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Film of the Month

A Girl and a Gun

Pierre-Edouard Joubert

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Best Narrative Film

Breaking the Silence

Seayoon Jeong

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

The Little Things

Rathin Rao

 

Best Indie Film

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Ilan Zerrouki

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Zoom and Gloom

Nicholas Jones

 

Best Drama

The Monster's Club

Federica Alice Carlino

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

Love Letter

Corina Marie Howell, Christopher D. Park

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Best Comedy

A Girl and a Gun

Pierre-Edouard Joubert

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Ilan Zerrouki

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Best Thriller

Velvet Farewell

Micheal Eastman

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Honorable Mention: Thriller

Seermass

Kevin Austra

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Best Experimental Film

Pandemia

Katerina Giannakopoulou

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Feminine Shadow

Kelly Karam

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Best Inspirational Film

Looking Glass

Joslyn Rose Lyons

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Best Fantasy Film

Loop

Yanqing Chen

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy Film

Artificial Souldier

Jason Gonzalez

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Best Mystery Film

Loop

Yanqing Chen

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Best Dark Comedy

Neutrals

Jacob Horne

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Best Web Series

Anacostia

Anthony Anderson, Martha Byrne

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Best Documentary

We to Me

Jade Chase

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

The Last Descendant of The Emperor

Liu Tianhao

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Best Animation

Goalie

Maarten Lemmens

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

Tides Are Changing

Dinah Kalaha, María Bjarnadóttir

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Best Music Video

Two Arms Apart

Renee Jonas, Sven Tydeman, Elizabeth Usher, Ben Chai

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

Safe

Jonathan Sprout, Rodney Whittenberg

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Best Student Film

Lockbox

Jake Noecker

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Denver to Boston

Joseph Anthony Marcello

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Best Microfilm

Melted

Nikki Chapman

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Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Bloody Freaks

Michael Davis, Meganne Kocher

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Best Director

A Girl and a Gun

Pierre-Edouard Joubert

 

Honorable Mention: Director

Milk

Peter Nogueira

 

Best First Time Director

Melted

Nikki Chapman

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Birds Of A Feather

Varad Bhamburdekar

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Claire.

E. A. Dodson

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Phases of the Moon

B. Monét, Lauren Guglielmello

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Best Young Filmmaker

What Are You Waiting For?

Ella Jerrier

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

The Glitter of Sound

Xinyue Zhang

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Best Actor

Lockbox

Justin Schilling

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Best Actress

Clean

Amber Gaston

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Seermass

Kerwin Gonzalez

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

You Up?

Lindi Cecile

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Best Supporting Actor

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Fred Tousch

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Best Supporting Actress

Lockbox

Anna Horsey

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Best Duo

Velvet Farewell

Sasha Andreev & Maggie Bearmon Pistner

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Honorable Mention: Duo

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Lucas Delesvaux & Fred Tousch

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Best Cinematography

Lockbox

Gabriella Megni

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

York At Night

Fabian Jedoux Tehrani

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Best Editing

A Girl and a Gun

Romain Boileau

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Honorable Mention: Editing

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Antonio Lizzio

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Best Sound Design

Clean

Bin Lin

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Best Song

Always By Your Side

Katie Hardyman, Mick Evans, Anna Weatherup

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Honorable Mention: Song

Banana

Hiro

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Best Visual Effects

If You Love Her, Let Her Go

Ilan Zerrouki

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Best Commercial

Meet Orwell

Thomas Stachura

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Honorable Mention: Commercial

Pin Galant 30th Season

Brice Blanloeil

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Best Original Story

Breaking the Silence

Seayoon Jeong, Sandra Philip

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

When the Wiggle Met the Giggle

Spencer Katz, Cydney Williams

 

Best Screenplay

Unjustice

Jennifer Milne

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Honorable Mention: Screenplay

Kate's Ballad

Rory O'Connor

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Best Drama Screenplay

The Can

Shadow C. LaValley

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Best Comedy Screenplay

Ei8hty-Ei8ht

Doug Maguire

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Best First Time Screenwriter

Pueblo Stories: A Perfect World

Nathaniel Fuentes

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter

The Music Box

Ahmed Mohamed Almaazmi

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