Honorable Mentions: November 2020

Best Indie Short: Growth of A Photographer by Yuejie Wang (China)

Best Indie Short: The Secrets We Keep by JuanJose De La Cruz (USA)

Best Drama Short: Knight by Robert Asencio (USA)

Best Drama Short: Satiety by Anna Rust (UK)

Best Drama Short: What Tiger Wishes by Chris T.W. Anderson (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945 by Larry Sheffield (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Flotsam by Kjell Redal (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Suklal’s Hunt by Hamilton Pevec (USA)

Best Comedy Short: #SundayFunday by Nickolas Nielsen (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Bucko & Junior by Jordan Rader (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Egg by Jiahuiwu (China)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Velvet Flowers by Jordan Pease (USA)

Best Action Short: Back Alive by Terry Taneie and Kei Kosugi (USA)

Best Action Short: Prisoner by Amit Dhuga (Canada)

Best Thriller Short: Pastiche by Shivaan Makker (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Ye Old Bay by Nicholas A Kennedy (USA)

Best Crime Short: Manhood by Sebastian Francis and Kevin Chappell (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Ye Old Bay by Nicholas A Kennedy (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Mid Ridge Ct by Raymond Dimmitt (Canada)

Best Mystery Short: Milk by Robert Vaughn (USA)

Best Horror Short: Requiem by Dylan Lei (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: I Left My Heart In Pluto by Dario Antepara (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Voices by Jake Hart (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Rolling Motions by Ethan Hasse (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Your24… by Lovie Johnson (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Hungry by Linda Notelovitz (South Africa)

Best Experimental Short: My Bed by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)

Best Student Short: Fences by Keldon Duane-McGlashan (USA)

Best Student Short: Redial by Audrey Schied (USA)

Best Student Short: Rifle by Qi Zhu (USA)

Best Animation Short: Guardian by Graham Gillett (USA)

Best Animation Short: Tank Talk #2 – Who Ate Carl? by Mike Salva (USA)

Best Children Short: Shipwreck by Lisa Cole (USA)

Best Children Short: What I Learned on Lovett Street by Stacia Ahlers (USA)

Best Women Short: Crane Wife by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)

Best Women Short: Dates by Elisabeth Lecaye (France)

Best Women Short: Leaving In Waves by Yuri Choe (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Elude by Alejandro Santora (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Sound of Silence by Tracy Nganare Gotoas (France)

Best Microfilm: Paradox by Preetham Tiwari (India)

Best Microfilm: So, What Do You Think? by Jeffrey John Eyamie (Canada)

Best Microfilm: Sunday by Joud AlAmri (USA)

Best Music Video: All Night Long by Jason W. Gordon, Ethan P. Johnson, Michelle Molineux, Luke Wohlgemuth, Nathaniel J. Wohlgemuth, and Jay Slay (Canada)

Best Music Video: Nostalgia Trap by Mark Sousa and Sam Gannuch (USA)

Best Music Video: The Kite by Ziwei Li (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Tank Talk (Episodes 1-5) by Mike Salva (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Artist Formerly Known as Lucifer by Tom Carroll Armstrong and Jeffrey Frost (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Life Moves Pretty Fast by Ru Howe (UK)

Best Web and New Media: Stephie With A Why by Mirra Kardonne (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Three Calls by Luiza Galina, Cissa Tarasconi, Joe Zumba, and William Stancik (USA)

Best Mobile Short: Corona Days by Farah Chaya (Lebanon)

Best Mobile Short: Shipwreck by Lisa Cole (USA)

Best Parody Short: Unstoppable by Joud AlAmri (United Arab Emirates)

Best Director (Female): Linda Notelovitz for Hungry (South Africa)

Best Director (Female): ShanzDev and Marc LeCuyer for PNW Indy Wrestling Spotlight (USA)

Best Director (Male): Alexander Sworik for Hou’ley (Canada)

Best Director (Male): Inuk Jørgensen for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)

Best Student Director (Male): Keldon Duane-McGlashan for Fences (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Qi Zhu for Rifle (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Anna Rust for Satiety (UK)

Best First Time Director (Female): Audrey Schied for Redial (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Dylan Lei for Requiem (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Toby Lord and Tim Elwin for Distressed (Australia)

Best Young Filmmaker: Alejandro Santora for Elude (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Derek Champnella for The Cookie (USA)

Best Actress: Anna Rust for Satiety (UK)

Best Actress: Denise McDonald for Suddenly Single in the Suburbs (USA)

Best Actor: Jacob Brethen for Love is Always Losing (USA)

Best Actor: Vincent Jerome for Living in Crime Alley (UK)

Best Supporting Actress: Stephanie Patout for Julia (France)

Best Supporting Actor: Dustin Michaels for Ronnie the Milkman (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Mateo Gomez for Salsero in Purgatory (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Ruby Monroe for Shipwreck (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Elijah J. Estrada for The Sand Route (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Magali Heu and Louise Pasteau for Dates (France)

Best Acting Duo: Margaux Lakdar and Brandon Jordan for 10 Photographs (Canada)

Best Acting Ensemble: Taylor Kottke, Hannah Bear, Hannah Sloan, Amr Nabeel, Ryan Kanfer, Calvin Seabrooks, Emily Moreno, Dylan Skolnik, Jackie Li, and Clayton Conroy for Date. (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Theo White, Anna Sylvester, Carla Valles, Jerry March, Sean Maycock, and Smith Francois for Rear Views (USA)

Best Cinematography: Inuk Jørgensen for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)

Best Cinematography: Joao Butoh for Aleph (Brazil)

Best Editing: Carl Eneroth for Searching for The Real Sound (Sweden)

Best Editing: Nicholas Maher for You And The Thing That You Love (USA)

Best Editing: Tom Turner for The Res Publica Story (UK)

Best Production Design: Brandon Jordan fro 10 Photographs (Canada)

Best Production Design: Fools (USA)

Best Production Design: Joao Butoh for Aleph (Brazil)

Best Visual FX: Aleksandar Sretkovic for Voices (Canada)

Best Visual FX: Way Down Below – A Lament for our Times (Australia)

Best Sound Design: Carlos Dohrn for The Ghost Writer Show – The Call of Cthulhu (Brazil)