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Jury Prize

Best Cinematography

Winner
Whoever You Are...
Winner
Le linceul
Margaux Magis(director of photography)
Envy
3.2 (546)
Sam Hoggarth
SH Film
Bordered
Mitchell Baxter

Best Director

Winner
Whoever You Are...
Marie Vandelannoote(director)
Le linceul

Best Music

Winner
Whoever You Are...
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Ahmed Arifin
Le linceul
Matthieu Lechowski(composer)

Best Short

Winner
Whoever You Are...
Le linceul
Marie Vandelannoote(director)

Best Writing

Winner
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Whoever You Are...

Most Terrifying

Winner
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Le linceul
Marie Vandelannoote(director)
Number 25
8.7 (11)

Best Actress (Feature Film & Short Film)

Sarah Navratil
1943

Best Director (Feature Film & Short Film)

1943
Elizabeth Dean
1943

Best Editing

Le linceul
Marie Vandelannoote(editor)

Best FX

Le linceul
Sidney Billon(makeup artist)

Best Narrative Short

Envy
3.2 (546)
Richard Hoggarth
Sam Hoggarth
Alex Arnold
SH Film

Best Original Idea (Feature Film & Short Film)

1943
Elizabeth Dean(writer/director/producer)

Best Short Film

1943
1943
Elizabeth Dean(writer/director/producer)

Best Sound

Whoever You Are...
Le linceul
Jean-Marie Salque(engineer/mixer)

Best Student Film

Creation
8.5 (17)
Sara Eustáquio(director)

Best Writing (Feature Film & Short Film)

1943
1943
Elizabeth Dean

Top Indie Film Award

Best Actor

Winner
Josh Barsell
Jeremy
Winner
Justin Tinto(actor)
Manipulation
Winner
Simon Crudgington
Voice of Belief
Fresh AIR Films & Media
Winner
Giorgio Colangeli
Departures
Roma Film Academy
Winner
Jesus Puchol
The T-Shirt
Punto y Aparte
Michael Boston
The Guitar
BlackCat69 Prods.
Ketrick 'Jazz' Copeland
Gotta Make It
Quantum VFX
Karan Choudhary
New York'd
Wesley R. Adams
Bad Kids
Josh Kieser
Papercut
Cameron Denny
Love Interrupted
Joe Purdy
American Folk
Franz Gruber(actor)
Littoral
Terence Schweizer
Rooftops of my city
Jorden Heitkamp(actor)
Indiecency
Tilted Rose Productions
Scott Hinds
Afraid of the Dark
UKFILM.CO
Jack Harrison
I Kissed a Boy
UKFILM.CO
Simon Haycock(actor)
Hyper Jump
Sidartha Murjani(actor)
The-Interview
Roman Xing
The Saver
Josephus Sanders III
Quintessential: The Movie
Empire Thang Films
John Manzelli
Son of a...

Best Actress

Winner
Melissa Malone
Or So the Story Goes
Outtake Productions
Winner
Brianne Moncrief
Not Right Now
Winner
Morgan Aiken
Empty
Winner
Faranak Torabi
Gloomy Green
Winner
Gabrella(actress)
Ah
Winner
Eleanor Burke
Emotional Distress
K Lens UK
Winner
Dominique Swain
Photographic Memory
Winner
Ray Kennington
Give + Take
Tinkenpooh Productions
Emma Leah Golding
Excursion to the Mountains
Chocolate Bear
Katie Maguire
The Session
Catherine A. Callahan
LI Divas
Edie Newman
Suburban Coffin
Jolie Chi
My Lunatic Lucy
Kelsey Lynn Stokes
Jeremy
Maya Jasmin
Rooftops of my city
Sorcha Verey
It's in the Trees
UKFILM.CO
Helena Prettyman
Hollow
Mara Kluhs
The dance of Mara

Best Animated Short

Winner
Lear's Nonsense
8.9 (10)
Artie Romero(director)
Woodrow Martin(associate producer)
Ron Hayden(actor)
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Best Cinematography

Winner
Worth
5.3 (326)
Winner
Hollow
9.8 (7)
James Westlake
Winner
Rockstar
8.4 (8)
Sandra Stenzel(cinematographer)
Media Giant
Winner
Senza paura
Stefano Lorenzi(cinematographer)
Winner
Impermanence
9.4 (10)
Elliot J. Spencer
Winner
Bardo Blues
5.6 (125)
Justin McAleece
Ian McAleece
Blare Media Production
Gotta Make It
Antoine M. Dillard
Quantum VFX
Bad Kids
6.9 (12)
Jodie Gordon(cinematographer)
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(cinematographer)
Tyler Suggs(cinematographer)
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions
The Joy Block
Philip A. Anderson
John Campbell
Jesse Kamerick
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
American Folk
6.5 (543)
Devin Whetstone
Littoral
6.3 (17)
Hamidreza Zainali(director of photography)
Grand Gesture
Filip Laureys
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
I Heard the Flowers Blooming When I Was Eighty
Zhong Botai
Rooftops of my city
Shu Hirayama
Risk
5.5 (7)
Dejan Ulaga(director of photography)
Manipulation
Matt Routledge(director of photography)
I Kissed a Boy
8.4 (35)
Richard Bertenshaw
UKFILM.CO
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Gloomy Green
Mehdi Aslani
Ah
9.2 (11)
Sridhar(cinematographer)
Overrun
Larius Kieninger
The Greta Fragments
Nic Barker
Departures
7.2 (138)
Marta Mazzucco
Roma Film Academy
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films
Cilla Jane: Ice Age
Nicholas Andrews
Nox House Films
La prima volta
Alex Alessi(Director)

Best Director

Winner
Alicia Hayes(director)
Living Colors
Vero 8 Pictures
Winner
Michael Boston
The Guitar
BlackCat69 Prods.
Winner
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
Winner
Peter 'Zhen' Pan
I Heard the Flowers Blooming When I Was Eighty
Winner
Joshua Neubert
Overrun
Winner
Rathin Rao
Butter Cup
Winner
Non mi posso lamentare
Dermot Daly
Ivan Mack
Excursion to the Mountains
Chocolate Bear
Antoine M. Dillard
Gotta Make It
Quantum VFX
Tanner Sawatzky(director)
Bad Kids
D.J. Rivera(director)
Vessel
Shelley Titus
Sistas Conversation
Seashell Film Productions
Joanie Fox
The Joy Block
Tanner Sawatzky(Director)
Bad Kids
James Secker
The Summoner
David Heinz
American Folk
Kiarash Motarjemi(Director)
Littoral
Richard Schertzer
The Little Chapel
Wyvern Studios
Maya Jasmin
Rooftops of my city
Oisín-Tomás ó Raghallaigh
Hindsight
Matt Routledge
Manipulation
Ray Brady
Induction to Purgatory
UKFILM.CO
Johnny Herbin
Mountain
Forouzan Jalali
Gloomy Green
Enrique Rico Diaz
Jeremy
Alastair Railton
Voice of Belief
Fresh AIR Films & Media
Tane McClure(director)
Rockstar
Media Giant
Natalie A. Evans
Today Is a Good Day
Armand Hamouth
Give + Take
Tinkenpooh Productions
Randolph Zaini
Polisi Maling
Sammie Johnson
Quintessential: The Movie
Empire Thang Films
Isabella Andronos
Cilla Jane: Ice Age
Nox House Films

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions

Best Documentary Short

Winner
The Joy Block
Joanie Fox
A.J. Gordon
Alchemy 3 Productions
Loaded Image Entertainment
Winner
A Lonely Boy's Way
Matthias Pöltinger
Winner
Impermanence
9.4 (10)
Elliot J. Spencer

Best Editing

Winner
Love Interrupted
Natalie Bible'
Winner
American Folk
6.5 (543)
David Heinz
Winner
Risk
5.5 (7)
Andrej Avanzo(editor)
Winner
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Matthew Supersad
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Matthew Supersad
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Appiness
6.0 (354)
Mark Bendit(editor)
eMerge Enterprises Ltd
The Guitar
9.4 (10)
Pedro Gonzalez Kuhn
BlackCat69 Prods.
Proper Binge
7.1 (54)
Bad Kids
6.9 (12)
Omar Siddiqui(editor)
Vessel
D.J. Rivera
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions
The Joy Block
Camille Carpenter
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
A Lonely Boy's Way
Matthias Pöltinger
Not Right Now
Jeffrey Glaser
Martin Wilson
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
My Lunatic Lucy
Wanyin Tang
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
Sandra Lena(Lead Editor)
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
It's in the Trees
8.8 (33)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
I Kissed a Boy
8.4 (35)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Jeremy
Sandra Lena
The-Interview
Brandon Mckinney(editor)
Joe
9.0 (9)
Sean MacLaughlin
The Platform Group
Voice of Belief
Alastair Railton
Fresh AIR Films & Media
The Saver
Pantheras Freedman
Roman Xing
The Greta Fragments
Nic Barker
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Aaron Huggett
Electric Motion Pictures
Departures
7.2 (138)
Lamberti Gerardo
Roma Film Academy
Butter Cup
Yassin Koptan
Polisi Maling
Josh Litman
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films
Non mi posso lamentare

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Never Always
Brieanna Steele
Natalie Bible'
Em Baker
Absinthe Productions
Winner
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
Brieanna Steele
Em Baker
Absinthe Productions
Winner
Terugreis (The Return)
Sander Nap
Nils Vermeire
Winner
Emotional Distress
Keith Large
K Lens UK

Best FX

Winner
Beautified
8.5 (15)
Emily Haigh(director)
Mollie Merrifield(fx makeup artist)
Siren Call Films
The Leak
8.6 (27)
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(vfx supervisor)
The Summoner
8.7 (65)
Adam Skog
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films

Best Feature

Winner
American Folk
6.5 (543)
David Heinz
Winner
Appiness
6.0 (354)
Eli Batalion(producer)
eMerge Enterprises Ltd
13 Mysteries
7.2 (21)
Julia Noel
Vorvip Productions
Unterwelt: The World Beyond
6.9 (34)
Ralf Kemper(director)
Gerrit Reinecke(producer)
Christian Peter(producer)
Spontitotalfilm

Best Humor

Winner
New York'd
8.1 (11)
Winner
New York'd
8.1 (11)
Karan Choudhary
Kyle Mcllhone
Richard Weigle
Michael Anastasio
Warren M. Smith
Jake Denicola
Fabio Bertagnolli
Cady Abarca
Geeta Choudhary
Bharat Monga
Winner
Grand Gesture
Nic Barker
Winner
It's Not Me, It's You
Tara Donnelly
Chance Housley
Omar Parker
CNC Productions
Egerton Crescent Productions
Winner
Father and Father
6.3 (18)
Michael Baumgarten(director)
Metro Goldman Motion Pictures
Winner
Emotional Distress
Keith Large
Wayne Kelly
Matt Holt
K Lens UK
Winner
Give + Take
7.6 (10)
Brian Kennington
Tinkenpooh Productions
Winner
Appiness
6.0 (354)
Eli Batalion(director)
eMerge Enterprises Ltd
Winner
Butter Cup
Rathin Rao
Julian Bueno
Lear's Nonsense
8.9 (10)
Artie Romero(director)
Andrew Woolnough(animator)
Atinuke Oyebade(animator)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Proper Binge
7.1 (54)
LI Divas
8.0 (19)
Katie Maguire
Catherine A. Callahan
It's Thursday Productions
Not Right Now
Brianne Moncrief
My Lunatic Lucy
Wanyin Tang
Jolie Chi
Corey Timmons
I Kissed a Boy
8.4 (35)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Indiecency
7.8 (8)
Jody Weinman(director)
Tilted Rose Productions
SuperKlanMan
Michael Anthony Scott
A Kings Concern Production
Non mi posso lamentare

Best Message

Winner
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions
Winner
Stardust & Moonbeams
Stardust & Moonbeams
Jo Throckmorton Filmworks
Winner
The-Interview
Sidartha Murjani(director)
Winner
Voice of Belief
Alastair Railton
Fresh AIR Films & Media
Winner
The T-Shirt
9.6 (52)
José Luis López Ortiz
Punto y Aparte

Best Music

Winner
The Summoner
8.7 (65)
Waveshaper
Adam Skog
Hello Meteor
Vincenzo Salvia
NightStop
Winner
Never Always
Em Baker
Winner
Littoral
6.3 (17)
Siavash Shaygan(composer)
Nasrin Hobbi(song)
Franz Gruber(song)
Winner
Never Always
Em Baker
Winner
13 Mysteries
7.2 (21)
Julia Noel
Vorvip Productions
Winner
Hollow
9.8 (7)
Oliver Graham
Winner
The Saver
Chris Ewing
EyeLess Studio Hollywood
Winner
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Felipe Téllez
Electric Motion Pictures
Winner
Photographic Memory
9.0 (106)
Aldon Baker
The Little Chapel
Declan Jones
Wyvern Studios
Perfect People
8.0 (7)
Rooftops of my city
Key Szost
Manipulation
Steffen Thum
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Phil Lawrence
UKFILM.CO
Jeremy
Jasmine Saldana Diaz
Joe
9.0 (9)
Leeran Raphaely
The Platform Group
Voice of Belief
Fresh AIR Films & Media
Ah
9.2 (11)
Sam C.S.(composer)
Rockstar
8.4 (8)
Tarra Layne(song writer)
Media Giant
The Saver
Chris Ewing
Jade
Joey Macaranas
Alegna Entertainment
Senza paura
Cris Ciampoli(composer)
Departures
7.2 (138)
Nicolas Morganti Patrignani
Roma Film Academy
Jade
Joey Macaranas
Alegna Entertainment
Butter Cup
Tana Pinkard
SuperKlanMan
Richard Lowry
A Kings Concern Production
Non mi posso lamentare

Best Music Video

Winner
I Am a Very Special Being
Marcus Mandal
Citizen Dane
Winner
Tawanda: Real Eyes
Jenn Garcia(producer)
Robby Dugan(director)
Shad Adair(executive producer)
Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim(artist)
Nicholas Holguin(actor)
Hardline Films
3Six Media Group
Winner
Cilla Jane: Ice Age
Isabella Andronos
Nox House Films

Best Original Idea

Winner
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(writer)
Winner
Rooftops of my city
Maya Jasmin
Terence Schweizer
Shu Hirayama
Winner
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
The-Interview
Sidartha Murjani(producer)
Winner
Impermanence
9.4 (10)
Elliot J. Spencer
The Leak
8.6 (27)
Among the Stars
9.5 (36)
Jack VanderToll
Or So the Story Goes
8.2 (41)
Outtake Productions
The Little Chapel
Richard Schertzer
Wyvern Studios
I Heard the Flowers Blooming When I Was Eighty
Peter 'Zhen' Pan
Risk
5.5 (7)
Tina Novak(writer)
Mother's Day
Peter Koevari
GP2 Entertainment
13 Mysteries
7.2 (21)
Julia Noel
Vorvip Productions
Kathryn L Scurry
Lotus Fire Film Network
Photographic Memory
9.0 (106)
Dustin Clingan
Dave Matthew Boddy
SuperKlanMan
Michael Anthony Scott
A Kings Concern Production
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films

Best Production Design

Winner
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Aaron Huggett
Lee Bernier
Jan Seabrook
Electric Motion Pictures

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
Grand Gesture
Nic Barker
Bryce Padovan
Winner
Joe
9.0 (9)
Shara Ashley Zeiger
Kaye Tuckerman
Samantha Pyra
Leeran Raphaely
Adrian Bosi
Sean MacLaughlin
Bethany Nicole Taylor
Samantha Winter
Amanda Bruton
Amanda Damron
J.J. Gonzalez
Vin Scialla
Jim O'Hare
Eve Austin
Kelly Kozakevich
Michael Huntsman
The Platform Group
Winner
Butter Cup
Rathin Rao
Julian Bueno

Best Short

Winner
Rooftops of my city
Maya Jasmin
Terence Schweizer
Shu Hirayama
Winner
Jeremy
Enrique Rico Diaz
Josh Barsell
Cori Diaz
Winner
The Greta Fragments
Nic Barker
Winner
Polisi Maling
Randolph Zaini
Winner
Non mi posso lamentare
New York'd
8.1 (11)
Karan Choudhary
Richard Weigle
Michael Anastasio
Warren M. Smith
Geeta Choudhary
Bharat Monga
Fabio Bertagnolli
Jake Denicola
Kyle Mcllhone
The Summoner
8.7 (65)
James Secker
A Good Place to Be
Marcus Mandal
Citizen Dane
Love Interrupted
Cameron Denny
Brieanna Steele
Pamela Burrus
Natalie Bible'
42 Films
Absinthe Productions
Littoral
6.3 (17)
Eisa Molavi(Producer)
Kiarash Motarjemi(Director)
KGT Pictures
Hatch
Emma Catalfamo
Tender Vow
9.5 (10)
Ashton Kristopher Bracciodieta
R. Louis Smith
Perfect People
8.0 (7)
Empty
Ana C. Parra Bernal
Risk
5.5 (7)
Tina Novak(director)
Gloomy Green
Forouzan Jalali
Stardust & Moonbeams
Stardust & Moonbeams
Jo Throckmorton Filmworks
Hollow
9.8 (7)
Ah
9.2 (11)
Yoginee Arul(director) (Producer)
Rockstar
8.4 (8)
Tane McClure(producer)
Sandra Stenzel(producer)
Media Giant
Today Is a Good Day
Photographic Memory
9.0 (106)
Dustin Clingan
Give + Take
7.6 (10)
Brian Kennington
Tinkenpooh Productions
SuperKlanMan
Michael Anthony Scott(director)
A Kings Concern Production

Best Short Film

Winner
Sunday Worship
7.8 (24)
Paul Holbrook
Winner
The Guitar
9.4 (10)
Michael Boston
John Haegele
Raquel Gallego
BlackCat69 Prods.
Winner
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Aaron Huggett
Lee Bernier
Electric Motion Pictures
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(director/producer)
Tyler Suggs(Associate Producer)
Manipulation
Matt Routledge(director)
Manipulation
Voice of Belief
Alastair Railton
Fresh AIR Films & Media
Empty
Diana Pérez Riveros
Ana C. Parra Bernal
Simmie Sangian

Best Short Script

Winner
Kathryn L Scurry
Lotus Fire Film Network
The Bench
Cjay Boisclair
Kathryn L Scurry
Lotus Fire Film Network
Kathryn L Scurry
Lotus Fire Film Network

Best Sound

Winner
The Summoner
8.7 (65)
Dave S. Walker
Winner
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
Brieanna Steele
Winner
Never Always
Natalie Bible'
Brieanna Steele
Absinthe Productions
Winner
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Winner
Senza paura
The Guitar
9.4 (10)
Venus Leone
BlackCat69 Prods.
Bad Kids
6.9 (12)
Catalina Coman(sound editor)
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(sound editor)
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions
The Joy Block
Jason Wells
Tender Vow
9.5 (10)
Gerald J. Godbout III
Robert Hernaiz
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
It's in the Trees
8.8 (33)
Huw Hallam(Sound recordist)
Nathan Remy(Sound recordist)
Ray Brady(sound designer/sound mixer)
UKFILM.CO
Joe
9.0 (9)
Braulio Lin
Adrian Bosi
The Platform Group
Hollow
9.8 (7)
Michael Chubb
Rockstar
8.4 (8)
Tane McClure(sound designer)
Media Giant
Overrun
Natalie Helbling
Jakob Eisele
Butter Cup
Trey LaCroix
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films
Non mi posso lamentare
Bordered
Christopher Clark(re-recording mixer)
Jonathan Ayala Colon(Supervising Sound Editor)
Justin Aucoin(ADR Mixer)

Best Student Film

Winner
Bad Kids
6.9 (12)
Patrick Holmes(producer)
Tanner Sawatzky(director)
Winner
My Lunatic Lucy
Wanyin Tang
Winner
Hindsight
7.5 (13)
Oisín-Tomás ó Raghallaigh
Winner
Overrun
Joshua Neubert
Winner
Departures
7.2 (138)
Nicolas Morganti Patrignani
Roma Film Academy
The Little Chapel
Richard Schertzer
Wyvern Studios
It's Not Me, It's You
Tara Donnelly
Chance Housley
Omar Parker
CNC Productions
Egerton Crescent Productions
Risk
5.5 (7)
Tina Novak(director)
Jade
Angie Fleming
Alegna Entertainment

Best Twist

Winner
Grand Gesture
Nic Barker
The Leak
8.6 (27)

Best Web Series

Winner
LI Divas
8.0 (19)
Katie Maguire
Catherine A. Callahan
It's Thursday Productions
Winner
Son of a...
8.1 (17)
Matt Florio
John Manzelli
Winner
Father and Father
6.3 (18)
Michael Baumgarten(director)
Metro Goldman Motion Pictures
Or So the Story Goes
8.2 (41)
Outtake Productions

Best Writing

Winner
Sunday Worship
7.8 (24)
Paul Holbrook
Winner
Tender Vow
9.5 (10)
Ashton Kristopher Bracciodieta
R. Louis Smith
Winner
Fire Escape
Winner
Joe
9.0 (9)
Shara Ashley Zeiger
The Platform Group
Winner
Fire Escape
Joshua Michael Payne
ForeSee Film Productions
Winner
Senza paura
Winner
SuperKlanMan
Michael Anthony Scott
A Kings Concern Production
Vessel
D.J. Rivera(writer)
Sistas Conversation
8.5 (10)
Shelley Titus
Seashell Film Productions
LI Divas
8.0 (19)
Katie Maguire
Catherine A. Callahan
It's Thursday Productions
The Session
8.5 (13)
Molly Maguire
Katie Maguire
Or So the Story Goes
8.2 (41)
Melissa Malone
Theresa Labreglio
Bryan Civitarese
Outtake Productions
American Folk
6.5 (543)
David Heinz
Littoral
6.3 (17)
Kiarash Motarjemi(writer)
Not Right Now
Brianne Moncrief
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
Empty
Simmie Sangian
Rooftops of my city
Maya Jasmin
Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
It's in the Trees
8.8 (33)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
I Kissed a Boy
8.4 (35)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Bone
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Mountain
7.9 (8)
Johnny Herbin
Gloomy Green
Babak Sadighian
Stardust & Moonbeams
Madelyn Ritrosky
Stardust & Moonbeams
Jo Throckmorton Filmworks
The-Interview
Sidartha Murjani(writer)
Hollow
9.8 (7)
Helena Prettyman
Voice of Belief
Alastair Railton
Fresh AIR Films & Media
The Greta Fragments
Honor Wolff
Izzy Ford
Alex Cooper
Kaarin Fairfax
Nic Barker
Black Gold
8.2 (38)
Aaron Huggett
Electric Motion Pictures
Appiness
6.0 (354)
Eli Batalion(writer)
eMerge Enterprises Ltd
Butter Cup
Rathin Rao
Polisi Maling
Randolph Zaini
Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films
Son of a...
8.1 (17)
Matt Florio
David the Voice Stein

No Budget Spirit

Winner
Gotta Make It
The Creature
Alexandre Alonso
ACAFilmes
The Creature Oficcial Selection
Joy of Wolf
Matt Orefice
Pecho Grande
Suburban Coffin
3.7 (367)
Benjamin Rider
Mother's Day
Peter Koevari
Greg Powell
GP2 Entertainment
Indiecency
7.8 (8)
Jody Weinman(director)
Tilted Rose Productions
La prima volta
Alex Alessi(Director)

Best Action

The Saver
Pantheras Freedman
Roman Xing
Miguel Lee

Best Feature Film

Proper Binge
7.1 (54)

Best Feature Script

Shiva
Neel Baker(writer)

Best Music Score

Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Brandon Watson
Timothy Rollings
Adrian Harris
Bryson McCollister
Tracy Hurndon
Steven Williams
Tjuan Paul Howard
Empire Thang Films

Best Narrative Feature

Quintessential: The Movie
6.7 (11)
Sammie Johnson
Empire Thang Films

No Budget Sipirit

The Last Coffee
Mate Holdosi
Rudolf Takács

No Budget Spirit Award

Among the Stars
9.5 (36)
Michelle Elise Harding
Jack VanderToll

Short Script

In Orbit
7.7 (18)
Katie McNeice
Hardback Films

Best Documentary Short

Best Documentary Short

Winner
A Good Place to Be
Marcus Mandal
Citizen Dane
Winner
Lux et Tenebrae
Marcelle Abela
Avinu Films
In Memory of Paul: Car Show 2018
Jamon Holmes
Cody Walker
Gino Alvarez
Corey Rider
Craig Lieberman
Nine-20-Films

Grand Jury

Best Production Design

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Robert Brecko

Best Short Film

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Writing

Winner
Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Actor

Daniel Joo
Kommando 1944

Best Cinematography

Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Christopher Brendan Kistan

Best Director

Derek Quick
Kommando 1944

Best Editing

Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Derek Quick

Best Sound

Kommando 1944
7.1 (55)
Alexander Verbitskiy

April Award

Best Actor

Winner
Nathan Day
Broken Contentment
Blessed Melody Productions
Winner
Marlon Samuda
Immigrant Brothers
Jeff Feldcamp
Howard
Klifford Barkus
Last Resort
Space Kadet Entertainment
Jimmy Dempster(actor)
Box
Perica Antov(actor)
Starvation
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Actress

Winner
Callie Schuttera(Actress)
Blue
Poison Pictures
Anne Charrier(actress)
Par le sang
Tiffany Daniels
Dmus
Melissa Miranda-McAllister
Haunting Memories
Brit Stiles
Life: Mission on Earth
Eveline Kothbauer(actress)
Chocolate Cowgirl VS Chocolate Cowboy
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Wish and The Wisp
7.6 (263)
Vashmere Valentine
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot
Winner
Mr. Bowling Ball
Travers Jacobs(Cinematographer)
Rewinder
8.5 (21)
John F. McClellan(Director of Photography)
Par le sang
8.0 (16)
Malik Brahimi(cinematographer)
Box
8.6 (43)
Brandt Hackney(cinematographer)
Immigrant Brothers
Olesia Saveleva
Leader
Grzegorz Hartfiel(cinematography)
Lukasz Dryzalowski(cinematography)
Starvation
Graziella Schwaiger
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Director

Winners
Guillaume Enard(director)
Jonathan Delerue(director)
Par le sang
Winner
Lee Thongkham(director)
Box
Sadie Duarte(director)
Dmus
Shihyun Wang
Haunting Memories
Shihyun Wang
My Space
Nicholas Joseph Cunha
Immigrant Brothers
Vashmere Valentine
The Wish and The Wisp
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot
Stephen Gallacher
Siblings
Trespasser Films
Tom Hartig
The Bike Path
Perica Antov(director)
Starvation
Top Indie Film Awards
Perica Antov(director)
Chocolate Cowgirl VS Chocolate Cowboy
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Editing

Winner
In Through the Night
Josiah Cuneo(director)
Hands Only CPR Hip Hop
8.4 (10)
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Cuba, Libre
Dick Jordan(director/producer)
Tales Told From The Road
Saturns Return
Julia Picozzi
Mr. Bowling Ball
Costantino Ciminiello(editor)
Ian Sproul(editor)
Katie Garibaldi: Unhappy Holiday
Austin Boylen(Editor)
Anna Haas(Editor)
Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

Best Feature

Winner
Blue
5.4 (535)
Gabriela Ledesma(Director)
Poison Pictures

Best Humor

Winner
Broken Contentment
Thomas Moore
Blessed Melody Productions
Winner
Toby
Howard
Funny Laugh Productions

Best Music

Winner
Saturns Return
Julia Picozzi
Together by the XX
Par le sang
8.0 (16)
Jean-François Viguié(composer)
Dmus
8.2 (33)
Jesús Calderón(composer)
In Through the Night
Josiah Cuneo(director)
Blue
5.4 (535)
Penka Kouneva(Composer)
Poison Pictures
Mr. Bowling Ball
Connor Musarra(composer)
Divine Beauty
Peter Cavallo(Composer)
Yuri Sazonoff(Composer)
Avinu Films
Katie Garibaldi: Unhappy Holiday
Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

Best Music Video

Winner
Hands Only CPR Hip Hop
8.4 (10)
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Winner
Katie Garibaldi: Unhappy Holiday
Katie Garibaldi(Songwriter)

Best Production Design

Winner
Par le sang
8.0 (16)
Sébastien Inizan(production designer)

Best Sci-Fi Short Film

Winner
Rewinder
8.5 (21)
Jean-Luc Julien(director/producer)
Oliver Theurich(producer)
Alex Pescosta(producer)
Douglas Williamson(co-producer/writer)
Anika Films

Best Short

Winner
Immigrant Brothers
Marlon Samuda
Nicole Fahel
Nicholas Joseph Cunha
Valeria Silva
Paula Soveral
Par le sang
8.0 (16)
Guillaume Enard(director)
Jonathan Delerue(director)
Taozia
Claymore Films
Fright House Pictures
Mr. Bowling Ball
Costantino Ciminiello(director)
Ian Sproul(director)

Best Short Film

Winner
Leader
Katarzyna Priwieziencew(producer)
Igor Priwieziencew(director)
D3COD3
Amondo Films
Sounds Good
Lightcraft

Best Short Script

Winner
The Bench
Cjay Boisclair

Best Student Film

Winner
The Wish and The Wisp
7.6 (263)
Vashmere Valentine
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot
Saturns Return
Julia Picozzi

Best experimental

Winner
Box
8.6 (43)

Most Terrifying

Winner
Afraid of the Dark
9.0 (109)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
Box
8.6 (43)
Uddishya
8.4 (24)
HeMan
Chersonese Entertainment
Feature Film

No Budget Spirit

Winner
Last Resort
Klifford Barkus(director)
Space Kadet Entertainment
Accused
Shihyun Wang

No Budget Spirit Award

Winner
Siblings
Stephen Gallacher
Trespasser Films
Chocolate Cowgirl VS Chocolate Cowboy
Perica Antov(director)
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Animated Short

How Cartoons Are Made
8.4 (11)
Artie Romero(producer)
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Best Documentary Feature

Cuba, Libre
Dick Jordan(director/producer)
Tales Told From The Road

Best Documentary Short

Pedro at the Rainbow Bridge
8.3 (6)
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Divine Beauty
Marcelle Abela(Writer-Director)
Avinu Films

Best Experimental Film

In Through the Night
Josiah Cuneo(director)

Best Original Idea

Rewinder
8.5 (21)
Alexander Garms(writer)
Daniel Hettinger(writer)
Douglas Williamson(writer)
Life: Mission on Earth
Shihyun Wang
Pedro at the Rainbow Bridge
8.3 (6)
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Uddishya
8.4 (24)
HeMan
Chersonese Entertainment
Feature Film
The Wish and The Wisp
7.6 (263)
Vashmere Valentine
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot
Toby

Best Romantic Comedy

I asked for an Apple but got a lemon
Shihyun Wang

Best Romantic comedy

Modern Dating
Shihyun Wang

Best Short Documentary

Decode Crop Circles
Shihyun Wang
I got robbed!
Shihyun Wang

Best Sound

Rewinder
8.5 (21)
Makis Asimakopoulos(sound)
Blake Worrell(sound editor)
How Cartoons Are Made
8.4 (11)
Artie Romero(producer)
ARG! Cartoon Animation
Mr. Bowling Ball
Tyler Payne(sound designer)
Chocolate Cowgirl VS Chocolate Cowboy
Perica Antov(director)
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Twist

Toby

Best V.F.X.

The Wish and The Wisp
7.6 (263)
Vashmere Valentine
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot

Best Writing

Broken Contentment
Thomas Moore
Blessed Melody Productions
Haunting Memories
Shihyun Wang
Life: Mission on Earth
Shihyun Wang
The Wish and The Wisp
7.6 (263)
Vashmere Valentine
Good Screenplays
Sudie Dot
Leader
Katarzyna Priwieziencew(writer)
Igor Priwieziencew(writer)
Siblings
Stephen Gallacher
Trespasser Films
The Bike Path
Tom Hartig

December Award

Best Animated Short

Winner
One Third
Kelly Sarri

Best Cinematography

Winner
Skógafoss
7.2 (49)
Joris Bulstra
Niels Bourgonje
ALP Media
Winner
Vitha
Harshvardhan Singh
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)
David Theurich(cinematography)
Oliver Theurich(cinematography)

Best Director

Winner
Philippe Bensadon(Director)
Lucky Fish
Winner
Rebecca Ann Bentley
Forever
Shihyun Wang
Queen Mary of Scots and her last words
Mark Oxtoby
Blood Means Nothing
Clever Little Films
Kelly Sarri
Tax Evasion: A Greek National Sport
David Theurich(director)
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Tax Evasion: A Greek National Sport
Kelly Sarri
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)
David Theurich(director/producer/cinematography/editor/sound mixer)
Oliver Theurich(producer/cinematography)
David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion

Best Editing

Winner
Blood Means Nothing
Mark Oxtoby
Clever Little Films
Winner
Vitha
Vaibhav Soni
Lucky Fish
Mateo Jimenez(Editor)
Skógafoss
7.2 (49)
Wietse de Zwart
Niels Bourgonje
ALP Media
You can see all the results at
Forever
Rebecca Ann Bentley
Bro Story
Kelly Sarri
Tax Evasion: A Greek National Sport
Kelly Sarri
Friend Zone
Jon Blizzard
Sparrowhock Productions
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)
David Theurich(editor)

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Forever
Rebecca Ann Bentley
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)
David Theurich(director/producer/cinematography/editor/sound mixer)
Oliver Theurich(producer/cinematography)
David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion

Best Humor

Winner
Bro Story
Kelly Sarri
Hustle
Sini Hill
Just SISU Films
Friend Zone
Britany Sparrow(director/producer)
Sparrowhock Productions

Best Music

Winner
Blood Means Nothing
Jon Bourne
Clever Little Films
Winner
Vitha
Umesh Raorane
Love never ends
Flying Fez
Shihyun Wang
Lucky Fish
Alexander Savvidi(Composer)
Forever
Eimear MacCarrick

Best Short

Winner
Skógafoss
7.2 (49)
Niels Bourgonje
ALP Media
Lucky Fish
Philippe Bensadon(Director)
Friend Zone
Britany Sparrow(director/producer)
Sparrowhock Productions
The Devil May Care Trilogy
Jonathan Creed
Angel Reel Productions

Best Short Script

Winner
Breathe
Christian Pavlik
Winner
Generations - Letter from an Old Father to His Son
Kevin Starnino
Evening of the Evil Eye
Angel Connell(screenwriter)
Parousian Pictures
Love never ends
Sean Chen
Shihyun Wang
James Chen
Doomsday is here! According to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang
Queen Mary of Scots and her last words
Shihyun Wang
The Last Pirate
6.8 (30)
Christian Pavlik
Diana Foronda
Skógafoss
7.2 (49)
Bastiaan Tichler
Niels Bourgonje
ALP Media
Fifteen Year Proposal
Lea Ann Vandygriff(writer)

Best Student Film

Winner
Vitha
Avishkar Bharadwaj
Love never ends
Sean Chen
Left Behind
Jordan-Paige Sudduth

Best Writing

Winner
Hustle
Sini Hill
Just SISU Films
Winner
The Devil May Care Trilogy
Jonathan Creed
Angelique Christophorou
Angel Reel Productions
Bro Story
Kelly Sarri
Friend Zone
Britany Sparrow(director/producer)
Sparrowhock Productions

Best Actor

Shaun Rose
Upstate Story
West Side Outsiders Film Group

Best Actress

Lauren Logan
Blood Means Nothing
Clever Little Films
Graziella Schwaiger(actress)
Hopeless
Top Indie Film Awards

Best Feature Script

A Most Dangerous Child
Julian Shaw
Still Dreaming Films

Best Message

Living Idle
9.1 (67)
Ramana.artbyramana(director/producer)

Best Original Idea

Blood Means Nothing
Mark Oxtoby
Dawn Buckland
Clever Little Films
The Devil May Care Trilogy
Jonathan Creed
Angel Reel Productions

Best Short Documentary

Doomsday is here! According to Nostradamus
Shihyun Wang

Best Short Film

Blood Means Nothing
Mark Oxtoby
Clever Little Films

Best Sound

Skógafoss
7.2 (49)
Aline Bruijns
Niels Bourgonje
ALP Media
DUTY: My Røde Reel (Behind The Scenes)
David Theurich(sound mixer)
Vitha
Preyas Sangeet

Best Twist

The Devil May Care Trilogy
Jonathan Creed
Angel Reel Productions

No Budget Spirit

Hopeless
Perica Antov(director)
Top Indie Film Awards

June Award

Best Actor

Winner
Albert Fry Jr.
A Bitter Reckoning
Ghost Town Film Productions
Nick Piovesan
Creepy Crawling
Winter Light Productions
Dave Payton
Thy Neighbor
Homesick Media
Perica Antov(actor)
Dark Blue

Best Cinematography

Winner
Creepy Crawling
7.6 (7)
Dillon Garland(director of photography)
Winter Light Productions
A Bitter Reckoning
Jerrod Pfeiffer
Ghost Town Film Productions
Simple Simon
Michael Dragnea
IRN Films
When Darkness Falls
Nelson J.J. Flores
Earth's Beauty
Avinu Films
Abang
Jiunn Ming Ng(cinematographer)

Best Director

Winner
Oliver Granö
When Darkness Falls
Winner
Emily Haigh
Beautified
Siren Call Films
Winner
Ray Brady
Psychomanteum
UKFILM.CO
Albert Fry Jr.(director)
Amber LeRae Earls(co-director)
A Bitter Reckoning
Ghost Town Film Productions
Chelsea Comeau
Creepy Crawling
Winter Light Productions
Insomniac
9.0 (15)
George A. Johnson
Thy Neighbor
Homesick Media
Mathew Fisher(director)
Insomniac
BoomBastic Films
Brandon C. Lay
Binge Purge
Living Proof Pictures
Marcelle Abela(Director)
Aurora
Avinu Films
Perica Antov(director)
Dark Blue

Best Editing

Winner
When Darkness Falls
Winner
Binge Purge
Brandon C. Lay
Living Proof Pictures
A Bitter Reckoning
Albert Fry Jr.
Ghost Town Film Productions
Grey
S.J. van Breda
Aimer Films
Earth's Beauty
Kesil
Marcelle Abela(Director, Editor)
Avinu Films
Abang
Wei Jian Tan(editor)

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Grey
S.J. van Breda
Aimer Films

Best Music

Winner
Earth's Beauty
Yuri Sazonoff
Avinu Films
Winner
Beautified
8.5 (15)
Emily Haigh(director)
Neil Reed(composer)
Siren Call Films
A Bitter Reckoning
Daniel Carlton
Ghost Town Film Productions
When Darkness Falls
Winter Hill
8.0 (15)
Andrew Henderson(composer)
Visual Vybe Productions
Grey
Tobias Bartsch
Aimer Films
L'Amour de Dieu
David Krulic Rafael Krux(Composer)
Avinu Films

Best Short Script

Winner
My Week with Maisy
8.5 (24)
Mark Oxtoby
The Witches of the Watch
Roger Sampson
Force of Nature Films
The Straight Man
8.6 (9)
Paul Laudicano

Best Sound

Winner
Simple Simon
Nick Caruso
IRN Films
A Bitter Reckoning
Albert Fry Jr.
Ghost Town Film Productions
When Darkness Falls

Best Student Film

Winner
Abang
Chia Xuen Low(director)
Ann Chang(producer)
Wei Jian Tan(producer)
Puzzle
Arthur S. Edelman(director)
Apollyon
6.0 (16)

Best Writing

Winner
A Bitter Reckoning
Albert Fry Jr.
Ghost Town Film Productions
Winner
Winter Hill
8.0 (15)
Tom Jolliffe(writer)
Visual Vybe Productions
Creepy Crawling
7.6 (7)
Dillon Garland(writer)
Winter Light Productions
When Darkness Falls
Binge Purge
Brandon C. Lay
Living Proof Pictures
Abang
Chia Xuen Low(writer)

Best original idea

Winner
Mostly Dead
8.5 (41)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO

Best writing

Winner
Cyber 9/11
8.6 (61)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO

Most Terrifying

Winner
Puzzle
Arthur S. Edelman(director)
Winner
Thy Neighbor
4.5 (259)
George A. Johnson
Homesick Media
Simple Simon
Maninder Chana
Insomniac
9.0 (15)
Insomniac
9.0 (15)
Mathew Fisher(director)
Alexander Hauck(associate Producer)
Dave Maggot(associate Producer)
BoomBastic Films

Best Actress

Sophia Helena Rossi(actress)
Die Clique
Lucy Lowe
Winter Hill
Visual Vybe Productions
Valynn Turkovich
Binge Purge
Living Proof Pictures

Best Animated Short

How to Escape an Arranged Marriage in High Heels
8.6 (7)
Artie Romero(director)
Goldzinger
8.8 (6)
Artie Romero(director)

Best Documentary Short

L'Amour de Dieu
Earth's Beauty
Aurora
Kesil
Marcelle Abela(Director)
Avinu Films

Best FX

Apollyon
6.0 (16)

Best Feature

Creepy Crawling
7.6 (7)
Paul Andrew Kimball(executive producer)
Ron Foley MacDonald(producer)
Chelsea Comeau(director)
James Kimball(supervising producer)
Winter Light Productions
Thy Neighbor
4.5 (259)
George A. Johnson
Homesick Media
A Second Chance
8.7 (85)
Candy J. Beard(executive producer, director, writer)
Dreams Come True Films

Best Humor

Kissy Cousins Monster Babies (Director's Cut)

Best Message

A Second Chance
8.7 (85)
Candy J. Beard(executive producer, director, writer)
Dreams Come True Films

Best Original Idea

Puzzle
Arthur S. Edelman(director)
A Bitter Reckoning
Albert Fry Jr.
Ghost Town Film Productions
Thy Neighbor
4.5 (259)
George A. Johnson
Homesick Media
Apollyon
6.0 (16)
Grey
S.J. van Breda
Aimer Films

Best Short

Induction to Purgatory
9.0 (49)
Ray Brady
UKFILM.CO
When Darkness Falls
Oliver Granö
A Bitter Reckoning
Simple Simon
Maninder Chana
IRN Films
Kissy Cousins Monster Babies (Director's Cut)
A Bitter Reckoning
Identification
Julia Deak
Winter Hill
8.0 (15)
Alex Lawton(director)
Visual Vybe Productions
Binge Purge
Brandon C. Lay
Kate Hughes
Living Proof Pictures

Best Web Series

Marked
John Krissilas(co-creator)
Lena Burmenko(co-creator)
Tomato & Cheese Productions

No Budget Spirit

Marked
John Krissilas(co-creator)
Lena Burmenko(co-creator)
Tomato & Cheese Productions

August Award

Best Actress

Winner
Piper Leigh
Mother's Day
GP2 Entertainment
Winner
Emily Haigh
The Inuring
Sunset Aperture
Gloria Mann
The Cassie Confession
Mannatee Films
E'Naan Zhang
Lost in Apocalypse
Aphrodite Nikolovski
Betrayed
Painted Creek Productions
Aphrodite Nikolovski
Betrayed
Painted Creek Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Inuring
7.7 (12)
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Mayela De l'Arc(director of photography)
Troy Sandford(director of photography)
E&T Films
A Beautiful Dawn
6.6 (13)
Ahmed Ferchichi
Life Without Life
6.5 (39)
Arash Sasani
Der Wald
7.1 (17)
Viktor Gasic(camera)
Erik Wittbusch(camera)
Stefanie Boike(camera)
Andreas Wiechers(camera)
Andrzej Krol(camera)
Utopia Film
Deternity
Mersolis Schöne
Evi Jägle
Moving Thought

Best Editing

Winner
Four Sides
Jenell Diegor
Asian On A Mission Productions
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Pai Seang Lee(editor)
Michael Wong(director)
E&T Films
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
Dan Harris
Mannatee Films
Life Without Life
6.5 (39)
Amir Taghdiri
Hindsight
7.5 (13)
Rebecca Sprague
Sarah Uwadiale
Occupants
5.0 (1.4K)
Emile Haris(editor)
I got robbed! But they said it was my fault
Shihyun Wang
From Rooftop to Enchanted Land
Shihyun Wang
In Memory of Paul: Car Show 2018
Jamon Holmes
Nine-20-Films
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Frederick J. Chen(editor)
Red Glory
Marcelle Abela(Director, Editor)
Avinu Films

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Final Letter
8.7 (11)
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Michael Wong(director)
E&T Films
Deternity
Mersolis Schöne
Evi Jägle
Moving Thought

Best Feature Film

Winner
Life Without Life
6.5 (39)
Kaveh Moeinfar
Asriran Pictures
Betrayed
3.8 (4.7K)
Harley Wallen
Painted Creek Productions
Betrayed
3.8 (4.7K)
Harley Wallen
Painted Creek Productions
Der Wald
7.1 (17)
Viktor Gasic(director)
Utopia Film

Best Music

Winner
Red Glory
Mirko Sukovic
Avinu Films
Winner
Der Wald
7.1 (17)
Viktor Gasic(director)
Utopia Film
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Panagiotis E. Tsafos(composer)
E&T Films
Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows
Lea Edwards
Quantum VFX
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Jason Gertel(composer)
Betrayed
3.8 (4.7K)
Kaizad Patel
Firoze Patel
Painted Creek Productions
Betrayed
3.8 (4.7K)
Kaizad Patel
Firoze Patel
Painted Creek Productions
Pillars of Creation
Lux et Tenebrae
Paul Mottram(Composer)
Marcelle Abela(Director, Composer)
Avinu Films

Best Original Idea

Winner
Four Sides
Jenell Diegor
Asian On A Mission Productions
Winner
Occupants
5.0 (1.4K)
Winner
Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning
8.0 (18)
Alain Bidard
PAGOD Films
Winner
The Red Resurrection
4.8 (21)
Matt Long(director)
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Michael Wong(director)
E&T Films
Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows
Antoine M. Dillard
Quantum VFX
Memory Box
Daniel Blake Smith
DBS Films
A Beautiful Dawn
6.6 (13)
Ahmed Ferchichi
Unexpected Item
7.3 (64)
Stephen Gallacher
Sashi Arnold
Six Missing Chairs
Trespasser Films
Pillars of Creation
Marcelle Abela(Director)
Christopher Villiers(Writer)
Avinu Films
Der Wald
7.1 (17)
Viktor Gasic(director)
Utopia Film
Deternity
Mersolis Schöne
Evi Jägle
Moving Thought

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
Unexpected Item
7.3 (64)
Stephen Gallacher
Sashi Arnold
Six Missing Chairs
Trespasser Films

Best Short

Winner
Four Sides
Jenell Diegor(director)
Asian On A Mission Productions
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
Robert Mann
Mannatee Films
Memory Box
Daniel Blake Smith
DBS Films

Best Writing

Winner
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
Robert Mann
Mannatee Films
Winner
Life Without Life
6.5 (39)
Kaveh Moeinfar
Memory Box
Daniel Blake Smith
DBS Films
Hindsight
7.5 (13)
Dora Cowper McCann
Occupants
5.0 (1.4K)
In a Flash
Matt Green
Prime Suspects
Shihyun Wang
Opera and Opera performers in Taiwan
Shihyun Wang
From Rooftop to Enchanted Land
Shihyun Wang
Unexpected Item
7.3 (64)
Chris Croucher
Six Missing Chairs
Trespasser Films

Most Terrifying

Winner
The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Michael Wong(director)
E&T Films
Winner
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Tag, You're It
7.1 (12)
Danny MAlin
Danny MAlin Films

No Budget Spirit

Winner
In a Flash
Matt Green
Chad Fuller
Apprehension
Chris Fudge
Plateau Entertainment
There's Always One
6.4 (11)
George Massimillo
GMML Productions

No Budget Spirit Award

Winner
Four Sides
Jenell Diegor
Asian On A Mission Productions

Best Actor

Simon Shiyamba(actor)
The Tattooist
E&T Films
Gavin Fullerton
Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows
Quantum VFX
Michael Pugliese(actor)
Occupants
Starrunner
Running Tiger Films
Bruce Nehlsen
Prime Suspects
Chandler Ballew
From Rooftop to Enchanted Land
Shawn Shillingford
KiLLR
Aric Cushing
Shot to the Heart
Ascent Releasing

Best Director

Michael Wong(director)
The Tattooist
E&T Films
Antoine M. Dillard
Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows
Quantum VFX
Matt Green
In a Flash
Shihyun Wang
Prime Suspects
Shihyun Wang
Opera and Opera performers in Taiwan
Sky Wang(director)
Lost in Apocalypse
Harley Wallen
Betrayed
Painted Creek Productions
Harley Wallen
Betrayed
Painted Creek Productions

Best Documentary Short

Red Glory
Marcelle Abela(Writer-Director)
Avinu Films
Pillars of Creation
Marcelle Abela(Director)
Christopher Villiers(Writer)
Avinu Films

Best FX

Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows
Antoine M. Dillard
Quantum VFX
Occupants
5.0 (1.4K)
In a Flash
Matt Green
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Lux et Tenebrae
Marcelle Abela
Avinu Films

Best Feature

Occupants
5.0 (1.4K)
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Sky Wang(director)
Shot to the Heart
4.0 (966)
Aric Cushing
Brian Huckeba
Ascent Releasing

Best Humor

Unexpected Item
7.3 (64)
Stephen Gallacher
Sashi Arnold
Six Missing Chairs
Trespasser Films
There's Always One
6.4 (11)
George Massimillo
GMML Productions

Best No Budget Film

KiLLR
Lisa Sorrentino

Best Short Documentary

Opera and Opera performers in Taiwan
Shihyun Wang
opera
I got robbed! But they said it was my fault
Shihyun Wang
robbed

Best Short Film

Unexpected Item
7.3 (64)
Stephen Gallacher
Sashi Arnold
Six Missing Chairs
Trespasser Films

Best Short Script

Blood Means Nothing
Mark Oxtoby
Dawn Buckland
Clever Little Films

Best Sound

The Tattooist
7.2 (43)
Panagiotis E. Tsafos(sound editor)
E&T Films
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
Dan Harris
Mannatee Films
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
James DeVore
Mannatee Films
Life Without Life
6.5 (39)
Hassan Mahdavi
Mohammad Salehi
Prime Suspects
Shihyun Wang
Lost in Apocalypse
4.2 (111)
Aaron Bartscht(supervising sound editor)
Nathan Ruyle(re-recording mixer)
This Is Sound Design

Best Student Film

A Beautiful Dawn
6.6 (13)
Ahmed Ferchichi

Best Twist

Apprehension
Chris Fudge
Plateau Entertainment

Best Web Series

Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning
8.0 (18)
Alain Bidard
PAGOD Films

Best writing

Reincarnation
Shihyun Wang

Writing

Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning
8.0 (18)
Alain Bidard
PAGOD Films

October Award

Best Actress

Winner
Camillia Mahal
Bordered
Winner
Eleanor Burke
A Date with Shillelagh
K Lens UK
Winner
Jennifer K Preston(actor)
Susan
Jennifer Bennett
Two Steps from Hope
Gaffer Media
Angel Ann Freeze
The Grimoire Chapters
Scream1210 Productions
Mel Mehrabian
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Nastassia Firestone(actress)
Resonance
We Can Do It Productions

Best Director

Winner
Thomas Everly
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Winner
Alexander Leontaritis(director)
Waiting Room
AV Moviesworld
Winner
Lucy Joan Barnes(director)
For Want of a Nail
Kevin Austra
Closure
Kevin Austra Production
Shaun Rose(director)
Upstate Story
West Side Outsiders Film Group
Artie Romero(director)
Turtle Taido in Osun and Kogi States
Richard J. Moir
Temptation
Last Gunshot Productions
Patrick Neff
Brain Engagement
Siar Sedig(Writer/ Director)
Resonance
We Can Do It Productions
Jonathan Martin
Demons
Bohemian Industries

Best Editing

Winner
Bordered
Niv Ende
Winner
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
Winner
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Jonathan Martin
Richard Teasdale
Bohemian Industries
The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Michael Davis
Scream1210 Productions
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Thomas Everly
Trusette Entertainment
Hollywood Mouth 3
Dayle Philbrook(editor)
Jordan Mohr(director)
Temptation
6.5 (60)
Richard J. Moir
Nicholas Peel
Last Gunshot Productions
Cabby
Jon Blizzard(editor)
Steam Powered Studios
Demons
Jonathan Martin
Richard Teasdale
Bohemian Industries
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Ryan Tian(editor)

Best Experimental Feature

Winner
Temptation
6.5 (60)
Richard J. Moir
Last Gunshot Productions

Best FX

Winner
Demons
Nicholas Fletcher
Oliver Bates
Katie Bates
C. Alex Johnson
Chris Hanson
Bohemian Industries
Tempered Pixel
The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Michael Davis
Scream1210 Productions
Waiting Room
5.8 (94)
Fedias Hadjixenofontos(visual effects supervisor)
AV Moviesworld
Ring Around a Rosie
Greg Powell
Jenna Kenney
Peter Koevari
GP2 Entertainment
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Nicholas Fletcher
Oliver Bates
Katie Bates
Alex J. Brown
C. Alex Johnson
Ian Johnston
Adam C. Sager
Johnny Bones
Chris Hanson
Bohemian Industries
Tempered Pixel

Best Humor

Winner
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
We Need to Talk
8.4 (11)
Robert L. Butler Jr.

Best Message

Winner
Two Steps from Hope
3.7 (171)
George A. Johnson
Kevin Stirratt
Justin Landis
Gaffer Media
Winner
Bordered
Winner
Il triciclo
7.4 (18)
Diego Bonuccelli
Goodbird Films

Best Music

Winner
Down Low (What You Sippin?)
Kathryn L Scurry
Lotus Fire Film Network
Winner
Cabby
Joel M. Thompson(composer)
Steam Powered Studios
No More Lights in the Sky
3.9 (228)
Michael Vignola
Fabrication Images
Bulldog Films
Upstate Story
7.6 (420)
Jacob W. Veitch(composer)
West Side Outsiders Film Group
The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Brandon Boone
Scream1210 Productions
Das Spiel
Paco Periago
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Bordered
James Danderfer
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Gerrit Wunder
Bohemian Industries
Temptation
6.5 (60)
Richard J. Moir
Tom Wolfe
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Alex Williamson(composer)

Best Music Video

Winner
Demons
Jonathan Martin
Kevin G. Lee
Jeff Yeats
Bohemian Industries

Best Original Idea

Winner
Resonance
3.1 (135)
Siar Sedig(Writer/ Director)
We Can Do It Productions
Winner
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Jonathan Martin
Rebecca Martin
Bohemian Industries
No More Lights in the Sky
3.9 (228)
Danny Cotton
Fabrication Images
Bulldog Films
Das Spiel
Matthias Pöltinger
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Bad Situation
Leon Gaitanis
Hollywood Mouth 3
Jordan Mohr
Waiting Room
5.8 (94)
Alexander Leontaritis(writer)
AV Moviesworld
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
We Need to Talk
8.4 (11)
Robert L. Butler Jr.
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Nick Thomson(writer)
Oakhill Productions

Best Short

Winner
Bordered
Closure
Closure
Kevin Austra Production
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
Cory Stewart
Suzy Foston
Cabby
Jon Blizzard(director/producer)
Annick Blizzard(producer)
Steam Powered Studios

Best Sound

Winner
The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Phil Michalski
Scream1210 Productions
Closure
Rob Biello
Kevin Austra Production
Bang Bang Goes the Gun!
Trusette Entertainment
Waiting Room
5.8 (94)
Marios Minas(sound recordist)
Nikos Michalodimitrakis(sound designer)
AV Moviesworld
Temptation
6.5 (60)
Richard J. Moir
Nicholas Peel
Last Gunshot Productions
Bordered
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
B.T. Measles
Michaela Pentacoff
Bohemian Industries
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Alex Williamson(sound editor)
Richard Coppen(foley artist)
Bordered
Jonathan Ayala Colon

Most Terrifying

Winner
The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Michael Davis
Scream1210 Productions
Winner
Ring Around a Rosie
Peter Koevari
Greg Powell
GP2 Entertainment
Cabby
Jon Blizzard(director/producer)
Annick Blizzard(producer)
Steam Powered Studios
Demons
Jonathan Martin
Kevin G. Lee
Jeff Yeats
Bohemian Industries

No Budget Spirit

Winner
Closure
Closure
Kevin Austra Production
Hollywood Mouth 3
Jordan Mohr
We Need to Talk
8.4 (11)
Robert L. Butler Jr.

Best Actor

Eric Francis Melaragni
Closure
Kevin Austra Production
Daniel Grochowski
Bad Situation
Robert L. Butler Jr.
We Need to Talk
Doug Jones
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Bohemian Industries
Scot Scurlock
Bad Situation

Best Animated Short

Turtle Taido in Osun and Kogi States
8.8 (9)
Artie Romero(director)

Best Cinematography

Closure
Dave Kratz
Kevin Austra Production
Cabby
Jesse Anthony(director of photography)
Steam Powered Studios
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Jason Ball
Bohemian Industries
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Yana Rits(cinematographer)

Best Feature

Waiting Room
5.8 (94)
Andreas Vougioukas(producer)
Alexander Leontaritis(director)
Konstantinos Komodromos(executive producer)
AV Moviesworld

Best Feature Film

Two Steps from Hope
3.7 (171)
George A. Johnson
Kevin Stirratt
Justin Landis
Gaffer Media
No More Lights in the Sky
3.9 (228)
Fabrication Images
Bulldog Films
Resonance
3.1 (135)
Siar Sedig(writer/director)
Roos Jeroense(producer)
We Can Do It Productions
Susan
4.8 (13)
Mahmoud Shoolizadeh(director/producer)

Best Feature Script

The Alliance
5.5 (53)
Robert L. Butler Jr.

Best No Budget Spirit

Upstate Story
7.6 (420)
Shaun Rose(producer)
Charles Trainosky(producer)
West Side Outsiders Film Group

Best Short Film

For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Oakhill Productions
The T-Shirt
9.6 (52)
José Luis López Ortiz
Punto y Aparte

Best Student Film

Das Spiel
Matthias Pöltinger
Zoe Fuchs
Nicole Kirsch
Philipp Haberl

Best Web Series

The Grimoire Chapters
7.4 (10)
Michael Davis
Scream1210 Productions

Best Writing

Upstate Story
7.6 (420)
Shaun Rose(writer)
Andrea Stangle(writer)
Bruce Rose Sr.(writer)
West Side Outsiders Film Group
Bad Situation
Leon Gaitanis
Bordered
Anaïsa Visser
Brain Engagement
Patrick Neff
Ron Rigby
We Need to Talk
8.4 (11)
Robert L. Butler Jr.
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
6.3 (186)
Rebecca Martin
Blake Casselman
Josh Andersen
Bohemian Industries
For Want of a Nail
9.0 (8)
Nick Thomson(writer)

November Award

Best Action

Winner
Insurrection
Michael Hoad
Lost Boys Films

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Il triciclo
7.4 (18)
Diego Bonuccelli
Goodbird Films

Best Music Video

Winner
The Guess Who: Haunted
George A. Johnson
SplashVP

Best Sound

Winner
Insurrection
Soner Metin
Lost Boys Films

Best Actor

Owen Johnson
The Guess Who: Haunted
SplashVP

Best Cinematography

The Guess Who: Haunted
Reid Petro
SplashVP

Best Director

George A. Johnson
The Guess Who: Haunted
SplashVP

Best Original Idea

The Guess Who: Haunted
George A. Johnson
SplashVP

February Award

Best Actress

Winner
Maria de Sá
Idée fixe
NSAW Productions
Melanie Caplan
The Possessed
Shihyun Wang
Tudor Tales: Arbella Stuart
Alexandria Emilia Rawa(actress)
Schlaflos
Graziella Schwaiger(actress)
He loves me

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Liborio
9.1 (12)
Elliot J. Spencer

Best Editing

Winner
Prakshalana
Ram Katru(editor)
Jahan Nostra: Embrace the Rain
Shane McLellan(Editor)
Shane Films
Lost
6.0 (5)
Perica Antov(editor)
Lena Anderl(editor)

Best Experimental Short

Winner
What is Real
He loves me
Perica Antov(director)

Best Music Video

Winner
Jahan Nostra: Embrace the Rain
Jahan Nostra(Director)
Shane McLellan(Director of Photography)
Shane Films

Best Original Idea

Winner
Liborio
9.1 (12)
Elliot J. Spencer
Winner
Schlaflos
Christian Ludwig(director/writer/story/idea)
Language of Love
6.2 (10)
The Possessed
Holy Spirit
6.4 (75)
Tom Schuster(Actor)
Mike Baran(writer/director)
Don't tell mama e.V.
Idée fixe
Nidheya Suresh
Ahlan Williams
NSAW Productions

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
On My Shoulder
8.5 (12)

Best Short

Winner
Emma Rae
Allen L. Sowelle(writer/director)
Chris Beal(producer)
Chris Beal Productions
Prakshalana
Ram Katru(producer)

Best Sound

Winner
Holy Spirit
6.4 (75)
Mani Gruber(sound editor)
Don't tell mama e.V.
Lost
6.0 (5)
Perica Antov(sound editor)

Most Terrifying

Winner
Psychomanteum
4.2 (230)
Ray Brady
Anne Nauth-Misir
UKFILM.CO

Best Actor

Jean-Luc Julien
Language of Love
Michael Foerster(Actor)
Holy Spirit
Don't tell mama e.V.
Perica Antov(Actor)
Lost

Best Cinematographer

Liborio
9.1 (12)
Elliot J. Spencer

Best Cinematography

Prakshalana
Shobhan Vemula(cinematographer)
Schlaflos
Lucas Scheppe(cinematography)

Best Director

Ram Katru(director)
Prakshalana
Elliot J. Spencer
Liborio

Best Documentary Short

Tudor Tales: Arbella Stuart

Best Feature

Holy Spirit
6.4 (75)
Mike Baran(Director)
Don't tell mama e.V.

Best Humor

On My Shoulder
8.5 (12)
At Your Disposal
9.1 (13)
A Menacing Proposal
7.7 (20)
Schlaflos
Christian Ludwig(director/writer/story/idea)
David Theurich(producer)
Oliver Theurich(producer)
David & Oliver Theurich Filmproduktion

Best Music

Lost But Found
Tudor Tales: Arbella Stuart
Holy Spirit
6.4 (75)
Rich Laughlin(Composer)
Mani Gruber(Composer)
Jon Falke(Composer)
Marcus Lee(Composer)
Werner Bauer(Composer)
Don't tell mama e.V.

Best Writing

The Choice
Tudor Tales: Arbella Stuart
A Menacing Proposal
7.7 (20)
Schlaflos
Christian Ludwig(director/writer/story/idea)

Best Editing

Best Editing

My Grandfather's Oboe
Enrico Ventrice(editor)
Global Vision Group
The Promise
8.7 (91)
Daniel Beard
Dreams Come True Films

Irish Goodbye
7.2 (32)
Hanna Sturwold(editor)
Loma Mansa Productions
Cilla Jane: Ice Age
Nicholas Andrews
Nox House Films

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature

My Grandfather's Oboe
Enrico Ventrice(director)
Global Vision Group

Best Message

Best Message

A Second Chance
8.7 (85)
Candy J. Beard
Dreams Come True Films

No Budget Spirit

No Budget Spirit

The Promise
8.7 (91)
Dreams Come True Films

Best Humor

Best Humor

Winner
The Promise
8.7 (91)
Dreams Come True Films
Winner
Movie Kiss Moment
Danny MAlin Films
Tag, You're It
7.1 (12)
Danny MAlin Films

Best Director

Best Director

Winner
Movie Kiss Moment
Danny MAlin Films
Daniel Beard
The Promise
Dreams Come True Films
Tag, You're It
7.1 (12)
Danny MAlin Films

Best Actress

Best Actress

Katie Peterson
The Promise
Dreams Come True Films

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography

The Promise
8.7 (91)
Daniel Beard
Dreams Come True Films

Best Writing

Best Writing

Movie Kiss Moment
Danny MAlin Films

Best Feature

Best Feature

A Second Chance
8.7 (85)
Candy J. Beard
Dreams Come True Films
Tag, You're It
7.1 (12)
Danny MAlin Films

Best Twist

Best Twist

Winner
Tag, You're It
7.1 (12)
Danny MAlin Films

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