2015 Winners
December
Best Picture
Give Me Back My Life
Foreign Feature
Venezuela
Runtime 01:34:12
Producer: Alain Maiki
Give Me Back My Life
Foreign Feature
Venezuela
Runtime 01:34:12
Producer: Alain Maiki
Best Drama Student: Our Perfect World - Director: HR Mariana, USA
Best Drama: Araneae Dei - Director: Maxine Fone, UK
Best Comedy Dramedy: Visiting Mr Keats - Director: Jacqueline Pepall, UK
Best Foreign Short: Call Coho - Director: Dae Ryun Chang, Korea
Best Foreign Feature: Maskoun - Director: Krystle Houses & Sharif Abdunnur, Lebanon
Best Documentary Student Short: Second Life - Director: Eugene Pankov, Poland/Russia
Best Documentary Short: Welcome to The Last Bookstore - Director: Chad Howitt, CA, USA
Best Documentary Feature: #UnitedWeWin. - Director: Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses, UK
Best Time-Lapse: Greek Skies - Photographer: Panagiotis Filippou, Greece
Best Travel Film: Compelling Corsica - Director: Jonathan Conti, Germany
Best Experimental: MARIBEL - Director: Alberto Martín-Aragón & Julia Doménech, Spain
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short: Le'a / Polaroid Notes - Director: Shahrokh Na'el, UK
Best Horror Short: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Animation: The present - Director: Jacob Frey, Germany
Best Spec Commercial: Spicebomb - Director: Javier Barcala, CA, USA
Best Trailer: Sebastian: The Slumberland Odyssey - Director: Fede Ponce, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Runaway - Director: Dane Hansen, Australia
Best Web Series/New Media: Redmonton - Director: Angie Walls, USA
Best Original Music Score: Red Handed - Director: Edward Andrews, UK
Best Sound Design: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Cinematography: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Director Student: Our Perfect World - Director: HR Mariana, USA
Woman Filmmaker: A New Year in Shanggan - Director: Shihui Ye, USA
Best Director Documentary: Welcome to The Last Bookstore - Director: Chad Howitt, CA, USA
Best Director: Red Handed - Director: Edward Andrews, UK
Best Actor Under 18: Karlisha Hurley: Karlisha & Morgan, Australia
Best Ensemble Cast: Redmonton - Director: Angie Walls, USA
Best Actress: Amy Rutledge: Our Perfect World, USA
Best Actor: Alexandre PICOT: Douai (1962), FranceAudience Award Winner #UnitedWeWin Director: Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses, UK
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Further From Here by Anthony Mezza
2nd Place Winner: Green Shoes by J. Ryan
3rd Place Winner: Mother Mayhem by Brian W. Smith
4th Place Winner: Branding by Charles Laulette
(Best Screenplay Short/Web series)
1st Place Winner: Forgive Me Not by Michael J Daly
2nd Place Winner: Fetch by Sam Gill
3rd Place Winner: Mother's Milk and Cookies by Michael J Daly
4th Place Winner: On the Day I Love You More Than My Phobias by Sam Gill
Best Drama: Araneae Dei - Director: Maxine Fone, UK
Best Comedy Dramedy: Visiting Mr Keats - Director: Jacqueline Pepall, UK
Best Foreign Short: Call Coho - Director: Dae Ryun Chang, Korea
Best Foreign Feature: Maskoun - Director: Krystle Houses & Sharif Abdunnur, Lebanon
Best Documentary Student Short: Second Life - Director: Eugene Pankov, Poland/Russia
Best Documentary Short: Welcome to The Last Bookstore - Director: Chad Howitt, CA, USA
Best Documentary Feature: #UnitedWeWin. - Director: Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses, UK
Best Time-Lapse: Greek Skies - Photographer: Panagiotis Filippou, Greece
Best Travel Film: Compelling Corsica - Director: Jonathan Conti, Germany
Best Experimental: MARIBEL - Director: Alberto Martín-Aragón & Julia Doménech, Spain
Action/Thriller/SCI-FI Short: Le'a / Polaroid Notes - Director: Shahrokh Na'el, UK
Best Horror Short: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Animation: The present - Director: Jacob Frey, Germany
Best Spec Commercial: Spicebomb - Director: Javier Barcala, CA, USA
Best Trailer: Sebastian: The Slumberland Odyssey - Director: Fede Ponce, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Runaway - Director: Dane Hansen, Australia
Best Web Series/New Media: Redmonton - Director: Angie Walls, USA
Best Original Music Score: Red Handed - Director: Edward Andrews, UK
Best Sound Design: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Cinematography: Awakenings - Director: Bhargav Saikia, India
Best Director Student: Our Perfect World - Director: HR Mariana, USA
Woman Filmmaker: A New Year in Shanggan - Director: Shihui Ye, USA
Best Director Documentary: Welcome to The Last Bookstore - Director: Chad Howitt, CA, USA
Best Director: Red Handed - Director: Edward Andrews, UK
Best Actor Under 18: Karlisha Hurley: Karlisha & Morgan, Australia
Best Ensemble Cast: Redmonton - Director: Angie Walls, USA
Best Actress: Amy Rutledge: Our Perfect World, USA
Best Actor: Alexandre PICOT: Douai (1962), FranceAudience Award Winner #UnitedWeWin Director: Henrik Friis de Magalhães e Meneses, UK
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Further From Here by Anthony Mezza
2nd Place Winner: Green Shoes by J. Ryan
3rd Place Winner: Mother Mayhem by Brian W. Smith
4th Place Winner: Branding by Charles Laulette
(Best Screenplay Short/Web series)
1st Place Winner: Forgive Me Not by Michael J Daly
2nd Place Winner: Fetch by Sam Gill
3rd Place Winner: Mother's Milk and Cookies by Michael J Daly
4th Place Winner: On the Day I Love You More Than My Phobias by Sam Gill
November
Best Picture
DUMBBELLS
US
Best Picture
Producers:
Travus Pope,
Josh Goldstein,
Hoyt Richards
Brian Drolet
DUMBBELLS
US
Best Picture
Producers:
Travus Pope,
Josh Goldstein,
Hoyt Richards
Brian Drolet
Best Drama Student: Hush - Director: Whitney Clinkscales, USA
Best Drama: I KNOW YOU - Director: Colin Gerrard, Netherlands
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: A Film. - Director: Alvie Hurt, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Hard Money - Director: Armin Siljkovicm, USA
Best Feature All Genres: Billion Star Hotel - Director: Alecs Nastoiu, Romania
Best Foreign Short: Making A Killing - Director: Justin Head, South Africa
Best Foreign Feature: Ambiguity: Crónica De Un Sueño Americano - Director: Grisel Wilson, Guatemala
Best Documentary Student: Julian - Director: Julia Furer, Switzerland
Best Feature Documentary: Charlie Gemora: Uncredited - Director: Jason Barnett, USA
Best Short Documentary: High Signs - Director: Damien Patrik, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Eastern Skies - Director: Mike Zorger, USA
Best Action: Valor's Dawn - Directors: Reed Clare & Mike Donis, Canada
Best Thriller: PANCAKE CASTLE - Director: Simon Roel, USA
Best SCI-FI: Orpheize - Director: Pedro Jaén R., Spain
Best Horror: Inhabiter - Director: Daniel R. Palacio, Philippines
Best Animation: Misiek and Eve from outer space - Director: Marianna Mankowska, Poland
Best Trailer: Icthus - Director: Ragüel Cremades, Spain
Best Music Video: You Know - Director: Igor Possewnin, Spain
Best Web Series / New Media: Her Story (Episode 1) - Director: Sydney Freeland,USA
Best Original Music/Score: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Sound Design: Billion Star Hotel - Director: Alecs Nastoiu, Romania
Best Editing: Making A Killing - Director: Justin Head, South Africa
Best Director Student: A Film. - Director: Alvie Hurt, USA
Jury Award of Recognition: Dark Red Blood - Director: Domi Cutrona, Italy
Jury Special Mention: Permission - Director: Jun Kuang, USA
Best Director: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Ensemble Cast: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Actress: Rebecca Mueller: YOU ARE BACK, Germany
Best Actor: Hoyt Richards: DUMBBELLS, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: The Mary Jane Girls by Heidi Kozak
2nd Place Winner: A Burial at Sea by C. Jeffery Evans
3rd Place Winner: Within These Walls by Tracie Jules
4th Place Winner: and The Devil called! by Patricia Poulos
(Short/Web series)
1st Place Winner: One in a million by Anthony Liakopoulos
2nd Place Winner: A Fangirl by Diana Galimzyanova
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Mob Chick by Theodore Carl Soderberg
Best Drama: I KNOW YOU - Director: Colin Gerrard, Netherlands
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: A Film. - Director: Alvie Hurt, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Hard Money - Director: Armin Siljkovicm, USA
Best Feature All Genres: Billion Star Hotel - Director: Alecs Nastoiu, Romania
Best Foreign Short: Making A Killing - Director: Justin Head, South Africa
Best Foreign Feature: Ambiguity: Crónica De Un Sueño Americano - Director: Grisel Wilson, Guatemala
Best Documentary Student: Julian - Director: Julia Furer, Switzerland
Best Feature Documentary: Charlie Gemora: Uncredited - Director: Jason Barnett, USA
Best Short Documentary: High Signs - Director: Damien Patrik, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Eastern Skies - Director: Mike Zorger, USA
Best Action: Valor's Dawn - Directors: Reed Clare & Mike Donis, Canada
Best Thriller: PANCAKE CASTLE - Director: Simon Roel, USA
Best SCI-FI: Orpheize - Director: Pedro Jaén R., Spain
Best Horror: Inhabiter - Director: Daniel R. Palacio, Philippines
Best Animation: Misiek and Eve from outer space - Director: Marianna Mankowska, Poland
Best Trailer: Icthus - Director: Ragüel Cremades, Spain
Best Music Video: You Know - Director: Igor Possewnin, Spain
Best Web Series / New Media: Her Story (Episode 1) - Director: Sydney Freeland,USA
Best Original Music/Score: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Sound Design: Billion Star Hotel - Director: Alecs Nastoiu, Romania
Best Editing: Making A Killing - Director: Justin Head, South Africa
Best Director Student: A Film. - Director: Alvie Hurt, USA
Jury Award of Recognition: Dark Red Blood - Director: Domi Cutrona, Italy
Jury Special Mention: Permission - Director: Jun Kuang, USA
Best Director: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Ensemble Cast: The sinking of Sozopol - Director: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria
Best Actress: Rebecca Mueller: YOU ARE BACK, Germany
Best Actor: Hoyt Richards: DUMBBELLS, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: The Mary Jane Girls by Heidi Kozak
2nd Place Winner: A Burial at Sea by C. Jeffery Evans
3rd Place Winner: Within These Walls by Tracie Jules
4th Place Winner: and The Devil called! by Patricia Poulos
(Short/Web series)
1st Place Winner: One in a million by Anthony Liakopoulos
2nd Place Winner: A Fangirl by Diana Galimzyanova
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Mob Chick by Theodore Carl Soderberg
October
Best Picture
The Pure-Hearted Villain
India
Producers:
Kamal Hassan
N. Lingusamy
The Pure-Hearted Villain
India
Producers:
Kamal Hassan
N. Lingusamy
Best Drama Student: We Sit. We Drink. No Guns. - Director: Nicci Thompson & Matt Hielsberg, UK
Best Drama: In Memory - Director: Robert Kirbyson, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Lonely Planet - Director: Alex Burunova, UK
Best Feature All Genres: Daughter of the King - Director: Matthew R. Marshall, Canada
Best Story Short: Insomnia - Director: Kenneth Sanabria Jiménez, Costa Rica
Best Foreign Feature: 1 1/2 HORA - Director: Jose Antonio Pérez Ramírez, Spain
Best Foreign Short: The Delicious Toad - Director: Yin Wong, Hong Kong
Best Foreign Short Student: Prohibited - Director: Ali Sohail Jaura, Pakistan
Best Documentary Feature: A DEEP BREATH TO END - Director: HAMID REZA MOHSENI, Iran
Best Documentary Short: Rediscovering John Berryman - Director: Al Milgrom, USA
Best Documentary Short Student : American History - Director: Rise Fujita, Japan
Best Experimental: [13.1-9+19+13] Vol.01 - Director: Madam M.A, Japan
Best Travel: Elaine Lancaster's Diva Destinations - Director: Dmitry Zhitov, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Dubrovnik - Pearl of Adriatic - Director: Christin Necker, Switzerland
Best Action/Thriller: Wan Mei (Perfect) - Director: Yiyi Yin, USA
Best Sci-Fi / Horror: Don't Let Them In - Director: David Lawrence, UK
Best Animation Student: The Same River Twice - Director: Weijia Ma, USA
Best Animation: What I Want - Director Anna Constantinova, Italy
Best Music Video: Song of Arnhem Land - Director: Susan Sandery, Australia
Best Web series/New Media: Carbon Dating - Director: Amanda Serra & Linda Palmer, USA
Best Produced Screenplay: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Original Music/Score: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Original Song: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Sound Design: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Editing: Where Hearts Lie - Director: Tony Lindsay, USA
Best Woman Film Maker: Carbon Dating - Director: Amanda Serra & Linda Palmer, USA
Best Director Music Video: Song of Arnhem Land - Director: Susan Sandery, Australia
Best Director Student: The Schoolboy - Director: Paloma Lommel, UK
Best Director: Insomnia - Director: Kenneth Sanabria Jiménez, Costa Rica
Best Ensemble Cast: Alienated - Director: Brian Ackley, USA/UAE
Best Actor Under 18: Alexis Lynne Baumert: Little Susie
Best Actress: Lee Meriwether: In Memory, USA
Best Actor: Kamal Hassan: The Pure-Hearted Villain, India
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: RunRainbow by David A. Holcombe
2nd Place Winner: Valley of Spirits by Warren Hull
3rd Place Winner: Rogue by Anthony Mezza
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Two Emperors by Paul Gross
2nd Place Winner: The Blade by Dempsey Tillman
3rd Place Winner: American Frankenstein by Tracie Jules
(Short)
1st Place Winner: US Navy Cine-Kodak by Stephen M. Hunt
2nd Place Winner: POLLY by Eric P Granger
3rd Place Winner: Prophet in E-Minor by Michael Sadler
Best Drama: In Memory - Director: Robert Kirbyson, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Lonely Planet - Director: Alex Burunova, UK
Best Feature All Genres: Daughter of the King - Director: Matthew R. Marshall, Canada
Best Story Short: Insomnia - Director: Kenneth Sanabria Jiménez, Costa Rica
Best Foreign Feature: 1 1/2 HORA - Director: Jose Antonio Pérez Ramírez, Spain
Best Foreign Short: The Delicious Toad - Director: Yin Wong, Hong Kong
Best Foreign Short Student: Prohibited - Director: Ali Sohail Jaura, Pakistan
Best Documentary Feature: A DEEP BREATH TO END - Director: HAMID REZA MOHSENI, Iran
Best Documentary Short: Rediscovering John Berryman - Director: Al Milgrom, USA
Best Documentary Short Student : American History - Director: Rise Fujita, Japan
Best Experimental: [13.1-9+19+13] Vol.01 - Director: Madam M.A, Japan
Best Travel: Elaine Lancaster's Diva Destinations - Director: Dmitry Zhitov, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Dubrovnik - Pearl of Adriatic - Director: Christin Necker, Switzerland
Best Action/Thriller: Wan Mei (Perfect) - Director: Yiyi Yin, USA
Best Sci-Fi / Horror: Don't Let Them In - Director: David Lawrence, UK
Best Animation Student: The Same River Twice - Director: Weijia Ma, USA
Best Animation: What I Want - Director Anna Constantinova, Italy
Best Music Video: Song of Arnhem Land - Director: Susan Sandery, Australia
Best Web series/New Media: Carbon Dating - Director: Amanda Serra & Linda Palmer, USA
Best Produced Screenplay: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Original Music/Score: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Original Song: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Sound Design: The Pure-Hearted Villain - Director: Ramesh Aravind: India
Best Editing: Where Hearts Lie - Director: Tony Lindsay, USA
Best Woman Film Maker: Carbon Dating - Director: Amanda Serra & Linda Palmer, USA
Best Director Music Video: Song of Arnhem Land - Director: Susan Sandery, Australia
Best Director Student: The Schoolboy - Director: Paloma Lommel, UK
Best Director: Insomnia - Director: Kenneth Sanabria Jiménez, Costa Rica
Best Ensemble Cast: Alienated - Director: Brian Ackley, USA/UAE
Best Actor Under 18: Alexis Lynne Baumert: Little Susie
Best Actress: Lee Meriwether: In Memory, USA
Best Actor: Kamal Hassan: The Pure-Hearted Villain, India
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: RunRainbow by David A. Holcombe
2nd Place Winner: Valley of Spirits by Warren Hull
3rd Place Winner: Rogue by Anthony Mezza
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Two Emperors by Paul Gross
2nd Place Winner: The Blade by Dempsey Tillman
3rd Place Winner: American Frankenstein by Tracie Jules
(Short)
1st Place Winner: US Navy Cine-Kodak by Stephen M. Hunt
2nd Place Winner: POLLY by Eric P Granger
3rd Place Winner: Prophet in E-Minor by Michael Sadler
September
Best Picture
INTERSECTION
Runtime 01:20:04
CA, USA
Producers:
Hoyt Richards
Tim French
Rick Irvin
INTERSECTION
Runtime 01:20:04
CA, USA
Producers:
Hoyt Richards
Tim French
Rick Irvin
Best Drama Student Film: We Just Met - Director: Muneeb Hassan, USA
Best Drama: The Border - Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil
Best Comedy/Dramedy: DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Foreign: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Foreign Student Film: Pe & Noe - Director: Ca Silva, USA
Best Experimental: HADES - Director: Alberto Martín–Aragón & Julia Doménech López, Spain
Best Music Video: Masheenee Alcketiara - Director: Ema Shah, Kuwait
Best Web series/New Media: Kowalski - Director: Jason O'Mara, USA
Best Horror: FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
Best Short Story: The Rub - Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA
Best Action/Thriller: SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) - Director: George Karja, Spain
Best Sci-Fi: The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
Best Animation: CAT BIRD COYOTE (Animation), Director: Amy Raasch, CA, USA
Best Animation Student: Eggventure - Director: Danielle Johnson, CA, USA
Best Feature Film: Capturing Happiness - Director: Ludwig Ciupka, Canada
Best Documentary: John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent - Director: David Naglieri, Brazil
Best Documentary Short: The Dog Walkers of Buenos Aires - Director: Peter Wilson, Australia
Best Editing: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Sound Design: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Cinematography: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Best Original Music / Score: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Director Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Director: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Best Ensemble Cast: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Actor under 18: Carissa Bazler: The Grim Reaper's Daughter, CA, USA
Best Actress: Marem Hassler : DuO, CA, USA
Best Actor: Hoyt Richards: INTERSECTION, CA, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: MAKING IT IN BROOKLYN by George Rubino
2nd Place Winner: The Summer I Shrank my Grandmother by Anita Burgoyne
3rd Place Winner: THE DROP MONSTER by Frederick P. Ayers, MD
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Doorlocker by Tony DiSibio
2nd Place Winner: Careful What You Wish For by Taylor Albertson
Best Drama: The Border - Director: Rene Rhi, Brazil
Best Comedy/Dramedy: DuO - Director: Karl E. LANDLER, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Foreign: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Foreign Student Film: Pe & Noe - Director: Ca Silva, USA
Best Experimental: HADES - Director: Alberto Martín–Aragón & Julia Doménech López, Spain
Best Music Video: Masheenee Alcketiara - Director: Ema Shah, Kuwait
Best Web series/New Media: Kowalski - Director: Jason O'Mara, USA
Best Horror: FEARBOOK - Director: KUMARESAN SANDRAN, India/US
Best Short Story: The Rub - Director: Kenny Beaumont & Jonathan Davenport, USA
Best Action/Thriller: SAYÓN (THE EXECUTIONER) - Director: George Karja, Spain
Best Sci-Fi: The Art of Human Salvage- Director: Dempsey Tillman, Brazil
Best Animation: CAT BIRD COYOTE (Animation), Director: Amy Raasch, CA, USA
Best Animation Student: Eggventure - Director: Danielle Johnson, CA, USA
Best Feature Film: Capturing Happiness - Director: Ludwig Ciupka, Canada
Best Documentary: John Paul II in America: Uniting a Continent - Director: David Naglieri, Brazil
Best Documentary Short: The Dog Walkers of Buenos Aires - Director: Peter Wilson, Australia
Best Editing: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Sound Design: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Cinematography: THE TALE ABOUT THE WITCH THE FARMHAND AND THE SOLDIER - Director: Christian Rutegård, Sweden
Best Original Music / Score: Wheels of Hope - Director: Charanjit Singh Kalsi, India
Best Director Student: The Grim Reaper's Daughter - Director: Robert Mai, CA, USA
Best Director: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Best Ensemble Cast: I Am The Doorway - Director: Matthew Rowney, UK
Actor under 18: Carissa Bazler: The Grim Reaper's Daughter, CA, USA
Best Actress: Marem Hassler : DuO, CA, USA
Best Actor: Hoyt Richards: INTERSECTION, CA, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: MAKING IT IN BROOKLYN by George Rubino
2nd Place Winner: The Summer I Shrank my Grandmother by Anita Burgoyne
3rd Place Winner: THE DROP MONSTER by Frederick P. Ayers, MD
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Doorlocker by Tony DiSibio
2nd Place Winner: Careful What You Wish For by Taylor Albertson
August
Best Picture
El Camino
Runtime 01:24:47
US
Producers:
Elizabeth Guevara
Terri Lynn Zinner
El Camino
Runtime 01:24:47
US
Producers:
Elizabeth Guevara
Terri Lynn Zinner
Best Drama: A SPECIAL PLACE (Drama Short): Director: Matt Gray, CA, USA
Best Drama Student: BOUND (Drama Student): Director: Lexi St. John, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: The Cheerleader (Comedy/Dramedy): Director: Katherine Katz, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: The Holy Cave (Comedy/Dramedy Student): Director: Aleix Massot, Spain
Best Feature All Genres: Floating Away (Feature All Genres): Director: Ko Eto, Japan
Best Foreign Feature: Kurdistan-Kurdistan (Foreign Feature): Director: BULENT GUNDUZ, France
Best Foreign Short: Positive Discrimination - Director: Charlo Johnson, Ireland
Best Web Series/New Media: Whitey (Web series/New Media): Director: Donald Watson, CA, USA
Best Sci-Fi: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Animation: Displaced - Director: Gray Hodgkinson, New Zealand
Best Animation Student: Enchanted Ink - Director: Brandon Scarry & Lauren Hart, USA
Best Horror: Emily - Director: Jun Xia, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Revolution (Music Video): Director: Bryce Morgan, CA, USA
Best Trailer/Promos: Macha (Trailer/Promos): Director: Carlos Yasik, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: The Life & Art of David Labkovski (Documentary Short): Director: Carole Eglash-Kosoff, USA
Best Documentary Feature: PROJECT USA (Feature Documentary): Director: Miguel Herrero Herrero, Spain
Best Sound Design: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Original Song: Kurdistan-Kurdistan - Director: BULENT GUNDUZ, France
Best Original Music/Score: Displaced - Director: Gray Hodgkinson, New Zealand
Best Cinematography: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Editing: AS LONG AS IT TAKES - Director: Kevin Michael Irvine, CA, USA
Best Editing Short Film: Fearless Fight - Director: Marie J. Magdaleno, USA
Best Director Student: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Director: El Camino - Director: Sean Daniel Bauer, USA
Best Actress: EMMA DE CAUNES: SUPER SAD, FranceBest Actor: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa: Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The Last Case of August T. Harrison - Director: Ansel Faraj, CA, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Serenity by Tom Bleakley
2nd Place Winner: Down By The River by Gerald Berns
3rd Place Winner: Don't You Know Who I Am? by Ismael Mariano
(Television)
Rosselli by Warren Hull
(Short)
1st Place Winner: The Man Vanishes by Nikolaos Sarafis
2nd Place Winner: Ascent by Brough Hansen
3rd Place Winner: Memory by Madeleine Rose Paul
(Produced Screenplay Short)
Northern Lights by Tom Rico
Best Drama Student: BOUND (Drama Student): Director: Lexi St. John, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: The Cheerleader (Comedy/Dramedy): Director: Katherine Katz, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student: The Holy Cave (Comedy/Dramedy Student): Director: Aleix Massot, Spain
Best Feature All Genres: Floating Away (Feature All Genres): Director: Ko Eto, Japan
Best Foreign Feature: Kurdistan-Kurdistan (Foreign Feature): Director: BULENT GUNDUZ, France
Best Foreign Short: Positive Discrimination - Director: Charlo Johnson, Ireland
Best Web Series/New Media: Whitey (Web series/New Media): Director: Donald Watson, CA, USA
Best Sci-Fi: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Animation: Displaced - Director: Gray Hodgkinson, New Zealand
Best Animation Student: Enchanted Ink - Director: Brandon Scarry & Lauren Hart, USA
Best Horror: Emily - Director: Jun Xia, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Revolution (Music Video): Director: Bryce Morgan, CA, USA
Best Trailer/Promos: Macha (Trailer/Promos): Director: Carlos Yasik, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: The Life & Art of David Labkovski (Documentary Short): Director: Carole Eglash-Kosoff, USA
Best Documentary Feature: PROJECT USA (Feature Documentary): Director: Miguel Herrero Herrero, Spain
Best Sound Design: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Original Song: Kurdistan-Kurdistan - Director: BULENT GUNDUZ, France
Best Original Music/Score: Displaced - Director: Gray Hodgkinson, New Zealand
Best Cinematography: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Editing: AS LONG AS IT TAKES - Director: Kevin Michael Irvine, CA, USA
Best Editing Short Film: Fearless Fight - Director: Marie J. Magdaleno, USA
Best Director Student: Aero - Director: Arturo Vargas, CA, USA
Best Director: El Camino - Director: Sean Daniel Bauer, USA
Best Actress: EMMA DE CAUNES: SUPER SAD, FranceBest Actor: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa: Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The Last Case of August T. Harrison - Director: Ansel Faraj, CA, USA
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Serenity by Tom Bleakley
2nd Place Winner: Down By The River by Gerald Berns
3rd Place Winner: Don't You Know Who I Am? by Ismael Mariano
(Television)
Rosselli by Warren Hull
(Short)
1st Place Winner: The Man Vanishes by Nikolaos Sarafis
2nd Place Winner: Ascent by Brough Hansen
3rd Place Winner: Memory by Madeleine Rose Paul
(Produced Screenplay Short)
Northern Lights by Tom Rico
July
Best Drama: Justice - Director: Delrieu Nicolas, France
Best Drama Student: Her Lips - Director: Natalie Camou, USA
Best Comedy / Dramedy: Acting 101 - Director: Rene Rhi, USA
Best Foreign Film: Mandala - Director: GUAN XI, CA, USA
Best Feature: One Small Hitch - Director: John Burgess, USA
Best Feature Documentary: Searching for Cassius, Seeking Ali - Director: John O.S. Houston, USA
Best Web Series / New Media: Wallflowers - Director: Kieran Turner, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Total Animal III - Director: Guerlotté Tristan, France
Best Sci-FI: JAKOB - Director: Eymeric JORAT, France
Best Horror: HUNGRY - Director: John Montana, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: Dark Screen - Director: Saba Javar, Iran
Best Director Documentary: Encounters with Hope in Cambodia - Director: Chae Yoon Jang & Chae Youn Jang, Korea
Best Animation: Alex & Sylvia - Director: Christian Lachel, CA, USA
Best Cinematography: JAKOB - Director: Eymeric JORAT, France
Best Sound Design: ENOUGH - Director: A.J. Starzak, CA, USA
Best Editing: Acting 101 - Director: Rene Rhi, USA
Best Director Music Video: Structures - Director: Thiyagaraja Marimuthu, CA, USA
Best Director Student: A Private Matter - Director: Kate Halpin, Australia
Best Director: Justice - Director: Delrieu Nicolas, France
Best Ensemble Cast: Dusty & The Desert Rose - Director: Shantie Midnight, CA, USA
Best Actress: Aubrey Dollar: One Small Hitch, USA
Best Actor: Shane McRae: One Small Hitch, USA
Screenplays
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: LOST CAUSE by David J Schroeder
2nd Place Winner: System-Upgrade by Chris Rossen
3rd Place Winner: SkyBurner by David Baugnon
4th Place Winner: Dueling Lady by Edmund Miller
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Family Secret by Warren R Hull
2nd Place Winner: SEX THERAPY by Michelle J Brezinski & Doug Carter
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Meet Me On the Playground by Luigi Sperduti
2nd Place Winner: The Meeting by Victoria Michaels 3rd Place Winner: All Tapped Out by Ron Podell
4th Place Winner: Guarded Angels by Nikolaos Sarafis
(Treatment)
The Gift by Kevin Yoon & Wanhi Lee
Best Drama Student: Her Lips - Director: Natalie Camou, USA
Best Comedy / Dramedy: Acting 101 - Director: Rene Rhi, USA
Best Foreign Film: Mandala - Director: GUAN XI, CA, USA
Best Feature: One Small Hitch - Director: John Burgess, USA
Best Feature Documentary: Searching for Cassius, Seeking Ali - Director: John O.S. Houston, USA
Best Web Series / New Media: Wallflowers - Director: Kieran Turner, CA, USA
Best Music Video: Total Animal III - Director: Guerlotté Tristan, France
Best Sci-FI: JAKOB - Director: Eymeric JORAT, France
Best Horror: HUNGRY - Director: John Montana, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: Dark Screen - Director: Saba Javar, Iran
Best Director Documentary: Encounters with Hope in Cambodia - Director: Chae Yoon Jang & Chae Youn Jang, Korea
Best Animation: Alex & Sylvia - Director: Christian Lachel, CA, USA
Best Cinematography: JAKOB - Director: Eymeric JORAT, France
Best Sound Design: ENOUGH - Director: A.J. Starzak, CA, USA
Best Editing: Acting 101 - Director: Rene Rhi, USA
Best Director Music Video: Structures - Director: Thiyagaraja Marimuthu, CA, USA
Best Director Student: A Private Matter - Director: Kate Halpin, Australia
Best Director: Justice - Director: Delrieu Nicolas, France
Best Ensemble Cast: Dusty & The Desert Rose - Director: Shantie Midnight, CA, USA
Best Actress: Aubrey Dollar: One Small Hitch, USA
Best Actor: Shane McRae: One Small Hitch, USA
Screenplays
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: LOST CAUSE by David J Schroeder
2nd Place Winner: System-Upgrade by Chris Rossen
3rd Place Winner: SkyBurner by David Baugnon
4th Place Winner: Dueling Lady by Edmund Miller
(Television)
1st Place Winner: Family Secret by Warren R Hull
2nd Place Winner: SEX THERAPY by Michelle J Brezinski & Doug Carter
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Meet Me On the Playground by Luigi Sperduti
2nd Place Winner: The Meeting by Victoria Michaels 3rd Place Winner: All Tapped Out by Ron Podell
4th Place Winner: Guarded Angels by Nikolaos Sarafis
(Treatment)
The Gift by Kevin Yoon & Wanhi Lee
June
Best Picture
Duality
Germany
Runtime12:00
Director: Daniel Ruczko
Duality
Germany
Runtime12:00
Director: Daniel Ruczko
Best Drama: Pretty Boy - Director: Cameron Thrower, CA, USA
Best Student Drama: Idéar - Director: Nadine Ibrahim, UK
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Lucky Day - Director: Janine Sides, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student
The Virus - Director: Ethan Murray, CA, USA
Best Animation: Dubai LoveScape - Director: Arkus, United Arab Emirates
Best Animation Student: Leonid in Space - Director: Kendra Williford, USA
Best Web-series/New Media: Point Society - Director: Jon Russell Cring, Jack Skyyler, Alex Zinzopoulos & Beth Konrad Brown USA
Best Music Video: The Empty House - Director: Anna Zlokovic, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Seen By My Eyes, Hong Kong - Director: Francis So, Hong Kong
Best Travel Film: Krusing America - Director: Linda Kruse, CA, USA
Best Nature Film: Ecliptic - Director: Lachlan Turczan, USA
Best Foreign Film: Tortoise (Foreign Film): Director: Noviandra Santosa, Indonesia/USA
Best Action Thriller: MANIPURA - Director: Kelly Lynn Warren, CA, USA
Best Horror: Duality - Director: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Cultural Film: Celine and Simon - Director: Julia Elihu, Erin Bentel, Danny Sandler, Daria Miller, CA, USA
Best Experimental Film: The Veteran Hour - Director: Hamlet Sarkissian Donatella Gomelsky-Guchard, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: Parables of War - Director: Nina Gilden Seavey, USA
Best Foreign Documentary: Lepakshi - Director: Rajendra Vinod, India
Best Documentary Feature: ONE HUNDRED MULES WALKING THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT - Director: Bruce Dickson, CA, USA
Best Sci-Fi: Little Thieves - Director: Conrad Faraj, CA, USA
Best Director Documentary: South Beach On Heels - Director: Dmitry Zhitov, USA
Best Feature Film: 37 - Director: Chris Brügge, Germany
Best Cinematography: Cold, I Am: Ballad of the Bark Eater - DOP: Jim Powers, USA
Best Editing: Against Night - Edior: Shayar Bhansali, CA, USA
Best Sound Design: Duality - Sound Designed by: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Original Music/Score: Cusp (Drama): Director: Oliver Warren, UK
Best Director: Duality - Director: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Jury mention: She Rides Bulls - Director: Cody Broadway, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: Against Night - Director: Stefan Kubicki, CA, USA
Best Actress: Ella Purnell: WILDLIKE
Best Actor: Bruce Greenwood: WILDLIKE
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: The Connect by Katherine Ann Roe Sainz
2nd Place Winner: All she wrote by Niki Iliev
3rd Place Winner: USNB-22 by Warren R Hull 4th Place Winner: H-TOWN by Reggie Roux
(Short)
1st Place Winner: 42nd and Bombay by Mansi Nirmal Jain
2nd Place Winner: When We Wait by Taylor Albertson
Best Student Drama: Idéar - Director: Nadine Ibrahim, UK
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Lucky Day - Director: Janine Sides, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy Student
The Virus - Director: Ethan Murray, CA, USA
Best Animation: Dubai LoveScape - Director: Arkus, United Arab Emirates
Best Animation Student: Leonid in Space - Director: Kendra Williford, USA
Best Web-series/New Media: Point Society - Director: Jon Russell Cring, Jack Skyyler, Alex Zinzopoulos & Beth Konrad Brown USA
Best Music Video: The Empty House - Director: Anna Zlokovic, USA
Best Time-Lapse: Seen By My Eyes, Hong Kong - Director: Francis So, Hong Kong
Best Travel Film: Krusing America - Director: Linda Kruse, CA, USA
Best Nature Film: Ecliptic - Director: Lachlan Turczan, USA
Best Foreign Film: Tortoise (Foreign Film): Director: Noviandra Santosa, Indonesia/USA
Best Action Thriller: MANIPURA - Director: Kelly Lynn Warren, CA, USA
Best Horror: Duality - Director: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Cultural Film: Celine and Simon - Director: Julia Elihu, Erin Bentel, Danny Sandler, Daria Miller, CA, USA
Best Experimental Film: The Veteran Hour - Director: Hamlet Sarkissian Donatella Gomelsky-Guchard, CA, USA
Best Documentary Short: Parables of War - Director: Nina Gilden Seavey, USA
Best Foreign Documentary: Lepakshi - Director: Rajendra Vinod, India
Best Documentary Feature: ONE HUNDRED MULES WALKING THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT - Director: Bruce Dickson, CA, USA
Best Sci-Fi: Little Thieves - Director: Conrad Faraj, CA, USA
Best Director Documentary: South Beach On Heels - Director: Dmitry Zhitov, USA
Best Feature Film: 37 - Director: Chris Brügge, Germany
Best Cinematography: Cold, I Am: Ballad of the Bark Eater - DOP: Jim Powers, USA
Best Editing: Against Night - Edior: Shayar Bhansali, CA, USA
Best Sound Design: Duality - Sound Designed by: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Original Music/Score: Cusp (Drama): Director: Oliver Warren, UK
Best Director: Duality - Director: Daniel Ruczko, USA
Best Jury mention: She Rides Bulls - Director: Cody Broadway, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: Against Night - Director: Stefan Kubicki, CA, USA
Best Actress: Ella Purnell: WILDLIKE
Best Actor: Bruce Greenwood: WILDLIKE
Screenplay
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: The Connect by Katherine Ann Roe Sainz
2nd Place Winner: All she wrote by Niki Iliev
3rd Place Winner: USNB-22 by Warren R Hull 4th Place Winner: H-TOWN by Reggie Roux
(Short)
1st Place Winner: 42nd and Bombay by Mansi Nirmal Jain
2nd Place Winner: When We Wait by Taylor Albertson
May
Best Picture
The Legend of Lady White Snake
USA
Runtime 10:00
Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
The Legend of Lady White Snake
USA
Runtime 10:00
Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
Best Drama: Legacy (Drama): Director: Ivo Oliva Bogdanovic, Chile
Best Drama Student: Dancing for You - Director: Sichen Ai, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Duped - Director: Matthew Thayer, CA. USA
Best Web-Series: Man Servants - Director: Dan Reheuser , USA
Best Time-lapse: Winter in Lofoten - Producer: Tommaso Maiocchi, Germany
Best Music Video: Love In A Cat Grave - Director: Emanuel Ruggeri & Mike Smith, Australia
Best Documentary: Andrew Milne Dreams Of Machines - Director: Patrick Lowe, Canada
Best Feature Documentary: The High Cost Of Cheap Gas - Director: Jeffrey Barbee, USA
Best Documentary Student: Susan - Director: Brenna Cukier, USA
Best Fantasy: Dreams of the Last Butterflies - Director: Zina Brown, USA
Best Animation Foreign: Helena's Dream (Animation Foreign Film): Director: Heloise Magny, Canada
Best Foreign Film: Long Dream (Drama, Sci-Fi, fantasy, Foreign): Director: Eddie Liu , Taiwan
Best Action/Thriller: Memories - Director: Vincenzo alfieri, Italy
Best Horror: The Unveiling (Horror): Director: Ryan Bloom, UK
Best Sci-Fi: Somnio (Sci-Fi): Director:Justin Kowalczuk, Canada
Best Experimental: Of Heaven & Earth (Experimental): Director: Katherine Propper, CA, USA
Best Animation: Cheese Dog: The Movie (Animation): Director: Justin Ulloa & Jamie Dwyer, USA
Best Production Design/Art: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Costume Design: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Visual Effects: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Original Music: On Flying Water - Director: Dominique Monfery, France
Best Original Song: Dreams of the Last Butterflies - Director: Zina Brown, USA
Best Cinematography: Monster in a House - DOP: Michael Helenek, CA, USA
Best Editing: HERE & THERE - Director: Dhiyaa Alshikh, Belarus
Best Director Student: Monster in a House (Fantasy): Director: Christiano Dias, CA, USA
Best Director Animation: Helena's Dream - Director: Heloise Magny, Canada
Best Director: Captive - Director: Jesse Binger & Kaitlyn Johnston, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: Captive - Director: Jesse Binger & Kaitlyn Johnston, USA
Best Actress: Liang Zhao: Dancing for You, CA, USA
Best Actor: Luka Bogdanovic: Legacy, Chile
Screenplay
(Action/Thriller Features)
1st Place Winner: Insight by Scott Sudbury, Marti Melville & Kevin Du Toit
2nd Place Winner: 1866: The Song of the Pearl by Alexander Nachaj
3rd Place Winner: Red Earth, White Sea by Stephen M. Hunt
4th Place Winner: Devil's Valley Justice by Harold L. Brown
(Short/Television Pilot)
1st Place Winner: Gone Into The Clearing by Brad Ridddell 2nd Place Winner: Chubby Wubby Is In Charge by Edith Woi & Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat
3rd Place Winner: Blood Debt by A.J. Farshchian & Ivan Borodin
4th Place Winner: The Girl with the Beautiful Sheets by Luigi Sperduti
(Drama)
1st Place Winner: Frogman by David Brichetto, Anthony J. Sperduti &Luigi Sperduti
2nd Place Winner: Hit Somebody by Mike Barbagallo
3rd Place Winner: Turnover by Linda Palmer
4th Place Winner: The Tribute by Mike Reid
(Comedy/Dramedy)
1st Place Winner: Wink for Me by Nattalia Lea
2nd Place Winner: CINCO by Ravin Xander
3rd Place Winner: Spy High by Jeff Woodard
Best Drama Student: Dancing for You - Director: Sichen Ai, CA, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Duped - Director: Matthew Thayer, CA. USA
Best Web-Series: Man Servants - Director: Dan Reheuser , USA
Best Time-lapse: Winter in Lofoten - Producer: Tommaso Maiocchi, Germany
Best Music Video: Love In A Cat Grave - Director: Emanuel Ruggeri & Mike Smith, Australia
Best Documentary: Andrew Milne Dreams Of Machines - Director: Patrick Lowe, Canada
Best Feature Documentary: The High Cost Of Cheap Gas - Director: Jeffrey Barbee, USA
Best Documentary Student: Susan - Director: Brenna Cukier, USA
Best Fantasy: Dreams of the Last Butterflies - Director: Zina Brown, USA
Best Animation Foreign: Helena's Dream (Animation Foreign Film): Director: Heloise Magny, Canada
Best Foreign Film: Long Dream (Drama, Sci-Fi, fantasy, Foreign): Director: Eddie Liu , Taiwan
Best Action/Thriller: Memories - Director: Vincenzo alfieri, Italy
Best Horror: The Unveiling (Horror): Director: Ryan Bloom, UK
Best Sci-Fi: Somnio (Sci-Fi): Director:Justin Kowalczuk, Canada
Best Experimental: Of Heaven & Earth (Experimental): Director: Katherine Propper, CA, USA
Best Animation: Cheese Dog: The Movie (Animation): Director: Justin Ulloa & Jamie Dwyer, USA
Best Production Design/Art: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Costume Design: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Visual Effects: The Legend of Lady White Snake - Director: Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, USA
Best Original Music: On Flying Water - Director: Dominique Monfery, France
Best Original Song: Dreams of the Last Butterflies - Director: Zina Brown, USA
Best Cinematography: Monster in a House - DOP: Michael Helenek, CA, USA
Best Editing: HERE & THERE - Director: Dhiyaa Alshikh, Belarus
Best Director Student: Monster in a House (Fantasy): Director: Christiano Dias, CA, USA
Best Director Animation: Helena's Dream - Director: Heloise Magny, Canada
Best Director: Captive - Director: Jesse Binger & Kaitlyn Johnston, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: Captive - Director: Jesse Binger & Kaitlyn Johnston, USA
Best Actress: Liang Zhao: Dancing for You, CA, USA
Best Actor: Luka Bogdanovic: Legacy, Chile
Screenplay
(Action/Thriller Features)
1st Place Winner: Insight by Scott Sudbury, Marti Melville & Kevin Du Toit
2nd Place Winner: 1866: The Song of the Pearl by Alexander Nachaj
3rd Place Winner: Red Earth, White Sea by Stephen M. Hunt
4th Place Winner: Devil's Valley Justice by Harold L. Brown
(Short/Television Pilot)
1st Place Winner: Gone Into The Clearing by Brad Ridddell 2nd Place Winner: Chubby Wubby Is In Charge by Edith Woi & Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat
3rd Place Winner: Blood Debt by A.J. Farshchian & Ivan Borodin
4th Place Winner: The Girl with the Beautiful Sheets by Luigi Sperduti
(Drama)
1st Place Winner: Frogman by David Brichetto, Anthony J. Sperduti &Luigi Sperduti
2nd Place Winner: Hit Somebody by Mike Barbagallo
3rd Place Winner: Turnover by Linda Palmer
4th Place Winner: The Tribute by Mike Reid
(Comedy/Dramedy)
1st Place Winner: Wink for Me by Nattalia Lea
2nd Place Winner: CINCO by Ravin Xander
3rd Place Winner: Spy High by Jeff Woodard
April
Best Picture
THE AUTUMN OF ZAO
Short Film
France
Runtime 18:00
Director: Nikolaus Roche-Kresse
THE AUTUMN OF ZAO
Short Film
France
Runtime 18:00
Director: Nikolaus Roche-Kresse
Best Drama: Jacob Stone - Director: Roya Aryanpad, USA
Best Drama Student: HOPSCOTCH - Director: Chung WEi Huang, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Whatever You Want - Director: Leo Bentes, USA
Best Foreign: Butterfly Dreams - Director: Venkat Krishnan, India
Best Animation: First Launch - Director: WANG WeiXiu, Taiwan
Best Experimental: Tea by the Lake - Directors: Behind the Mask & Florian Fischer, Germany
Best Music Video: TOP OF THE GAME - Director: Ian Cinco, USA
Best Action/Thriller: Get Got - Director: Nicholas Henley, USA
Best Trailer: Break The Rock - Director: Michael O'Halloran, Australia
Best Sport Film: Cara - Director: Huanglizi Sun, USA
Best Travel: Nepal Times - Director:: James Baker, Australia/Nepal
Best Documentary Feature: COMIX:Beyond the Comic Book Pages - Director: Michael Valentine, USA
Best Documentary Foreign: The Living God - Director: Prakas Aheibam, Manipur, India
Best Documentary Short: The Man Behind 55,000 Dresses - Director: Stacey Stone, USA
Best Webseries: Croissant Man, Episode 1 - Director: Tulica Singh, USA
Best Fantasy: The End Of Everything As You Knew It. A Guide - Director: Christian Neuman
Best Sci-Fi: A good deal - Director: Denis larzillière, France
Best Horror/Thriller: The Way to a Man's Heart - Director: Robin Risberg & Joakim Hellström, Sweden
Best Editor: Getting Ready for a Lunch Date - Editor: Patrick Hodgon, Canada
Best Cinematography: The Confrontation: Director: Sabina Jacobsson, Norway
Best Original Music/Score: Getting Ready for a Lunch Date - Director: Patrick Hodgon, Canada
Best Director: Mother - Director: Gregory G. Allen, USA
Best Director Student: Anguish - Director: Jaime Torres, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The dead bird - Director: Damian Overton, Australia
Best Actress: Farida Jalal: AN UNTOLD STORY OF A KNOWN IRONY, India
Best Actor: David Skyler: Mother, USA
Screenplay
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Teal Soldiers by Carolyn Wagner
2nd Place Winner: Exit to Reality by Derek Taylor Kent
3rd Place Winner: Bad PUSSY by LESTER MINGO
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Plight by Ade` Craig
2nd Place Winner: A Raven by Stephen M. Hunt
3rd Place Winner: The Chief of Nations by Andrew L. Schwartz
4th Place Winner: HOOKED by Timothy Benson
(Treatment)
Ludo and The Magic Dresses by Stacey Stone
(Television)
1st Place Winner: The Lake Effect by Tracie Jules
2nd Place Winner: Crescent Heights by Liam de Burca
Best Drama Student: HOPSCOTCH - Director: Chung WEi Huang, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Whatever You Want - Director: Leo Bentes, USA
Best Foreign: Butterfly Dreams - Director: Venkat Krishnan, India
Best Animation: First Launch - Director: WANG WeiXiu, Taiwan
Best Experimental: Tea by the Lake - Directors: Behind the Mask & Florian Fischer, Germany
Best Music Video: TOP OF THE GAME - Director: Ian Cinco, USA
Best Action/Thriller: Get Got - Director: Nicholas Henley, USA
Best Trailer: Break The Rock - Director: Michael O'Halloran, Australia
Best Sport Film: Cara - Director: Huanglizi Sun, USA
Best Travel: Nepal Times - Director:: James Baker, Australia/Nepal
Best Documentary Feature: COMIX:Beyond the Comic Book Pages - Director: Michael Valentine, USA
Best Documentary Foreign: The Living God - Director: Prakas Aheibam, Manipur, India
Best Documentary Short: The Man Behind 55,000 Dresses - Director: Stacey Stone, USA
Best Webseries: Croissant Man, Episode 1 - Director: Tulica Singh, USA
Best Fantasy: The End Of Everything As You Knew It. A Guide - Director: Christian Neuman
Best Sci-Fi: A good deal - Director: Denis larzillière, France
Best Horror/Thriller: The Way to a Man's Heart - Director: Robin Risberg & Joakim Hellström, Sweden
Best Editor: Getting Ready for a Lunch Date - Editor: Patrick Hodgon, Canada
Best Cinematography: The Confrontation: Director: Sabina Jacobsson, Norway
Best Original Music/Score: Getting Ready for a Lunch Date - Director: Patrick Hodgon, Canada
Best Director: Mother - Director: Gregory G. Allen, USA
Best Director Student: Anguish - Director: Jaime Torres, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The dead bird - Director: Damian Overton, Australia
Best Actress: Farida Jalal: AN UNTOLD STORY OF A KNOWN IRONY, India
Best Actor: David Skyler: Mother, USA
Screenplay
(Short)
1st Place Winner: Teal Soldiers by Carolyn Wagner
2nd Place Winner: Exit to Reality by Derek Taylor Kent
3rd Place Winner: Bad PUSSY by LESTER MINGO
(Feature)
1st Place Winner: Plight by Ade` Craig
2nd Place Winner: A Raven by Stephen M. Hunt
3rd Place Winner: The Chief of Nations by Andrew L. Schwartz
4th Place Winner: HOOKED by Timothy Benson
(Treatment)
Ludo and The Magic Dresses by Stacey Stone
(Television)
1st Place Winner: The Lake Effect by Tracie Jules
2nd Place Winner: Crescent Heights by Liam de Burca
March
Best Picture
Till We Meet Again
USA
Feature films
Runtime: 01:41:00
Producer: Johan Matton
Till We Meet Again
USA
Feature films
Runtime: 01:41:00
Producer: Johan Matton
Best Drama: Times Like Dying - Director: Evan Vetter, USA
Best Drama Student: Twin Lotus - Director: Yucheng Zhao, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: PACIFIC EDGE - Director: Maggie Grant, USA
Best Sport Film: The Devil Goes Down - Director: Nicholas Julius, USA
Best Sci-Fi: The Pig Child - Director: Lucy Campbell, UK
Best Action/Thriller Short: LIGHT GAMES - Director: Laszlo Barbo, Italy
Best Action/Thriller Feature: PARANOIA PARK - Director: Mercier Bruno, France
Best Experimental: Continuum - Director: Natalianne Boucher, France
Best Time-Lapse: Treasures of Zakynthos - Director: Maciej Tomkow, Poland
Best Documentary Short: One Line - Directors: Manu Sobral & Fernando Calabron, Germany
Best Documentary Feature: As The Crow Flies - Director: Ian Burton, UK
Best Documentary Student : Budô - Director: Daniel Guerra, Brazil
Best Trailer/Promos: Long Shadows - Director: Darwin Brooks, Australia
Best Travel/Cultural: Playing a Part - Director: Lauren Rothman, USA
Best Music Video: Witch In Me - Director: Jacopo Miceli, UK
Best Web series: Judas Goat (Episode 1) - Director: Pavel Shepan, UK
Best Horror: Riley - Director: Aaron Daniel Jacob. USA
Best Foreign: Bury me in the backyard - Director: Ida Thomasdotter, Sweden
Best Animation: Telling A You - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Student Animation: HI - Director: Ye-eun. Son, Korea
Best Editor: I'm Not Here - Editors: Elizabeth Schaefer & Omar Hilario, USA
Best Sound Design: Telling A You - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Costume Design: Le Pardon - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Cinematography: Snowflake - Director: Francesco Roder, Italy
Best Original Song Feature: Journey to Mt. Fuji - Director: Cris Ubermann, Japan
Best Original Song Short: Hello Tom Sullivan - Director: David M. Raynor, Australia
Best Original Music/Score: Cinderella, A Shadow Ballet - Composer: White Widow, USA
Best Fantasy: Quien Eres Tu - Director: Roger Hill, USA
Best Foreign Student Film: And Soon The Darkness - Director: Kaichih Chang, Taiwan
Best Director Student Film: Dead Bird Don't Fly - Director: Charlie Sporns, USA
Best Director: Still Time - Director: Alessandro Orefice, Italy
Special Jury Mention: The Last Resort - Director: Terry Ross, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The Hero - Director: Luan Kryeziu, Kosovo
Best Supporting Actor: Jean-Yves R Lemoine - PARANOIA PARK, France
Best Supporting Actress: Barbara Bain - Pacific Edge, USA
Best Actress: Audrey Beaulieu - PARANOIA PARK, France
Best Actor: Ed Asner - Pacific Edge, USA
Screenplay
Short
1st Place Winner: The In-Between Years by Bryan Williams & Brandon Beard-Reed
2nd Place Winner: The Last Resort by Lisa Bruhn & Terry Ross
3rd Place Winner: The Test by Loris Simon
Drama/Thriller Feature
1st Place Winner: Push Back by Chris Rossen & Damon Buckley
2nd Place Winner: Rosa and the Black Tulip by Gena Ellis
3rd Place Winner: Steeltown Connection by Nico Tatalovic
4th Place Winner: Swans Have Angle's Wings by Stephen M. Hunt
Comedy/Dramedy Feature
1st Place Winner: Incredibull by Gregory Wolk
2nd Place Winner: Gigantic by Alan Reitsch
Screenplay Television
1st Place Winner: EVICTED! by Parker Cross, JR
2nd Place Winner: Interest Only by Nick Cutelli
3rd Place Winner: This Bitch Is Back by Nancy Knechel
4th Place Winner: The Void "Pilot" by Corey Snowden
5th Place Winner: Together by Sonibel Rae
Best Drama Student: Twin Lotus - Director: Yucheng Zhao, USA
Best Comedy/Dramedy: PACIFIC EDGE - Director: Maggie Grant, USA
Best Sport Film: The Devil Goes Down - Director: Nicholas Julius, USA
Best Sci-Fi: The Pig Child - Director: Lucy Campbell, UK
Best Action/Thriller Short: LIGHT GAMES - Director: Laszlo Barbo, Italy
Best Action/Thriller Feature: PARANOIA PARK - Director: Mercier Bruno, France
Best Experimental: Continuum - Director: Natalianne Boucher, France
Best Time-Lapse: Treasures of Zakynthos - Director: Maciej Tomkow, Poland
Best Documentary Short: One Line - Directors: Manu Sobral & Fernando Calabron, Germany
Best Documentary Feature: As The Crow Flies - Director: Ian Burton, UK
Best Documentary Student : Budô - Director: Daniel Guerra, Brazil
Best Trailer/Promos: Long Shadows - Director: Darwin Brooks, Australia
Best Travel/Cultural: Playing a Part - Director: Lauren Rothman, USA
Best Music Video: Witch In Me - Director: Jacopo Miceli, UK
Best Web series: Judas Goat (Episode 1) - Director: Pavel Shepan, UK
Best Horror: Riley - Director: Aaron Daniel Jacob. USA
Best Foreign: Bury me in the backyard - Director: Ida Thomasdotter, Sweden
Best Animation: Telling A You - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Student Animation: HI - Director: Ye-eun. Son, Korea
Best Editor: I'm Not Here - Editors: Elizabeth Schaefer & Omar Hilario, USA
Best Sound Design: Telling A You - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Costume Design: Le Pardon - Director: Margarethe Baillou, USA
Best Cinematography: Snowflake - Director: Francesco Roder, Italy
Best Original Song Feature: Journey to Mt. Fuji - Director: Cris Ubermann, Japan
Best Original Song Short: Hello Tom Sullivan - Director: David M. Raynor, Australia
Best Original Music/Score: Cinderella, A Shadow Ballet - Composer: White Widow, USA
Best Fantasy: Quien Eres Tu - Director: Roger Hill, USA
Best Foreign Student Film: And Soon The Darkness - Director: Kaichih Chang, Taiwan
Best Director Student Film: Dead Bird Don't Fly - Director: Charlie Sporns, USA
Best Director: Still Time - Director: Alessandro Orefice, Italy
Special Jury Mention: The Last Resort - Director: Terry Ross, USA
Best Ensemble Cast: The Hero - Director: Luan Kryeziu, Kosovo
Best Supporting Actor: Jean-Yves R Lemoine - PARANOIA PARK, France
Best Supporting Actress: Barbara Bain - Pacific Edge, USA
Best Actress: Audrey Beaulieu - PARANOIA PARK, France
Best Actor: Ed Asner - Pacific Edge, USA
Screenplay
Short
1st Place Winner: The In-Between Years by Bryan Williams & Brandon Beard-Reed
2nd Place Winner: The Last Resort by Lisa Bruhn & Terry Ross
3rd Place Winner: The Test by Loris Simon
Drama/Thriller Feature
1st Place Winner: Push Back by Chris Rossen & Damon Buckley
2nd Place Winner: Rosa and the Black Tulip by Gena Ellis
3rd Place Winner: Steeltown Connection by Nico Tatalovic
4th Place Winner: Swans Have Angle's Wings by Stephen M. Hunt
Comedy/Dramedy Feature
1st Place Winner: Incredibull by Gregory Wolk
2nd Place Winner: Gigantic by Alan Reitsch
Screenplay Television
1st Place Winner: EVICTED! by Parker Cross, JR
2nd Place Winner: Interest Only by Nick Cutelli
3rd Place Winner: This Bitch Is Back by Nancy Knechel
4th Place Winner: The Void "Pilot" by Corey Snowden
5th Place Winner: Together by Sonibel Rae
February
Best Picture
Madness (Drama)
Canada
Producers: Michelle Brezinski
Michael Khazen
Madness (Drama)
Canada
Producers: Michelle Brezinski
Michael Khazen
Best Drama: Replace - Director: Mark Ang, TaiwanBest Comedy/Dramedy: The Wellington - Director: Franco Zilli, Switzerland
Best Action/Thriller: Lapsus (Thriller) - Director: Karim Ouaret,France
Best Animation: Ideas are that grand (Animation) - Director: Quique Rivera, Puerto Rico
Best Horror: Boarding House - Director: Walter Gorey, USA
Best Fantasy: Steven caught a Star - Director: Michiel ten Kleij, Netherlands
Best Sci-Fi: Prelude to Axanar - Director: Christian Gossett, USA
Best Foreign Feature: La Scultura - Director: Mauro John Capece, ItalyBest Foreign Short: The Last Glow - Director: Armando Basso & Fabio Salvati, Italy
Best Web Series English: Acting Dead - Director: David Allen Morgan, USA
Best Web Series Foreign: Italian Justice - Director: Marzio Mirabella, Italy
Best Student (Live Action): T O B - Director: Andres Galeano, USA
Best Music Video: Mystery Skulls - Director: Double Ninja, France
Best Trailer Promo: Dreamalities - Director: Damien Steck, France
Best Time - Lapse: Two weeks in Iceland - Director: Casey Kiernan, USA
Best Experimental: Dreamalities - Director: Damien Steck, France
Best Cultural Film: Lily's Journey - Director: Julia Elihu, Andrew Boyles, Gabrielle de Boucaud, Akeel Najimudeen & Thomas Wade, USA
Best Nature Film: The Boats of Jamaica Bay, Director: Gary Bencheghib, USA
Best Travel Film: A Proper Pint - Director: Keven Siegert
Best Documentary Foreign: Girls - Director: Alena Baklanova, RussiaBest Documentary: Sustain San Diego - Director: Ian Matthews, USA
Best Documentary Student : Priest 2.0 - Director: Tyler Nicholas, USA
Audience Award: Our Father (Drama) - Director: Linda Palmer, USA
Best Original Song: Replace - Long-Hua Fu, Taiwan
Best Original Music/Score: Our Father - Andre' Barros, USA
Best Editing: T O B - Andres Galeano, USA
Best Visual Effects: Mystery Skulls - Director: Double Ninja, France
Best Actor: Michael Gross - Our Father (Drama)
Best Actress: Michelle Brezinski- Madness (Drama)
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Worth - Our Father (Drama)
Best Supporting Actress: Cynthia Dane - Boarding House
Best Ensemble Cast: Agnus Dei (Foreign Film) - Agim Sopi, Kosovo/Albania
Best Production Design/Art Director: MADNESS - Michelle Brezinski, Michael Young, Yara Artiste, Canada
Best Cinematography: Decay - Mike Stern Sterzynski, Poland
Best Director: Linda Palmer - Our Father (Drama), USA
Screenplay Features Drama
1st Place Winner: The White Alphabet by Massimo Saverio Maida
2nd Place Winner: Twelves' Steps To Liberty by Charles Laulette
3rd Place Winner: The Tattoo by Bob Gookin & William "Chico" Powell
Screenplay Features Horror/Sci Fi
1st Place Winner: The Dead S.I.T.E.'by Gregory Wolk
Screenplay Features Comedy/Dramedy
1st Place Winner: 'The Blonde Bitch on the Mountain' by Nattalia Lea
2nd Place Winner: Steel Hearts by William R Jones'
3rd Place Winner: The Niece by Martin Ponferrada
Screenplay Short
1st Place Winner: Love On A Rooftop' by Emanuel Ruggeri
2nd Place Winner: The Old Man and the C Sharp by Alexander Gardels
3rd Place Winner: Moral Coding By Kristen McNaule
4th Place Winner: WELCOME TO JUNIOR HIGH by Dan Reheuser
5th Place Winner: ICE CREAM PARTY by Justin Warrick
Finalist
10 Minutes by Marianne Case
Writers's Duel by Ellery VanDooyeweert
Screenplay Television
1st Place Winner: Small Potatoes by Charles Laulette
2nd Place Winner: RUNNER by Edward Robinson
3rd Place Winner: Leaving the Nest by Jakob Creighton
Best Action/Thriller: Lapsus (Thriller) - Director: Karim Ouaret,France
Best Animation: Ideas are that grand (Animation) - Director: Quique Rivera, Puerto Rico
Best Horror: Boarding House - Director: Walter Gorey, USA
Best Fantasy: Steven caught a Star - Director: Michiel ten Kleij, Netherlands
Best Sci-Fi: Prelude to Axanar - Director: Christian Gossett, USA
Best Foreign Feature: La Scultura - Director: Mauro John Capece, ItalyBest Foreign Short: The Last Glow - Director: Armando Basso & Fabio Salvati, Italy
Best Web Series English: Acting Dead - Director: David Allen Morgan, USA
Best Web Series Foreign: Italian Justice - Director: Marzio Mirabella, Italy
Best Student (Live Action): T O B - Director: Andres Galeano, USA
Best Music Video: Mystery Skulls - Director: Double Ninja, France
Best Trailer Promo: Dreamalities - Director: Damien Steck, France
Best Time - Lapse: Two weeks in Iceland - Director: Casey Kiernan, USA
Best Experimental: Dreamalities - Director: Damien Steck, France
Best Cultural Film: Lily's Journey - Director: Julia Elihu, Andrew Boyles, Gabrielle de Boucaud, Akeel Najimudeen & Thomas Wade, USA
Best Nature Film: The Boats of Jamaica Bay, Director: Gary Bencheghib, USA
Best Travel Film: A Proper Pint - Director: Keven Siegert
Best Documentary Foreign: Girls - Director: Alena Baklanova, RussiaBest Documentary: Sustain San Diego - Director: Ian Matthews, USA
Best Documentary Student : Priest 2.0 - Director: Tyler Nicholas, USA
Audience Award: Our Father (Drama) - Director: Linda Palmer, USA
Best Original Song: Replace - Long-Hua Fu, Taiwan
Best Original Music/Score: Our Father - Andre' Barros, USA
Best Editing: T O B - Andres Galeano, USA
Best Visual Effects: Mystery Skulls - Director: Double Ninja, France
Best Actor: Michael Gross - Our Father (Drama)
Best Actress: Michelle Brezinski- Madness (Drama)
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Worth - Our Father (Drama)
Best Supporting Actress: Cynthia Dane - Boarding House
Best Ensemble Cast: Agnus Dei (Foreign Film) - Agim Sopi, Kosovo/Albania
Best Production Design/Art Director: MADNESS - Michelle Brezinski, Michael Young, Yara Artiste, Canada
Best Cinematography: Decay - Mike Stern Sterzynski, Poland
Best Director: Linda Palmer - Our Father (Drama), USA
Screenplay Features Drama
1st Place Winner: The White Alphabet by Massimo Saverio Maida
2nd Place Winner: Twelves' Steps To Liberty by Charles Laulette
3rd Place Winner: The Tattoo by Bob Gookin & William "Chico" Powell
Screenplay Features Horror/Sci Fi
1st Place Winner: The Dead S.I.T.E.'by Gregory Wolk
Screenplay Features Comedy/Dramedy
1st Place Winner: 'The Blonde Bitch on the Mountain' by Nattalia Lea
2nd Place Winner: Steel Hearts by William R Jones'
3rd Place Winner: The Niece by Martin Ponferrada
Screenplay Short
1st Place Winner: Love On A Rooftop' by Emanuel Ruggeri
2nd Place Winner: The Old Man and the C Sharp by Alexander Gardels
3rd Place Winner: Moral Coding By Kristen McNaule
4th Place Winner: WELCOME TO JUNIOR HIGH by Dan Reheuser
5th Place Winner: ICE CREAM PARTY by Justin Warrick
Finalist
10 Minutes by Marianne Case
Writers's Duel by Ellery VanDooyeweert
Screenplay Television
1st Place Winner: Small Potatoes by Charles Laulette
2nd Place Winner: RUNNER by Edward Robinson
3rd Place Winner: Leaving the Nest by Jakob Creighton
January
Best Picture
SPIDORA
USA
Director: Fred Olen Ray
SPIDORA
USA
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Best Sci-Fi: Violet - UK, Director: Tom Long
Best Horror/Thriller/Crime: Dirty Bill Of Health - Canada, Director: Rob Carpenter
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Low/Fi - USA, Director : Alejandro Montoya Marin
Best Animation: The Looking Planet - USA, Director : Eric Law Anderson
Best Documentary: What is Perfect? - USA, Director: Dmitry Zhitov
Best Documentary Foreign: Mamulengo - At The Hand's Lines - Director: Natália Alvarenga Best Foreign Film: Such A Small World - Spain, Director: Emilia Ruiz
Best/Experimental/Cultural Film/Sports: Eelan - UK, Directors: Leilani Franco & Harrison Geraghty
Best Web Series: Assistants - USA, Director : Courtney Arnett
Best Time Lapse: Joshua Tree | Immersion - USA, Photographer: Casey Kiernan
Best Music Video: Don't Swim - Brazil, Director: João Nuno Pinto
Best Student Film (Live Action): Milkman - USA, Director: Garrett Kennell
Best Student Foreign : Love Thy Job - Brazil, Director : Pedro Elias
Best Trailer/Promo: So In Love - USA, Director: Christopher Nation
Best Nature: Baja's Secret Miracle - USA/Mexico, Director : Eliana Alvarez Martinez
Best Actor (Male) - Maussa Maaski - On a wire
Best Actor (Female) - Isabel Garcia: Such a small world
Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Jerry Lacy: SPIDORA
Best Supporting Actor Female - Margaux Levy: On the wire
Best Ensemble Casts - Sam's Box, USA
Best Editing - Low/Fi, USA, Editors: John Broadhead / Ariel Rakes / David Ferry JR.
Best Sound Design - Capsized, USA, John Capo
Best Director - Fred Olen Ray: Spidora, USA
Best Production Design - Kelly Fallon: Awaken, USA
Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lakkari: 300 000 KILOMETERS PER SECOND, France
Best Visual Effects - Tribe, Poland, Jan Macierewicz
Best Screenplay Feature
Comedy/Dramedy
1st Place - HOMESCHOOLED by Carly-Ann Giene
2nd Place - "WILDEST DREAM" by Lauren Kettler
3rd Place -"SPIN THE GEEK" by Dan Reheuser
4th Place - STATDAD by Charles Laulette
Drama
1st Place - "PRECIOUS VENGEANCE" by Stephen M. Hunt
2nd Place - "FORGIVE ME FATHER" by Jose Olivier
3rd Place - "GRACE" by Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel
4th Place - "THE FAMILY" by Steven Shepherd
5th Place - "WAR 2.0" by James Hsiao
Best Screenplay Short
Winners
1st Place - "When You Wish" by Troy Harvey Graham
2nd Place - "Give My Love to Rose" by Michael Sieve
3rd Place " Gone Fishing" by Steven Canfield Crowley
4th Place - " Promise Me" by Kevin Machate
5th Place -"Revenge of the Sin" by YoElena Tkebuchava
Finalist
75-44-5 by Christiaan Kutlikshort
Tattoo" by R. Wayne Gray
Viewer Choice Award Winners
Best Drama: Jinxed
Best Short: Luna Park
Best Animation: Jipello and Armoured Pig
Best Animation Student: Brume Cailloux Métaphysique
Best Web-Series: The Unearthly
Best Music Video: Don't Swim
Best Student Film: One Compliment
Best Horror/Thriller/Crime: Dirty Bill Of Health - Canada, Director: Rob Carpenter
Best Comedy/Dramedy: Low/Fi - USA, Director : Alejandro Montoya Marin
Best Animation: The Looking Planet - USA, Director : Eric Law Anderson
Best Documentary: What is Perfect? - USA, Director: Dmitry Zhitov
Best Documentary Foreign: Mamulengo - At The Hand's Lines - Director: Natália Alvarenga Best Foreign Film: Such A Small World - Spain, Director: Emilia Ruiz
Best/Experimental/Cultural Film/Sports: Eelan - UK, Directors: Leilani Franco & Harrison Geraghty
Best Web Series: Assistants - USA, Director : Courtney Arnett
Best Time Lapse: Joshua Tree | Immersion - USA, Photographer: Casey Kiernan
Best Music Video: Don't Swim - Brazil, Director: João Nuno Pinto
Best Student Film (Live Action): Milkman - USA, Director: Garrett Kennell
Best Student Foreign : Love Thy Job - Brazil, Director : Pedro Elias
Best Trailer/Promo: So In Love - USA, Director: Christopher Nation
Best Nature: Baja's Secret Miracle - USA/Mexico, Director : Eliana Alvarez Martinez
Best Actor (Male) - Maussa Maaski - On a wire
Best Actor (Female) - Isabel Garcia: Such a small world
Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Jerry Lacy: SPIDORA
Best Supporting Actor Female - Margaux Levy: On the wire
Best Ensemble Casts - Sam's Box, USA
Best Editing - Low/Fi, USA, Editors: John Broadhead / Ariel Rakes / David Ferry JR.
Best Sound Design - Capsized, USA, John Capo
Best Director - Fred Olen Ray: Spidora, USA
Best Production Design - Kelly Fallon: Awaken, USA
Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lakkari: 300 000 KILOMETERS PER SECOND, France
Best Visual Effects - Tribe, Poland, Jan Macierewicz
Best Screenplay Feature
Comedy/Dramedy
1st Place - HOMESCHOOLED by Carly-Ann Giene
2nd Place - "WILDEST DREAM" by Lauren Kettler
3rd Place -"SPIN THE GEEK" by Dan Reheuser
4th Place - STATDAD by Charles Laulette
Drama
1st Place - "PRECIOUS VENGEANCE" by Stephen M. Hunt
2nd Place - "FORGIVE ME FATHER" by Jose Olivier
3rd Place - "GRACE" by Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel
4th Place - "THE FAMILY" by Steven Shepherd
5th Place - "WAR 2.0" by James Hsiao
Best Screenplay Short
Winners
1st Place - "When You Wish" by Troy Harvey Graham
2nd Place - "Give My Love to Rose" by Michael Sieve
3rd Place " Gone Fishing" by Steven Canfield Crowley
4th Place - " Promise Me" by Kevin Machate
5th Place -"Revenge of the Sin" by YoElena Tkebuchava
Finalist
75-44-5 by Christiaan Kutlikshort
Tattoo" by R. Wayne Gray
Viewer Choice Award Winners
Best Drama: Jinxed
Best Short: Luna Park
Best Animation: Jipello and Armoured Pig
Best Animation Student: Brume Cailloux Métaphysique
Best Web-Series: The Unearthly
Best Music Video: Don't Swim
Best Student Film: One Compliment