FEATURE FILM - Any genre 1 hour or more                               

• Cicada Song                           

• The Year I did Nothing                               

• Extraordinary Ordinary

• Elephant in the Room                                       

• Yes

                                                                                 

BEST DIRECTOR                                         

• Michael Starr (Cicada song)                                    

• Allen Freeman (The Elephant In The Room)

• Natalie Rodriguez (The Extraordinary Ordinary)

• Rob Margolies (Yes)

• Ana Barredo (Year I did nothing)                                    

                                 

BEST ACTOR                                       

• Niko Vitacco (The Elephant In The Room)

• Tim Realbuto (Yes)

• Marc Zammit (Homeless Ashes)

 

BEST ACTRESS                                    

• Tanja Hirner (Nina)                                    

• Lyndsey Lantz (Cicada Song)

• Tassadit Mandi (Paris la Blanche)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY                                       

• Ryan Griswold (Cicada Song)

• Malik Brahimi (Paris La Blanche)

• Derek Korogodsky (The Elephant In The Room)

• Richard Oakes (Homeless Ashes)

• Midge Throne (Nina)

 

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - Any genre 1 hour or more 

• Chubby Cafe

• Homeless Ashes                                                             

• Gandhada Kudi                                    

• Cowboy’s Heart

• Paris La Blanche                                        

                                        

BEST INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR                                       

• Gui Pereira (Cowboy’s Heart)                                  

• Lidia Terki (Paris La Blanche)                                       

• Santhosh Shetty Kateel (Gandhada Kudi)

• Marc Gobel (Nina)

• Marc Zammit (Homeless Ashes)

                                                                          

SHORT FILM - Any genre under 40 minutes                               

• Cave of Da Vinci                                  

• Buttons the great                                       

• A Perfect Fit

• Swipe Right

• One Day Notice

• Virtually                                                                          

• Wake                                      

• Appy Days                                     

• #3 Normandy Lane

• Medbot

• The Fountain Pen

• Patch of Grass                                  

                                                                          

BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM                                     

• Pete Gardner (Appy Days)

• Christian Sullivan (Buttons The Great)

• Ronald Woodhead (The Charles Effect)

• Burtis Cutler (My Declaration)

• Jack Brenner (Happy Birthday Holden)

• John Y (The Unknown Mother)

• Jason Stuart (Hank)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM                                 

• Sidney Karr (Dear Bella)                                   

• Scottie Thompson (3 Normandy Lane)                          

• Tatiana Paris (Wake)                                  

• Celia Imrie (One day notice)

• Katherine Banos (Ring of Fire)

• Susan Yam-Yam Shaw (The Unknown Mother)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT FILM

• Appy Days

• Medbot

• RE•ARTISTS

• Swipe Right

• Virtually                                 

 

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM - Any genre under  40 minutes         

• Residents of the Last Floor                                     

• Broken Treasures                                       

• The Unknown Mother                                       

• Yoo Kyung                                    

• Shining Ashes                               

             

BEST STUDENT FILM

• Before The Thunder

• Buttons The Great

• Medbot 

• RE•ARTISTS

• The Invisible Man And The Blind Girl

• Nina

• Happy Birthday Holden

 

BEST SHORT SHORT (under 10 minutes)

• A Perfect Fit

• Nailed

• Resilience

• The Charles Effect

• Treatment

• Two To Tango

• When it Rains

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BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY                                    

• Robbery of the Heart                                  

• Pull Up LA                                     

• A Growing Thing

• Hegel’s Angel    

• Raised On Rock: The Burnette Family Legacy

 

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY                                       

• The War Inside Me                                     

• Bitter Sweet                                 

• Song of the Open Road                                     

• Still Plays with Trains    

 

BEST ANIMATION SHORT                                       

• Undersea                                      

• The Journey                                  

• Destination Unknown                                       

• Amaterasu                                    

• Don't Feed the Animals

      

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM                                    

• Video Limbo                                  

• Lontane ma vicine                                     

• Magnetic Pathways                                   

                                        

BEST MUSIC VIDEO                                   

• Safe and Warm                                    

• Eternal Ride of a Heartful Ride                                

• A Song of Wreck and Bloom

                          

BEST SCI-FI FILM                                       

• Alone                                      

• Cosmic Light

• A Psalm of Sight- Verse 1: Zerfall

• Virtually

• Medicine for the Mind

 

BEST HORROR/THRILLER                                        

• Cicada Song                                 

• Nocturne                                                                         

• Ticket

• Cave da Vinci

• White Noise                           

                                        

BEST FILM By GLENDALE FILMMAKER                         

• Out of Mind                                   

• Hot Cake                                       

• My Declaration                                    

• Rescued (Rescatado)                                        

• The Broken Soul                                  

• One Day Notice                            

                                 

BEST FILM By BURBANK FILMMAKER                                        

• Resilience                                     

• Destination Unknown                                       

                          

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR—FEATURE                     

• Natalie Rodriguez (Extraordinary Ordinary)                   

• Ana Barredo (Year I did nothing)                                    

• Lifis Tirtki (Paris La Blanche)                                                                                                                    

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR—SHORT                                

• Stephanie Neumen (The War Inside Me)                        

• Lee Ryan Coston (Crowbar)                                     

• Tracy Kleeman (Ring of Fire)                                  

• Andrea Behring (Treatment)                                    

• Jillie Simon (A Chance)    

                                

BEST FILM ABOUT WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT             

• St. Bernie                                      

• The Ride Home                                    

• Before the Thunder                             

• Resilience                                                                       

• Ring of Fire                                   

• Crowbar                                        

• Extraordinary Ordinary

 

BEST WEB SERIES

• Dead Friends