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Best Picture

Unexpected Journeys

Craig Melville

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Best Narrative Feature

City of Salt

Alicia Oberle Farmer

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Best Narrative Short

The Sunset Channel

Matthew Kinahan

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Vicarious

Dave Ardito

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Best Indie Feature

45 Days to Be Rich

Hani Bay

 

Best Indie Short

Hello...

Tony Bloodworth

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

5 Rules of Kizomba

Sergey Khromykh

 

Best Drama

Resemblance

Kevin James ONeill

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Honorable Mention: Drama

City of Salt

Alicia Oberle Farmer

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Best Comedy

For Peanuts

Vlady Oszkiel

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

Mom's Day Off

Julia Kelly, Caitlin Brodnick, David Ebert

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Best Parody

Women Of Valley Forge

Molly Clark

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Best Thriller

Forest of Light

Allan Riggs, William Nunes, Charles Chu

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Best Horror

Caducea

Christophe Mavroudis

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Best Sci-Fi

Saiya

JD Allen

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Best Experimental Film

Metamorphosis

Charles-Edouard Dangelser, Grégoire Vaillant

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Santuario

Alberto Martín-Aragón, Samuela Barbieri

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Best Inspirational Film

Silence

Erik Borner

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

Always Hope

Janice L. Walker

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Best LGBTQ Film

The Y Theory (Season 2)

Caroline Taillet, Martin Landmeters

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Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Film

The Right Way

Tiernan Bertrand-Essington

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Best Fantasy Film

Off With Your Head

Kaitlin Moore

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Best Crime Film

Catch Me

Yongnan Zhu

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Best Action Film

Let Me Run

Elmar Bayramov, Konul Kangarli

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Honorable Mention: Action Film

Number 23

Jack Veasey

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Best Web/TV Pilot

Rollercoaster

Angelica Cassidy, Ian Paul Cassidy

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Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot

Tippy Top 'Hunt & Gather'

Danny Thomas

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Best TV Series

Unexpected Journeys

Craig Melville

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Best Web Series

The Y Theory (Season 2)

Caroline Taillet, Martin Landmeters

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

For Peanuts

Vlady Oszkiel

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Best Documentary

The Мemory of the North

Sergey Filatov

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Honorable Mention: Documentary

Delay Of Game

Shaun Dikilato

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Best Animation

Filla' Void

Xinhui Ma

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Honorable Mention: Animation

The Very Special Day

Hayatto, Yuri Kageyama

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Best Music Video

James Arthur feat. Travis Barker - You

Timon Birkhofer

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Carla Biset - Wallpaper

Sitanshu Datta

 

Best Student Film (Feature)

Something BIG

Tess Salamin

 

Best Student Film (Short)

Remnants

Evers Pund

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

Window

Adam Bastin

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Best Microfilm

A House by the Sea

Carolina Brettler

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Best Director

For Peanuts

Vlady Oszkiel

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Honorable Mention: Director

Hello...

Tony Bloodworth

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Best First Time Director (Feature)

City of Salt

Alicia Oberle Farmer

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Best First Time Director (Short)

The Never Ending Nightmare

Grant Michael Eastey

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

3708

Yuhong Cai

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Harry Nathan - Fool For Your Love

Odeya Rush

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

The Red Envelope

Huang Hsiao Hsia

 

Best Young Filmmaker

Headphone

Rio Jiang

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Best Actor

The Sunset Channel

Simon Lee Phillips

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Honorable Mention: Actor

For Peanuts

Michael Fritz Schumacher

 

Best Actress

Carolina

Katalina Viteri

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Honorable Mention: Actress

Forest of Light

Andressa Matos

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Face It

Jonas Olsen

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Mr Kunibert

Saana Laigren

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Best Supporting Actor

Detention Combat

Alon Fisher

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Best Supporting Actress

The Tale of a Corporate Slave

Pam Renall

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Best Young Actor

Remnants

Jack Heath

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Best Young Actress

City of Salt

Lauren Catherine

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Best Ensemble

Pajama Party Work Night

Rio Scafone, Christina Nicole, Caitlin Burt, Melissa O'Brien, Whitney Wagner, Rose Anne Nepa, Mark Boyd, Barton Bund, Josiah Vaccaro, Patrick Neff

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Best Cinematography

Etude

Yifan Wen

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

James Arthur feat. Travis Barker - You

Daniel S. Williams

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Best Editing

Dark Wolf Gang

Bowei Yue

 

Honorable Mention: Editing

The Sunset Channel

Jacob Thompson

 

Best Score

A Thousand Cranes

Eiko Yichen Jin

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Honorable Mention: Score

Existence: Age of Discovery

Traivon Williams

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Best Song

Highland Home

Kurt Rosenberg, Tim Gorman, Karen Johnson-Miller

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Honorable Mention: Song

Unseen

Naïma Pöhler

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Best Sound Design

Remnants

Evers Pund

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

Existence: Age of Discovery

Jordan L. Riley

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Best Trailer

Running Between The Crack Of Time

YiCheng Xue

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

The Good Life

Carolyn Wilson

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Best Original Story

5 Dimensions Of A Word

Dietmar Brand

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

The Sunset Channel

Matthew Kinahan, Ben O'Neil

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Screenplay of the Month

Renaissance Man

Robert Tolz

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Best Feature Screenplay

Jackie Rae

Kip Pearson

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Best Short Screenplay

Blind Vampire

Eric White

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Honorable Mention: Screenplay

Full Moon Blues

David Wolff

​

Best Drama Screenplay

A Revelation

Alec Ybarra

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Best Comedy Screenplay

Renaissance Man

Robert Tolz

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Happy Medium

Aaron Lieben

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Strudel Movie

Dietmar Brand

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter

Schism

Erik Jasaň

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