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Award of Excellence

Actor: Leading

Winner
A Martinez(actor)
Symphoria
Symphoria Films,
Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Stones of Rome
Samizdat X Productions

Actor: Supporting

Winner
Russell Shealy
Companion

Actress: Leading

Winner
Florence Ordesh
An Extinction

Animation

Winner
Peek-A-Boom
Maya Zankoul
Toni Yammine
Wezank
Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras(director)
Something Will Emerge

Art Direction

Winner
Holding South
Glenn Blomfield
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
Invisible Love
Hippo Film Studio

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Dillon Garland
Winter Light Productions

Best Documentary Film

Winner
A Band to Honor
9.1 (17)
Annette C Hull
Warren R Hull
AnnWar Productions

Best Editing

Winner
Holding South
Rhys Green(editor)
Wild Greens Productions

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Reason
Stasha Surdyke
Michael Dempsey
Rachel Kimsey
Steve Cederquist
Danielle De Luca
Eve Danzeisen
Elle Engelman
Samantha Cutaran
Wendy Worthington
David St. James
Gary J. Klavans
Winner
The Bet
6.3 (10)
Federica Del Col
Francesco Roder
Iselin Mork
Claudia Soberón
Heather Langenkamp
Alfonso Cuarón
Ele Keats
Piera Detassis
Davide Giacometti
Maria Galiano-Sperandio
Cosetta Perin
Monica Beltrame
Domenico Procacci
Priscilla Fontanelli
Francesco Morgante
Michela Mion
Luca Ferri

Best Film

Winner
The Arrangement
5.9 (123)
Jake Hunsicker
Andrew Hunsicker
Melissa Hunsicker
Danny Donnelly
Aimee Theresa
Jennifer M. Kay
Noble Failure Productions
heARTist Films
Luna K. Productions

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Mike Gassaway
The Pro Bono Watchman
Robert Michael
Girl, Chill
Geepak Entertainment

Best Short Film

Winner
De La Madre
Keith Lango(director)
Winner
Wichita
8.5 (53)
Sergine Dumais

Best Trailer

Winner
Holding South
Rhys Green(editor)
Shay Green(editor)
Wild Greens Productions

Best VFX

Winner
Los Últimos Lobos
Iker Bilbao

Best Writing

Winner
The Bet
6.3 (10)
Francesco Roder(writer)
Alessia Pertoldi(writer)

Best commercial

Winner
T&T Supermarket Secret Mission
Diana Dai
Diana Dai Communications

Casting

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Matt Western
Winter Light Productions

Children / Family Programming

Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm
L'Arche
Tonic DNA

Cinematography

Winner
Masking Threshold
5.7 (5K)
Florian Hofer
Winner
Holding South
Nye Green(cinematographer)
Wild Greens Productions

Direction

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Paul Andrew Kimball
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Incognito
Jacky Song
Winner
Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain
7.1 (73)
Jerri Sher
Winner
Pieces of Us
7.9 (12)
Cheryl Allison
Winner
T&T Supermarket Secret Mission
Diana Dai
Winner
Holding South
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
Brotherhood
Maggie Grant
One In The Cannes Productions
Winner
Brotherhood
Maggie Grant
One In The Cannes Productions

Documentary Feature

Winner
Life with Ghosts
Stephen Berkley
MAX Video Productions
Winner
Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain
7.1 (73)
Jerri Sher
Winner
Sparks - The Ken Sparks Story
7.4 (47)
Jeff Joslin(Director)
Ciera Danielle(Producer)
Jef Joslin(Producer)
Native Wind Media
Double J Productions (II)

Documentary Short Film

Winner
Covid and Who I am Now
Diana Dai
Diana Dai Communications

Editing

Winner
Ellos Están Bien
Carlos Javier Martinez Mijares(editor)
Billionaires Group

Educational/Instructional/Training

Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras(director)
Something Will Emerge

Feature Film

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Paul Andrew Kimball(director/producer)
Ron Foley MacDonald(producer)
Andrew Mark Sewell(executive producer)
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Masking Threshold
5.7 (5K)
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Monochrom Propulsion Systems

Film Short

Winner
Reason
Gary J. Klavans
Graeme Finlayson
Winner
The Recess
6.3 (127)
Navid Nikkhah Azad
Winner
Holestepper
7.2 (11)
Sergio Fernandez(director)
Winner
Beta
6.4 (7)
Kevin M Turner
Mackenzie Cushine
Cory Brozik
Justin Watkins
Thomas Smith
Logic Film Company
Winner
Holding South
Rupert Green(producer)
Rhys Green
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras(director)
Something Will Emerge
Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
You Can Kiss Me
Jan Jalenak
Baby Doll Films

Jewish

Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras(director)
Something Will Emerge

LGBT

Winner
Pieces of Us
7.9 (12)
Cheryl Allison
Mark von der Heide
Mykel Dicus
Winner
Rumors
7.0 (59)
Nicole Vernarec
Matthew Darcy Vieira
V Squared Pictures
RHL Group

Latin / Hispanic

Winner
Wrong Turn
Alejandro Márquez Vela

Lead Actor

Winner
Jamie Muscato
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Bijan Daneshmand
The Bahramis
Winner
Robert Michael
Girl, Chill
Geepak Entertainment
Winner
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Holestepper
Winner
Rupert Green(actor)
Holding South
Wild Greens Productions

Leading Actor

Winner
William Nicol
Beta

Leading Actress

Winner
Darlene Sellers
De La Madre
Winner
Alexa Morden
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Em Siobhan McCourt
Home Again
Anam Caras Productions
Vicarious Playground Productions
Winner
Charisse Uy(actor)
Holding South
Wild Greens Productions

Makeup

Winner
Holding South
Clarette Soh
Wild Greens Productions

Music Video

Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm
L'Arche
Tonic DNA
Winner
Black City Nights
8.8 (8)
Anton Hochheim
Christoph Hochheim
Nathan Castiel
Dawna Lee Heising
Jerry Paper
Winner
Qing Feng Wu - Outsider
Ying Chih Chen(director)
Winner
Who Cares
Fella Cederbaum(director)

Original Score

Winner
Holding South
Charlie Sehres
Wild Greens Productions

Script/Writer

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Paul Andrew Kimball(writer)
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Holding South
Keren Green(writer)
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
Defense +4
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions

Supporting Actor

Winner
Nathan Nolan
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions

Supporting Actress

Winner
Ellie Heydon
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Claudette Williams
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions
Winner
Holly Stevens
The Colour of Spring
Winter Light Productions

TV Pilot

Winner
Contact High
Woody Woodhall
Wendy Woodhall
Allied Media
Winner
Holding South
Rupert Green(producer)
Rhys Green(producer)
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions

TV Pilot (Student)

Winner
Tasteless
Amnon Carmi
Roof Dragon Entertainment

TV Series

Winner
Why Are You Like This
6.4 (2K)
Jessie Oldfield(director)
Adam Murfet(director)
Mark Samual Bonanno(writer)
Naomi Higgins(writer)
Humyara Mahbub(writer)
Sarah Freeman(producer)
CKOL

Web Series

Winner
Bothered
Julie Phillips
Winner
Get Lost in Colombia
Melanie de Klerk(director)
Sophie Lui(director)
Ron Coldham(director)
Get Lost Productions
Winner
Girl, Chill
8.6 (20)
Robert Michael
Diana Maiocco
Jan Nizen
Hayden Conner Ashworth
Janine Gateland
Geepak Entertainment
Early Release Content

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
A Stormy² Day in July
Alexander Chernenkoff
Drumnucks Productions

Women Filmmaker

Winner
Get Lost in Colombia
Melanie de Klerk(director)
Sophie Lui(director)
Get Lost Productions

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Wichita
8.5 (53)
Sergine Dumais
Winner
Looking Glass
Joslyn Rose Lyons
Winner
Brotherhood
Maggie Grant
One In The Cannes Productions
Winner
Holding South
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
Green Sea
6.5 (1.1K)
Angeliki Antoniou(director)
Angeliki Antoniou Filmproduktion
Winner
The Day Before Creation
Mira Z Amiras
Winner
The Monster's Club
8.8 (20)
Federica Alice Carlino

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
Verzerrung (Distortion)
Samuel J. Punto

Award of Recognition

Actor: Leading

Winner
Amit Kumar Mishra
The Neighbor
Free Art Productions L.L.C
Winner
Royce Lundquist
34902

Actor: Supporting

Winner
Erik Thompson
The Dirty Hands Man
Image 987
Winner
Celal Can Orhan(actor)
Door Salesman Dave
Hense Films

African American

Winner
The Truth About the Use of Relaxers in Nigeria
Seun Okimi
Winner
Between Forever
7.1 (78)
Scooter Powell(Director)
Almaz Noor
Winner
Divine Living
Jordan Skipper
Skippy TV Productions
Our Time Films
Winner
For My Father
Maurniece
Winner
Feed
Damon Clindinin
Jennifer V. Dominguez
Elie J. Charles
Franny Alicia Reynoso
Roni Banerjee
Madelyn Badillo
Branden Cleveland
Moonlight Media

Animation

Winner
There Goes the Neighborhood
6.0 (12)
Rick Gene(Director)
Kiwtv
Winner
The Hairy Notion of a Green Afternoon
Susanne Deeken
Winner
The Breath of Life
8.0 (10)
Anna Gerasimova(director)
Arthur Herring(animator)
Winner
Little Adam Example
Ahou Alagha

Asian

Winner
Falafel
Nikita Hattangady(director, writer)
Nouveau Journey Productions
Winner
Soldiers from the past
Shihyun Wang
Winner
China's most beautiful poems
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The death of a taxi driver
Ken Peters
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The love story of Su, Shi
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The comet in doomsday prophecy
Shihyun Wang
Winner
20 something in Taiwan
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The dream lovers
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The end of the road
Shihyun Wang
Winner
A virtual spiritual tour of Miaoli Taiwan
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Poems by Emperor Lee, Jin
Shihyun Wang

Best Cinematography

Winner
AnoMiC
Hugo Teugels(Cinematographer)
Tatiana Bilan(Actress)
Dinara Safuillina(Actress)
Sanne Dirckx(Actress)
Jessica Roth(Actress)
TVP services Video Art Productions

Best Experimental Film

Winner
The Hauntings in MadhyaPradesh
9.1 (38)
Dreamentia Media Productions

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Matrixfication
Melanie Belmonte(Producer / Director / Writer)

Best Feature Film

Winner
Between Forever
7.1 (78)
Emad Asfoury(Producer)
Almaz Noor
Winner
Win a Trip to Browntown!
3.8 (232)
George A. Tramountanas

Best Film (Special Purpose Productions)

Winner
Faith Interrupted
Thomas McIntosh(writer)
Marquis Simmons(director)
Ty Love(actress)

Best Music Video

Winner
AnoMiC
Hugo Teugels(Director)
Tatiana Bilan(Actress)
Dinara Safuillina(Actress)
Jessica Roth(Actress)
Sanne Dirckx(Actress)
TVP services Video Art Productions

Children / Family Programming

Winner
Sophie Goes Ape
Kevin Veatch

Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising

Winner
We Hear You
Carolina Cordero

Creativity / Originality

Winner
A Road to Nowhere
Sayef Zaman(Director/Editor)
Phill Katz(Producer)
Ivana Windel(Screenwriter)
Thomas J. O'Brien(Associate Producer)
Midnight Roach Media

Direction

Winner
Uncivil Seizure
Francisco J. Hidalgo
Winner
What Keeps Me Up at Night
Béla Kolozsvári
Winner
A Walk in the Shadows
Kevin Gibson
Renegade Cinematics
Winner
Promise Me
Bérénice Achille
Winner
Bloody Romeo
8.0 (771)
Mukesh Asopa(Director)
Asopa Films Incorporation
Winner
Donna on the Go
8.6 (92)
Peggy Lane
Catholic Guilt Productions
Winner
The Hauntings in MadhyaPradesh
9.1 (38)
Abdul Khadir(Director)
Dreamentia Media Productions

Disability Issues

Winner
The Bigger Plans Project
Lachi
Angela Bianchi
VirgoImage

Documentary Feature

Winner
Bob Gomel: Eyewitness
8.3 (57)
David Scarbrough(director)
Winner
Straight Off the Canvas
Anthony Saldana
Jason Figueira
Winner
Akwaaba: The Awakening
Sybil D. Jatta
August 2021
Winner
Ghost Empire § Belize
Susan Thomson
Winner
JazzTown
Ben Makinen

Documentary Short

Winner
Anti-corpos: pedaços de uma turnê cúir
Brunella Martina
Winner
She Saved Me
Felicia Gonzalez Brown
Winner
Glimpses from the Great War
Jim Nowak
An honor gratefully accepted!
Winner
Fighters in an invisible battle
Shihyun Wang
Winner
What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico
Shihyun Wang
Winner
We Hear You
Carolina Cordero
Winner
My Hollywood
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being
8.6 (9)
Geronimo Vela(actor)
Ed Breeding(director)

Editing

Winner
Bob Gomel: Eyewitness
8.3 (57)
David Scarbrough(Editing)
Winner
Remi Wonders - The interns
Shihyun Wang
Jim Wang
Winner
The Light Dares to Desert Me
Brent Marriott
Gibbous EDGE Entertainment
Winner
Promise Me
Topher Hansson
Winner
The talented Ceia Zhou
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Ernest
Shihyun Wang
Winner
The State of the Nation
Benjamin Haskins(editor)

Experimental

Winner
Paint on Paint # 3
Vasco Diogo
Winner
Captive
8.2 (506)
Seayoon Jeong
Winner
F stands for life
Alessandro Nardini
Winner
Promenade en forêt
Johanne Chagnon(director)

Film Feature

Winner
Bloody Romeo
8.0 (771)
Mukesh Asopa(Director, Producer, Actor)
Asopa Films Incorporation
Winner
Atlantis Untold
4.8 (39)
Margie Galliver
Nigel Galliver
Design Works Studio
Lying Still
Austin Hall(director)
Tracy Fisher(actor)
Alfonso Matos(actor)
Grace Georgo(actress)
Monte Hieke(actor)
Erica Colson(actress)
Gant Montgomery(actor)
Daniel Geske(actor)

Film Short

Winner
For the Greater Good
Michael Gavino
Winner
For the Greater Good
Michael Gavino
Winner
La Schema
Alex Bowling
Stephen Byrum
Winner
Let's Talk About Farts
Greg Runnels
Andrea Stern
Winner
Eschaton
Matthew Skyler(director)
The Mystagogues
Winner
Inamorata
Pelan Le(writer/director)
Winner
Remaining Chance
Ilja Rosendahl
Winner
Trend
Sean Wever(director)
Winner
Door Salesman Dave
Ross Henson(director)
Celal Can Orhan(actor)
Georgia Curtis(actress)
Ashley Harris(cinematographer)
Peter Lay(story)
Lydia Lakemoore(producer)
Finley Redwood(assistant camera)
Alex Moss(assistant camera)
Catherine Nkaa(lighting)
Loz Rushmer(script supervisor)
Glenn Linstead(sound)
Melissa Jansu Vasif(behind the scenes camera operator)
Nina Cooke(dog trainer)
Hense Films
Winner
A Walk in the Shadows
Kevin Gibson
Jason Martinez
Renegade Cinematics
Winner
Ang Motel
Jon Matthews(Director)
Narry Soliman(Producer)
Teresa V. Soliman(Producer)
Anna Kristine Soliman(Producer)
Winner
What's Next For Me?
Keili Fernando
KLiF Productions
Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
Padre, hija y vieja
Alfredo M. Gómez Vicente(director)

History/Biographical

Winner
The two emperor poets
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Poems by Emperor Lee, Jin
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Ernest
Shihyun Wang

Interview/Talk Show

Winner
The talented Ceia Zhou
Daniel Huang
Shihyun Wang
Ceia Zhou

LGBT Film

Winner
All-American Boy
5.6 (77)
Ian Liberatore
Moving Forward Films
Winner
Once A Fury
8.9 (10)
Jacqueline Rhodes
Morrigan House
Winner
The New Frontier
6.1 (47)
Travis Mills

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico
Shihyun Wang

Lead Actor

Winner
Christopher Brian
All-American Boy
Moving Forward Films
Winner
Chance Guerra
A Walk in the Shadows
Renegade Cinematics

Lead Actress

Winner
Katherine Norland
The Light Dares to Desert Me
Gibbous EDGE Entertainment

Leading Actor

Winner
Kiyota Sage
Looking for Ai
3oak Film

Leading Actress

Winner
Izumi Sano
Looking for Ai
3oak Film
Winner
Magda Porter
Through a Glass, Dimly
Winner
Yuri Brown
Cursed Angel
BrownGirl Television
Winner
Teresa Gómez Pérez(Lead Actress)
Padre, hija y vieja

Movie Trailer

Winner
Melatonin
Kamali Culpepper

Music Video

Winner
What Keeps Me Up at Night
Béla Kolozsvári

Narration/Voice-Over Talent

Winner
Sophie Goes Ape
Samantha Blanchard(Voice over talent)

Original Score

Winner
The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(composer)
Winner
Inamorata
Nick Montopoli(composer)
Winner
Atlantis Untold
4.8 (39)
Nigel Galliver
Design Works Studio

Original Song

Winner
Who Is Bad?: Rokkuzamurai no osakebi
Altruist(singer, composer)

Public Service Programming / PSA (Student)

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

Script/Writer

Winner
Falafel
Nikita Hattangady(Director, Writer)
Nouveau Journey Productions
Winner
Bloody Romeo
8.0 (771)
Mukesh Asopa
Anushree Deshpande(Screenplay)
Asopa Films Incorporation

Short Film

Winner
Isolation
Jeevan Singh(Director)

Supporting Actress

Winner
Cate Luna
Station to Station
Winner
Sage Morris-Greene
Looking for Ai
3oak Film

TV Pilot

Winner
B-Sides
Katasha Acosta
Robina Rowe Productions

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Soiled Shorts: The Series
Giles Sander(producer)
Excalibur Animation
Winner
Divine Living
Jordan Skipper
Skippy TV Productions
Our Time Films
Winner
B-Sides
Lin Que Ayoung

Travel/Tourism

Winner
A virtual spiritual tour of Miaoli Taiwan
Shihyun Wang

Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery

Winner
She Saved Me
Felicia Gonzalez Brown
Winner
Soldiers from the past
Shihyun Wang

Web/Internet Programming

Winner
Savage Chat Series
9.4 (68)
Blair Dottin-Haley(producer)
Brandon Dottin-Haley(producer)
Angelica Robinson(producer)
Tell Me a Story

Webisode

Winner
The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(director)
Miriam N. Dohrn(writer)
Winner
Messages from another time
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Prophecy Doomsday - Global Warming
Shihyun Wang

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Once A Fury
8.9 (10)
Jacqueline Rhodes
Morrigan House
Winner
La Schema
Alex Bowling
Winner
Life Reflecting
Melissa Farris
Winner
Falafel
Nikita Hattangady(DIrector, Writer)
Nouveau Journey Productions
Winner
Amy Andersson
Winner
We Hear You
Carolina Cordero
Winner
B-Sides
Katasha Acosta
Robina Rowe Productions
Winner
Symphoria
3.9 (140)
Nancy Isaak(executive producer)
Catherine Dao(director)
Diane Peterson(producer)
Symphoria Films,
Winner
Poor Guy
Ryan Jordan
August 2021
Winner
YouBuddy
Whitney St. Ours
August 2021
Winner
Melatonin
Kamali Culpepper
Winner
Cursed Angel
Yuri Brown
BrownGirl Television

Women Filmmakers (Student)

Winner
First Gig
Merivelle

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
First Gig
Merivelle

Feature Narrative

Reception
8.7 (7)
Ricardo Campos(co-producer)
Jackson Shipman(co-producer)
Alex Hrisanthopoulos(co-producer)
Allan Weedman(co-producer)
Andrew Ferreira(co-producer)
Chase Crawford(executive producer)
Nick La Marca(co-producer)
Charlotte Forward(producer)
Hot 'n' Tedious Films
Four by Three Productions

Award of Merit

Actor: Leading

Winner
Cameron Francis
Lindsey
Winner
Robert Desanti
The Epilogue of Gregory Archambault
Winner
Jamie Dufault
Promise Me
Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Actor: Supporting

Winners
Mark Cox(actor)
Jimmy Chisholm(actor)
Lee Samuel(actor)
The Magical Beacon Stone
Soundsmove
Winner
Yisrael Dubov
34902

Actress: Leading

Winner
Gunce Ates
One Minute Show
Winner
Anna Flynn
Companion
Winner
Catherine Dao(actress)
Symphoria
Symphoria Films,
Winner
Bérénice Achille
Promise Me

Asian

Winner
Station to Station
4.7 (230)
Benjamin Bryant
Winner
Kintsugi
Justine Kaneda(writer/director)
Winner
Invisible Love
Xiang Guo(director)
Bill Einreinhofer(executive producer)
Nancy Hanzhang Shen(producer)
Hippo Film Studio
Winner
Sophie
Noreen Lee

Best Actor - Short Film

Winner
Francisco Villarroel
Webidemic
MOB Producciones

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner
Andrew Burdette
Bruh.mp4

Best Animation

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

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
Carlos Wallace(Executive Producer)
Mikell Limbrick(Director)
Sol-Caritas
Winner
P.E.N.S. (Poetic Energy Needed in Society)
Carlos Wallace
Mikell Limbrick
Liz Faublas
Sol-Caritas
Winner
Sun, Soil & Water
Dan Rippl
Winner
Gus: An American Icon
7.6 (8)
Pedro Brenner(Director / Writer / Producer)
Hell Hath No Fury Films
Winner
The Author
Nima Soofi
Daniel Irias
QubeFilm
Winner
TAPIZ (Tapestry)
Patricio Salinas

Best Feature Film

Winner
The Taste of Blood
4.1 (48)
Allen Kool(executive producer)
Robin Kool(executive producer)
Michael Charbon(executive producer)
David O'Keefe(executive producer)
Akoolfilm Company

Best Screenplay

Winner
The Taste of Blood
4.1 (48)
Robin E. Crozier(writer)
Akoolfilm Company

Best Short Film

Winner
Webidemic
Francisco Villarroel(Director)
Daniel Carrillo(Director)
MOB Producciones
Winner
5
Chia Chen
Jack Gastelbondo
Daniel Olson
Landon Perry
Justin Powell
Janelle Poirier
Michael Berckart
Jason Cozier
Miranda Sachetta
Winner
5
Chia Chen
Jack Gastelbondo
Daniel Olson
Landon Perry
Justin Powell
Janelle Poirier
Michael Berckart
Jason Cozier
Miranda Sachetta
Lily Marroquin

Best Social Justice/Liberation/Protest Film

Winner
A Blue Shroud
Shelly Snellman(executive producer)
Jason Snellman(director)
Robo & Bash Productions
Winner
Dithunya tsa Rona
Jenny H. Ledikwe
Isaac Leano Marumo

Best Sound - Overall Impact

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

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Heather Reynosa
Win a Trip to Browntown!

Cinematography

Winner
A Blue Shroud
Shelly Snellman(executive producer)
C. Clifford Jones(director of photography)
Jason Snellman(director)
Robo & Bash Productions
Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
Richard Lacy
Winner
The Ghoul
Luke Nowell(Cinematography)
Winner
The Epilogue of Gregory Archambault
Geoff Ryan
Winner
To Be MELO
Calvert David Miles
3 Strands of Rope Productions

Contemporary Issues/ Awareness Raising

Winner
Protest: Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, NYC 2020
Gearóid Dolan
screaMachine

Creativity/Originality

Winner
Kintsugi
Justine Kaneda(writer/director)
Winner
Dr. Mania
Brad Simanski
Canyon House Films
17 Sunset

Direction

Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
David Goodall(director)
Soundsmove
Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
John Darbonne
Left Eye Dominant
Winner
34902
Adam Moses
First Man Films
Winner
Les arcandiers
6.9 (58)
Manuel Sanchez
Les Productions Lazennec

Director

Winner
Ryan Osmond(Director)
The Ghoul
Winner
Michael Rognlie
Gary
Winner
Melissa Farris
Lonely Voices Grandparents Coping with COVID

Disability Issues

Winner
What?
4.8 (136)
Winner
The Biggest Obstacle
8.8 (26)
Gearóid Dolan
screaMachine
Winner
Straight Off the Canvas
Anthony Saldana
Jason Figueira
Winner
We Hear You
Carolina Cordero
Winner
Donna on the Go
8.6 (92)
Peggy Lane(Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor)
Donna Russo(Actress)
Craig Hutchison(Co Executive Producer)
Vince Deadrick Jr.(Suoervising Producer)
Catholic Guilt Productions
Winner
Sensei
Jill Roberts(director)
Erin Lucca(producer)
Exploding Helicopter Productions
Urban Island

Documentary Feature

Winner
Samson
Chandra Vandry
Winner
Samson
Chandra Vandry
Winner
Three Wise Men: Parallel Lives
8.1 (11)
Sada Rajiah
Desire Prevost
Winner
The Biggest Obstacle
8.8 (26)
Gearóid Dolan
screaMachine
Winner
Spicy Calabria
8.7 (20)
Giacomo Arrigoni
Winner
Untouched
Timothy Clough(director)
Phaze Films

Documentary Short

Winner
Numdi Oodi, La verdadera historia
Ángel Galmes
Borino Films
Winner
Lonely Voices Grandparents Coping with COVID
Melissa Farris
Winner
Sensei
Jill Roberts(director)
Erin Lucca(producer)
Exploding Helicopter Productions
Urban Island

Drama Program

Winner
Strain
5.5 (34)
Uduak-Obong Patrick(Director)
Verte View

Dramatic Impact

Winner
Footsteps of Suicide
Thomas R. Bloom
DrakeWise Productions

Editing

Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
John Darbonne
Left Eye Dominant

Educational/Instructional/Training

Winner
Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years
Filiz Efe McKinney
Brave Sprout

Feature Film

Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
John Darbonne
Left Eye Dominant
Winner
The Pro Bono Watchman
5.2 (44)
Ralph Cinque
Lost Maples Productions
Winner
Treason
5.2 (77)
Eric DePriester
August 2021
Winner
Les arcandiers
6.9 (58)
Manuel Sanchez
Les Productions Lazennec
Winner
To Be MELO
June Mock
KMK Realm
Winner
Invisible Love
Xiang Guo(Director)
Bill Einreinhofer(Executive Producer)
Nancy Hanzhang Shen(Producer)
Hippo Film Studio
Winner
Through a Glass, Dimly
9.4 (16)
Brian K. Burns

Film Short

Winner
Good Thing Going
Reece Daniels
Jivensley Alexis
Winner
The Secrets We Keep
JuanJose De La Cruz
Ouroboros Aperture
Winner
Life Reflecting
Melissa Farris
Winner
Uncivil Seizure
Francisco J. Hidalgo
Juan Pablo Hidalgo
Bruce Wood
Brett O. Clark
Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
David Goodall(writer/director)
Soundsmove
Winner
Das System Bist Du
Mathias Max Herrmann
Winner
Awakening
6.6 (23)
Amin Behravan(director)
Mohammad Javad Balali(director)
Winner
34902
Adam Moses(Writer/Director/Producer)
Yisrael Dubov(Writer/Producer)
Caleb Harris(cinematographer)
First Man Films
Junction Lads Productions
Winner
Gary
Michael Rognlie
Winner
Dr. Mania
Brad Simanski
Canyon House Films
17 Sunset
Winner
The Ice Cream Stop
8.3 (11)
Thai Edwards
Marcelle Baber
Raul Perez
Winner
Kate
Robert J Permenter
Winner
Spleen
Maxime Duval
Winner
Will You Hold Me
Fella Cederbaum(director)
Time Traveler
9.7 (6)
Jeffrey Israelson(director)
Steven Israelson(director)
Viking Films (II)

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Maybe I Don't Actually Suck
Cody DeTurk
Winner
Beats
Sara Lattis
August 2021
Winner
When I Met Mia
Merivelle

History/Biographical

Winner
Three Wise Men: Parallel Lives
8.1 (11)
Sada Rajiah
Desire Prevost

Jewish

Winner
34902
Adam Moses(Writer/Director/Producer)
Yisrael Dubov(Writer/Producer)
First Man Films

LGBT

Winner
Mom & M
Jena Burchick
Lux Daze Media

Latin /Hispanic

Winner
Welcome to Our World
6.4 (10)
Alfredo Ramos

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
The Secrets We Keep
JuanJose De La Cruz
Ouroboros Aperture

Lead Actress

Winner
Tanja Fleth Boenke(actress)
Louise & Louise
46 Films
Winner
Chia Chen
5
Winner
Chia Chen
5
Winner
Kate O'Neill
Hangman

Leading Actor

Winner
Poorva Wachh
The Big Rant
Winner
Nye Green
Defense +4
Wild Greens Productions
Winner
Thai Edwards
The Ice Cream Stop
Winner
June Mock
To Be MELO
KMK Realm

Liberation, Social Justice, Protest

Winner
Protest: Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, NYC 2020
Gearóid Dolan
screaMachine
Winner
Ghost Empire § Belize
Susan Thomson

Movie Trailer

Winner
The Aran Sweater
Wendy Watts
Winner
The Best Man's Privilege
Andy Maycock

Music Video

Winner
The Raven
Zachary James
Kristin Hevner
Winner
Panolith: Transmutation
Adam Williams
ADCY Media
Winner
Friends
Levi Wise Kenneth Catoe Jr.
Kenny Fame
Friends (2017) (V)
Winner
Who Cares
Fella Cederbaum(director)

Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Winner
A Stormy² Day in July
Alexander Chernenkoff
Drumnucks Productions

Nature / Environment / Wildlife (Student)

Winner
The Living Sea
Ema Poposka

On-Camera Talent

Winner
Spicy Calabria
8.7 (20)
Esmeralda Spadea

Original Score

Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
David Goodall(Composer)
Soundsmove
Winner
Station to Station
4.7 (230)
Francis McGrath
Winner
Les arcandiers
6.9 (58)
Manuel Sanchez
Étienne Perruchon
Les Productions Lazennec

Original Song

Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
David Goodall(composed, produced, and performed by)
Louise Montgomery(Singer)
Soundsmove

Script/Writer

Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
John Darbonne
Winner
Station to Station
4.7 (230)
Benjamin Bryant
Matthew Weaver
Winner
Hangman
Kate O'Neill
Jessica Orcsik
Winner
The Ice Cream Stop
8.3 (11)
Thai Edwards
Marcelle Baber
Raul Perez

Short Film

Winner
Louise & Louise
Danny Thykær(director)
46 Films
Winner
Lindsey
Cameron Francis
Winner
Abeba
Zelalem Woldemariam(Directed By)
Pedro Marques(Original Score)
Ana Almeida(Editing)
Jean-Paul Wall(Produced by)
Zeleman Production
Moodswing
Winner
The Dark Places
Tommy G. Kendrick(director)
LeAnn Morris(writer)
Bethany Becker(actress)
Winner
Intuition
Brooke Tomlinson
Winner
Drama19
6.2 (174)
Rubén Arnaiz
Amblost Media

Special Effects: Non-Animation

Winner
Companion
3.4 (905)
Erika O'Bar

Special Mention

Winner
Under the Weather
William D. MacGillivray(director)
Terry Greenlaw(producer)
Christopher Richardson(producer)
Cranky Goat Entertainment
Picture Plant

Supporting Actor

Winner
Josh Breslow
What?
Winner
Jeremy Guskin
What?
Winner
Andrew Cawley
Station to Station
Winner
Jordan Getty
Station to Station

Supporting Actress

Winner
Simona Ceruti(Best Actress Supporting)
Ed è subito sera
Winner
Sawyer Amadeus
Just The Tip
Big R Productions
Spirit Lake Entertainment

TV Pilot

Winner
Lower East Asides
9.8 (9)
Steve Becker
Blue Carioca Entertainment
Winner
The Decipio
8.8 (12)
Jason Gullifer
Alexander Klebanoff
Deon Williams

Use of Film / Video for Social Change

Winner
Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years
Filiz Efe McKinney
Brave Sprout

Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery

Winner
What?
4.8 (136)

Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational

Winner
Sun, Soil & Water
Dan Rippl

Web Series

Winner
Codependent
Deena ElGenaidi(Director)
Jenny Irving(Director)
Winner
The Bahramis
Bijan Daneshmand
Winner
The Fash Life
Rebecca Hu
Fash Life Series
Winner
One Minute Show
Winner
My Human Experience
Sylvia Ray
Aimee Dansereau
Sarah Cooke
Kay Tuxford
10 X 10 Studios
Winner
Sophie
Noreen Lee
Winner
The Fash Life
Lisa Valerie Morgan
Fash Life Series

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Unfinished
9.8 (24)
Sudeep Mehta
Worldwide Photoworks
Winner
Footsteps of Suicide
Thomas R. Bloom
DrakeWise Productions

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Intuition
Brooke Tomlinson
Winner
A Special Place
Vikki Thompson
Winner
Boxed
Laurel Levey

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
The Living Sea
Ema Poposka

Web/Internet Programming

Savage Chat Series
9.4 (68)
Blair Dottin-Haley(producer)
Brandon Dottin-Haley(producer)
Angelica Robinson(producer)
Tell Me A Story Productions

Award of Distinction

Film Short

Winner
Volatility
Ekaterina Behor

Award of Merit Special Mention

African American

Winner
Becoming Black Lawyers
Evangeline M. Mitchell
August 2021

Animation

Winner
Keep Painting, Mom
Héloïse Magny
Digital Griffix

Best Actor

Winner
Paco De Rosa(Best Actor)
Ed è subito sera
Winner
Jack Maxwell(actor)
The Pragmatist

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Bahramis
Bijan Daneshmand
Tahmoures Tehrani
Marjaneh Sabouri
Hossein Amirsadeghi
Mehdi Abbaspour
Rouzbeh Akhbari
Neda Kalali
Masoud Zianour
Payam Alijani
Foad Alijani
Shahrzad Sayyah
Afsaneh Karim
Cyrus Massoudi

Children/Family Programming

Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
David Goodall(producer)
Soundsmove

Cinematography

Winner
Pebbles
Matt Shepherd
Winner
The Magical Beacon Stone
Kenneth Caldwell(directof of photography)
Soundsmove

Creativity / Originality

Winner
Verzerrung (Distortion)
Samuel J. Punto

Direction, Film Feature

Winner
Amazon Queen
4.9 (4.9K)
Marlin Darrah
August 2021
Winner
The Way
4.6 (127)
Dastan Khalili(Director)
Alliance of Light

Documentary Short

Winner
Ephemeral
Kelly Bakos
FauneVoyage Films & Media

Feature Film

Winner
America Has Fallen: Election Day
5.6 (29)
Felix Igori Ramos
Anastasia Reinhard
Jennifer Nora Ramos
Sherman Bernard Sanders
Jazzino Cinema
Winner
The Way
4.6 (127)
Dastan Khalili(Producer)
Chris Smith(Producer)
Jon Brewer(Producer)
Eli Jane(Producer)
Alliance of Light
Winner
Amazon Queen
4.9 (4.9K)
Marlin Darrah(director)
Amazon Movie

Jewish

Winner
Boxed
Laurel Levey

Leading Actor

Winner
John Maucere
What?
Winner
David Eggers II
Station to Station

Leading Actress

Winner
Aubree Bouché
Beta

Movie Trailer

Winner
Los Últimos Lobos
Iker Bilbao

Original Score

Winner
The Poltergeist Diaries
3.4 (745)
Gergö Elekes
Winner
Symphoria
3.9 (140)
David Lamont(composer)
Symphoria Films,

Original Song

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Paul Andrew Kimball
Winter Light Productions

Short Film

Winner
Serafin
Carmela Schönenberger
February 2021
Winner
The Pragmatist
Jeff Schubert
Peter Paul Basler
Supernova Films
Winner
The Deepest Dark
Keith Randal Duncan
August 2021
Winner
Defense +4
Rupert Green(producer)
Keren Green
Wild Greens Productions

Sound Editing

Winner
The Colour of Spring
8.5 (37)
Taber Crosby(Sound Design and Editing)
Winter Light Productions

Television Program / Series

Winner
The Real Greatest Showmen
8.8 (6)
Paul Barker
Make a Difference Films

Women Filmmaker

Winner
Pebbles
Renée Selwood
Little Hummingbird Productions

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Ephemeral
Kelly Bakos
FauneVoyage Films & Media
Winner
Keep Painting, Mom
Héloïse Magny
Digital Griffix

Music Video

Highland Home
8.0 (5)
Dan Schaefer
Rex Post

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Best Editor

Winner
The Best Man's Privilege
Avery Maycock

Best Feature Film - Experimental

Winner
Mareld
3.4 (374)
Ove Valeskog
Viktor Åkerblom
Tribespider Film

Best Short Film

Winner
Wrong Turn
Alejandro Márquez Vela
Winner
Hungry Ghosts
Mark Borkowski
David McKittrick
McMurphy Productions
Winner
Five Pounds of Pressure 2020
Winner
Trøllabeiggi
8.8 (326)
Gudmund Helmsdal
Helmsdal Media
ETK Films

Disability Issues

Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm
L'Arche
Tonic DNA

Documentary Feature

Winner
Zero Gravity
8.3 (28)
Thomas Verrette
Skylight Cinema
Winner
The Long Shadow
7.0 (169)
Frances Causey
Jed Riffe
Maureen Gosling

Film Feature

Winner
Traman
8.0 (11)
David Hofer
Winner
Only Human
7.1 (138)
Igor Ivanov Izi(director)
Winner
Along Came Wanda
5.6 (699)
Jan Miller Corran(LeeAnne Matusek)
Winner
The Poltergeist Diaries
3.4 (745)
Roy McClurg Jr.(executive producer)
Timothy Beal(executive producer)
Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
Gergö Elekes(producer)
József Gallai(producer)
Mitchell Speers(producer)

Film Short

Winner
Strawberry Fields Forever
Richard Andrews
Tom Andrews
Winner
Incognito
Jacky Song
Winner
Five Pounds of Pressure 2020

Infomercial/Commercial

Winner
Legionarius by Yamamoto Nutrition

LGBT Shorts

Winner
Home Again
Brendan Meyer
Anam Caras Productions
Vicarious Playground Productions

Latin/Hispanic

Winner
Ispansi!
5.9 (289)
Carlos Iglesias
Maestranza Films

Web Series

Winner
Rumors
7.0 (59)
Nicole Vernarec
Matthew Darcy Vieira
V Squared Pictures
RHL Group

Woman Filmmaker

Winner
Along Came Wanda
5.6 (699)
Jan Miller Corran

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
The Other
Nolan Trifunovic

Humanitarian Award

Grand Prize Humanitarian Award

Winner
Milked
8.4 (329)
Amy Taylor(director)
Ahimsa Films

Honorable Mention

Winner
Upper Story
6.5 (24)
Alessandra Pedrotti Catoni(director)
Makarampa
Winner
Sensei
Jill Roberts(director)
Erin Lucca(producer)
Exploding Helicopter Productions
Urban Island
Winner
HuManatee
Sea Jin Park
Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Keep Painting, Mom
Héloïse Magny
Digital Griffix

Humanitarian Award of Distinction

Winner
Holestepper
7.2 (11)
Sergio Fernandez(director)
Winner
Covid and Who I am Now
Diana Dai
Diana Dai Communications

Outstanding Achievement

Winner
Two Autumns in Paris
7.4 (75)
Gibelys Coronado
MOB Producciones
Winner
Freebird
8.9 (39)
Michael Joseph McDonald
Joe Bluhm
L'Arche
Tonic DNA

Best of Show

Best Feature Film

Winner
Green Sea
6.5 (1.1K)
Angeliki Antoniou(director/producer)
Lilette Botasi(producer)
Jost Hering(co-producer)
Angeliki Antoniou Filmproduktion
Inkas Film & T.V. Productions
Jost Hering Filmproduktion

Best Music Video

Winner
The Stranglers: And If You Should See Dave...
Vadim Lasca(director)
Mariale Fleitas(executive producer)
Albur

Best of Show

Winner
Milked
8.4 (329)
Amy Taylor
Ahimsa Films

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