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Best Shorts Competition

2020s
2010s

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Award of Merit

Actor: Leading

Winner
Robert Desanti
The Epilogue of Gregory Archambault
Winner
James C. Stewart
I'm Okay...

Actor: Leading (Student)

Winner
Jephthe Beljour
In Other News

Actress: Supporting

Winner
Elaine Diner
Here Is Where the Monsters Live

African American

Winner
The Jubilee Cake
Wayne A. Hazle
Winner
It's Time!
Amanda Hanna-McLeer
Wyonna Rutledge

African American (Student)

Winner
In Other News
Ivan D. Ossa

Animation

Winner
Keep Painting, Mom
Héloïse Magny
Digital Griffix

Asian

Winner
This Day That Year
Ritendra Datta(director)
Short Cut Productions
Winner
Kung Fu Grandma
Kadi Tsang
Art Avenue Productions

Award Of Merit

Winner
Two Different Kinds of Love
6.8 (15)
Alyce Vest
Winner
They Won't Remember You
Mohamad Yaraghi

Award of Merit

Winner
Zion
Dmitriy Arbatov
Winner
Beautiful Violence
9.2 (11)
Joey Medina
Bronx Boy Entertainment
Winner
Trafficked
Doug Stroup
Make it Clear Studio
Winner
Gods Guilty Conscience the Directors Cut
Denis Crampton
Three In One Pictures

Awareness Raising

Winner
800 001
Brit Landa(Director)
Halfdan Hallseth(Cinematographer)
Jhosimar Vasquez(Co-executive producer)
Landa-Entertainment
Fjord Productions
Vasquez Films

Best Actress

Winner
Shira Alon(actress)
Through Her Glasses
ASAProductions

Best Animation

Winner
The World's Greatest Home
5.4 (7)
Zubair Pradhan

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Bodies
Melanie Belmonte(Producer)

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Francisco Villarroel
Webidemic
MOB Producciones
Winner
Jeremy Carr
Moments
Patron Saint Films
Winner
Christopher L. Robinson
The Replacement

Best Leading Actress

Winner
Emily Kokidko
Kings & Queens
Thrive Productions
Winner
Rino Higa
Toshie the Nihilist

Best Music Video

Winner
Bohemian
Mari Makkonen(Director)
Riikka Silkala(Director)

Best Short Film

Winner
I Wish I Could Dance
7.8 (8)
Tigran Sargsyan
ARC Entertainment Company

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Adam Gammage
Solitary
Winners
Virginia C. Soliman(Actress)
Jon Matthews(Director)
Narry Soliman(Producer)
Anna Kristine Soliman(Executive Producer)
Ang Motel
Hollow Creek Pictures

Cinematography

Winner
Pill
5.4 (11)
Steven Belcher(director)
Lomisfilm
Winner
My Human Experience
Aakash Raj(director of photography)

Cinematography - Student

Winner
In Other News
Brandon Kenney

Creativity/Originality

Winner
The Replacement

Direction

Winner
Uncivil Seizure
Francisco J. Hidalgo(director)
Winner
Come As You Are
8.6 (21)
Alyse Kane Riley

Disability Issues

Winner
The Depression of Detective Downs 2: On Depression's Edge
8.4 (11)
Anthony Thurman
ALT Key Productions
Winner
Thriving on the Spectrum
Scott Michael Klumb
SMK Media
Winner
Matt's Story
Paul J. Mailath
Perbenyik Productions

Documentary

Winner
Preserving the Holocaust
Jane Wells

Documentary Short

Winner
Discovering Autism
Rueben Brock
Winner
A Woman's New World
Christina Rose
MirrorWater Entertainment
Winner
Lonely Voices Grandparents Coping with COVID
Melissa Farris

Educational / Instructional / Training

Winner
Livia, the Frescoed Lady
Cynthia De Cecco
Nanette Hofer
4M4 Art

Educational/Instructional

Winner
Pay Attention (For Lyme Disease Prevention)
Ellen Thompson

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Poached Eggs
Susannah Devereux
Ed Amatrudo
Isaac Kirk
Kristina Rea
Like The Game Pictures

Experimental

Winner
Wacko
Matthew J. Roch

Experimental, Arts / Cultural / Performance / Plays

Winner
The Fragility of Reality
Tahnee Nordegg(Producer/Director)
Jonathan Berkh
little.egg Productions and Green Chair Studios

Film Short

Winner
Webidemic
Daniel Carrillo
Francisco Villarroel
MOB Producciones
Winner
Seven Stages
Francisca Braithwaite(actress)
Blue Sparrow Entertainment
Winner
Uncivil Seizure
Francisco J. Hidalgo(executive producer)
Juan Pablo Hidalgo(executive producer)
Bruce Wood(producer)
Brett O. Clark(producer)
Winner
Kings & Queens
Elmer J. Howard
Thrive Productions
Winner
Through the Dunes
Bo Bragason
Empire Street Productions
Winner
The Secrets We Keep
JuanJose De La Cruz
Ouroboros Aperture
Winner
The Watch
Tyson Hunsaker
Hunsaker Media
Winner
Moments
Jeremy Carr
Patron Saint Films
Winner
Compliant
Cynthia Crofoot
Monica Mustelier
Murphy Diggon
Angela Barbosa
Siobhain Fray
Gugun Deep Singh
Steve Lindsay
Victor On
Kalvin Mallari
Jamie Ruben
Bret Higgins
Jim Morrison IV
Steve Kelly
Ashley Churchill
Gaelen Cook
Avigal Levona
Dan MacAskill
Emily Drake
Sarah Goodfellow
Eric Sutton
Winner
Mate & Date
Teresa Picciano(Writer / Producer / Actor)
Picci Productions
Winner
Roberta Lane
9.1 (10)
Darren J. Perry(director)
A Norton Perry Production
Winner
Three Stops
Tati Golykh
Anton Ernst
Magic City Films
Winner
The Replacement
Winner
Come As You Are
8.6 (21)
Alyse Kane Riley
Winner
Closing Time
Timothy Hawthorne
Winner
Poached Eggs
Alex Bowling
Like The Game Pictures
Winner
Delirantissimo
Alain Rimbert
Winner
Spleen
Maxime Duval
Time Traveler
9.7 (6)
Jeffrey Israelson(director)
Steven Israelson(director)
Viking Films (II)

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Preservation
Harlow Schuman(director)

Filmmakers 17 and Younger

Winner
Haunted for Life
Hunter Nickless

Jewish

Winner
34902
Yisrael Dubov(writer)
Adam Moses(director, writer, producer)
First Man Films
Junction Lads Productions
Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras(director)
Something Will Emerge

LGBT

Winner
Kings & Queens
Elmer J. Howard
Thrive Productions
Winner
Through Her Glasses
9.2 (13)
Shira Alon(producer)
Aishwarya Sonar(producer)
Lígia Fagundes(producer)
ASA Productions
Winner
Through Her Glasses
9.2 (13)
Elena Viklova(director)

Latin / Hispanic

Winner
The Secrets We Keep
JuanJose De La Cruz
Ouroboros Aperture

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Mente sana en cuerpo sano
Rodrigo Alfonso

Leading Actor

Winner
Lewis Jamison(actor)
Roberta Lane
Winner
Rodrigo Alfonso
Mente sana en cuerpo sano

Leading Actress

Winner
Natalia Noriega
Trusting Chloe

Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Winner
January 14th
La'Chris Robinson Jordan
Toni L. Bullock

Mobile/Cell Phone Media

Winner
Caroline
Natalie Denise Sperl
Geezer Films

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
Canopy of Wings
9.1 (9)

Original Score

Winner
Festivals
Andre Barros(Original Score)
Winner
The New Shoes
Greg Morrison
Winner
Delirantissimo
Joel Diamond

PSA

Winner
Pay Attention (For Lyme Disease Prevention)
Ellen Thompson

Pilot Program

Winner
Not Suitable
Cooper Shaw
Jackie Manker

Script/Writer

Winner
Festivals
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(Written by)
Winner
A Midwinter Nightmare
Keara Barnes
Winner
My Human Experience
Aimee Dansereau(writer)
Sarah Cooke(writer)

Short Documentary

Winner
Caleb and the Perfect Order of Things
Tyson Hunsaker
Hunsaker Media

Short Film

Winner
Astral Plane Drifter
9.5 (12)
Mike Caravella
Joe di Gennaro
Whaddayagot? Productions
Winner
Family Planning
Quinn Hatch(director)
Winner
Through Her Glasses
9.2 (13)
Elena Viklova(director)
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Abby Glover
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Alexis Ebert
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Abby Glover(Supporting Actor)
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Alexis Ebert(actress)
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
This Day That Year
Ritendra Datta(director)
Short Cut Productions
Winner
Solitary
Jack Linsdell
Winner
Gratia
Michael Gaskin(director)
837 Studios
Winner
The Woman Who Laughs
Armin Etemadi(director)
Winner
Alice Memorial Park
8.8 (5)
Ritendra Datta(writer/director)
Short Cut Productions
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Hallie Rose
Smashville Entertainment
Way Back In The Woods, 2021 Winner, Award of Merit, Hallie Rose: Leading Actress
Winner
Morella, My Wife
Alessandro Masella
Sinossi Film

Short Film - Student

Winner
Embryo
Noah E. Logan(Director)
Rachel Lebak(Producer)

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Sean Hagwell(Director)
Tammy Hyler(Executive Producer)
Hallie Rose(Lead Actress)
Abby Glover(Supporting Actress)
Alexis Ebert(Actress)
Smashville Entertainment
Best Shorts Competition, 2021 Winner, Television Pilot Program, Sean Hagwell (director), Tammy Hyler (executive producer), Hallie Rose (lead actress), , Abby Glover (supporting actress), Alexis Ebert (actress), Smashville Entertainment (production company)

Use of Film/Video for Social Change

Winner
Kung Fu Grandma
Kadi Tsang
Art Avenue Productions

Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery

Winner
The World's Greatest Home
5.4 (7)
Zubair Pradhan

Voice-Over Talent

Winner
Festivals
Dani Jae(Narrator)

Web Series

Winner
Eye and the Oracle
J.J. Barmettler
New Integrity Films
Winner
#Hashtag
Stephen Doe(executive producer)
Good Villain Productions

Web Tube Lenght Video

Winner
The Gunslinger
Alexander Lindman

Webisode

Winner
My Human Experience
Aimee Dansereau(producer)
Sarah Cooke(producer)
Sylvia Ray(director)
Kay Tuxford(producer)
10 X 10 Studios

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Seven Stages
Francisca Braithwaite(actress)
Blue Sparrow Entertainment
Winner
A Midwinter Nightmare
Keara Barnes
Kristina Hampton
Winner
Compliant
Cynthia Crofoot
Monica Mustelier
Murphy Diggon
Angela Barbosa
Dan MacAskill
Avigal Levona
Victor On
Kalvin Mallari
Gaelen Cook
Ashley Churchill
Gugun Deep Singh
Siobhain Fray
Jim Morrison IV
Steve Lindsay
Sarah Goodfellow
Eric Sutton
Jamie Ruben
Bret Higgins
Emily Drake
Steve Kelly
Winner
Mate & Date
Teresa Picciano(Producer)
Picci Productions
Winner
It's Time!
Amanda Hanna-McLeer
Wyonna Rutledge
Winner
Remnant
Jenny He
Winner
Not Suitable
Cooper Shaw
Winner
Bound
Danielle Wheeler
Winner
The Voyager 2150
8.5 (6)
Tane McClure
McClure Films
Winner
My Human Experience
Sylvia Ray(director)
Sarah Cooke(producer)
Kay Tuxford(producer)
Aimee Dansereau(producer)
10 X 10 Studios
Winner
Mum
Shruti Tewari
Trouble
Caroleen Moise

Women Filmmakers (Student)

Winner
Erin
Sophia Costanzo(director)

Winner
Enga Ooru Kaattilae
Kamraj Sundram(Producer)
Ashokkumar(Director)

Awards of Excellence

Asian

Winner
Selma & Clarice
Yennis Cheung
Shin-Fei Chen

Short Film

Winner
Black City Nights
8.8 (8)
Anton Hochheim
Christoph Hochheim
Dawna Lee Heising
Nathan Castiel

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Selma & Clarice
Yennis Cheung
Nicky Alan Cook
Shin-Fei Chen
Edward De Gaetano

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Selma & Clarice
Yennis Cheung
Shin-Fei Chen

Award of Excellence

Actor Leading

Winner
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
The Elephant in the Room
Demian Pictures
Winner
Anton Kettunen
Stay Sane
Winner
Clayton Bowman
Hit on Me
Arion Pictures
Winner
Steven Gridley
The Wrong Guy
Winner
William Nicol
Beta

Actor Supporting

Winner
Antoine Williams
Stay Sane
Winner
Matthijs Ten Kate
Crossroads Life

Actress Leading

Winner
Corinna Jones
Hit on Me
Arion Pictures
Winner
Shavvon Lin
Apart, Together
American Film Institute (AFI)
Winner
Pearls Daily
Briar
Pearls Daily Studios
Winner
Aislín McGuckin
The Carer
Cinemagic

Actress Supporting

Winner
Sandra De Sousa
Girl, Chill
Geepak Entertainment

Animation

Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm
Winner
are you okay?
7.5 (95)
Ryan Cannon
Winner
Stop Motion: The Making Of
Kessiah Arthur
Llama Face Studios
Winner
Justin and the Werloobee
Ellen Weisberg Ken Yoffe
Lonely Lane Productions

Award of Excellence

Winner
Crossroads Life
Andra Tevy

Best Asian Film

Winner
Enigma - The Fallen Angel
9.1 (11)
Abhay Thakur(director)
Dream Catcher Company

Best LGBTQ Film

Winner
Hush
9.2 (8)
Jennifer Lana Harper
Alex Merkin

Best Short

Winner
I am Love
Guilherme Pedra(director)
Winner
Mountain
Jiarui Guo
Yuwei Du

Best Short Film

Winner
The Last Reverie
Vihang Walve(director)
Winner
The Last Reverie
Vihang Walve
Winner
Jumper
Ayman Samman
Aymanation
jumper

Best Television Program/Series

Winner
Festivals
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(Producer/Director)

Best Trailer

Winner
Fox Sports Voices MLK Special featuring Oyate' un Ito'Wapi - Pictures of my People
Jim Warne
Mark Ruberg
Brian Alexander
WSD Productions
Fox Sports
WSD Productions and Fox Sports
Fox Sports Voices MLK Special featuring Oyate' un Ito'Wapi - Pictures of my People
Jim Warne
Mark Ruberg
Brian Alexander
WSD Productions
Fox Sports
WSD Productions Productions and FOX Sports

Children/Family Programming

Winner
Saving Amelia
Matthew J. Fridg(director)
Headspace Media
Winner
Gratification
Andrés Hernández Covarrubias(director)
Aguamala Casa Productora
Winner
Justin and the Werloobee
Ellen Weisberg Ken Yoffe
Lonely Lane Productions
Winner
Remind Me
Jiarui Guo
Leo Zhang
United States

Cinematography

Winner
Festivals
Bikram Shrestha(Cinematographer)
Winner
Briar
8.6 (5)
Arthur Woo
Pearls Daily Studios
Winner
Here Is Where the Monsters Live
7.7 (26)
Kody Newton

Commercial / Infomercial

Winner
Knotwtr
Obi Nwankwo
Winner
PitaMan: Olympus
Alexander McKee

Commercial/Informercial

Winner
Pin Galant: 30 years of Arts
Brice Blanloeil
Winner
Legionarius by Yamamoto Nutrition

Creativity/Originality

Winner
Stop Motion: The Making Of
Kessiah Arthur
Llama Face Studios

Direction

Winner
Enigma - The Fallen Angel
9.1 (11)
Abhay Thakur(director)
Dream Catcher Company
Winner
Dina Layzis: Alone
Maria Skakun(director)

Disability Issues

Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm

Documentary Short

Winner
As Organism
9.6 (15)
Moe Taylor
BrainDagger Films
Winner
MOM's: More Than an Organic Market
Dorlisa Hommel
Starport Films
Winner
Don't Say Oh Well
Brad Alexander
Wise Old Crow Media
Winner
A Long Road to Liberty
Bryan Beasley(director)
Bob Ross(executive producer)
Inasmuch Foundation

Editing

Winner
Festivals
Jaswant Dev Shrestha(Editor)

Ensemble Cast

Winner
De La Madre
Darlene Sellers
Nike Imoru
Barbara Deering
Winner
Turf Valley
8.5 (13)
Jayson Ward Williams
Phillip Chorba
Vince Eisenson
Katie Killacky
Charles Mann
Jasmine Shea
Jency Allison Weeks
Jessica A. Caesar
Rupal Pujara
Sig Libowitz
Rick Kain
Bryan Redcay
Cutters Studios

Experimental

Winner
The Lights of Dawn
Sadie Duarte(director)
Winner
A year of Sundays
Jérémie Dameme
Ava Mihaljevich

Film Short

Winner
Here Is Where the Monsters Live
7.7 (26)
Chance Fuerstinger
April Matson
Winner
A year of Sundays
Jérémie Dameme
Ava Mihaljevich

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Mom
8.3 (14)
Austin Foxx
Lifeline Entertainment
Wynning Film Productions

LGBT Film (Student)

Winner
I am Love
Guilherme Pedra(director)

LGBTQ+

Winner
Here Is Where the Monsters Live
7.7 (26)
Chance Fuerstinger
April Matson

Movie Trailer

Winner
The Best Man's Privilege
Andy Maycock

Music Video

Winner
Dina Layzis: Alone

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
MOM's: More Than an Organic Market
Dorlisa Hommel
Starport Films

Original Score

Winner
The Lights of Dawn
Daniel Angelus(composer)
Winner
Beta
6.4 (7)
Emiliano Mazzenga
Winner
Mila
8.1 (26)
Flavio Gargano(composer)

Script/Writing

Winner
It's Not Me, It's YOU!
Jeff Schubert
Jupiter Rising Productions

Short Film

Winner
De La Madre
Keith Lango
Winner
Viral
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Sean Hagwell
Tammy Hyler
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Hallie Rose
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Sean Hagwell(director)
Tammy Hyler(executive producer)
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Hallie Rose(lead Actress)
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Abby Glover
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Abby Glover(supporting actress)
Smashville Entertainment
Winner
The Wrong Guy
Martin Sofiedal
Winner
Waiting for Deading
Paul Sestakov(director)
Winner
How to End A Conversation
6.3 (15)
Phillip Musumeci(producer)
Winner
Beta
6.4 (7)
Kevin M Turner
Mackenzie Cushine
Cory Brozik
Justin Watkins
Thomas Smith
Logic Film Company
Winner
Aliens on Halloween
7.8 (14)
Riker Lynch

Short Film ( student )

Winner
Stay Sane
Hana Wagner

Sound Editing / Sound Mixing

Winner
Contact High
Woody Woodhall
Sullivan Blake
Allied Media

Special Purpose Production

Winner
Justin and the Werloobee
Ellen Weisberg Ken Yoffe
Lonely Lane Productions

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Contact High
Woody Woodhall
Allied Media

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Cupmania
Arpan Dasgupta(Director)

Webisode

Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Sean Hagwell(director)
Tammy Hyler(executive producer)
Hallie Rose(Lead Actress)
Abby Glover(Supporting Actress)
Alexis Ebert(Actress)
Smashville Entertainment

Webseries

Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Sean Hagwell(director)
Tammy Hyler(executive producer)
Hallie Rose
Abby Glover
Alexis Ebert
Smashville Entertainment

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Stay Sane
Hana Wagner
Winner
Hush
9.2 (8)
Julia Kostenevich(Producer)
Jennifer Lana Harper(Producer)
Winner
Briar
8.6 (5)
Pearls Daily
Pearls Daily Studios

Young Filmmaker-17 and Younger

Winner
Mom
8.3 (14)
Austin Foxx
Lifeline Entertainment
Wynning Film Productions

Award of Recognition

Actor Leading

Winner
Matthew J. Roch
Wacko
Winner
Alexander Lindman(As the Gunslinger)
The Gunslinger
Winner
Thomas J. O'Brien(Lead Actor)
The Confined
JARS Productions
Winners
Yasser Nabil(director)
Sean Waldron(actor)
Down the Rabbit Hole
Bonita 3 Productions
Yasser Nabil Films
Winner
Hunter Nickless
Haunted for Life

Actor Supporting

Winner
Thomas Smallwood
Kings & Queens
Thrive Productions
Winner
Jose Rosete
The Depression of Detective Downs 2: On Depression's Edge
ALT Key Productions

Actress Leading

Winner
Lana McKissack(actress)
My Human Experience

Actress: Leading

Winner
Cathy Fiorillo
Sanitize This!
Winner
Ariana Jalia(actress)
Winner
Manda Mae Emery
Diva

African American

Winner
The SINS
Lovie Johnson(Director)
SEEFilms
Winner
Hard Sale
Keisha Boston Gallagher(director)

Animation

Winner
Storybook Man
Lanessa Miller(animator/director)
Walkingstick Music
Winner
The Depression of Detective Downs 2: On Depression's Edge
8.4 (11)
Anthony Thurman
ALT Key Productions
Winner
V & F
9.5 (32)
Michelle Arthur(Producer/Director)
Jeff Vernon(Animator/Illustrator)
R. Kim Shultz(Composer/Sound Editor)
Princess Arthur Productions
Winner
Little Adam Example
Ahou Alagha
Winner
Broke and Bloody
Lanessa Miller(animator)
Ahren Buchheister(music director)
Dwight L. Wilcox II(Songwriter)
Dave Sperandio(audio mastering)
Nick Bertling(Drums)
Patrick McAvinue(Fiddle)
Walkingstick Music

Asian

Winner
The end of the road
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Poems by Emperor Lee, Jin
Shihyun Wang
Winner
A virtual spiritual tour of Miaoli Taiwan
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Hollywood dream is not a dream
Shihyun Wang
Ceia Zhou
Winner
Veteran Stories
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Independent Film Making
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Wang's Pharmacy
Jingli Feng

Award of Recognition

Winner
Matrixfication
Melanie Belmonte(Producer/Director/Writer)
Winner
Matrixfication
Melanie Belmonte(Producer/Director/Writer)
Winner
Zion
Dmitriy Arbatov
Winner
Political Agenda
Brenda Patricia Garza

Award of Recognition Disability Issues

Winner
WeSeeAbilities: Evan and Christopher
Travis Dunn
Annet McCroskey
Artistic Endeavors

Best Leading Actor

Winner
I Wish I Could Dance
7.8 (8)

Best Leading Actress

Winner
Kirsten Bloom Allen
I Wish I Could Dance

Best Short Film

Winner
Homeoffice
Steve Windels

Concept

Winner
36 Days: A Documentary
Shaun T. Pulsifer

Creativity / Originality

Winner
Question Everything
9.9 (18)
Shaun Rylee(Director, Screenwriter)
Scott Engrotti(Producer)
Stefano Milla(Director of Photography)
Cinema Dandan
Winner
The Depression of Detective Downs 2: On Depression's Edge
8.4 (11)
Anthony Thurman
ALT Key Productions

Creativity / Originality (Student)

Winner
Mary
Chris Bowyer

Direction

Winner
The Adventures of the Gray Hat Hacker
Beau Garner(Director)
Winner
V & F
9.5 (32)
Michelle Arthur(Director)
Princess Arthur Productions

Documentary Short

Winner
36 Days: A Documentary
Shaun T. Pulsifer
Winner
Wang's Pharmacy
Jingli Feng
Trouble
Caroleen Moise

Dramatic Impact

Winner
Solitary
Jack Linsdell

Editing

Winner
The Depression of Detective Downs 2: On Depression's Edge
8.4 (11)
Anthony Thurman
ALT Key Productions
Winner
This Day That Year
Ritendra Datta(editor)
Winner
The Confined
7.5 (13)
Christopher Picone(Director/Editor)
JARS Productions
Winner
Omicron according to Nostradamus

Ensemble Cast

Winner
SfTK (Service for the King) The Movie
9.4 (173)
Aulsondro Novelist Hamilton
Angelo Diaz
Gemma McIlhenny
Neil Carr
Ashante P.T. Stokes
Serving the Peace
Winner
The Confined
7.5 (13)
Thomas J. O'Brien(Lead Actor)
Sabrina Ahmed(Supporting Actress)
Joshua Diolosa(Supporting Actor)
JARS Productions

Experimental

Winner
Question Everything
9.9 (18)
Shaun Rylee(Director, Screenwriter)
Scott Engrotti(Producer)
Stefano Milla(Director of Photography)
Cinema Dandan
Winner
oMo
Carlos Arco
Peter Brensinger
Winner
NoSignal
James L. Velli(Director)
Winner
The Submerged Voice
Ángel Baltasar
I sing to the utopia of a clean world, a humanity in peace and a deep spirit.

Film Short

Winner
The Adventures of the Gray Hat Hacker
Beau Garner(director)
Winner
Maggie IV
Peachanda DuBose(Writer/Director/Producer)
Winner
Sanitize This!
D.J. Higgins
Stefan Fulton
Cathy Fiorillo
Winner
The New Shoes
Audrey Webb
Winner
Grizzly
Aaron Van Maanen
Winner
Contingency
Logan Mansberger
Penalty Productions
Winner
The Meal Maker
Deepak Paida
Winner
Roberta Lane
9.1 (10)
Darren J. Perry(director)
Winner
Billy Blue Eyes
Maisie Owens
Tom Rodgers
Winner
SfTK (Service for the King) The Movie
9.4 (173)
Ray Knowledge
Serving the Peace
Winner
Awakening
6.6 (23)
Amin Behravan(director)
Mohammad Javad Balali(director)
Winner
I'm Okay...
Winner
The Confined
7.5 (13)
Christopher Picone(Director/Editor)
Darren Wallach(Screenwriter/Executive Producer)
JARS Productions
Winner
I'm Phil
Bill Thibeault
Winner
Diva
Matthew Rojas
Winner
Fan 666
Alfonso Otero Mireles
AOM Films
Winner
Wrath
Talin Agon(writer)
Cristobal Olguin(director)
Vanessa Madrid(producer)
Queen of the Jungle
Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
Big Bear
Ben McHugh

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Misfortune
Sarah Brooks
Winner
Misfortune
Sarah Brooks
Winner
The One
Yu Liu
Winner
Mary
Chris Bowyer
Winner
Consequences
Albi Neziri(producer) (actor) (director)

History/Biography

Winner
Ernest
Shihyun Wang

LGBT

Winner
The Zoom Gatekeeper
Ashna Sharan
Winner
Jesse James
6.6 (34)
Josef Steiff(writer/director)

LGBTQ+

Winner
Takeoff
8.9 (9)

Lead Actress

Winners
Bella Yin
Shihyun Wang
Boy wanted
Winner
Natalie Denise Sperl
Caroline
Geezer Films

Leading Actor

Winner
Liam Dow(actor)
The Adventures of the Gray Hat Hacker

Leading Actress

Winner
Francisca Braithwaite(actor)
Seven Stages
Blue Sparrow Entertainment
Winner
Cassandra Due
A 17 ans (AT 17)
Winner
Roshni Datta
This Day That Year
Winner
AnnaBelle Collins
Trafficked
Make it Clear Studio

Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Winner
Condemned by Inaction
Natalie Creek(director)
Monica Stipe(Wardrobe)

Movie Trailer

Winner
Melatonin
Kamali Culpepper

Music Video

Winner
The Skys: Communication
Jonas Ciurlionis
Bozena Buinicka
The Skys
The Skys
Winner
Storybook Man
Lanessa Miller(animator/director)
Ahren Buchheister(musical director & arranger)
Dwight L. Wilcox II(Songwriter)
Dave Sperandio(audio mastering)
Walkingstick Music
Winner
Broke and Bloody
Lanessa Miller(animator)
Ahren Buchheister(music director)
Dwight L. Wilcox II(Songwriter)
Dave Sperandio(audio mastering)
Nick Bertling(Drums)
Patrick McAvinue(Fiddle)
Walkingstick Music

Native American / Aboriginal Peoples

Winner
White Dove
Delilah Andre

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
A Stormy² Day in July
Alexander Chernenkoff
Drumnucks Productions

Production Design

Winner
Embryo
Noah E. Logan(Director)
Rachel Lebak(Producer)
Emily VanDorn(Production Designer)

Public Service Programming / PSA

Winner
Never Too Late to Be A Hero
Francis Wu
Academy of Art University (AAU)

Religion / Ethics

Winner
Awakening
6.6 (23)
Amin Behravan(director)
Mohammad Javad Balali(director)

Short Film

Winner
Let's Talk About Farts
Greg Runnels
Winner
Germ
Tyson Hunsaker
Hunsaker Media
Winner
Pill
5.4 (11)
Steven Belcher(director)
Lomisfilm
Winner
Down the Rabbit Hole
Yasser Nabil(Director)
Sean Waldron(actor)
Bonita 3 Productions
Yasser Nabil Films

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Soiled Shorts: The Series
Giles Sander(producer)
Excalibur Animation
Winner
Ugly
Bella Maori
Alyse Kane Riley
Nine X Three Films

Web Series

Winner
Covid Ditty
Steve Greenstein(writer/director)
Jessica Alexandra Green(editor)
Jennifer Plotzke(actor)
Anthony Augello(actor)
Andrew Terranova(actor)
Monica Delgado(actor)
Lei Zhou(actor)
Paula Galloway(actor)
Ken Jennings(actor)
Lenny Grossman(actor)
Pine Hill Productions Inc.
Winner
Sparky
Ashley Ephraim(Director)
Dallas Madrid(Creator - Writer)
BrightCap Entertainment
Winner
20 Questions
Lindsay Levesque-Alam(Writer, Director, Producer)
Drew Murtaugh(Producer, Lead actor, Director)
Love Kabob
Winner
The Secrets We Hide
Shannon Walden(director)

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Fireside Classics
8.9 (9)
Dawna Lee Heising
Craig Railsback
Renah Wolzinger
Paul Heising
Eye on Excellence Productions
Winner
The Portable Alchemy Kit
Kevin Veatch
Winner
A Stormy² Day in July
Alexander Chernenkoff
Drumnucks Productions

Web/Internet Programming

Winner
Sophie Goes Ape
Kevin Veatch
Winner
Messages from another time
Shihyun Wang

Webisode

Winner
The fulfilling of prophecies - Summer 2021
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Warnings fulfilled in 2021's first 15 crop circles
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Prophecy Doomsday - Tui Bei 46
Shihyun Wang

Women Filmmakers

Winner
A 17 ans (AT 17)
Cassandra Due
Winner
Métro, Boulot, Dodo.
Diane Panday(director)
Winner
Storybook Man
Lanessa Miller(animator/director)
Walkingstick Music
Winner
An Artist's Journey from China to America
BiLan Liao
Winner
V & F
9.5 (32)
Michelle Arthur(Producer/Director)
Princess Arthur Productions
Winner
Melatonin
Kamali Culpepper
Winner
Caroline
Natalie Denise Sperl
Geezer Films
Winner
The Secrets We Hide
Shannon Walden(director)
Winner
Broke and Bloody
Lanessa Miller(animator)
Ahren Buchheister(music director)
Dwight L. Wilcox II(Songwriter)
Dave Sperandio(audio mastering)
Nick Bertling(Drums)
Patrick McAvinue(Fiddle)
Walkingstick Music

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
Condemned by Inaction
Natalie Creek(director)
Winner
Ariana Jalia(Director)
Winner
Growing Peace in the Middle East
Steven Hoffen
Winner
Dresses
Nayan Sarma

Winner
Six Million
Rodney S. Martel(director / producer / writer)
Martel Productions
Winner
Wang's Pharmacy

Award of Merit Special Mention

Actor: Leading

Winner
Jorge Lan(actor)
Gratification
Winner
David S. Jung
Biased
Industry Standard Films
Wondrous Pictures
Winner
Chance Fuerstinger
Here Is Where the Monsters Live
Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Actor: Supporting

Winner
David Lathrop
Here Is Where the Monsters Live

Actress: Leading

Winner
Dianna Craig
Revenge Inc.
Eleven One Productions (II)
Winner
Aubree Bouché
Beta

Actress: Supporting

Winner
Sara Brophy
Kings & Queens
Thrive Productions

Asian

Winner
Biased
9.5 (93)
Andrea Lwin
Industry Standard Films
Wondrous Pictures

Award of Merit

Winner
In Search of a White Identity
Clifford Henry

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Best Man's Privilege
Anthony Salamone

Best Web Series

Winner
Girl, Chill
8.6 (20)
Robert Michael
Diana Maiocco
Hayden Conner Ashworth
Geepak Entertainment
Early Release Content

Concept

Winner
Pretty Metal
8.2 (7)
Mikhail Tot
Dan A Edwards
Sean Manos

Costume Design

Winner
Livia, the Frescoed Lady
Dale Andress
Terry Andress
Chris Contos
Cynthia De Cecco
Laurie McKean
Harvel Wardwell
Cathy Willett
4M4 Art

Direction

Winner
Hit on Me
Josh Baxter
Arion Pictures

Disability Issues

Winner
Cato
Tara Rule

Documentary Short

Winner
Line of Sight: Timothy C. Ely
Doug Garnett(writer/director)
Sam Q. Garnett(cinematographer)
Timothy C. Ely(actor)

Drama Program / Series

Winner
The Decipio
8.8 (12)
Jason Gullifer
Alexander Klebanoff
Deon Williams

Dramatic Impact

Winner
Cato
Tara Rule

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Pretty Metal
8.2 (7)
KateLynn E. Newberry
Angela Cole
Lina Edwards
Jenny Boswell
Ralph Scott
Rob Grant
Winner
The Decipio
8.8 (12)
Alexander Klebanoff
Deon Williams
Sandy Mölling
Gregory Mangieri
Heidi Berg

Film Short

Winner
Pretty Metal
8.2 (7)
Mikhail Tot
Dan A Edwards
Sean Manos
Winner
Hit on Me
Clayton Bowman
Josh Baxter
Corinna Jones
Laurie Pascale
Megan Rose Morrison
Mike Brabender
Gabe Mayhan
J.C. Cocker
Curtis Myers
Erica Monday
Arion Pictures
Winner
The Decipio
8.8 (12)
Jason Gullifer
Alexander Klebanoff
Deon Williams

Public Service Programming / PSA

Winner
Bound
Danielle Wheeler

Script / Writer

Winner
Pretty Metal
8.2 (7)
Mikhail Tot
Dan A Edwards
Sean Manos

Short Film

Winner
It's Not Me, It's YOU!
Jeff Schubert
Jupiter Rising Productions
Winner
Persist
Justin Bromley

TV Pilot Program and Series

Winner
Pretty Metal
8.2 (7)
Mikhail Tot
Dan A Edwards
Sean Manos

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Trusting Chloe
Todd Long

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Biased
9.5 (93)
Andrea Lwin
Industry Standard Films
Wondrous Pictures

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Best Animation short

Winner
The Great Handini
Neil Whitman(Director)
Neil Whitman Animations

Best Shorts Winner

Winner
Incognito
Jacky Song

Film Short

Winner
The Elephant in the Room
Jonathan D. Bucari
Demian Pictures
Winner
Through the Dunes
Tim Price
Empire Street Productions
Winner
Enigma - The Fallen Angel
9.1 (11)
Abhay Thakur(director)
Dream Catcher Company
Winner
Deus Ex Machina
Jessy Langlois(director)
Winner
Waiting for Goldman
7.8 (10)
Ari Kruger
Winner
The Carer
Sam Nutt
Cinemagic
Winner
Unspoken
9.1 (12)
Richard Zelniker
Lucid Pictures
Yankus Productions

Web Series

Winner
Turf Valley
8.5 (13)
Adam Rodgers
Thomas Ventimiglia
Cutters Studios

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Revenge Inc.
Steph West
Eleven One Productions (II)

Best Shorts Competition

Award of Excellence

Winner
Like Daughter, Like Mother

Best Actress

Winner
Dawna Lee Heising
Dark Classics

Best Animation

Winner
The Derelict
7.7 (14)
Dante D'Anthony
Diana Ramos-Santiago Carter
Dawna Lee Heising

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Matthew Postlethwaite
The Great Artist
Purpose
Winner
Tom Rodgers
Billy Blue Eyes
Winner
Alessandro Masella
Morella, My Wife

Best Short Documentary

Winner
2020 fuori moda
Irene Antonucci(actor)
Weapon of Choices - The Making Of, kinda sorta, not really, what the f is a pandemic?
Lawrence Whitener(writer/director)
Brian Anthony Wilson(actor)
Rob Roy(editor)
Sasikumar B.(composer)
DOG-e The Movie
Wits'-End Entertainment

Best Short Film

Winner
Naked
Dianna Ippolito
Jennifer Collins
It's All Happening Productions
Winner
Closure
Garry Guerrier(Director)
Winner
Exist
Niaz Parvaresh(Director)
Chronicles of Her
8.9 (17)
Maysoon Khaled(Diana)
Emna Najjar(Crossroad Happiness)
Farah Shaer(Shakwa)
Taghrid Abouelhassan(Mercy Table)
Rim Mejdi(Children's Game)
The Royal Film Commission
UNESCO
European Union
Naked
Dianna Ippolito
Jennifer Collins
Todd Niemi
It's All Happening Productions

Best Student Short

Winner
I Love Ana
Alyssa G. Mullings(director)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Jason John Cicalese
Iguana Death in the American Suburbs

Best Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Rickman's Cobbs
Alan Wagner
Dawna Lee Heising

Best actor

Winner
Eva Petersson
Where is Lucy?

Leading Actress

Winner
Jan Hunt
Billy Blue Eyes

TV Pilot Program

Winner
Way Back in the Woods
Abby Glover
Smashville Entertainment

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Where is Lucy?
9.2 (5)
Salma Azzam
Winner
Guardian
Christy Lee Hughes
Winner
Exist
Niaz Parvaresh(Director)

Native American / Aboriginal Peoples

Fox Sports Voices MLK Special featuring Oyate' un Ito'Wapi - Pictures of my People
Jim Warne(Producer, Writer)
Mark Ruberg(Producer, Director, Writer)
Brian Alexander(Producer, Camera)
WSD Productions
Fox Sports

Outstanding Achievement

Film Short

Winner
American Morning
8.9 (10)
Robbie Bryan
Good To Be Seen Films

Outstanding Achievement

Winner
Fox Sports Voices MLK Special featuring Oyate' un Ito'Wapi - Pictures of my People
Jim Warne(Producer)
Mark Ruberg(Producer, Director)
Brian Alexander(Producer)
WSD Productions

Best of Show

Best Short Film

Winner
Feeling Through
7.5 (2.1K)
Doug Roland
Doug Roland Films

Honourable Mention

Best Short

Winner
A Stand for Damaged Fame
Matthew Sauvé(actor)
David Luck(writer)
Norman Korpi(actor)
Jenn Gannon(actor)
Jennifer Weeks(actor)
Luck Films

Humanitarian Award

Award of Distinction

Winner
Get Lost in Colombia
Melanie de Klerk(director, Producer)
Sophie Lui(director, producer)
Ron Coldham(director, producer)
Get Lost Productions
Winner
Here Is Where the Monsters Live
7.7 (26)
Chance Fuerstinger
April Matson
Winner
They Won't Remember You
Mohamad Yaraghi

Grand Prize

Winner
Feeling Through
7.5 (2.1K)
Doug Roland
Doug Roland Films

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