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Best Picture

Night Watch

Allen Chiang, Chris Chang

 

Best Narrative Film

Forum

J. Michael Kallet

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Backbeat

Martin Blank

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Best Indie Film

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Ilan Zerrouki

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Jonah

Benjamin Coffey

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Best Drama

Resurrection

Sabine Crossen

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Best Thriller

Night Watch

Allen Chiang, Chris Chang

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Best Horror

Zoom and Gloom

Nicholas Jones

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Best Sci-Fi

River

Emily Skye

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Best Experimental Film

Jonah

Benjamin Coffey

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Best Inspirational Film

Ciao Anita

Jacques Lipkau Goyard, Marco Kuveiller

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Best Musical/Dance Film

Banana

HIRO

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Best Dark Comedy

The Funeral

Michael Filek

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Best LGBTQ Film

In Love with Ally Barker

Chris Smellin, Robert Smellin

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Best TV Pilot

The Deets'

Amondre Jackson

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Best Web Series

Murray Ghost

Brian Herskowitz

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Best Documentary Feature

The Fear Engine

Andy Ross

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Best Documentary Short

The Bobby Chacon Story

Richard Poche

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

Hello Jeong Seon

Michelle Yoonkyung Shin

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Best Animation

Birds Of A Feather

Varad Bhamburdekar

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Honorable Mention: Animation

Sign

Shay Albert

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Best Music Video

Two Arms Apart

Renee Jonas, Sven Tydeman, Elizabeth Usher, Ben Chai

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

Mad Crush - Trouble's Coming

John Elderkin, Caroline Rumley

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Best Student Film

Birds Of A Feather

Varad Bhamburdekar

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

Virus - Death Valley

Micaela Ester Perardi

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Best Commercial

8102 Arim

Brice Blanloeil

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Best Director

Resurrection

Sabine Crossen

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Honorable Mention: Director

Soul Veil

Alaa Al Sehnawi

​

Best Indie Filmmaker

Looking Glass

Joslyn Rose Lyons

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Best First Time Director

Letters from a Father

Andrea Fantauzzi

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

The Shattered Lighthouse

Hui-Wen Chiu

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Best Young Filmmaker

Elevated

Gracie Marcellus

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Best Actor

Night Watch

Xin Guo

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Honorable Mention: Actor

Resurrection

Tony Simonneau

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Best Actress

In Love with Ally Barker

Laura Jane Turner

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Honorable Mention: Actress

In Love with Ally Barker

Sarah Clarke

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Lucas Delesvaux

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

You Up?

Lindi Cecile

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Best Score

The Traveler

Joshua Armin Meyer

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Best Song

Murray Ghost - "Stick Around"

Leonard Wolf, Maggie Herskowitz, Bailey Herskowitz

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Honorable Mention: Song

Banana

HIRO

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

Heart of Gold

JeeJa Yanin

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Best Trailer

Sign of the Times

Andrew Walker

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Best Original Story

Night Watch

Allen Chiang, Chris Chang

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Honorable Mention: Original Story

The Funeral

Michael Filek

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Screenplay of the Month

Kaltenhouse

Don Thompson

 

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Best Feature Screenplay

Pizza Dough

George Massimillo

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Best Short Screenplay

Gift

J. Michael Kallet

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Kate's Ballad

Rory O'Connor

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Best Drama Screenplay

Kip McGregor

Heath W. Miller

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Best Horror Screenplay

Hail State!

William Sennet

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Best Action Screenplay

Kaltenhouse

Don Thompson

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Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Aurora

Tim DeBruler

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

The People's Champ

Ignacio Garrido Rizzo

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Ad Praesenti

Kenneth Guilfoyle

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