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Best Picture

The System

Michael Cruz

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Best Narrative Feature

Pink Opaque

Derrick Perry, Dave Ragsdale

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

Choices

Elvis Chuks

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Best Narrative Featurette

Sheru

Ayesha Baig

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Best Narrative Short

Breaking the Silence

Seayoon Jeong

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

Intruders

Miguel Sahid Rodriguez, Andres F. Mejia

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Best Indie Feature

Mornings of the World

Jihyun Lee

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Best Indie Short

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Ilan Zerrouki

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Zoom and Gloom

Nicholas Jones

 

Best Drama

Lessons

Yucong Chen

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Honorable Mention: Drama

Love Letter

Corina Marie Howell, Christopher D. Park

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Best Dark Comedy

Not Your Average Bear

Simon Longmore, Cliff Skelton

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Best Romantic Comedy

Heartstruck

Ian Thomas Kent

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Best Parody

The Shannon O'Brian Chronicles - "Beers 'n Masks"

Jenness Rouse

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Best Thriller

My House

Alexander Edep

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

A Secret

Yanqing Chen

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Best Horror

Little One

Logan Fields, Chris Beyrooty

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Honorable Mention: Horror

Ravenstein

Eveshka Ghost

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Best Romance Film

Songkran

Bank Tangjaitrong

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Best Experimental Film

Border

Shu Zhu, Ino Yang Popper

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Pandemia

Katerina Giannakopoulou

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Best Film Noir

The Big Con

Augie Pagan

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Best LGBTQ Film

As I Am

Anthony Bawn

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Best Mystery Film

The Monster's Club

Federica Alice Carlino

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Best Fantasy Film

Loop

Yanqing Chen

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy Film

Gaia

Juan Zuloaga Eslait

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Best Crime Film

The Council

JayTee Thompson

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Best Web/TV Pilot

The System

Michael Cruz

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Best TV Series

Taboos without Taboo - Sin and Expiation

Norbert Pálinkás

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Best Web Series

Crazy Sexy Oreos

Adrian Snow

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

Eye & the Oracle

J.J. Barmettler

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Best Documentary Feature

Saint Clair Cemin, Psyche

Svetlana Cemin

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Best Documentary Featurette

Taboos without Taboo - Disabilities

Norbert Pálinkás

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Best Documentary Short

Hello Jeong Seon

Michelle Yoonkyung Shin

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Best Animation

Goalie

Maarten Lemmens

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Honorable Mention: Animation

Tides Are Changing

Dinah Kalaha, María Bjarnadóttir

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Best Music Video

Fantasy

Dane Liberatore

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Delanila - The Philosopher

Simon Villaret, Danielle Eva Schwob

 

Best Student Film

Melodrama

Nick Azzaro

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

What We Become

Stephen P. Davis

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Best Microfilm

Goalie

Maarten Lemmens

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Honorable Mention: Microfilm

TIKTok-IN'! "SINK DA MAYO"

Jenness Rouse

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Best Director (Feature)

The Final Code

Carlo Fusco

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Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)

The Family Tree

Jorge Ameer

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Best Director (Short)

Goalie

Maarten Lemmens

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Honorable Mention: Director (Short)

Soul Veil

Alaa Al Sehnawi

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Best First Time Director

Amicus

Yancey Wang

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

The Master

Jinyang Zhang

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Lupita

Jose Feng

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

I Turned Around And There She Was

Elina Kamby

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Best Young Filmmaker

What Are You Waiting For?

Ella Jerrier

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Best Actor

Pink Opaque

Elijah Boothe

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Honorable Mention: Actor

Pinguino

Angel Vergara

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Best Actress

The System

Ashley Olivia Fisher

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Honorable Mention: Actress

Breaking the Silence

Grace Shen

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Heartstruck

Jeremiah O'MaHony

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Honorable Mention: Actor in an Indie Film

Before I Forget You

Herb Lichtenstein

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

The Light After

Lydia Li

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Honorable Mention: Actress in an Indie Film

You Up?

Lindi Cecile

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Best Supporting Actor

The System

Akintola Jiboyewa

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Best Supporting Actress

Pinguino

Kiara Beltran

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Best Young Actor

And One

Marvin "Marvo" Chong

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Best Young Actress

Knit

Leila Jean Davis

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Best Child Actress

The Light After

Hadley Scheff

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Best Cinematography

The System

David Brick

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Prey

Nick Vera

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Best Editing

The System

Oliver Parker

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Honorable Mention: Editing

Heartstruck

Jude Thomas

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Best Score

The System

Oscar Convers

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Honorable Mention: Score

The Traveler

Joshua Armin Meyer

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

Ciao Anita

Anita Ekberg

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Best Trailer

The Cloaking

Sam Bradford

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Honorable Mention: Trailer

To Kill A Cop

Michael Monteiro

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Best Commercial/Promotional Video

8102 Arim

Brice Blanloeil

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Best Original Story

Goalie

Maarten Lemmens

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Honorable Mention: Original Story

Gone with the Tree

Shi Jie

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Screenplay of the Month

Assassin Gram

Benjamin Pollack

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Best Feature Screenplay

Alta California

Lynn Elliott

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Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

Nation Building

Jon Oehler

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Best Short Screenplay

The Prospector

Shaun Ireland

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Ei8hty-Ei8ht

Doug Maguire

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Best Drama Screenplay

Don't Tell, Baby

Edmund Preston Lottimer

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Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay

Ad Praesenti

Kenneth Guilfoyle

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Best Comedy Screenplay

Assassin Gram

Benjamin Pollack

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Honorable Mention: Comedy Screenplay

Brook Farm

Alexander Wake

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Best Horror Screenplay

Leapers

SherLann D. Moore

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Best Thriller Screenplay

Murder of a Salesman

Sam Cromartie

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Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

A Shivering Night

Josh Caza

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Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi Screenplay

TheoMORPHIS

Sam Moony

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Best Fantasy Screenplay

Ocean Child

Laura Koons, Marilyn Swick

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Brook Farm

Alexander Wake

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Illegal Aliens

Clint Buckner, Chad Matheney

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

The Music Box

Ahmed Mohamed Almaazmi

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Best Television Script

Chums

Jaye Mary Younkin

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