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Best Picture

The Return

Jon Fish

 

Best Narrative Film

Ruby Baby

Lee Mcqueen

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tianzhao Zhang

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Best Indie Film

9862

Giles Greenwood, Jonathan Digby

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Friends & Lovers

DC Brandon

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Best Drama

Right Where You Need To Be

Ambyr Michelle, Choice Skinner

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Honorable Mention: Drama

Addiction

Lewis William Robinson

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Best Comedy

Harvey Wallbanger

Abdul Stone Jackson

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Honorable Mention: Comedy

Me 2 Me

Kenny Chang

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Best Thriller

Maelstrom

Timothy Collins

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

The Easy Lift

Sam Bradford

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Best Horror

The Escape Room

Bessy Adut

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Honorable Mention: Horror

The Basement

Naima Chebahi

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Best Sci-Fi

GAB

Gazanfer Biricik

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Best Experimental Film

Family

Alberto Martín-Aragón

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Best Musical/Dance Film

Consent

Niz Fernandez

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Best Dark Comedy

9862

Giles Greenwood, Jonathan Digby

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Best Parody

Cricket Man

Ronaldo Garcia, Alon Fisher

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Best LGBTQ Film

A Lack of Colour

Craig Brownrigg

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Best Crime Film

The Final Mission

Winston James

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Best TV Pilot

Harvey Wallbanger

Abdul Stone Jackson

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Best Documentary Feature

In This World

Anna Kauber

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Best Documentary Short

The Return

Jon Fish

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Honorable Mention: Documentary

Tuva youngster-Yong Deng

Zhang Xiquan

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Best Animation

Mimi Meets Books

Yih-Fen Chou

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Honorable Mention: Animation

The Very Special Day

Hayatto, Yuri Kageyama

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Best Music Video

Azhar's Aria

Madina Altynbayeva

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Twins - New Continents & Ancient Rivers

Lucie Ternisien

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Best Student Film

The Four Stages of Cancer According to Introverts

Almas Alardhi

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

Wilderness Quest

Kelly Needleman

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Best Director

A Lack of Colour

Craig Brownrigg

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Honorable Mention: Director

Jacpott

Justin Durivou

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

The Final Mission

Winston James

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Silent Ties

George Leontakianakos

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Best First Time Director

Consent

Niz Fernandez

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Me 2 Me

Kenny Chang

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Best Actor

9862

Jonathan Digby

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Best Actress

Ruby Baby

Hervine De Boodt

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

The Final Mission

Jas Anderson

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Friends & Lovers

Robegiene Farinas

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Best Supporting Actor

Addiction

Grahame Edwards

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Best Supporting Actress

The Final Mission

Victoria Guthrie

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Best Duo

A Lack of Colour

Dylan Barrett & Viktor Sawchuk

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Tianzhao Zhang

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Best Ensemble

The Escape Room

Jolie Vanier, Alfredo Rose, Laurelle Mabalot, Brett Schaberg, Nicoletta Hynes, Emma Freyre, Bessy Adut

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

The Final Mission

Jas Anderson, Amadeo Fusca, Victoria Guthrie, Clinton Lowe, Peter O'Hara, Peter Duncanson, Josh Evans, Michael Fegley, Mike Pollock

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Best Cinematography

Ruby Baby

Owain Wilshaw

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Best Editing

The Escape Room

Yin Lui

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Best Score

The Return

Brittany Losee

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

Fenni Zombie

Fenni

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Best Original Story

Addiction

Lewis William Robinson

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Honorable Mention: Original Story

Eyewash

Divina Doveyo

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