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Festival Prize

Best Actor

Winner
Michael Muhney
Sidepiece

Best Cinematography

Winner
Paradox
Steve Willems
Ravenswood Films

Best Comedy/Satire

Winner
Your Musical is Cancelled: The Musical!
Adam Pitman
David Blair
Mikey Winn
Erica von Kleist

Best Horror

Winner
Hashtag on the Hunt
Larry Rosen

Best Poster

Winner
Nature
8.5 (37)
Foam
Pablo Vera

Best Writer

Winner
Crazy Kinda Love
Larry Rosen

Best Cast

Your Musical is Cancelled: The Musical!

Best Comedy

Juxtaposition Media

Best Experimental

Wine of Birds
Matt Orefice
Pecho Grande

Best Feature Film

The Fragile Friend
6.3 (40)
Salvatore Vitiello
SNCI production

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural

Exploradores
Borja Escribano

Best Short Film

Love, Charlie
Jon Cohen
Ravenswood Films
All About Frank Avenue
Jing Jessie Guo(director / producer)
Jarred Gregory Grimes(writer)
Adrian Wells(writer)
Edward E. Givans(writer)
Michael Houston(cast)
Mariah Moore(cast)
Peter Fitzsimmons(cast)
Tina L. Robinson(cast)
Sergio Mishchenko(Director of Photography / VFX supervisor)
Sergey Gdanian(Music Composer)
Ruge Sun(Sound designer)
JCCA Productions

Short Film: Best North American Drama

Joseph McGovern
Constance Reshey
Joseph Fuoco
Frank Formica

Spring Award

Best Actor

Winner
Cory Marlan Johnson
RFK
Winner
David Jon Foster
Agent 11
Abstractor Studios
Winner
Jason Castle
A Simple Disposal
Wallflower Pictures
Winner
Andy Magro
Rain Man Parody
David Jon Foster
Agent 11
Abstractor Studios
Michael MacRae
I want my girl back
Liu Jun
The Centreline

Best Actress

Winner
Monika Ekiert
Package delivered
Winner
Toneata Morgan
Anna Nicole in 2 minutes
Winner
Mariah Robinson
House of Balls
Winner
Martina Sacchetti
Ascoltati
Corinne Laurance
Fading Star
Dianna Renée
Anne Boleyn
Melanie Martyn
Us+

Best Cast

Winner
A Long Weekend
Seraphim Thayer
Danika Van Mol
Matthew Isaac Thayer
Jessica Fletcher
Kendall Bryant Jr.
Erin Van Mol
Bench
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas
Team #VideoblogsFilm Productions
Indie and Eve
Michael MacRae
Morgan Hunt
Glen Terry
Pedro Rocha
Natalya Michelle
Daddy Frankinstein
Shihyun Wang
Charles DeNatale
Michael MacRae
Brittney Watson
Aria Wilson
Isadora Pastragus
Corinne Laurance
Caryn Stark
Pedro Rocha
Jerry Dupree
About Maddy
Madison Perniz
Heather Young
Siddarth Sas
Drakebank Productions
The Cleanup
Ian Leer

Best Cinematography - Super Short Film

Winner
No Love
Konstantinos Pagiatis(Writer / Director / Choreographer / Dancer)

Best Cinematography for a Long Short

Winner
Us+
Elijah Battle
Dave Patterson

Best Comedy (Short Category)

Winner
Cowboys - Lost in city
Shihyun Wang

Best Director

Winner
Rajeev Thottippully
The Other Side: Mountain Climber
Bartlomiej Skupien
Place to Be
Shihyun Wang
Richard Nixon
Shihyun Wang
Public Enemy No. 1 - Virus

Best Director - Long Short Film

Winner
Derrick J. Johnson(Director)
On Borrowed Time
Excelsior Unlimited Entertainment

Best Director Short Film

Winner
Patrick Devaney
Identity Check
Devarez Films

Best Director of the Festival

Winner
Paul Herbert
Vegetable Crushers

Best Director, Ultra Short Film

Winner
Mike Messier
The Hospital Bed

Best Documentary

Winner
One World: The Ocean of Presence
Gerald Schank(Director)
Slavica Martinovic(Co-Director)
Fresh Frames

Best Documentary Super Short

Winner
The Other Side: Basketball Coach
Rajeev Thottippully(director)

Best Film of the Festival

Winner
Honor Among Thieves
6.6 (10)
Justin Eugene Evans
A Long Weekend
Luke Van Mol

Best Horror/Thriller

Winner
Escape: Heart Conditions
9.2 (16)
Quantieshia Brown

Best International Drama

Winner
Berceau Rouge
Eliot Lefeuvre(director)
Le Néon Vert
The Boy Who Thought He Could Fly
Emma Pitt

Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Winner

Best Narrative Film

Winner
Daddy Frankinstein
Shihyun Wang
I choose to forget
Shihyun Wang

Best North American Documentary

Winner
4 days in antarctica
Shihyun Wang
All you need to know about Chinese Fortune telling in 15 minutes
Shihyun Wang
2020 Predictions according to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang
Corona Virus According to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang

Best North American Drama

Winner
Roses for Ms. Jacobs
David Timothy Legel
Andy Aguila

Best Writer

Winner
Bench
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas
Team #VideoblogsFilm Productions
Winner
Deadly Promises
3.6 (1.3K)
Sandra L. Bucy(screenplay by)
Julian Crouser(story by)
Thomas Crouser Jr.(story by)
Tolian Productions
A Study on Behaviour: Sequences of Performangst
Bench
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas
Team #VideoblogsFilm Productions
Nice
Ria Patel
Plague and Virus in Nostradamus' Twenty-Six Prophecies
Shihyun Wang
A prophet who changed future
Shihyun Wang

Best Writer of the Festival

Winner
Blood Brotherhood
Marcus Marcelli

Semi-Finalist

Winner
Last Love
9.2 (91)
Dmitri Frolov(director)
Sergey Oskolkov(composer)
Vladimir Zolotar(actor)
Natalya Surkova(actress)
Leonid Mozgovoy(actor)
Chomp
Navjot Kaur Thind

Short Category - Best Horror

Winner
Reaper Island Part II
Nolan Schmidt
NHS Films

Super Short Category - Best Comedy

Winner
Dáta Éaga
Karolina Kraus
Luke McKenna

BEST ACTOR

Justin Miltenyi
Eddyct
Wide Shot Films

Best Cast (Long short category)

And They Lived
9.2 (21)
Meitar Paz(Actor/Writer/Producer)
Martin Gilly(Actor)
Dot Five Films
LeaStella Productions

Best Cinematography

Riding with Sunshine
10 (9)
Dinesh Jayapalan(Cinematographer)

Best Comedy

Better luck next time
Shihyun Wang

Best Director - Super Short Film

Konstantinos Pagiatis(Writer / Director / Choreographer / Dancer)
Mirror
Semi - Finalist

Best Experimental

Huo Zhe
Kino Lee

Best Experimental Film Short

Last Love
9.2 (91)
Dmitri Frolov(director)
Sergey Oskolkov(composer)
Vladimir Zolotar(actor)
Natalya Surkova(actress)
Leonid Mozgovoy(actor)

Best Film

House of Balls
Kristina Thomas(director)

Best Narrative film ( Long short category)

And They Lived
9.2 (21)
Meitar Paz(Actor/Writer/Producer)
Martin Gilly(actor)
Javier Espinoza(Director)
Dot Five Films
LeaStella Productions

Best Poster

Rendezvous
9.2 (25)
Alfred Quitevis

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural

Ria
Dennis Baumann
Till Helldobler
Badehaus Film

Best Short Film

Learning to Fly
Along the Way Films
Drystone
Karl Walsh
Bee Movies

Best Super Short Category

Short Category - Best Animation

Hello World
Zann Gill
Sasha Aleksandr Korolko

Short Category - Best International Documentary

Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli
7.8 (5)
Yazan Al Assadi

Short Category - Best Student Film

Follow the Queen
Shea Harris(producer)

Super Short Category - Best Actress

Shannon White
Dáta Éaga

Super Short doucmentary

Th fulfillment of Nostradamus' Anti-Christ Prediction
Shihyun Wang
Nostramaus on plague-Century 1, Quatrain 16
Shihyun Wang

Super Short

Best Actress

Winner
Priscilla Haug
A Girl's Night In

Best Dance Film

Winner
No One Cares
Theodora van der Beek

Best First Time Director

Winner
Cleissa Regina Martins(director)
Back then they ate my eyes

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Winner
Gallaghar
Jetro Conarthisse(Director)
Steve Johnston(Actor)
Mirador

Best Student Film

Winner
Papa/Dad
8.8 (5)
Diez y Media Audiovisuales
The Next Stop
Janice Derosier(Director/Writer)
Juliana Herrin(Actress)
Will Hagaman(Actor)
Simone Farrell(Actress)

Best Thriller

Winner
A Very Special Christmas Gift
Kimberly B. Flores

Best Writer

Winner
Spinoza Sighs
Robert David Duncan
Fat Punk Productions

Experimental

Winner
Call me
Katerina Dulaeva(director)
Lo/ve
Tempest Montgomery
Distance Between
Isa Phillips(actor)
Dena Roland(writer)
Kim Basha(actor)
TS Productions

Best 1-Minute Narrative

J.28
Christian Schneider(Director / Cinematographer)
Marília Viana(Actress)
Claquette

Best Animation

The Morning Bake
Logan K. Wong(director)
Anna Benedict(original story by)
An Nguyen(producer)
Betsy Lee(producer)

Best Comedy

How to Live in a Pandemic? or Somewhat Social Distance
Erik Theo Hamilton(writer/director/actor)
Júlia Cruz Sesé(actress)
Maria Abadia Lapeña(camera operator)
Desiree Matlock(camera operator)

Best Comedy International

Wayward Valley
James Cunliffe(director)

Best Drama

Sincerely Yours
8.4 (12)
Ali Memarchi(director)

Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy / supernatural

My Beautiful House
Theodora van der Beek

Super Short Films

Chalk Day
Heidi Appe

Super Short Films (1 to 5 minutes)

Salad Daze
8.7 (21)
Amelia Foxton
Glenn Fraser
9th Circle Entertainment
Eris Entertainment

Summer Award

Best Actor

Winner
Francisco Villarroel
Two Autumns in Paris
MOB Producciones
Winner
Robert Chestnut
Carma
Ron Dykes
AL
Root and Branch Films
Bruno Grzeszykowski
Dream Store
Rory Farrelly
Electrician
Steve Conway Films
Telmo Bento
Slicer
Drew Hale
Over Dale Hill
Tom Samuel-Davidson
Overdue

Best Actor, Short Film

Winner
Michael Boston
No Way Out
Bubble Productions

Best Actor, Ultra Short

Winner
Mike Messier
The Never Was

Best Actress

Winner
Tyrongela Ross
Crazy Weapon 5: Back for the First Time
Quantum VFX
Winner
Lauren Engels(actress)
The Mole
Winner
Trisha Paschke
The Psychic
Mundo Films
Winner
Trisha Paschke
The Psychic
Mundo Films
Tyrongela Ross
Crazy Weapon 5: Back for the First Time
Quantum VFX
Veronica Crystal Young
Fortune in Gold
AJB Productions (II)
Monika Ekiert
Family, friends, love and aftershock
Monika Ekiert
Realm of dreams
Marianna Varviani
Ruzi
Angela Hou
Charlene
Hasan Qureshi Films

Best Cast

Winner
O Wimbowé
Sabine Crossen
Eliza Calmat
Gustavo Marchand
Michel Papineschi
Frederik Hamel
Fabrice Archirel
Fabrice Merlo
Melissa Silveira
Gwenda Guthwasser
Winner
Drugs & Chocolates
Joaquin Vargas Jr.
Chance Falcon
Hanif Karim
Mundo Films
Global Caper-A Self Taped Movie
Josh Hooks(Director) (Actor)
Rob Norton(Actor)
Steve Richard Harris(Actor)
Bryan Keith(Actor)
Karah Donovan(Actor)
Stefan Rollins(Actor)
Aleida Torrent Casellas(Actor)
Diesel Madkins(Actor)
Rebecca Lambrusco(Actor)
Jack Landry(Actor)
Hada Vanessa(Actor)
Brian K. Landis(Actor)
Stephane Fiorenza(Actor)
Mark Law(Actor)
Yuli Zorrilla(Actor)
Clotilde Delavennat(Actor)
Russell Duncan(Actor)
Isa Espy(Actor)
Javier Ramos(Actor)
Patricia DeAnna(Actor)
J C Hooks
Global Caper-A Self Taped Movie
Carole Carat(Actor)
Wesley Hall(Actor)
J C Hooks
O Wimbowé
Sabine Crossen
Eliza Calmat
Rosa!
Morgan Hunt
Michael MacRae
Pedro Rocha
Charles DeNatale
Glen Terry
Kane French
Olivia Donahue
Madison Wells
Pourya Rahbar
Cory Marlan Johnson
Jenna The Great
7.8 (13)
Charlotte Dunnico
Felix Trench
Gemma Wilks
Jamie Lee-Hill
Hattie Gotobed
Bhasker Patel
Olivia Stelling
Luisa Guerreiro

Best Cast - Short

Winner
Sisters Bound (Polish Language)
Monika Ekiert
Emi Morell
Shihyun Wang

Best Cinematography

Winner
It's in the Trees
8.8 (33)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Australian Dreams
Andrea Natale(director)
Cinetika Srls

Best Director

Winner
Ray Brady(Best Director)
Egression
UKFILM.CO
Winners
John Pope
Nokomis Lenox
Love/Sick
9 Forty 4 Pictures
Winner
Henry Baker(director)
Piss Off
Whit Washing
Stay at Home
Neal Kennedy(Director, Producer, Composer)
Eyes Within You
Free Will Films

Best Director - Ultra Short Category

Winner
Robert David Duncan
The Saga of Squash-Head Cat
Fat Punk Productions

Best Drama

Winner
A Place Less Cold
Anne Johnstonbrown
AJB Productions (II)
Time-Vid19
Gökhan Deniz Dinçer
Semi-Finalist
A Place Less Cold
Anne Johnstonbrown
AJB Productions (II)
A Place Less Cold
Anne Johnstonbrown
AJB Productions (II)
Headline
Taahanafees Quadri
Whistling Woods International
Virtuoso Rose
Dan Tonkin

Best Edit

Winner
Malware
Cristina Beviá

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Forget Me Not
Andreas John

Best Feature Directo

Winner
Nostradamus on plague - warned, ignored and fulfilled
Shihyun Wang

Best Feature Film

Winner
Berlin, Connecticut
Tristan St. Germain

Best First-Time Filmmaker

Winner
Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(director, executive producer, film editor)
Dangerous Pictures
Baby in the Basement
Dina Faye Gilmore(Director)
Empowerment Productions 33

Best Horror Short

Winner
Ketchup
Brian Nestor
Killer Door
Ian Pozzebon
Reelpozz Productions
Ghost O'Clock
Edmundo Barraza
Mundo Films
Celebrity Stalker
6.8 (5)
Roshni Rush Bhatia
Andrew Mayne
Virginia Blatter

Best Long Short Film

Winner
Revenant Revolver
6.5 (56)
Paul Law Van Beaumont(Filmmaker)
Stevie Alexandria Maxwell(Filmmaker)
Bohemain Beaumont Films
Best actress for Stevie alexandria maxwell for Revenant Revolver by Paul van beaumont,in 2020 summer in long short film
Dream Store
Pawel Olearczyk
Eyes Within You
Neal Kennedy
Kael Lalonde
Free Will Films

Best Quarantine Film

Winner
Tissue
Hyuri Constâncio(director)
Alone Apart
Arek Zasowski(actor/director)
Maegan Coker(actress)
Pat Caesar(actress/cinematographer)
Danielle Coker(actress)
Viola Zasowska(first assistant director/cinematographer)
Eric Coker(cinematographer)

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Lola Rùi

Best Short Documentary

Winner
While You're Still Here
Jordan Wood
2020's first crop circle message
Shihyun Wang
Star track of Glen Terry
Shihyun Wang
Glen Terry
Charles DeNatale

Best Short Student Film

Winner
Let's Talk About It
Aaron Canada
Winner
The Cake
Meital Cohen Navarro(director)

Best Student Film

Winner
Dad
6.3 (5.5K)
Winner
Papa/Dad
8.8 (5)
Diez y Media Audiovisuales
Amal
9.4 (5)
Alan Bakr(Director)

Best Suspense/Thriller

Winner
Rendezvous
9.2 (25)
Seth Kozak(producer)
Bob Kovacs(co-producer)
Joseph Kozak(executive producer)
Sean Washington(executive producer)
Will Tucker(executive producer)
A.W. Kozak(executive producer)
Mike Sutton(executive producer)
Bryan Nix(executive producer)
DET 4 Films
Pretend Play
Eric Felizardo

Best Under 1 Minute Film

Winner
Migraine
John Maslowski

Best Writer

Winner
The star track of Jerry Dupree
Jerry Dupree
Charles DeNatale
Shihyun Wang
Glauber Rocha's heartthrob
Christian Schneider
Warnings you did not hear
Shihyun Wang
Pole Shift? Ice cracking? Virus spreading
Shihyun Wang
The story of Mary, Queen of Scots
Shihyun Wang
American Supermarket
Sage Christian Drake(writer)
Drakebank Productions
OfGod: Miracles
9.0 (10)
David S. Tumpkin(writer)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
OfGod: Miracles
9.0 (10)
David S. Tumpkin(writer)
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Best Writer (Ultra Short)

Winner
Don't Be Dumb Use Your Thumb
Kathleen Conway
Chiffon Films
Yes

Best short drama

Winner
We'll make it through
Shihyun Wang
Rob Krueger
The Psychic
Edmundo Barraza
Mundo Films

Best Comedy Short

Sorry! Mommy is on the phone
Shihyun Wang
Mommy Intern
Shihyun Wang
Taste of Love
Shihyun Wang
A Movie Without an Ending
Mr. Valents(director)
Riservati Pictures

Best Documentary Feature

Nostradamus' Virus Watch List
Shihyun Wang

Best Experimental

We Still Believe in Love (So Fuck You)
Tess Farley
Dermot Daly
Out From Under
Chocolate Bear

Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Vermelho Vivo
8.4 (7)
David Barros
BULB Productions

Best Poster

Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(poster designer, photo editor, contributing poster still photographer)
Mario Terrell II(poster concept creator)
Daniel Richter(lead poster still photographer)
Kobi(second poster still photographer)
Kirk Yang(contributing poster still photographer)
Dangerous Pictures
Electrician
6.3 (171)
Dominic Hailstone
Steve Conway Films
Rendezvous
9.2 (25)
Adriane Hall
Drystone
Karl Walsh
Bee Movies

Best Sci/Fantasy/Supernatural

Rapture
Andre Stamatakakos(director)

Best Short

Manasanamaha
8.3 (222)
Deepak Reddy
Drugs & Chocolates
Edmundo Barraza
Mundo Films

Best Short Director

Shihyun Wang
The warrior in my family

Best Super Short Documentary

Nostradamus was right on Coronavirus
Shihyun Wang
The Next Boat
Luke Naylor-Perrott

Best actor

Michael MacRae
Love to Share

Quarantine Category

Horror Stays Home
Neil Willoughby
Hiraeth Films (II)
Insiders
Roshni Rush Bhatia(director)
Outside
Anastasiia Perevozova
Andrés Di Bono
Sibilino
Insiders
Roshni Rush Bhatia
Virginia Blatter
Andrew Mayne

Semi-Finalist: Best First-Time Filmmaker Super Short Category

COVIDays
Alexander Greenberg(Director)

Ultra Short Film

The Last Rite
7.5 (9)
Matthew Ewald(Director)

Winter Award

Best 1 minute Drama

Winner
Nuntio Vobis
Alberto Dessimone(director)
Precia Mampasi(actress)
Fabrizio Daffara(producer)
Roberto Ariagno(producer)
Marco Guarena(producer)
Esserci Story Lab

Best Actor

Winner
Marcel Romeijn
The Big Marcelka
Kinoonik Holland
Marcel Romeijn(actor)
The Big Marcelka
Kinoonik Holland
Ivica Dimitrijevic(Actor)
TM
Ivaylo Grancharov
Mr. Self
Nu Boyana Film Studios

Best Actress

Winner
Twee Vu Sosa(Actress)
Hurtful Truth
LoneBard
BardKing Entertainment
Winner
Jilda Thomas
Anna & Luter
Winner
Sabrina Knappett(actress)
Shift
Marlies Dubois
Parallel
Up All Night Studios
Ariel Santerelli
Pins and Needles
Root and Branch Films
Alison Brougham
People in Landscape
Rebecca De Ornelas
The Sleepless
TSF Productions.
Theodora van der Beek
Ram of God
Leah Skay
Voice Box
Anna Marcello
I Believe in One Only Father

Best Cast

Winner
Vinny Mancuso's Rules for Good Business
7.3 (11)
Tanner Zagarino
Spartan Daggenhurst
Zoey Kay
Jade Edge
Nikelola Balogun
Ed Regine
Joe Dioletto
Jean-Pierre Giagnoli
Sarah Sypniewski
Ivy Matheson
Winner
People in Landscape
5.4 (199)
Alison Brougham
Anne Wittman
Kate Cook
Gina Gershon
Eric Roberts
Chris Mawson
Paul McQuaid
Matthew Winters
Pippa Conway
Dana Smit
Richard Goss
Javier Cáberiz
Xavier Baeyens
Maya Biskupska
Imogen Calaway
Waleed Elgadi
Albert Giannitelli
Louisa Grinyer
Clarissa Hagan
Matthew Hartley
Jamie Hawes
Emma Hoare
Dorothea Jones
Greg Kriek
Matthew Laird
Meg Lake
Cynon Lewis
Timothy Mylechreest
Iustina Nevel
Sam Pitcher
Mike Slader
Hannah Bartlam
Magdalena Vero
Stuart Walker
Winner
A Conversation with E
Esabella Anna Karena Strickland(Producer)
Amber Nordstrand(Actress)
Cold Kill
Maggie Bain
Jamie Scott Gordon
Paul Quinn
Loose Threads and Stories of Love
Tim Amalfitano
Mary Bell
Emma Bertram
Sophia Donelan
Annika Helgeson
Alonn Konfino
Nickie Murray
Scott Pincus
JR
Robert Sturdevant

Best Cinematography

Winner
Pins and Needles
Lief Thomason
Root and Branch Films
No One Left
6.7 (7)
David Baldini(director of photography)
Unbounded Ambition Films
Cheating Death
Chris Da
The Prophetess
Marco Joubert(director of photography)
Death on Halloween Night
Majid Azadmanesh(cinematographer)
Cinemote

Best Cinematography International

Winner
The Glowing Swamp
Victor Oonk
Lifton Media
Katalinka 16
8.7 (23)
Mark Herpai(cinematographer)

Best Comedy

Winner
Social Media Rehab
Kelly Fuls(director)
Santa for Hire
6.9 (16)
Blake Ridder
Ridder Films
Ram of God
Theodora van der Beek
Morning Routine
9.2 (12)
Alexander Yaneff(director)
Nu Boyana Film Studios

Best Director

Winner
Kenny Vazquez(director)
A Brother's Homecoming
Life-Entertainment
Junito's Studios
SaintGilbert Studios
Luca Guardabascio
I Believe in One Only Father
Keagan Afonso
Casual Workers

Best Director (Short)

Winner
Victoria Pilot(director)
In A Hopeless Place

Best Director (Super Short)

Winner
Nolan Schmidt
Night of the Ghoul
NHS Films
20X Productions

Best Director (Ultra Short)

Winner
Robert David Duncan
The Artist's Wisdom
Fat Punk Productions

Best Director Short International

Winners
Paul Chan
Shihyun Wang
The fight is on - Vaccine against virus

Best Documentary

Winner
Belle-Ile in Acadie
8.2 (7)
Phil Comeau

Best Drama

Winner
In A Hopeless Place
Victoria Pilot
Winner
The Sleepless
7.2 (99)
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas
TSF Productions.
Winner
Home
Karolina Kraus(director)
The Sleepless
7.2 (99)
Michael DiBiasio-Ornelas
TSF Productions.

Best Drama - Super Short Film

Winner
Hannah's Standing Appointment
Annie-Sage Whitehurst

Best Editing

Winner
Entre la Luz y las Sombras (Haunting Day)
Victor Mallo
Mallo Films

Best Experimental North America (Super Short)

Winner
The Artist's Lark
Robert David Duncan
Fat Punk Productions

Best Feature Director

Winner
Jonathon Crewe
Face2Face

Best First-Time Filmmaker

Winner
Aces and Action
Andrew Daley
Winner
Aberration
Roxane Llanque
Amygdala
Brent Roofthooft

Best Horror

Winner
The last of the Ushers
Jenõ Hódi
Ákos Dobos
CinePartners Entertainment
Wrath
Meg Case
Brad Porter
Case & Porter

Best International Comedy

Winner
I See Dead People
6.8 (5)
Andrew Ball-Shaw

Best Poster

Winner
Mordgesicht
Leander Behal
Lucas Heinze
Andi's Fictions
Winner
UFO-1996
Flynn Moores(Photographer/ Designer)
2 Below 0
6.5 (9)
Dan Jackson(photographer)
Far From Earth Films
Lorena Sarria(poster design)
JW Richardson(poster design)
Jose Gonzalez(photography)
4 Daggers Productions
The Sound of the End
9.4 (17)
Márcio D'Astrain
JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films
JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films
JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films
JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films

Best Romance film

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (222)
Deepak Reddy

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural (Feature)

Winner
People in Landscape
5.4 (199)
Benjamin Rider
Obscuriscopic Films
Face2Face
Jonathon Crewe

Best Short Dark Comedy

Winner
PKD9000
Brandon Boudreaux(director)
No Name Brand Films
Just a Friendly Obsession
9.1 (8)
George Ayvazyan

Best Short Film

Winner
The Choice
Aneek Ray
Aneek Ray Art & Films
Konusma
5.2 (198)
Volkan Girgin(writer/director)

Best Thriller

Winner
Cold Kill
Andrew Niblo(director)
Felix Forrest(producer)
Russell Dalgleish(executive producer)
Ecaveo Capital Partners
Mid Ridge Ct
Raymond Dimmitt
Max Krywulak
Parallel
William Matzhold
Marlies Dubois
Up All Night Studios
Santa for Hire
6.9 (16)
Blake Ridder
Ridder Films
The Dispute
Wilfred Rodriguez(Director)
Jibaro Films
Aiyai: Wrathful Soul
4.1 (13K)
Alan Arumugam(director)
Kanesh Mohana Sundaram
Vinod Mohana Sundaram
Damien Beebe(Cinematographer)
YSA Screen Media
GVKM Elephant Pictures

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Stay Safe
Srdjan Milosavljevic
Winner
Monte Creek
Jim Henry
John Van Dyk
Inca Roads Fiasco
Blind Corners
Catherine Nickson
Ren jian ji e
Yanlin Chen(director)
Trinence Studio

Best Writer

Winner
No Internet
6.9 (17)
Kyle Lawrence
Winner
The Gnome
8.0 (8)
Steven Jeram
Winner
Perfect Strangers
Ana Barredo
Vandelay Films
Winner
Rescue Master Tang
Adam Juang(writer/director)
Digital Frontier Motion Pictures
Charon
5.8 (11)
Jennifer Zhang
Flying Koi Entertainment
The last of the Ushers
Jenõ Hódi
Liam Chamberlin
Kelly Levine
CinePartners Entertainment

Best Writer International

Winner
A Letter to My Mother
7.7 (35)
Amina Maher
Winner
The Girl with Blue Eyes
Alireza Mirasadollah
Mordgesicht
Leander Behal
Andi's Fictions
Infant
7.6 (11)
Marcin Skruch
MayaVic Media
A Letter to My Mother
7.7 (35)
Amina Maher

Best Writer North America (Super Short)

Winner
The Beakmann Incident
Jared D. Weiss
Infinite 8
Mostafa Keshvari
GrandMuse Pictures

Best long short director

Winner
A.P. Nkunzi
2020
Shihyun Wang
Love and hate, past and present

Long Short Documentary

Winner
The future according to Tui Bei Tu
Shihyun Wang

North America Short Documentary

Winner
Secrets of the Self-help Illuminati
Dusty White(cinematographer)

Quarantine Category

Winner
Richtungswechsel
Andreas Ortner(director) (co-writer) (producer) (actor)
Helmut-Michael Kemmer(writer) (producer)
Harald Walzer(camera operator) (VFX)
The Telling Tale
Laura Lewis-Barr
Inspirare Productions
Le chemin des épingles
Thibaud Cahen(director)
Mister Roger Films

Short Documentary

Winner
Painted Love
Janet Ho
Shihyun Wang
RCEP in Chinese prophecy
Shihyun Wang
Virus vs Vaccine
Shihyun Wang

Short Drama International

Winner
2 Sons
Shihyun Wang
Casual Workers
Keagan Afonso

Super Short Best International cast

Winner
Never too old for a second career
James Chen
Mostafa Khater
Valerie Chen

Super Short Documentary

Winner
Hear, Eat, Home: Kinan's Vison
Hsuan Yu Pan
China's Plague Prophecy
Shihyun Wang

Super Short Experimental Film

Winner
Past me
Perica Antov
Winner
Past me
Perica Antov

Ultra Short

Winner
Death on Halloween Night
Amir Kiani(producer)
Cinemote
Ecchymoses
Thierry Nguyen

Ultra Short Documentary

Winner
Tai Bai Plague Prophecy - Chance to Survive
Shihyun Wang
1 minute hearty advice
Paul Chan
Shihyun Wang

Best Actor International

Roy Barker
Blind Corners
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Holestepper

Best Cast (Short)

SirCooly's Late Halloween Special
Nolan Schmidt
Jonathan Barton
Parker Barton
Christina Barton
Zachary Hudson
NHS Films
20X Productions

Best Director (Long Short Category)

Mike Messier(Director)
The Impeccable

Best Documentary International

Coronavirus: Overcoming Adversity as a Community
Aodhán Roberts(director)

Best Drama Feature

People in Landscape
5.4 (199)
Benjamin Rider
Obscuriscopic Films

Best Drama North America (Short)

Isolation
8.9 (23)
Justin MacGregor
Roguescots
All in One Productions
Infinite 8
Mostafa Keshvari
GrandMuse Pictures

Best Experimental International

The Vibes
Mark Tyler Rénfro(Screenwriter, Director, Producer)
Jawad Husain(Producer, Executive Producer)
Katalinka 16
8.7 (23)
András Attila Farkas(director/producer)
István Ilisz(producer)
Anna Szabó(producer)
Beatrix Nagy(producer)
Imre Szilasi(producer)
Mark Herpai(associate producer)
AuroraFilm Kecskemét

Best Feature Documentary

The fulfilled history of china
Shihyun Wang

Best Film of the Festival

Hurtful Truth
Marie France Louis(producer/director)
Emmy Swayze(Director)
Twee Vu Sosa(actress)
Trey Peyton(actor)
Emily Pokora(actress)
Alfonso Aguirre(actor)
Elizabeth Maass(Script and Continuity)
Busola Adeboyejo(cinematographer)
Devika Kornbacher(actress)
Cindy Teniente(actress)
Russell Corwyn(actor)
Reyna Gonzalez(actress)
Jim Devault(actor)
Jerry Schultz(actor)
Sam Kuzel(composer)
Ayodele Ayodeji Omoniyi(editor)
Jeannie Stell(Script and Continuity)
Vinh Hoang(re-recording mixer)
Alex Miranda(re-recording mixer)
Alessandro Rivolta(Audio restoration)
LoneBard
BardKing Entertainment

Best First-Time Filmmaker North America

Piece No. 1
Naomi Russell
Shore Shot Productions

Best International Cast

I See Dead People
6.8 (5)
Andrew Connor

Best Long Short Writer

Loose Threads and Stories of Love
Emma Hillebrecht
2020 in Prophecy
Shihyun Wang

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Short)

Isolation
8.9 (23)
Justin MacGregor
Roguescots
All in One Productions
Identity
Kyle Lawrence
UFO-1996
Flynn Moores

Best Student Film

Cheating Death
Suraj Savkoor
Voice Box
Eamon Kelly

Best Super Short Experimental International

Normal
6.2 (13)
Hakan Tunga Kalkan
Semi-Finalist

Best Super Short Film

Waiting Games
Thea Balich

Best Under 1 Minute Experimental

Ecchymoses
Thierry Nguyen

Coronavirus

After 19
Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas

Experimental Feature

Tyrants of Tomorrow Telethon
Christopher Shorr(director)

Long Short Drama

Soldiers from the Past
Shihyun Wang

Long short documentary

America in prophecies
Shihyun Wang

Semi Finalist

The New Normal
Simona Calo
No Virtue
MJ Palo(Director)
Andrew Arguello(Director)
Mad Wife Productions I
River Rose Productions

Short Best Comedy

2020 Presidential Debate
Shihyun Wang

Short Best Documentary

Millennial view on prophecies
Shihyun Wang

Short Cinematography International

China's most beautiful poems
Shihyun Wang

Short Comedy

SirCooly's Christmas Special Yo!
Nolan Schmidt
NHS Films
20X Productions

Short Documentary North America

Banned Ant IPO predicted in Chinese prophecy
Shihyun Wang
Reincarnated avengers
Shihyun Wang

Short Film

Bird in the Wild
Giosué Bottini
The Vibes
Mark Tyler Rénfro(Screenwriter, Director, Producer)
Jawad Husain(Producer, Executive Producer)
Találkozás Egy Fiatalemberrel
7.6 (10)
Jenõ Hódi
CinePartners Entertainment

Short documentary in North America

2020 Presidential Election according to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang

Short drama international

The Twins
Shihyun Wang

Super Short

The Confessionist
Sean Miguel Perez(actor)
George Zhao(actor)
The Next Stop
Janice Derosier
Juliana Herrin
Simone Farrell
Will Hagaman
The Stockbroker and the Goddess
Laura Lewis-Barr
Inspirare Productions

Super Short Best Writer International

American divided according to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang

Ultra Short Experimental

Where Is It?
Shihyun Wang

Ultra short drama

Where is mom?
Shihyun Wang

Fall Award

AUDIENCE CHOICE

Winner
Killing Small Animals
6.5 (32)
Marcus Svanberg
Bleck Film

Best Actor

Winner
Aaron Rothermund
The First Step
Winner
Kaleb Alexander Roberts(Actor)
The McHenry Trial - Don't Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie
Winner
Lenny Fitzgerald
On the Day That I Died
Foxhall Productions
Winner
Rakesh Galebhe(nm7838969)
Gatham
Winner
Dean Attari
The Lonely Road
Aaron Rothermund
The First Step
Francesco De Francesco
The Steele Dossiers
For episode: "Seeing Doppel"
Douglas MacArthur
Rationale
Ham n Egger Studios
Tyrone Evans Clark(director) (executive producer) (art director) (writer) (actor) (editor) (theme music by)
Homeless: Sam & Sally - The Movie
Tyrone Evans Clark

Best Actress

Winner
Kyle Marie Colucci
Winner
Margaret Newborn(producer) (actress) (theme music by)
Homeless: Sam & Sally - The Movie
Tyrone Evans Clark
Winner
Louise Peterhoff
Killing Small Animals
Bleck Film
Winner
Marine Madesclaire
The Distanced
Kelly Love
That's My Time
ToeNale Productions
Olena Gaydarzhy(actress)
Storia di Nina

Best Cast

Winner
Fire on the Ridge
7.8 (13)
Corinne Meadors
Sandra Dee Richardson
Bobby O'Reiley
Irene Klarich
Tressa Ohler
Sally Rudloff
Erik Levi
JayaMae Gregory
Leah Koon Goymer
Ashley Hawley
Katie Young
Debra Smith
Garret Mallory
Lisa McNeil
William Jannay
Patricia Jannay
Andrea McCarty
Mallory Weissel
Rebecca Buckley
Golden Eagle Films
Winner
Little One
7.9 (17)
Nick Waters
Tatjana Marjanovic
Mom on the phone
Pedro Rocha
Cheyanne Rocha
Sebastien Cipolla

Best Cinematography

Winner
Je l'aime alors je la quitte
8.3 (9)
Kevin Avedissian
IZpost
Alone Across the Arctic
7.1 (422)
Jeremy Benning
Martin Wojtunik
Mike Reid
Picturehausfilms
The First Step
Josh Flicker
Mom on the phone
Shihyun Wang
Crop Circle Chronicles - Messages in 2020 Crop Cirlces
Shihyun Wang
James Chen

Best Director

Winner
Jerry Keys
Circles
Aureus Pictures
Winners
Shihyun Wang
Paul Chan
Follow your heart
Winners
Chris Beyrooty
Logan Fields
Little One
C. Blake Evernden
Muse
Ham n Egger Studios
Paul Kelly
Bard Words
Alon Newman
Flushed
Newman

Best Director of the Festival

Winner
Hartley Abdekalimi
Empire

Best Drama - Short Category

Winner
You
Jess Carson
Where's My Mom?
Shihyun Wang

Best Horror - Short Category

Winner
Stay
5.0 (46)
Alex Arnold
Michael Southgate
Oscar Arnold
AKA Freelancing

Best Horror Film - Super Short Film Category

Winner
Bloody Geyser
John Maslowski

Best Long Short Narrative

Winner
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
George Leontakianakos
Cranberry
Bennett Lees
Miranda Allison
Laila Burgin

Best North American Experimental

Winner
Bard Words
Paul Kelly

Best Short Film

Winners
Simon Twu(Producer) (Actor) (Dancer) (Choreographer)
Jing qi Li(producer)
Mei Qi(director)
Taiki Nakamura(co-director)
Chen Jian(producer)
Winner
Little One
7.9 (17)
Logan Fields
Chris Beyrooty

Best Suspense/Thriller

Winner
Seeing Doppel
Francesco De Francesco
Diana De Francesco
Winner
Rationale
8.0 (9)
C. Blake Evernden
Ham n Egger Studios

Best Writer

Winner
The Seeker's Tale
Robert David Duncan
Fat Punk Productions
Winner
Fire on the Ridge
7.8 (13)
Nancy Hamilton
Golden Eagle Films
Winner
Mom on the phone
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Death Can't Take Me
9.1 (15)
Lee Page(director)
Envigor Media
The Seeker's Tale
Robert David Duncan
Fat Punk Productions
Homeless: Sam & Sally - The Movie
Tyrone Evans Clark(director) (executive producer) (art director) (writer) (actor) (editor) (theme music by)
Tyrone Evans Clark
Life in Taiwan 2020 as a retired job seeker
Shihyun Wang
James Chen
A tale of two cities - Hollywoods in my eyes
Shihyun Wang
The 911 Call
Gioia Jiles(writer)
With Me
George Nelson(Writer / Director / Producer)
Cranberry
Bennett Lees

Quarantine Category

Winner
Text Back
Super Roommates: Izzy's Vlog
Ivy Miller
Foolish Fox Films
Block Watch
8.9 (14)
Outtake Productions

Semi-Finalist for Best Drama in Short Film

Winner
July 15th
8.1 (9)
Kristian Comer

Super Short

Winner
Storia di Nina
Simonetta Sola(writer)
Simone Ciancotti Petrucci(director)

Super Short documentary

Winner
Millennial dreams
Shihyun Wang

Young Filmmaker

Winner
Distance Between
Dena Roland(writer)
Isa Phillips(actor)
Kim Basha(actor)

Best Cinematography International

The Glowing Swamp
Victor Oonk
Lifton Media

Best Director - Feature Category

Shihyun Wang
Understand Nostradamus and his Book of Prophecy

Best Documentary

Tumbling Towards Home
Imelda O'Reilly(director)
Faz In Ate Films
Theo - Je ne le haine
Peter Rajesh Joachim
PRJ Productions

Best Experimental

Broken Circle
Dicle Ozcer
Lotus Productions

Best Feature Film

Gatham
6.0 (1K)
Kiran Kondamadugula

Best Feature Writer

Understand Nostradamus and his Book of Prophecy
Shihyun Wang

Best Film

Empire
Hartley Abdekalimi(Director)
Death Can't Take Me
9.1 (15)
Lee Page(director)
Envigor Media

Best International Experimental

A Study on Behaviour, in Isolation

Best Poster

JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films
JW Richardson(poster design)
Grey Ghost Films

Best Quarantine Film

The Maroon Jumper
8.4 (17)
Philip Pugh

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Seeker's Tale
Robert David Duncan
Fat Punk Productions

Best Short Long Documentary

Crop Circle Chronicles - Messages in 2020 Crop Cirlces
Shihyun Wang

Best Short Student Film

Video Message
Matthew Tschirhart(director)

Best Student Film

Enfant Effrayé
Madeleine Aimée

Short Documentary

Coronavirus cure in Ancient Prophecies
Shihyun Wang
How to survive eviction Tsunami?
Shihyun Wang

Ultra Short Documentary

Meet the Star in one minute
Shihyun Wang

Ultra Short

Ultra Short

Road to Hell
Donal O'Dea
Remarkable Films

Short Film

Best Short Film

Ketchup
Brian Nestor

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