Best of Fest

EMMA

J Mitchel Reed

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Best Drama Feature

GENDER

Manuel Mira

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Honorable Mention - Drama Feature

SOLITARY

Daniel Ruczko

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Best Drama Short

THE LETTER

Yifan Xiao

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Best Comedy

INAPPROPRIATE JANE AUSTEN

Alex Trow

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Best Dark Comedy

BROILED

Megan St. John

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Best Narrative Feature

EMMA

J Mitchel Reed

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Best Actress

ABIGAIL WINTER

Emma

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Honorable Mention - Actress

MONICA PORTILLO

Gender

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Special Mention - Actress

ANNABELLE ATTANASIO

Blonde

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Best Actor

SHAW JONES

The Letter

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Honorable Mention - Actor

CONNOR LINNEROOTH

The Letter

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Best Couple

DONGJUN HAN & ZHIQI ZHUANG

The Story of 90 Coins

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Best Young Actress

CHRISTINA CALDARARU

4242

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Best Child Actress

KAYLA VICTORIA BOHAN

Kayla's World

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Honorable Mention - Child Actress

BETHANY TEE

Emma

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Best Animation

EVO

Joan Gomar, Jordi Alonso, Adolfo Aliaga

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Honorable Mention - Animation

AGRINOUI

Alexis Chaviaras

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Special Mention - Animaion

POKEY POKEY

Junje "Jake" Zhang

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Best Cinematography

NEIL OSEMAN

Night Owls

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Honorable Mention - Cinematography

PHIL WOOD

Only Child

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Best Director

ALEXANDRE LAUGIER

Observation

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Honorable Mention - Director

ANDY TOOVEY

Only Child

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Best Documentary

I AM GRACE

Christopher H.K. Lee

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Honorable Mention - Documentary

THE AWAKENED HEART

Simonetta d'Italia, Giovanni Morricone

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Special Mention - Documentary

MUZUNGO

Ran Levy-Yamamori

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Best Editing

ISABELLE BENARD-PAULIAT

Mr. Hernst

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Honorable Mention - Editing

HENRIK DAHLBRING

Something Finally Happens

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Best Experimental Film

COLOR

Emily Pietro

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Honorable Mention - Experimental Film

CHRONICLE OF CHRONIC PAIN

Diana Galimzyanova

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Best First Time Director

NICK DESIMONE

Two Boroughs

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Honorable Mention - First Time Director

DENNIS CAHLO

The Weekend

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Best Horror

EYES OF SORROW MOON

Gerald Saul

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Best Indie Comedy

THE CONTAGION

Peter Ercolano

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Honorable Mention - Indie Comedy

MARITAL AIDS

Liz Taylor

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Best Indie Drama

WELCOME TO MY WORLD

Ching Wang

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Honorable Mention - Indie Drama

TEMPO

Ioana Georgeta Turcan

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Best Indie Thriller

THE GIRL IN THE FOREST

Rohit Thakur

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Best Inspirational Film

REMEMBER

Bill Gebhart

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Honorable Mention - Inspirational Film

C - A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

Heather Spencer

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Best Microfilm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN

John Psathas

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Best Music Video

TELL ME WHY YOU OBSESS ME

Naima Chebahi

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Honorable Mention - Music Video

GET YOUR PRIDE ON

Lisa Donato

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Best Original Score

VALENTIN SIMONELLI

Observation

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Honorable Mention - Original Score

THERESE LARSSON

The Living Forest

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Best Sci-Fi

THE DOOR TO THE SUN

Julie Annlie

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Honorable Mention - Sci-Fi

HUMAN

Patrick Ryder

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Best Screenplay

SLAVICA BOGDANOV

Angels vs Demons I: Gateway to Hell

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Honorable Mention - Screenplay

GEORGE M. LEWIS

Mercy

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Best Student Film

SOMETHING FINALLY HAPPENS

Henrik Dahlbring

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Best Thriller

BLONDE

Joanna Strange

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Best Web Series

INAPPROPRIATE JANE AUSTEN

Alex Trow

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Honorable Mention - Web Series

MISS BEVERLY HILLS GHOST

Kemmy Moran

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Best Young Filmmaker

SARA EUSTAQUIO

4242

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Honorable Mention - Young Filmmaker

JULIE ANNLIE

The Door to the Sun

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

KAYLA VICTORIA BOHAN

Kayla's World

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Honorable Mention - Inspiring Woman in a Film

TANIN TORABI

Invisible Point

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Special Mention

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DR ELEVATOR - Kartikye Gupta

MOMENT OF ANGER - Eric Player

ONCE UPON A DREAM - Anthony Nion

PLEASE PUNISH ME - Chris Esper

STRANDED - Dennis Georgiou, Phillip Matarrese

THE QUEEN - Hugo Teugels

WORKING ON IT - Stacey Maltin. Daniel Ferry, Timothy Knight, Chelsy Mitchell

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Audience Choice Award

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Audience Choice - Narrative Feature

EMMA

J Mitchel Reed

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Audience Choice - Thriller

BLONDE

Joanna Strange

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Audience Choice - Drama

THE STORY OF 90 COINS

Michael Wong

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Audience Choice - Animation

SOMETHING FINALLY HAPPENS

Henrik Dahlbring

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Audience Choice - Documentary

MUZUNGO

Ran Levy-Yamamori

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Audience Choice - Inspirational

KRUSING AMERICA

Linda Kruse

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Audience Choice - Indie Comedy

MARITAL AIDS

Liz Taylor

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Audience Choice - Indie Drama

JONES

Danna Wallace

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Audience Choice - 18 and Under

THE DOOR TO THE SUN

Julie Annlie

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Audience Choice - Experimental

COLOR

Emily Pietro

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Audience Choice - Indie Horror

PSYCHE

Emily Schooley

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Audience Choice - Music Video

LOVE ME

Peter Javor

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Audience Choice - Microfilm

BWAH-BWAH

Adam Sturman

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Audience Choice - Web Series

LI DIVAS

Katie Maguire, Catherine Callahan

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