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Best Drama:

Still

Unfrayed

WindanSea

 

Best Comedy:

Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

Deficit

Right On!

The Shallow End

 

Best Documentary:

Brinquedoteca: Mauro's Magical Workshop

Press Record

Refuge

You Are my sun

 

Best Animated:

The Family Photo

Hooper’s Hope

No Worries

 

Best Action / Thriller:

Hitman Ex

Strange Anomalies

 

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy:

Greyson 2.0

The Perfect Fit

The Sea Never Forgets

The Tower

 

Best Horror / Suspense:

Buddah Made Me Do It

Memory Room

Ominous

Small Things

XOXOXO

 

Best Musical:

Believe in Love

Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

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Best Experimental:

Distance of Time

Head

Lone Crew

Nectar

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

Ana Sofia

Date

Out of the Box

Sunny-Man

Who Did This?

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Best Director:

Beto Besant & Mayara Magri – Ana Sofia

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

Jessica Moncrief – (Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood)

Quentin Zhang – Who Did This?

 

Best Actor in a Lead Role:

Silvia PFeifer – Ana Sofia

Dana Lyn Baron - Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

Daphne Gaines – Memory Room

Dani Fritzen – Out of the Box

Rebekah Abrahim – Still

Gary Teitelbaum - Why Dog’s Howl

 

Best Actor in Support Role:

Larissa Alves – AnaSofia

Tally McCormack – Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

Randy Davison - Greyson 2.0

Lana Klein - Strange Anomalies

Daniel Lee – Still

 

Best Actor in a Juvenile Role:

Grayson Lawrence – Greyson 2.0

Elisa Rosati Rodrigues – Lone Crew

Peyman Fahimi – The Test

Hanu Vihar – Sunny-Man


Best Screenplay:

Mayara Magri – Ana Sofia

Dana Lyn Baron - Betty & Mary: The Actors Prepare

Joaull Bazil – Homecoming

Dani Fritzen – Out of the Box

Dave Rosas – Right On!

Rebekah Abrahim – Still

 

Best Cinematography:

Fernando Filó – Ana Sofia

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

Krstover Luaay – Strange Anomalies

Jiahao Luo – Who Did This?

Trevor Eisner – Windansea

 

Best Editing:

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

Dave Rosas – Right On!

Kevin M. Gray – Strange Anomalies

Jie Ou – Who Did This?

 

Best Sound:

Shawki Boukef – Date

Dave Rosas– Right On!

Trevor Eisner – Windansea

Dylan Baldoni – XOXOXO

 

Best Production Design:

Dave Rosas – Head

Joaull Bazil – Homecoming

Su Tonani – Lone Crew

Jessica Moncrief & Vanessa Burgundy – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

Quentin Zhang – Who Did This?

 

Best Hair & Makeup:

Marina Alves – Lone Crew

Emily frew - Ominous

Dora Workman - The Perfect Fit

Nicolli Gomes – Redraw

Jessica Hawkins, Isabel Paganine, Megan Mitchell – Unfrayed

Vanessa Burgundy – Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

 

Best Costume Design:

Su Tonani – Lone Crew

Dora Workman - The Perfect Fit

Marcos Rangel & Nicolli Gomes – Redraw

Eddie Kisfaludy–The Shallow End

Lily Dellapelle –The Tower

Paula Negritto – Unfrayed

 

Best SFX-VFX:

Jameson Mitchell – Lone Crew

Chloie Workman - The Perfect Fit

James Sanada – Scaffold

Lauren Bennett – Still

 

Best Music / Score:

Fábio Mondego – Lone Crew

Farhan Mohamed - Ominous

Michael Flores – Our Place

Dave Rosas – Right On!

Josh Binkhorst – Windansea

 

Best Song:

Our Place by Michael Flores – (Title Song)

The Perfect Fit by Robert Paulsen - (title Song)

Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood by Soda Gardocki (Title song)

Something Strange by Kevin M. Gray – Strange Anomalies

 

Best Local Filmmaker(s):

Clarke M. Smith – Greyson 2.0

Jacob Willett – Our Place

Eddie Kisfaludy – The Shallow End

Rebekah Abrahim – Still

Kevin M. Gray – Strange Anomalies

 

Best Student Filmmaker:

Julie Li – Buddah Made me Do It

Keith Ruggiero – Head

Homecoming – Joaull Bazil

Diego McNally – Let Me Go

Jacob Willett – Our Place

Dylan Baldoni – XOXOXO

 

Best First Time Filmmaker:

Ethan Kinney – Happy Ending 

Gabriel Fontes – Lone Crew

Rebekah Abrahim – Still

Diamond in the Rough

Head - Keith Ruggiero

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