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Best Screenplay

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Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
Exit
Cesar Sanchis Romero
Winner
7 D.B.S.
Eugene Hattingh(writer)

Best Emotional Investment

Winner
In the Valley of Hoops
Ben Hopwood(writer)

Best Director

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Best Student Director

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Best Director Student

Winner
Hyunwoo Jo(director)
Mission Street

Best First Time Screenwriter

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Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Winner
Searching for Shadow
Marie Smalley(writer)

Best First Time Director

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Best First Time Director

Winner
Glenn Hanns(director)
MiMic
Sketchbook Media
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Kirby Clements
Point Washington Outlaws
Winner
Hyunwoo Jo(director)
Mission Street
Winner
Kath Akuhata-Brown(director)
Koka
Aku Films
KRAFTY Productions
Winner
Kath Akuhata-Brown(director)
Koka
Aku Films
KRAFTY Productions
Winner
Ashley Newquist
Kongfrontation
Retlaw Enterprises
César Camán(director)
La Proposition

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Winner
Behind the Grand
8.5 (6)
Katherine D'Amaro(showrunner)

Best Music Video

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Best Music Video

Winner
A Letter to MOM
Jihong Yum
Winner
Wonderful Things
Leigh Haggerwood(producer/director)
Calmsound

Low Budget Music Video

Winner
Better Days
Kyle Broulette(director)

Best Short Film

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Best Indie Short Film

Winner
Shepherds
Ashland Thomas(producer)
Good Candy Films

Best Short Film

Winner
A Day of Peace
Igor Borghi(director)
The Family
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MiMic
Glenn Hanns(writer/director)
Sketchbook Media
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Le Carré De Soie
The Bolters
Sade Goldsmith(director)
Riley Jack Thompson(writer/producer)
Grandad's Chair Entertainment

Best Actress Award

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Best Actress

Winner
Kya Garwood(actress)
Lucy
Black Boat Pictures
Winner
Olivia Xing(actress)
Like Something Bloomed
Winners
Hinetu Dell(actress)
Kath Akuhata-Brown(director)
Koka
KRAFTY Productions
Aku Films

Best Actress Indie Film

Winner
Natasha Green(actress)
You Will Fold
Ragged Pictures
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Hannah Leigh Kelly
Future Days
Skyline Pictures and Productions

Best Actress Short Film

Winner
Eve Austin
Legit
Different Duck Films

Best Actor Award

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Best Actor

Winner
Andrew Games
My Final Note
Panowerx Pictures

Best Actor Indie Film

Winner
James Storm(actor)
A Day in June
Last Call Films

Best Actor in an Indie Film

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Atticus Jackson
The Perfect Palm

Best Cinematography Award

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Best Cinematography

Winner
Contrition
Marco Beyermann
Winner
Mermaid
3.7 (26)
Gareth Taylor
Perera Pictures

Best Animation Award

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Best Animation

Winner
The Boy Prince and the Bear
Patricia A. Burke(director)
Kimball Productions
Winner
Planted
Billy Allison

Best Feature Film Award

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Best Feature Film

Winner
Une dernière chance
Fabien Grare(writer/director)
Jean-Michel Lejeune(writer/director)
DUO 84 Productions

Best Actor Comedy Film

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Winner
Hard Times
Alexandra Spieth(actor)

Special Award

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Best AI Film

Winner
Abyssal Gaze
Oleksii Kopachynskyi
Iva Delta 7
5.8 (5)
Magno Brasil
Cine 16 Projetos em Cinema

Best First-Time Screenwriter

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Best First-time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)

Winner
Ancestors from the Stars
Joe McNeal
Gerasimos Rozis
Universal Spectrums Entertainment

Honorable Mention

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Best Music Video

Winner
Baby I was hypnotized
Dasgupta Anindgita(director)
The Aani Entertainment

Best Short Film

Winner
A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler
Mark Winkler

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Yoga Boy and Karma Cat
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Honorable Mention (Short Film)

Honorable Mention (TV Pilot)

Winner
Yoga Boy and Karma Cat
Rudolph Rajendra(writer)

Best Series Pilot Script

Strauss' Genes
Shevy Gutierrez(writer)
Chevrock Entertainment

Best Television Script

Strauss' Genes
Shevy Gutierrez(writer)
Chevrock Entertainment

Best Indie Super Short

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Best Indie Super Short Film

Winner
CTRL+Z Stuck in the Edit

Best Comedy

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Best Comedy

Winner
Hard Times
Aaron Bragone(director)
Winner
Private Limo
Gary Weeks
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The Great Thrift Shop Robbery
Michael Bishop(director)
Jake Vickerman(cinematographer)
Riley Jack Thompson(actor)
Grandad's Chair Entertainment

Best Director Comedy Film

Winners
Mark Nelson
Gary Weeks
Fat Rocco

Best Indie Short

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Best Indie Short Film

Winner
Contrition
Ben Keenan(director)
Marco Beyermann(director)

Best Horror

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Best Horror

Winner
One Eye Open
Michael D. Coffey
Winner
Havenfall
Andrew Bell(director)
Julian Gamm(director)
Andy Dodd(director)
Iron Triangle Films
HOLLYWOOD BEST INDIE FILM AWARDS
Winner
Havenfall
Andrew Bell(director)
Andy Dodd(director)
Julian Gamm(director)
Iron Triangle Films
LOS ANGELES MOVIE AND MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
Winner
Havenfall
Andrew Bell(director)
Julian Gamm(director)
Andy Dodd(director)
Iron Triangle Films
LOS ANGELES FILM AND DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

Best Horror Film

Winner
Nocturna
5.9 (9)
Pablo Olmos Arrayales(director)
Axolotl Entertainment
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Best Horror - NEBULOUS Directed by Aeris Danet
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Nebulous
Aeris Danet(director)

Best Director Drama Short Film

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Best Director Drama Short Film

Winners
Ben Keenan(director)
Marco Beyermann(director)
Contrition
Winner
Agavelyan Tigran
Courier
Winner
Agavelyan Tigran
Courier

Special Jury Award

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Best Director Indie Short Film

Winners
Arthur Deschamps(pedagogical director)
Jonathan Moratal(director)
Immram
Ogmios Production
Domus Fabula

Best Theme/Premise

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Immram
Jonathan Moratal(director)
Arthur Deschamps(pedagogical director)
Domus Fabula
Ogmios Production

Best Female Director

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Best Female Director

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Lorena Villarreal
Life Is
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Dena Tyler(director)
The Talk
Chevrock Entertainment
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Setareh Samandari(director)
Limit Exceeded
Companion Arts
Interdimensional VFX
Cinema Social Club

Best Male Director

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Hollywood Stage Script Film Competition

Winner
Facing the Unknown
Dieter-Michael Grohmann(director/producer)

Male Director

Winner
Christoph Scheermann(director)
Spot. Less. Love.

Best Experimental Film

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Best Experimental Film

The Department of Close Enough - A Mixed Media Docufiction
Keyonda Smith(director)
A Never Sleep Production

Best Western

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Best Western

Winner
A Dance to the Death
Eva Onsrud(producer)
Alexander Simkin(director)
8:32 Films

Best Young Director

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Best Young Director

Winner
Martin De Leon
Trucco y Parrucco
Criatura Films
Wanted Cinema
Devil May Care Productions
W.O.W. Productions

Best Director Experimental Film

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Best Director Experimental Film

Winner
Nuria Silván Miracle(director)
Sofoco
Malafufa Producciones
Dilemek
BEST DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL FILM SOFOCO Nuria Silván Miracle
Winner
Eli Lev(director)
SoReal - Chemical Solutions (ACT III)
Black Crescent Records
Winner
Theo Rekelhof(director)
Detuning Tipping Points
Rekelhof Art

Best Student Film

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Best Student Film

Winner
Robeugenic
Keziah Thomas(Music Composer / Sound Designer)
Moises E. Tobias(director)

Best Micro Film (Under 5 min)

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Best Micro Film

Winner
Embrace the hustle.
Aditya Janak Joshi

Best Commercial/Promotional

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Best Commercial/Promotional

Winner
Filmway. Made with AI. Shaped by People
Alexander Zarshchikov(producer)
Eradzh Nidoev(director)
Filmway Production

Best Short Documentary

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Best Short Documentary

Winner
Trunyan, the Village of Silent Souls
Damien Lafon(director)

Short Documentary: Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards

Omelettes for Yummies
Ben McCracken(special thanks)
Ian Harmening(special thanks)
Lisa Lobel(special thanks)
Mohsin Syed(interviewer)
Angela Peri(special thanks)
Dillon Toole(special thanks)
Christopher C. James(director)
Melissa Morris(special thanks)
Rem Valatka(cinematographer)
Niko Gonzalez(producer)
Cecilia Cordier(producer)
ITAV Productions
Cici Creations

Best Acting Duo

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Best Duo

Winner
Contrition
M.J. Sullivan(actor)
Ben Keenan(actor)
Winner
The Bottle
Lisa K. Crosato
Charles B. Unger

Best TV Pilot

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Best TV Pilot

Winner
Private Limo
Gary Weeks
Winner
Nomen Nescio
Tore Johan Patric Eriksson
Winner
Nomen Nescio
Tore Johan Patric Eriksson
Winner
Central Fill
MG Hardie(written by)

Best TV Pilot Script

Winner
Emily Joshua
"Foxton Hall" by Emily Joshua, Unproduced TV Pilot Script

Best Director Music Video

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Best Director Music Video

Winner
Ciro Ayala(director)
Diva Vox - My Passion
Provoke Films
Winner
Camilla Martini(director/writer)
In a Tamasic World
Lepre Edizioni

Best Costume Design

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Best Costume Design

Winner
Mission Street
Hyunwoo Jo(director)

Best Drama Screenplay

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Best Drama Screenplay

Winner
The 211 Home
5.1 (18)
Jim Huggins(writer/director)
New Shepherd Films
C3 Entertainment Inc.
WJD films

Best Hollywood Day Short Film Festival Award

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Best Cinematography: Music Video

Winner
The Guardian Angels
Paul Szajak

Best European Music Video

Winner
The Guardian Angels

Best Web Series

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Best Web Series

Winner
Private Limo
Gary Weeks
Winner
Hearts of New England
7.2 (65)
J.R. Fortin
Stephen Conicelli
Maine Event Films
Winner
Abnormal Fixation
9.4 (167)
John Kenneth Muir
Tony Mercer
The Lulu Show
Best Web Series (July 2026)
Winner
Loganberry Lane
Cathy Cahlin Ryan(writer/director)
Aviv Surkin(executive producer)
Vika Valverde(producer)
Winner
Til You Make It
8.6 (11)

Best Director Super Short

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Best Director Super Short

Winner
Taylor Bingham
Field 4
Winner
Martin Haag(director)
No Words

Best Drama

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Best Drama

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Une dernière chance
Jean-Michel Lejeune(writer/director)
Fabien Grare(writer/director)
DUO 84 Productions
Winner
Mack On
Apostolos Panagiotis Kouroumalis
Winner
Mermaid
3.7 (26)
Fia Perera
Perera Pictures

Best Thriller

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Best Director

Winner
For the love of murder

Best Thriller

Winner
Hunting Party
5.8 (107)
Danny Patrick
Alison Fenton
Empire Productions

Best Thriller Short Film

Winner
Last Meal
David Villegas(director)

Best Director Feature Doc

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Best Director Feature Doc

Winner
Veronika Emily Pohl(director)
Emerging from the Shadows: Rediscovering the Legacies of Weinberg & Korngold
Winner
Chris Kirk
Tracing the Rails
Tracing the Rails Productions

Best Experimental Music Video

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Winner
Daddy
Jake Joss
Winner
The Guardian Angels
Winner
Factory Settings On
Zhenru Liu
Unsounded Lab

Best American Short Film

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Best American Short Film

Winner
Limit Exceeded
Setareh Samandari
Interdimensional VFX
Cinema Social Club
Companion Arts
Winner
The Talk
Shevy Gutierrez(co-producer)
Dena Tyler(director)
Tim Hayes(co-producer)
Chevrock Entertainment
Winner
Limit Exceeded
Setareh Samandari(director)
Sargon Yoseph(producer)
Interdimensional VFX
Companion Arts
Cinema Social Club

Best Indie Feature Film

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Best Indie Feature Film

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Push Come to Shove
Michael Hambrick(actor)
Brian Phillips(actor)
T. Villa(actor)
Welden Ray IV(sound department)
Rashelle Henderson(actress)
Antonio Poohdalini Pipkins(actor)
Matthew Kyle Levine(cinematographer)
DeMarcus Jackson(actor)
Edwin Johnson(actor)
Dessie Da Don(actress)
Anyla London(actress)
Kaneshia C. Scroggins(actor)
Darius Klipz Wilson(v/o)
Rasha Michelle Van Diver(actress)
Tonethegoat(director)
Tira Biggins(actress)
Michael Massey(writer)
Jasmine GP Gore(actress)
Zerrick Williams(actor)
NeciiAnn(actress)
Goat Houze Studios
We Da Village
Winner
Koka
7.5 (33)
Kath Akuhata-Brown(Director)
Verity Mackintosh(Producer)
Aku Films
KRAFTY Productions

Best Indie Feature Film (low budget)

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The Dream
Andoni Zorbas

Best Director Indie Short Film

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Best Director

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Greg Poppa
Cold
Roaming Shadow Productions

Best Director Indie Short Film

Winner
Tom Logan
Yard Saleing
Emerald Oak Productions
Winner
Bella Glanville
Imperfect Cadence
Winner
Tobia Berti(director)
Kinda Love

New York Film & Cinematography Award

Winner
The Alchemy of Strangers
Joshua Longfellow Wright(director)

La Proposition
César Camán(Director)

Best Feature Documentary

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Best Feature Doc

Winner
This Is Not a Draft
Jack Blair(director)
Happy Jack Media

Best Psychological Film

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Best Psychological Film

Winner
The Prospector
Wade Chitwood(write, director, producer)
Hoplight Productions

Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

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Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Winners
John Jimenez(co-story)
Brad Kaaya
Winner
Snowdrop
Judith Bunting

Best Parody

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Winner
Who Framed Tholomew
Kevin Evans Johnson(actor)
Grant Merritt(actor)
Carissa Rhea Tajudeen(actress)
Luca Soleimanpour(actor)
Priscilla Valldejuli(actress)
Leo Soleimanpour(actor)
Taani Fuahala(actor)
Brett Willis(director)
Carlos Westbrook(actor)

Best Director Animation Film

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Best Director Animation Film

Winner
Salih Ertas
Unseen

Best Characters

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Best Characters

Winner
Fated Queers
Will Morrison(writer)

Best Indie Short Film

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Best Indie Film Low Budget

Winner
Tagnuul
Paolo Pagliacolo
Krater Studios

Best Indie Short Film

Winner
Yard Saleing
8.0 (26)
Tom Logan
Emerald Oak Productions
How I Sound
9.8 (7)

Best Super Short Film (Under 10 min)

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Best Super Short Film

Winner
Rose Colored Glasses
7.8 (8)
Manny Martinez Hernandez(director)

Best Music & Performance Documentary

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Best Music & Performance Documentary

Winner
Emerging from the Shadows: Rediscovering the Legacies of Weinberg & Korngold
Veronika Emily Pohl(director)

Best Original Song

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Original Song

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Warao of the Waters
Rodrigo Volponi(composer)
Winner
Wonderful Things
Leigh Haggerwood(songwriter)

Best Indie Short Film/Low Budget (Under 25000 USD Budget)

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INDIE SHORT FILM/LOW BUDGET (UNDER 25000 USD BUDGET)

Winner
Circulus Vitiosus
Norbert Wolfgang Winkler(director)
Winner
A Day in June
James Storm(actor)
Last Call Films
A Day In June
Circulus Vitiosus
Norbert Wolfgang Winkler(director)

Best Indie Short Film

How I Sound
9.8 (7)
Zuzana Martinková(producer)

Best Ensemble

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Best Ensemble

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Reckoning
Anya Lee(actress)
Armando DuBon Jr.(actor)
Edward C. Gillow(actor)
Anthony V. Yuro II(actor)

Best Documentary

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Best Feature Documentary

Winner
Reflections
Ewan McWilliam(producer)
Finley Cairns(director)

Best Director Short Film

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Best Director Short Film

Winner
George Todria(director)
Los invitados de Amaia
Winner
Setareh Samandari
Limit Exceeded
Winner
Saudat Sanusi
Fire Baby Monster
Sysan Productions
Winner
Setareh Samandari(director)
Limit Exceeded
Interdimensional VFX
Cinema Social Club
Companion Arts

Best Short Film

Winners
Maya Jai Pinson
Mignon Pinson

Winner
Frame of Evidence
Mignon Pinson
Maya Jai Pinson
LoJai Productions

Jury Prize

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Best European Music Video

Winner
In a Tamasic World
8.2 (6)
Camilla Martini(director/writer)
Lepre Edizioni

Best Female Director Music Video

Winner
Camilla Martini(director)
In a Tamasic World
Lepre Edizioni

Best Super Short Script

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Best Super Short Script

Winner
Attu
John Norris Ray

Best Director American Short Film

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Best Director

Winner
Matthew Winters
Don't Be Afraid
Cable and Company
JIG Reel Studios
Winner
Ashley Newquist(co-director/producer)
Kongfrontation
Retlaw Enterprises

Best AI Film

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Winner
Connected but Controlled
Jihong Yum

Best Lyrics Song

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Best Lyrics Song

Winner
A Letter to MOM
Jihong Yum

Best Super Short Film (under 15 min)

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Best Super Short Film (under 15 minutes)

Winner
A Cup of Faith
Angelo Oddo
Circulus Vitiosus
Norbert Wolfgang Winkler(director)

Best Director Psychological Film

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Best Director Psychological Film

Winner
Joshua Longfellow Wright(director)
Sergeant
Cinelinguistic Films
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
Winner
Eli Lev(director)
SoReal - Chemical Solutions (ACT III)
Black Crescent Records

Best Second Time Director

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Best Second Time Director

Winner
Andrew Herzman
Range Anxiety
Break Room

Best Director Student Film

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Best Director Student Film

Winner
Salih Ertas
Unseen

Best Westen Screenplay

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Best Western Screenplay

Winner
Sunka Wakan
David Raastad(writer)
Winner
Sunka Wakan
David Raastad(writer)

Best Director Comedy Film

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Best Director Comedy Film

Winner
Dena Tyler(director)
The Talk
Chevrock Entertainment

Best Visual Effects

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Best Vissual Effects

Winner
The Talk
Sean Turi(visual effects artist)
Chevrock Entertainment

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Best Film Awards

Best Screenplay

Best Drama Screenplay

Exit

7 D.B.S.

Best Emotional Investment

In the Valley of Hoops

Best Director

Best Director

Best Director Comedy Film

Best Director Microfilm

Best Director Sci Fi

Best Director Short Film

Best Director Thriller Film

For the love of murder

Best Student Director

Best Director Student

Best First Time Screenwriter

Best 1st Time Screenwriter - Feature

Searching for Shadow

Best First Time Director

Best First Time Director

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Behind the Grand

Best Music Video

Best Music Video

A Letter to MOM

Wonderful Things

Low Budget Music Video

Better Days

Best Short Film

Best Indie Short Film

Shepherds

Best Short Film

A Day of Peace

MiMic

Le Carré De Soie

The Bolters

Best Actress Award

Best Actress

Best Actress Indie Film

Best Actress Short Film

Best Actor Award

Best Actor

Best Actor Indie Film

Best Actor in an Indie Film

Best Cinematography Award

Best Cinematography

Contrition

Mermaid

Best Animation Award

Best Animation

The Boy Prince and the Bear

Planted

Best Feature Film Award

Best Feature Film

Une dernière chance

Best Actor Comedy Film

Hard Times

Special Award

Best AI Film

Abyssal Gaze

Iva Delta 7

Best First-Time Screenwriter

Best First-time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)

Ancestors from the Stars

Honorable Mention

Best Music Video

Baby I was hypnotized

Best Short Film

A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler

Best TV Pilot

Yoga Boy and Karma Cat

Honorable Mention (Short Film)

A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler

Die Before You Die - Triggered

SoReal - Chemical Solutions (ACT III)

Honorable Mention (TV Pilot)

Yoga Boy and Karma Cat

Best Series Pilot Script