Best Trailer
The Brazilian Templars Mystery
Director Next Anyextee, Neil Cabana

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Best Dance Film
Chiu' Funk mo'
Director Davide Comelli

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Best Human Rights Film
SAVING MINDS
Director Catherine Mullins

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Debut Film
Magdalena
Director Clarince Mecenario

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Best Actress
Callie Bussell
Goodnight and Goodbye
Directed by
Elijah Noble El

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Best Actor
Lebing “Lavender” Zhuang
Your Silhouette
Directed by
Haoyue “Caroline” Wu

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Best Comedy
Seeking Bigshoe
Director Robert Barhite

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Best Horror
(the importance of) Punctuality
Directors Colin Gregory, Tim Pasmore

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Best Sci-Fi
Bad Love Strikes
Submitter Kevin Schewe

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Best Cinematography
Hiraeth
Director Ryan Andrews

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Best Editing
The Grand Prix Dream
Director Irene Lagendijk

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Best Micro Film
PAGE TURNER
Director Christian Grüner

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Best Song
White Dream
Amir Hossein Nouri

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Best Script
THE CAGE
Writers David Merry, Larry Horowitz

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Original Score
Orson Rehearsed
Director Daron Hagen

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Best LGBT Film
My Father's Worst Nightmare
Writer Joe Russo

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Student Films
Flight Risk
Director Sophia Pierre

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Music Video
Leisure Machine
Director Jim Batt

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Experimental Short
The Protocol
Director Avatâra Ayuso

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Female Empowerment
DO YOU SEE ME?
Writer Dr. Beth-Anne Blue

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Animations
Smithy
Director Xi Chen

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Best Female Director
Irene Lagendijk
For May divorce be with you

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Best Director
Julia Dubreuil
Elisa and Middle-Earth 2

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Documentary Short
A dead soul on my neck
Director János Tari

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Narrative Short
The Amateur
Director Henry K. Norvalls

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Honorable Mention
Just a moment
Director David Podgornik

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Documentary Feature
INTO THE BLUE: The Wonders of The Coral Triangle
Director Robert Fonollosa

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Narrative Feature
Everywhere, Anywhere
Director Felipe Ferreira Paraguassu