Best Picture

HOME AWAY

Oliver Yan

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Best Narrative Feature

HOME AWAY

Oliver Yan

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Best Narrative Short

SURRENDER

Christopher Carson Emmons, Mark Renshaw

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

CHECK YOUR MATE

Eliza Bolsh

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Best Indie Feature

REPATRIATION

Douglas Mueller

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Honorable Mention: Indie Feature

THE 5 YEAR

James Christopher

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Best Indie Short

THE WOMAN WHO KNOCKED ON MY DOOR

Khadifa Wong

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Honorable Mention: Indie Short

THE SURVIVOR

Langxi Ge

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Best Drama Feature

REPATRIATION

Douglas Mueller

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Best Drama Short

THE MAN UP THE STAIRS

Rebecca Gosnell

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Honorable Mention: Drama

BETWEEN SECONDS

Nora  Jaenicke

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Best Comedy Feature

SPECIAL UNIT

Christopher Titus

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Best Comedy Short

VALLEY SENSATION

Jason Tozier

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Best Thriller Feature

ARTIFICE

Steven Doxey

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Best Thriller Short

THE KOBAL REPORT

Javier A. Bartolozzi

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Best Horror

HAIR OF THE DOG

Michael Butts

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Best Experimental

THE ORCHARD

Reuben Vick

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Honorable Mention: Experimental

SNAPSHOT

Ivan Zakharenko

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Best Western

THE PRISONER OF PERDITION

Cameron McCasland

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Best Crime Film

MIS TAKEN

Yunfei Wu

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Best Action

GAUNTLET RUN: ORIGINS

Garrett Atkinson

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Best Mystery Film

2442:

Homer Liwag

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Best Documentary Feature

CHARLES DICKSON THE SCULPTURE

Lynette Jones

 

Best Documentary Short

THE AVENGER REDUX

Richard Wright, Amy Newman

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Best Music Video

LET LOVE

David Hemphill

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

TSHL PROJECT

Homer Liwag

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Best Animation

CATCHING THE L TRAIN

Eric Raingruber

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Honorable Mention: Animation

THE 49TH MAGICIAN

Tom Babbitt

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Best Student Film

LOST IN TIME

Rui Zhu

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Honorable Mention: Student Film

WHEN IT RAINS

Kellen Gibbs

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Best Director

OLIVER YAN

Home Away

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Honorable Mention: Director

STEVEN DOXEY

Artifice

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Special Mention: Director

KAREN VENINGA ZARICOR

Condolences

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Best First Time Director

NORA JAENICKE

Between Seconds

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Honorable Mention: First Time Director

ELISA-SOFIA FIORETTI

Consensual

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Best Actor

XU CAI GEN

Home Away

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Honorable Mention: Actor

CHRIS CAUDURO

The Man Up The Stairs

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Special Mention: Actor

ARAM HEKINIAN

Surrender

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Best Actress

HANNAJ BANG BENDZ

The Man Up The Stairs

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Honorable Mention: Actress

JENNY JOSLIN

Between Seconds

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Special Mention: Actress

BROOKE LEWIS

Sprinkles

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Best Supporting Actor

LI PEN FENG

Home Away

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Best Supporting Actress

DANIELLE KRONENBERG

Taste

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Best Child Actress

AVRORA MUKHINA

Colors

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

HUANG LU

Home Away

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Best Editing

RYAN REHNBORG

Hair of the Dog

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Best Cinematography

JONG LIN

Home Away

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

SETH JOHNSON

Artifice

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Best Score

DARIUS HOLBERT

The Crest

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Honorable Mention: Score

MIN HE

Princess Eun Hwa

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Best Sound Design

JAKE PROCTOR

Artifice

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

GOUTHAM SRIVATSA

Colors

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Best Commercial

THE 99TH ENCOUNTER

Linman WU

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Best Original Story

DAUGHTER OF THE LAKE

Ozlem Altingoz

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Best Screenplay Feature

THE SUM OF RANDOM CHANCE

Kris Ketonen, Lee Chambers

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Best Screenplay Short

TAGGED

David-Matthew Barnes

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Best Drama Screenplay

BARTENDER

Dustin Lester 

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