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Jury Prize

Best Break Out Film

Winner
Street
4.4 (1.2K)
Lyle Howry(producer)
Skinfly Entertainment

Best Comedy Feature

Winner
In Vino
4.7 (547)
Leonardo Foti(director)
Tom Malloy(producer)
Fabio Golombek(producer)
FJ Productions

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
I am Jane Doe
6.8 (1.7K)
Mary Mazzio(director)
Jonathan Alter(writer)
Bob Fitzgerald(writer)
Jay Manson(writer)
Alec Sokolow(producer)
Jessica Chastain(host)
50 Eggs Films
Winner
Fallen
6.7 (120)
Thomas Marchese(director)
Brenda Strong(producer)
John Farzad Strong(producer)
911 Media Studios
What Is Classic Rock?
7.5 (272)
Daniel Sarkissian(director)
Fallen
6.7 (120)
Thomas Marchese(director)
John Farzad Strong(producer)
Brenda Strong(producer)
911 Media Studios
The Heart of Nuba
8.4 (150)
Kenneth A. Carlson(director)
Jeff Werner(producer)
Carlson Films
L7: Pretend We're Dead
7.4 (550)
Sarah Price(director)
Bob Fagan(producer)
Maria Aceves(producer)
Blue Hats Creative
Die Wiener Philharmoniker: Mehr als Musik!
Co Merz(director)
Walter Schirnik(producer)
ServusTV
Saving Banksy
6.8 (1.1K)
Colin M. Day(director)
Paul Polycarpou(writer)
Éva Boros(writer)
Mike Tarrolly(producer)
Parade Deck Films

Best Hollywood Feature

Winner
Virginia Minnesota
5.5 (215)
Daniel Stine(director)
Mike Stine(producer)
Rushaway Pictures
Winner
Virginia Minnesota
5.5 (215)
Helen Stine

Best Hollywood Short

Winner
90 Days
7.8 (104)
Nathan Hale Williams(director)
Jennia Fredrique Aponte(director)
iN-Hale Entertainment
Winner
90 Days
7.8 (104)
Sol Aponte(executive producer)

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Sprayed
8.9 (11)
Craig Leon
Isazaly Mohd Isa
Rafael Moreira Pires
Future History Films
Beyond the Silence in America: San Francisco
J.R. Niles(director)
EdgeLight Films
Hotel Everest: One Step at a Time
Claudia Sobral(director)
FJ Productions
Recipient: Fabio Golombek
Exiled
Mike Seely(director)
Open Signal Productions
People of the Forest: Orang Rimba
Isaac Kerlow(director)
Saber Rock
9.2 (32)
Matthew Locastro(director)
Thomas Locastro(director)
Circa
Sprayed
8.9 (11)
Craig Leon(director)
Isazaly Mohd Isa(producer)
Rafael Moreira Pires(producer)
Future History Films
Legends of Baja
Jack Cooperman(director)
Joel Sanoff(writer)
Jane S. Linter(producer)
Igor Kay(producer)
Baja Sun Films
Exiled
Mike Seely(director)
Open Signal Productions

Emerging Arist Film Editing

Winner

Emerging Artist Acting

Winner
Winner

Emerging Filmmaker Award

Winner
Street
4.4 (1.2K)
Lyle Howry(producer)
Skinfly Entertainment

Exceptional Emerging Artist Acting

Winner
Virginia Minnesota
5.5 (215)
Rachel Hendrix(actress)
Aurora Perrineau(actress)
Winner
90 Days
7.8 (104)
Teyonah Parris(actress)
Winner
Early Mourning
Bahiyah Hibah(actress)
Winner
90 Days
7.8 (104)
Nick Few(actor)
Winner
Cold Hearts
6.8 (14)
Yolanda Ramke(actress)
Danielle Baynes(actress)

Exceptional Emerging Artist Award Directing

Winner
No Apologies Writers of Rebellion
J.R. Niles(director)
Winner
He Said
Tara Lynn Orr(director)
Winner
Painless
Jordan Matthew Horowitz(director)
Winner
Black Lightning: Tobias's Revenge
5.9 (112)
Choice Skinner(director)
Winner
Basically Bad
Emily Parsons(director)

Exceptional Emerging Artist Award Producing

Winner
Adam Rose(producer)
Anonymous Endeavour

Exceptional Emerging Artist Cinematography

Winner
The Meanest Man in Texas
6.0 (376)
Will Barratt(cinematographer)

Exceptional Emerging Artist Composer

Winner
Scumbag
3.9 (136)
Princess Frank
Debra Haden
World Domination Pictures

Exceptional Emerging Artist Directing

Winner
Elizabeth Blue
5.3 (168)
Vincent Sabella(director)
Winner
El Banditos
Bryce Harrow(director)
Rob Harrow(director)

Exceptional Emerging Artist Editing

Winner
Hotel Everest: One Step at a Time
Chris Callister(editor)

Exceptional Emerging Artist Honors Directing

Winner
No Apologies Writers of Rebellion
J.R. Niles(director)
EdgeLight Films

Exceptional Emerging Artist Screenwriting

Winner
No Apologies Writers of Rebellion
J.R. Niles(writer)
EdgeLight Films

Most Impactful Documentary Feature

Winner
The Heart of Nuba
8.4 (150)
Kenneth A. Carlson(director)
Jeff Werner(producer)
Carlson Films

Most Impactful Documentary Short

Winner
Hotel Everest: One Step at a Time
Claudia Sobral(director)
Sophie Sartain(writer)
FJ Productions
Recipient: Fabio Golombek

Most Impactful Narrative Feature

Winner
Rockaway
6.3 (9.1K)
John J. Budion
Life Now, Life Then

Most Impactful Narrative Short

Winner
Chocolate
8.8 (27)
Thiago Dadalt(director)
Dru Miller(producer)
Andre Chesini(producer)
D. Ellen Miller Productions

Most Innovative Documentary Feature

Winner
Saving Banksy
6.8 (1.1K)
Colin M. Day(director)
Paul Polycarpou(writer)
Éva Boros(writer)
Mike Tarrolly(producer)
Nikola Nikolic(producer)
Parade Deck Films

Most Innovative Documentary Short

Winner
Legends of Baja
Jack Cooperman(director)
Joel Sanoff(writer)
Jane S. Linter(producer)
Igor Kay(producer)
Baja Sun Films

Most Innovative Narrative Short

Winner
Wink
7.5 (67)
Monika Petrillo(director)
James Baumgartner(producer)
Fish Tale Films

Most Innovative Narrative feature

Winner
Time Trap
6.2 (48K)
Mark Dennis(director)
Ben Foster(director)
Pad Thai Pictures

Most Innovative Short Film

Winner
Repairations!: The Musical
8.9 (10)
Courtney Miller(director)
William Williams(producer)
Tracy Sabeti(producer)

Most Inspiring Documentary Feature

Winner
Purple Dreams
8.8 (19)
Joanne Hock(director)
Robin Grey(producer)
GreyHawk Films
Purple Dreams
8.8 (19)
Joanne Hock(director)

Most Inspiring Narrative Feature

Winner
September Morning
6.6 (37)
Ryan Frost(director)
Orestes Arcuni(producer)
Stephen Gibler(producer)
William S. Goldstein(producer)
Candy Factory Films

Best Narrative Feature Film

Money
5.5 (3.2K)
Atit Shah
Martín Rosete
Create Entertainment
Kamel Films
September Morning
6.6 (37)
Ryan Frost(director)
Orestes Arcuni(producer)
Stephen Gibler(producer)
William S. Goldstein(producer)
Candy Factory Films
Scumbag
3.9 (136)
Mars Roberge(director)
Eric Ragan(producer)
Tamas Birinyi(producer)
World Domination Pictures
September Morning
6.6 (37)
Ryan Frost(director)
Orestes Arcuni(producer)
Stephen Gibler(producer)
William S. Goldstein(producer)
Candy Factory Films
Scumbag
3.9 (136)
Mars Roberge(director)
Tamas Birinyi(producer)
Eric Ragan(producer)
Virginia Minnesota
5.5 (215)
Daniel Stine(director)
Mike Stine(producer)
Rushaway Pictures
In Vino
4.7 (547)
Leonardo Foti(director)
Production Company - FJ Productions [us] / Recipient: Fabio Golombek
Le pacte des anges
6.7 (57)
Richard Angers(director)
Geneviève Lavoie(producer)
Années Lumières
Father and Son
7.2 (120)
Dung Luong Dinh(director)
Inner City
6.5 (79)
Ilgar Safat(director)
Tahmina Rafaella(writer)
Mushfig Hatamov(producer)
Ulvi Gasimov(producer)
Azerbaijanfilm
Rockaway
6.3 (9.1K)
John J. Budion(director)
Deidre LaCasse(producer)
Life Now, Life Then
Yellow Fever
7.4 (52)
Kat Moon(director)
Jan Daube(producer)
Wham Bam Productions
The Meanest Man in Texas
6.0 (376)
Justin Isaac Ward(director)
Don Umphrey(writer)
Brad Wilson(producer)
Casey Bond(producer)
Higher Purpose Entertainment
Secondhand Hearts
5.4 (148)
Austin Osanai Everett(director)
Concepcion Alicino-Saucedo(producer)
HI Integrated Productions
Thrill Ride
5.4 (172)
Chris Parrish(director)
Mason Parrish(writer)
Angie Gaffney(producer)
Mason's Movies
Inheritance
3.5 (535)
Tyler Savage(director)
J.P. Castel(producer)
Dash Hawkins(producer)
Chase Joliet(producer)
Portola Pictures
Zen Dog
7.4 (94)
Rick Darge(director)
Richie Trimble(producer)
Damien Monier(producer)
Future Park
Good Boy
6.3 (933)
Oksana Karas(director)
Mikhail Mestetskiy(writer)
Roman Kantor(writer)
Yuriy Khrapov(producer)
Vasiliy Solovev(producer)
Dmitriy Rudovskiy(producer)
Anna Peskova(producer)
2D Celluloid
Virginia Minnesota
5.5 (215)
Helen Stine

Best Short Film

Cold Hearts
6.8 (14)
Danielle Baynes(director)
Yolanda Ramke(director)
April Tafe(producer)
Black Lightning: Tobias's Revenge
5.9 (112)
Choice Skinner(director)
James M. Black(producer)
Darkan Entertainment
No Apologies Writers of Rebellion
J.R. Niles(director)
Chansopheak Tong(producer)
EdgeLight Films
90 Days
7.8 (104)
Jennia Fredrique Aponte(director)
Nathan Hale Williams(director)
iN-Hale Entertainment
Cold Hearts
6.8 (14)
Danielle Baynes(director)
Yolanda Ramke(producer)
Black Lightning
6.1 (29K)
Salim Akil(director)
Bille Woodruff(director)
Mara Brock Akil(writer)
Tony Isabella(writer)
Trevor Von Eeden(writer)
Pascal Verschooris(producer)
Akil Productions
Chocolate
8.8 (27)
Thiago Dadalt(director)
Dru Miller(producer)
Andre Chesini(producer)
D. Ellen Miller Productions
He Said
Tara Lynn Orr(director)
Chase Hinton(writer)
Philippe Brenninkmeyer(producer)
avenueROAD films
Early Mourning
Ben Hartley(director)
Lisa Donmall-Reeve(producer)
Wink
7.5 (67)
Monika Petrillo(director)
James Baumgartner(producer)
Fish Tale Films
Repairations!: The Musical
8.9 (10)
Courtney Miller(director)
William Williams(producer)
Tracy Sabeti(producer)
Amerika
6.1 (43)
Ryan Ward(director)
Mackenzie Leigh(producer)
Memory Pill
Candie Boy
8.2 (15)
Arianna Del Grosso(director)
Greta Scicchitano(producer)
Anchecinema
Brut
7.4 (53)
Konstantin Fam(director)
Ludvík Askenazy(writer)
Sergey Rahlin(writer)
Alexey A. Petrukhin(producer)
Iuliana Tarnovetchi(producer)
Ark Pictures
Wink
7.5 (67)
Monika Petrillo(director)
James Baumgartner(producer)
Fish Tale Films
Basically Bad
Emily Parsons(director)
Lauren Parsons(writer)
El inicio de Fabrizio
7.1 (98)
Mariano Biasin(director)
Juan Martín Treffinger(producer)
Juan Pablo Miller(producer)
Diego Amson(producer)
Tarea Fina
First Bloom
7.5 (19)
Tingting Liu(director)
Tao Liu(composer)
L'accompagnante
Karleener(director)
Giuseppe Lupoi(producer)
Luproduction
Risky Game
Christine Kabisch(director)
Stefan Plepp(writer)
Christof Schilling(editor)
AmeriKa
9.1 (15)
Ryan Ward
Mackenzie Leigh
CTRL Z
7.3 (394)
James Kennedy(director)
James Oldham(producer)
Frantic Film
Ella Gets a Promotion?
6.2 (32)
Richard Diaz(director)
Mike Pusateri(director)
Widescreen Films Productions
FuN?
Shannon Van Metre(director)
Dee Dee Sellner(producer)
Van Metre Films
Mura-Mura
Ragnar Chacin(director)
Labodigital
Occam's Razor
Makan Talayeh(director)
MK&T Productions
Penalty
8.0 (46)
Aldo Iuliano(director)
Alessandro Giulietti(writer)
Severino Iuliano(writer)
Andrette Lo Conte(producer)
Freak Factory
With You
Caroline Lindy(director)
Luca
8.5 (33)
Adi Wojaczek
Patrick Mölleken
Omertà Pictures

Achievement in Screenwriting

Best Screenplay

Winner
The First Fleet: Virus on Botany Bay
Jessie Kerry
Genfilms Productions

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