Best Picture

THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING

Arna Selznick, John van Bruggen, Ashley Spires, Pamela Slavin, Lynne Warner, Doug Murphy, Scott Dyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Alison Pill, Lilly Bartlam, Tony Daniels

 

Best Narrative Feature

CHUBBY CAFÉ

LI Qia, Yiwen Cao

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

BHOY INTSIK

Joel Lamangan

 

Best Narrative Short

LATE AGAIN ANA

Anastasia Kochetkova

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

BEYOND THE WHEEL

Ziwei Han

 

Best Indie Feature

GHOSTED

Matt Baker

 

Best Indie Short

PABLO & CESAR

Alexis Stan

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

GREATER FOOL

Julia Strassmann

 

Best Drama

Q&A

Yueh-Tzu Sun

 

Best Comedy

THE REPORT

Alexander Callens

 

Best Thriller

ESTHER

Montana Mann

 

Best Action Film

1UP

Edward Halstead

 

Best Experimental Film

THE DANCER

Jason Silva

 

Best Sci-Fi

3020

Sam T. McFarland

 

Best Mystery Film

EISES KÄLTE - FROZEN IN TIME

Roland Busch

 

Best Parody

DEERY OFF THE WALL

Todd Magnuson

 

Best Dark Comedy

ROYAL FLESH

Olivia DeVenne

 

Best Film Noir

THE ROACHMAN

David Herrera

 

Best LGBTQ Film

BHOY INTSIK

Raymond Francisco

 

Best Crime Film

MIDDLE MANAGEMENT

Bryce Davis

 

Best Western

ULTRAVOKAL

Christophe Karabache

 

Best Web Series

PUNTU KOMA

Maru Solores

 

Best Documentary Feature

EL VIEJO

Matthew Hickney

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

LIFE·LOVE·DOGS

Michael Buday, Oreet Rees

 

Best Documentary Featurette

STAGE TIME

Dylan Lloyd

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Featurette

MY FRIEND: STANDING STRONG

Stacey M. Zipfel

 

Best Documentary Short

REMEMBERING PRIVATE QUAGLIANO

Rodney Roldan

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

HUA-YU WALKER

Tsai Tsai

 

Best Animation

THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING

Arna Selznick

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

STAY

Rachel Sigal, Venetia Ellis

 

Best Music Video

THE CRY

Pavla Forest

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

SOUL DE SELENE

Sid Singh

 

Best Student Film

WITNESS

Kexian Li

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

CAVE OF DA VINCI

Sofia Drai

 

Best Microfilm

THE MIRROR

Massimiliano Mauceri

 

Best Director

BHOY INTSIK

Joel Lamangan

 

Honorable Mention: Director

EISES KÄLTE - FROZEN IN TIME

Roland Busch

 

Best First Time Director

WITNESS

Kexian Li

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

THE VICTIM

Junmin Wang

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

THE LAND OF THE GODS

Marc Lepelletier

 

Best Young Filmmaker

SOUL: ROOH

Mansour Assad

 

Best Actor

BHOY INTSIK

Raymond Francisco

 

Best Actress

EISES KÄLTE - FROZEN IN TIME

Louise Lejeune

 

Best Young Actress

GAMER'S WIFE

Brookelyn Chalmers

 

Best Cinematography

SHE COMES IN COLORS EVERYWHERE

Dingxuan Huang

 

Best Editing

BEYOND THE WHEEL

Bingjie Huang

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Best Song

VIOLET SATURN - SWEETEST LIFE

Mario Schmolka, Erik Stabenau, Lauren Carr Reed, Spencer Carr Reed, Christie Carr 

 

Inspiring Woman in a Film

GREATER FOOL

Julia Strassmann

 

Best Original Story

CHUBBY CAFÉ

Yiwen Cao

 

Best Screenplay Feature

THE MAN WHO BORE THE MYTH

Phillip E Hardy

 

Best Screenplay Short

HIS PERIOD

Nihal Vasudevan

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

CHUBBY CAFÉ

Yiwen Cao

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

BOUNCE

David MacLean