Best Shorts Competition (2022) - IMDb

Best Shorts Competition

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Award of Merit

Actor: Leading

Winner
Hunter Johns(actor)
Metanoia
Winner
Christopher Studenka
Father's Day
Winner
Iván Gisbert(actor)
Between Here and Gone
Winner
Michael D. Aguilar
Bad Day

Actor: Supporting

Winner
Alfonso Desentre(actor)
Between Here and Gone

African American

Winner
Bianca's Story: Black Moms at Risk
Bianca Dickerson Williams
Flores Dickerson

Animation

Winner
Survivors High - The Anthology
Victor Dean(Director)
Dylan Speeg(Animator)
Black Bull Entertainment
Winner
Memoirs (of monument and mind)
Dennis Tae Wook Kim(director)

Animation (Student)

Winner
Almost Christmas
Xinyuan Zhao(director)

Award Of Merit

Winner
What Sadie Saw
Georgia Slowe(Writer/Producer)
Slowe Motion Film

Award of Merit

Winner
Common Grounds?
Raed Gilliam(Director)
University of Virginia Center for Politics
Winner
Charles Shin(director)
Director/Writer/ Producer

Best Actress

Winner
Luella Hill(actress)
Numb
Winner
Kristin Samuelson
Darwin Fick
Winner
Stilvi Psilopoulou(actress)
Phoenix 2021/ A Survival Guide

Best Direction

Winner
Girl Unscripted
9.5 (20)
Tara Veneruso
BrightStar Media
Capstone Entertainment Group
SPACEMOB studio
Caribbean Lifestyle Productions
Red Echo Group
Winner
Breaking Iron
3.9 (11)
Ewa Bielska

Best Editing

Winner
Girl Unscripted
9.5 (20)
David Huffman
Red Echo Group
Capstone Entertainment Group
SPACEMOB studio
BrightStar Media
Caribbean Lifestyle Productions
Winner
Breaking Iron
3.9 (11)
Serge Martinenko

Best Experimental Short

Winner
A Small Act of Courage
Dylan Brody(executive producer)
Derek Okanus(co executive producer)
Active Voice Productions

Best Leading Actor

Winner
Dylan Brody(Writer/performer)
A Small Act of Courage

Best Short Film

Winner
To Kill a Cop
Michael Monteiro
Winner
Butterfield
Douglas Haddad
Whole Lotta Living Productions
Winner
The Black Pebble
9.6 (16)
Chris Zarb
Winner
The House
Rosie Grypma(Writer/ Co Director)
Wayne Lai(Director)
Marcus Mullen(Editor)
Andrew M. Johnson(Producer)
Carey Feehan(Producer/ Sound)
Kwasi Thomas(Actor / Original Song)
Jessica Quartel(Actress)
Simon Hatton(songwriter)
Paulo Jorge Narciso(Score)
Andrew Wales(sound man)
Karis Ruhl(actor)
Laurent Danis(dop)
Alexander Ma(dop)
Beyond Boundary Productions
Winner
Snapped
Garrett Glassell
Glassell Productions L.L.C.
Father's Day
Justin Rose
Christopher Studenka

Best Television Program or Series

Winner
Girl Unscripted
9.5 (20)
Eric Keith
Tara Veneruso
BrightStar Media
Red Echo Group
Capstone Entertainment Group
SPACEMOB studio
Caribbean Lifestyle Productions
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
David Torre(executive producer) (co-writer)
Paul Strohm(executive producer)
Christie Courville(co-producer) (assistant director)
Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
Rodney Phillips(producer)
Jay Haupt(producer)
Larry Parrish(producer)
Dan Murphy(producer)
Doyle Haverfield(producer)
Paul Kim(co-producer)
Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
Michael Webb
Paradise Lost Films
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
David Torre(executive producer) (co-writer)
Paul Strohm(executive producer)
Dan Murphy(producer)
Jay Haupt(producer)
Doyle Haverfield(producer)
Paul Kim(co-producer)
Rodney Phillips(producer)
Larry Parrish(producer)
Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
Christie Courville(co-producer)
Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
Michael Webb(associate producer)
Paradise Lost Films
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
David Torre(executive producer) (co-writer)
Paul Strohm(executive producer)
Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
Christie Courville(co-producer) (assistant director)
Rodney Phillips(producer)
Larry Parrish(producer)
Doyle Haverfield(producer)
Paul Kim(co-producer)
Dan Murphy(producer)
Jay Haupt(producer)
Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
Michael Webb(associate producer)
Paradise Lost Films
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
David Torre(executive producer) (co-writer)
Paul Strohm(executive producer)
Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
Christie Courville(co-producer) (assistant director)
Rodney Phillips(producer)
Larry Parrish(producer)
Paul Kim(co-producer)
Dan Murphy(producer)
Jay Haupt(producer)
Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
Doyle Haverfield(producer)
Michael Webb(associate producer)
Paradise Lost Films

Christian

Winner
The Sound Eye
9.7 (39)
Rodney Mansour(Director)

Christian (Student)

Winner
Almost Christmas
Xinyuan Zhao

Direction

Winner
Survivors High - The Anthology
Victor Dean(Director)
Black Bull Entertainment
Winner
Made in China
Stacy Alistair
Winner
Life's Better Protected
Robert Patriarca
Patriarca Film Company

Disability Issues

Winner
Angels Do Fly West
10 (7)
Joe McNeal
Universal Spectrums Entertainment
Winner
Andy & Kaliope
Rachel Alana Handler
Winner
2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation
8.1 (31)
Nicholas Linnehan

Documentary Short

Winner
Country and Courage
Rodney Roldan

Documentary Short (Student)

Winner
The Search
Thomas Brouns(director)

Editing

Winner
Vestige
Tori Layne
Iron Owl Films
Winner
The Sound Eye
9.7 (39)
Rodney Mansour(editor)
Winner
Breaking Iron
3.9 (11)
Ewa Bielska
Winner
Ensure
Susan Bohl
Shaun Peter Cunningham
Mystisa Films
Winner
Home Truths
Rod Winning

Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Ushers
Rene Moran(actor)
Jeremiah Watkins(actor)
Adam Ill(actor)
Erin K Clark(actress)
James Garcia(actor)
Kambra Potter(actress)
Connor Ryan(actor)
Almanya Narula(actress)
Maor M. Barsano(actor)
Kofi Baffour(actor)
Breanna MacDowall(voice over actress)
Winner
LionHeart: Animatic Pilot
Kolten Kirschke
Carmen Jordan
Sammi Lappin
Zachary Cantrell
Myles Dabbs
Caleb Fietsam
Nate Ritsema
Jordan Matayoshi
Winner
Life's Better Protected
Robert Patriarca
Patriarca Film Company
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(actor)
Christie Courville(actress)
Kaitlyn Klinginsmith(actress)
Kim Palmer(actress)
Jeffrey Staab(actor)
Madelyn Klinginsmith(actress)
Sonny Gaitan(actor)
Rocco Fonzarelli(actor)
Doyle Haverfield(actor)
Paul Kim(actor)
Hannah Klinginsmith(actress)
Jack Klinginsmith(actor)
Dawn Linneman(actress)
Michael McQuary(actor)
Larry Parrish(actor)
Rodney Phillips(actor)
Rebecca Ralstin(actress)
Tyler Richards(actor)
James Peuster(actor)
Andrea Dover(actress)
Paradise Lost Films
Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(actor)
Christie Courville(actress)
Sonny Gaitan(actor)
Shawn Eric Jones(actor)
Jack Klinginsmith(actor)
Kaitlyn Klinginsmith(actress)
Kylie Klinginsmith(actress)
Madelyn Klinginsmith(actress)
Dawn Linneman(actress)
Trevor Martin(actor)
Michael McQuary(actor)
Millie Milan(actress)
Kim Palmer(actress)
Larry Parrish(actor)
Rodney Phillips(actor)
Rebecca Ralstin(actress)
Jeffrey Staab(actor)
Paradise Lost Films
How Did We Get Here?
Andrew Knox(actor)
Daniel Stonewall(actor)
Jacob Wysocki(actor)
Ashley Parchment(actor)
Hester Jean Lee(actor)
Mariana Arôxa(actor)
Matt Frierdich(actor)
Caroline Hale(actor)
Unknown Planet

Entertainment/Drama/Dance/Variety

Winner
Through the Ages
Merete Muenter(director/producer)
Michael Callahan(Dancer)
Maria Cristina Slye(Dancer)
Stephanie Lynne Mason(Cinematographer)
Sara Freericks(makeup artist)

Experimental

Winner
Through the Ages
Merete Muenter(director/producer)
Michael Callahan(Dancer)
Maria Cristina Slye(Dancer)
Stephanie Lynne Mason(Cinematographer)
Sara Freericks(makeup artist)
Winner
Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
JZ Murdock
Last good Nerve Productions
Winner
Teddy Hugger
Maya Peters(director)
Winner
Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
JZ Murdock(director)
Last good Nerve Productions

Experimental (Student)

Winner
In Another Place
Emerson Little

Film Short

Winner
Bus Stop
Peachanda DuBose
Winner
End Game
8.2 (10)
Bruce H. Gill
Ingo Kaddatz
Andrew James Porter
Sam McCarthy
Winner
Negra constelación
Jaime Urquiza(director)
Winner
Purple Case
Kostya Yezagelian
David Sarian
Greg S. Reid
Unreal Video Production
Winner
Metanoia
Hunter Johns(director)
Winner
LUCHA and the EKEKO
Roger Edwards Jr.(writer)
Cool Breeze Communications
Winner
Virus
Valentin Wiggenhauser(producer)
Julien Klink(producer)
Winner
Michael A. Viteritti
Winner
HoneyDough
Jillian Vitko
Winner
Five True Friends
8.4 (5)
Karen Tusa
George Orallo
Leona Krahn
Winner
Breaking Iron
3.9 (11)
Ewa Bielska
Winner
The Head
BigHead(director)
Jesse Zuretti
Naty Grottes(associate producer)
Robert Bruckmayer
Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
Memoirs (of monument and mind)
Dennis Tae Wook Kim(director)
Winner
Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?
9.1 (9)
Nick Stanchev
Winner
Televoir
Kevin Holik
Brandon Little
Winner
Oopsy Daisy
Winner
Toxicity
Gimante Nichols
Winner
Darwin Fick
8.1 (11)
Joe Benedetto
Trajectory Films
Winner
EnVeive
Shaun Brown
Vidas Barzdukas
Bryan Michael Block
Wlzpa Entertainment

Film Short (Student)

Winner
The Red Phone
Elijah Roberts

LGBT

Winner
2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation
8.1 (31)
Nicholas Linnehan

LGBT film

Winner
Under the waves
Giovanna Caruso
Mike Whitehead

Latin / Hispanic

Winner
LUCHA and the EKEKO
Roger Edwards Jr.(writer)
Cool Breeze Communications

Leading Actor

Winner
Stilian Keli(actor)
Rotte

Leading Actress

Winner
Jillian Vitko
HoneyDough
Winner
Nicky Lowney(actress)
Guidance
Winner
Petra Denison(actress)
Fortune Teller

Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Winner
Bianca's Story: Black Moms at Risk
Bianca Dickerson Williams
Christian Cordeaux
Flores Dickerson

Movie Trailer

Winner
Mad Scientists
Antonia Tong(director)
Gabe Stowers(editor)
Scott Eriksson(casting)
Ian Dorian(art director)
The Modern Scientists

Music Video

Winner
Ghost
Charles Billot(Director)
Porter Studio
Winner
You're What Matters
Jey Wagner
Winner
Cogela
Joel Guevara(director)
Alex Osorio(first assistant director)
Julio Toquica(first assistant camera)
Aurora Flechilla(key makeup artist/ key stylist)
Alejandro Gutierrez(sound mixer)
Brian Arango(camera operator)
Brian Frias(director of photography)
Hanssel Guerra(director of photography)
Chris Blanco
Ethan Davenport(actor)
El Igor(artist)
William Kernisant(key grip)
Alexander Ontiveros(grip)
Giovanni Fabregat

Narration / Voiceover Talent (Student)

Winner
The Search
Thomas Brouns(director)

Nonprofit / Fundraising

Winner
Driven to Help
9.2 (9)
Austin Crawford
Phil Gioja

Script/Writer

Winner
Negra constelación
Jaime Urquiza
Winner
The Come Up
Bella Dontine
Travis Demarus Brown
Winner
Connection
7.5 (6)
Jennie Jarvis(as Jennie Jarvis)
Astorax Productions
Winner
Life's Better Protected
Robert Patriarca
Patriarca Film Company
Winner
Bianca's Story: Black Moms at Risk
Bianca Dickerson Williams
Flores Dickerson
Winner
Guidance
Julia Tutko-Balena(writer)

Short Documentary

Winner
Bianca's Story: Black Moms at Risk
Bianca Dickerson Williams
Christian Cordeaux
Flores Dickerson

Short Film

Winner
Monster in Your Head
Kurt Mason(writer/director)
Les IZ Mor Pictures
Winner
Choice
Michael A. Viteritti(writer, director, producer)
Winner
Blind Faith
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions

Sound: Overall Impact

Winner
Connection
7.5 (6)
Jahmal Davidson
William Jamieson
Astorax Productions

Supporting Actress

Winner
Julia Tutko-Balena(actress)
Guidance

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
LionHeart: Animatic Pilot
Joi-Noelle Worley
Winner
Dead Serious: Proof of Concept
Alix Oliver(director)
Julian Scalia(director)
Midnight Coffee Productions
How Did We Get Here?
Matt Frierdich(producer)
Unknown Planet

Women Filmmakers

Winner
The Mountains Call Me Home
Erika Lynn Jolie
Winner
Five True Friends
8.4 (5)
Karen Tusa
Leona Krahn
Winner
Under the waves
Giovanna Caruso
Winner
Come Find Me
Nela Wagman
Winner
Ensure
Rosa Nichols(director)
Rochelle Shore(executive producer)
Tricia Woodgett(producer)
Nikki Dixon(Writer)
Mari Deese(contributing writer)
Roni Hummel(contributing commentator)
Mystisa Films
TigerEye Films
Winner
A Chateau in the Loire
Terry Ross
Life in Reels
Winner
Phoenix 2021/ A Survival Guide
Stilvi Psilopoulou(director)
Winner
Bianca's Story: Black Moms at Risk
Bianca Dickerson Williams
Flores Dickerson
Winner
Home Truths
Lesley Coleman

Best TV Pilot - Comedy

How Did We Get Here?
Matt Frierdich(producer)
Unknown Planet

Humor/Humorist

How Did We Get Here?
Matt Frierdich(producer)
Unknown Planet

Web Series

How Did We Get Here?
Matt Frierdich(producer)
Unknown Planet

Webisode

How Did We Get Here?
Matt Frierdich(producer)
Unknown Planet

Awards of Excellence

Film Short

Winner
One Lifetime Therapy
Cedric Matesic
InLight Cinema
Winner
Rubia Lima(cinematographer)
Rubia Lima

Award of Excellence

Actor Leading

Winner
Justin Mobley(Actor)
The Devils Whiskey
Winner
Cedric Matesic
One Lifetime Therapy
InLight Cinema
Winner
Raz Fritz
In the Valley of the Moon

Actor Supporting

Winner
Kerri Lee Romeo
Riley

Actress Leading

Winner
Angélique Meyns(actress)
Killer

Animation

Winner
Life's Better Protected
Sean Sanczel
Patriarca Film Company

Award of Excellence

Best Leading Actress

Winner
Melinda Pitz
Bound legs
MyVisual Studio

Best Short

Winner
Bound legs
8.2 (12)
Károly Pálfai
MyVisual Studio

Best Short Film

Winner
Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room
Christopher Martini
Triple Martini Productions

Children/Family Programming

Winner
The Growing Garden Pilot
Jerry Chambless(Writer / Director / Producer)
Nate Jacobs(Writer / Director / Producer)
Illum Productions
Nate Jacobs Productions
Jerry Chambless & Nate Jacobs (writers/directors/producers)

Cinematography

Winner
The Relentless One
Matt Mindlin(cinematography)
Extrovert Entertainment

Concept

Winner
EnVeive
Shaun Brown
Vidas Barzdukas
Bryan Michael Block
Wlzpa Entertainment

Contemporary issues/awareness raising

Winner
Fighting MSA: Austin Crawford's Story
9.5 (11)
Austin Crawford(actor)
Phil Gioja(director)

Direction

Winner
Quarterlife Cruisers
Karlijn Koel
Winner
Tóxico
Rafael Henrique Lima e Rubia Lima
Winner
Muza
Max Karpylev
Winner
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Luca Pizzoleo
Winner
The Relentless One
M. Douglas Silverstein(director)
Extrovert Entertainment

Disability Issues

Winner
Fighting MSA: Austin Crawford's Story
9.5 (11)
Austin Crawford(actor)
Phil Gioja(director)
Winner
Driven to Help
9.2 (9)
Austin Crawford(actor)
Phil Gioja(director)

Documentary Short

Winner
Langobardi - Alboino e Romans
9.4 (7)

Documentary Short (Student)

Winner
Where Do We Go?
Harlow Schuman(director)

Editing

Winner
L.U.N.A.
7.4 (9)
Blake Vaz
Valagardo Productions
Green Eggs Go H.A.M.
Winner
Muza
Viktor Bazov
Winner
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Luca Pizzoleo

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Aping Edwin Porter
Rumi Sutton
Frazer Hadfield
Buck Braithwaite
Jordan Scowen
Amber Rose O'Donnell
Sina Ali
Box of Frogs Films
Winner
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Raz Fritz
Ryan Emilio Molina
Landon Moss
Marco Giuliano
Ashley Murray

Film Short

Winner
The Devils Whiskey
Tommy Jackson(director)
Michael Isaac Gonzalez(Writer & Producer)
Justin Mobley(Writer & Producer)
Winner
Rafael Henrique Lima e Rubia Lima

Film Short (Student)

Winner
Closed Case
Adi Bar-Hai(Director)

History / Biographical

Winner
Langobardi - Alboino e Romans
9.4 (7)
Winner
Il Guerriero Longobardo

Leading Actor

Winner
Oswaldo Salas(actor)
Holestepper

Leading Actress

Winner
Pamela Jayne Morgan
The Principal's Assembly
Winner
Madelyn McHugh
Riley

Movie Trailer

Winner
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Luca Pizzoleo

Music Video

Winner
Cenza: Unhinged
Jean-Luc McMurtry
Emily Keefe
Vivre La Vie Productions

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
Tierra del Fuego
10 (7)
Oleksandr Lozytskyi

Original Score

Winner
The Relentless One
Daniele Truocchio
Michael Suby
United States

Screenplay

Winner
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Luca Pizzoleo

Script/Writer

Winner
Now Hear This
Megan McLain

Script/Writing

Winner
Muza
Max Karpylev

Short Film

Winner
Holestepper
7.2 (11)
Sergio Fernandez(director)
Winner
The Turn of the Screw
5.5 (10)
Chris Michael Fretwell
Creative Earth Films
Winner
Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room
Adrian Pasdar
JKO Productions

Woman Filmmakers

Winner
Quarterlife Cruisers
Karlijn Koel
Willemijn de Jonge

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Untoldstories
Ana Emdin(producer)
New State Pictures
The Resistance
8.2 (6)
Kara Martinelli White

Women Filmmakers (Student)

Winner
Closed Case
Adi Bar-Hai(Director)

Award of Recognition

Actor Leading

Winner
Mike Provenzano
15 Roses
AMOE Productions
Winner
Francisco Martos
Clear Water
Winner
Jon Cioffi
The Thrill
Winner
Brad Banacka
More More More
Brad B Entertainment

Actor Supporting

Winner
Christopher W. Holmes
Butterfield
Whole Lotta Living Productions
Winner
Jason Sun
Nest
iStage Entertainment
Winner
Kevin Kraft
Quirks

Actress Leading

Winner
Le Conflit

Actress Supporting

Winner
Rossi Itoff
Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?

Actress: Leading

Winner
Meitar Paz(Actress)
Invisible Flags
Winner
Cathy Fiorillo
Quirks

African American

Winner
Sacred Vow
Ramona Taylor
Caring Field Films

Animation

Winner
Ella
Nayan Sarma
Winner
3 Below Average Dudes
Larry Lee Thompson(actor)
Will Spaid(actor)
Winner
A Brother's Hate
Jerry Sosa

Arts / Cultural / Performance / Plays

Winner
Love Rules
Shihyun Wang

Asian

Winner
Independent Film Making
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Love Rules
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Spring festival in the year of Tiger
Shihyun Wang
Zen Won
Winner
Shashthi
9.4 (5)
Jude Peter Damian
Winner
Warm winter
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Mom's war time stories
James Chen
Shihyun Wang
Winner
Remote energy in action
Shihyun Wang
Zen Won
United States

Award of Recognition

Award of Recognition: Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Street Living
Magi Avila
Kepler 22 Group

Best Music Video

Children/Family Programming

Winner
Hues
Tori Layne
Iron Owl Films
Winner
Kakitham - Paper
8.7 (14)
Madiha M

Cinematography

Winner
Choice
Dick Fisher(Cinematogapher)
Videography Productions

Comedy Program/Series

Winner
Daddy's Divas
8.4 (651)
David Tittone(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
David Torre(executive producer) (co-writer) (director)
Paul Strohm(executive producer)
Jeffrey Staab(co-producer)
Christie Courville(co-producer)
Rodney Phillips(producer)
Larry Parrish(producer)
Doyle Haverfield(producer)
Paul Kim(co-producer)
Dan Murphy(producer)
Jay Haupt(producer)
Hannah Klinginsmith(line producer)
Michael Webb(associate producer)

Concept

Winner
Clotheslined
Patrick Chemali(director)

Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising

Winner
The Dormant Truth
Iola Nguyen

Direction

Winner
Artificial Roses
Jesse Jacques(writer/director)
Jesse Jacques Films,
Winner
Choice
Dick Fisher(director)
Videography Productions

Documentary Short (Student)

Winner
Teen Across Canada
Kevin V. Huhn
Robert Crowley Smith

Dramatic Impact

Winner
Bus Stop
Peachanda DuBose

Editing

Winner
Nostradamus on disaster - drought
Shihyun Wang

Ensemble Cast

Winner
The Meeting
Tiffany Agena
Deven Austin
Heidi Dagle
Vivian Diebel
Mary Gray
Brandon Harbo
Cyndi Kimmel
J.E. Kimmel
Devin Simpson
Charelle Woods

Experimental

Winner
Clotheslined
Patrick Chemali(director)
Winner
Artificial Roses
Jesse Jacques(writer/director)
Jesse Jacques Films,

Film Short

Winner
15 Roses
Mike Provenzano
Joe Schufreider
AMOE Productions
Winner
Dawn
Misty Hayes(director)
TFB Productions
Winner
Shashthi
9.4 (5)
Jude Peter Damian
Winner
Richard the Third
6.9 (7)
Karen Tusa
Melva McLean
George Orallo
Winner
The Ushers
Adrian Izquieta(writer/director)
Winner
Let Me In
Matt Dooley(director)
Dooley Noted
Winner
More More More
Brad Banacka(Director/Writer/Executive Producer)
Joel LaFlamme(Writer)
Stephen Snyder(Casting)
Charity Rahmer(Actor/Executive Producer)
Randy Oppenheimer(Actor/Associate Producer)
Jessica Beligni
Kat Eaton
Jenna Di'Carlo
Tommy Dalene
Natalya Dvoretskaya
Traci Burr
Brad B Entertainment
Winner
Dark Web
Tyler Appian
Winner
Quirks
Winner
The Meeting
Winner
Happy Belated
Manuel Saldaña(Director - Writer)
Winner
On m'a dit qu'il change de couleur

Film Short (Student)

Winner
The Diary of Aaron Stanford
Jake Oletsky(director)
Jeremy Oletsky(executive producer)
Sammy Cooper(actor)
Galactic Wanderer Productions

History / Biographical

Winner
The Healer's Dream
Roxana Mares
Mares Films

LGBTQ+

Winner
Winter Lockdown
Catherine Phillips

Lead Actress

Winner
Talin Agon(actor)
Wrath
Queen of the Jungle

Leading Actor

Winner
Anthony Bradford
Ethereal

Leading Actress

Winner
Ashley Davidson(actress)
Short Drive
Winner
Marianna Neophytou
Disconnected

Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Winner
Invisible Flags
8.1 (15)
Meitar Paz
Marina Lang(Producer)
Rory Valdez(Executive Producer)
Everett Ray Aponte(Co-Director)
Ramona Pojoga(Associate Producer)
Winner
Compassionate Release
Ramona Taylor
Caring Field Films

Mockumentary

Winner
Legends of Burkittsville: 3 Days Before Heather Left
8.1 (18)
Jeff Lukeski
Jay Jinx Films

Narration/Voice Over Talent

Winner
Story of the Standard
Birke Duncan
Winner
A fight I did not pick on
Randy Monterey(writer)
Shihyun Wang(director)
Zen Won(Actor)

Nature/Environment/Wildlife

Winner
A Different Kind of Trash Talk
Patricia A. Burke
Kimball Pond Productions

Original Score

Winner
Hues
Kenji Standlee
Iron Owl Films

Public Service Programming/PSA

Winner
Don't Cry
Linzy Attenborough
Thought Juice Films

Script / Writer

Winner
Story of the Standard
Birke Duncan(writer)
Garrett W. Vance(writer)
Norman W. Vance Jr.(writer)
Winner
Bless Your Heart
Bri Kaisen(writer)
Michael Greenwald(writer)
Ian Deleón(writer)
Winner
Dark Web
Tyler Appian
Winner
On m'a dit qu'il change de couleur
Kevin Dwyer
Hamed Mobasser

Short Film

Winner
Legends of Burkittsville: 3 Days Before Heather Left
8.1 (18)
Jeff Lukeski
Jay Jinx Films

Short Film (Student)

Winner
Philip
Brandon Burket(Director)
Winner
Short Drive
Anthony Aldapa(director)
Winner
Death Follows Us
10 (10)
Rora Wightman

Tourism / Travel (Student)

Winner
Teen Across Canada
Kevin V. Huhn
Robert Crowley Smith

Tourism/Travel

Winner
Warm winter
Shihyun Wang

Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational

Winner
De Nada
Sheridan Philipp(director)
Matthew Koesy(director of photography)
Sandy Parker(writer)
Andrew DeRitter
Jon-Joseph Nepaul(composer)
Christi Gregurich
Christine Regusa(Production Assistant)
Anna Watt(actress)
Rachel Gomez(actress)
Michael Hinson(actor)
Khris Irving(actress)
Scott Innes(actor)
Sammie Ann Fontaine
William Van Hoof
Steven Pullman-Burns
NOLAspire Productions

Web Tube Length Video

Winner
Don't Be Afraid
Matthew Winters
Ben Cable(Actor) (Producer)

Web/Internet Programming

Winner
Richard the Third
6.9 (7)
Karen Tusa
George Orallo
Melva McLean
Winner
No money, no credit, no problem
Shihyun Wang

Webisode

Winner
3 Below Average Dudes
Larry Lee Thompson(writer)
Will Spaid(writer)
Winner
Energy for the 7 brothers
James Chen(director)
Shihyun Wang(writer)
Zen Won(Actor)

Women Filmmakers

Winner
Dawn
Misty Hayes(director)
TFB Productions
Winner
Vestige
Tori Layne
Iron Owl Films
Winner
Vadgevertising
Caryn Ruby
Kate Peterson
Winner
Crisis Squad
Annette Wilson(writer/director)
Winner
Disconnected
Anna Maria Christofidou
Winner
Quirks
Cathy Fiorillo
Winner
The Dormant Truth
Iola Nguyen

Young Filmmaker - 17 and younger

Winner
Breaking Point
Ben Crossman
Kolo Productions

Award of Merit Special Mention

Actor: Leading

Actress: Leading

Winner
Jordana Lilly(Actress: Leading)
Psychic School

Ensemble Cast

Winner
Home Truths
Lesley Coleman
Fiona Crombie
Katerina Kotsonis
Jazba Singh
Serious Meerkat
Takashi Takiguchi
Ruby Vadiveloo
Tim Smith
Kirsty Reilly

Experimental

Winner
Ripple in the Mirror
Oren Dayan(director)
House of Kaya

Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Winner
Home Truths
Lesley Coleman

Script / Writer

Winner
Toxicity
Russell Brackett
Gimante Nichols
Winner
Pripyat
Alicia Hayes(Writer)

Supporting Actress

Winner
Eve Austin
Darwin Fick
Winner
Julia Tutko-Balena(actress)
Fortune Teller

Television - Pilot Program

Winner
Psychic School
Jordana Lilly(Writer/Creator)
Michelle Fenn(Producer)
Tal Kissos(Director)

Actor: Supporting

Ryan Emilio Molina
In the Valley of the Moon

Award of Excellence Special Mention

Best Shorts Winner

Winner
To Father
Hwang Jae-Feel

Documentary Short

Winner
The Relentless One
M. Douglas Silverstein(producer/director)
Extrovert Entertainment
Winner
Il Guerriero Longobardo

Experimental

Winner
Muza
Max Karpylev

Film Short

Winner
Aping Edwin Porter
James O'Donnell
David O'Neill
Nora Henderson
Box of Frogs Films
In the Valley of the Moon
7.3 (135)
Luca Pizzoleo
Pizzoleo Productions

Web Series

Winner
Killer
P.G. Carmona(director)

Best Shorts Competition

Best Actress

Best Commercial / Infomercial

Winner
Shade of Wind
Royal Ismayilov
The Pro Video

Best Short Drama

Winner
22
Gunnar Garrett
Ranch Hand Films

Best Short Film

Winner
Indelible
Laurie Criego
Shane Nelson
Lily Rains
Beach Entertainment
Omni-Fusion Media Production
Winner
Fire on Tire
Royal Ismayilov
The Pro Video
Winner
The Wrath on Evil
Nicholas Nadashvili(creator/director/writer/actor/producer)
Matthew Silva(editor)
Silva Pictures
Horror Mania
Real Heroes Don't Die
8.5 (14)
Roman Mitichyan
Ultimate Production

Best Short Script

Winner
Pasta
Shannon K. Dunn

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Shannon K. Dunn
Pasta

Outstanding Achievement

Film Short

Winner
Riley
Ben McHugh

Outstanding Achievement

Winner
Booksmart
Côme Ferré
Wanda Productions

Best of Show

Best Short Film

Winner
The Principal's Assembly
Pamela Jayne Morgan(executive producer)
Seth Chitwood
Jordan Ancel

Honourable Mention

Best Short

Winner
Apple Box
Eva Wu
Jiarui Guo

Humanitarian Award

Outstanding Achievement

Winner
Fox Sports Voices MLK Special featuring Oyate' un Ito'Wapi - Pictures of my People
Jim Warne
Mark Ruberg
Brian Alexander
WSD Productions
Fox Sports

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