Best Narrative Feature

Devil

(Maupassant's Le Diable) - 🇮🇳
by Kshitij Sharma

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Best Drama Short

A Date With Shillelagh - 🇬🇧
by Jeff Stewart & Brian Johnston

 

Honorable Mention

Drama Short

Monuments - 🇨🇦
by Lincoln Constable

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Best Comedy Short

Mix It Proper - 🇺🇸
by Stephen Inniss

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Honorable Mention

Best Comedy Short

Killing Adam - 🇺🇸
by Dino Sardella

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Best Horror

Cabby - 🇨🇦
by Jon Blizzard

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Best Crime Short

Unorganized Crime - 🇺🇸

By Nick Vallelonga

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Best Fantasy Short

Somnambulist - 🇹🇼

By Ju-Chiang Yang

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Honorable Mention

Best Fantasy Short

Team Teenettes - 🇨🇦

By Brian Morelan

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Best Documentary

Dance of The Dragon: Show of Life - 🇺🇸

by Kailin Gow

 

Honorable Mention

Best Documentary

Sense and Nonsense - 🇺🇸

by Tom Soter

 

GFFA SPECIAL Mention Documentary

Life's too Short to Hold Back - 🇦🇺

by Christina Parker

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Best Animated Short

SuperHillCool - 🇺🇸

by Sergio Barbasso

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Honorable Mention

Best Animated Short

Happy The Angry Polar Bear - 🇺🇸

by Brandon Swofford

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Best Inspirational Short Film

HINOIRINOKAZE - Wind of sunset -  🇯🇵
By Hideki Oshima

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Honorable Mention

Best Inspirational Short Film

DNA OF WILD BEASTS -  🇫🇷
By Delphine Montaigne

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Best experimental Short Film

Indelible Winter - 🇺🇸

by Ann Huang

 

Best Horror Web Series

Mia Morris' Diary - 🇦🇺

By Sarah Stephenson

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Best Animated Web Series

French Bits and pieces: Debric Debroc -  🇨🇦

By Cedric B Von Sydow and Jean Dalmasso

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Best Comedy Web Series

Stephan's Big Awakening -  🇬🇧

By Stephan Nielsen

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Honorable Mention

Best Comedy Web Series

Telepresenta: Yo Soy Mujer -  🇺🇸

By Gonzalo Lomeli

 

Best Music Video

Walking In Twos - 🇺🇸

Performed by Amanda Abizaid feat. Stephen Stills

Directed by Joseph Plonsky

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Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

Bully - 🇺🇸

Performed by The Fever Breakers

Directed by Gleeson Rebello

 

Best Indie Film

Chasing Your Dreams - 🇺🇸

by Kyle Prater

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Best Drama Student Film

The Grounded Astronaut - 🇺🇸

by Monimar Mancillas

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Best Student Film (Animated) 

The Girl and The Hedgehog - 🇺🇸

by LINYA HU

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Honorable Mention

Best Student Film (Animated) 

Bulbul - 🇸🇦

by Mejd Alsharif

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Best Horror Student Film

Dagger - 🇬🇧

by Zak Ferguson

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Best thriller Student Film

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE TRUNK - 🇺🇸
by Daniel J. Egbert

 

Best Experimental Student Film

GROW EARTH - 🇻🇳

BY Yen Apus Nguyen

 

Best Drone Film

I AM FRAGILE - 🇫🇷

by florian ledoux

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Best Director

Ann Huang

Indelible Winter - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Anngeannette Pinkston

KEYS - 🇺🇸

 

Best First Time Director

Daniel J. Egbert 

There's Something in 

the Trunk - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

First Time Director

Sai Deodhar Anand

D.A.T.E. - 🇮🇳

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Sarah Stephenson  

Mia Morris' Diary - 🇦🇺

 

Best Actress

Niharika Singh

Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)  -  🇮🇳

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Honorable Mention

Best Actress

Eleanor Burke 

A Date With Shillelagh - 🇬🇧

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Best Actor 

Chazz Palminteri

Unorganized Crime - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Actor

Kshitij Sharma 

Devil (Maupassant's Le Diable)  -  🇮🇳

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Best Young Actress

Rose Hough

Team Teenettes - 🇨🇦

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Best Young Filmmaker

Mara Cracaleanu

Mirrorcide  - 🇷🇴

 

Best Trailer

KEYS - 🇺🇸

By Anngeannette Pinkston

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Honorable Mention

Best Trailer

Mia Morris' Diary - 🇦🇺

By Sarah Stephenson

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Best Cinematography

Somewhere In Their Heads

- 🇬🇧

Gregg Houston

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Best Original Score

Alex Zhort

The Pacifist  -  🇺🇸

 

Best Sound Design

Evan Matthiesen

Team Teenettes - 🇨🇦

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Honorable Mention

Best Sound Design

Aaron Bartscht

Lost In Apocalypse - 🇨🇳

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Best Editing

Zhe Song

Mix It Proper - 🇺🇸

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Best Visual Effects

Barry Jesse Smith

Team Teenettes - 🇨🇦

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Delphine Montaigne

DNA OF WILD BEASTS -  🇫🇷

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Honorable Mention

Best Screenplay (produced)

Ju-Chiang Yang

Somnambulist  -  🇹🇼

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Best Producer

Keith Large

A Date With Shillelagh - 🇬🇧

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Honorable Mention

Best Producer

 Rongdanyang" Sunny" Xiang

Mix It Proper - 🇺🇸

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Best Make-Up

 Cydney Sjostrom

Team Teenettes - 🇨🇦

 

Best Feature Film Screenplay

Indian Billy Ice -  🇺🇸

By Jerry Stephen Ice

"'This epic story Indian Billy Ice begins with his unexpected kidnapping as an eight-year-old boy. For the next 9 years he survives abuse as a prisoner of the Blood River Mohawk tribe until he escapes with his first love, North Star. The runaways start their life in bliss, but their plans are cut short when she dies in childbirth. Brokenhearted, Billy is caught unaware and shot by Indian raiders. "

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Best Short Screenplay

THE VICTIMS  - 🇬🇷

by ELENI MITROUSI

"'about a drama back to 1900 in England. A few life facts that can show how easy is to be a victim through your desires in your own life. Everybody is good and everybody is bad at the same time. "

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Honorable Mention

Best Feature Film Screenplay  

The Path  - 🇺🇸

by CJ WILLIAMS

"THE PATH follows Sgt Lavar Williams, a war-torn Marine Vet who comes home after being Medically Separated due to PTSD. We see him deal with the struggles of trying to maintain and adapt to the relationships (friends, girlfriend) he missed while he was serving and the changes that met him when he got home. He takes an ill-advised car ride with some old friends and it turns his civilian life upside down."