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Film of the Month

Monstrus Circus

Jordan Inconstant

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Best Narrative Film

Wireless

Criss Gidas

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

The Garage

Chris Vincent, Daniel McMellen

 

Best Indie Film

Morti's Law

Marcel Wohlfahrt, Natalie Kölbl

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

The Painting

Gustavo Casares Espinosa

 

Best Drama

Unlucky Number 7

Adrian McGaw

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

Legacy

Meng Chan Sam

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Best Comedy

The Sister Solution

Casey Cooper Johnson, Antoneta Kastrati

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

The Divorcing

Kevin Cappiello

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Best Thriller

Fugitive Zero

Joe Lam

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

Stalkers

Dongjun Kim

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Best Horror

Lies Inside

Corey Emanuel Jr.

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Honorable Mention: Horror

Three

Alberto Bambini

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Best Sci-Fi

Chronofilm

Robert Hypes

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Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi

Clones

Rafael Cortes

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Best Experimental Film

Isolation Animation

Ruth Ducker

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Best Inspirational Film

Come Back

Alban Pauly, Aurore Klein

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

As the Wave Broke

Alexandra Bekiou

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Best Romance Film

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

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Best Dark Comedy

The Body

Adam Weber

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Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

The Robot Vacuum

Daniel G. Roberts

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Best Romantic Comedy

We Met in Quarantine

Rob Seiffert, Rob Wagner

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Best Crime Film

The Man That You Fear

Nicholas Kerekes

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Best LGBTQ Film

The Acceptance of Suffering

Jason Klein

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Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Film

No Loss Here

Nathan Brewer

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Best Film Noir

The Widow

Brendan Young

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Best Web/TV Pilot

In Two Minds

Fabian Schwab

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Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot

Something About Bubbles

Mark Cheng, Graham Brown

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Best Documentary

You Have To Go For It

Julio Mendez, Kristy Espinoza

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Best Animation

Two Different Kinds of Love

Alyce Vest

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

The Bat and the Matt

Stefan Janoski

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Best Music Video

Ballad of a Fish

Aijian Olivia Chen

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

Learn happiness from sorrow

Patrick Kin Wang Tang

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Best Student Film

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Arcadia

Jake Beyer

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Best Microfilm

To Whom It May Concern

Daniel G. Roberts

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Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Beginnings

Majid AlYousif

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Best Director

Monstrus Circus

Jordan Inconstant

 

Honorable Mention: Director

The Widow

Brendan Young

 

Best First Time Director

Aborted Traffick

Bea W Bliss

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Stay Sane

Hana Wagner

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

The Robot Vacuum

Daniel G. Roberts

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Jonah

Benjamin Coffey

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Best Actor

Morti's Law

Michael Marwitz

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Honorable Mention: Actor

The Garage

Jay Lay

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Best Actress

Wireless

Annaliese McGuire

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Honorable Mention: Actress

The Widow

Daniela Farinacci

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

The Man That You Fear

Michael L. McNulty

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

The Basement

Naïma Pöhler

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Best Supporting Actor

As the Wave Broke

Micky Jukovic

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Best Supporting Actress

Fugitive Zero

Georgina Elizabeth Okon

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Best Young Actor

The Garage

Jack Coghlan

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Best Young Actress

The Sister Solution

Jana Kastrati Cooper Johnson

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Best Duo

Wireless

Annaliese McGuire & Giuseppe D'Allura

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Stay Sane

Natasha Clarke & Anton Kettunen

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Best Ensemble

Something About Bubbles

Vivan Dugré, Abigail Marlowe, Mikel Miller, Kristin Vahl, Mikel Parraga-Wills, Graham Brown

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

In Two Minds

Michael Marwitz, Laura Sophie Becker, Steffan Melies, Robert Speidel, Samuel Mottaki

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Best Cinematography

The Garage

Lucas Miller

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Fugitive Zero

Jeremy Royce

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Best Editing

We Met in Quarantine

Rob Seiffert

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Honorable Mention: Editing

The Sister Solution

Anders Hoffman

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Best Score

Monstrus Circus

Sylvain Ott

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Honorable Mention: Score

Fugitive Zero

David Fesliyan

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Best Sound Design

Skin Hunger

Xueying Ou

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

The Sister Solution

Brandon Griffith

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Best Song

There's No Place for a Uke on Halloween

Elizabeth Usher

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Best Song in a Film

Stay Sane - "Sane"

Tea Wagner, Tea Belle

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Honorable Mention: Song in a Film

Something About Bubbles - Six Bottles of Wine

Chelsea Williams

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Best Trailer

Come On, Harleen

Christopher Leong

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Honorable Mention: Trailer

Time Stamped 64

Jennifer Treur

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Best Original Story

We Met in Quarantine

Rob Seiffert, Rob Wagner

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Turning Pages

Sanaya Khatri

 

Best Screenplay

Currently Katie

Hannah Petosa

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Best Drama Screenplay

Don Milagro

Shaun Ireland

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Best Comedy Screenplay

Gertie and Her Goats

Euan Mitchell

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Best Fantasy Screenplay

Don't Put Momma Bear In the Zoo!

R Agalawatta

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Best Television Script

Currently Katie

Hannah Petosa

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