Best Picture

STORY OF A SUSPENDED LIFE

Jacopo Payar

 

Best Narrative Feature

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Brian Herzlinger

 

Best Narrative Short

STORY OF A SUSPENDED LIFE

Jacopo Payar

 

Best Indie Film

PLACES WHERE FLOWERS ONCE GREW

Michael Gonzalez

 

Best Drama

RAIN

Simran Sidhu

 

Best Comedy

HIGH CALORIE

Mehmet Tigli

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Best Thriller

VESPER

Keyvan Sheikhalishahi

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Best Horror

SHANDA'S RIVER

Marco Rosson

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Best Experimental

LILT

Josiah Cuneo

 

Best Inspirational

SOUTH OF SWAN CREEK

Brittney Greer

 

Best Crime Film

CARMA

Olivier P Philippe

 

Best LGBTQ

ARSENIC

Vanesa Prieto

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Best Western

TEK

David Cinnella

 

Best Documentary

I AM FAMOUS

Ismael Lotz

 

Best Student Film

PUFFERFISH

Arion Mehmeti

 

Best Director

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Brian Herzlinger

 

Honorable Mention: Director

SHANDA'S RIVER

Marco Rosson

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Best Actor

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Shannon Brown

 

Best Actress

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Juliette Bennett

 

Best Actor in an Indie Film

SAN WONT

Micheal Drew

 

Best Actress in an Indie Film

IN A HEARTBEAT

Diana Perez Riveros

 

Best Supporting Actor

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Chuck Ardezzone

 

Best Supporting Actress

SUMMER WITH ALICIA

Nicole Fahel

 

Best Ensemble

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Shannon Brown, Heather Matarazzo, Juliette Bennett, Jim O'Heir, Burt Young, Alice Amter, Ken Weichert, Chuck Ardezzone,  Will Haze, Jamie Bernadette, Whitney Kimball Long, Marilyn Bass, Michael Buscemi, Carl Rimi, Marilyn Bass, Joseph Ferrante, Chiko Mendez Jonathan Yaskoff, Robert Craighead and Alison England

 

Best Young Filmmaker

VESPER

Keyvan Sheikhalishahi

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

SOUTH OF SWAN CREEK

Debbie Sutcliffe

 

Best Editing

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Rick Derby, Michael Berenbaum

 

Best Cinematography

ARSENIC

Valentina Martinico

 

Best Score

RED KROKODIL

Alexander Cimini

 

Best Song

ARSENIC

"Poison" by Vic Martonne

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Best Original Story

SMOTHERED BY MOTHERS

Kurt Weichert, John Fahy

 

Best Screenplay Feature

LEMON YELLOW WORLD

Erin Hazlehurst

 

Best Screenplay Short

PETIT A PETIT

Jessi Thind