Honorable Mentions: October 2020

Best Indie Short: Seagull by Ned Caderni (UK)

Best Indie Short: Stop Killing Us by Kiana Woodson (USA)

Best Drama Short: Leopards by Michael James Mina (USA)

Best Drama Short: No Room to Grieve by Jendo Shabo (Canada)

Best Documentary Short: 4/8 | Beirut by Patrick Kohl (Germany)

Best Documentary Short: Hong Kong Dialogues by HK Alleys (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Can We Order First? by Anca Vaida and Maia Kipping (UK)

Best Comedy Short: Off The Docks by Kevin Barry and Colin Frederick (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: House Slaughter by Thomas Peck (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: The Performing Chef by William Oates (UK)

Best Action Short: Umoya by Jason Sterling (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Pigs in a Blanket: A Bloody Tale by Vseant Nath (USA)

Best Crime Short: Faces of the Dead by Rich Whitby (UK)

Best Film Noir Short: Meet Me Inside by Dominique Brownes (Canada)

Best Film Noir Short: Red Carpet by Kevin V. Tudor (USA)

Best Horror Short: Somnambular Tremors by Antonio Arecibo (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Donut Shop by James Rogers-Gahan (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Fujiyama by Brandy Seymour (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: June by Christopher Rohrbeck and Bianca Dovarro (USA)

Best Western Short: Calamity Jane 1882 by Enrique Novials (Spain)

Best Romantic Short: As You Are by Mahima Saigal (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Together and Then by Kingsley Pascal (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Hong Kong Dialogues by HK Alleys (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Reel Look by Michael J. Mina (USA)

Best Student Short: Courage by Nourah Al Hasawi (USA)

Best Student Short: Maude’s Shoulder by Andrew Sindt (USA)

Best Animation Short: Kismet by Amal Abdul-Hussein (Canada)

Best Animation Short: Rushed by Roy de Haan and Bas van den Ing (Netherlands)

Best Children Short: ofGod: Miracles by Artie Romero (USA)

Best Women Short: A Song for Bacchus by Andrea Vaccarelli (Italy)

Best Women Short: Gaslight by Mhairi Calvey (UK)

Best LGBTQ Short: Fuck u Frannie-19 by Frances Wiese (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: I Will Also Get Married by Chandrashekhar Parab and Raunaq Sahni (India)

Best Microfilm: Andy Dixon in Andy Dixon by David Bourke (USA)

Best Microfilm: Stranger Strings by Ava Salomon (USA)

Best Screendance Short: After Dark by Laura Sanchez and Belen Maya (USA)

Best Music Video: The Dying Light by Mr. Corazon (USA)

Best Music Video: Tomorrow by Shaun Parker (Australia)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Pool by Adam Bowers and Hayden Livesay (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Unspoken Sacrifice by Demetrius Toney (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Democracy Sucks by John D. FitzGibbon (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Jakinta by Bettina Gracias (UK)

Best Mobile Short: 2125 by Sean Ian (USA)

Best Mobile Short: Truths Change and Still Remain by Barbara Becker Holstein (USA)

Best Parody Short: World War Who? by Connor White (USA)

Best Director (Female): Linda Notelovitz for Tales of the Fox (South Africa)

Best Director (Female): Tequoia Urbina for Gehenna (USA)

Best Director (Male): Daniel Michael Tomcik for Found (USA)

Best Director (Male): Jye Currie for Victim (Australia)

Best Student Director (Female): Ava Salomon for Stranger Strings (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Sihan Cui for Flushing (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Joao Cueto for The Man of the House (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Niraj Jadav for Khushi (UK)

Best First Time Director (Female): Mhairi Calvey for Gaslight (UK)

Best First Time Director (Female): Pippa White for Chloe Knight (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Christian Elliott and Bruce Mcdonald for Sex Tourism (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Harrison Thomas for Open Mic (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Ambz Negro for Lost Between The Trees (USA)

Best Actress: Kelly Pantaleoni for 40 Seconds (Canada) 

Best Actress: Marisa Hood for Two Weeks Notice (USA)

Best Actor: Gregg Weiner for reBOOT (USA)

Best Actor: Rodja Martin Tröscher for Primeday (Germany)

Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Howells for 40 Seconds (Canada)

Best Supporting Actress: Shaylaren Hilton for The Wolf Delivers (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Dhokia for Khushi (UK)

Best Child/Young Actress: Joi Jarrett for The Unspoken Sacrifice (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Megan Brown for Truths Change and Still Remain (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Ambz Negro for Lost Between The Trees (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Kevin Barry and Amanda Maddox for Off The Docks (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Michael De Nola and Celeste Mancinelli for The Subway Gypsy (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Emma Spurgin Hussey, Simon Pearce, Suzanne Kendall, Simon Pengelly, Tim J. Henley, and Mhairi Calvey for Gaslight (UK)

Best Acting Ensemble: Zoe Ho, Sharmaine Yeoh, Winson Won, Glenn Cho, Amanda Wong, Karinga Wells, and Carlo Yu for Cacti and Weed (Canada)

Best Cinematography: Aleutian Calabay for Ghosted (USA)

Best Cinematography: Ramy Raphael for Tears of Oizys (Lebanon)

Best Editing: Carlos Torres and Karen Torres for Xiety (USA)

Best Editing: Les Owen for In China (USA)

Best Production Design: Marc Haas for Schism: Me, Myself & Authenticity (USA)

Best Production Design: Tom Wyman for Donut Shop (USA)

Best Visual FX: Rusty Hopkins for Fujiyama (USA)

Best Sound Design: Ian Crann for Amends (USA)

Best Sound Design: Rusty Hopkins for Fujiyama (USA)

Best Original Score: Ari Urban and Lloyd Rodgers for reBOOT (USA)

Best Original Score: Eric Van Thyne for Amends (USA)

Best Original Story: Gregg Weiner for reBOOT (USA)

Best Original Story: Sonny P. Louis for Eve (USA)

Best Short Script: Good Luck, Mister Gorsky by Martin Keady (UK)

Best Short Script: Non Scordati Di Me by Frank P Mancuso (USA)

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