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BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Jordan Bahat

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Quinn da Matta

· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA)
Zach Siegel

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Ilze Kunga-Melgaile

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Nikolay Bogomilov

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· AT THE CIRCUIT (Belgium)
Olivier Van Malderghem

· ELISABETH (France)
Caroline Tillette

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Jun Wang

· LIKE ME (Spain)
Boris Schipper

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
​Jun Wang


​Best STUDENT Film

​· PHÉLIA (Netherlands)
Elia Kalogianni

· FLESH OF MY FLESH (UK)
Sunitra Sivabalan

· LAURA (USA)
Camille Morales-Zayas

· CAMILLE (France)
Emeric Gallego

· THE WHITE HORSE (Romania)
Goran Mihailov

· AN EARLY AUTUMN DAY (USA)
Hangyu Zhou

· LIMBO (Lebanon)
Leah Yared

· DEEP TISSUE (USA)
Manya Glassman

· SEDALIA (USA)
Dustin Gene Chitty

· BITTER COFFEE (Australia)
Paula Brouwer

· POOLSIDE INN (USA)
Remington Butler


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Quinn da Matta

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Ilze Kunga-Melgaile

· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA)
Zach Siegel

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Nikolay Bogomilov

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· AT THE CIRCUIT (Belgium)
Olivier Van Malderghem

· PHÉLIA (Netherlands)
Elia Kalogianni

· ELISABETH (France)
Caroline Tillette

· COASTAL FIRE: A COMMON DIARY (USA)
Susan Maughlin Wood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

· ELISABETH (France)
Caroline Tillette

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Matthew Plaxco

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Patrick Golan

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Maxim Efros

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Emil Topuzov

· IDEM (France)
Timé Bulliard

· THE KNOWING (USA)
James Peterson

· PHÉLIA (Netherlands)
Yorgos Kyvernitis

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Jun Wang  and Haisu Zhu

· THE LATENT IMAGE (UK)
Michael Elias Thomas

· TWIN TURBO (Estonia)
Tanel Topaasia

· THE HERALD (Germany)
Valentin Selmke

· THE FORUM  (Australia)
Joey Knox

· STILL I REACH FOR YOU (USA)
Tyler Aaron Parsonsv

· FOR THE GREATER GOOD (USA)
​
Michael Gavino


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· COASTAL FIRE: A COMMON DIARY (USA)
Susan Maughlin Wood

· SNOW WHITE: HIP-HOP MEETS ORCHESTRA (France)
Guy Renardeau 

· CASA OCCUPATA (Italy)
Federico Mattioni

· RUGER THE RUDE DOG (USA)
Roger Slagle

· UNSPEAKABLE (Portugal)
Luís Damas

· A MEDITATION ON AMERICAN SILENCE (USA)
Mseven Laracuente

· QUICK (Australia)
Belle Butler

· ESCAPE WITH ME (USA)
Victoria Napolitano

· WE ARE ARTISTS (USA)
Lady Beaver

· WE ALL NEED LOVE (USA)
Victoria Napolitano

· SAYONARA, TOKYO: THE APOCALYPSE OF URBAN CROW (Japan)
Hiroaki Hirakata


Best SPANISH FILM

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
​Jordan Bahat

· CANDIL (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· THE LASTEST THING IN COMEDY (Spain)
Fan Yang

· PERSON (Spain)
Álvaro García Mohedano

​· THE LAST WOLVES (Spain)
Iker Bilbao

· LIKE ME (Spain)
Boris Schipper

· THE GRANDFATHER (Chile)
Alvaro Pruneda

· ALLEGORY (Spain)
Tino Fernández


OUTSTANDING COMEDIC
​OR MUSICAL FILM

​​· THE LASTEST THING IN COMEDY (Spain)
Fan Yang

· IL MORSO DEL RAMARRO (Italy)
Maria Lodovica Marini

· TRIBE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE MAKING OF VICE COPS (USA)
Manuel Alejandro Vargas

· M.A.N.S. (Australia)
Peter T. Clarke

· NOWHERE TO NUN (USA)
Austin Hsieh

· BRICK MADNESS (USA)
Justin McAleece

· 2 PSYCHOS IN A POD (USA)
Kurt Collins

· YARDBIRD (USA)
Jeff Alper

· DEARLY DEPARTED (USA)
Sebastian Ibanez

· COUSCOUS SALAD (Canada)
Morèna Lagrandeur


OUTSTANDING THRILLER

​· THE LATENT IMAGE (UK)
Alexander McGregor Birrell

· IMBROGLIO (UK)
Ian Sciacaluga

· FINAL DIAGNOSIS (USA)
Damian Ratajczak

· SECRET CHAMBER (UK)
Jonas Grimas

· DIRTY GAME (Greece)
Smaro Angelakopoulou

· BONDING (USA)
Luke Rex

· WHEN THE MIST LIFTS (Netherlands)
Elia Smarius, Ole de Bruyn

· A MONSTER (USA)
Ronald Dillard Jr.

· INFIDELITY (Canada)
Linda Rumney

· PARTUM (Canada)
Brandon Lewis​


Best DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

​​· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· THE ONE WHO SLEEPS ON HIS BREATH (USA)
Andy Byers

· INVINCIBLE (Poland)
Tom Kolinski

· OBJECTIF 2050 (France)
Marc Augey

· ENOUGH! LEBANON'S DARKEST HOUR (Australia)
Daizy Gedeon

· ME THE PEOPLE (Canada)
​Dan Shannon, Isabelle Depelteau



BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY DIRECTING

​​​​· IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS (USA)
Mischa Meyer

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· KARMA KHAZI (UK)
Lee Phillips

· HELP ME HELP YOU (Belgium)
Stéphanie Sassen

· RON CARTER: FINDING THE RIGHT NOTES (USA)
Peter Schnall

· SCENT OF MYRTLE (Italy)
Christian Canderan

· BEAR AND FRED (USA)
Keith Famie

· MID-LIFE (USA)
Cielo Yáñez

· NOT WORTH KILLING (USA)
Eric M. Ivey

· BEAUTIFUL (Brazil)
Mariana França de Lima

Best ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS (USA)
Mischa Meyer

· THE CURSE EFFECT (USA)
Gregg Jaden

· BAATO (USA)
Lucas Millard, Kate Stryker

· FROM DUST WE CAME (USA)
J.B. Lawrence

· THE NATIONALS (USA)
Hyde Harper

· THE EMBROIDERESSES (Sweden)
Bo Sjökvist

· ART FROM THE INSIDE (USA)
Barbara Wiener

· FORMALDEHYDE (Turkey)
Oğuz Yenen


Best FILM ESSAY

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· YOKOSUKA 1953 (Japan)
Tsuyoshi Kigawa

· MY JOURNEY HOME (Canada)
Rose Patterson, Priyanka Desai, Avinash Bujhawan

· BLADES (Netherlands)
Core van der Hoeven

· VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN: THE LOMAX LEGACY (USA)
William Godby, E Brett Voss

· NOT YOUR MODEL MINORITY (USA)
Jon Osaki

· FLUSHING (USA)
Sihan Cui

· LYNDA (Canada)
Eileen Park Robertson

​· ROEBOURNE (UK)
Paul Aidan Cooke


Best DIGITAL MEDIA

· CUT A DASH BRAND // HARMONY ECOSYSTEM (Kyrgyzstan)
Artem Ganzha

· MERCEDES: ECONOMICS OF DESIRE (Germany)
Alan Rexroth

· EGO (UK)
Dan Lowenstein

· ACURA: STORM CHASER (USA)
Martin Lisius

· BAROQUE BODIES (AMBIENT PORTALS) (USA)
Laura Splan

· RENEGADES: OMINARA (USA)
Tim Russ

· BLADE RUNNER BLUES (USA)
Julian Morales

· EXIT-INTO THE MASQUERADIUM (USA)
Larry Sanborn

· BODIES, BORDERS & BELONGING (USA)
Litza Jean Bixler


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
​COMMERCIAL DIRECTING

· SUNBEAM (USA)
Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, James Jenkins

· CANDIL (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· BEAUTIFUL WOUNDS (UK)
Sarah Scherer

· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA)
Sean Cartwright

· LA FINE DEL MONDO "THE END OF THE WORLD" (Belgium)
Stefano Cinti

· BORN TO BE SOMEONE (USA)
P.J. Bracco

· ATRIUM 'WARRIOR IN THE GARDEN' (USA)
Thomas Crane

· THE GIRL WHO FADED AWAY (USA)
Brent Heise

· C'EST L'ENFER (France)
Valentin Soulet

· ATRIUM 'ABOVE WATER' (USA)
Thomas Crane


BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE

· ME'N GUS (USA)
​Leslie Flannery

· FOOTSTEPS OF MY FATHER (USA)
Erik V. Wolter

· ALL THE THINGS YOU MADE ME DO (USA)
Brian Carufe

· THE DAKOTA (USA)
Douglas Walter Fisher

· A FIRE IN THE MIND (USA)
Ken White

· MENAGERIE (UK)
Judith Bunting

​​· THE MIDAS CURSE (USA)
Mary Albanese

· A TRIBE, A PRIEST AND BASEBALL (USA)
Garrison Wells

· CHARLIE SAFE HOME (UK)
Jack C Irwin


OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC
​SCREENPLAY

· FOOTSTEPS OF MY FATHER (USA)
Erik V. Wolter

· MOKSHA (USA)
Saurin Lakhia

· MALLED (USA)
Janna Jones

· THE VIRGIN KNOT (USA)
Ron Falzone

· GOING T*TS UP! (UK)
Jay Wheddon

· THE SHROUD TRINITY (USA)
Frank McEvoy 

· THE TREACHEROUS BORDER (USA)
Lawrence Michael Watson

Best LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Ilze Kunga-Melgaile

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Nikolay Bogomilov

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· A BIRD FLEW IN (UK)
Kirsty Bell

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Jun Wang
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· THE LATENT IMAGE (UK)
Alexander McGregor Birrell

· A CAMBODIAN WINTER (USA)
Forest Wise

· THE MIRROR (Canada)
Marc Joly-Corcoran

· THE HERALD (Germany)
Lei Cui

· TOMORROW IF ALL GOES WELL (Belgium)
Ivan Goldschmidt


Best EXPERIMENTAL FILM

· EINE SACHE DER PERSPEKTIVE "A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE" (Austria)
Gerda Leopold

· SCENES, OVERHEARD (UK)
Parlour Collective

· REPUDIATION (India)
Nader Mohandesi

· THERE IS ENOUGH METAPHYSICS IN THINKING ABOUT NOTHING (Brazil)
Paola Fillippi

· FLOWING INTO THE RIVER (China)
Hanxuan Jiang

· MY LIFE WAS THE SIZE OF MY LIFE (USA)
Deborah Slater, Mark Leialoha

· LAS MARIMACHA FRAGMENTS (USA)
Lourdes Figueroa, Peggy Peralta

· PASSACAGLIA (Japan)
Ryosuke Handa

· INDELIBLE WINTER (USA)
Ann Huang


Best NEWCOMER DIRECTOR

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· PHÉLIA (Netherlands)
Elia Kalogianni

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· PARIS IS JUST A BIG DIRTY CITY (USA)
Alexandra Papoulias Barton, Zak Fishman

· LUCKY DAY (GLÜCKSTAG) (Germany)
Bernhard Wohlfahrter

· THE OWL  (Hong Kong)
Man Tat Wong

· A MUZZARELL (Italy)
Diego Santangelo

· REQUIEM (WITH A SIDE OF FRIES) (USA)
Kiff Vandenheuvel

· RETURN TO EDEN (USA)
Jeff Gross

· TWO BOROUGHS (USA)
Nick DeSimone


Best PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
​Tom McLaren

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Darius Meskauskas
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· A BIRD FLEW IN (UK)
Jeff Fahey

· KARMA IS A HITCH (Germany)
Rony Herman

· I'M FINE (USA)
John Amedro

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Feifei Yu

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Erika Eglija

· IDEM (France)
Roxane Colson
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· TOMORROW IF ALL GOES WELL (Belgium)
Bérangère McNeese

· I'M FINE (USA)
Emily Weide


Best ACHIEVEMENT
IN VISUAL EFFECTS

· THE HERALD (Germany)
Lei Cui
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· THE LAST WOLVES (Spain)
Iker Bilbao

​· LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY (USA)
Robert Husted

· A DAY OF PEACE (Italy)
Igor Borghi

· THE COMMON GOOD (Austria)
Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann

· PERILUNE (New Zealand)
Peter McCully

· THE STARS MY DESTINATION (Japan)
Keishi Suenaga

· CLEAN SLATE (USA)
Olubajo Sonubi

· RADIO SILENCE (USA)
Troy Scoughton, Sr.


Best ACHIEVEMENT
​IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Nikolay Bogomilov

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Jun Wang

· TWIN TURBO (Estonia)
Romet Esko, Raul Esko

· BE READY: THE KEYS OF POPE CELESTINE V (Italy)
Luke Anthon, Giuseppe Tandoi

· MAMITA (USA)
Carlo D'Amore

· CATS OF THE BAYOU (ASMR) (USA)
​Alexander Roman


OUTSTANDING DANCE
​OR POETIC FILM

· SWEET HONEY (UK)
Dan Löwenstein

· DANCING ALONE AND REUNITING IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC (Sweden)
Carl Eneroth

· WIDENING RINGS OF BEING (Norway)
Elin Osjord

· LETTER FROM ST. ANTHONY'S (UK)
Franck Trebillac

· EGO (UK)
Dan Lowenstein

· MORTE ET DABO: GIFT OF DEATH (Canada)
Rubén Möller

· MOVING PORTRAITS (USA)
Himerria Wortham, Raquel Cabrera

· VAISSEAU (Canada)
Jean-Luc Oicle

· LIVE BAIT (Hungary)
Szilárd Demján, Gergő Bárdi


OUTSTANDING SPECTACLE, ADRENALINE OR FANTASIA

· THE HERALD (Germany)
Yan Cui

· THE SECRET LIFE OF TOM LIGHTFOOT  (UK)
Ray Jacobs

· SUSPICIOUS MINDS (Ireland)
Imelda O'Reilly

· HEY ALEXA (USA)
Rebecca Demeter

· WHY WORRY (UK)
Paul Chambers

· TALES OF A FADED WEST (USA)
Brenden Wedner

· DOMINO SPRINGS (USA)
Dan Hertzog

· THE TASK (USA)
Trevor Alpert

· SWING LOW (USA)
Marvin Towns

· STELLAR FIVR POC (UK)
Laurence Patrick

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL
​CONCEPT

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Jordan Bahat

· THE OUTING (UK)
Joanne Mitchell

 · CONCEPT OF GOOD  (Austria)
Martin Holper

· BITTER BROWNIES (USA)
James Carman

· BABY BLUE (USA)
Lex Garcia

· ST. BARTS IS A HAPPENING PLACE (USA)
Suzanne Birrell

​· IN SPAIN (Republic of Korea)
Sangwook Ahn 

· LET IT GO (France)
Chloe Boutet

· SCREENPLAY MOVIE: MAGNET MAN (USA)
Matthew Toffolo

​· THE OVEN OF THE PROPHETS (Italy)
Massimo Fersini


Best DOCUMENTARY
SHORT SUBJECT

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS (USA)
Mischa Meyer

· DANCING ALONE AND REUNITING IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC (Sweden)
Carl Eneroth

· STEVIE BULLETS (USA)
James Enzo Forni

· HOMING BEYOND (Estonia)
Terje Toomistu

· KILOMETER ZERO (Germany)
Caroline Brünen

· ABANDONED ADOPTED HERE (UK)
Lucy Sheen

· FINDING SNOW WHITE (USA)
Fiona McDougall

· OUR FEET ARE ROOTED (USA)
Krista Imbesi

· ONE STEP FROM HOLINESS (Poland)
​Cezary Grzesiuk

Best ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
​CINEMATOGRAPHY

· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS (USA)
Mischa Meyer

· THE CURSE EFFECT (USA)
Gregg Jaden

· BAATO (USA)
Lucas Millard, Kate Stryker

· FROM DUST WE CAME (USA)
J.B. Lawrence

· THE NATIONALS (USA)
Hyde Harper

· THE EMBROIDERESSES (Sweden)
Bo Sjökvist

· ART FROM THE INSIDE (USA)
Barbara Wiener

· FORMALDEHYDE (Turkey)
Oğuz Yenen


Best NATURE DOCUMENTARY

· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· OBJECTIF 2050 (France)
Marc Augey

​· DAR(k)WIN PROJECT (France)
Loris Lamunière, Charles Mercier

· PUREBRED SPANISH: THE ORIGIN (Spain)
Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada

· SLOVENIAN WATER CYCLE: THE BADAŠEVICA RIVER AND ŠKOCJANSKI ZATOK NATURE RESERVE (Slovenia)
Matjaz Mihelčič

· HELL IN PARADISE (Switzerland)
Tiziana Caminada

· KARIBU NYUMBANI (UK)
Matthew Williams-Ellis

· ORIGINS UNTOLD: ANCIENT COSMOLOGY (USA)
Sarah Rachel Fesiuk, David Fesiuk

· SO, STILL DIGGING? (France)
Hugo Dayan


Best ORIGINAL PODCAST

· PROJECT GNOSIS: ARC 1 - AN AGE OF MONSTERS (USA)
Matthew Curran

· TALES FROM THREE CORNERS (Australia)
Jacq Ellem

· FROM CHAOS TO HOPE (USA)
Vera Brooks 


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
​(ORIGINAL SONG)

· CANDIL (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· BEAUTIFUL WOUNDS (UK)
Sarah Scherer

· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA)
Sean Cartwright

· VACACIONES (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· SAFE DISTANCE (Israel)
Rona Soffer

· ALGO BONITO (Puerto Rico)
Claudia Calderón

· THE SUMMER SET: BACK TOGETHER (USA)
Gregory JM Kasunich

· NO LOVE (Poland)
Kuba Lorenc, Anita Trzyna

· WE’RE GONNA COME BACK (USA)
​Janine Molinari


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN
​COMMERCIAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

· SUNBEAM (USA)
Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, James Jenkins

· DOOMSCROLLING (ULTRABLOOM) (UK)
Matt Nicholas

· HEAVY (Italy)
Lorenzo Francini

· SENNZAI "REDEMPTION" (Japan)
Hikaru Hikawa

· DANGER (USA)
Ned Stresen-Reuter

· WISH U WERE HERE (USA)
Luis Villanueva

· PAIN (USA)
Chico Bennett

· CASCADING MATTER: BEING IN BETWEEN (Switzerland) · Mandach Naran, Nyamuhai Khadbaatar, Vivanne Dubach & Raphael Sommer


· QUETZALCOATL (Colombia)
Juan Moya


Best SCREENPLAY SHORT

· SLAUGHTER ON THE TEXAS PLAINS OR THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF MR. TOOK (USA)
Wayne Gibson

· WATERMELON SUGAR LAND (USA)
Daniel Goldberg, Catherine Weingarten

· THE WALK HOME (USA)
Renata Hinrichs

· NOT AN EXIT (USA)
Sid Kramer

· A NEW BELIEVER / REFOUND FAITH (USA)
Ellie Mae Louise Smith


OUTSTANDING SPECTACLE, ADRENALINE OR FANTASIA

· THE DAKOTA (USA)
Douglas Walter Fisher

· 1000: THE SWORD IN THE STONE (Italy)
Guido Giordano 

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· THE MIDAS CURSE (USA)
Mary Albanese

· PREDATOR ORIGINS: SHE-PREDATOR (UK)
Michael Chase

· THE WHOLE ZEN THING (USA)
Mark N. Clemente

· KING OF BLADES
(USA)
Paul Hikari

· JEREMÍAS 33-3 (Mexico)
Enoc Leaño

Best LIVE ACTION
​MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Quinn da Matta

· ELISABETH (France)
Caroline Tillette

· TWIN TURBO (Estonia)
Romet Esko, Raul Esko

· KARMA IS A HITCH (Germany)
Oliver Kahl

​· LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY (USA)
Robert Husted

· PERFECT STRANGERS (Japan)
Daisuke Kamijyo

· STREET 105 (Saudi Arabia)
Abdulrahman Al Jandal

· IT GETS DARKER (Lebanon)
Daniel Habib, Firas Abou Fakher

· COASTAL FIRE: A COMMON DIARY (USA)
Susan Maughlin Wood


Best LIVE-ACTION
​SHORT FILM

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Jordan Bahat

· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA)
Zach Siegel

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· PHÉLIA (Netherlands)
Elia Kalogianni

· FLESH OF MY FLESH (UK)
Sunitra Sivabalan

· I'M FINE (USA)
Justin Ho

· LAURA (USA)
Camille Morales-Zayas

· LIKE ME (Spain)
Boris Schipper

· CURANDERA (USA)
Mauricio Rivera Hoffmann


BEST LIVE ACTION
​MICRO-SHORT FILM

· MENTAL ABUSE MATTERS (UK) ·
Lucy Baxter

· MOTHERSHIP (USA)
Joe Burrascano

· SWEET HONEY (UK)
Dan Löwenstein

​· THE LAST WOLVES (Spain)
Iker Bilbao

· ​I WISH FOR YOU (UK)
Stuart Rideout

· PER SOMNIA (UK)
Anna Filonenko

· LOVE LETTERS FOR THE SUBWAY (USA)
Mary Hawkins

· E_MPTY SPACES, HEAVY HEARTS (Portugal)
Alexandre Picanço

· ELIOT GEORGE (Philippines)
Mia Corazon Ajero Aureus


BEST QUEER CINEMA

· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA)
Zach Siegel

· THE LATENT IMAGE (UK)
Alexander McGregor Birrell

· YOU, ME & HER (USA)
Dan Levy Dagerman

· EMERALD CITY (USA)
Josef Steiff

· THE PRINCE'S DILEMMA (USA)
Devin Rowe

· PLUMA (France)
Clelia Goodchild


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA)
Zach Siegel

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Quinn da Matta

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Anna Kalniņa and Inga Rozentāle

· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria)
Nikolay Bogomilov and Vincent Molli

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· AT THE CIRCUIT (Belgium)
Olivier Van Malderghem

· A BIRD FLEW IN (UK)
Dominic Wells

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Max Morales


Best PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
​IN A LEADING ROLE

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Juan Manuel Salcito

· ISOLATED PEOPLE (China)
Zhen Liu

· KARMA IS A HITCH (Germany)
Sebastian Gerold

· THE MIRROR (Canada)
Normand Daneau

· PERSON (Spain)
Juanjo Artero


Best PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
​IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

· MY FREEDOM (Latvia)
Ilze Kuzule

· A BIRD FLEW IN (UK)
Sadie Frost

· KARMA IS A HITCH (Germany)
Christina Hecke

· THE MIRROR (Canada)
Élia St-Pierre

· PASSIONFLOWER (Canada)
Kassidy Love Brown


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN
​FILM EDITING & SOUND

· TWIN TURBO (Estonia)
Romet Esko, Raul Esko

· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· THE HERALD (Germany)
Lei Cui

· PERSON (Spain)
Álvaro García Mohedano

· YOURS TRULY, MARGUERITE (USA)
Mason Dodson

· NOWHERE TO GO (USA)
Julie Pacino

· ROSES ARE BLIND (USA)
Gui Agustini


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN
​MAKEUP AND SPECIAL EFFECTS

​​​· LIKE ME (Spain)
Boris Schipper

· CAFE CICATRIZ (Chile)
Jordan Bahat

· IDEM (France)
Giovanni Di Legami

· ALLEGORY (Spain)
Tino Fernández

· SUSPICIOUS MINDS (Ireland)
Imelda O'Reilly

· FINAL DIAGNOSIS (USA)
Damian Ratajczak

· SECRET CHAMBER (UK)
Jonas Grimas

· MAMITA (USA)
Carlo D'Amore

· YOURS TRULY, MARGUERITE (USA)
Mason Dodson

· THE WHITE SNAKE (Taiwan)
Yang Ju Chiang


OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC FILM

· INTO TEMPTATION (USA)
Quinn da Matta

· DEAR ERNIE (USA)
M.D. Walton

· DYING FOR A LIVING (USA)
Darin P. Munnell

· AMPHIBIOUS (Canada)
Ghazal Partou

· TO GARBO AND LENIN (Sweden)
Jessica Laurén

· YANANTIN (USA)
Glenda G. Delgado 

· AND I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN... (UK)
André Ibrahim

· SOLOS (Portugal)
Sonia Vieira

· FALLEN: THE SEARCH OF A BROKEN ANGEL (USA)
Alex Kruz

· SPONDON: THE MUSIC WITHIN (India)
Bishnujyoti Handique


OUTSTANDING MACABRE
​OR SUSPENSE FILM

​​· THE KNOWING (USA)
Erin Lovett

· INTERFERENCE (USA)
Alex Trierweiler

· LITTLE RED HEN (Canada)
Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli

· GOD'S WHISPER (Malta)
Christian Charles Kotey

· DEADHEAD (USA)
Virginia Powers Hendry

· BONDED (USA)
Anthony Bawn

· SOARING AGAIN (Republic of Korea)
Yena Kang

· RAEBURN 271 AVENUE  (USA)
Hugo Salazar Jr.

· ALL-NIGHTER (USA)
Elias Hinojosa

· CREEPING OCCUPATION (Georgia)
Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze


Best ANIMATED FILM

· LIFE EXPECTANCY (France) · Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert

· INNER POLAR BEAR (UK) · Gerald Conn

· MOTHERSHIP (USA) · Joe Burrascano

· CATISFACTION (Portugal) · André Marques Almeida

· MENTAL ABUSE MATTERS (UK) · Lucy Baxter

· FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (USA) · Sean Silleck

· NIPPED (Canada) · Galit Ariel

· HOANG THE PAPER BOY (USA) · Ly Bolia

· TOLERANCE BREAK (USA) · Trevor Alpert

· WEDDING ON THE EXECUTION GROUND (USA) · Zilai Feng


Best ACHIEVEMENT IN
​CHARACTER DESIGN

· MOTHERSHIP (USA)
Joe Burrascano

· LIFE EXPECTANCY (France)
Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert

· THE DARK FROG EXPERIMENT (USA)
Gabriel Caro

· ORPHEUS (UK)
Guy K. Ward

· FORTRESS (Poland)
ZALESKY'S Slawek Zalewski

· THE SKATEBOOK (UK)
Sofia Negri

· WE'RE HAVING A PARTY AND EVERYONE'S INVITED (USA)
Arius Ziaee

· ABOVE THE DELUGE (Canada)
Allyson Lorraine Glenn

· I AM NOT AN ANGEL (Canada)
Joe Chang

· IZZY´S DEMONS (USA)
Greg Garay

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
DOCUMENTARY EDITING & SOUND

​​· WHITE WOLVES: GHOSTS OF THE ARCTIC  (Germany)
Oliver Goetzl 

· EVERY DAY AFTER (USA)
Elisa Gambino

· IN THE SHADOW OF PALMS (USA)
Mischa Meyer

· 13 DRIVER’S LICENSES (USA)
Ryoya Terao

· VETERAN CHILDREN: When Parents Go To War (USA)
Susan Hackley

· WËRAPARA  (Colombia)
Claudia Fischer

· THE QUEST FOR THE LOST PAINTINGS OF SIBERIA (USA)
Jack Gunter, Jesse Collver

· LA SOLEDAD DE LOS QUE NO EXISTEN "THE LONELINESS OF THOSE WHO DO NOT EXIST" (Spain)
Alfonso Burgos Risco

· MASKEN FÜR ALLE "A MASK FOR EVERYONE" (Germany)
Anna Faroqhi, Haim Peretz

· #WAY_AURELIO (Germany)
Alan Rexroth


Best SERIES OR PILOT

· SUNRISE RUBY (USA)
Amberlee Colson, Steven Anderson, Thomas Simon

· DICKIE: THE UNIVERSAL LOSER (Belgium)
Simon Cornelis, Koen Saelemaekers

· A SERIES OF MISHAPS' (UK)
Teresa Dawn Taylor


BesT ACHIEVEMENT
IN FILM MARKETING

​· THE LAST WOLVES (Spain)
Iker Bilbao

· A MONSTER (USA)
Ronald Dillard Jr.

· BONDED (USA)
Anthony Bawn

· GREEK FIRE: DEMON SPIRIT (USA)
Dan T. Hall

· STAYCATION (USA)
Russell Emanuel

· NIGHTFALL (USA)
JR Michael


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

· SUNBEAM (USA)
Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, James Jenkins

· CANDIL (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· BEAUTIFUL WOUNDS (UK)
Sarah Scherer

· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA)
Sean Cartwright

· FUTURO (Spain)
Fiorella Coto Segnini, Arara Films

· TALK (USA)
Zishan Sun

· TODO MUNDO (Italy)
Edoardo Maione

· BIPLANE MODEL KIT (Germany)
Tine Kluth

· C'EST L'ENFER (France)
Valentin Soulet

· ATRIUM 'ABOVE WATER' (USA)
​Thomas Crane


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
​COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION DESIGN

· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA)
Sean Cartwright

· SUNBEAM (USA)
Alexandra Tahereh Kaucher, James Jenkins

· TALK (USA)
Zishan Sun

· CUT A DASH BRAND // HARMONY ECOSYSTEM (Kyrgyzstan)
Artem Ganzha

· DOOMSCROLLING (ULTRABLOOM) (UK)
Matt Nicholas

· WHERE DO YOU GO? (USA)
Luke Borsten

· DO IT TOMORROW (Italy)
Francesco Chiot

· IAMSNAP 'SICK LOVE' (Australia)
Shannon Elliott, Luke Oldknow

· MAENDA 'LET GO' (Netherlands)
Matthew Op't Eijnde


BEST SERIES OR
​PILOT SCREENPLAY

· 1000: THE SWORD IN THE STONE (Italy)
Guido Giordano 

· STEPHIE WITH A WHY (USA)
Mirra Kardonne

· LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY (USA)
Amanda J. Roraback

· 100 DEGREES (USA)
Dominic Abeyta

· PORTRAIT OF A MEXICANA POET IN IOWA CITY (UK)
James Fitzmaurice 


OUTSTANDING MACABRE
​OR SUSPENSE SCREENPLAY

​· SLAUGHTER ON THE TEXAS PLAINS OR THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF MR. TOOK (USA)
Wayne Gibson

· AIMO (USA)
Maggie Craig

· EDWARD CARDINALD: THE GHOST AT BLACK MOOR CASTLE (UK)
Elyssa Catalfano 

· GIRL ON FIRE (USA)
Kimberly Fisher

· BOTTOMFEEDER (USA)
Virginia Youngren

· RESURGEM (South Africa)
Delaney Carpenter

· CURFEW (Peru)
Rodolfo Pereira

· A SENSE OF SECURITY (UK)
Peter Gartner

· PATHFINDER DOWN (Canada)
​Thomas Anthony Brannagan
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