Top Shorts Winners - February 2022
Film of the Month
The Game - Brynn Chamblee
Best Narrative Film
Wine and Fox - Chuanfa Wan
Honorable Mention: Narrative Film
Circle - Jhosimar Vasquez
Best Indie Film
Fragile - Yulian Mateo, Adam Race
Honorable Mention: Indie Film
Debt Valley - Daniel Couts
Best Drama
Focus - Tolulope Ajayi
Honorable Mention: Drama
Lennon - Jason Leighton, Elliot Frahs, Gio Ferraro
Best Comedy
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz, Augusta Mariano
Best Horror
The Game - Brynn Chamblee
Honorable Mention: Horror
The World to Come - Josh Fagen
Best Experimental Film
Inspiration - Alberto Martín-Aragón
Best Dark Comedy
Hanging Buddy - John R Kestner
Best Crime Film
Safehouse - Will Branner
Best Musical/Dance Film
First Touch - Austen Browne
Best Web Series
Dogwalk - Val Gehley
Best Documentary
Messages to the Dead - Jeffrey Lee Mitchell
Honorable Mention: Documentary
Creative Huangshan The Beautiful Huizhou - Wen Tian
Best Animation
Almost Christmas - Xinyuan Zhao
Best Music Video
Dead Of The Night - Minh Huynh
Honorable Mention: Music Video
Jon Vinyl - Told You - Alimzhan Sabir
Best Student Film
The Master Cow - Nick Elson
Best Director
Forest Giants - Augusta Mariano
Honorable Mention: Director
Focus - Tolulope Ajayi
Best First Time Director
It's Just A Boy - Jane Webb
Best Indie Filmmaker
Something More - Andrew Michael Kovalchek
Best Young Filmmaker
Wave Rider - Wyatt Thompson
Best Actor
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz
Honorable Mention: Actor
Verdure Pro - Julien Ouellet
Best Actress
Forest Giants - Erin Clark
Honorable Mention: Actress
Hanging Buddy - Audrey Bennett
Best Actor in an Indie Film
Real Men Cry - Jordan Scott
Best Actress in an Indie Film
Venerable - Ingrid Evans
Best Supporting Actor
The Game - Ryan Lewis
Best Supporting Actress
The World to Come - Harriet Karsh
Best Young Actor
Paradise - Montgomery Samuel Thomas
Best Young Actress
It's Just A Boy - Angel-May Webb
Best Child Actress
The Game - Emma Rose Smith
Best Duo
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz & Erin Clark
Honorable Mention: Duo
The Games We Play - Kartic Bhargav & Roshni Datta
Best Ensemble
The Game - Emma Rose Smith, Eden Harper, Rae Becka, Ryan Lewis, Greyson Chadwick, Darla Delgado, Addison Ross, Keller Fornes, Rebecca Rose Goodman, Brynn Chamblee
Honorable Mention: Ensemble
The Reading - Jessi Williams, Estelle Chout, Malia McGuire, Gabriela Lewis
Best Cinematography
Forlorn - Miguel Tafich
Honorable Mention: Cinematography
The World to Come - Ian Filipovic
Best Editing
The Game - Matthew Jensen
Honorable Mention: Editing
Forest Giants - Ben Clinton
Best Score
Forest Giants - Jeremy Robinson
Best Original Story
The Reading - Kacie Stetson
Honorable Mention: Original Story
Forest Giants - Michael Moskewicz
Best Screenplay
Ghost of a Chance - Jan Maxwell
Best Comedy Screenplay
Ku Klux Karen - John Kestner
Best Thriller Screenplay
The Oblivious Notes - Jason Boyer
Best Sci-Fi Screenplay
Butterfly - Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Special Jury Award
Absolution - Jeremy Applebaum
Special Jury Award
Venerable - James Sibley
Special Jury Award
Cinephile - Ellen Rodnianski
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