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Jury Prize

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Guilty Bunch of Flowers
Olu Adaeze
Rachel Nottingham
K Lens UK

Best Actor

Winner
Aramis Merlin
The Eagles
Winner
Matthew Sauvé(actor)
One Night Stand
WKZ Media
Winners
Lucas Paz(producer)
Alberto Danuzio(actor)
Ricardo A. Diaz-Guillen(producer)
Giullianna Martinez(producer)
Aditya J. Patwardhan(director)
Anup Kulkarni(director of photography)
Thaila Ayala(actor)
A Touch of Aurora
(PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions
Dia Filmes
Martini
Foxter

Best Actress

Winner
Christin Muuli
Ha: Na
Winner
Vivian Kerr
Scrap
Elegant Grotesque

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Eleanor Burke
Guilty Bunch of Flowers
K Lens UK

Best Microfilm

Winner
Mad Management
Carolyn Bridget Kennedy
Richard J. McRae
Demure Duchess Pictures

Best Narative Short

Winner
A Touch of Aurora
7.8 (5)
Lucas Paz(producer)
Ricardo A. Diaz-Guillen(producer)
Giullianna Martinez(producer)
Aditya J. Patwardhan(director)
Alberto Danuzio(actor)
Thaila Ayala(actor)
Anup Kulkarni(director of photography)
(PRE)FORMA-SE Artistic Productions
Dia Filmes
Martini
Foxter

Best Thriller

Winner
Maelstrom
Timothy Collins

Best Actress of The Year

Christin Muuli
Ha: Na

Best Picture

The Eagles
8.6 (19)

Festival Award

Best Actor

Winner
Daniel Mann(Actor)
The Assistant
Deep Bro Films
Winner
Lincoln Fu
My American Dream

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Denis Larocque
Seven seas
Winner
Brandon Hannifin
Be There

Best Actress

Winner
Michelle Way
Skin: The Movie
Ronn Kilby Creative
Winner
Melissa Mars
Polly
Bowl of Spaghetti Entertainment
Winner
Carter Scott
D-Railed
Winner
Kate Lister(actress)
7 Storeys Down
Winners
Mo Kelly(actress)
Marilyn Ghigliotti(actress)
Trudy Sargent(producer)
Mickey Myhan(composer)
JC Locas(editor)
Laidover

Best Cinematography (Feature)

Winner
D-Railed
3.8 (2.3K)
John Lazear

Best Comedy

Winner
The Assistant
Peter J. Calvin(Director)
Brent Crable(Writer)
Deep Bro Films

Best Crime Film

Winner
Middle Management
Bryce Davis

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Royal Flesh
Olivia DeVenne

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Jumpin' Johnny
Cameron McCasland(director/producer)
Erin Dineen(producer)
Josh Ickes(producer)
Corner Store Films
Addiction Campus Network
Winner
Beers of Joy
6.2 (1.3K)
David Swift(director)
Scott Owen(director)
Mike Cooley(producer)
Jonathan Hack(producer)
One-Eleven Entertainment

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Remembering Private Quagliano
Rodney Roldan
Roldan Entertainment
Winner
How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps
8.8 (8)
Mahesh J. Madhav

Best Drama

Winner
Q&A
Yueh-Tzu Sun(director)
Winner
Seven seas
Martin-Philippe Tremblay

Best Duo

Winner
The Assistant
Daniel Mann(Actor)
Brent Crable(Actor)
Deep Bro Films

Best Editing

Winner
Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Michael Towe
M2 Digital Post
Winner
Depth of Pyaar
6.7 (1.2K)
Charles Ross

Best Ensemble

Winner
D-Railed
3.8 (2.3K)
Giovannie Espiritu
Robyn Ashley Dennis
Winner
The Benza
8.3 (73)
Christopher McCombs
Kyle Card
Janni Olsson
Michiko Noguchi
Masahito Kawahata
Inko Haku
Lee Min Kuk

Best Experimental Film

Winner
The Dancer
Jason O. Silva(Director)
Magnus Christoffersen(Executive Producer)
J. Oliver Entertainment

Best First Time Director

Winner
Nicolas Bosc
Rose
Ronins Films
Winner
Jane Tse
A Story

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Winner
Back to Lyla
5.8 (126)
Guillermo Noriega(writer)

Best First Time Screenwriter(Feature)

Winner
Yiwen Cao(writer)

Best Horror Film

Winner
D-Railed
3.8 (2.3K)
Suzanne DeLaurentiis
Everette Wallin
Dale Fabrigar

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Ronn Kilby
Ronn Kilby Creative
Winner
Silent Love Stories: Heart Beat
Amr Al-Hariri

Best Indie Film

Winner
Polly
Marco Bottiglieri(director)
Ashla Soter(producer)
Bowl of Spaghetti Entertainment

Best Indie Short Film

Winner
Night Shift
Ricky Cruz

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Lab Dog
Noemi Durivou
Justin Durivou

Best Microfilm

Winner
The Mirror
Massimiliano Mauceri
Winner
One twice a day
Sofia Streisand(director)

Best Mystery Film

Winner
Hazel
8.9 (11)
Sara Eustáquio(director)

Best Narrative Feature

Winners
Qia Li(director)
Yiwen Cao(writer)
Winner
D-Railed
3.8 (2.3K)
Suzanne DeLaurentiis
Everette Wallin
Dale Fabrigar

Best Narrative Short

Winner
The Little Picture
9.0 (36)
Toby Kearton
João Paneguini
I'm Good
Ana Archen

Best Original Score

Winner
The Divisible
6.1 (12)
Jon Altham
SoundWave Studios
Jubilee Productions (II)

Best Original Story

Winner
Yiwen Cao(writer)

Best Parody

Winner
Deery: Off the Wall
6.3 (22)
Todd Magnuson(producer)
Terri Lawrenz(producer)
Nature Adventures

Best Picture

Winner
Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Ronn Kilby
Ronn Kilby Creative
Winner
D-Railed
3.8 (2.3K)
Suzanne DeLaurentiis
Everette Wallin
Dale Fabrigar
Jumpin' Johnny
Cameron McCasland(Director / Producer)
Erin Dineen(Producer)
Josh Ickes(Producer)
Corner Store Films
Addiction Campus Network
Scrap
7.6 (31)
Sapna Gandhi(producer)
Vivian Kerr(producer)
Elegant Grotesque
Virgo Rising
Emily Bayrock

Best Score

Winner
Making Time
5.6 (213)
Michael Klubertanz
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen
Michael Frankenberger

Best Screenplay Short

Winner
Jean Maye
Mouse Chased Cat Productions
Scrap
7.6 (31)
Vivian Kerr
Elegant Grotesque
Virgo Rising
Emily Bayrock
Kelsi James

Best Song

Winner
The Benza
8.3 (73)
Christopher McCombs
Takahiro Nomiya
Inko Haku
Michiko Noguchi
Masahito Kawahata
Janni Olsson
Kyle Card
Tokyo Cowboys

Best Student Film

Winner
Virgo Rising
Emily Bayrock

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Phil Trasolini
Oh My God!

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Daisy Kosmider
Chocolate
Winner
Shayla Bagir
Time Slot
Mattei Visuals

Best Television Script

Winner
Sportsfan Chronicles
Kurt Weichert(writer)
Weichert Media

Best Thriller

Winner
Bet the Demon Wins
Denise Hurley
Karlisha Hurley
Devilhouse Films

Best Visual Effects

Winner
A Story
Wenquan Pan

Best Web Series

Winner
Oh My God!
Rodrigo Ferrat
Ezgi Gündogdu
Farsina Kabir Prithwi
Winner
The Benza
8.3 (73)
Christopher McCombs
Raito Nishizaka
Kristi Woodward
Jeff Cisneros
Tokyo Cowboys
Winner
American Parousia
Guillermo Noriega(writer)
Winner
Pitches
9.0 (6)
Gareth Brierley(actor and writer)
Bernadette Russell(writer and director)

Best Young Actress

Winner
Brookelyn Chalmers
Gamer's Wife

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Soul: Rooh
8.0 (11)
Mansour Assad(director)

Honorable Mention

Winner
Cave of Da Vinci
Sofia Drai(director)
D.Art Films

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Winner
Greater Fool
Julia Strassmann(director)

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Greater Fool
Julia Strassmann(director)
Winner
Lethalz
Ally Teixeira

Honorable Mention

Actor

Winner
Gary Karapetyan
All I See
Winner
Tom Schuster(Leading Actor)
Holy Spirit
Don't tell mama e.V.

Actress

Winner
Sara Dunn
Oh My God!
Winner
Ana Archen
I'm Good
Winner
Nadiya Geldenhuys
Be Open
Winner
Asta Leigh
Running on Empty

Animation

Winner
Shadowland
Bellopropello(director)

Best Animation

Winner
Godspeed
7.0 (11)
Sunny Wai Yan Chan(director)

Best Director

Winner
Justin Durivou
Jacpott

Best Ensemble

Winner
Oh My God!

Best Indie Film

Winner
Downstream
Scott D Clark
Ramrock Entertainment
Winner
Black and White
Luyin Zhao
Shiyi Gu
Winner
False
Chelsea Nwasike(Director)
Dayana Espinoza(Actress)

Best Music Score

Winner
American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice
4.3 (302)
Alexander Cimini

Best Music Video

Winner
Music from Undeterred
Joseph Villapaz
Eagle's Prey Publishing
Winner
Soul De Selene
Sid Singh
Vert Motion Pictures

Best Narrative Film

Winner
Night Mara
Anthony Harriman

Best Screenplay - Short

Winner
Bryan Wynn Sutton(Writer)

Best Student Film

Winner
Be There
Stephen P. Davis(director)
Patricia Santiago(producer)
Phil Wilson(executive producer)

Best Thriller

Winner
The Easy Lift
9.0 (8)
Sam Bradford
Grace Sargeant
Vincent Jerome
Praxima

Best VFX

Winner
The Mirror

Best Web Series

Winner
The Bailey Society
Guillermo Noriega(writer)

Cinematography

Winner
Creators: The Past
2.9 (487)
Ezio Gamba
Artuniverse
Winner
Spades: Bullet Proof
Christan van Slyke
Tammie Smith
Paul Brenno
Smith International Productions
Winner
Spectrum Fitness: Martial Arts
Christan van Slyke
Tammie Smith
Paul Brenno
Smith International Productions

Director

Winner
Nihal Vasudevan
HIS Period

Editing

Winner
Scrap
7.6 (31)
Sunghwan Moon
Elegant Grotesque

Ensemble

Winner
The Final Mission
7.0 (9)
Jas Anderson
Peter Duncanson
Josh Evans
Michael Fegley
Amadeo Fusca
Victoria Guthrie
Clinton Lowe
Peter O'Hara
Mike Pollock

Experimental Short

Winner
Waiting
Anthony Cally

First Time Director

Winner
Nicole Shan
The Rosy Summer Day

First Time Screenwriter

Winner
The Real Thing
Matthew Papadopoulos

Honorable Mention: Director

Winner
Jerry Wood
Where Is She?
Zen and Chaos Studios

Horror

Winner
Where Is She?
4.2 (90)
Jerry Wood(director/producer)

Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Silent Ways
Lucia Vico
Winner
Fenni Zombie
Juefang Zhang

Narrative short

Winner
Jabbara
Samir Kawas(director)
Rita Choueifati(producer)

Student Film

Winner
Eat Up!
Kavivarmen Vigneswaran(director)
Winner
We Are Visible
8.7 (90)
Karina Ulrike Sturm

Original Story

Guilty Bunch of Flowers
Keith Large
Maria Smith
K Lens UK

October Award

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Colin Thomas Jennings
Li'l Chit Chat
FinnDude Productions

Best Actress

Winner
Cheryl Dent
Caroline

Best Cinematography

Winner
Hey, Someone's Here
Chen Yu

Best Commercial

Winner
Pianos Reversé: Pianocide
8.8 (9)
Brice Blanloeil

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Why She Smiles
7.5 (33)
Caroline Sims(Director)

Best Drama

Winner
Hey, Someone's Here
Chen Yu

Best Editing

Winner
Why She Smiles
7.5 (33)
Noah Hanson(Editor)

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Alder
8.0 (8)
Vanda Ladeira(director/producer)

Best Horror Film

Winner
Await the Dawn
3.7 (584)
Pablo Macho Maysonet IV(Director/Writer/Producer)
Gregg Christie(Executive Producer)
Gerri Rothschild(Executive Producer)
Shattered Dreams Productions
Triple G Productions

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Alder
8.0 (8)
Vanda Ladeira(director/producer)

Best Inspirational Short Film

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Todd Needham(Executive Producer)
G-Street Unltd.

Best Parody

Winner
Better Uses for the Infinity Gauntlet: A Super Satire
Tanya Wheelock
Greg Larro
Josh Solomon
Chimerical Lotus Co.
[Insert Clever Name Here] Productions

Best Picture

Winner
Why She Smiles
7.5 (33)
Caroline Sims(Director)

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
G-Street Unltd.

Best Song

Winner
Li'l Chit Chat
Kristen Egermeier
Colin Thomas Jennings
FinnDude Productions
Winner
Li'l Chit Chat
Mike Baker

Best Sound Design

Winner
Await the Dawn
3.7 (584)
Thomas Corkran

Best Student Feature Film

Winner
You Won't Remember Me
6.6 (13)
Victor Blaho(director)

Honorable Mention

Winner
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
Todd Needham(Executive Producer)
G-Street Unltd.
Winner
Hollywood
6.8 (8)
Clemy Clarke

Honorable Mention: Actress

Winners
Mo Kelly(actress)
Marilyn Ghigliotti(actress)
Trudy Sargent(producer)
Mickey Myhan(composer)
JC Locas(editor)
Laidover

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Why She Smiles
7.5 (33)
Jamie Sorum(Herself)

Comedy

Li'l Chit Chat
Kristen Egermeier
Colin Thomas Jennings
FinnDude Productions

Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
G-Street Unltd.

March Award

Best Action Film

Winner
1UP
Edward Halstead
Daniela Rodriguez Martinez
Julian Bueno
Eric Pierce

Best Actor

Winner
William Shatner(actor)
Creators: The Past

Best Actress

Winner
Marie-Jeanne Maldague
Caducea
Mefamo

Best Cinematography

Winner
Ricochet
9.1 (9)
Matt Fleming

Best Director

Winner
Christophe Mavroudis
Caducea
Mefamo
Alex Cvetkov
Distracted

Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Glass Angel
Lea Ann Vandygriff

Best Editing

Winner
Shallow Grave
Yujie Tang

Best Horror

Winner
Caducea
7.5 (28)
Christophe Mavroudis
Mefamo

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Bxautiful Nightmarx
Juanita Ingram
Brittny Williams

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Change the World
8.1 (9)
Angelena Bonet(director)
Crystal Heart Productions
Change the World
8.1 (9)
Angelena Bonet(director)
Crystal Heart Productions

Best Music Video

Winner
Holy Spirit
6.5 (74)
Mike Baran(Director)
Don't tell mama e.V.
Change the World
8.1 (9)
Angelena Bonet(director)
Crystal Heart Productions

Best Narrative Short

Winner
YOU or ME
Drew Schrum
Drew Schrum Productions
Honorable Mention
Winner
Shallow Grave
Jingyu Liu

Best Parody

Winner
The History of Everything Circa 1993: F/K/A Kissy Cousins Monster Babies
Wayne Keeley(director)
Craig Dobson(producer)
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley(producer)
Someday Productions
Siberian Films

Best Picture

Winner
Creators: The Past
2.9 (487)
Piergiuseppe Zaia(director)
Artuniverse

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Creators: The Past
2.9 (487)
Piergiuseppe Zaia(director)
Artuniverse

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Winner
Callers to Our World
Salvatore A. Bono(writer)

Best Score

Winner
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen
Michael Frankenberger

Best Song

Winner
Violet Saturn Sweetest Life
Lauren Carr Reed(songwriter)
Spencer Carr Reed(composer)
Christine Carr(video producer)
Swanky Rodent Records
Violet Saturn 'Sweetest Life' written by Lauren Carr Reed, Spencer Carr Reed

Best Student Film

Winner
Out of Frame/Hors Champ
7.3 (6)
Artem Gutkowski(director)
Actor Stephen MANAS

Best Thriller

Winner
Ricochet
9.1 (9)
Tim Earnheart(producer)
Matt Fleming(producer)
S. Joe Downing(producer)
Ayuba Audu(co-producer)
Katelyn Downing(co-producer)
Dima Sulyma(co-producer)
Fernando Ronzon-Gallardo(co-producer)
Jeremy Parton(co-producer)

Best Visual Effects

Winner
YORT
Josiah Cuneo

Honorable Mention: Actor

Winner
Tim D. Walker
Shallow Grave

Honorable Mention: Editing

Winner
Stella
Jing Han

Honorable Mention: Experimental Film

Winner
YORT
Duane Michals
Josiah Cuneo

Honorable Mention: Score

Winner
A Little Payback
Gwenaël Mario Grisi
Mahlon Berv

Best Editting

Rose
8.7 (8)
Nicolas Bosc(director)
Ronins Films

Best Short Film

Rose
8.7 (8)
Nicolas Bosc(director)
Ronins Films

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Change the World
8.1 (9)
Angelena Bonet(director)
Crystal Heart Productions

Semi-Finalist Best Picture

Bxautiful Nightmarx

November Award

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Jas Anderson
The Final Mission

Best Comedy

Winner
Harvey Wallbanger
Abdul Stone Jackson(writer/director)
Eddie S. Diaz(producer)
Xavier Santiago(executive producer)
Randa Karambelas(producer)
Nialaney Rodriguez(associate producer)
Tim Willrich(co-producer)
Alison Wong(associate producer)
Jon W. Rosenbloom(director of photography)
Carolina Bradilli(production designer)
Monique Alfonzo(makeup artist)
George Deihl Jr.(artist)
A.J. Sealy(composer)
Jasmine Manigault(production mixer)
Saint Productions
The Storyteller Corporation

Best Crime Film

Winner
The Final Mission
7.0 (9)
Winston James

Best Director

Winner
Dana Richie(Director)
Gateway

Best Documentary Featurette

Winner
Gateway
Director Dana Richie

Best Editing

Winner
Escape Room: Proof of Concept
6.3 (273)
Yin Lui

Best First Time Director

Winner
Nisreen Fernandez
Consent
Consent - Short Film 2019

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
The Final Mission
7.0 (9)
Winston James

Best Musical/Dance Film

Winner
Consent - Short Film 2019

Best Original Story

Winner
Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions

Best Parody

Winner
Cricket Man
Alon Fisher
Reinaldo Garcia
Ricky Cruz

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Gab
8.0 (7)
Gazanfer Biricik(director)
La Vie Parigo
Gazanfer BIRICIK for the short GAB

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Grahame Edwards
Addiction

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Victoria Guthrie
The Final Mission

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Harvey Wallbanger
Abdul Stone Jackson(writer/director)
Eddie S. Diaz(producer)
Xavier Santiago(executive producer)
Randa Karambelas(producer)
Nialaney Rodriguez(associate producer)
Tim Willrich(co-producer)
Alison Wong(associate producer)
Jon W. Rosenbloom(director of photography)
Carolina Bradilli(production designer)
Monique Alfonzo(makeup artist)
George Deihl Jr.(artist)
A.J. Sealy(composer)
Jasmine Manigault(production mixer)
Saint Productions
The Storyteller Corporation

Honorable Mention: Drama

Winner
Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions

Screenplay Contest

Winner
Breadcrumbs
Konstantin Pivovar
Lilia Le Dieu

Best Narrative Short

Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions

Best Picture

Addiction
Lewis William Robinson
Fallen Sky Productions

Best Thriller

The Easy Lift
9.0 (8)
Sam Bradford
Grace Sargeant
Vincent Jerome
Praxima

December Award

Best Actor In An Indie Film

Winner
Sean Schliwa
Whose Crime Is It Anyway?
Other-Side Films

Best Comedy

Winner
Pajama Party Work Night
9.2 (12)
Patrick Neff
Suzy Foston

Best Editing

Winner
Pajama Party Work Night
9.2 (12)
Patrick Neff

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Skin: The Movie
6.3 (89)
Michelle Way
Duane Weekly
Mark Christopher Lawrence
Diane Sargent
Karl Backus
Theresa Layne
Merrick McCartha
Mark Atkinson
Stephen Scott
Kirin Kim
Barb Chandler
Kristin Horgen
Hassan Omar
Ronn Kilby Creative
Winner
Pajama Party Work Night
9.2 (12)
Rio Scafone
Christina Nicole
Caitlin Burt
Melissa O'Brien
Whitney Wagner
Rose Anne Nepa
Mark Boyd
Josiah Vaccaro
Jacquie Floyd
Barton Bund

Best Horror

Winner
Floresta da Luz
6.8 (6)
Allan Riggs
Charles Chu
William Nunes
Winner
Escape Room: Proof of Concept
6.3 (273)
Bessy Adut(Bessy Adut)
Queen B. Film Hive

Best Indie Film

Winner
Floresta da Luz
6.8 (6)
Allan Riggs
Charles Chu
William Nunes

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Whose Crime Is It Anyway?
2.0 (7)
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films

Best Score

Winner
A Thousand Cranes
Eiko Jin

Best Young Filmmaker

Winner
Whose Crime Is It Anyway?
2.0 (7)
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films

Honorable Mention: Documentary

Winner
Tuva youngster-Yong Deng
Zhang Xiquan
China Central Television (CCTV)

Inspiring Woman In A Film

Winner
Whose Crime Is It Anyway?
2.0 (7)
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films
Shadow Wall
Adriana Ledesma
Rita Casman
Sabrina Percario

Best Drama Short

The Never Ending Nightmare
Grant Eastey
Eastey Entertainment

Best First Time Screenwriter (feature screenplay)

Lost Visibility
Kelly Needleman

Best Picture

Whose Crime Is It Anyway?
2.0 (7)
Isabella Jacqueline
Other-Side Films

September Award

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Killer Friends
Peter J. Calvin(Director)
Brent Crable(Writer Producer)
Deep Bro Films

Best Editing

Winner
Ghost in the Gun
7.8 (27)
Patrick Devaney(editor)
Sam Purdy(editor)
Stephen Berke(editor)
Rena Yamamoto(editor)

Best First Time Director

Winner
Andrew Chen(director)
Ghost in the Gun

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Winner
Starry Dreams
Bella Dontine

Best Horror

Winner
The Rat
Kunru Lin(director)

Best Horror Screenplay

Winner
Circle of 3s
Mark Todd Bruner(writer)
Logan Riley Bruner(writer)
Kelly Needleman(co-producer)

Best Indie Film

Winner
The Great Charade
5.1 (12)
Rosanna Strange
Daniel Strange
Rodeax Films

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Elena's War Dance
Jennifer Treur(Director)

Best Music Video

Winner
In the end
Lenylson Luan Carvalho(director)

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Lost Treasure of the Valley
8.8 (12)
Robert Husted(writer/director)
Jon M. Sklaroff(producer)
Steve Starkins International Pictures
SFV Films
Ghost in the Gun
7.8 (27)
Andrew Chen(director)

Best Sound Effects

Winner
Elena's War Dance
Jennifer Treur(Director)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Ross Turner(actor)
Ghost in the Gun

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Candice Palladino
The Great Charade
Rodeax Films

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Whiteboard Challenge
Michael Kureth
Michael Garcia
Daniel Munoz
Cinedapt
Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
Todd Needham(Executive Producer)
G-Street Unltd.

Best Web Series

Winner
Forests and Thieves
Renier Beukes(writer)
Zenon Samuels(director)
ZenCo. Productions

Best Western

Winner
Ghost in the Gun
7.8 (27)
Andrew Chen(director)

Best Young Actress

Winner
Haley Camille(actress)
Ghost in the Gun

Honorable Mention Best First-time Screenwriter (Short)

Winner
The Joymaker
Tara Grover Smith(Writer)

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Elena's War Dance
Jennifer Treur(Director)

Student Film

Winner
Wilderness Quest
Kelly Needleman

15 Best Screenplays

Circle of 3s
Mark Todd Bruner(writer)
Logan Riley Bruner(writer)
Kelly Needleman(co-producer)

Best Actor

Darren Bridgett(actor)
Ghost in the Gun

Best Director

Allan Riggs
Operation Shell Shock

Best Picture

End Point
Rafael Cortes
Inventor Films
End Point
Rafael Cortes
Inventor Films

Best Screenplay - Short

Bryan Wynn Sutton(Writer)

Inspirational

Unclaimed Remains
Tom Phillips(Producer)
Rich Gough(Co Producer)
Ernie Diorio(Co Producer)
Carol Redlund(Associate Producer)
Todd Needham(Executive Producer)
G-Street Unltd.

July Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
No Dayz Off
Brent Crable(Actor)
Jeff Garlish(Actor)
Deep Bro Films

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Jordan Van Clief(actor)
Failure Is an Option

Best Comedy Screenplay

Winner
No Dayz Off
Brent Crable(Writer)
Deep Bro Films

Best Documentary Short

Winner
Salzburg - Brauchtum Im Herzen
Daniel H. Ronacher

Best Drama

Winner
The First Boy I Loved
Maggie Le
Winner
One of the Thousands
Qianzi Gao

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Mixed Movie
Vasco Diogo

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
When Darkness Comes
Nick Azzaro

Best Feature Screenplay

Winner
Rock Tarpeian
Salvatore A. Bono(written by)

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Maa
Nidheya Suresh
NSAW Productions
Winner
Out of Mind
8.2 (14)
Tigran Nersisian

Best Mystery Film

Winner
Supervivere (The Escape)
6.5 (34)
Paco Arasanz(director)
Larrotxene Kultur Etxea

Best Original Story

Winner
Be-Longing
Danielle Oke(writer)

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Secret Space
Cameron Mitchell Elmore

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Odyssey of the AOR
Joshua Burdick
Zilch Cummins Productions

Best Thriller

Winner
All I See
Gary Karapetyan
George Pilafdzhyan

Honorable Mention: Duo

Winner
Secret Space
Matt Lloyd
Naomi Prentice

Honorable Mention: Original Story

Winner
Wet Paint
8.2 (13)
Yi Cheng

Honorable Mention: Visual Effects

Winner
When Darkness Comes
Nick Azzaro

Inspiring Woman In A Film

Winner
Chinese Whispers
Marina Lima(executive producer)
Sabrina Percario(producer)
Daniela Conde(producer)
Percario Productions
Carmela Conteúdos

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Chinese Whispers
Marina Lima(executive producer)
Sabrina Percario(producer)
Daniela Conde(producer)
Percario Productions
Carmela Conteúdos

Narrative Feature

Winner
The incredible story of Santa Scorese. This work is loosely based on the true story of Santa Scorese, first italian victim of stalking. Santa was 20 years old when she decided she wanted to be a nun and she met, by chance, a boy with mental disorders. He stalked Santa for 3 years led by Christian hate and he killed her on the evening of the 15th of March 1991 in Palo del Colle (Bari).

January Award

Best Actor

Winner
Mig Feliciano
Manny Fantasma
Winner

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Ellie Gonsalves
Zebra
Dream Maker Studios

Best Cinematography

Winner
Manny Fantasma
Gabriel Carnick

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Zebra
7.3 (15)
Peter Spann(Director)
Ellie Gonsalves(Executive Producer)
Dream Maker Studios

Best Director

Winner
Michael Carnick
Manny Fantasma

Best First Time Screenwriter

Winner
#PrincessProblems
Brittney Lee Hamilton
B.Lee Productions

Best Horror

Winner
Zebra
7.3 (15)
Peter Spann(director)
Ellie Gonsalves(executive producer)
Dream Maker Studios

Best LGBT Film

Winner
Lost Time
Joseph Isaac

Best Music Video

Winner
Remembering Love Eterne
Joseph Villapaz
Mantis Eagle Productions

Best Narrative feature

Winner
Being Leonardo Da Vinci
7.4 (44)

Best Original Story

Winner
Manny Fantasma
Michael Carnick

Best Parody

Winner
Zebra
7.3 (15)
Peter Spann(Director)
Dream Maker Studios

Best Song

Winner
Another Yesterday
Douglas Heil(music & lyrics)

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Manny Fantasma
Michael Carnick
Gabriel Carnick
Zoe Pelloux
Olivia Gray
Mig Feliciano

Inspiring Woman in a Film

Winner
Fate's Shadow
9.2 (49)
Michelle Arthur
Princess Arthur Productions

Best Picture

Manny Fantasma
Michael Carnick
Gabriel Carnick
Zoe Pelloux
Olivia Gray
Mig Feliciano

First Time Screenwriter (feature screenplay)

Lost Visibility
Kelly Needleman

February Award

Best Actress

Winner
Louise Lejeune
Eises Kälte - Frozen in Time
KaRo-Pictures UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Best Cinematography

Winner
She Comes in Colors Everywhere
Dingxuan Huang

Best Comedy

Winner
The Report
A.J. Callens
GeRM PROD

Best Editing

Winner
Beyond the Wheel
Bingjie Huang

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Winner
Chubby Café
6.2 (10)
Yiwen Cao(screenwriter)

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
The Victim
8.5 (8)
Jamin Wang

Best Mystery Film

Winner
Eises Kälte - Frozen in Time
5.6 (19)
Roland Busch(director/producer)
KaRo-Pictures UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Best Narrative Filmmaker

Winner
Chubby Café
6.2 (10)
Yiwen Cao(FILMMAKER)

Best Narrative Short Honorable Mention

Winner
Beyond the Wheel
Ziwei Han
Chenlin Qian
New York Film Academy

Best Original Story

Winner
Chubby Café
6.2 (10)
Yiwen Cao(SCREENWRITER)

Best web series

Winner
Cop Doc
Victor Verhaeghe(Writer/Producer/Actor)
Doug Bost(Director)
Self-Produced

Honorable Mention: Director

Winner
Roland Busch(director)
Eises Kälte - Frozen in Time
KaRo-Pictures UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

April Award

Best Actor

Winner
Michael Boston
Jesus Rides a Harley
BlackCat69 Prods.

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Holy Spirit
6.5 (74)
Mike Baran(Director)
Don't tell mama e.V.

Best Director

Winner
Joseph Neibich
The Day the Rabbit Died
Winner
Joseph Nybyk
The Arithmetic of Survival
Michael Boston
Jesus Rides a Harley
BlackCat69 Prods.

Best Editing

Winner
A Life in August
Haston McLaren

Best Ensemble

Winner
Jesus Rides a Harley
5.8 (7)
Michael Boston
BlackCat69 Prods.

Best Feature Screenplay

Winner
Isolated in Oblivion
Victoria Angelique(screenwriter)

Best Horror

Winner
Tag
A.J. Callens
GeRM PROD

Best Indie Film

Winner
A Life in August
Haston McLaren

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
A Life in August
Haston McLaren

Best Indie Short

Winner
The Day the Rabbit Died
Joseph Neibich
Winner
The Arithmetic of Survival
Joseph Nybyk

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Holy Spirit
6.5 (74)
Mike Baran(Director)
Don't tell mama e.V.

Best Original Story

Winner
Holy Spirit
6.5 (74)
Mike Baran(Director)
Don't tell mama e.V.

Best Romantic Comedy

Winner
Jesus Rides a Harley
5.8 (7)
Michael Boston
Joanna Easton
Diane Eaton
Roger Williamson
BlackCat69 Prods.

Best Sci-Fi Film

Winner
The Day the Rabbit Died
Joseph Neibich
Winner
The Arithmetic of Survival
Joseph Nybyk

Best Song

Winner
So Many Divisions
Mohammed K Paika

May Award

BEST ACTOR

Winner
Soydan Soydas
Bozkir: Kuslara Bak Kuslara

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM

Winner
Bozkir: Kuslara Bak Kuslara
3.4 (227)

Best Actress in an Indie Film

Winner
Diêm Camille
Doll
Camillion Pictures

Best Editing

Winner
One More Ride
Qianzi Gao

Best Film Noir

Winner
Hollywood Mouth 3
Jordan Mohr

Best First Time Director

Winner
Sunny Wai Yan Chan(director)
Godspeed

Best Screenplay

Winner
The Window
5.9 (127)
Ammar Lasani
Kanza Zia
Randy Zuniga

August Award

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Winner
Daniele Marcheggiani(actor)
Come l'ombra nel buio

Best Actress

Winner
Vidushi Chadha
HIS Period

Best Animation

Winner
Economy is Care
Sergio Herencias(director)
Andreas Tanner(co-director)
Guave Motion

Best Cinematography

Winner
Muñeca
Sergio Herencias(director of photography)

Best Comedy

Winner
What The Hell
Rachel Ma
Dede Harlan
New York Film Academy

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
HIS Period
Nihal Vasudevan

Best Drama

Winner
Come l'ombra nel buio
Alessandro Gessaga(director)
Daniele Marcheggiani(executive producer)

Best First Time Director, Feature

Winner
Jennifer Treur(Director)
Elena's War Dance

Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Winner
Starry Dreams
Bella Dontine

Best Indie Feature

Winner
Elena's War Dance
Jennifer Treur(Director)

Best Indie Film

Winner
First Mistake
DC Brandon
DC Brandon Films

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Economy is Care
Sergio Herencias(director) (producer)

Best Science Fiction

Winner
Forbidden Power
3.7 (140)
Paul Kyriazi(Writer/Director)

Best Visual Effects

Winner
Elena's War Dance
Jennifer Treur(Director)

Honorable Mention : Indie Film

Winner
Hypnosis
Grégoire Vaillant(director)
Charles-Edouard Dangelser(director)
Collectif Opera

Honorable Mention: Drama

Winner
Open Mic
Sabrina Percario(producer)
David Austin Veal(producer)
Jaime Torres(director)
Percario Productions

Best Feature Screenplay

The Real Thing
Matthew Papadopoulos

Annual Award

Best Actress of the Year

Winner
Marie-Jeanne Maldague
Caducea
Mefamo

Best Comedy

Winner
Love Possibly
5.9 (279)
Ché Grant
Michael Boccalini
Arabella Burfitt-Dons
Paddy Grant
Anna Barbara Films
Love Possibly

Best Ensemble

Winner
Love Possibly
5.9 (279)
Steve Hodgetts
Anna Danshina
Julie Nesher
Michelle Thomas
Louis Beaufort
Dean Kilbey
Greg Seago-Curl
Lana Welch
Nicola Wright
Gabriel Constantin
Anna Barbara Films
Love Possibly

Best Screenplay Short

Winner
HIS Period
Nihal Vasudevan

Best Actor

Matthew Sauvé
One Night Stand
WKZ Media

Best Actor of the Year

Aramis Merlin
The Eagles

Best First Time Director

Sunny Wai Yan Chan(director)
Godspeed

June Award

Animation

Serpendipity
5.4 (22)
Kevin Barwick
Carlos Mejia

Best Picture

Out of Mind
8.2 (14)
Tigran Nersisian

Best Screenplay

Out of Mind
8.2 (14)
Tigran Nersisian

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