WINNER BEST FEATURE FILM

Directed by Forest Wise

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RAVEN WOMAN (Japan) · Junichi Haruta
3rd Place · FOREST ISLAND (Japan) · Ryosuke Handa
· LOST COS (USA) · Robin de Levita
· LINDY LOU (Australia) · Lisa Bertoldo

WINNER BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

Directed by Nick Benjamin

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE CHIEFTAIN OF THE PUDDING RACE (USA) · Shane Crosland
3rd Place · DIGITAL ASYLUM (Bulgaria) · Nick Stanchev
· WOH RAAT "THAT NIGHT" (USA) · Sanjeev Kuwadekar
· WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson
· SUNNYSIDE (Japan) · Daisuke Kurata
· REFLECTIONS: WHEN IT'S NO LONGER (Canada) · Wanda Reinholdt

HONOURABLE MENTION

· GHOSTING SOCIETY (USA) · Rory Knox

WINNER BEST SHORT FILM

Directed by Lamara Sogomonian

NOMINEES

2nd Place · CITY OF GHOSTS (UK) · Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter
3rd Place · BLUE (USA) · Robert Petrie
· IKARUS (USA) · Shaun Escayg
· THE M WORD (Australia) · Shane Poss Crosland

HONOURABLE MENTION

· ARCHIMÉTRICA (Spain) · Jose Luis Serzo

WINNER BEST MICRO-SHORT FILM

Directed by Jonathan Moratal

NOMINEES

2nd Place · TUNNEL RAT (USA) · Patrick Riglesberger
3rd Place · MEET YOUR LOCAL YURU-CHARA (Sweden) · Magnus Fredriksson
· TURN OF FATE (UK) · Melissa Stanton

WINNER BEST STUDENT FILM

Directed by Ariana Berenson

NOMINEES

2nd Place · LIFE OR DEATH OF A CITY: A FILMIC TRIPTYCH (Germany) · Sascha Kloas
3rd Place · APPETITE (USA) · Maddy Freeman
· FORGETTING CHLOE (USA) · Maiqi Zuo
· PATIENT ZERO (USA) · Douglas W. Dunklin
· BROKEN STARS (USA) · HanYing Du
· ROMANCE UNMASKED (USA) · Jonathan Hersey
· NATZEE ZOMBIE CARNAGE (USA) · Nicholas Weed

WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Directed by Ema Kugler

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE MUSE (USA) · Max Karpylev
3rd Place · HAUSKEEPER (Germany) · Matthias Freier
· BORINESS (Spain) · Fabrizio Rossetti
· THE SMITH (Bulgaria) · Desislava Chuturkova
· INVISIBLE HAND (USA) · Matthew Taylor
· PAINT ON PAINT (Portugal) · Vasco Diogo

WINNER BEST QUEER

Directed by Mark Bethea

NOMINEES

2nd Place · STILL I REACH FOR YOU (USA) · Victor A. Janusz
3rd Place · IS HE CHEATING? (USA) · Bill Morton
· NEIGHBORHOOD STRANGER (USA) · Andrew Santiago

WINNER BEST TV SERIES OR PILOT EPISODE

Directed by Max Decker

NOMINEES

2nd Place · PARIS IS JUST A BIG DIRTY CITY (USA) · Alexandra Papoulias Barton, Zak Fishman
3rd Place · TEACHING WHILE BLACK (USA) · Aaron Moss
· READING & OTHER VICES (USA) · Ariana Berenson
· IN SEARCH OF A P-I-G (USA) · Keith Edward Szarabajka, Tony Pasqualini, Laura Stribling, Chuma Gault, Jack Szarabajka, Kazu Takeda
· MISSY JUBILEE IS TRASH (Australia) · Missy Jubilee

WINNER BEST ZERO/LOW-BUDGET FILM

Directed by Víctor Muñoz

NOMINEES

2nd Place · PIT & PENDULUM (Canada) · J. Aldric Gaudet
3rd Place · RETARDATION (Sweden) · Nils Agdler
· THE STIX (UK) · Adam Marley
· BECAUSE THE WORLD TURNS VERY SLOWLY (Switzerland) · Joachim H. Böttcher
· NO PROMISED LAND (USA) · Colin Bressler
· THE SEEKER (USA) · Kipp Howard

WINNER BEST DANCE OR POETIC FILM

Directed by James Kinney, Pierre Marais

NOMINEES

2nd Place · CABARET CUBA (UK) · Madeleine Duba
3rd Place · NALA (USA) · Darshan Singh Bhuller
· SHE DREAMT ALONE (USA) · Nina McNeely
· VISION (USA) · Taso Papadakis
· MONTERANO'S TALES (Italy) · Marika Vannuzzi
· MONOI MAZI "ALONE TOGETHER" (UK) · Raymond Chai

WINNER BEST DRAMA

Directed by Valerio Zanoli

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RETROGRADE (USA) · Max Decker
3rd Place · TOM AND LUCE (France) · Paule Muxel
· I'M A PEDOPHILE (Sweden) · Johanna Ställberg
· FRAGMENTS (Canada) · Matthew Luppino

WINNER BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Directed by Ariana Berenson

NOMINEES

2nd Place · SERVANTS (USA) · Sarah Tither-Kaplan
3rd Place · QUEER FISH IN GOD'S WAITING ROOM (USA) · Adrian Pasdar
· BIG MOMMA EARTH (USA) · Jeff Kazanjian
· TIMMY'S SUNDAY (USA) · Justin Borland

WINNER BEST ACTION, SCI-FI OR FANTASY

Directed by Shaun Escayg

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BLUE (USA) · Robert Petrie
3rd Place · PERFECT WAY TO DIE (China) · Xingsheng Sun
· HALF SAMURAI (Japan) · Rashad Haughton
· LAYERS OF LIES (Finland) · Ramin Sohrab
· FUTUREWORLD (Canada) · Christopher Angus
· THE PROTOTYPE (USA) · Marcelo Grion

WINNER BEST HORROR OR THRILLER

Directed by Kyle Wilson

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BRUT (USA) · Nick Chartrand
3rd Place· IN A DARK, DARK ROOM (Ukraine) · Denis Sobolev
· A STATE OF (USA) · Nick Benjamin
· LA NUIT (France) · Stephane Vallee
· VOID (Iceland) · Þorsteinn Sturla Gunnarsson
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich

WINNER BEST DIRECTING

Directed by Max Karpylev

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BREATH (Brazil) · Anaya Kunst
3rd Place · BRUT (USA) · Nick Chartrand
· THE M WORD (Australia) · Shane Poss Crosland
· GONE (Canada) · Randy Daudlin
· RETROGRADE (USA) · Max Decker
· A STATE OF (USA) · Nick Benjamin
· READING & OTHER VICES (USA) · Ariana Berenson
· WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson

HONOURABLE MENTION

· WHOEVER WAS USING THIS BED (Australia) · Andrew Kotatko

WINNER BEST FIRST-TIME DIRECTOR

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE MUSE (USA) · Max Karpylev
3rd Place · ARCHIMÉTRICA (Spain) · Jose Luis Serzo
· HEART (USA) · Noelle Joy Sorenson
· SPANISH DEBUT (Spain) · Iryna Melnyk Novak
· THREE CORNERS OF DECEPTION (USA) · Dr. Meleeka Clary
· RETRIBUTION (USA) · Michael W. Reid
· A STATE OF (USA) · Nick Benjamin
· RAVEN WOMAN (Japan) · Junichi Haruta

WINNER ORIGINAL BEST SCREENPLAY

Directed by Nick Chartrand

NOMINEES

2nd Place · SE ENGANA QUE EU GOSTO "GO FOOL YOURSELF" (Brazil) · Marco Felipe Rossi
3rd Place · GHOSTING SOCIETY (USA) · Rory Knox
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich

WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Directed by Max Karpylev

NOMINEES

2nd Place · HOT FEET (USA) · Mike Mentor
3rd Place · A STATE OF (USA) · Nick Benjamin
· VOID (Iceland) · Þorsteinn Sturla Gunnarsson
· RAZED BY REBELS "A NEW GENERATION" (USA) · Jason Winfield
· SAM'S DECISION (USA) · Marcelo Ribeiro Carvalho
· THE FORK IN THE ROAD (Australia) · Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale
· A GHASTLY MURDER (UK) · Lauren Lorenzo
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich

HONOURABLE MENTION

· WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson

WINNER BEST LEAD ACTOR

· CITY OF GHOSTS (UK) · Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE M WORD (Australia)
3rd Place · CAN YOU HURRY (USA)
· RETROGRADE (USA)
· CACTUS (Sweden)
· THE EVE (Italy)
· RAVEN WOMAN (Japan)

WINNER BEST LEAD ACTRESS

· CAN YOU HURRY (USA) · Igor Lewicki

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RETROGRADE (USA)
3rd Place · CYBERSHOT (Netherlands)
· HEART (USA)
· READING & OTHER VICES (USA)

WINNER BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

· RETROGRADE (USA) · Max Decker

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RAVEN WOMAN (Japan)
3rd Place · THE EVE (Italy)

WINNER BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RAVEN WOMAN (Japan)
3rd Place · RETROGRADE (USA)

WINNER BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Directed by Max Decker

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE WHISPERING CHIMERAS (France) · Jordi Avalos
3rd Place · TOUCH THE BEAST (UK) · Dora Frankel
· LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER (USA) · Mark Bethea
· READING & OTHER VICES (USA) · Ariana Berenson
· WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson

WINNER BEST EDITING & VFX

Directed by Nick Benjamin

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BECAUSE THE WORLD TURNS VERY SLOWLY (Switzerland) · Joachim H. Böttcher
3rd Place · FIGHT FOR LIFE (USA) · Jeff Ezell, Mark Newton
· GEORGE HOBBS: STICK FIGURE WISDOM (USA) · Armin Nasseri
· LOST COS (USA) · Robin de Levita
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich
· WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson

HONOURABLE MENTION

· FIGHT FOR LIFE (USA) · Jeff Ezell, Mark Newton

WINNER BEST SOUND DESIGN

Directed by Nick Benjamin

NOMINEES

2nd Place · CLOSET NIGHTMARES (USA) · Camila de los Santos Speed
3rd Place · WHITE MULE (USA) · Peter Dobson
· TAONGA: AN ARTIST ACTIVIST (Cook Islands) · Glenda Tuaine
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich
· MEKONG APOCALYPSE (Canada) · Michael Buckley

WINNER BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · WIDER THAN THE SKY (UK) · Janie Price
3rd Place · A STATE OF (USA) · Nick Benjamin
· IN THE NAME OF TOMORROW (Lebanon) · Celine A. Beader
· WILD SYMPHONY (Colombia) · Diego Samper
· JULIA (Spain) · Víctor Muñoz

WINNER BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Directed by Max Karpylev

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BREATH (Brazil) · Anaya Kunst
3rd Place · DYING TO SLEEP (USA) · Paris Dylan
· HELL HOLE (USA) · Gregory Shultz
· RAVEN WOMAN (Japan) · Junichi Haruta
· THE EVE (Italy) · Luca Machnich
· GONE (Canada) · Randy Daudlin

WINNER BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE MUSE (USA) · Max Karpylev

WINNER BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · MY LIFE AS A PIECE OF SPACE DEBRIS (Ireland) · Damien Donnelly
3rd Place · THE FORK IN THE ROAD (Australia) · Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale
· JESTER (UK) · Max Albrecht
· READING & OTHER VICES (USA) · Ariana Berenson
· SECOND GEN (USA) · Mike Madigan
· CODE 103 (Serbia) · Romana Vujasinović
· MOOD CIRCUS (USA) · Eddy Falconer

WINNER BEST FILM POSTER

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place · FIGHT FOR LIFE (USA) · Jeff Ezell, Mark Newton
3rd Place · BAD ASS WOMEN DOING KICK ASS SHIT (USA) · Abie Ekenezar

WINNER BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER

Directed by Junichi Haruta

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE STIX (UK) · Adam Marley
3rd Place · CLOSET NIGHTMARES (USA) · Camila de los Santos Speed
· TIMMY'S SUNDAY (USA) · Justin Borland

HONOURABLE MENTION

· CLOSET NIGHTMARES (USA) · Camila de los Santos Speed

WINNER BEST MAKEUP & SFX

Directed by Luca Machnich

NOMINEES

2nd Place· JESTER (UK) · Max Albrecht
3rd Place · GONE (Canada) · Randy Daudlin

WINNER BEST ANIMATION

Directed by Robert Petrie

NOMINEES

2nd Place · NANAKOROBI "SEVEN FALLS" (USA) · Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter
3rd Place · BOLERO STATION (Switzerland) · Rolf Brönnimann
· CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Greece) · Konstantinos P. Kakarountas
· MOSAIC (Switzerland) · Eleonora Berra
· STAR AND MOONBOY IN SHINE A LITTLE LOVE (USA) · Oranda Dillard
· VERA (Italy) · Giustino Di Gregorio, Manuela Cappucci

HONOURABLE MENTION

· BOLERO STATION (Switzerland) · Rolf Brönnimann

WINNER BEST ORIGINAL
ANIMATION STYLE

Directed by Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter

NOMINEES

2nd Place · FUTUREWORLD (Canada) · Christopher Angus

WINNER BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Marcus Palmer

NOMINEES

2nd Place · NESSUM NOME NEI TITOLI DI CODA "NO NAME IN THE END CREDITS" (Italy) · Simone Amendola
3rd Place · THE FLAME (Italy) · Emanuel Toffolo
· MUSIC POWER: THE STORY OF CAPITAL RADIO 604 (USA) · Craig James Johnston
· CHASING PLANETS FOR 60 YEARS: STAMATIS (TOM) KRIMIGIS (Greece) · Yannis Vamvakas
· THE STORY OF TANTRA (Czech Republic) · Viliam Poltikovič
· THE DONBASS CHILDREN (Bulgaria) · Lubomir Dankov
· THE GUARDIAN: THE SANDWICH GENERATION (USA) · Ronald L. Sturgess, Jeanetta T. Sturgess

HONOURABLE MENTION

· OUR TRIUMPHANT HOLY DAY (USA) · Greg Di Roma

WINNER BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Simone Amendola

NOMINEES

2nd Place · COMING HOME TO EDISON (India) · Arunkumar Deivanayagam
3rd Place · LOUIE (KR.ONE) GASPARRO 5POINTZ (USA) · Eirini Alligiannis
· TAONGA: AN ARTIST ACTIVIST (Cook Islands) · Glenda Tuaine
· HEALING: BEHIND THE PAINT (Canada) · James McElligott
· BEHIND COLOR SHADES (Italy) · Riccardo Uras
· 7 YEARS ART FROM BERLIN "BRÜCKENKUNST" (Germany) · Gilbert Brüning

WINNER BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Directed by Bécher "Jiwee" Jouini

NOMINEES

2nd Place · BREATH (Brazil) · Anaya Kunst
3rd Place · DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE (Israel) · Itamar Isaak
· CHUCK WONDERLAND 'FREE LIKE A BIRD' (France) · Hervé humbert
· RAZED BY REBELS "A NEW GENERATION" (USA) · Jason Winfield

WINNER BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Directed by Anaya Kunst

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RAZED BY REBELS "A NEW GENERATION" (USA) · Jason Winfield
3rd Place · LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER (USA) · Mark Bethea
· THE LIGHT OF PIP (USA) · Ken Merritt
· GEORGE HOBBS: STICK FIGURE WISDOM (USA) · Armin Nasseri

WINNER BEST MEDIA

For Best Podcast. Directed by Jason Winfield

NOMINEES

2nd Place · OUTGROWTH (USA) · Katrina Salicrup
3rd Place · DIGITAL AFFAIRS (USA) · Elor De Mayo
· PARALELO (USA) · Santiago Echeverry
· IN SEARCH OF A P-I-G (USA) · Keith Edward Szarabajka, Tony Pasqualini, Laura Stribling, Chuma Gault, Jack Szarabajka, Kazu Takeda

WINNER BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

Directed by Craig Peters

NOMINEES

2nd Place · THE ICE KING (USA) · Nestor Villalobos
3rd Place · 1000: THE SWORD IN THE STONE (Italy) · Guido Giordano
· COLD WAR CHARLIE (USA) · Cheryl Gallegos
· KATHERINE AND SPENCER (USA) · Walt Alexander
· HUNGER (USA) · Michael Hogan
· IN HIS NAME (USA) · Serita Stevens
· A TRIBE, A PRIEST AND BASEBALL (USA) · Garrison Wells
· LOVE. WITHOUT A TRACE. (Ireland) · Sean Hynes
· NO ONE WILL KNOW ME (USA) · Devin Dugan

HONOURABLE MENTION

· SVEN (USA) · Jesse Dorian

WINNER BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Directed by Markus Meedt

NOMINEES

2nd Place · KARMA (Norway) · Michael Ringdal
3rd Place · NEVER SAY NEVER (Australia) · Stephen Karnaghan
· WAY TO THE DARKNESS (Poland) · Maria Stelmach
· HALLELUJAH (Spain) · Zeff Lawless

WINNER BEST TV SCRIPT

Directed by Kenneth Gildin

NOMINEES

2nd Place · 1000: THE SWORD IN THE STONE (Italy) · Guido Giordano
3rd Place · LAFAYETTE: DEATH OF A REVOLUTION (USA) · Marshall Ferrin
· AT THE FLASH (USA) · Sean Chandler
· BLOOD FLOWS SOUTH (USA) · Giacomo Giammatteo
· DESERT STAR NEWS (USA) · Robert Haus
· THE SEVEN (USA) · Igor Stefanovic

WINNER BEST DRAMA

Directed by Nestor Villalobos

NOMINEES

2nd Place · RUNNING (USA) · Sean Chandler
3rd Place · SPIRIT OF THE WOLF (USA) · Pamela PerryGoulardt
· THE SHROUD TRINITY (USA) · Frank McEvoy
· COURAGEOUS: A TRUE STORY OF HANNAH (Canada) · Hannah Ratnam
· THE TREACHEROUS BORDER (USA) · Lawrence Michael Watson

WINNER BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT

Directed by Guido Giordano

NOMINEES

2nd Place · CHOKE CHERRY JELLY (USA) · Kayt Peck
3rd Place · SHE CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (USA) · Tom Jenkins
· CRAZY PILL (USA) · Ariana Berenson
· EDWARD CARDINALD: THE GHOST AT BLACK MOOR CASTLE (UK) · Elyssa Catalfano

HONOURABLE MENTION

· BAD LOVE TIGERS (USA) · Kevin Schewe