Best Indie Short: Maiko by Daisaku Yamamoto (Japan)
Best Indie Short: The Painter by Zackary J. Cowell (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Duel by Vladislav Kozlov (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Light In My Darkness by Blake Higgins (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Waterboo by Jeremy Klapprodt (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Airbnboom by Chozy Aiyub (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Covid Sessions by Lenny Britton (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Mimic by Hap Hazzard (Australia)
Best Crime Short: Daisy – A Violent World Story by Roberto J. Gomez and Marc Alan Kropfl (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Cold Service by Peter Strupp (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Nociva by Jesse Gasca Garcia (USA)
Best Western Short: Smoking Gun by David Butterfield (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Sunset In The Park by Jiaxiang Zhang (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Paint On Paint # 6 by Vasco Diogo (Portugal)
Best Experimental Short: She by Derrick Getzfred (USA)
Best Student Short: Mother by Marshall Minsuk Lee (USA)
Best Animation Short: A Journey to the Moon by Jack Getschman (USA)
Best Animation Short: Cycle by Pak Hou Chau (Macao)
Best Children Short: Jubilee in the Jungle by Louric Rankine (USA)
Best Children Short: Wheel Gone Kid by Wayne Kelly (UK)
Best Women Short: Grey Sweats by Jasmine Fini (USA)
Best Women Short: Kalliope’s From Fear to Freedom by Kalliope Barlis (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Whisper From The Water by Xu Tan (John) (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Hate Is Not Welcome Here. by Zaknafein Luken (USA)
Best Microfilm: Sunset In The Park by Jiaxiang Zhang (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Gangsta Island by Ken Lewis (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Alone by Sage Drake (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Coronavirus Ad – Stay Home by I-Jien Jane Kou (USA)
Best Music Video: Caligo by Mathew Hall (USA)
Best Music Video: Purpose of Life by Mohammed K Paika (USA)
Best Director (Female): Frances Rose Balatico Padunan for Peters Rd (USA)
Best Director (Female): Pip Cowley for Undone (USA)
Best Director (Male): Marcelo Mattina for Apostasy a.k.a. Untitled Script #1 (Brazil)
Best Student Director (Male): Jordan Sellers for High Note (UK)
Best Student Director (Male): Marshall Minsuk Lee for Mother (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Katherine Myers for SoulMatch (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Aditya Mazumdar for Neelambari (Singapore)
Best Actress: Mary Magiera for Cold Service (USA)
Best Actress: Savanah Joeckel for Daisy – A Violent World Story (USA)
Best Actor: Bruno Soares for Apostasy a.k.a. Untitled Script #1 (Brazil)
Best Actor: Sean Gregory Tansey for The Pathos of Hamlet (Greece)
Best Supporting Actress: Sara Sedran for The Wings (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Yaretzi Castro for Nociva (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Grace McGrath and Ed Force for Sunset In The Park (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Heath Harper and Teagan Wilson for The Covid Sessions (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Prem Menon, Gayathri Gopal, and Moly Menon Pradeep for Neelambari (Singapore)
Best Cinematography: Brandon Torres for Crude Massacre (USA)
Best Cinematography: Saad Aldin Alkharouf for Where’s Lucy? (United Arab Emirates)
Best Editing: Jeremy Klapprodt for Waterboo (USA)
Best Editing: Jose Guadamud Bravo for Kalliope’s From Fear to Freedom (USA)
Best Production Design: Alexander J Baxter and Leigah Keewatin for Untouched (Canada)
Best Production Design: Katherine Whalen for Little Miss Hit Girl (USA)
Best Visual FX: Alessandro Nardini for F stand for liFe (Italy)
Best Sound Design: Marquis Simmons for Faith Interrupted (USA)
Best Original Score: Oscar Pan for Sonnet Crown for NYC (USA)
Best Original Score: Theron Kay for Grey Sweats (USA)
Best Original Story: Maggie Colligan for Expedition 37 (USA)
Best Short Script: A Gentle Push by Eoin Ryan (Ireland)
Best Short Script: Dark Side by Aaron Alexandre Dumas (USA)












































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