Best Picture

IT GETS BETTER

Adi Wojaczek

Best Narrative Feature

FINDING ALICE

Pablo Fernandez

Honorable Mention: Narrative Feature

2050

Princeton Holt

Best Narrative Featurette

TONY

Hugo Diego Garcia

Honorable Mention: Narrative Featurette

FAREWELL TO THE ARK

Yi Feng Chang

Best Narrative Short

IT GETS BETTER

Adi Wojaczek

Honorable Mention: Narrative Short

THEIR WAR

Max Mason

Best Indie Feature

2

Marcelo Presotto

Honorable Mention: Indie Feature

MELROSE

Soren James

Best Indie Featurette

ONE LAST HUNT

Roland Földi

Honorable Mention: Indie Featurette

LOVE AFTER LOVE

Dou Haidong

Best Indie Short

WRITTEN BY?

Kankana Chakraborty

Honorable Mention: Indie Short

SIN MI

Temistocles Andres Diaz, Faisal Tisnes, Adelkis Reyes

Best Drama Feature

GUITAR MAN

Rocky Capella

Honorable Mention: Drama Feature

KAYLA

Kate Bohan

Best Drama Short

SYDNEY

Peter Spann

Honorable Mention: Drama Short

FIVE MINUTES

Morgane Parelli, Nicolas Duval

Best Comedy Feature

NEXT TO YOU

Martin Casapia Casanova

Best Comedy Short

BUTTER CUP

Rathin Rao

Best Dark Comedy

EAGLEMAN

Wesley Jamal Fleming

Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

MORE CAKE

Bryan Nash-Sapphire, Eric Darnell Redding, Katherine King

Best Thriller

ANIMAL

Henry Young

Best Horror

DON'T LOOK BACK

Humberto Rosa

Best Sci-Fi

ELPIDA

Julio J. Irizarry

Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi

EKSODUS

Nick Trost

Best Experimental Film

UNVOICED

Jeremiah Kipp

Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

THE PINES OF SPRING

Ann Huang

Best Inspirational Film

DARK CLOUD

Kevin George

Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

SAVE ROHINGYA

Young Yoon Won

Best Action Film

ENTANGLE THE CONFUSION

Prabhakar Sharan

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Best Film Noir

INERTIA

Ingrid Hoyos

Best LGBTQ Film

THE HURT

Kevin Stevenson

Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Film

ONE MORE NIGHT

Matt Stern, Brandon Challen, Allan Nichols

Best Fantasy Film

IF

Gabriel Andres Valbuena

Best Crime Film

THE JUST

Kandace Cornell

Best Web/TV Pilot

DEEP

Chris Swain

Best Documentary Feature

50 SUMMERS

Dan Napoli

Honorable Mention: Documentary Feature

KURT VONNEGUT'S A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

J.J. Harting

Best Documentary Short

NIB24

Jakob Kaiser

Honorable Mention: Documentary Short

MY STORY

Young Yoon Won

Best Docu-Drama

THE CHILDREN OF THE GREAT WAR

Alessandro Bettero

Best Animation

SKIN, MEAT AND BONES

DeSean Atwood

Best Music Video

ONCE UPON A TIME ON A HIGH HILL

Alexey Belkin, Vsevolod Aljokhin

Honorable Mention: Music Video

DIE IN THE FUTURE OR LIVE IN THE PAST

Igor Dymkov

Best Student Film

YOU ARE A GOOD KID

Zichen Liang

Honorable Mention: Student Film

WHEN SKY WAS SEA

Ryan Tian

Best Director (Feature)

FINDING ALICE

Pablo Fernandez

Honorable Mention: Director (Feature)

NEXT TO YOU

Martin Casapia Casanova

Best Director (Short)

THEIR WAR

Max Mason

Honorable Mention: Director (Short)

THE JUST

Kandace Cornell

Best First Time Director (Feature)

UNMASKED

Mostafa Keshvari

Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Feature)

ENTANGLE THE CONFUSION

Prabhakar Sharan

Best First Time Director (Short)

D.A.T.E

Sai Deodhar Anand

Honorable Mention: First Time Director (Short)

INERTIA

Ingrid Hoyos

Best Indie Filmmaker

THE DRUM I HEAR BEFORE I DIE

Mimi Dahlén

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

IF I WERE TO SPEAK OF WAR

Marcus Mars

Best Young Filmmaker

NINA SAIZA

Yangfang (Frances) Chen

Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

DUE PROCESS

Gabriel P Braden

Best Actor (Feature Film)

UNMASKED

Hani Mefti

Honorable Mention: Actor (Feature Film)

2

Naomi Nero

Best Actress (Feature Film)

UNMASKED

Sara Omran

Honorable Mention: Actress (Feature Film)

FINDING ALICE

Emma Melkersson

Best Actor (Short Film)

9,8 M/S2

Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Honorable Mention: Actor (Short Film)

THE SAVER

Roman Xing

Best Actress (Short Film)

SYDNEY

Jacqui Purvis

Honorable Mention: Actress (Short Film)

SALVADOR

Debora Habsburg

Best Actor in an Indie Film

ANIMAL

Alastair Osment

Best Actress in an Indie Film

INERTIA

Ingrid Hoyos

Best Supporting Actor

KINGSPIN

Raresh DiMofte

Honorable Mention: Supporting Actor

MELROSE

Merlin Froyd

Best Supporting Actress

WRITTEN BY?

Kankana Chakraborty

Honorable Mention: Supporting Actress

SYDNEY

Georgia Scott

Best Young Actor

IT GETS BETTER

Marlon Heidel

Best Young Actress

TEAM TEENETTES

Rose Hough

Best Child Actor

YOU ARE A GOOD KID

Samuel Pilkenton

Best Child Actress

KAYLA

Kayla Bohan

Best Duo

ACCEPTABLES

Michele Lyman, Tom Ukah

Honorable Mention: Duo

WHEN SKY WAS SEA

Julian Lloyd Patten, Thomasin Lockwood

Best Ensemble

TONY

Hugo Diego Garcia, Lorenzo Bentivoglio, Pietro Mercieca, Malo Garcia, Vincent Fabiani, Wilfried Carpet, Alzira Gomez, Enric Cusi, David Zivkovic, Beltran Garcia, Abde Maziane, Faycal Omrani, Victor Nicolai, Christian Scelles

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Best Cinematography (Feature)

THE HURT

Kevin Stevenson

Honorable Mention: Cinematography (Feature)

2050

Jared Roybal

Best Cinematography (Short)

SYDNEY

David Thomas Ross

Honorable Mention: Cinematography (Short)

BENJAMIN

Valfrie Tabian Jr.

Best Editing

9,8 M/S2

Michael Vaynberg

Honorable Mention: Editing

SYDNEY

Grace Vaughan

Best Score (Feature)

NEVER DISAPPEAR

Cheng Hsien Yu

Honorable Mention: Score (Feature)

UNMASKED

Fariborz Safaei

Best Score (Featurette)

TONY

Malo Garcia

Honorable Mention: Score (Featurette)

ONE LAST HUNT

Lórant Schandl

Best Score (Short)

THE PAPER BOAT

Rachele Wildmare

Honorable Mention: Score (Short)

CONSTRUCT

Colin Aguiar

Best Song

A WORLD WITHOUT YOU ("KAYLA")

Kayla Bohan

Honorable Mention: Song

TIME TRAVEL

Jack Tracy

Best Sound Design

THE OLD ROGUE

Christian A. Burch

Honorable Mention: Sound Design

ELPIDA

Julio J. Irizarry

Inspiring Woman in a Film

GETAWAY

Andrea Diaz

Best Visual Effects

2050

Mike Roby

Honorable Mention: Visual Effects

THE OLD ROGUE

 Austin Coburn

Best Commercial

WALKING TOGETHER

George Turnbull

Best Original Story

GLIMMERS

Sarah Thomas

Honorable Mention: Original Story

COLD CALL

Kevin Hopgood

Best Screenplay Feature

ZANZIBAR

Cynthia Greene

Honorable Mention: Screenplay Feature

CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES

Serge Adam

Best Screenplay Short

THE YEARBOOK

Jim Norman

Honorable Mention: Screenplay Short

THE BUFFINATOR

John Maslowski

Best Drama Screenplay (Feature)

KAYLA

Kate Bohan

Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay (Feature)

BUSTICATE

Christian M. Franklin

Best Drama Screenplay (Short)

JUNE BLOCK HERO

Seth Kozak

Honorable Mention: Drama Screenplay (Short)

WHEN I HELD THE KEY

Alec Ybarra

Best Comedy Screenplay

WHERE'S LILLI?!

Johanny Mota

Best Horror Screenplay

WINTER BIRD

Stephen Delos Treacy

Best Thriller Screenplay

EXECUTED AND RISEN

Salvatore Bono

Honorable Mention: Thriller Screenplay

BLOODSTAINED

Peter Daskaloff

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

THE INVADER

Phillip Hardy

Best Fantasy Screenplay

BLACK INK PEARL

Ruth Finnegan

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

FLYING BIRD'S DIARY

Melissa Tantaquidgeon

Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

THE VALEDICTORIAN

Kathaleen Brewer

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

SEATED MOON

Alex Petrache

Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)

THE CRIMSON FLOWER

Joaquín Casillas Capetillo

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