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Award of Merit

Best Animated Short

Winner
Idiot
Dusan Davidov
TiTUS film

Best Short Film

Winner
Aleph
Joao Butoh(director)
Ogawa Butoh Center

Documentary Short Film

Winner
Hot Dogs on a Tricycle
Alejandra Alcala
Francisco Alcala
Ed Kashi
Carolyn Goldman
Home Storytellers

March

Winner
Beautiful
Konstantinos Mousoulis
Winner
Bending in the Wind
Zane Tabari
Winner
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Russell Southam
Winner
Can Someone Hear Me?
Oskar Sjöberg
Winner
Candy Floss
Laura Torenbeek
Winner
Critical Condition
Ky Dickens
Winner
Gatewalker
Grace Bjarnson
Winner
Get Off Screen
9.8 (6)
Vlad Akushevich
Winner
Graceless
Marvin Van Buren
Winner
Growing Up Half Korean
April Mae
Winner
Honey
Christopher Hughes
Winner
Hot Dogs on a Tricycle
Ed Kashi
Winner
Orisha
9.3 (78)
Drew Hernandez
Winner
Left Behind
Ky Dickens
Winner
Life Binder
Sara Bess
Winner
Life Undefined
Dan Whitehead
Winner
Living in Crime Alley
8.8 (23)
Rob Ayling
Winner
Magic Man
Alice Millar
Nile Tracer
Winner
N'Everest
9.0 (7)
Danny Woodburn
Winner
Once a Broken Cowboy
Taylor Doose
Winner
The Gay Mafia: A Musical
Michael Yip
Winner
Painful Pride
7.3 (7)
Saumitra Singh
Winner
Nina
Paul J. Lucero
Winner
Remmy Blackwell - Daddy's on the Sands
Uriah Herr
Winner
Rocking on Air
Kim Tran
Winner
Ruffalo
Dave Srock
Winner
Sins in the synth
Mario Ronaldo Garcia
Winner
Someone's on the Other Line
William Macaulay
Winner
Sometimes Never
Tianjun Gao
Winner
Summer Rain
7.8 (6)
Renzo Montoya
Winner
The Knowledge
Alexander Osman
Winner
Toxic remediation in 5 acts
Zuzana Gedeon
Winner
Window
8.2 (6)
Adam Bastin

September

Winner
Man on the Tower
Karl Shefelman
Winner
Spotted
Shranjay Arora
Winner
About a Girl
Michael Easton
Winner
Brighter Colors
Calvin Herbst
Winner
Follow Leader
Scott Johnson
Winner
I Can't Go Back to Yesterday
Liesa Van der Aa
Winner
Man on the Tower
Karl Shefelman
Winner
My dream goes all the way to Iran
Negar Mojtahedi
Winner
Off on Buttons
Kyle Klubal
Winner
Failed State
Brian Jackson
Winner
Spotted
Shranjay Arora
Winner
Human
Thomas R. Bloom
Winner
The Prospector
Wade Chitwood
Winner
Across the Border
Alberto Carapia
Winner
Ask a Cat
Charles Brubaker
Winner
Inn Communication
Esther Mira
Winner
Miroir
Pierre Reynard
Winner
Never Forgotten
Michael Todorovic
Winner
Out with It
Jaci Kjernander
Winner
Dimmi chi sono
Luca Caserta
Winner
The Pitch
Ken Kwek
Winner
Psychocide: Woman Like a Man
Goldwyn Thandrayen
Self Serve
William Wilms

Short Film

Winner
Window
8.2 (6)
Jake Mason
Adam Bastin
Cine Ultra
Winner
Magic Man
Winner
Never Forgotten
Michael Todorovic
Winner
Thomas R. Bloom
DrakeWise Productions

Special Mention

Best Documentary Short

Winner
TechTalk
5.6 (15)
Jonny Caplan(Director)
Tech Talk Media
Winner
Piss Off
Henry Baker(director)
Winner
Driving through Pandemic
Shihyun Wang
Winner
No Single Origin
Alejandra Alcala
Francisco Alcala
Home Storytellers

Best Music Video

Winner
Angelena: Heart Of The Matter
Angelena Bonet(producer)
Crystal Heart Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
The Dark Omen - Unauthorized Fan Film
9.4 (105)
Christos Arfanis(director)
Red Light Independent Films
Winner
26 Seconds
Kelly Galindo(Director/ Writer/Produer)
Kelly Galindo Productions
Winner
Kim Eng Chicken Rice
Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas(director)
Leonidas Stanescu
Winner
Coffee with my friend Jojo
Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas(director)
Leonidas Stanescu
Winner
NFATCC
Marki Henderson(actor)
Fathead Productions
Lamaze Classes
John Plas
Proactorshowreels

Best Web Series

Winner
Nous sommes en guerre
Emmanuel Fricero(director)
Fricero Films
Winner
The Lonely Butterfly
Ken Holmes(actor, writer, producer, director)
Audrey Seybold(director)
Winner
Old Hearts Cafe
8.1 (15)
Ken Holmes(actor, writer, producer, director)
Winner
Going Both Ways
Adam Stone(writer)
Todd Stone(writer)

March

Winner
26 Seconds
Kelly Galindo
Winner
A new perspective
Trussant Emma
Winner
A Place Less Cold
Anne Johnstonbrown
Winner
A Short Story
Lucia Senesi
Winner
A Tear in My Heart
Fella Cederbaum
Winner
Below
6.6 (6)
Chance Muehleck
Winner
Chatter
Ken Holmes
Audrey Seybold
Winner
Coffee with my friend Jojo
Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas
Winner
DNA Don't Lie
Stan Prentice
Winner
Double Jack
Stefany Stern
Winner
Good Mothers
Wendy Mateo
Winner
Fading Star
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Fixit
Matej Frantisek Preisler
Winner
Fortune in Gold
Anne Johnstonbrown
Winner
Garnish
Ben Conley
Winner
Going Both Ways
Steven J. Mosley
Winner
Happy Birthday
John Grubb
John Luke Grubb
Winner
Hoodie
7.4 (37)
Matthew Lee Anderson
You have the wrong Hoodie movie poster. All the rest is correct.
Winner
Huo Zhe
Kino Lee
Winner
In the Wake of Judgement
8.7 (6)
John Carroll DeShazier
Winner
Nobodies
Zach Rineer
Winner
Kim Eng Chicken Rice
Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas
Winner
Lenses
Carlos Smith Rovira
Winner
Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France
Carl Colby
Winner
Magenta
Gabriele Tacchi
Winner
Parental Guidance Suggested
Dane Neves
Winner
Piss Off
Henry Baker
Winner
Playgrounds
Antonio Milo
Winner
My Marina
Anjeli Jana
Winner
My Operator
Bruce Barker
Winner
Pool Boy
Alexander Wilkins
Winner
Reaper Island Part II
Nolan Schmidt
Winner
Social Meditation
Lucas Dean Peterson
Winner
The Job
Peter Morrell
Winner
The Shoes
Roshan Bhondekar
Winner
TechTalk
5.6 (15)
Jonny Caplan
Winner
The Adventures of Wolfdogg and the Three little pigs
Matt Bolin
Winner
The Blue Marble
Ralph Toporoff
Winner
The Sock
Christy Fleetwood
Winner
The Dark Omen - Unauthorized Fan Film
9.4 (105)
Christos Arfanis
Winner
Water Baby
Katherine McRae
Winner
The Under Ring
Scotty Brugueras
Winner
We All Make Sacrifices
Kimberly R. Merriam
Winner
This Is Our Time
Paulo Ferreira
Winner
THOUGHTS
Harsh Gupta
Winner
When I Loved Her
Andrea Lynn Nash
Winner
Will You Hold Me
Fella Cederbaum
Winner
Valentine's Day After
Halo Rossetti
Winner
Enzo
6.7 (7)
Alex Javo
Winner
Alimos, Greek Riviera's Blue Diamond
4.0 (11)
Nico Mastorakis

September

Winner
When the Ticking Stops
Barbara Spevack
Winner
Naked Woman
Ross Casswell
Winner
2020. A Diary of Isolation
Mariusz Wirski
Winner
All is Forgiven
Christian Fink-Irizarry
Winner
Atomopolis
Michael Leslie Rubin
Winner
Dismal & Himself
Zach Larche
Winner
Driving through Pandemic
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Behind the Scenes
Sharmila Banerjee
Winner
Bloomer
Sebastian Schug
Tristan Mouradian
Winner
Bottled
Christine Stoddard
Winner
Clearing
Victor Hollingsworth
Winner
Morph
Ryan Tramont
Winner
Naked Woman
Ross Casswell
Winner
High Strung 3 - Escalator to Hell
Dan McDougall
Winner
Home Schooling During the Quarantine
Tami Magaro
Winner
NFATCC
Marki Henderson
Winner
Nude Triumphant
Leo Crane
Winner
Obsession
Max Carless
Winner
Kaleidoscope
Grace Conley
Winner
Rocket Man and the Phantom Baron
Wade Chitwood
Winner
Last Chance
Joshua Mitchell
Winner
Salutations
Belinda Green-Smith
Winner
Second to None
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez
Winner
She Decided Not to Remember
7.8 (37)
Ozan Boz
Winner
Spending Time with You
Josh Pafchek
Winner
Streetlights
Azania Massiah-Vernon
Winner
The Children
A.J. Tedesco
Winner
The Ra Ra
Myles McEvoy
Winner
The Hit
Silas James Rowland
Stephen C. Bell
Winner
The Lesson
7.4 (30)
Kimberly Kalaja
Winner
The Covideo Facemask Series (abridged)
Jenness Rouse
Winner
Poklad
Silvia Gregorova
Winner
The Wetland
Dusan Davidov
Winner
Where Is Vinny?
Nick Swezey
Winner
Who Cares
Fella Cederbaum
Winner
What do we do?
Roderick Fenske
To You, Me & The Next Generation
Sam Akel
We Stand Together
Helen Alexis Yonov

Short Film

Winner
Huo Zhe
Kino Lee
Winner
The Shoes
Roshan Bhondekar(director)
Envision Film Studio
Winner
Water Baby
Katherine McRae(writer/director)
Winner
Sore Loser
Scott McCullough(director, cinematographer, editor)

Special Mention

Winner
Nobodies
Zach Rineer

Award of Excellence

Best Cinematography

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Director of Photography)
G-Street Unltd.

Best Film

Winner
Scales
Robbie Barnes
Nonie Shiverick
One Eye Wilde

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips
G-Street Unltd.

Best Short Film

Winner
Valentine Jacobs
Jason Julien-Connage
Argonaut Pictures
Winner
I Resign
Jay Mohan(director)
Look Around Film
Winner
The Assistant
Brent Crable
Peter J. Calvin
Deep Bro Films
Winner
The Fixer
8.2 (176)
Michael Schilf
Winner
Wichita
8.5 (55)
Sergine Dumais
Zoner Productions
Winner
Like.Share.Repost.
Stanislav Shelestov(writer) (director)
Alexandra Tomilina(producer)

Best Web Series

Winner
NOC - Non-Official Cover
Ian Voglesong(director)

March

Winner
Feminist Theory and How It Relates to The Patriarchal Dividend
Katie Oliver
Winner
A Safe Place
Ryan Cartlidge
Winner
Ada
8.4 (13)
Steven Kammerer
Winner
Generation Lockdown
7.6 (8)
Sirad Balducci
Winner
Boundless Life
Stefan Rainer
Winner
Burning Bright
7.4 (36)
Aaron Bierman
Winner
Circus Sam
7.3 (11)
Rayner Wang
Winner
Don't Try This Alone
Artii Smith
Winner
Double Edged
6.4 (29)
Cliona Concetta
Winner
Red
Frances Wilkerson
Winner
Grace
Christopher Kay
Winner
Sam & Emma
9.1 (47)
Vanessa Leigh
Winner
Hindsight
Ian Thomas Kent
Winner
I Resign
Jay Mohan
Winner
Mermaid
Fia Perera
Winner
Music Box
Simon Richards
Winner
My Little Goat
8.0 (578)
Tomoki Misato
Winner
Off on Buttons
Kyle Klubal
Winner
Smoke
Jacob Thompson
Christian Hutchins
Winner
Tagged
Daniel R Ferrell
Winner
Take My Hand
6.9 (13)
Alan J. Levi
Shared with Eileen Grubba, Sondra Currie, Nannette D'Aquila, Judy Goldsworthy
Winner
The Assistant
Peter J. Calvin
Winner
The Peak
6.1 (7)
Satoshi Takahashi
Winner
The Role of a Lifetime
Marc Saez
Winner
The Tide
Jessica Pierce
Winner
Thirty Minutes
Claire Elizabeth Terry
Winner
Topanga
6.4 (20)
Aycil Yeltan
Winner
What Didn't Kill Me
Jason Coulter

September

Winner
Tahz
Nepal Arslan
Winner
The Forgotten
7.2 (9)
Alec Walker
Jeffrey S. Mueller
Winner
Not Quite Lost
7.8 (50)
Kristian Repshus

Short Film

Winner
Ada
8.4 (13)
Winner
Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(director, executive producer, film editor)
Mario Terrell II(screenwriter, casting director)
Dangerous Pictures

Honorable Mention

Best Film

Winner
Postpartum
4.2 (157)
Richard Bakewell(director)
LightForce Pictures

Best Short Film

Winner
A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Jason Anthony Fisher(writer/director/producer)
Tam Vu(associate producer/production design)
Sam Osman(co-producer/co-star)
Nathan Ferrier(associate producer/lead actor)
Jonathan Edward Fisher(associate producer/co-star)
Edward Joseph Fisher(executive producer)
Matt Wong(co-producer/cinematographer)
Victoria Cail(associate producer/lighting technician)
Amusement Ride Entertainment
Winner
A Piglet's Tale
7.2 (5)
Fabrizio Gammardella

March

Winner
The Long Game
Mustafa Abbas
Winner
#WeLaGente
8.5 (14)
John X. Carey
Winner
A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Jason Anthony Fisher
Winner
At Noon
Logan Mansberger
Winner
Migraine
John Maslowski
Winner
Chains
Suzie Hinds
Winner
Free like a bird: Chuck Wonderland
Hervé Humbert
Winner
Murdercycle: Ride or Die
Tyler Turner
Winner
Class Photo
Laura Niles
Winner
Distortion
Fleur Brouwer
Winner
India on a Rickshaw
Shy Brameli
Winner
My Neighbor Addie
Josh Tyler
Winner
Limbo
Nicholson Feldman
Winner
My New Pants
Gerard Zarra
Winner
Nini's Nanny
Yue Zhao
Winner
Nostalgic Candy
Peter-John Campbell
Winner
Pawn
Ari Wilson
Winner
Percy and Becky Meet for Lunch
Pete Macnamara
Winner
Rowdy Jackson, U.S. Marshal
Larry Judkins
Winner
Smoking Wet
Michael Hilf
Winner
Stolperstein
Raymond Edwards
Winner
Sven Gunnar
Darwin Reina
Winner
The Decoding Game
Timothy Chen
Winner
The Return of the Mountain Chicken
Nicolas Eguren Cleffi
Winner
To A God Unknown - Al Dio Sconosciuto
7.4 (9)
Samantha Casella
Winner
Tshiwana
Charlie Lillingston-Price
Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips
Winner
Viscera
Ashlee Macropoulos
Winner
Zero Point
Ryan Graham-Laughlin

September

Winner
My Life as a Doormat
Ivy Tobin
Mitch Poulos
Winner
A Piglet's Tale
7.2 (5)
Fabrizio Gammardella
Winner
Assassinators: Retribution
Amrik Pabla
Winner
Beauty's Sleep
Alex Sultoon
Winner
Click Next to Continue
7.2 (9)
Abdul Stone Jackson
Winner
Knots & Crosses: A Life in Lockdown
9.8 (6)
Lee D Barnes
Winner
My Life as a Doormat
Anthony Robert Grasso
Winner
Our Last Summer
Dustin Ross
Winner
Reckoning
Armando DuBon Jr.
Winner
Boy on the Moon
Sam Friedman
Winner
The Corner of Chaos and Serenity
8.6 (78)
Derek Rucas
Winner
This Is how I Lost My Virginity
Claire Chubbuck
Winner
A Long Weekend
Luke Van Mol
Winner
Final Act
Jeff Musillo
Winner
Me, My Meds & Mother
Kathleen Conway
Winner
Obdurate
Jim Morrison IV
Winner
Polvotron 500
5.6 (38)
Silvia Conesa
Winner
Rockstar Puppy: We Are the Rockstars
Piotr Hoang
Winner
The Counter Agent
Jon Young
Winner
Aleph
Joao Butoh

Short Film

Winner
Reckoning
Armando DuBon Jr.(director)
Edward C. Gillow
Anya Lee
Anthony V. Yuro II
Winner
Assassinators: Retribution

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Todd Needham(Executive Producer)
G-Street Unltd.
Winner
This Is how I Lost My Virginity
It's Personal Productions

Best Music Award

Best Music

Winner
Psychocide: Woman Like a Man
Goldwyn Thandrayen
Winner
A Tear in My Heart
Fella Cederbaum(director)

Best Music Video

Winner
Sore Loser
Scott McCullough(Writer, director, cinematographer, editor)
Edge of Reason
Winner
Who Cares
Fella Cederbaum(director)

Global Shorts Award

Best Actor - March

Winner
Steve Marshall
Circus Sam

Best Actor - September

Winner
Jeffrey S. Mueller
The Forgotten

Best Actress

Winner
Emily Laing
Valentine Jacobs
Argonaut Pictures
Winner
Maxim Roy
Wichita

Best Cinematography

Winner
Valentine Jacobs
Claudio Cadman
Argonaut Pictures

Best Director

Winner
Gary Tucker
A Frantic Love 2 - The Kidnapping

Best Director - March

Winner
AronChupa
AronChupa & Little Sis Nora: Thai Massage

Best Editing - March

Winner
Circus Sam
7.3 (11)
Kaitlin Hollingsworth Hecker

Best Music - March

Winner
A Safe Place
Ryan Cartlidge

Best Music Video - March

Winner
AronChupa & Little Sis Nora: Thai Massage
AronChupa

Best Music Video - September

Winner
RubyGld Smoke - Throw Away Tonight
Dandria Dani Jo Williams(Director)
T.L. Williams(Director)
Loretta Holmes(Assistant Producer)
Korrigan Agen(Cinematographer)
Latresha Penister(Makeup and Hair Stylist)
Quiet Kingdom Media Group
Winner
RubyGld Smoke - Throw Away Tonight
Dandria Dani Jo Williams(Director)
T.L. Williams(Director)
Loretta Holmes(Assistant Producer)
Korrigan Agen(Cinematographer)
Latresha Penister(Makeup Department)
Cayex Illah(Sound Department)
Quiet Kingdom Media Group

Best Screenplay - March

Winner
A Stranger Comes Home
Fredrik Mortensen

Best Short Film

Winner
Will You Hold Me
Fella Cederbaum(director)
NFATCC
Marki Henderson(actor)
Fathead Productions

Best Short Film - March

Winner
A Stranger Comes Home
Fredrik Mortensen

Best Visual Effects - March

Winner
Circus Sam
7.3 (11)
Don Bluth
Winner
Circus Sam
7.3 (11)
Hansjeet Duggal(VFX Producer)

Best Web Series

Winner
High Strung 3 - Escalator to Hell
Dan McDougall

Best Web Series - March

Winner
FabUless
Nathan Chang

Best Actor

Marki Henderson(actor)
NFATCC
Fathead Productions

Best Concept Art

September

Winner
Spotted
Shranjay Arora

Outstanding Achievement Award

The Best Shorts Competition.

Winner
About a Girl
Rebecca Budig

Best Web Series

Best Web Series

Winner
High Strung 3 - Escalator to Hell
Dan McDougall
Winner
A Frantic Love 2 - The Kidnapping
Gary Tucker

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