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Best Shorts Competition

2020s
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Award of Merit

Actor: Supporting

Winner
Grahame Edwards
Addiction

African American

Winner
Shut Up and Box
Leonard J. Moore II
Eric Campbell

Animation

Winner
Praise the Maker
3.4 (30)
Ashante P.T. Stokes
Serving the Peace
Winner
Mrs. Taylor's Show & Tell: A Prince Story
Victor Dean(Director)
Dylan Speeg(Animator)
Black Bull Entertainment
Winner
Orthogonal
Ollie Rankin
Winner
Two Different Kinds of Love
6.9 (16)
Alyce Vest

Asian

Winner
Chol
Nandini Bapat
Winner
Breaking the Silence
9.0 (1.7K)
Seayoon Jeong
Winner
Morgen: Tomorrow
Wisher Zhu(actor)
WindRider.vip

Best Actress

Winner
Kiko Wilson(Actress)
Aida
Last Light Pictures

Best Comedy

Winner
Lost Keys
Peter Sapira(writer/director)

Best Direction

Winner
Unborn
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(Director)
Winner
The Jersey Connection
9.1 (157)
Tim Firtion
Season 2, Episode 1 - "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Hush
9.1 (17)
Joseph McGovern
Constance Reshey
Joseph Fuoco
Christine J. Noble
Frank Formica

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Jeff Willy
Reveal
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Winner
Jeff Willy
Socially Distanced
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Winner
Daniel Olson
Winner
Andrew Golubic
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures
Winners
Armando DuBon Jr.
Edward C. Gillow
Reckoning
Winner
Leonard J. Moore II
Shut Up and Box
Winner
Daniel Olson
5

Best Leading Actress

Winner
Katarina Morhacova
Rendezvous
Winner
Chia Chen
Winner
Charlie Carr
The Squirrels in the Attic
Seapoint Studios
Winner
Chia Chen
5
Winner
Heidi Martin
Paz

Children/Family Programming

Winner
Magic Camera
Rodney S. Robinson

Christian

Winner
The Annunciation
5.1 (33)
WonChan Sohn(director)

Cinematography

Winner
Ingredients
5.1 (25)
Justin Black(cinematographer)
Winner
Die Einladung
7.2 (10)
Nicolas Mussell(director of photography)
Thorsten Schade Film
River
3.1 (45)
Emily Skye

Concept

Winner
Life Reflecting
Melissa Farris

Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising

Winner
Sanctum
Joud Alamri
Winner
Chol
Nandini Bapat

Direction

Winner
Trust Frank
Penny Moore
Blue Pen Productions
River
3.1 (45)
Emily Skye
Shewolf Films

Disability Issues

Winner
Brother's Keeper
Owen Squire Smith(Writer/Director/Producer)
Winner
Dead End Drive
7.7 (8)
Tobias Forrest
Eileen Grubba
Austin Basis
Alexander Yellen
Adam W. Karwowski
Winner
Dead End Drive
7.7 (8)
David Zimmerman(executive producer)
Charmed Productions Inc

Documentary

Winner
COVID Nurses
Gabriel Garton(director)

Documentary Short

Winner
El Último Bastión
Martin D. Guevara(director)
Bastian Films
Winner
Danyang
Bo Lin(director)
ZangMi Studio
Winner
Shot Down
Michael R. Mazur
Winner
Age of No Fear
Olga Slobodchikova
Winner
Curfew in NYC

Editing

Winner
Magic Camera
Brad Hoover
Rodney S. Robinson
Winner
Inn Communication
Skylar V. Smith
Team Rebelution Films

Ensemble Cast

Winner
A Good Shake
Poonam Basu
Heather Ludwig
Esther Mira
Gordon Meacham
Team Rebelution Films

Experimental

Winner
My Dear Anna
7.7 (19)
Panos Anestis
Winner
Oak
Dane Elcar

Film Short

Winner
Choices
Amir Jaffer(director)
Prana Pictures
Winner
Arrangement
5.3 (11)
Amir Jaffer(director)
Prana Pictures
Winner
Unborn
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(director)
Rashmi Rustagi(producer)
Winner
Project 444
6.6 (8)
Glenn McAllen-Finney
GM Finney Productions
Winner
Die Einladung
7.2 (10)
Thorsten Schade(director)
Thorsten Schade Film
Winner
Magic Camera
Rodney S. Robinson
Winner
Aleph
Joao Butoh(director)
Ogawa Butoh Center
Winner
A Good Shake
Lauren Campedelli(director)
Poonam Basu(executive producer)
Austin Dragovich(executive producer)
Esther Mira(executive producer)
Team Rebelution Films
Winner
Isolation
8.9 (23)
Justin MacGregor
Roguescots
All in One Productions
Winner
Practice
Kevin Murray
Winner
Breaking the Silence
9.0 (1.7K)
Seayoon Jeong
Winner
Shut Up and Box
Leonard J. Moore II
Eric Campbell
Winner
Weekend in the Forest
Micha Meyer
Timon Meyer
Mischa Müller
Christina Spaar
Gregory Reymont
Winner
Same Time Next Week
Gigi Burgdorf(director)
Winner
Trust Frank
Penny Moore
Blue Pen Productions
Winner
Life Reflecting
Melissa Farris
Winner
Morgen: Tomorrow
Wisher Zhu(director)
WindRider.vip
Winner
Divorce During Pandemic
James Carey
Winner
My Followers
Mayk Azzato

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Red
Frances Wilkerson(director)
Winner
Rosa
Frances Wilkerson(director)
Winner
Boy on the Moon
Winner
Boy on the Moon

Filmmakers 17 and Younger

Winner
Maybe
8.2 (11)
Alexis Rosinsky
StellaLuna Films
Winner
Boy on the Moon

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Valle del Silicio
Vince Williams
James Michael Douglas
Noah Amedick

Leading Actor

Winner
Puneet
Choices
Prana Pictures
Winner
Matthew Dennis Lewis(actor)
Sins Unveiled
Dapper Penguin Entertainment
Winner
Anders Lidin Hansen
Let Me In
Winner
Dan Brennan
The Audition
Trajectory Films
Winner
Dan Brennan
The Audition
Trajectory Films
Winner
Michael Todorovic(actor)
Never Forgotten
Winner
C.L. Rivera
Salsero in Purgatory
107 Street Productions

Leading Actress

Winner
Jackie Dallas
Choices
Prana Pictures
Winner
Ivy Tobin
My Life as a Doormat
Winner
Lauren Rivas(actor)
Deathyard
The Haunted Farm
Mary Cameron Rogers
River
Shewolf Films

Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Winner
Ally3000
Giovannie Espiritu
Winner
Viral
Kevin Welbeck
FireSpark Pictures
Winner
Breaking the Silence
9.0 (1.7K)
Seayoon Jeong

Movie Trailer

Winner
To Kill a Cop
Michael Monteiro
Winner
The McHenry Trial - Don't Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie
8.9 (13)
Ken Sagoes(Director)

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
Water Baby
Katherine McRae(writer/director)

On-Camera Talent

Winner
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez

Original Score

Winner
My Dear Anna
7.7 (19)
Dimos Stathoulis
Winner
Ms. Anita
Andrew Asemokai

Public Service Programming / PSA (Student)

Winner
Remember This
Sonia Bajaj

Script/Writer

Winner
Ally3000
Giovannie Espiritu
Winner
The Jersey Connection
9.1 (157)
Tim Firtion
Season 2, Episode 1 - "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"

Short Film

Winner
So, What Do You Think?
5.2 (12)
Karen Tusa
Jeffrey Eyamie
Winner
Intergalactic Chronicles
Jeff Willy
Kenneth Castillo
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Winner
Les Monstres
Leslie Carles(director/producer)
Gwendal Audrain(writer/producer)
Samuel Vergnaud(Make up/executive producer)
Winner
Luca and Iso
Ed Cali
Winner
Etah Semirc
Ingrid Jordan(producer)
Faith Over Fear Productions
Winner
Dismal & Himself
Zach Larche(Director)
Robert Camron Lannom(Actor)
Micah Pace(Key Grip)
Stephanie Larche(Composer)
Zero Limits Cinema
Winner
The Audition
Joe Benedetto(Director)
Trajectory Films
Winner
The Audition
Joe Benedetto(Director)
Trajectory Films
Winner
Never Forgotten
Michael Todorovic(director) (producer) (writer)
Winner
I, Woman
Hana Noka
Sandu Negrea
Winner
Pastiche
8.7 (16)
Hemant Makker
Sullivan McGuffin
Sidd Makker
Shivaan Makker
Pastiche Fiilms
River
3.1 (45)
Emily Skye
Neena Puri
Debra Tomarin
Mary Cameron Rogers
Alexandra Rose Frazier
Shewolf Films

Sound: Overall Impact

Winner
Weekend in the Forest
Micha Meyer
Timon Meyer
Mischa Müller
Christina Spaar
Gregory Reymont

Supporting Actor

Winner
Scott Janes
Pepper: Ricochet
The Pepper Project Pilot.
Winner
Sidney Williams
Pepper: Ricochet
The Pepper Project Pilot.
Winner
Armando DuBon Jr.
Paz

Supporting Actress

Winner
Georgina Elizabeth Okon(Shining Light Pictures)
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures
Alexandra Rose Frazier
River
Shewolf Films
Georgina Elizabeth Okon
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Click Next to Continue
8.4 (7)
Abdul Stone Jackson(director)
Christopher Kelley(production designer)
Eddie S. Diaz(producer)
Catherine Corcoran(actress)
Manni L. Perez(actress)
Madia Hill Scott(actress)
Nicole Tio(actress)
Jaleesa Capri(actress)
Lidiane Fernandes(actress)
Levin Valayil(actor)
Steve Gigantino(executive producer)
Zack Sainz(director of photography)
Pamela Kramer(co-producer)
Jason Demmon(engineer/mixer)
David Kim(Media Manager)
Sajbeena Lama(makeup artist)
Roshana Delwala(Special Effects Supervisor)
Mb X. McClain(Special Effects Artist)
Betsy Ajesh Thomas(Visual Effects Artist)
Betsy Varghese(Visual Effects Artist)
The Storyteller Corporation
Winner
My Life as a Doormat
Ivy Tobin(writer)

Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value

Winner
Shut Up and Box
Leonard J. Moore II
Eric Campbell

Web Series

Winner
Socially Distanced
6.4 (143)
Jeff Willy
Kirsten Trammell
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Winner
Second to None
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez
Winner
Where Are They Now?
Meredith Vivian
Meghan Maddigan
David Towne
Winner
Going Both Ways
Adam Stone(writer)
Todd Stone(writer)

Webisode

Winner
The Jersey Connection
9.1 (157)
Tim Firtion
Season 2, Episode 1 - "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"

Webisode/Internet Programming

Winner
FabUless
Victor Albaum(Created by/Written by/Executive Producer)

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Sapphire
Rosa Nichols(director)
Nickel Road Productions
Picto Films
Winner
Class Photo
Laura Niles(Director/Writer/Editor)
Winner
The Agent
Marie Noelle Marquis(writer/director/producer)
Entity Media Entertainment
Winner
Ally3000
Giovannie Espiritu
Winner
Anima
9.1 (11)
Pany Konstantinidou
Winner
Remember This
Sonia Bajaj
Winner
The Squirrels in the Attic
Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
Seapoint Studios
Winner
A Good Shake
Lauren Campedelli(director)
Poonam Basu(executive producer)
Esther Mira(executive producer)
Team Rebelution Films
Winner
Sunday
Joud Alamri
Winner
Guru Taxi
Joud Alamri
Winner
Breaking the Silence
9.0 (1.7K)
Seayoon Jeong
Winner
Same Time Next Week
Gigi Burgdorf(director)
Winner
I am Chuma
Wendy Spinks(director/producer)
Clea Mallinson(Director)
Zeropoint Studios
Winner
Trust Frank
Penny Moore
Blue Pen Productions
Winner
Gastropod
Allison Bergman(Director)
Gastropod Productions
Winner
Curfew in NYC
Patrícia Vasconcellos(Women Filmmakers, Writer / Director)
No Gyroscope
Fella Cederbaum(director)
No Gyroscope
Fella Cederbaum(director)

Winner
Etah Semirc
David D. Haynes II
Winner
Salsero in Purgatory
Antonio De La Cruz
107 Street Productions
Winner
Hurtcore
Jeff Paquet(director)
Luke Thompson(producer)
Macy Minear(actor)
Yana Sheuko(actor)
Sasha Prince(actor)
Spencer Vaughn Kelly(actor)
Kaleb Anthony(actor)
Winner
The Dark Places
Tommy G. Kendrick
LeAnn Morris
Bethany Becker

Awards of Excellence

Film Short

Winner
Another Life
Victor Warren
Glydascope

Leading Actor

Winner
Victor Warren
Another Life
Glydascope

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Dr. Apples: The Journey
Lacye A Brown

Short Film

The Nothing
Alex Armando Torres(director)
Arawak Films

Award of Excellence

Actor Leading

Winner
Rick Shapiro(Dick Shapora)
Class Photo
Winner
Michael Pemberton
Pepper: Ricochet
The Pepper Project Pilot.
Winner
Peter Greene
The Jersey Connection
Season 2, Episode 1 - "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"
Winner
Shawn Lawrence
The Last of Ian Campbell
Deelen with Trouble
Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Stones of Rome
Samizdat X Productions

Actor Supporting

Winner
Duncan Armstrong(actor)
The Last Man on Earth

Actress Leading

Winner
Robin McDonald
Smoking Wet
Winner
Caris Vujcec
Pepper: Ricochet
The Pepper Project Pilot.

Actress Supporting

Winner
Amanda Lamberti
Jane Doe
Pike Bros. Productions
Paul Kampf Studios
Winner
Shawn Lockie
Life...
Camazan Group

African American

Winner
Grandpa's Hands
Darren Colston(Writer/Director/Producer)
Black Square Productions

Animation

Winner
Daisy
Tom Weston
Tom-Weston media
Winner
Planet Blue: Journey to Eco
9.3 (302)
Victoria Lauren
Mike Halsey
Rickey Boyd
Luke Drewell
Arrow Sky Studios

Best Asian Film

Winner
Name Crew: Tiny Toones
Arestia Rosenberg
Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (220)
Deepak Reddy

Best Direction

Winner
People Show 138: Last Day
Gareth Brierley
Show People
Winner
This Is how I Lost My Virginity
Claire Chubbuck
It's Personal Productions
Winner
The Garage
Dan McMellen
TenKan Media
PV Productions

Best Experimental Short

Winner
The Insomnia Plague
Leonardo Aranguibel(director)

Best Short

Winner
One Actor Short
Yuval David(director)
Yuval David
Winner
Rise of Odin's 9
7.2 (22)
Lance Kawas
Winner
Mother's Day Memories
8.7 (6)
Matthew Michael Ross(director/writer/editor)
Bill Hoversten(writer/producer/lead actor)
Jody Jaress(lead actor)
Conrad Bachmann(actor)
Kat Kramer(actress)
Aon Films
Winner
The Echo Worlds
Travis Misenti(director)
Winner
Ali's Realm
9.5 (12)

Best Short Film

Winner
Smoking Wet
Michael Hilf
Winner
N'Everest
9.0 (6)
Amy Buchwald(executive producer)
Danny Woodburn(director/producer)
Prismatic, a film company
Winner
The Show People
Winner
Gareth Brierley
The Show People
Winner
The Show People
Winner
Gareth Brierley
The Show People
Winner
Half-Light
Martina Savoca-Guay
Winner
The Last of Ian Campbell
Courtney Deelen
Deelen with Trouble
Mother's Day Memories
8.7 (6)
Matthew Michael Ross(director/writer/editor)
Bill Hoversten(writer/producer/lead actor)
Jody Jaress(lead actress)
Conrad Bachmann(actor)
Kat Kramer(actress)
Aon Films

Children/Family Programming

Winner
Monkey & Cat
Artie Romero(director)
Sheree' Morris(executive producer)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Winner
Daisy
Tom Weston
Tom-Weston media
Winner
Jaadoo (The Magic)
Shoorveer Tyagi
Winner
Jaadoo (The Magic)
Shoorveer Tyagi

Cinematography

Winner
Deathyard
Daniel Ballard(director)
Taylor Hellhake(director)
The Haunted Farm

Cinematography (Nature, environment, wildlife)

Winner
Unseen Australia
Chris Tangey

Comedy Program / Series

Winner
Monkey & Cat
Artie Romero(director)
Sheree' Morris(executive producer)
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Commercial / Infomercial

Winner
8102 ARIM
Brice Blanloeil

Creativity/Originality

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (220)
Deepak Reddy

Directing

Winner
Smoking Wet
Michael Hilf

Direction

Winner
Final Moments
Dax Phelan
Winner
A Margem
Rodrigo Tavares(director)
Teatraço
Trio St
Winner
One Actor Short
Yuval David(director)
Yuval David
Winner
Pepper: Ricochet
Caris Vujcec
The Pepper Project Pilot.
Winner
Dimmi chi sono
Luca Caserta(Director)
Nuove Officine Cinematografiche
Winner
The Echo Worlds
Travis Misenti(director)
Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (220)
Deepak Reddy

Disability Issues

Winner
The Last Man on Earth
7.1 (10)
April Phillips(writer/director)
Winner
Mother's Day Memories
8.7 (6)
Matthew Michael Ross(director/writer/editor)
Bill Hoversten(writer/producer/lead actor)
Jody Jaress(lead actress)
Conrad Bachmann(actor)
Kat Kramer(actress)
Aon Films
Mother's Day Memories
8.7 (6)
Matthew Michael Ross(director/writer/editor)
Bill Hoversten(writer/producer/lead actor)
Jody Jaress(lead actress)
Conrad Bachmann(actor)
Kat Kramer(actress)
Aon Films

Documentary Short

Winner
Water Baby
Katherine McRae(writer/director)
Winner
Name Crew: Tiny Toones
Arestia Rosenberg
Winner
Bobcats On Three
7.8 (7)
Alison Taupier
Flat-Out Films
Winner
12th Street
9.2 (19)
Gregory W. Lovett
Matthijs Heesemans
Image Essays
Heesemans.nl

Documentary Short Film

Winner
Bobcats On Three
7.8 (7)
Alison Taupier

Experimental

Winner
Je ne regrette rien
Clare Cahill
Fiona Bavinton

Film Short

Winner
Sawa
Harinarayan Rajeev
Neo Panthera Films

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Paz
Heidi Martin

Jewish

Winner
Alina
7.9 (138)
Nora Mariana Salim(writer/producer)
Rami Kodeih(director)

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Paz
Heidi Martin
Winner
Paz
Armando DuBon Jr.

Leading Actor

Winner
Shane Bartle(actor)
The Last Man on Earth
Winner
Tommy Snider(Actor)
Be Still

Leading Actress

Winner
Greer Phillips(actress)
The Last Man on Earth
Winner
Lúcia Moniz
Thirty Minutes
Winner
Luisa Ortigoso(actress)
A Margem
Teatraço
Trio St
Winner
Sofia D'Marco
This Is how I Lost My Virginity
It's Personal Productions

Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Winner
What If
Noah Berlow

Movie Trailer

Winner
Expedition Sierra

Music Video

Winner
The War
William De Vital
Sergei Zhdanovich
Solomon Films Production

Narration / Voice-Over Talent

Winner
Daisy
Tony Impieri

Original Score

Winner
The Color of Red
10 (5)
C.G. Ryche(composer)
Kurt Tong(producer)
C.G. Ryche Films
Winner
Pentimento
Andy Scott(composer)
Winner
Je ne regrette rien
Fiona Bavinton

Public Service Programming / PSA

Winner
Final Moments
Eric M. Klein
Dax Phelan

Script/Writing

Winner
Smoking Wet
Michael Hilf
Robin McDonald
Winner
The Body
8.0 (6)
Adam Weber

Short Film

Winner
The Keeper
9.0 (30)
Bob Celli
Laura DeLano
DelanoCelli Productions
Winner
Jane Doe
Brett Rickaby
Pike Bros. Productions
Paul Kampf Studios
Winner
Thirty Minutes
Claire Elizabeth Terry
Winner
Be Still
Tommy Snider(writer)
Winner
The Day of Atonement
Jason Chao
7 Point 5 Films
Winner
Cherry Swamp Road
Josh Cummins(director)
Winner
Grandpa's Hands
Darren Colston(Writer/Director/Producer)
Black Square Productions
Winner
People Show 138: Last Day
Gareth Brierley
Tyrone Huggins
Fiona Creese
Maya Willcocks
Show People
Winner
Corrupt
Michael Ellis
Michael Ellis Films
Winner
Sweetie Pie
Mary Clare Plaschke(Director)

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Little Diva Rising
8.8 (8)
Les Zig(director)
Maria Tevelis(producer)
Vicky Wanless(producer)
Tony Nicholas(producer)
Lemato Films
Winner
NOC - Non-Official Cover
Ian Voglesong(director)
Winner
Rubber Room
Dugan Bridges

Webisode

Winner
The Perfect Date
Sonia Bajaj

Webseries

Winner
Running Lines
Tim Werenko(director)
Winner
Get Lost in Colombia
Melanie de Klerk(director)
Sophie Lui(director)
Ron Coldham(director)
Get Lost Productions

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Thirty Minutes
Claire Elizabeth Terry
Winner
Pepper: Ricochet
Caris Vujcec
The Pepper Project Pilot.
Winner
Super Cool
Marina Potapova(director)
Winner
The Last of Ian Campbell
Courtney Deelen
Deelen with Trouble
Winner
Obdurate
Cynthia Crofoot
Jim Morrison IV
Steve Lindsay
Angela Barbosa
Josh Henderson
Bruno S. Lyra
Jamie Ruben
Bar Kirshon
Victor On
Kalvin Mallari
Andrew Jackson
Diane Johnstone

Winner
Oakdale 1959
Josh Garvin
Winner
Jumper
Ayman Samman
Aymanation
Winner
Life & Larry Brown
Scott D. Rosenbaum
Emmett James
Red Hawk Films

Humanitarian

Humanitarian Honorable Mention

Winner
Sins Unveiled
Matthew Dennis Lewis(Writer, Actor, Executive Producer)
Jacob Zetino(executive producer)
David Liehn(co-director)
Joe Laporte(co-director)
Dapper Penguin Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement

Winner
The Last Man on Earth
7.1 (10)
April Phillips

Award of Recognition

Actor Leading

Winner
Reggie Gaskins(Actor)
Seen Already
Winner
Jon-Mark Hurley(actor)
The Germaphobe's Guide
Winner
Emre Orun(actor)
Battle
Winner
Ali Ahmed
Identity Theft

Actor Supporting

Winner
Derek Ocampo(Supporting Actor)
Seen Already

Actress: Leading

Winner
Nikki Estridge(actress)
Don't Make it Awkward

African American

Winner
Girl in the Mirror
Greg L. Hines(director)
Vernae Taylor(Actress)
Sound Mind Films
"Girl In The Mirror" By Mk836

Asian

Winner
Dark Circle
Ritendra Datta(director)
Short Cut Productions
Winner
The fight is on - Vaccine against virus
Shihyun Wang
Paul Chan
Winner
China's most beautiful poems
Shihyun Wang

Best Direction

Winner
Hush
9.1 (17)
Joseph McGovern

Best Editing

Winner
Hush
9.1 (17)
Joseph McGovern

Children/Family Programming

Winner
Grandpa Gene
Alisa Robinson

Cinematography

Winner
Lament for a Wednesday
Adam Gilmore

Commercial / Informercial

Winner
The Eyes of Perfection (web ad)
Freddy Moyano(Director/Sound Design/Producer)
Moyano Lingua Consulting and Productions

Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising

Winner
Hush
9.1 (17)
Joseph McGovern
Constance Reshey
Joseph Fuoco
Christine J. Noble
Frank Formica

Direction

Winner
At Any Moment
Victor Dean
Blackhall Entertainment
Winner
At Any Moment
Victor Dean
Black Bull Entertainment
Winner
The Masked 4
Richeler Aladin
Winner
Clones
Rafael Cortes
Inventor Films
Winner
I s o l a t i o n
Carlos E. Pacheco(director)

Documentary Short

Winner
At Any Moment
Victor Dean
Blackhall Entertainment
Winner
At Any Moment
Victor Dean
Black Bull Entertainment
Winner
Typography Through Time
Rodney Roldan
Winner
I s o l a t i o n
Carlos E. Pacheco(director)
Rise
Hannah Byrd
Blooming Lettuce Productions

Educational / Instructional / Training

Winner
Remembering Private Quagliano
Rodney Roldan
Winner
Second to None
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez
Winner
The Selfie Project
Barbara Holstein

Experimental

Winner
Gargantua vs. the Robot
Kevin Veatch(director)
Winner
Chatter
Ken Holmes(Writer / Director / Producer)
Audrey Seybold(Actress/Director/Writer/ Producer)
Rain & Neon Productions
Winners
Trials of Volkore (part 4)
Journey of Three Worlds - THE RE-TAKE
Coreetta Buchan(director)
Buchanproductions
Winner
Altered Mind of 20-20
Elia Cmiral
Alexandr Smutný
Soundsgate
Forte Muzika Studios

Film Short

Winner
A Deliberate Bitch
Albert 'Dat Tim' Johnson(director/editor)
Marcia Dorsey(writer)
Kevin Cheatham(actor/stunts)
Denise Thompson(actress)
Carstil Dasilva(actress)
Paris Smith(actress)
Frank R. Wilson(actor)
Winner
Life to Live
Stefani Whiteside
David Earl Waterman
Amanda K. Wall
Sheryl Jean Rindel
Maxwell Mushallo
Kaz Will
Nail Ramazanov
Ulyana Damanava
Diana Bezy
Sunni Bezy
Nicaise Onyike
Serge Kilton
LeRome Ball
Rohan Allen
Bill Herndon
Dave Roth
David L. Rivera
Rich Ahee
Marcos Butron Jr.
Allen Miller
Winner
Shift
10 (6)
Aishwarya Sonar
Shira Alon
Winner
Newborn
Abraham Chen(director)
Tori Kotsen(producer)
Winner
Lament for a Wednesday
Adam Gilmore
Jacob McCullough
Winner
Dark Circle
Ritendra Datta(director)
Winner
The Traffic Stop
Johnny Ray Campbell
Winner
The Processed
Joshua Sowden
Winner
Inn Communication
Esther Mira(executive producer, director, co-writer, actress)
Jasmine Akakpo(producer)
Max Calder(producer)
Jessica Connel(producer)
Gordon Meacham(producer)
Yana Moskalova(associate producer)
Team Rebelution Films
Winner
Assassinators: Retribution
Winner
Rotting Love
Dave Reda
Elftwin Films
Winner
Aborted Traffick
Bea W. Bliss
Brian D. Moody
Winner
The Last Wooden Shop
William Samson
Winner
La Schema
Alex Bowling(Director)
Stephen Byrum(Director)
Winner
Skidoo Ruins
Craig Calman
ccvisions

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Unearth
Max R. Zabell(director)
Winner
Father Daughter
Sophia Costanzo(director)
Winner
Farkasok
Emese Liliom

History/Biography

Winner
Marilyn
Shihyun Wang

Humor/Humorist

Winner
The Germaphobe's Guide

LGBT

Winner
Piss Off
Henry Baker(director)

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez
Winner
The Astronaut- Version 2
Antonio De La Cruz
107 Street Productions

Latin/Hispanic (Student)

Winner
Father Daughter
Sophia Costanzo

Lead Actress

Winner
Jenness Rouse
The Shannon O'Brian Chronicles
Rising Monarch Productions

Leading Actor

Winners
Vigo Fan
Shihyun Wang
Soldiers from the past

Leading Actress

Winner
Ginger Britt Daniels
Bottled Up
Winner
Sawyer Amadeus
Last Vacation
And a Hook Shot
Winner
Archali Killekar
Jaadoo (The Magic)
Winner
Brooke Lewis Bellas
Rotting Love

Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Winner
The Shakedown
9.4 (8)
Randy Brown
Winner
F.T.P.
Matthew Cassani

Mobile / Cell Phone Media

Winner
Chatter
Ken Holmes(Writer /Director /Producer)
Audrey Seybold(Actress/Director/Writer/ Producer)
Rain & Neon Productions

Mockumentary

Winner
Unstoppable
Joud Alamri

Movie Trailer

Winner
AnoMiC
Hugo Teugels(director)
TVP services Video Art Productions
Winner
Broken Biscuits
Steven J.R. Lawson(director)

Music Video

Winner
AnoMiC
Hugo Teugels(producer)
TVP services Video Art Productions
Winner
Requiem
Emi Katayama
Newborndreamer Films
Winner
Girl in the Mirror
Greg L. Hines(director)
Vernae Taylor(Actress)
Sound Mind Films
"Girl In The Mirror" By Mk836

Narration/Voice-Over Talent

Winner
Coin Conjuring
Francis Jacobson(Narrator)

Public Service Programming / PSA

Winner
Good Food Bucks: Double Fresh
Lawrence R. Greenberg(director)
Marti Davis(producer)
Jasmine Mareano(executive producer)
Poni TV
Blue Ribbon Productions
City Green

Script / Writer

Winner
Gargantua vs. the Robot
Birke Duncan(writer)
Jim McNamara(writer)
Winner
Gastropod
Marcelle Sirkus(Screenplay)
Gastropod Productions

Short Film

Winner
Seen Already
Arthur Joseph(Director)
Acct Tv
Winner
Not Your Average Bear
Simon Longmore(actor)
Winner
The Masked 4
Richeler Aladin
Winner
Ms. Anita
Richeler Aladin
Winner
Don't Make it Awkward
Nikki Estridge(director)
Winner
Project EVIE: Initiated
William Samson
Winner
Empty Shelf
Winner
Man on the Tower
Karl Shefelman
Winner
oMo
Carlos Arco
Peter Brensinger
Winner
Wave
Maja Lakomy

Special Effects

Winner
Rocket Man and the Phantom Baron
Wade Chitwood
Hoplight Productions

Special Effects Animation

Winner
Rocket Man and the Phantom Baron
Wade Chitwood
Hoplight Productions

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Introductions - Finding Out - Choice
Eduardo Ramirez(Director)
RoyalEgg Media

Television - Program / Series

Winner
Typography Through Time
Rodney Roldan

Television - Program Series, Documentary Program / Series

Winner
Second to None
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez

Television Pilot Program/Series

Winner
Rocket Man and the Phantom Baron
Wade Chitwood
Hoplight Productions

Television Program Series

Winner
Human Spectrum

Use of Film/Video for Social Change

Winner
Invisible
Cali Gilbert

Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational

Winner
Praise the Maker
3.4 (30)
Ashante P.T. Stokes
Serving the Peace

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Gargantua vs. the Robot
Kevin Veatch(director)
Sara Mossman(executive producer)
Winner
SPECIAL EPISODE: "TIK-Tok'N: SINK DA MAYO!"
Jenness Rouse
Rising Monarch Productions

Webisode

Winner
Ep. 19: "Beers 'N Masks"
Jenness Rouse
Rising Monarch Productions

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Rocking on Air
Kim Tran
Winner
Carmen Lamar Gonzalez
Winner
1.17
Emi Katayama
Newborndreamer Films
Winner
Inn Communication
Esther Mira
Team Rebelution Films
Winner
Aborted Traffick
Bea W. Bliss
Winner
La Schema
Alex Bowling(Director)
Rise
Hannah Byrd
Blooming Lettuce Productions

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
The Meeting Spot
Tobin Cleary

Winner
The Shakedown
9.4 (8)
Randy Brown
Winner
Lovie Johnson(director)

Award of Merit Special Mention

Actor: Leading

Winner
Bob Celli
The Keeper
DelanoCelli Productions
Winner
Ed Cali
Luca and Iso
Winner
Alex Arnold
Stay
AKA Freelancing
Winner
Slava Babenkov(actor)
Immigrant Holdem
Black Cat FilmGang
Winner
Daniel Maslany(actor)
Ingredients
Winner
Benton Jennings(actor)
The Annunciation

Actor: Supporting

Winner
Beto Coville(actor)
A Margem
Teatraço
Trio St
Winner
Michael Southgate
Stay
AKA Freelancing

Actress, Leading (Student)

Winner
Sarah Sawyer
I'm Sorry, I Love You.

Actress: Leading

Winner
Betsy Adkins Johnson
The Keeper
DelanoCelli Productions
Winner
Paola Deocampo
Jane Doe
Pike Bros. Productions
Paul Kampf Studios
Winner
Eileen Li(actress)
Ingredients
Winner
Stacy Ann Rose
Life...
Camazan Group
Winner
Tanja Fleth Boenke(actress)
Louise & Louise
46 Films
Winner
Olivia Hardin(Actress)
Broken Toys

Award of Merit

Winner
Dehlight
Indresh Singh
Rishabh Nayan
Simla Sooboodoo
Nikita Goyal
Dhruv Kumar

Best Cinematography

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

Christian Film

Winner
The Love of Jesus
Holger Klussmann
Winner
Katie Garibaldi: Safe and Warm (Lullaby for Jesus)
Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter/Producer)

Direction

Winner
The Color of Red
10 (5)
C.G. Ryche(director)
Kurt Tong(producer)
C.G. Ryche Films
Winner
Stay
5.0 (45)
Alex Arnold
AKA Freelancing
Winner
Ingredients
5.1 (25)
Hannah Michielsen(director)
Willows & Windmills Productions

Disability Issues

Winner
Winner
Faithfully
Kirstin Pfeiffer
Pearl of the Day Productions
Winner
Noisy - Cedric Hill

Documentary Short

Winner
Ephemeral
Kelly Bakos
FauneVoyage Films & Media

Editing

Winner
Stay
5.0 (45)
Alex Arnold
Oscar Arnold
Michael Southgate
AKA Freelancing

Film Short

Winner
The Color of Red
10 (5)
C.G. Ryche(director)
Kurt Tong(producer)
Ashlie Garrett(actor)
Yoyo Xu(actor)
Angela Tian(actor)
Gloria John(actor)
Emily Lu(actor)
Gary Zhang(actor)
Tiany Jin(actor)
Maura Lewis(actor)
Ella Noel(actor)
Sarah Ullerich(actor)
Jessie Xu(actor)
C.G. Ryche Films
Winner
A Ride to Heaven
Sonia Bajaj
Winner
Stay
5.0 (45)
Alex Arnold
Michael Southgate
Oscar Arnold
AKA Freelancing
Winner
Flush Lou
Madison Leonard(writer/director)
Winner
Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions
Winner
Broken Toys
Dylan Gary(writer/director)
Three Umbrella Films
Winner
The McHenry Trial - Don't Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie
8.9 (13)
Ken Sagoes(Director)

LGBT

Winner
Reveal
7.9 (562)
Jeff Willy
Fourth Wall Entertainment
Winner
Show Me Yours
Kevin McCloskey(director)
Winner
Sins Unveiled
Jacob Zetino(producer)
Joe Laporte(director)
David Liehn(director)
Matthew Dennis Lewis(writer)
Dapper Penguin Entertainment
Winner
O amor é agora a poeira das estrelas de ontem...
Mario Abbade
Abbade Entretenimento

Music Video

Winner
Katie Garibaldi: Safe and Warm (Lullaby for Jesus)
Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter/Producer)

Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Winner
Ephemeral
Kelly Bakos
FauneVoyage Films & Media

Original Score

Winner
Oak
Coarses

Post-Production Overall

Winner
Project 444
6.6 (8)
Glenn McAllen-Finney
GM Finney Productions

Religion / Ethics

Winner
The Love of Jesus
Holger Klussmann

Script / Writer

Winner
Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions

Short Film

Winner
Ingredients
5.1 (25)
Hannah Michielsen(executive producer)
Jennifer Haufler(producer)
Katalina Kovecses(Producer)
Willows & Windmills Productions
Lacuna Productions
Winner
Fugitive Zero
Joe Lam
Shining Light Pictures
Winner
Louise & Louise
Danny Thykær(director)
46 Films
Winner
Who Won the War
10 (9)
Francesca Di Marco(director)

TV Pilot Program and Series

Winner
Reveal
7.9 (562)
Jeff Willy
Fourth Wall Entertainment
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
Oddly Popular
Fred Gallo

Women Filmmakers

Winner
A Ride to Heaven
Sonia Bajaj
Winner
Marny's Gift
Taneka Maxwell
Pink Maxwell Productions
Winner
Life...
Mirlande Amazan(Writer, Producer, Director)
Camazan Group

Women Filmmakers (Student)

Winner
I'm Sorry, I Love You.
Elizabeth Archer
Sarah Sawyer

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Animation Short

Winner
Matches
7.5 (15)
Géza M. Tóth(director)
KEDD Animation Studio

Best Shorts Winner

Winner
Dark Matter
Brian Thomas(director)
Brian Rubiano(Producer)
Johnny Tsang(Cinematographer)
Desmond Richardson(Actor)
SpinKick Pictures
Winner
The Garage
Julie Berke
Chris Vincent
Jay Lay
Dan McMellen
Ayelet Junger
Jeffrey Kaplan
TenKan Media
PV Productions

Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising

Winner
Corrupt
Michael Ellis

Disability Issues

Winner
The Last Man on Earth
7.1 (10)
April Phillips(writer/director)

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Celtic Cross
Jeremy Theobald
Peter McGlynn
Robin Zerbe
Wes Johnson
Adrienne Nelson
Cait Kelley
Jimmy Bopp
Mary Suib
Michael Gabel
Matt Vance
Kyanite Films

Film Short

Winner
Celtic Cross
Jack Gorman
Kyanite Films
Winner
Pentimento
Benjamin O'Donnell(director)
Paul Sullivan(producer)
Benchmark Films
Winner
Alina
7.9 (138)
Nora Mariana Salim(writer/producer)
Rami Kodeih(director)
Winner
Obdurate
Cynthia Crofoot
Jim Morrison IV
Steve Lindsay
Angela Barbosa
Josh Henderson
Victor On
Bruno S. Lyra
Bar Kirshon
Diane Johnstone
Andrew Jackson
Kalvin Mallari
Jamie Ruben

Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Winner
Dimmi chi sono
Luca Caserta(Director)
Nuove Officine Cinematografiche

Webisode

Winner
Pepper: Ricochet
Caris Vujcec
The Pepper Project Pilot.

Women Filmmakers

Winner
The Last Man on Earth
7.1 (10)
April Phillips

Best Shorts Competition

Award of Excellence

Winner
Les Chroniques de Gliwensbourg
Emilie Tommasi(writer/director)
Association Actio

Award of Merit

Winner
I am Chuma
Pascale Neuschäfer

Best Director

Winner
Yuval David(director)
One Actor Short
Yuval David

Best Family Programming

Winner
Jingle Trails
Lisa Malcolm
Jax Malcolm
Neil D'Monte
KAP Productions
Winner
Jingle Trails
Lisa Malcolm
Jax Malcolm
Neil D'Monte
Jason K. Allen
KAP Productions

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Jax Malcolm
Jingle Trails
KAP Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
One Actor Short
Yuval David(director)
Yuval David
Winner
Blue Fantasy
Simon Twu(Producer) (Actor) (Dancer) (Choreographer)
Jing qi Li(producer)
Mei Qi(director)
Taiki Nakamura(co-director)
Chen Jian(producer)
Winner
Looking Glass
Joslyn Rose Lyons
Best Short Film

Best Short Narrative

Winner
Like Daughter, Like Mother

Best actor

Winner
Leon M. Brown
The Day of Atonement
Andy Magro
Rain Man Parody

Women Filmmakers

Winner
MO
Maria Katre
Shawn Pipkin
Jackie Ho
9 Lives: Chapter One
Gabrielle Miller

Outstanding Achievement

Film Short

Winner
Final Moments
Eric M. Klein
Dax Phelan

Honourable Mention

Best Music Video

Winners
William De Vital(Director, Lyric's Autor, Producer)
Sergei Zhdanovich(Producer, Composer, Editor)
Larisa De Vital(Singer, Actress)
Solomon Films Production

Winner
Super Cool
Marina Potapova(director)

Best Short

The Last Stub Master
Jonathan Gill
Bad Orange Entertainment

Humanitarian Award

Award of Distinction

Winner
Dimmi chi sono
Luca Caserta(Director)
Nuove Officine Cinematografiche

Award of Distinction

Humanitarian Awards

Winner
Obdurate
Cynthia Crofoot
Jim Morrison IV
Steve Lindsay
Angela Barbosa
Josh Henderson
Diane Johnstone
Andrew Jackson
Bar Kirshon
Jamie Ruben
Victor On
Kalvin Mallari
Bruno S. Lyra

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