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Film of the Month

Pork Chop

Katherine Guggenberger

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Best Narrative Film

Mabel

Kimberley Wintle

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Walking Thin Lines

Preston Ray

 

Best Indie Film

Heartstruck

Ian Thomas Kent

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Tingly

Jay Gill

 

Best Drama

Pentimento

Benjamin O'Donnell

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

Something Safe

Shaun Lupton

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Best Comedy

Free Desk*

Keith Macri

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

Do Not Open

Moses Mugo

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Best Thriller

Kongo

Bryan Wynn Sutton, John Roche

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Best Horror

Mark of the Rougarou

Erica Duke

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Best Action Film

Office 86

Jyo Carolino

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Best Sci-Fi

River

Emily Skye

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Best Experimental Film

Spotted

Shranjay Arora, Seda Anbarci

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Best Inspirational Film

Making Waves

Laura Zéphirin

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

Sonya Slidez

Abbey Spacil

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Best Fantasy Film

Virtually Together

John Argelander

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Best Romance Film

Heartstruck

Ian Thomas Kent

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Best Dark Comedy

It's That Guy!

Jean Paul San Pedro

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Best Web/TV Pilot

Harbor Island

Tiffany Rhodes

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Honorable Mention: Web/TV Pilot

Texas High School Football

Peter Calvin, Brent Crable

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Best Web Series

The Jersey Connection Season 2

Tim Firtion

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

Birthday in Place

Dave Laden

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Best Documentary

Inhale

Brian Chambers

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

Grassland Stranger

Ziyu Wu

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Best Animation

Pork Chop

Katherine Guggenberger

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

The Train to Qinling

Shir Baron

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Best Music Video

Breathe

Marianne Bernhard, Raz Kennedy

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Best Student Film

Pork Chop

Katherine Guggenberger

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Way Back Home

Yanyan Zhao

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Best Microfilm

Chums

Olivia Perkins

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Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Coronalone?

Nigel Gould-Davies

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Best Director

Mabel

Kimberley Wintle

 

Honorable Mention: Director

Grandpa's Long March

Bolun Wei

 

Best First Time Director

Cherry Swamp Road

Josh Cummins

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Baby in the Basement

Dina Faye Gilmore

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Lifeless

Alex Fedosov, Elvira Sinelnik

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Harra and the Donkey

Chris Malone

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Best Actor

Pentimento

Toby Truslove

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Honorable Mention: Actor

Grandpa's Long March

Andy Sun

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Best Actress

Mabel

Kimberley Wintle

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Honorable Mention: Actress

Way Back Home

Mingjie Li

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Heartstruck

Jeremiah O'MaHony

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

River

Mary Cameron Rogers

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Best Young Actress

Harbor Island

Lacey Caroline

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Best Duo

Do It Again

Cecilia Cereijido-Bloche & David Socolar

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Lifeless

Elvira Sinelnik & Erin Michele Soto

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Best Ensemble

Mabel

Kimberley Wintle, Alexander Dreymon, Christopher Ashman, Cat Limket, Alex Benjamin, Kelly Musslewhite, Julyza Commodore, Rhoda Pell

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Best Cinematography

Inhale

Nik Pilecki

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Cat's Eye

Haley Min Young Kreofsky

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Best Editing

Pentimento

Richard Learoyd, Harry Learoyd

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Honorable Mention: Editing

Coma

Pavel Dovgal

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Best Score

Pentimento

Andy Scott

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Honorable Mention: Score

Mother Earth

Ida Jazayeri

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Best Sound Design

Pork Chop

Steve Yannacone

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

Mabel

Jamie Ganache

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Inspiring Woman in a Film

Making Waves

Lamya Essemlali

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Best Commercial

Wanna Get Away

Alfonssette Medina

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Best Trailer

River

Emily Skye

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Honorable Mention: Trailer

The Shannon O'Brian Chronicles "COVIDEO FACEMASK SERIES"

Jenness Rouse

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Best Original Story

Grandpa's Long March

Bolun Wei

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Sign

Shay Albert

 

Best Screenplay

TheoMORPHIS

Sam Moony

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Honorable Mention: Screenplay

Link

Peter Tamaribuchi

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Best Television Script

Black Rose

Uzair Merchant

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