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Honorable Mention

Best Adventure Short

Winner
I Left My Heart in Pluto
Dario Antepara

Best Children Short

Winner
Krystal & Rae
Ellis Jamal Sutton
All of a Sutton Productions

Best Crime Short

Winner
Blood on My Sneaks
D.A. Franklin
R World Productions

Best Drama Short

Winner
Mug
Eoghan Moloney(producer)
HooleyBooley Films
The Rain Company
Mike
9.7 (50)
Kent Smith(producer)
Lucky You Films

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner
Celtic Cross
Samantha Anderson
Kyanite Films

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Slow Dance
8.7 (10)
Jeanette G Junco
Winner
Hope is Our Super Power
Hanna Balicki
George Akram
Diego Osorio
Patacos Film

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Berenice
Hannah Eakin
The Haddonfield Murders
Richard Poche

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Strange Lights
Brian Eric Johnson
Lamppost Productions

Best Thriller Short

Winner
The Perfect Candidate
Tiffany Melia(director)
John Earley(producer)
Earley Enterprises

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Girl Meets Goy
Amanda Shilo Braverman(Writer)
Winner
The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(director)
Miriam N. Dohrn(writer)

Best Young FIlmmaker

Winner
See Through Me
Jade Missy Kim

Best Young Filmmaker (Female)

Winner
The Pursuit of Happiness
Joy Xing(director)

Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

Winner
Smile! You're on Camera.
Nat DiCicco(director)
The Alien Skyboy
Eje Izokun(writer/director)
AJ Ezoku Studios
A Beggar's Peace
Dylan Keeffe(director)
Keeffe Films

Comedy Short

Winner
Furca
Jonathan Kehoe
Smile
Jeff Musillo

Indie Short

Winner
Johny
T.J. Hunter

Web and New Media

Winner
Dr. Daddy
Soeun Park
Diasporadic Films

Best Acting Ensemble

Money, Vampires & Weed
7.2 (79)
Richard Poche

Best Actress

Megan Cochrane
The Haddonfield Murders

Best Dark Comedy Short

Bleeding Art
Pardeep Sahota(director)

Best First Time Director (Female)

Alison Mobley
Office Cheer

Best Horror Score

Money, Vampires & Weed
7.2 (79)
Richard Poche

Best Horror Short

Best Special Makeup

Zombie Love
Nicolas Robini(director)
Julie Goulet(make up artist)
Nicolas Robini Films

Best Teaser/Trailer

Bad Dad
Bronny Lane(Director)
Little Train Creative

Best Visual FX

Zombie Love
Nicolas Robini(director)
Mathieu Boisgerault(VFX supervisor)
Nicolas Robini Films

Outstanding Achievement Award

Acting Duo

Winner
Furca
David Witts
Marisa Hood
Winner
Susie
5.2 (44)
Cat Olson(actor)
Andrea Murillo(actor)
Winner
Priceless
Peter Greene
Danny Diablo
Reel Wolf Productions
Happy Anniversary
Brian Reilly
Abra Gould

Best Acting Duo

Winner
The Weekend
Katy Jordan(actress)
Paul Gilmour(actor)
Blue Cloth Productions
Winner
What I Can't Tell You
9.9 (10)
Marcel Grabowiecki
Nina Mariko Sandquist
Winner
Fools
Jake Ingrande(actor)
Marthilia Svarna(actress)
Dimebag Productions

Best Actor

Winner
Patrick G. Keenan
Mike
Lucky You Films
Winner
Robert Chestnut
Carma
The Oriental Vision
Winner
Ervin Musabelliu(actor)
The Dark Web
Winner
Bob Turton
Comedy Videos

Best Actress

Winner
Heather Hentila
The Veil
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios
Winner
Shanae'a Moore
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Gley Viera
Metanoia
Winner
Lia Patra
Bathtub Chronicles
Belair Productions
Winner
Anna Rust
Satiety

Best Animation Short

Winner
The Train to Qinling
9.2 (11)
Shir Baron(Director)
Winner
The Train to Qinling
9.2 (11)
Shir Baron(director)
Winner
The Last Step
Stanislav Matveev(director)
Rafael Toro Cortes(producer)
Luna Riedler(artist)
Lena Zyadeh(editor)

Best Child / Young Actress

Winner
Jessica Fay
The Making of Alex
Winner
Ivy Paige
The Caretaker
Winner
Gerson Cueto
The Man of the House
Winner
Ryleigh Leggett
Wow
Just-Ice Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
Seven Levels Deep
Nuno Martini
Winner
Bathtub Chronicles
Mario Garciduenas
Belair Productions
Winner
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Matthew Graves
Melinda's Wish
5.2 (8)
Paul W. Sauline

Best Crime Short

Winner
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Russell Southam(producer)
Adam Spinks(Producer)
Owen Elliott(Consulting Producer)
Little Big Film Company
Claire.
Eric Dodson
Ollie & Panda Films

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
The Sword and the Sandwich
Winston Berger(producer/writer/director)
Winner
Not Your Average Bear
Simon Longmore(executive producer) (writer)
Adam Lolacher(Producer)
Cliff Skelton(Director)
Winner
Happy Anniversary
Jared Chinigo
Arman Nasim
Winner
The Axe and the Iron
7.6 (7)
Matthew Roseman(producer)
Brad Roller(producer)
Spencer Harris(producer)
Emily Yetter(co-producer)
Radius Pictures
Sky Media Entertainment
Winner
The Greatest Horror Film Ever Made
7.5 (17)
Brandon XIV
Jess Black
Shane Snow

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Lola Rùi
Ecclesiastes
Winner
Molly Vernon
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Rebecca Ruhm
Bathtub Chronicles
Belair Productions
Samantha Mays
Note to Self

Best Director - Male

Winner
George A. Velez(director)
Eavesdropping
Winner
Jared Salazar
Despertar (Awake)

Best Drama Short

Winner
Ruth
Shannon Ivey
Theatre For Change
Winner
The Tailor Shop
Giovanni Pugliese
Elon Productions
Winner
Life...
Mirlande Amazan
J. Paul Campbell
Camazan Group

Best Experimental Short

Winner
To Her
Jacopo Ardolino(Director)
Morcego Films

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Lola Rùi
Winner
Love Spell
9.4 (9)
Emily Robyn Clark
Love Spell
Winner
Hollow
Nicholas Andrews

Best Film Noir Short

Winner
The Lobbyists
Thomas Pace
Winner
Eavesdropping
Daquan Saxton(producer)
George A. Velez(director)
Antonello Velez(executive producer)
Iasmel Vasquez(executive producer)
Digital Bodega

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Thomas Webber(writer/director)
Náusea
Cobaia Filmes
Alameda Criativa
Winner
Dan Tudor
Track One
Hi-Fi Productions
Winner
Dan Tudor
Track One
Hi-Fi Productions
Jeffrey Penman
Mike LoBello
Melinda's Wish

Best Horror Short

Winner
Náusea
7.6 (5)
Morgana Addor(producer)
Cobaia Filmes
Alameda Criativa
Winner
Sonant
6.2 (12)
Vik Ramen

Best Indie Short

Winner
Recess
Phil Sokoloff
Mitch Deltuvia
Winner
Wireless
Criss Gidas
Winner
The Desert
Winner
Crazy
8.4 (58)
Holt Boggs
Winner
What I Can't Tell You
9.9 (10)
Marcel Grabowiecki
Nina Mariko Sandquist
Winner
BOJ: Inside me
Thiago Oliveira
Joe Bartone
Heidi Behrendt
Jose Zambrano Cassella
Small Factory

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner
Affective
8.8 (10)
Amanda Woods
Newton to Newton Productions
Dumped
3.7 (7)
Tatiana Vasquez

Best Microfilm

Winner
No Way Out
Stefano Giorgetti
Bubble Productions
Winner
No Way Out
Stefano Giorgetti
Bubble Productions
Winner
So, What Do You Think?
5.2 (12)
Karen Tusa
Jeffrey Eyamie
Wooly Mammoth Productions
Winner
Willie in the Sky
Nathaniël Siri
Clifford Bañagale

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Piss Off
Henry Baker
Winner
The Sparrow
Matthew Ewald(Director)
Winner
Its Here
Michael Davis
Meganne Kocher
Molly Souza
Phil Michalski
Creepypizza Films

Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy

Winner
The Way We Are
Ai Wan
Donald Li
Aiwan Entertainment

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Náusea
7.6 (5)
Morgana Addor(producer)
Cobaia Filmes
Alameda Criativa
Winner
The Other Side
John Cale(director)

Best Original Score

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Nicholas Gati
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Infection
Brandon Boone
Creepypizza Films
Winner
Ay Antonia
Ignacio Ramirez

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Paintless
Konstantin Pivovar(Writer)
Lilia Le Dieu(Producer)
Winner
The Wrong Day
7.6 (5)
Dan Tudor
Winner
The Greatest Horror Film Ever Made
7.5 (17)
Brandon XIV
Jess Black
United States

Best Producer

Winner
Susie
5.2 (44)
Ian McGuire(producer)
Stephanie Gould(producer)
Winner
The Remnant
6.3 (62)
Michael James Regan
Jeff Gross
Winner
Life...
Mirlande Amazan
Camazan Group
Melinda's Wish
5.2 (8)
Evaline Wu Huang
Jeffrey Penman
Potato Salad

Best Producers

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
James Seyer
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Furca
Jonathan Kehoe

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Lola Rùi
Winner
The Processed
Joshua Sowden

Best Set Design

Best Short Script

Winner
Me, Myself & I
Katy Jordan(writer)
Blue Cloth Productions
Worst Critic
Alyxandrya Prynce

Best Sound Design

Winner
They Wear Black
Dane Liberatore(director)
Winner
Infection
Phil Michalski
Creepypizza Films
Winner
Dreamer's Journey
Stefano La Civita
Sikandar Saleem

Best Sound Editing

Winner
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Anthony Marsh
Production Station

Best Sound Mixing

Winner
Window
8.2 (6)
Jake Gaule
Winner
Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops
9.0 (11)
Daniel Grisak

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Richard Stephenson Winter
Empty Shelf
Winner
Johnny McPhail
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Winner
Gunnar de Jong
Adulting
Winner
Kelcey Watson
Wow
Just-Ice Productions

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Sarah Parlow
Patrick
FFS Films
Winner
Candace Keeton(actor)
Ovals: I Don't Want to Love Myself
Digital Bodega
Winner
Ana Mafalda
Lullaby
Winner
Christina Tinde
Under My Skin
Calavera Roja Productions
Winner
Janira Campos Puleo
The Man of the House

Best TV / Web Series Pilot

Winner
Fuzz & Malloy
7.0 (7)
Daniel J. Pico(director)
Joe Wakefield(writer)
Lizzy Ana Wakefield(executive producer)
Lillie Fischer(producer)
Luke Fischer(producer)
Luis Perez Villegas(producer)
Jacob Zetino(producer)
Brennan Bagnall(actor)
Annabelle King(actress)
Caleb Thomas(actor)
Michael J. Renda(actor)
Loren Barnese(actress)
Talia Cheren(actress)
Tessa Philbrick(makeup artist)
Garth Sodetani(Stunt Coordinator)
Darren Curtis(music)
SpookyCastle Productions
Winner
Oz Linked
Gary Wall
Ana Isabel
Maria Tevelis
Winner
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8.4 (7)
Abdul Stone Jackson
Christopher Kelley
Eddie S. Diaz
Catherine Corcoran
Manni L. Perez
Madia Hill Scott
Nicole Tio
Jaleesa Capri
Lidiane Fernandes
Levin Valayil
Steve Gigantino
Zack Sainz
Pamela Kramer
Jason Demmon
David Kim
Sajbeena Lama
Roshana Delwala
Mb X. McClain
Betsy Ajesh Thomas
Betsy Varghese
The Storyteller Corporation

Best Thriller

Winner
Nemesis
Tim Earnheart(producer)
Matt Fleming(producer)
S. Joe Downing(producer)
Ayuba Audu(producer)

Best Visual FX

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Javier Tallón
Winner
Lonelyboy
David Doucette
Retaliation Films
Winner
Glitch
Sharif Elnaggar
House of Gorey Productions
Melinda's Wish
5.2 (8)
Mark Alan Loso
Casey Balbontin
Safety Space
Rohil Aniruth

Best Web and New Media

Winner
Oh My God!
Rodrigo Ferrat
Ezgi Gündogdu
Farsina Kabir Prithwi
Francis Franco
Chingod Media
Winner
Office Cheer
Alison Mobley
Winner
The Way We Are
Ai Wan
Donald Li
Aiwan Entertainment
Winner
Classified: The Time Traveler
Mikis Fernandez(director)

Best Western Short

Winner
Troublemaker
Shane Peltzman(producer)
Rope Burn Productions

Best Woman Based Short

Winner
Alice SmartHome
Andrew C Ramirez(director)
Maeyson Menzel(actor)

Best Young Filmmaker (Female)

Winner
Hydrate
Nat DiCicco(director)

Children Short

Winner
52 - A Tale of Loneliness
Johnny DePalma
Umbrelly Books Publishing

Costume Design

Winner
Stay Sane
Louka Amalie

Crime Short

Winner
Reyna
Akinola Hassan
Nine 7 Entertainment
Winner
Carma
9.6 (7)
Sunhee Na
The Oriental Vision
Winner
Priceless
Tom Vujcic
Delaney Siren
Matt Almeida
Ted Pryce
Amir Radi
Reel Wolf Productions

Documentary Short

Winner
Excessive Force
Fred Sprinkle

Editing

Winner
Vestige
Anthony Thornton-Hopwood
Melinda's Wish
5.2 (8)
Katrina Pastore

First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Antonette Trussoni
Loft202
TruFilm Media Productions
Winner
Anike Niemeyer
Nowhere, Forever
Winner
Bonnie McKee(Director)
April Kills the Vibe
Winner
Mirlande Amazan
Life...
Camazan Group

First Time Director - Male

Winner
Jordan Doig(director)
Susie

Mystery Short

Winner
Mr.E, P.I. - Children of the Night
George A. Velez(director)
Lesley Solarte(producer)
Daquan Saxton(executive producer)
Iasmel Vasquez(executive producer)
Antonello Velez(executive producer)
Digital Bodega
Winner
Sawa
Harinarayan Rajeev(director)
Neo Panthera Films

Original Screenplay

Winner
Withdrawals
Jorja Hudson
Winner
The Remnant
6.3 (62)
Jeff Gross
Jonathan Williams
Winner
To Kill a Truth
Kiriakos Kotsinis(writer)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography)

Winner
On a Whim
7.8 (7)
Pavlo Fedorov(director of photography)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short)

Winner
Follow Leader
Scott Johnson
Infinity Machine Films
Winner
One War
Jake Rist

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror short)

Winner
The Barber
7.4 (24)
Sergiy Pudich
EasyLiving Films

Outstanding Achievement Award for Foreign-Language Short

Winner
Reclaiming the Negative
6.9 (7)
Mike Beech(director)
Winner
Krim
7.7 (15)
Daniel Froschauer(production designer)
Fruit Media

Production Design

Winner
Final Curtain
7.7 (6)
Steve Kingston

Romantic Short

Winner
Heartstruck
Ian Thomas Kent
Winner
First and Last
Badar Tareen
Winner
Wow
Justice Gamble
Alex Benjamin
Just-Ice Productions

Short Film

Winner
Aks
Satyam Raj(director)
Evoke Media Services
Winner
Scars
6.8 (27)
Jonny Zeller(director)
Tim Frazier(executive producer)
Jackson Rathbone(producer)
David Iain Johnson(producer)
Tapestry Films
Beckoned
Richard Zelniker
David Mudge
Callie Nguyen Zelniker
Lucid Pictures
Rolling Hill Pictures

Short Script

Winner
The Last Pirate
7.0 (29)
Christian Pavlik

Special FX

Winner
Johny
Ben Rooker

Student Director (Female)

Winner
Emmi Shockley
J-1
Winner
Vivian Full
The Escape Room
University of the Arts London
Winner
Zaira Armendariz
Under My Skin
Calavera Roja Productions

Student Director (Male)

Thriller Short

Winner
Eavesdropping
Daquan Saxton(producer)
George A. Velez(director)
Antonello Velez(executive producer)
Iasmel Vasquez(executive producer)
Digital Bodega
Winner
Free Rider
Rhythum

Visual FX

Winner
Kiss of the Creature
A.J. Callens
GeRM PROD

Women Short

Winner
Nineteen Ninety Nine
Grace Uther(director)
Olfactory Films
Winner
Un-bowed
Ingrid Jordan(actress)
Faith Over Fear Productions
Winner
Un-bowed
David D. Haynes II(Director)
Winner
For You
Andi Rados(director)
Good Morning Films
Winner
Bathtub Chronicles
Rebecca Ruhm
Belair Productions

Young filmmaker

Winner
The Making of Alex
Jessica Fay
Velton Lishke
Winner
5 o'clock Somewhere
Alex Culberson

Trailer

To Be Free
Glenna P. Diggs

Best Student Award

Best Student Children Short

Winner
Violet
Samantha Gaynor

Best Student Crime Short

Winner
C'est La Vie
Taniel Kilajian

Best Student Dark Comedy Short

Winner
The Golden Calf
Adam P. Howard

Best Student Director (Male)

Best Student Documentary Short

Winner
Are you there, Andy?
Holly Joyce Lehren

Best Student Indie Short

Winner
Here Today
8.3 (7)
Meredith Grace Dabney(writer)
Astrabeta Creations
Arvold
Point Nine Films

Best Student LGBTQ Film

Winner
AND-1139
7.6 (8)
Parker Alexander Meyers

Best Student Scifi short

Winner
Circadian
Dylan Lunt

Best Student Thriller Short

Winner
Livsglede
Tommy Bardal
Line Hofset

Best Student Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
High Bread
Jayesh Jaidka
The Pillowtalk Productions

Best Student Women Short

Winner
Walking Thin Lines
Candice Horde(Writer)
Preston Ray(Director)
Winner
Walking Thin Lines
Candice Horde(Writer)
Preston Ray(Director)

Best Women Short

Winner
Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America
Phumi Morare
Kimberly Davis
Kripa Koshy
Ai Chung
Arri Caviness
Karthik Mohan
Mojtaba Mirshekari

Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Safety Space
Rohil Aniruth
Mari Al-Midhadi

Major Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
The Veil
Heather Hentila
Vanessa Silva
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Vanessa Silva
The Veil
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios

Best Editing

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Deepak Reddy
Harikanth Gunamagari
Kala Media works

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Tumbili
Brando Benetton
Lonelyboy
David Doucette(Director)
Retaliation Films

Best First Time Director

Winner
Eoghan Moloney(director)
Mug
HooleyBooley Films
The Rain Company

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
The Veil
Vanessa Silva
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios
Efsun
7.6 (44)
Bahri Baykal(director)

Best Production Design

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Deepak Reddy
Kala Media works

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Winter Grew Cold
Desi Jevon
Cati Jean
Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Deepak Reddy

Best Screen Dance Short

Winner
Winter Grew Cold
Desi Jevon
Cati Jean

Best Sound Design

Winner
Sonant
6.2 (12)
Vik Ramen

Best Sound Mixing

Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Sachin Sudhakaran
Kala Media works

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Vanessa Silva
The Veil
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios

Best Thriller Short

Winner
The Rabbit Hole
8.1 (13)
Richard Bakewell(director)
Patrick Dupree
Noah Mathers
Stefan Prater
Vicki Packman
Lale Arpaci
LightForce Pictures

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Winner
Thumb Runner
9.0 (18)
Kasper Vejlø Kristensen(Producer)
Dylan Bruno(Director)
Eyelight Productions
Pull the Wool

Best Cinematography

Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Edurolu Raju
Kala Media works

Best Drama Short

The Veil
Vanessa Silva
Heather Hentila
Brighton Films
Footlight Studios

Best Horror Short

Dead Lyft
6.1 (10)
Steven Belcher(Writer/Director)
Lomisfilm

Best Indie Short

Overcast
7.0 (11)
Anthony Kalmeta
Virtual Celluloid
Efsun
7.6 (44)
Bahri Baykal(director)
Tuncay Dersinlioglu(co-producer)
Karanlik Oda,

Best Original Song

We Can't Breathe
Kai Roberts
Williams 4 Productions

Best Original Story

Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Deepak Reddy

Best Set Design

The Lobbyists
Thomas Pace

June Award

Best Acting Ensemble

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away

Best Animation Short

Winner
Malady of Mine
Jon Portman(director)
Very Big Boy

Best Cinematography

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
Seongbin Baek(director of photography)
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Joel E. Schaeffer(director of photography)

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Bumpy Rhodes
Patrick L. Coleman(director/writer/producer)
Mandy June Turpin(producer)
Leslie Jensen(executive producer)

Best Crime Short

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
M.J. Kim(director)
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Seth Kozak(producer)
Bob Kovacs(co-producer)
Joseph Kozak(executive producer)
Sean Washington(executive producer)
Will Tucker(executive producer)
A.W. Kozak(executive producer)
Mike Sutton(executive producer)
Bryan Nix(executive producer)
DET 4 Films
Dirt
Alex Rudegeair(Director, Producer)
Sugey Cruz(Producer)
Jeremy Ryan Good(Producer)
Tony Marion(Producer)
Richard Everts(Producer)
Broken Tile Productions,

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Class Photo
Laura Niles(Director)

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Federica Alice Carlino
The Monster's Club
Srishti Chhabria(Writer-Director)
Incriminating Mary

Best Drama Short

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
M.J. Kim(director)
Verminderte Sicht
7.2 (6)
Noah Tinwa
Jacob's Blessing
6.5 (7)
Tom Ruddock
Shelley Ruddock
View 35 Films
A Margem
Rodrigo Tavares(director)
Beto Coville(executive producer)
Nucha Martins(executive producer)
Teatraço
Trio St

Best Editing

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
Nayoung Kim
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Adam Spinks

Best Film Noir Short

Winner
If Memory Serves
Bruce Barker(director)
RightAfterThis.com Broadcast Production & Creative

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
M.J. Kim(director)
Juicy Girl

Best Horror Short

Winner
Susie
5.2 (44)
Jordan Doig(director)
The Chair That Killed Faye
Taylor Allison
Broken Barriers Productions

Best Indie Short

Winner
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Austin Rourke(director)
Jai Pellerin(producer)

Best LGBTQ Short

Winner
Patrick
4.5 (18)
Adam Swain Ferguson
Caitlin R. Williams
FFS Films

Best Microfilm

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Lola Rùi
They Wear Black
Dane Liberatore(director)
Disturbance
Mikael Roth

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Anticipation
Richard Brooks(director)
Oreb
Sigfrido Giammona(director)
I'm Looking for You
Alejandro Chapa(writer/director)

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Seth Kozak(producer)
Bob Kovacs(co-producer)
Joseph Kozak(executive producer)
Sean Washington(executive producer)
Will Tucker(executive producer)
A.W. Kozak(executive producer)
Mike Sutton(executive producer)
Bryan Nix(executive producer)
DET 4 Films
Desolation Throe
Veronika Waga
Sebastian Waga

Best Original Score

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
Yiruma(composer)
Winner
Desolation Throe
Veronika Waga
Sigrid Abrahamsson
Winner
The Iceman - the majestic force of nature 2020
Guy Renardeau
Apollo Recording/Film Studio
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Sarah Playford

Best Original Song

Winner
Patrick
4.5 (18)
Danny Bemrose
Scars on 45
FFS Films

Best Production Design

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Lola Rùi
Javier Tallón
Patrick
4.5 (18)
Alexandra Coppock
FFS Films
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Seth Kozak
Michael Cole
A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Sam Osman
Tam Vu
Jason Anthony Fisher
Jonathan Edward Fisher
Amusement Ride Entertainment
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Vanessa Plaza Lazo(production designer)

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Krim
7.7 (15)
Manuel Hüttner(director)
Martin Reicht(producer)
Fruit Media
714
Alex Pychtin
Fountain of Age
Bruce Barker(director)
RightAfterThis.com Broadcast Production & Creative

Best Short Of The Season

Winner
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away

Best Sound Design

Winner
Ecclesiastes
Álvaro de Iscar
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Anthony Marsh
Production Station

Best Sound Editing

Winner
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Jeffrey Reed

Best Special Makeup

Winner
Z is for...
Catherine Woods
Winner
Mr. Clean
Lee Bailes
Mike Strick(propmaker)
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Colin Wilson
The Axe and the Iron
7.6 (7)
Alyssa Morgan(makeup department head)
Spencer Harris(makeup artist)
Matthew Roseman(makeup artist)
Radius Pictures
Sky Media Entertainment

Best Student Director (Male)

Winner
Austin Rourke(director)
A Strange Calm
Adam Bastin
Window
Mikael Roth
Disturbance

Best Student Film Noir Short

Winner
Incriminating Mary
Srishti Chhabria(Writer-Director)
Manuel Wüthrich(Producer)
Hans Jacob Brun Frost(Director of Photography)

Best Student Indie Short

Winner
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Austin Rourke(director)
Jai Pellerin(producer)
Joel E. Schaeffer(director of photography)
Maria Freire(editor)

Best Student Microfilm

Winner
Cold Meat
7.3 (6)
Priyamvada Budhalakoti
Mohd Shabaz

Best Student Short

Winner
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Austin Rourke(director)
Jai Pellerin(producer)
Joel E. Schaeffer(director of photography)
Maria Freire(editor)

Best Student Short Script

Winner
Andromeda
Jared Deiro

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Beto Coville(actor)
A Margem
Teatraço
Trio St
Albert Goikhman
Black Heart, Red Hands
Chris Kerson
Rendezvous

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Russell Southam(producer)
Adam Spinks(Producer)
Owen Elliott(consulting producer)
Little Big Film Company
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Austin Rourke(director)
Jai Pellerin(producer)

Best Web and New Media

Student Thriller Short

Winner
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Austin Rourke(director)
Jai Pellerin(producer)
Joel E. Schaeffer(director of photography)
Maria Freire(editor)

Best Acting Duo

Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Benn Spillane
Gemma Dart
Patrick
4.5 (18)
Joshua Leomiti
Caleb Harris
FFS Films
Shift
10 (7)
Aishwarya Sonar
Shira Alon

Best Action/Adventure Short

A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Nathan Ferrier(lead actor/associate producer)
Victoria Cail(associate producer/lighting/camera)
Sam Osman(co-producer/co-star)
Matt Wong(co-producer/cinematographer)
Jonathan Edward Fisher(associate producer/co-star)
Edward Joseph Fisher(executive producer)
Tam Vu(associate producer/production design)
Jason Anthony Fisher(writer/director/producer)
Jay Vincent Diaz(Fight Coordinator/ Cast)
Angel Mendoza(Fight Coordinator/Cast)
Amusement Ride Entertainment

Best Actor

Best Actress

Katarina Morhacova
Rendezvous
Luisa Ortigoso(actor)
A Margem
Teatraço
Trio St

Best Child/Young Actress

Anne-Marie Read
Black Heart, Red Hands

Best Costume Design

A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Jason Anthony Fisher
Jonathan Edward Fisher
Ali G. Osman
Sam Osman
Amusement Ride Entertainment

Best Director (Male)

Tom Ruddock
Jacob's Blessing
View 35 Films

Best Documentary Short

5x7 - il paese in una scatola
Michele Citoni(director)

Best Film Noir

Shift
10 (7)
Aishwarya Sonar
Shira Alon

Best Original Screenplay

Eigil Hedegaard

Best Producer

Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Russell Southam(producer)
Adam Spinks(producer)
Owen Elliott(consulting producer)
Little Big Film Company
A Strange Calm
6.3 (63)
Jai Pellerin(producer)

Best Set Design

Z is for...
Brianna Pitterle
Patrick
4.5 (18)
Alexandra Coppock
FFS Films
The Soul of Meghan Cromwell
Mike McDonald
Dirt
Alex Rudegeair
Broken Tile Productions,
Phase II
Bruce Barker(art director)
RightAfterThis.com Broadcast Production & Creative
The Axe and the Iron
7.6 (7)
Matthew Roseman(set decorator)
Spencer Harris(set deocrator)
Brad Roller(set decorator)
Radius Pictures
Sky Media Entertainment

Best Sound Mixing

Black Heart, Red Hands
8.9 (10)
Jamie Gamache
Rendezvous
9.3 (24)
Anthony Marsh
Production Station
The Axe and the Iron
7.6 (7)
Jonathan Scott(production sound mixer)
Radius Pictures
Sky Media Entertainment

Best Supporting Actress

Best Visual FX

A.K.A. The Surgeon
7.7 (12)
Jason Anthony Fisher(fx producer/design)
Jonathan Edward Fisher(visual fx prop design)
Michael Mastre(visual fx artist/design/editor)
Ali G. Osman(visual fx artist/design/editor)
Kelly Schwarze(green screen cinematographer)
John Paul Angeles Franco(green screen fx compositor)
Amusement Ride Entertainment

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

What Brings You In?
Emmy Newman
Hardy Awadjie
Marvin Trigo
Ronnie Wilson
Sucobe Productions
Ghost Road Pictures
TriWil Productions

Best Young Actress

Giovanna Bush(actor)
A Strange Calm

Best Producer

Best Producer

Winner
Joe Stauffer
Shutter Blade Media
Relapse
6.4 (8)
Aron Ingi Davidsson(Producer)
Tom Bull(Producer)

Short Film

Not Your Average Bear
Simon Longmore(producer)
Adam Lolacher(producer)

Jury Prize

Award of Recognition for Exciting Filmmaker

Winner
Richard Poche

Best Acting Ensemble

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
John Enick
Nia Johnson
Greg Dean
Ranger Welling
Brayden Scott
Josephine John
Chloe Montgomery
Presley Fuentes
Greyson Gomez
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Children's Film

Winner
A Home for Curiosities
Ben Tobin

Best Costume Design

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Liz Tee
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Expires 2/11
Farsina Kabir Prithwi
Chingod Media

Best Director (Male) - November

Winner
Alex Montilla
OverKill

Best Drama Short

Winner
Abroad
Enrique Suarez(Director)
We Can't Breathe
Clarence Williams IV
Williams 4 Productions
AK Entertainment
Final Act
Jeff Musillo

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Tumbili

Best Gore Short

Winner
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
6.8 (34)
David M. Night Maire
Robert Eletto
Jayesh Hariharan
Carlos Valdivia
AireBedd Productions

Best Gore Short - November

Winner
OverKill
6.7 (38)
Alex Montilla

Best Microfilm

Winner
Giving Everything
Jeff Musillo
Routine
7.9 (25)
Russ Emanuel(producer, director)
Emile Haris(writer)
Russem Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
Final Act
Jon Altino
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Nicholas Gati
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Routine
7.9 (25)
Vasilis Milesis(composer)
Russem Productions
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
6.8 (34)
Rob Eletto

Best Original Song

Winner
Filum
Walter Thoma(composer)
Laura Douglas(artist)
Chingod Media
Routine
7.9 (25)
Ana Maria Escobar(songwriter)
Thomas Louis Huxley(songwriter)
Russem Productions

Best Producer - November

Winner
OverKill
6.7 (38)
Alex Montilla
Kyle Sullivan

Best Producers

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
James Seyer
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
6.8 (34)
David M. Night Maire
Rob Eletto
Jayesh Hariharan
Carlos Valdivia
AireBedd Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Sound Design

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Dwayne Cathey
Brian Dean Hoff
Christopher Bourque
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Expires 2/11
Ivan Rodriguez Lopez
Chingod Media

Best Sound Design - November

Winner
OverKill
6.7 (38)
Ailene Roberts
Jessica Parks
424 Post

Best Special Makeup

Winner
Modular Heritage
Cassie Szachury
Renee Chen
Emilia Dellepiane
Chingod Media
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
6.8 (34)
Anthony Pepe
Lauren Bates Jaffe

Best Student Microfilm

Winner
Expires 2/11
Rodrigo Ferrat(producer)
Manuel Rodriguez Baeza(director)
Paula Muraira(director of photography)
Montserrat Altamirano(assistant director)
Patricio M. Villagomez(production design)
Chingod Media

Best Student Short

Winner
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
6.8 (34)
David M. Night Maire
Rob Eletto
Jayesh Hariharan
Carlos Valdivia
AireBedd Productions

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Brigitte Millar
Nox
Amitice
Winner
Detria Ward
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Thriller

Winner
Nox
9.0 (30)
Keyvan Sheikhalishahi
Amitice

Best Visual Effects

Winner
SYZYGY
Natalie Bible'
NB Creative Studio

Best Visual FX - November

Winner
OverKill
6.7 (38)
Shahnam Haider
Ryan Davies

Best Western Short

Winner
Ghost Town
Christopher Halligan
Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Actor

Best Actress

Shanae'a Moore
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Actress - November

Amy Letcher
OverKill

Best Cinematography

Within
Pasquale Corrado(Cinematographer)

Best Director

Enrique Suarez
Abroad

Best Director (Female)

Molly Vernon
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Editing

Nox
9.0 (30)
Walter Mauriot
Amitice

Best Experimental Short

Expires 2/11
Rodrigo Ferrat(producer)
Manuel Rodriguez Baeza(director)
Paula Muraira(director of photography)
Montserrat Altamirano(assistant director)
Patricio M. Villagomez(production designer)
Chingod Media

Best First Time Director

Best Horror Short - November

OverKill
6.7 (38)
Alex Montilla

Best Make-Up & Hairstyling

Expires 2/11
Cassie Szachury
Camila Gonzalez

Best Original Score - November

OverKill
6.7 (38)
Alex Montilla
Chris Ranier

Best Production Design

Best Romantic Short

New Season
Rodrigo Ferrat
Arthur A.L. Alencar
Francis Franco
Harumy Tanajara
Patrick Gaudet
Chingod Media

Best Sci-Fi Short

Modular Heritage
Rodrigo Ferrat(producer)
Arthur A.L. Alencar(director)
Francis Franco(editor)
Stafford Matthews-Klingebiel(production designer)
Alex Butler(director of photography)

Best Set Design

Expires 2/11
Patricio M. Villagomez
Chingod Media
Filum
Farsina Kabir Prithwi(production designer)
Paola Garcia Villegas(construction manager)
Chingod Media

Best Student Director (Male)

August Award

Best Actor

Best Actress

Winner
Marie Mottet
Perfect Body
Winner
Marie Mottet(actress)
Perfect Body
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)
Maya Nohrstedt
My Demons
Gley Viera
Metanoia
Ana Isabel
Oz Linked
Kristin Cochell
Recommended Dose

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
Seagull
Ned Caderni

Best Director

Winner
Joe Lam
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures

Best Director (male)

Winner
Landon Coats
Motel 32
Corey Emanuel Jr.
Lies Inside
George A. Velez(director)
Mr.E, P.I. - Children of the Night
Digital Bodega

Best Drama Short

Winner
The Quiet Shore
Alex Ramirez

Best Editing

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
The Caretaker
Aman Adlakha

Best Film Noir

Winner
They Don't Scare Easily
Bruce Barker(director)
RightAfterThis.com Broadcast Production & Creative

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Hana Wagner
Stay Sane

Best Horror Short

Winner
Motel 32
9.0 (7)
Nelson Cruz
Lisset Mendoza
Landon Coats
Lies Inside
6.1 (10)
Corey Emanuel Jr.
Mr.E, P.I. - Children of the Night
George A. Velez(director)
Lesley Solarte(producer)
Daquan Saxton(executive producer)
Iasmel Vasquez(executive producer)
Antonello Velez(executive producer)
Digital Bodega

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner
The Tailor Shop
Alyssa Correa
Lina Lerman
Daniela Lerman
Elon Productions

Best Mobile Short

Winner
The Last Rite
7.5 (9)
Matthew Ewald(Actor & Director)
Bunco
Jesse Gasca Garcia(director)
La mujer no existe (The woman doesn't exist)
Maria Rotger(writer and director)

Best Mystery Short

Winner
Cultanica
Mitchell Smalenski
Alone
9.4 (15)
Glen Mitku(Director)
Murder Has Joined the Meeting
Josh Minnie

Best Original Score

Winner
Shadow of the Mandalorian
7.3 (13)
Christy Carew
Shadow of the Mandalorian
7.3 (13)
Christy Carew(Composer)
Gaia
Marino Ossa
The Tailor Shop
Jack Lawrence
Elon Productions

Best Original Song

Winner
Cecelia Margules
Stay Sane
Tea Wagner

Best Parody

Winner
Flash Drive
Nigel Ball(director)
The Don
D.A. Franklin
R World Productions

Best Producer

Winner
Chaya Amor
Stay Sane
Hana Wagner
Natasha Clarke
Franklin Fuentes

Best Romantic Short

Winner
Stay Sane
Hana Wagner

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
Perfect Body
5.3 (10)
Jessica Puppo(director)
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)

Best Set Design

Best Student Children Short

Winner
Deep Fears
Ryan Chu

Best Student Crime Short

Winner
The Hidden Driver
Matthew Levin

Best Student Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Bittersweet
8.6 (14)
Max Mir(director)
John Christian Otteson(producer)
Three Wheel Entertainment

Best Student Director (Female)

Winner
Jessica Puppo(director)
Perfect Body
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)
Hana Wagner
Stay Sane

Best Student Director (Male)

Winner
Juan Zuloaga Eslait
Gaia

Best Student Fantasy Short

Winner
Gaia
Juan Zuloaga Eslait

Best Student Women Short

Winner
Stay Sane
Hana Wagner

Best Thriller Short

Best original screenplay

Winner
Perfect Body
5.3 (10)
Jessica Puppo(writer/director)
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)

Best short

Winner
Perfect Body
5.3 (10)
Jessica Puppo(director)
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)

Best Acting Duo

Stay Sane
Natasha Clarke
Anton Kettunen
Bunco
Jesse Gasca Garcia(director)
Neutrals
7.1 (8)
Daniel Brabow
Josh Brockett

Best Animation Short

Paint on Paint # 1
Vasco Diogo
The Game Just Got Real
Bellopropello(director)

Best Cinematography

Best Comedy short

Best Dark Comedy

The Divorcing
Kevin Cappiello(Director)
Mayron Baptista(executive producer)
Zack Pearlman(Edgar)
Ify Nwadiwe(Marriage Counselor)
Bree Essrig(Jessica)
Brandon Hula(Producer)
Neutrals
7.1 (8)
Jacob Horne

Best Experimental Short

Road to Hades
Freddy Moyano(director) (producer)
Paint on Paint # 1
Vasco Diogo

Best First Time Director (Male)

Ned Caderni
Seagull

Best Hair/Make Up

Stay Sane
Sherer Hannah

Best Indie Short

Seagull
Ned Caderni
When a Black Man Walks Home
Nick Oski(director)
Super Moon Studios
Track One

Best Microfilm

Covid-19 & Me
Sage Christian Drake(director)
Natalie Mangiante(actress)
Drakebank Productions
Road to Hades
Freddy Moyano(director) (producer)
Bunco
Jesse Gasca Garcia(director)
The Don
D.A. Franklin
R World Productions

Best Original Screenplay

Mr.E, P.I. - Children of the Night
George A. Velez(writer)
Digital Bodega

Best Production Design

The Hidden Driver
Alena Wetter

Best Sound Design

My Demons

Best Sound Editing

Murder Has Joined the Meeting
Josh Minnie

Best Visual FX

Perfect Body
5.3 (10)
David Scherer(makeup artist)
La Fémis (F.E.M.I.S.)

Best Web and New Media

Covid-19 & Me
Sage Christian Drake(director)
Natalie Mangiante(actress)
Drakebank Productions
Murder Has Joined the Meeting
Josh Minnie

Best Women Short

My Demons
Amanda Carselind

October Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Infinity by Two
6.3 (27)
György Cserhalmi(actor)
Tamás Dunai(actor)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
Ang lihim ni Lea
Augie Rivera

Best Animation Short

Winner
Winter
Guodong Yu(Writer/Director/Producer)
Bradley Hawkins(Executive Producer)
My Friend Paul
Emmett Redding(director)

Best Children's Short

Winner
Ang lihim ni Lea
Rico Gutierrez

Best Comedy Short

Winner
The Visitor
Jesper Isaksen(director)
The College Life
Andretti Dante
KoolKamp Productions

Best Crime Short

Winner
Damned If I Do
Jeffery A. Thompson(writer/director)

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
Comedy Videos
Peter Lazarus
Draw Me A Sheep Productions

Best Director (Male)

Winner
Navin Ramaswaran
The Remnant

Best Documentary Short

Winner
I Am Arbesu
Christiane Arbesu(producer)

Best Drama Short

Winner
Damned If I Do
Jeffery A. Thompson(writer/director)
Double Faced
Giovanna Caruso
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Andy Kowalczyk(director)
Blue Cloth Productions

Best First Time Director

Winner
Felipe Lemos
11 Minutos

Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)

Winner
The Visitor
Jesper Isaksen(director)

Best Horror Short

Winner
The Remnant
6.3 (62)
Navin Ramaswaran
Backlash Pictures
Shock and Awe Productions
Splice Films
The Lamp Light
Joshua Sowden

Best LGBTQ Short

Best Original Score

Winner
Comedy Videos
Fernando Cardoso
Damned If I Do
Jacqueline Horton(composer)
The Visitor
Søren Haahr(music by)

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Comedy Videos
Peter Lazarus
11 Minutos
Felipe Lemos

Best Parody

Winner
Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story
Brian Colin Foley(Director, Writer, Executive Producer)
Emily Simmons(Executive Producer)
Sarah Brown Carter(Executive Producer)

Best Producer

Winner
Damned If I Do
Jacqueline Horton(executive producer)
Jeffery A. Thompson(producer)
Winter
Guodong Yu(Producer)
Bradley Hawkins(Executive Producer)

Best Romantic Short

Winner
The Weekend
Alan Brady(director)
Blue Cloth Productions

Best Sci-Fi Short

Winner
11 Minutos
Felipe Lemos
Incoming Impact
Arek Zasowski(actor/writer/director/cinematographer/producer)
Martin Thompson(actor/executive producer)
Lizet Benrey(actress)
Tamia Dow(actress/executive producer)
Thom Michael Mulligan(actor)
Maegan Coker(actress)
Ian Reed-Golden(actor)
Francesca Cavallo(actress)
Natasha Jules(actress)
Olga Malchevska(actress)
Sumit Sharma(actor)
Sally Jones(actress)
Sha Peng(actress)
Danielle Coker(actress)
Viola Zasowska(first assistant director)

Best Sound Editing

Winner
Staccato
Noori Dua
725 Productions

Best Student Romantic Short

Winner
Nowhere, Forever
Anike Niemeyer

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Sadie Johannsson(actress)
Damned If I Do
Aliyah Batot
Double Faced
Katy Jordan(actress)
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Blue Cloth Productions

Honorable Mention [Costume Design]

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Outstanding Achievement Award

Winner
Meanwhile at A Cabin Somewhere Near Fairplay, CO
Michael Chenette

Best Acting Ensemble

Stuck!
Lauren Lebeouf
Kelsea Edgerly
Alyssa Abraham

Best Action Short

Hidden Scars
Paul Gilmour(director)
Blue Cloth Productions

Best Actor

Raul Morit(actor)
Tubero
Moussa Daibes(Actor)
The Visitor

Best Actress

Katy Jordan(actress)
The Weekend
Blue Cloth Productions

Best Cinematography

Staccato
Tim Meyer
725 Productions

Best Dark Comedy Short

A Woman Eats
Sam Reiss
Real New Collective

Best Director (Female)

Giovanna Caruso
Double Faced

Best Ensemble Cast

The College Life
Glenn Browder
Shaun Fletcher
Mba Shakoor
Jillian Jensen
Jessie Lee
Chatherine Lu
Nicole Nogrady
Jennifer Field
KoolKamp Productions

Best First Time Director (Male)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Stuck!
Evilise Quijano
Katrina Wrabley

Best Mobile Short

Walls
John Druzba

Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short

Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story
Brian Colin Foley(Director, Writer, Executive Producer)
Emily Simmons(Executive Producer)
Sarah Brown Carter(Executive Producer)

Best Production Design

11 Minutos
Felipe Lemos

Best Set Design

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Katy Jordan(producer)
Blue Cloth Productions
Nowhere, Forever
Mara Catafay(Art Director)
Gwendolyn Kelly(Production Designer)

Best Sound Design

Meanwhile at A Cabin Somewhere Near Fairplay, CO
Andy Favre

Best Sound Mixing

Best Special Makeup

Hidden Scars
Carla Haley(make-up artist)
Blue Cloth Productions
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8.4 (7)
Sajbeena Lama
Tahira Bibi
The Storyteller Corporation

Best Supporting Actor

Best Visual Effects

Click Next to Continue
8.4 (7)
Roshana Delwala
Mb X. McClain
Betsy Ajesh Thomas
Betsy Varghese

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Stuck!

Best Web and New Media

Best editing

11 Minutos
Felipe Lemos
Vinícius Ortiz

Best women short

Stuck!

Semi-Finalist

Windows
Mike Greenwood

Actor Award

Best Actress

Winner
Isabella Roy
Empty Shelf
Winner
Bonnie McKee(Actress)
April Kills the Vibe
Noelle Peterson
Bad Things, Good People
Channel 757
Sarah Hamilton(actress)
Behind Glass Walls

Best Child/Young Actor

Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Ellie Tevelis
Little Diva Rising
Winner
Beatriz Frazão
Lullaby
Ryan Urquidi
Krystal & Rae
All of a Sutton Productions
Sophia Smith
Ducks
Calli Jennings(actress)
Lonelyboy
Retaliation Films
Margot Anderson-Song
See Through Me

Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Brent Gutierrez(actor)
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures
Winner
Brent Gutierrez(actor)
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures
Jacki Hydock
The Lobbyists

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Georgina Elizabeth Okon
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures
Ashley Ayers
Ducks
Georgina Elizabeth Okon
Fugitive Zero
Shining Light Pictures

Best Acting Ensemble

December Award

Best Acting Duo

Winner
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Pauline Chalamet
Dylan Raffin
Gateway City - Last Chance
Michael Bergendorff
Matt Barbiere
Mountain V Productions
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
Kostis Savvidakis
Giannis Sarakatsanis

Best Action Short

Winner
Gunther
Ryan Carl Rowley(director)
Frank in the Cage

Best Actress

Winner
Pauline Chalamet
Adulting
Pauline Chalamet
Adulting

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
George Leontakianakos
Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis

Best Film Noir Short

Winner
Fools
Jimmy Prosser(director)
Dimebag Productions

Best First Time Director (Female)

Winner
Ania Gauer
Adulting
Ania Gauer
Adulting

Best Original Score

Winner
The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(composer)
Khushi
Joe Hodgin
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
Zorzes Katris

Best Original Screenplay

Best Producer

Winner
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Ania Gauer
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Ania Gauer
Khushi
Niraj Jadav
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
Konstantinos Gourgiotis

Best Set Design

Winner
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Aurelia Garay
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Aurelia Garay
Kommen und Gehen
Mehrad Sepahnia(Director)
Atefeh Kheirabadi(Director)

Best Short Script

Winner
Weapon of Choices - The Making Of, kinda sorta, not really, what the f is a pandemic?
Lawrence Whitener(writer)
Winner
Weapon of Choices - The Making Of, kinda sorta, not really, what the f is a pandemic?
Lawrence Whitener(writer)
Brian Anthony Wilson(additional material)
DOG-e The Movie

Best Student Director (Male)

Best Student Indie Short

Winner
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
George Leontakianakos

Best Supporting Actor

Best Young Child Actress

Winner
Coventry Halcyon
Life...
Camazan Group

Best Actor

Best Animation Short

The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(director)
Miriam N. Dohrn(writer)

Best Cinematography

Life...
Matt Fore
Camazan Group

Best Comedy Short

Summer of Hearts
Jason Anthony Fisher(writer/producer)
J. Davis Harvill(director/producer)
Melissa L. Simpson(producer)
Kevin Tompkins(producer)
Tracy Martin(2nd A.D.)
Kelsey Waller(wardrobe)
S. June Gray(script supervisor)
Shellie Stark(assistant to producers)
Amusement Ride Entertainment
J.D. Harvil Productions

Best Director-Male

Jimmy Prosser(director)
Fools
Dimebag Productions

Best Documentary Short

Hearts and Stripes
Sorin Pavelesco

Best Drama Short

Genesis
Maria Luísa Cotta

Best Experimental Film

Hello World
Zann Gill
Sasha Aleksandr Korolko

Best First Time Director (Male)

Niraj Jadav
Khushi

Best Horror Short

Another Found Footage Film
7.7 (13)
Drake Dalgleish

Best Indie Short

Rifle
Qi Zhu
With New Eyes
5.2 (15)
George Leontakianakos

Best Microfilm

Anna & Luter

Best Mobile Short

Fools
Jimmy Prosser(director)
Dimebag Productions

Best Original Song

Summer of Hearts
Jonathan Robins
Amusement Ride Entertainment
J.D. Harvil Productions

Best Production Design

Gateway City - Last Chance
Zenny Mera
Mountain V Productions

Best Romantic Short

Fools
Jimmy Prosser(executive producer)
Dimebag Productions
Summer of Hearts
Jason Anthony Fisher(writer/producer)
J. Davis Harvill(Director/Producer)
Melissa L. Simpson(Producer)
Kevin Tompkins(Producer)
Amusement Ride Entertainment
J.D. Harvil Productions

Best Sound Design

The Ghost Writer Show - The Call of Cthulhu
Carlos Dohrn(sound designer)

Best Sound Editing

Best Web & New Media

Another Found Footage Film
7.7 (13)
Drake Dalgleish

Best Women Short

Kommen und Gehen
Mehrad Sepahnia(Director)
Atefeh Kheirabadi(Director)

February Award

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Dogmate
Matt Gibson
Patrick Bishop
Mollie Vogt-Welch
Amanda Thickpenny
Cadden Jones
Ken Jennings
Monica L. Jones
Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed
Jeremy Yaddaw
Bruce Wemple
Mark DiConzo

Best Dark Comedy Short

Winner
Green Cobra
7.0 (9)
Sigurd Culhane
Chris Valdez
Winner
Green Cobra
7.0 (9)
Colleen Foy
Dead Man Interrupted
David Gielan(director)
Human Element Productions

Best Drama Short

Best Horror Short

Winner
Room 566
Dylan Riley Snyder(Director)
Cravings from Within
7.8 (14)
Dina McNeil(director)
Blue Peony Productions

Best Student Indie Short

Winner
Loss Of Reality
9.8 (10)
Martin Holper(director)

Best Director

Jeremy Izzo
Bird/Dog

Best Director (Male)

Best Editing

Best Film Noir Short

The Fall
Bryan A. Mackenzie

Best First Time Director, FEMALE

Myriam Arleth(director)
Red Cell
NF Trainee Projects

Best First Time Director, MALE

Best Original Score

Room 566
Steve Arm
Shane Smith
Blake Harden

Best Original Screenplay

Best Sound Design

Room 566
Steve Arm

Best Sound Editing

2:59
5.8 (22)
Kody Newton
Newton to Newton Productions

Best Special Make-Up

2:59
5.8 (22)
Matthew G. Gray
Newton to Newton Productions

Best Student Director

Best Supporting Actress

Cadden Jones
Dogmate

Best Thriller Short

Red Cell
Matias Luge(producer)
NF Trainee Projects

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Haunted Roots
Matt Ryan Vilade
William Cook
Broke Pony Studio

Annual Award

BEST DIRECTOR (FEMALE)

Winner
Molly Vernon
Lillian
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

BEST WESTERN

Winner
Lillian
9.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
James Seyer
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions

Best Action Short

Winner
Fugitive Zero
Joe Lam
Shining Light Pictures

Best Actor of the Year

Winner
Simon Longmore
Not Your Average Bear
Best Actor of the Year 2020

Best Animation Short

Winner
Winter
Guodong Yu(Producer, Director, Writer)
Bradley Hawkins(Executive Producer)

Best Children Short

Winner
The Game
Jack Pochop
Cartridge Thunder

Best Crime Short

Winner
Cashed Out
Winner
The Fixer
8.2 (177)
Michael Schilf
Chase Kuker
Ryan D. Wood

Best First Time Director (Male)

Winner
Michael Schilf
The Fixer

Best Horror Short

Winner
OverKill
6.7 (38)
Alex Montilla
Together
Max Balter

Best Indie Short

Winner
Comme des Grands
Ania Gauer
Julien Gauthier
Cashed Out
Adulting
6.7 (17)
Ania Gauer
Julien Gauthier

Best Woman Director

Winner
Shannon Ivey
Ruth
Theatre For Change

Best Woman Short

Winner
Ruth
Shannon Ivey
Theatre For Change

Best Sci-Fi

(Dys)Functional
Adam Nowak

Best Supporting Actor

Rick Shapiro(actor)
Class Photo

Best Visual FX

(Dys)Functional
Marcin Przymus

January/February Award

Best Animated Short

Intrusive Thoughts
Rohil Aniruth

Best Documentary Short

Piss Off
Henry Baker

Best Drama Short

I Sold My Soul
Nicole Fahel
Jason Jimenez
Pink Mango

Best LGBTQ Short

Piss Off
Henry Baker

Best Mobile Short

Piss Off
Henry Baker

Best Mystery Short

Amnesia
9.6 (15)
Tom Normandy(actor)
Typewriter Films

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Normandy
Amnesia
Typewriter Films

April Award

BEST LGBTQ SHORT

Winner
Ek Jhalak- A Glimpse
9.3 (75)
Deepmala

Best Action

Winner
Nemesis
Tim Earnheart(producer)
Matt Fleming(producer)
S. Joe Downing(producer)
Ayuba Audu(producer)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
Love's Labours Lost
Nick McDow Musleh(Nick Musleh)
Kristen Uno

Best Adventure Short

Winner
The Other Side: Dirt Bike Rider
Rajeev Thottippully(director)

Best Mobile Short

Winner
Botched
Thomas C Baker(Director)

Best Music Video

Winner
Island of Mine
Rhys Green(director)
Nye Green(director)
Wild Greens Productions

Best Production Design

Winner
Nemesis
Diana Martinez
A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Production Designer)
Nora Barnard(Production Designer)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures
Circadian
Brie Seaton
Dylan Lunt

Best Sound Mixing

Winner
A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Sound Editor)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures
The Sword and the Sandwich
Alexander Wilkins(sound mixer)
A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Sound Editor)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures

Best Student Sci-Fi Short

Winner
A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Director)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures

Best Trailer/Teaser

Winner
Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(editor)
Dangerous Pictures

Best Web and New Media

Winner
Bleeding Art
Pardeep Sahota(director)

Best Young Filmmaker (Male)

Winner
A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Director)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures

Best Acting Duo

A Weekend in July
Sabrina Orro
Alex Guersman

Best Actress

Ayden Skye
Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America

Best Children Short

Monkey & Cat
Artie Romero(director)
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Best Cinematography

Nemesis
Matt Fleming

Best Comedy Short

Best Costume Design

Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America
Nikhail Asnani

Best Crime Short

Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(director/executive producer/editor)
Mario Terrell II(screen writer/casting director)
Dangerous Pictures

Best Dark Comedy Short

Scarlet Circle
Ryan Cervasio(director/producer)
Feyza Cakici(producer)
TMARAMRLT
Egor Barkanov
Pete Lynch
Mani Yarosh

Best Director (Male)

Best Drama Short

#Anniversary
8.1 (15)
Ellis E. Fowler(Actor /Writer/ Director)
John F. Thomas(Actor/Producer)
Ellis Fowler Productions
Thomas Heri Visions, Ent.

Best Editing

Best Fantasy Short

HellBent
8.0 (35)
Richard Poche
Poche Pictures
Formulation
Justin Li
Positive Nightmare

Best Film Noir Short

Blood Money
6.1 (11)
Richard Poche
Poche Pictures

Best Horror Short

The Vampire Within
Blood Money
Trick or Treat
HellBent
Richard Poche
Poche Pictures

Best Indie Short

Best Mockumentary Short

Yarders
Shane Hartline(executive producer)
Scott Narver(executive producer)
Marc Warzecha(director)

Best Mystery Short

Mischief
Dingding Ou
Manul Entertainment

Best Original Score

A Weekend in July
Robert Mai

Best Original Screenplay

The Sword and the Sandwich
Winston Berger(writer)

Best Original Song

Club City
8.0 (7)
Mosh(composer)
Dangerous Pictures
Circadian
Mike McClellan

Best Sci-Fi Short

A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Director)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures

Best Sound Design

A Light in the Dark
7.0 (6)
William Blackwell Kinney(Sound Editor)
Wildcat Rebellion Studios
Arcadon Pictures

Best Sound Editing

Club City
8.0 (7)
Gino Terrell(editor)
Conner McLean(production sound)
Dangerous Pictures

Best Student Director (Male)

Best Supporting Actor

Brian O'Bryant
Etah Semirc

Best Thriller Short

Best Web-Series/TV Pilot

A Frantic Love 2 - The Kidnapping
Gary Tucker(Director)

Best Women Short

Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America
Phumi Morare
Kimberly Davis
Kripa Koshy
Ai Chung
Arri Caviness
Karthik Mohan
Mojtaba Mirshekari

Best Woman Short

Best Woman Short

Despertar (Awake)
Jared Salazar

March Award

Best Actress

Winner
Laia Manzanares
La Tierra llamando a Ana

Best Original Score

Winner
La Tierra llamando a Ana
6.1 (35)
Fernando Bonelli
Juan Antonio Simarro

Best Romantic Short Film

Winner
La Tierra llamando a Ana
6.1 (35)
Fernando Bonelli
Mayfield Pictures

May/June Award

Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short

Winner
Little Diva Rising
8.8 (8)
Les Zig
Maria Tevelis
Vicky Wanless
Tony Nicholas

Best Parody Short

Winner
Elders React (Parody)
Tom Carroll Armstrong(director/producer)
Liam Worcheck(co-producer)
Hypnic Jerk Productions

Best Student Drama Short

Winner
Verminderte Sicht
7.2 (6)
Noah Tinwa

Best Animation Short

Beatrice
Vincenzo De Sio(producer)

Best Cinematography Short Film

Best Comedy Short

Jenna The Great
7.8 (12)
Dan Tonkin

Best Dark Comedy Short

My Operator
Bruce Barker(director)
RightAfterThis.com Broadcast Production & Creative

Best Director

Christopher Halligan
Ghost Town
Christopher Picone(Director)
The Confined
Christopher Picone(Director)
The Confined
JARS Productions
Christopher Picone(Director)
The Confined
JARS Productions

Best Editing

Best Fantasy Short

Jenna The Great
7.8 (12)
Dan Tonkin

Best First-Time Director (Male)

Best Horror

Downstairs
9.0 (5)
Luciano Ivanov(director)
Alexandros Yiasemi(executive producer)
Orisha
9.3 (78)
Drew Hernandez
Juston Graber
Anthony Roy Productions

Best Mystery Short

Ghost Town

Best Sound Mixing

Stairs
Michael Kuciak(Editor)
Blast Furnace Media

Best Supporting Actor

Don Scribner
Ghost Town

Best Women Short

Beatrice
Vincenzo De Sio(producer)

Best sound design

Downstairs
9.0 (5)
Hristo Dobrev
Beatrice
Vincenzo De Sio(producer)

Award of Excellence

Award of Excellence (Special Mention)

Winner
Juicy Girl
9.2 (20)
M.J. Kim(director)
Winner
Manasanamaha
8.3 (219)
Deepak Reddy
Winner
J-1
9.3 (19)
Caroline Ratliff Wang
Ashley Amanda Chan
Emmi Shockley
Winner
The Remnant
6.3 (62)
Navin Ramaswaran(director)
Jeff Gross(writer)
Michael James Regan(producer)
Russ De Jong(director of photography)
Backlash Pictures
Shock and Awe Productions
Splice Films
Winner
Comedy Videos
Peter Lazarus
Draw Me A Sheep Productions
Winner
On a Whim
7.8 (7)
Asya Nikolaeva(producer)
Unique Cooper(producer)
Marat Kichikov(executive producer)
Pavlo Fedorov(executive producer)
On A Whim Films
Winner
The Barber
7.4 (24)
Sergiy Pudich
EasyLiving Films

Best Cinematography

Winner
Lullaby
Nuno Martini

Best Costume Design

Winner
Lullaby
João Pedro Frazão

Best Experimental Short

Winner
Backwards
Marco Augelli
Lightbirds Pictures

Best Production Design

Winner
Lullaby
João Pedro Frazão

Best Crime Short

The Body
8.0 (6)
Adam Weber

Best Dark Comedy Short

The Body
8.0 (6)
Adam Weber

Best Director

Adam Weber
The Body

Best Screen Duo

Fools
Jake Ingrande(actor)
Marthilia Svarna(actress)
Dimebag Productions

Sound Editing

Intrusive Thoughts
Rohil Aniruth

Best Student Experimental Short

Best Experimental Short

Winner
The Grove
William Kahn(Co-Director)
Alexandre Foy(Co-Director)
Winner
The Bathroom
Emma DeMuth(Director)
Bowbemma Productions
Rehearsal
Omar Aziz

July Award

Award of Excellence

Winner
Signal
Sophie Wang
Southern Wonder Media

Best Child/Young Actress

Winner
Lacey Katena
Harbor Island

Best Director (Female)

Winner
Tiffany Rhodes
Harbor Island
Sarah Le(Director)
Altered

Best Experimental Short

Winner
The Burned Man
Frédéric Roussel

Best Fantasy Short