Best Drama Short

Confession - 🇺🇸
by Wenbo Si

 

Best Comedy Short

A Family Barbecue - 🇺🇸
by Freddie Basnight

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Best Animated Short

The Most Magnificent Thing - 🇨🇦

by Arna Selznick

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Best Documentary

Hua-Yu Walker - 🇹🇼

by Tsai Tsai

(Special Double Winner)

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Honorable Mention

Best Documentary

AcuCulture - 🇺🇸

by Ziyang Wang

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Best Thriller Short

Horrible Things - 🇺🇸

By Josh Minnie

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Best Fantasy Short

Three Little Hearts - 🇬🇧

By Nina Kojima

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Best Sci-Fi Short

Transmissions of Unwanted Pasts - 🇹🇭

By Prabda Yoon

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Best Micro Short

Can do and can not do - 🇹🇼

by Tsai Tsai

(Special Double Winner)

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Best Experimental Short

Selfies Fever - 🇺🇸

by Sage Christian Drake

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Best Inspirational Short

Global Dance Heroes - Global Inspiration! - 🇺🇸

by Teresa Taylor

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Best Trailer

The Flash - 🇺🇸

By Marvin Kevin Stenval

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Best Indie Film

Parallel Experiment Dawn - 🇺🇸

by Evgueni JC Goloubev

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Best Web Series

Abracadavers - 🇨🇦

By Morgan Ermter

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Best Series Pilot

Car Stealers - 🇺🇸

By Christopher Guerrero

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GFFA Special Winner

Best Music Video

Remembering Love Eterne - 🇺🇸

by Joseph Villapaz

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Best Music Video

Lover and a Giver - 🇺🇸

Performed by Jordan Siwek

Directed by Sebastian Rivera

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Best Commercial / branded  Film

Own The Rare - 🇹🇭

By Paphangkorn Punchantarak

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Best Original Content

Three Little Hearts - 🇺🇸

By Nina Kojima

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Best Student Film

Abigail - 🇹🇷

by Soner Sert

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Best Drone Film

Heaven - 🇺🇸

by Jason Goldsboro

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Best 360 / VR Film

The Room - 🇺🇸

by Alfonso Nicholas

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Best Director

Nina Kojima

Three Little Hearts - 🇬🇧

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GFFA Special Mention

Best Director

Paphangkorn Punchantarak

Own The Rare - 🇹🇭

 

Best First Time Director

Deborah James

Belgrade Live: Systems of Rebellion - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Joseph Boateng

Rising Star - 🇬🇭

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Eveshka Ghost

The Bastard Sword - 🇬🇧

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Best Young Filmmaker

Isabella Jacqueline  

Whose Crime Is It Anyway? - 🇦🇺

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Best Actress

Kamolsuang Aksharanugraha

Transmissions of Unwanted Pasts - 🇹🇭

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Best Actor

Max Baumgarten

Car Stealers - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Elisabeth Defforey

Three Little Hearts - 🇬🇧

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Best Supporting Actor

Ray Oddi

String Phone - 🇺🇸

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Best Ensemble Cast

Luke Hope, Elisabeth Defforey, Mei Kojima, Towi Adesanoye, Minahil Mohsin, Madison Hess, Leyla Cowan, Ruby Moss

& Zoe Moss

Three Little Hearts - 🇬🇧

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GFFA Special Mention

Best Ensemble Cast

Romee Stephens, Randolph Summiel, Vivian Huang, Luree Gorden, Vernell Jerome Arrington, Michael Joe Furlough, Christopher Akens, Jordan Eugene Lane, Michael J. King & Juelz Velasquez

A Family Barbecue - 🇺🇸

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Best Producer

Dejana Erich

Belgrade Live: Systems of Rebellion - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Producer

Alessandro Turco, Freddie Basnight, Jordan Eugene Lane, Tiffany S. Lewis, Phillip McNair & Christopher Akens

A Family Barbecue - 🇺🇸

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Parallel Experiment Dawn - 🇺🇸

by Evgueni JC Goloubev

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GFFA Special Mention

Best Screenplay (produced)

Eri Tsukimoto

Miracle of Christmas - 🇯🇵

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Best Original Score

The Bastard Sword

By Eveshka Ghost - 🇬🇧

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Best Cinematography

Tom Phillips

Vietnam Aftermath - 🇺🇸

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Best Editing

Ziyang Wang

Confession - 🇺🇸

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Best Sound Design

Charles Dayton 

String Phone - 🇺🇸

 

Best Feature Film Screenplay

The Night Witches -  🇬🇧

By Steven John Prowse

"'Ding Bangus, a skateboarding Filipino college dropout is mistakenly marked for death by motorcycle riding vigilante assassins and must rely on Clutch 'Cobra' Carsten - a crazy American UFC fighter wannabe - to save his life!"

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Best TV Screenplay

Candyland.Com  - 🇺🇸

by Joan Barrett

"'Baby boomers/matures enter the 21st century’s dating scene as they seek the last loves of their lives on Candyland.Com, an online mature dating site under the guidance of well-intentioned though flawed founders, boomers Joan and Hughie. Hughie’s house- arrest above Joan’s garage/dating site office plays havoc with both their business and personal relationships."

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