Best Picture

CREATORS - THE PAST

Piergiuseppe Zaia

 

Best Narrative Feature

NIRMAL EN ROUTE

Rishi Deshpande

 

Best Narrative Short

SHALLOW GRAVE

Jingyu Liu

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

YOU OR ME

Yana Zinov, Drew Schrum

 

Best Indie Film

OFF TO CARE

Wendi Sun

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

RED STRING OF FATE

Valeria Sweet

 

Best Drama

SWAMP

Yuchen Yuan

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

1947 TWO SOLDIERS

Sravan Gajabhinkar

 

Best Comedy

STRINGS ATTACHED

Peri Segel & Laura Torres

 

Best Thriller

RICOCHET

Tim Earnheart

 

Best Horror

CADUCEA

Christophe Mavroudis

 

Honorable Mention: Horror

INTO FOCUS

Zach Hoover

 

Best Sci-Fi

CREATORS - THE PAST

Piergiuseppe Zaia

 

Best Experimental Film

EVAPORATIONS

Alberto Martín-Aragón

 

Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

YORT

Duane Michals

 

Best Inspirational Film

CHANGE THE WORLD

Angelena Bonet

 

Best Musical/Dance Film

DISTINGUISHED FEELINGS

Koeren Moriano, Michael Delmar, Keren Marciano

 

Best Parody

THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING F/K/A/ KISSY COUSINS MONSTER BABIES

Wayne Keeley

 

Best LGBTQ Film

THE BEST MAN

Joseph Lamb

 

Best Romance Film

A STEP BEHIND

Cristobal Abugaber Muñoz

 

Best Web Series

OKSTUPID

Amber Brooke Wallace

 

Best Documentary Feature

COUNTER HISTORIES: ROCK HILL

Fr3deR1cK

 

Best Documentary Short

SALZBURG. TRADITION WITHIN US.

Daniel H. Ronacher

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

LOVE GHOST: IRELAND TOUR

Dan Bell

 

Best Animation

NIGHT LIGHT

Yamiset Trujillo, Jane Suarez, Kevin Diatezua, Omar Alvarez, Jonathan De La Uz, Emily Edwards, Catherine Ha, Carolyna Marin, Kristen Petrakis, Mary Sumner

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

SHADOWLAND

bellopropello

 

Best Music Video

SCREAMING HEART

Mike Baran

 

Best Student Film

OUT OF FRAME

Artem Gutkowski

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

THE SIGNIFICANT LIVES

Lucy Darrington

 

Best Microfilm

NEW AGE FAMILY

Travis Stone, Carolyn Bridget Kennedy, Richard J. McRae, Amy Bloom

 

Best Director

CADUCEA

Christophe Mavroudis

 

Honorable Mention: Director

NIRMAL EN ROUTE

Rishi Deshpande

 

Best First Time Director

ROSE

Nicolas Bosc

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

A STEP BEHIND

Cristobal Abugaber Muñoz

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

BXAUTIFUL NIGHTMARX

Brittny Williams, Juanita Ingram

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

SILENT WAYS

Lucy Vico

 

Best Young Filmmaker

TAWQ NAJAT

Khaled Zidan

 

Best Actor

CREATORS - THE PAST

William Shatner

 

Honorable Mention: Actor

SHALLOW GRAVE

Tim D. Walker

 

Best Actress

CADUCEA

Marie-Jeanne Maldague

 

Honorable Mention: Actress

I'M GOOD

Anastasia Kharchenko

 

Best Actor in an Indie Film

WALTER TREPPIEDI

Vittorio Ciorcalo

 

Best Actress in an Indie Film

GUILTY BUNCH OF FLOWERS

Eleanor Burke

 

Best Duo

GUILTY BUNCH OF FLOWERS

Rachel Nottingham & Olu Adaeze

 

Best Ensemble

NIRMAL EN ROUTE

Ketaki Narayan, Ankur Rathee, Satish Pulekar, Madhav Abhyankar, Rohit Kokate, Mahesh Joshi, Manasi Joshi Roy, Vinamra Babhal

 

Best Cinematography

RICOCHET

Matt Fleming

 

Honorable Mention: Cinematography

CREATORS - THE PAST

Ezio Gamba

 

Best Editing

SHALLOW GRAVE

Yujie Tang

 

Honorable Mention: Editing

STELLA

Jing Han

 

Best Score

SALZBURG. TRADITION WITHIN US.

Michael Frankenberger

 

Honorable Mention: Score

A LITTLE PAYBACK

Gwenaël Mario Grisi and Mahlon Berv

 

Inspiring Woman in a Film

LETHALZ

Ally Teixeira

 

Best Visual Effects

YORT

Josiah Cuneo

 

Best Original Story

1947 TWO SOLDIERS

Sravan Gajabhinkar

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

GUILTY BUNCH OF FLOWERS

Keith Large, Maria Smith

 

Best Screenplay Feature

RACE MUSIC

Eric Weber, Hasan Oracius

 

Best Screenplay Short

THE MOURNING AFTER

Celeste

 

Best Drama Screenplay

GLASS ANGEL

Lea Ann Vandygriff

 

Best Comedy Screenplay

WALTER TREPPIEDI

Elena Bouryka

 

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

CALLERS TO OUR WORLD

Salvatore Bono

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

THE SECRET WORLD OF DANNY LOPEZ

Samuel Garza Bernstein

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

CHAMPAGNE

Elizabeth Schiffler