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Best Picture

Fire in Water

Esther Artner, Julie Deffet

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Best Narrative Feature

Man with Shadow

Ema Kugler

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

Lawrence: After Arabia

Mark J.T. Griffin

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Best Narrative Short

Fire in Water

Esther Artner, Julie Deffet

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

Wilderness

Nicolas Avrand

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Best Indie Film

Bad Furniture

Randall Maxwell

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Wholeheartedly

Theo Francocci

 

Best Drama

Addiction

Lewis William Robinson

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Honorable Mention: Drama

Métèque

Lyna Dubarry, Lou Stassen, Lauren Blackwell

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Best Comedy

The Last Reality

Arturo Jose Corces

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Best Romantic Comedy

The Moving On Phase

Don Tjernagel

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Best Horror

Three

Alberto Bambini

​

Best Sci-Fi

The Last Man on Earth

April Phillips

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Best Experimental Film

Man with Shadow

Ema Kugler

​

Best Inspirational Film

Detroit Tigers: The Roar of '84

Larry Lancaster

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

My Last Day One

Jason Wallis

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Best LGBTQ Film

To Bleed True

Karl Richter

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Best Mystery Film

Unearth

Max R. Zabell

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Best Fantasy Film

The Ways of Misery

Erik de la Serna

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Best Crime Film

All About Frank Avenue

Jing Guo

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Best Action Film

Sweating Sand

Derek Johnson II

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Best Web/TV Pilot

Distemper

Elias Plagianos

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Best Web Series

Queering - Season 2

Leticia De Bortoli

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Best Documentary Feature

The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses

Steven Latham, Conrad Stanley

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Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

Jackson Not Just A Name

Harold Welton

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Best Documentary Featurette

Adventure of Fragrance

Sahin Yigit

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Honorable Mention: Documentary Featurette

Mr Lee: 20 Years of Power

Juan Salas

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Best Documentary Short

Adrift

Brian Hathaway

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Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates’ Trial

Alexander Craven, Jeff Pifher, Merlin Showalter

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Best Animation

Anpu - Zoea

Powei Su

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Best Music Video

Martin Jensen & James Arthur - Nobody

Karl Richter

 

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Criminal

Dale Head, Bret Allen, Ryan Logan

 

Best Student Film

Parisian Jam

Rohan Bates

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

Good Kid

Jordan Kelly Parrott

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Best Director

Fire in Water

Esther Artner, Julie Deffet

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Honorable Mention: Director

The Last Man on Earth

April Phillips

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Best First Time Director

Basic

Chelsea Devantez

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Space Ranger

Emil Taj Petersen

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Etude

Manish Khushalani

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

The Thistlewits

Nathan Steve Smith

 

Best Young Filmmaker

A Tale of the Laundry Game

Matthew Maio Mackay

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

Anpu - Zoea

Powei Su

​

Best Actor

Fire in Water

Didier Flamand

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Honorable Mention: Actor

Distemper

Chiké Okonkwo

 

Best Actress

Distemper

Abigail Hawk

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Honorable Mention: Actress

The Unknown Mother

Susan Yam-Yam Shaw

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

The Last Reality

Tyler Coskey

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Honorable Mention: Actor in an Indie Film

Bad Furniture

Keene McRae

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

The Basement

Naïma Pöhler

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Honorable Mention: Actress in an Indie Film

Aegis

Noemy Delmar

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Best Supporting Actor

Forest of Light

Allan Riggs

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Best Young Actor

Space Ranger

Josh De Lar Warr

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Best Young Actress

Etude

Lily Brooks O'Brian

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Best Duo

Thin Walls

Ella Rae Peck & Nick Canellakis

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Fire in Water

Madeleine Assas & Didier Flamand

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Best Ensemble

Queering - Season 2

Sophia Grasso, Diana Oh, Molly McCluskey, Susan Gallagher, Eileen Weisinger

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

What We Talk About When We Talk About Lights, Camera, Action

Thomas Alexander, Chengjin Zhuang, Xiaoshiyan Liang, Ruoxi Yang, Banghui Zhang, Ling Lin

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Best Cinematography

Fire in Water

Valentina Caniglia

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Camomile

Sam Creamer

​

Best Editing

To Bleed True

Karl Richter

 

Honorable Mention: Editing

Home

Mojtaba Mirshekari

 

Best Score

Basic

Tara Trudel

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Honorable Mention: Score

CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story

Rhian Sheehan

​

Best Song

My Amazing Grace

Debra Gussin, Dale Effren

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Honorable Mention: Song

Sitting on the Mountain

Nacre

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

Wholeheartedly

Andrea Mendez

​

Best Visual Effects

Anpu - Zoea

Powei Su

​

Best Makeup

The Basement

Jean Buisson Ramey, Tiffany Wiernasz, Morgane Vande

​

Best Commercial

Lexus IS Spec Commercial

Lindsay Clift

​

Best Virtual Reality

Anpu - Zoea

Powei Su

​

Best Original Story

Unspoken

Olivia Wu

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Thin Walls

Ella Rae Peck

​

Screenplay of the Month

Beautiful Heartbeat

Michael Matias

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Best Feature Screenplay

Rainbow Cowboy

Leslie K Bloom

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Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

The Life of Minh Tran

Trung Vu

​

Best Short Screenplay

Serial

Robert Benjamin

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

In Your Dreams

Arteta Stephane

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Best Drama Screenplay

Beautiful Heartbeat

Michael Matias

​

Best Comedy Screenplay

Tropical Depression

Tom Bruno & Chris Reina

​

Best Thriller Screenplay

Crosswords

Roberto da Silveira Lemos

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Best First Time Screenwriter

Frenchy

Richard Spears

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Best Television Script

Guncle

Tom Stovall

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Honorable Mention: Television Script

Single Man, Empty Fridge

Alvin Ziegler

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