Best Drama
11+
An Outfit
The Shell
Watching Walter
Best Comedy
Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild
Living With Grandma
Unexpecting
Waffles
Best Documentary
Coastal Consciousness: SD
Encounter at 30,000 Feet
Everforward
Second Chance
StreetVet
Best Animated
Father Brown Part 1
Pursuit
Best Action / Thriller
N/A
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
The Lobbyists
Solar Y
Best Horror / Suspense
The Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road
To the End
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Best Musical
Julia’s Dance - A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
The One
Best Experimental
A Device to Save the Planet
Ball Trip
Whispers
Best Foreign Language Film
3 Minutos
Farewellday
Fatih the Conqueror
Nothing Happens in Venice
Best Smartphone Film
A Device to Save the Planet
Ball Trip
Solar Y
Best Director
Parker Croft - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Farzad Ranjbar-Nazari - Farewellday
Christopher Santiago - Julia’s Dance
Finise Avery - Living with Grandma
Thomas Pace - The Lobbyists
Mitch Yapko - Watching Walter
Best Actor in a Lead Role
Alexandra Grace - 3 Minutos
Laura Alemán - An Outfit
Laura Coover - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Dan Sauer - The Lobbyists
Stephen Tobolowsky - Watching Walter
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Best Actor in Supporting Role
Sean Marquette - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Stephen Moscatello - Living with Grandma
Jacki Hydock - The Lobbyists
Eric Petersen - Unexpecting
Best Actor in a Juvenile Role
Francis Millner - 11+
Walter Jones - A Device to Save the Planet
Dawson Sweeney - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Lucy Cuellar - Julia’s Dance
Solomon Fezer - The Things we Don’t Talk About
Benjamin Stockham - Watching Walter
Best Screenplay
Aaron Golden and Parker Croft - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Thomas Pace - The Lobbyists
Kate Easton & Ruying Sun - To the End
Mark Dylan Brown - Watching Walter
Best Cinematography
Zakaree Sandberg - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Michael Tang - Julia’s Dance
Mellony Ledo - The Things we Don’t talk About
Bryon Evans - Watching Walter
Best Editing
Douglas Ryan - 3 Minutos
Parker Croft - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Fernando Castillo - The Lobbyists
Byron Evans - Watching Walter
Best Hair & Makeup
Mary Carroll - An Outfit
Austyn Cuccia - As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Vanessa Cuellar & Tina Pershing - Julia’s Dance
Agnes Bla, Vera Stromsted - Living with Grandma
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Best Costume Design
Liz M. Schroeder - An Outfit
Vanessa Cuellar - Julia’s Dance
AJ Singh - Nothing Happens in Venice
Catherine Carpenter - Watching Walter
Best SFX-VFX
Timothy Stevens-Eustace - As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
Monica Glover & Isabella Glover - Ball Trip
Stephen Siemens - Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild
Lauren Bennet - Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road
Burk Sauls - Watching Walter
Best Sound Design
Julia’s Dance
The Lobbyists
The Shell
Watching Walter
Best Music / Score
Douglas Ryan - 3 Minutos
William Cepeda - Julia’s Dance
AJ Singh - Nothing happens in Venice
The Things We Don’t Talk About - UNK
Gray Bashew - Watching Walter
Best Song
“Let Me in” - Laura Alemán & Mireya Valasquez - An Outfit
“Democracy is Dangerous” Thomas Pace - Lobbyists
“Pop Song” - Male Tears - Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild
Best Local Filmmaker(s)
Ball Trip
Coastal Consciousness: SD
The Demon Car of Proctor Valley Road
Encounter at 30,000 feet
Mourning’s Pulse
Best Student Filmmaker
Mellony Ledo - The Things We Don’t Talk About
India Mitchell - Second Chance
Best First Time Filmmaker
Ball Trip
Nothing Happens in Venice
To the End
Unexpecting
Waffles
You’re Cut