Best Feature Film

Patio of Illusion - 🇲🇴

By Shangshi Chen

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Honorable Mention

Best Feature Film

EJs Warriors - 🇺🇸

by Ellis Jennings Jr

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Best Drama Short

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

by Alexandra Bekiou

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Honorable Mention

Best Drama Short

Exchange Offer - 🇮🇳

by Saunak Mitra

 

Best Comedy Short

Coffee With Exes - 🇺🇸
by Brett A. Hart

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Best Animated Short

Jingle the Dog - A Christmas Story - 🇺🇸

by Chris Bishop & Erin Abbey Bishop

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Best Documentary

In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial - 🇺🇸

by Alexander Craven

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Best Horror Short

Amazon - 🇺🇸

By John Mors

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Best Crime Short

Silver Flask - 🇺🇸

by C.S. Hughes

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Best Fantasy Short

Mars - 🇺🇸

By Caroline Ozone

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Best Thriller Short

Amatory - 🇺🇸

By M.K. Rhodes

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Best Sci-fi Short

Bee - 🇬🇧

By John B. B.

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Best Western Short

March - 🇺🇸

by Samuel Robertson

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Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short

Summer - 🇬🇧

By Justin Nizzer

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Best Micro Short

Encircle Me - 🇱🇺

By Dayana Fleur

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Best Experimental Short

Her Mother's Daughter - 🇺🇸

by Alejandra Cadena-Perez

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Honorable Mention

Best Experimental Short

Dinner Party - 🇱🇺

by Audrey Golg

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Best Indie Film

Ascoltati - 🇮🇹

By Andrea Recchia

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Best Inspirational Short

Modern Times - 🇨🇦

by Jessica Mac

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Best Trailer

A Frantic Love 3 - 🇺🇸

by Gary Tucker

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Honorable Mention

Best Trailer

Wall -  🇭🇳

by Alejandro Irias Leiva

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Best Web Series

A Frantic Love 3 - 🇺🇸

by Gary Tucker

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Best Series Pilot

Whiteboard Challenge - 🇺🇸

By Michael Kureth

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Best Music Video

Letter to a Nation - 🇺🇸

Performed by GP Jackson

Directed by Taylor Kampia

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Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

Arrogance Bikini - 🇺🇸

Performed by Emma Hoet & Blowsom

Directed by Sacha Vucinic

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Best Commercial /

branded  Film

Love the Mission - 🇺🇸

by Jared Cruce

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Best Original Content

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

by Alexandra Bekiou

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Best Student Film

The Next Stop - 🇺🇸

by Janice Derosier

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Best Drone Film

Eight - 🇺🇸

by Mike Sulivan

 

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Best Director

Brett A. Hart

Coffee With Exes - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Gary Tucker

A Frantic Love 3 - 🇺🇸

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Best First Time Director

C.S. Hughes

Silver Flask -  🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Alexandra Bekiou

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Andrea Recchia

Ascoltati - 🇮🇹

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Best Student Filmmaker

Dayna Li

Qafas - 🇺🇸

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*Best Actress

Jessica Bishop

Coffee With Exes - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Actress

Priscilla Regalado

Her Mother's Daughter - 🇺🇸

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Best Actor

Buddy Caine

Silver Flask - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Actor

Deja Soufka

Qafas - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Isabella Salazar

Deadly Promises - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actor

Michael Marwitz

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

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Best Child Actress

Juliana Herrin

The Next Stop - 🇺🇸

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Best Ensemble Cast

Anna Bilik, Wesley Madara,  Jonathan Brent Burgard, Sydney Leigh Allen, Kiri Allen, Joshua Lehman & Nate Garland

An Invasion at Dinner - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Ensemble Cast

Katerina Giannakopoulou, Micky Jukovic & Michael Marwitz

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

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Best Producer

Jessica Bishop, Bonnie E. Hart, Brett A. Hart, Sello Andrew Lyons & Mark Blankenship

Coffee With Exes - 🇺🇸

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Alejandra Cadena-Perez

Her Mother's Daughter - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Screenplay (produced)

Jared Cruce

Love the Mission - 🇺🇸

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Best Original Score

I Resign - 🇺🇸

by Jay Mohan

 

Honorable Mention

Best Original Score

Stephen Cummings

Fargate - 🇬🇧

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Best Cinematography

Lukas Herbrand

As the wave broke ... - 🇩🇪

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Best Sound Design

Bo Pang

Ghazaal - 🇺🇸

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Best Editing

Qafas - 🇺🇸

by Dayna Li

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Best Screenplay

Valley Kids  - 🇺🇸

by NONA KOCHARYAN

"'Right before their 10-year anniversary, six millennial best friends from high school from different backgrounds reflect on facing the trials and tribulations of their career, family and personal life in their 20s as they learn to take control of their lives in unexpected circumstances by leaning on each other for support."

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Best Short Screenplay

At The Flash  - 🇺🇸

by Sean Chandler & David Leeper

"'At The Flash tells the story of a fictitious gay bar over six different decades from the 1960's to current day. We begin in 1965 with Richard, a husband and father, struggling with his true identity and reaching a critical personal crossroads. The new gay freedoms of the 1970’s are represented in Miss Sparkle, an aging Drag Queen, who shares her wisdom with her newest protégé. With the 1980’s bringing the fear of AIDS to gay men young and old, Derrick Winston humorously faces a questionable diagnosis adding to the already complicated task of finding a lover. Fighting the uphill battle of the Gay Rights Movements of the 1990’s, bubbly lesbian Mona Epstein takes on activism to advance her personal, political and social agenda. Doris, an unofficial den mother, challenges the unreasonable "requests" of a local religious figure during the mid-2000's. Present day owner of The Flash, Rod Mahoney, struggles to make his grand re-opening deadline while pinpointing his motivation to do so."

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