Best Feature Film

Public Eye - 🇦🇺

By Davo Hardy

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honorable Mention

Best Feature Film

THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION: Journey to Freedom - 🇺🇸

By Ed Munter

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Best Drama Short

Break Up in Love - 🇺🇸

By MC Lyte

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Honorable Mention

Best Drama Short

Burden - 🇪🇷

by Dawit Eyob

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Best Comedy Short

Awkward Endeavors - 🇺🇸

by Derek Frey

 

Honorable Mention

Best Comedy Short

Bloom - 🇦🇺
by Paul De Cinque

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Best Animated Short

There is exactly enough time - 🇦🇹

by Oskar Salomonowitz

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Best Documentary

A letter from Carl Jung - 🇰🇷

by Yong Jin Yoon

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Best Horror Short

SPider - 🇺🇸

By Philip Calvin

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Best Crime Short

Train crash -  🇮🇳

by The Open Iris

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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

Inner Ability - 🇺🇸

By Jordan Scott

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Best Western Short

Juliet - 🇺🇸

by Greg Robertson

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

My Life - 🇬🇧

By Mark Smith

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Best Micro Short

Dating Apps In Real Life - 🇺🇸

By Mary Lemmer

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Best Experimental Short

Boxes Boxes Boxes - 🇺🇸

by Erin Marie Davis

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Best Indie Short Film

The Witch - 🇺🇸

by Caroline Marie

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Best Inspirational Short

Angels Do Fly West - 🇺🇸

by Joe McNeal

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Best Trailer

The Butterfly - 🇯🇵

by Shiho Fukada

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Best Web Series

Call Center - 🇺🇸

By Brendan Daugherty

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Best Series Pilot

Whiteboard Challenge - 🇺🇸

By Michael Kureth

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Best Music Video

Remember Home - 🇺🇸

Performed by ELYAZ

Directed by Mauro Elias Morone

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Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

Wall of Glass - 🇺🇸

Performed by The Intemperate Sons'

Directed by Paul Gervasi

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Best Commercial / branded  Film

Operation Ultra - 🇦🇺

By Ben Heidrich & Lachlan Russell

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Best Original Content

Whiteboard Challenge - 🇺🇸

By Michael Kureth

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Best Student Film

Tight Bonds - 🇬🇧

By Richard Toulmin

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Best Drone Film

22 Weeks - 🇺🇸

by Robert smith

 

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Best Director

Derek Frey

Awkward Endeavors - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best Director

Ben Heidrich & Lachlan Russell

Operation Ultra - 🇦🇺

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Best First Time Director

MC Lyte

Break Up in Love - 🇺🇸

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Honorable Mention

Best First Time Director

Joe McNeal

Angels Do Fly West - 🇺🇸

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Gerald Gerhard Pribek

At the Strawberry Stand - 🇦🇹

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Honorable Mention

Best Indie Filmmaker

Dawit Eyob

Burden - 🇪🇷

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Best Student Filmmaker

Paul De Cinque

Bloom - 🇦🇺

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Best Young Filmmaker

Richard Toulmin

Tight Bonds - 🇬🇧

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Best Actress

Cinthia Moncada

WALL - 🇭🇳

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Best Actor

Jordan Scott

Inner Ability - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actress

Emily Mellman

Almost. - 🇺🇸

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Best Supporting Actor

Isaiah Little

Inner Ability - 🇺🇸

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Best Ensemble Cast

Gil Damon, Kathleen Kozak, David Amadio, Steve Kuzmick & Desmond Frey

Awkward Endeavors - 🇺🇸

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Best Producer

Shiho Fukada & Keith Bedford

The Butterfly - 🇯🇵

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Best Screenplay (produced)

Nakisha Celistan & Nichole Aliece Celistan

Break Up in Love - 🇺🇸

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Best Original Score

Andrew Koethe

Public Eye - 🇦🇺

 

Honorable Mention

Best Original Score

Daniele Truocchio 

In Between - 🇺🇸 

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Best Cinematography

Lucy Simons-Weston

Tight Bonds - 🇬🇧

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Best Editing

Kyoungyoung Min & Jun Suk Lee

A letter from Carl Jung - 🇰🇷

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Best Sound Design

Brian Hackett

Almost. - 🇺🇸

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Best Original Song

VASECTOMIA - 🇨🇭

Marc Décosterd

 

Best Screenplay

Bloodlines: The Mogadishu Diaries 1992-1993 -  🇺🇸

By Eddie Clay Thompkins III

"' A US Marine recalls his mission to track a Somali Warlord, wherein he is confronted with love, loss and peril, in the most dangerous city in the world."

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Honorable Mention

Best Screenplay

Couple Secret  - 🇺🇸

by Spike Nizer

"'In the year 2242 citizen and soldier alike are plunged into a dark and violent interplanetary civil war, the scale of which is unprecedented in Human history. Desperate for survival, leaders emerge to protect their families, friends, and futures."

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