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Film of the Month

Under the Waterfall - The Avener

Sebastien Caudron

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Best Narrative Film

Written Words

Chelsea Nwasike

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Dirty Sexy Children

Clemy Clarke

 

Best Indie Film

Eddyct

Jiten Mehta

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Nostalgic Candy - Indré

Peter-John Campbell

 

Best Drama

Places We Won't Walk

Enyi Zhu

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

Autography

Xiuzhe Mou

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Best Comedy

Bad Assistant

Kyle Cogan

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

Lizzy's Plan

Joshua Lang, Mia Rivera

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Best Thriller

Written Words

Chelsea Nwasike

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

Blueberry Flytrap

Ali Matlock

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Best Experimental Film

The Reading Room

Andrew Bond

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Life is Now

Michael Coppola

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Best Inspirational Film

Hold My Hand

Vanessa Prathab

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

PNW Indy Wrestling Spotlight

ShanzDev, Marc LeCuyer

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Best Fantasy Film

Living in Crime Alley

Rob Ayling

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy Film

Trick And Cheat

Tina Adams

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Best Crime Film

Take Out

Xiaodong Zhang

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Honorable Mention: Crime Film

Milkshake

Billy Federighi

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Best Web/TV Pilot

The Magic Shed

Andrew Carnwath

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Best Documentary

In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial

Alexander Craven

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

Chai, The Film That Never Got Made

Louis Lander Deacon, Harry Seagar

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Best Animation

The Butterfly Cage

Hélèna Serra, Maxime Sabisik

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Honorable Mention: Animation

Rambling Man

Hantine Hsu

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Best Music Video

Under the Waterfall - The Avener

Sebastien Caudron

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

Something More

Sebastian Mayr

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Best Student Film

KITE

HongWei Wang

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

The Challenge

Anthony Cintron, Yavor Rangelov

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Best Director

Agoria - Call of the Wild

Loïc Andrieu

 

Honorable Mention: Director

Places We Won't Walk

Enyi Zhu

 

Best First Time Director

Bad Assistant

Kyle Cogan

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Eddyct

Jiten Mehta

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Autography

Xiuzhe Mou

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Blood Brotherhood

Marcus Marcelli

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Best Young Filmmaker

Girl With The Key

Mikhail Somov

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Best Actor

Bad Assistant

Jason Schwartzman

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Honorable Mention: Actor

Places We Won't Walk

Tristan Ott

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Best Actress

Written Words

Victoria Floro

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Honorable Mention: Actress

Places We Won't Walk

Leann Lei

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Eddyct

Justin Miltenyi

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Slip

MaryKathryn Kopp

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Best Duo

Bad Assistant

Jason Schwartzman & Paige Klone

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Places We Won't Walk

Leann Lei & Tristan Ott

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Best Ensemble

Eddyct

Justin Miltenyi, Clara Helms, Jamie Treselyan, Brittany Andonovski

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Honorable Mention: Ensemble

Lizzy's Plan

Mia Rivera, BJ Lange, Tony Nevada, George Cantero

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Best Cinematography

Places We Won't Walk

Griffin Voth

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

ANTARCTICA. Slides of Life

Olga Andreiev, Andrii Andreiev, Denis Davydov, Vladimir Sharlaev

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Best Editing

Written Words

Chelsea Nwasike

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Honorable Mention: Editing

Places We Won't Walk

Enyi Zhu, Aaron Abeson

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Best Score

Living in Crime Alley

Christian Lloyd

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Honorable Mention: Score

The Butterfly Cage

Simon Delannoy

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Best Sound Design

Ghazaal

Bo Pang

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

Eternal Escape

Shinji Wakasa

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Best Original Story

Written Words

Chelsea Nwasike

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

The Magic Shed

Andrew Carnwath, Robert Kelshian

 

Best Screenplay

The Conscription

Jennifer Milne

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Honorable Mention: Screenplay

Keys

Michal Hall Bravo Ramírez

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Best First Time Screenwriter

Spiderhead

Brett Cornwell

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter

Superbug

Gio Forlenza

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