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Best Picture

Shepard

Jourdan McClure, Philip Landa

 

Best Narrative Feature

Shepard

Jourdan McClure, Philip Landa

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

Once Upon a Judgment Day

Mehmet Tanrisever

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Best Narrative Short

Windblown

Usher Morgan

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

Glitches

Annie Chen

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Best Indie Feature

Deadly Promises

Joseph Ramos, Julian Crouser, Thomas Crouser Jr, Sandra L Bucy

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Best Indie Short

Satin White

Ingrid Hoyos

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

TABLXS

Brittny Williams, Juanita Ingram

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Best Drama

WHY? You Can Be The Next One!

Thorsten Kramer

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Best Comedy

Kongari

Naoto Tsukiashi

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Honorable Mention: Comedy

Honey

Christopher Hughes

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Best Thriller

Shepard

Jourdan McClure, Philip Landa

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

Deadly Promises

Joseph Ramos, Julian Crouser, Thomas Crouser Jr, Sandra L Bucy

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Best Sci-Fi

Tender is the Kiss

Longwei Deng

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Best Experimental Film

Ô

Chloé Dupeyrat

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Collective Rituals

Dier Zhang

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Best Inspirational Film

Melanophobia

Manos Stathopoulos

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Best Mystery Film

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away

Thad Lee

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Best Action Film

Nemesis

Tim Earnheart

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Best Musical/Dance Film

Hey, Beautiful!

Kenneth Ferrone, Nat Zegree, Eric Holmes

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Best LGBTQ Film

Das Kleid

Ethan Ardalan

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Best Web/TV Pilot

Double Jack

Stephanie Stern

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Best Web Series

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Keith Edward Barnfather

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

The Honey Trapper Season 2

Felise Garcia

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Best Documentary Feature

Savoy: Saga Of An Icon

Kshitij Sharma

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Best Documentary Short

Fiction About Country C

Xueqing Yin

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Best Music Video

Devil

Thorsten Kramer

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Best Student Film

Das Kleid

Ethan Ardalan

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

Abroad

Enrique Suarez

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Best Commercial

We Give Everything For You

Daniel Díaz, Gloria Tejero

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Best Director (Feature)

Strings of Sorrow

Mehmet Tanrisever

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Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)

Savoy: Saga Of An Icon

Kshitij Sharma

 

Best Director (Short)

Tender is the Kiss

Longwei Deng

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Honorable Mention: Director (Short)

Daemon

Wenqin Ni

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Mojave Shadows

Jaime Torres

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Best First Time Director (Feature)

Deadly Promises

Joseph Ramos

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Best First Time Director (Short)

Sixth Grade

Yuzhuo Wang

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Ô

Chloé Dupeyrat

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Best Young Filmmaker

Tigahdoo

Jayden Singh, William Michael

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Best Actor

Shepard

Kurt Krause

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Best Actress

Windblown

Katie Vincent

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Satin White

Cesar DeFuentes

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Mojave Shadows

Sabrina Percario

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Best Young Actor

Deadly Promises

Julian Crouser

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Best Young Actress

Sixth Grade

Xinyi Shan

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Best Duo

Shepard

Will Beinbrink & Kurt Krause

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Best Cinematography

Windblown

Usher Morgan

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Mojave Shadows

Jaime Torres

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Best Editing

Savoy: Saga Of An Icon

Kshitij Sharma

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Best Score

Sixth Grade

Yuqi Zhou

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Best Sound Design

Tender is the Kiss

Chris Garcia, Audrey Gu, Longwei Deng

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

New Life

Mélanie Bokata

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Best Original Story

Shepard

Philip Landa

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Honorable Mention: Original Story

Sixth Grade

Yuzhuo Wang

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Screenplay of the Month

Horrible Hannah

Geoffrey D Sollars, Michael D Sollars, Eric G Sollars

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Best Feature Screenplay

Horrible Hannah

Geoffrey D Sollars, Michael D Sollars, Eric G Sollars

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Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

The Pack

Bill Albert

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Best Short Screenplay

Final Interview

Scott Nelson

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Prospect Bluff

Harvest Bellante

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Quiet Eyes

Janet Chollet

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Bones of Ribbon

Ashley Sanders

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Customer Support

Haley Watson

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Superbug

Gio Forlenza

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Best Television Script

The Janitor

Christopher Hughes

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