Best Picture

HOLIDAY HOSTAGE

D.W. Moffett, Abby Walla, David Storch

 

Best Narrative Feature

KUASHA JOKHON

Meenakshii & Abhishek

 

Best Narrative Short

THE LEGEND

Dom Fred

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

KAREN'S FAMILY

Motaz Ezzat Elbahaey

 

Best Indie Feature

ON THE FENCE

Luciana Caplan

 

Best Indie Short

INERTIA

Ingrid Hoyos

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

A BULLET - SAM'S CONFESSION

Tsai Tsai

 

Best Drama Feature

IT'S A GIRL

Simmer Bhatia, Mehnaaz Nadiadwala

 

Best Drama Short

A DATE WITH SHILLELAGH

Jeff Stewart, Brian Johnston, Keith Large

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

ANNA AND DAN

Yuntong Peng

 

Best Comedy

HOLIDAY HOSTAGE

D.W. Moffett, Abby Walla, David Storch

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

THE OWL'S NEST

Blake Studwell

 

Best Thriller Feature

KUASHA JOKHON

Meenakshii & Abhishek

 

Best Thriller Short

VOICE OF BELIEF

Alastair Railton

 

Honorable Mention: Thriller

THE RED ROOM

Luca Arcidiacono

 

Best Experimental Film

THE ASCENSION OF AVA DELAINE

Tonya Kay

 

Best Inspirational Film

GAWILAN

Kelsy Lua

 

Best Dark Comedy

I'M TELLING YA!

Helder F Gomes

 

Best Film Noir

INERTIA

Ingrid Hoyos

 

Best LGBTQ Film

DRIFTED

Gloria Ho Lok Yee

 

Best Crime Film

A BULLET - SAM'S CONFESSION

Tsai Tsai

 

Best Western

MONEY BAG

Nolan Hieu Trifunovic

 

Best Documentary Feature

MURDER ON THE REEF

Allen Dobrovolsky, Alex Fitzwater

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

BILL EVANS TIME REMEMBERED

Bruce Spiegel

 

Best Documentary Short

GAWILAN

Kelsy Lua

 

Best Animation

GOD I NEED A GIRLFRIEND

Foster Huntington, Stefan Janoski

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

THE GIRL AND THE HEGEHOG

Linya Hu

 

Best Music Video

GOD I NEED A GIRLFRIEND

Foster Huntington, Stefan Janoski

 

Best Student Film

YAYA

Artie Cadenas

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

EAT UP!

Kavivarmen Vigneswaran

 

Best Microfilm

WRONG NUMBER

Megan Binnie

 

Best Director

KUASHA JOKHON

Meenakshii & Abhishek

 

Honorable Mention: Director

ON THE FENCE

Luciana Caplan

 

Best First Time Director

PASSÉ

Mengyuan He

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

D.A.T.E

Sai Deodhar Anand

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS NOW

Cheng Chen

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

GOOD SERVICE

Shuyi Li, Kai Shao

 

Best Actor

HOLIDAY HOSTAGE

Don Stark

 

Honorable Mention: Actor

ON THE FENCE

Michael Mantone

 

Best Actress

THE LOVE OF BACHELORETTE

Maggie Qin

 

Honorable Mention: Actress

A DATE WITH SHILLELAGH

Eleanor Burke

 

Best Actor in an Indie Film

A BULLET - SAM'S CONFESSION

Le Cheng Yu

 

Best Actress in an Indie Film

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

Eleanor Burke

 

Best Supporting Actor

A BULLET - SAM'S CONFESSION

Bing Hua Wu

 

Best Young Actress

TEAM TEENETTES

Angel Hawes

 

Best Duo

THE BENZA

Christopher McCombs, Kyle Card

 

Best Ensemble

HOLIDAY HOSTAGE

Maggie Wheeler, Don Stark, Bunny Levine, Abby Walla, David Storch

 

Honorable Mention: Ensemble

INERTIA

Miguel Garcia, Lena Marie, Jimmy Torenzo, Ingrid Hoyos

 

Inspiring Woman in a Film

ON THE FENCE

Jill Galbraith

 

Best Visual Effects

TEAM TEENETTES

Brian Morelan, Barry Jesse Smith

 

Best Cinematography

SUNFLOWER SOUP

Cesar Salazar

 

Best Editing

NO ONE'S OWN

Dane Liberatore

 

Best Score

INERTIA

Iran Garcia

 

Best Song

THIS IS OUR TIME

Debra Gussin, Dale Effren

 

Best Sound Design

OCD

Runqi Wang

 

Best Trailer

MMA - NEVER SURRENDER

Gerald J. Godbout III, Dennis Jusino

 

Honorable Mention: Trailer

RUB YOUR EYES UNTIL YOU SEE STARS

Judith Knubben, Guy Renardeau

 

Best Original Story

ON THE FENCE

Luciana Caplan, Melanie Caplan

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

SUNFLOWER SOUP

Marissa A. Martinez

 

Best Screenplay Feature

THE ACCIDENT

Cody Baron

 

Best Screenplay Short

GAME OF LIFE

Timothy Mendonca

 

Honorable Mention: Screenplay

PARALLAX REFLECTIONS

Derin Isikman Baratka

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

AT THE MERCY OF FAITH

Samuel Taylor

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

A BULLET - SAM'S CONFESSION

Tsai Tsai