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Film of the Month

BUTTERFLY

Bonnie Foster

 

Best Narrative Film

BUTTERFLY

Bonnie Foster

 

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

OUT OF NOWHERE

Haoyu Wang

 

Best Indie Film

SILENT TIES

George Leontakianakos

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

WHEN 2 WRONGS

Clinton Phillips

 

Best Drama

LITTLE PHILIP'S BIRTHDAY

Hesam Anvari

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

MURALS

Luke C. Griffiths, Jasmine Leivers

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Best Comedy

LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY

Robert Husted

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Honorable Mention: Comedy

COVERT ACTIVITY

Fiona Lincke

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Best Horror

MUÑECA

Sergio Herencias

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Best Sci-Fi

END POINT

Rafael Cortes

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Best Experimental Film

UNDER THE FOREST, ABOVE THE GROUND

Steve Conry

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Best Inspirational Film

TANGO BODY ~ A LOVE STORY

Philip Kan Gotanda, Chelsea Eng

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

THIRD ACT IN TAOS

Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus

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Best Mystery Film

STAMENIGMA

Joey Angerone

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Best Dark Comedy

KILLER FRIENDS

Peter Calvin, Brent Crable

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Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

THE GREAT HUMAN CRIME

Alex Afshar

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Best Romantic Comedy

KISSING CARMEN

DC Brandon

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Best LGBTQ Film

ROSIE

Destry Spielberg

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Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Film

THE FREEDOM TO BREATH

Paayel Chouudhury

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Best Western

GHOST IN THE GUN

Andrew Chen

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Honorable Mention: Western

MY DECLARATION

Jiayi Li

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Best Web Series

DOLLHOUSE

Mariya Ranieli

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Best Documentary

5 REASONS WHY WE NEED HATE SPEECH

Lou Perez

 

Honorable Mention: Documentary

RETURN OF THE LOTUS-BORN MASTER: DECRYPTING THE DAKINI CODE

Laurence Brahm

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Best Animation

ECONOMY IS CARE

Sergio Herencias, Andreas Tanner

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

THE BUTTON

Kim Yuan Xu

 

Best Music Video

WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?

Benjamin Folstein

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Best Student Film

THE ROSY SUMMER DAY

Nicole Shan

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

DANTE FALLS

Nancy Lin

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Best Microfilm

THE TINKERER

Mike Trivisonno

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Best Director

GHOST IN THE GUN

Andrew Chen

 

Honorable Mention: Director

BUTTERFLY

Bonnie Foster

 

Best First Time Director

ROSIE

Destry Spielberg

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

NO COMET A 1969 COMET'S TALE

Carol Jackson

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

HERE TODAY

Meredith Grace Dabney, Erica Arvold

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

BLOSSOM

Joseph Anthony Marcello

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Best Young Filmmaker

YELLOW CHAINS

Andrew Tang

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Yung-Han (Ariel) Kuo

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Best Actor

BUTTERFLY

Micah Fitzgerald

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Best Actress

LITTLE PHILIP'S BIRTHDAY

Vivian Davidson

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

WHEN 2 WRONGS

Matthew Griebel

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

A PERFECT DAY

Archana Dua

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Best Duo

BUTTERFLY

Micah Fitzgerald & Jade Lorna Sullivan

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Honorable Mention: Duo

MOJAVE SHADOWS

Sabrina Percario & Ronan Barbour

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Best Ensemble

DANTE FALLS

Tricia Fukuhara, Daniel Chung, Noveen Crumbie, Jesten Mariconda

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Best Cinematography

MUÑECA

Sergio Herencias

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

GHOST IN THE GUN

Stephen Berke

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Best Editing

GHOST IN THE GUN

Patrick Devaney, Sam Purdy, Stephen Berke, Rena Yamamoto

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Honorable Mention: Editing

LITTLE PHILIP'S BIRTHDAY

Hesam Anvari, Maria Belena Garcia

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Best Score

LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY

Steve Wilder Blumenthal

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Best Commercial

1969 COMET DEMO REEL

Carol Jackson

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Best Original Story

BUTTERFLY

Bonnie Foster

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

DANTE FALLS

Nancy Lin

 

Best Screenplay

SUMMER'S END

Marcia Dinneen

 

Honorable Mention: Screenplay

A THOUSAND EYES

Kiefer Luttrell

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Best First Time Screenwriter

HERE TODAY

Meredith Grace Dabney

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter

ROUGH STOCK

Seppe Van Beneden

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