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Film of the Month

The Peak

Satoshi Takahashi

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Best Narrative Film

Bongo

Jacob Lallas

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

One Last Shot

Saram Jaffery

 

Best Indie Film

A Threat to Justice

Chris Files

 

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Better Late Than Dead

Gino Alfonso

 

Best Drama

Andean Condor

William Mazzola

 

Honorable Mention: Drama

My Demons

Amanda Carselind

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Best Comedy

Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story

Brian Colin Foley

 

Honorable Mention: Comedy

Sartorius Goes Downstairs

Pete Macnamara

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Best Horror

Vac Attack

Kyle Lane

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Best Sci-Fi

Finger Guns

Nikola Sreckovic

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Honorable Mention: Sci-Fi

Volume Control

Giorge Souladze

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Best Experimental Film

Popped Culture

Spencer Flynn

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Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Transit

Kartikay D Pawar

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Best Inspirational Film

Clarity.

Daisy Paroczy Hickey

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Honorable Mention: Inspirational Film

Temporary Reflection: A Self-Portrait Series

Fiorella Occhipinti

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Best Fantasy Film

He/She

Norah Xi

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy Film

31

Joumana Rizk

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Best Parody

Rabbit Island

Ben Cichowski, Shan Harris

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Honorable Mention: Parody

Beers 'N Masks

Jenness Rouse

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Best Dark Comedy

Finger Guns

Nikola Sreckovic

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Honorable Mention: Dark Comedy

Where is Vinny?

Nick Swezey

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Best Romantic Comedy

I'm Press

Antaneise Henderson, Emmanual Fordjour

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Best Film Noir

The Big Con

Augie Pagan

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Best Web/TV Pilot

Limbo

Ben R Johnson, Josh Demuele

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Best Web Series

Divorce School

Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Julie Zelman

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Honorable Mention: Web Series

His Eyes Saw Dance

Donovan Johnson

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Best Documentary

Breathe, Nolan, Breathe

Daniel Catullo

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Honorable Mention: Documentary

A Threat to Justice

Chris Files

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Best Animation

The Peak

Satoshi Takahashi

 

Honorable Mention: Animation

Lea's Secret

Rico Gutierrez

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Best Music Video

Superhuman

Hans Van Vliet, Natasha Parker

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Honorable Mention: Music Video

You're the Kinda Guy

Michelle Rose, Joshua McGrane

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Best Student Film

The Night Shift

Jinwei Fan

 

Honorable Mention: Student Film

Bongo

Jacob Lallas

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Best Microfilm

TIKTok-IN'! "SINK DA MAYO!"

Jenness Rouse

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Best Director

Lea's Secret

Rico Gutierrez

 

Honorable Mention: Director

Breathe, Nolan, Breathe

Daniel Catullo

 

Best First Time Director

Andean Condor

William Mazzola

 

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Peter the Possessed

Gillian Naughton

 

Best Indie Filmmaker

Elizabeth

Jamal Rahman

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Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

When The Tide Sings

Ivan Lu

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Best Young Filmmaker

Last Summer

Adamson Novak

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Honorable Mention: Young Filmmaker

Maggi Varvara Fashion Video: Beauty Breaks Fear

Maggie Gu

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Best Actor

Bongo

Robert Fleet

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Honorable Mention: Actor

He/She

Haoxing Chen

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Best Actress

My Demons

Maya Nohrstedt

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Honorable Mention: Actress

Andean Condor

Vika Mora

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Better Late Than Dead

Julian Crouser

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

Cranberry

Sarah Buchanan

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Best Child Actor

Son of Oakland

Joël Friebe-Makinto

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Best Child Actress

Finger Guns

Ava Bowen

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Best Duo

One Last Shot

Saram Jaffery & Aniqa Khwaja

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Honorable Mention: Duo

Andean Condor

Vika Mora & Sebastian Liberchuk

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Best Cinematography

Bongo

Mitch Storey

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Alaska Long Hunters

Tom Delich

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Best Editing

A Threat to Justice

Chris Files

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Honorable Mention: Editing

My Sister

Juancho Hernandez Husband

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Best Sound Design

Drifting

Shiheng Xu

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Honorable Mention: Sound Design

My Demons

Nils-Peter Vaggelyr

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Best Song

My Amazing Grace

Debra Gussin, Dale Effren

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Honorable Mention: Song

Face to the Sun

J Edna Mae

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Best Visual Effects

Popped Culture

Spencer Flynn

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Honorable Mention: Visual Effects

Cuídate

Christian Nuñez

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Best Commercial

Where the Miracles Live

David E Nault

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Honorable Mention: Commercial

Glamping

Magdalena Wodzisz

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Best Original Story

He/She

Norah Xi

 

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Sweet Sixteen

Yan Yu

 

Best Screenplay

The Lesson

Kimberly Kalaja

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Best Drama Screenplay

We're Fine

Alicia Ocana

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Best Comedy Screenplay

The Pandemic Assassin

Jason Schwaede

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Best Horror Screenplay

Ashes

Alicia Ocana

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Best Thriller Screenplay

The Revver

Michael Hanson, Kelly Moothart

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Best First Time Screenwriter

A dent in the tank

Sergei Gutnikov

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Best Television Script

Multiplex

Jennifer Milne

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