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Jury Prize

Best Action Short

Winner
The Assassin's Apprentice
7.5 (23)
Russ Emanuel(director)
Paul Hickman(executive producer, writer)
Howard Nash(producer)
Ryan T. Husk(producer)
Belleamie McMillan(executive producer)
Gerald H. O'Connell(executive producer)
Innomagic Productions

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Bite!
8.6 (26)
Danny Arroyo(producer)
Juliana Betancourth(producer)

Best Production Design - Short

Winner
The Babies
Fable Entertainment

Best Screenplay

Winner
My Brother Wes
8.3 (7)
Reggie Luck(Writer)
Tom Suzuki(Writer)
Reggie Luck Productions
New York Film Academy
Two Old Guys Productions
Winner
My Brother Wes
8.3 (7)
Reggie Luck(Writer)
Reggie Luck Productions
New York Film Academy
Two Old Guys Productions
Sweet Caroline
4.4 (17)
Jorge Xolalpa

Best Visual Effects

Winner
A Hollow Point
Zach Brinkerhoff
Mark Newton

Best Feature Film

Sweet Caroline
4.4 (17)
Jorge Xolalpa

Festival Prize

Best Actor Short

Winner
Brad Carter
Saviors
Zonk Entertainment

Best Black Comedy

Winner
Headshots
3.9 (21)
Chris O'Neill(director)
Chape Works

Best Director

Winner
Jill Demby Guest(director)
And Now, Love
Dreamscape Entertainment
Winner
Dale Neven(director)
Unwritten
Jorge Xolalpa
Sweet Caroline

Best Feature

Winner
The Chicken Party
5.1 (109)
Carlos Valencia
Casanova Pictures

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Swing Dance Party
Kirk Ryde
Rick Joswick
Ashley Johnson
Kleer Bros. Entertainment

Best Short Narrative

Headway
7.9 (25)
Camila Rizzo(director)
Bruna Cabral(producer)
Ligia Osorio(producer)

Best Narrative Award

Short Film

Winner
Far Away Places
6.7 (18)
Tatiana Shanks(Director)
Vaitiare Hirshon(Executive Producer)
Kenta Asars(Actor)
Tony London(Producer)
Meleana Hirshon(Actress)

Best Short

Best Horror Short

Winner
Old Mrs. Jenkins
Taryn Hough
Thomas Norman
Jaclyn Carmichael
Bill Rogers
Phillip McCollum
Angus McCollum

Best Short Romantic Comedy

Winner
To New Beginnings
Rodrigo Baumgartner Ayres(director)
Nicholas VanderBorgh(producer)
Dutch Angle Films

Best Short Thriller

Winner
The Grey Conspiracy
9.5 (44)
Marjorie DeHey(producer)
Paul Overacker(producer)
Jackal
Matt Van Tine
Rich Van Tine
Jake Sheets

Best Student Short

Winner
Two Unlikely
Nolan Ekberg

Best Suspense Short

Winner
House Hunting
Andrew Patrick Torrez
Joanna Fang

Best Drama Short

Tides
Jean Maye
Ben Wicks
Mouse Chased Cat Productions

Best Short Film

9.8 m/s²
6.6 (19)
Michael Vaynberg(producer)
New Stage Cinema
Prema Productions
Sweet Lies
Pascal Lebègue(director)
Erika Stasiuleviciute(producer)
Richard Dee-Roberts(writer)
Gana Bayarsaikhan(actor)
The Crossing
8.7 (11)
Thomas Haley(director)
H2 Crew Productions
A Hollow Point
Zach Brinkerhoff
Mark Newton
Retail
Jonathan Lloyd James
Coolideer
The Red
7.6 (17)
Fady Jeanbart

Identification
Julia Deak
Mr. Kiss
Afonso J. Henrique(writer/director)
Andrew Hecht(producer)
Priscilla Teixeira(producer)
The Way You Saw Me
9.6 (8)
John Sylva(Director)

Grand Prize

Best Feature

Winner
In the Orchard
8.6 (46)
Christopher Knoblock
House of Sticks Films
In the Orchard

Best Narrative Short

Winner
There's Something in the Trunk
8.6 (21)
Daniel J. Egbert
The New Promethean

Grand Prize Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Blissful at Zero
Joe Gasparik(director)
Emma Sofia Fazzuoli(director)
Adam Hutsell(producer)
Aaron Landman(producer)

Best Sci-Fi Feature Film

Winner
Impact Event
2.8 (1.2K)
B. Luciano Barsuglia(executive producer)
Koa Aloha Media

Best First Short

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Pendulum
Mychal Sargent
Michael Hull
Ian Tilson
Sunburned Albino Productions

Best Crime Thriller

Shorts

Winner
The Cassie Confession
8.1 (20)
Robert Mann
Gloria Mann
Mannatee Films

Best Cinematography

Winner
Can You Take My Picture
9.4 (6)
Jesse Aragon
Winner
Once Upon a Superhero
8.1 (104)

Best Ensemble Cast

Best Ensemble Cast - Feature Film

Winner
Acts of Desperation
5.5 (101)
Paul Sorvino
Treva Etienne
Jason Gedrick
Kira Reed
Chris Coppola
Vince Lozano
Neraida Bega
Erin O'Brien
Tim DeZarn
Matthew Brady

Best Ensemble Cast - Short

Winner
On the Edge of Reality
Fiona Lincke
Frank J. Dion
Rip Roarer Productions
Winner
On the Edge of Reality
Evan Michael(actor)
David Datz(actor)
Alexis C. Martino(actor)
Adrian Pereira(actor)
Bob Telford(actor)
Carol Mack(actor)
Dan Sutter(actor)
Fiona Lincke(actor)
Dean Swaydan(actor)
Kalina Kitten McCreery(actor)
Tahre Hale(actor)
Rachel Dahlenburg(actor)
Sherry McFarland(actor)
Barbara Oilar(actor)
Karen Heimbaugh(actor)
Eric Reid(actor)
Frank J. Dion(actor)
Rip Roarer Productions

Grand Prize Best Animated Short

Winner
Red Tape
8.6 (16)
David St. Clair

Social Awareness Award

Short Film

Winner
The Trap
Destiny Faith Nelson
Gray Scale Productions LV

Best Experimental Feature Film

Experimental Film

Winner
In Transit
7.2 (46)
Julia Camara
Tim Aldridge
JMC Filmes

Best International Short

Winner
Two Black Coffees
Michael Driscoll

Best International Short

Sundown
8.0 (27)
Ryan Hendrick
Magic Monkey Films
Agua y Jabón
7.1 (11)
Francesco Cocco

Best Martial Arts Short Award

Best Martial Arts Short Award

Winner
The Saver
Roman Xing
Klement Tinaj
EyeLess Studio Hollywood

Best Comedy Short

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Bite!
8.6 (26)
Danny Arroyo(producer)
Juliana Betancourth(producer)
Xkalybr Films
Winner
To New Beginnings
Rodrigo Baumgartner Ayres(Director)
Nicholas VanderBorgh(Producer)
Dutch Angle Films

Special Award of Distinction

Special Award of Distinction

Winner
Acts of Desperation
5.5 (101)
Tim DeZarn

Audience Award

Best Feature Film

Winner
Love Shot
5.1 (633)

Best Short Satire

Winner
Good Business Sense
7.8 (7)
Emmett Loverde(producer)
Skyler Caleb(actor)
Janna Bossier(actor)
Paul Rogan(actor)

Best Director - Feature Documentary

Best Director

Winner
Jill Demby Guest
And Now, Love
Dreamscape Entertainment

Best of the Festival

Best lighting

Winner
The Lesson
Steven Rimlinger
Joey Medina Productions

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