Best Picture

D-RAILED

Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis

 

Best Narrative Feature

D-RAILED

Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS

Mehmet Tanrisever

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Best Narrative Short

THE LITTLE PICTURE

Toby Kearton

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

ONE MORE RIDE

Xinying Gu

 

Best Indie Film

POLLY

Marco Bottiglieri

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

BLACK & WHITE

Luyin Zhao

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Best Drama Feature

FREE SLAVE

Mehmet Tanrisever

 

Best Drama Short

SEVEN SEAS

Martin-Philippe Tremblay

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Best Thriller

BET THE DEMON WINS

Denise Hurley, Karlisha Hurley

 

Best Horror

D-RAILED

Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin, Suzanne DeLaurentiis

 

Best Fantasy Film

SPIRIT OF THE DROWNING GIRLS

Runze Cao

 

Best Experimental Film

DORIS'S FLIGHT

Gabriela Lima

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Best Mystery Film

HAZEL

Sara Eustáquio

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Best Film Noir

HOLLYWOOD MOUTH 3

Jordan Mohr

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Best Parody

AEROBITARDS

Erin Marie Davis

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Best Crime Film

THE ALLIANCE

Robert L Butler Jr

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Best Web Series

AMERICAN PAROUSIA

Guillermo Noriega

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Best Documentary Feature

THE SILENT SOLDIER AND THE PORTRAIT

Garland Waller

 

Best Documentary Short

HOW TO BEND CONCRETE IN 108 EASY STEPS

Mahesh Madhav

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Best Animation

THE PERFUMER

Tung, Hao-Yu; Zheng, Kai-Yuan; Chen, Li-Wei; Chiu, Chen-Wei, Chen, Wei-Ju

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

GODSPEED

Sunny Wai Yan Chan

 

Best Music Video

BEAUTIFUL

Andre Bato

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

CONTEMPORARY WOODY GUTHRIE - KAY THE AQUANAUT

Angela Ng

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Best Student Film

DISTANT STARS

Emily Fisher

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

STATIC

Jackson Little

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Best Director

THE PERFUMER

Zheng, Kai-Yuan

 

Honorable Mention: Director

FREE SLAVE

Mehmet Tanrisever

 

Best First Time Director

GODSPEED

Sunny Wai Yan Chan

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

DORIS'S FLIGHT

Gabriela Lima

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Best Actor (Feature)

BOZKIR LOOK AT THE BIRDS

Soydan Soydas

 

Best Actor (Short)

THE EAGLES

Aramis Merlin

 

Best Actress (Feature)

D-RAILED

Carter Scott

 

Best Actress (Short)

POLLY

Melissa Mars

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

SEVEN SEAS

Denis Larocque

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

DOLL

Diêm Camille Gbogou

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Best Supporting Actor

FREE SLAVE

Tarik Tanrisever

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Best Supporting Actress

TIME SLOT

Shayla Bagir

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Best Duo

ONE MORE RIDE

Caesar James & Emma Kennedy

 

Best Ensemble

D-RAILED

Carter Scott, Frank Lammers, Everette Wallin, Tonya Kay, Jack Betts, Daniel O'Reilly, Shae Smolik, Gregg Christie, Brie Mattson, Natalie Schneider, Val McAdoo, Giovannie Espiritu, Alexis Safoyan, Leticia LaBelle, Anthony Jensen, Ben Hopkins, Tony Stavola, Catherine Healy, Amanda Mayfield, David Douglas Logan Coffey, Marvin Ryan, Mia Christou, Robyn Ashley Dennis

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Best Cinematography (Feature)

D-RAILED

John Lazear

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Best Cinematography (Short)

DAMAGED

Mufeng Han

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

ONE MORE RIDE

Lidia Nokonova

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Best Editing (Feature)

DEPTH OF PYAAR

Charles Ross

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Best Editing (Short)

ONE MORE RIDE

Qianzi Gao

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Honorable Mention: Editing

NEST

Yunting Chen

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Best Score

SANTIA STARLIGHT

Nancy Stafford

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Best Song

CRIMINAL

Dale Head, Bret Allen, Ryan Logan

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Honorable Mention: Song

THE LETTER OF MARQUE

Jakob Eder

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Best Trailer

OUTER WEST

Jake Leister

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Best Original Story

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Shihan Lu

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Best Screenplay

THE WINDOW

Randy Zuniga, Ammar Lasani, Kanza Zia

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Best Feature Screenplay

RUDY'S CHRISTMAS REVENGE

Joanne Bellew

 

Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

ROCK TARPEIAN

Salvatore A. Bono

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Best Short Screenplay

PARALLELS

Scott Nelson

 

Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

MY RIDE'S HERE

Malcolm Holt

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

A FOUR-SIDED BED

Elizabeth Searle

 

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

METAMORPHOSIS REVISITED

Scott Nelson