi Morgan, Clyde Baldo

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Best Dark Comedy

The Resentful Angel

Shelley Daniels & Cheryl Graeff

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Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

The Sister Solution

Casey Cooper Johnson, Antoneta Kastrati

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Best Romantic Comedy

Please, Turn the Light On

Sunhee Na

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Honorable Mention: Romantic Comedy

Sweety Sonu ki Filmy Love Story

Roshni Datta

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Best Thriller

A Strange Calm

Austin Rourke

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

Flesh

Tim Poon

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Best Horror

Lies Inside

Corey Emanuel Jr.

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Honorable Mention: Horror

Stalkers

Dongjun Kim

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Best Romance Film

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

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Honorable Mention: Romance Film

Manasanamaha

Deepak Reddy

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Best Sci-Fi

Hunter

Julian Davis

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Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi

Outcast

Royce Adkins

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Best Experimental Film

Popped Culture

Spencer Flynn

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Jonah

Benjamin Coffey

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Best Inspirational Film

The New Abolitionists

Christina Zorich

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

Opeka

Cam Cowan

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Best Musical/Dance Film

#Metoo

Sophie Koster

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Honorable Mention: Musical/Dance Film

Happy Litefeet

Benini Stephane

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Best Fantasy Film

Stay

Yudi Daisy Jiang

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy Film

Artificial Souldier

Jason Gonzalez

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Best Action Film

Outcast

Royce Adkins

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Honorable Mention: Action Film

Fugitive Zero

Joe Lam

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Best Web/TV Pilot

In Two Minds

Fabian Schwab

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Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot

Limbo

Pat Dortch

​

Best TV Series

Divorce School

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Julie Zelman

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Best Web Series

Generation Hops

David Sabbath

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

Have A Good Day

Chauncey Jackson

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Best Documentary Feature

Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President

Mary Wharton

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Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Nadia Tass

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Best Documentary Short

Fusion

Sergey Filatov

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Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

You Have To Go For It

Julio Mendez, Kristy Espinoza

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Best Animation

Two Different Kinds of Love

Alyce Vest

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Best Music Video

Cass & Lex

Phillip Kaminiak

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Delanila - It's Been A While Since I Went Outside

Danielle Eva Schwob

 

Best Student Film

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

The Robot Vacuum

Daniel G. Roberts

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Best Microfilm

To Whom it May Concern

Daniel G. Roberts

​

Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Isolation

Alex Barnes

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Best Director (Feature)

Opeka

Cam Cowan

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Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)

Most Unwanted

Sara Young

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Best Director (Short)

Divorce School

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld

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Honorable Mention: Director (Short)

The Sister Solution

Casey Cooper Johnson, Antoneta Kastrati

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Best First Time Director (Feature)

Spy-type Model

Kim Young il

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Feature)

Symphoria

Catherine Dao

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Best First Time Director (Short)

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)

Eve Before the Funeral

Xinxin Wang

​

Best Indie Filmmaker

Breaking Point

Coren Benson, Kasey Weldon

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Legacy

Meng Chan Sam

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Best Young Filmmaker

Last Summer

Adamson Novak

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

Awakening

Mehmet Demirli

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Best Actor

Please, Turn the Light On

Sunhee Na

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Honorable Mention: Actor

One Last Shot

Saram Jaffery

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Best Actress

Inappropriate

Caterina Gabanella

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Honorable Mention: Actress

The Secret

Kiki Darlowe

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Manasanamaha

Viraj Ashwin

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Breaking Point

Kasey Weldon

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Best Supporting Actor

In Two Minds

Michael Marwitz

​

Best Supporting Actress

Artificial Souldier

Paola Tonini

​

Best Young Actor

Last Summer

Jake Mathey

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Best Young Actress

The Sister Solution

Jana Kastrati Cooper Johnson

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Best Duo

Most Unwanted

Simon Garshasebi & Babak Yousefi

​

Honorable Mention: Duo

Stay Sane

Natasha Clarke & Anton Kettunen

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Best Ensemble

Something About Bubbles

Vivan Dugré, Abigail Marlowe, Mikel Miller, Kristin Vahl, Mikel Parraga-Wills, Graham Brown

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

Stay Sane

Natasha Clarke, Anton Kettunen, Antoine Williams, Rachel Bailit

​

Best Cinematography

Stay Sane

Errol Webber

​

Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Opeka

Cam Cowan

​

Best Editing

Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President

Mari Keiko Gonzalez

​

Honorable Mention: Editing

The Sister Solution

Anders Hoffman

​

Best Score

Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President

Bradley Smith, Bill Wharton

​

Honorable Mention: Score

Opeka

Emmett Cooke

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Best Song

Stay Sane - "Sane"

Tea Wagner, Tea Belle

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Honorable Mention: Song

The Christmas Masterpiece - "Times Like These"

Charlie Hines, Cave Records

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Best Sound Design

Skin Hunger

Xueying Ou

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

The Sister Solution

Brandon Griffith

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Best Visual Effects

Welcome to TATE'S

Nathan Aaron

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Best Virtual Reality

Legends of the Brush

Sutu (Stuart Campbell)

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Honorable Mention: Virtual Reality

Hospitality VR

David Flossdorf

​

Best Commercial

The Journey

Felipe Blankenheim

​

Best Original Story

We Met in Quarantine

Rob Seiffert, Rob Wagner

​

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Mo

Maria Katre

​

Screenplay of the Month

Bitch Ball

Phillip E Hardy

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Best Feature Screenplay

Where's Weda

Katrina Jaxson

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Best Short Screenplay

Shooting Rats

Cameron Millar-Turner

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Kate's Ballad

Rory O'Connor

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Best Drama Screenplay

Lucky Man

Eb Lottimer

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Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay

The Other Who Inhabits Us

Mario Oshiro

​

Best Comedy Screenplay

Bitch Ball

Phillip E Hardy

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Best Thriller Screenplay

Duty

Anthony Ford

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Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Conscription

Jennifer Milne

​

Best Fantasy Screenplay

The Conqueror

Joshua Caza Ryan Caza

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Girl On A Swing

Shanna Reed

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Memories of Reality

Nolan Lawlor, John Christensen

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Boy Problems

Karl James Peralta

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Marina-19

Alyssa Carroll

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Best Television Script

Abbeville

Birth Of A Town

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Honorable Mention: Television Script

Burt & Mildred Go West

Randy Zobel

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