Best MOTION PICTURE
OF THE YEAR
​(HONOURABLE MENTIONS)

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

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

· DIARY: GISELE SHAW (Canada)
Jorge Barbosa

· SEDALIA (USA)
Dustin Gene Chitty

· GIFTED (USA)
Angelique Benicio

· NILUS COGUS (USA)
Sadie Black

· WISH U WERE HERE (USA)
Luis Villanueva

· HOMELESS SAM & SALLY: THE MOVIE (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark

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

· LIFE ON MARS 'ARE WE FOR REAL?' (Switzerland)
Aidan Amore

· GOTTA GET SOME TISSUE! (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark

· KEEP THE BUGS OUT OF MY SOUP!!! (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark


Best STUDENT Film

· ON YOUR WAY (Canada)
Eva Tanoni

· PAPILIO (USA)
Payton Ray Daly

· THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE (USA)
Bernardo Hippert

· PIER 35 (USA)
Raina Liwen Yang

· THE SHOW ENDS TWICE (Japan)
Shota Kamitani

· GENDER REVEAL  (Canada)
Bryanny Bailey

· IN THE HIDING (USA)
Jason J. Angco-Barrera


Best ACHIEVEMENT
​IN DIRECTING

· WADAYAZE (Belgium)
Dieter-Michael Grohmann

· QING QONG (Austria)
Bele Marx & Gilles Mussard

· A ULYSSES JOURNEY (Ireland)
Joyce Garvey

· EICHA: THE BOOK OF LUMENATIONS (USA)
Adeena Michelle Karasick

· CAN YOU HURRY (USA)
Igor Lewicki

· BELIEVE (USA)
Edward Monge

· BECAUSE THE WORLD TURNS VERY SLOWLY (Switzerland)
Joachim H. Böttcher


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING & SOUND

· LUCINDA'S PANDORA (Germany)
Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

· I C (Denmark)
Helene Moltke-Leth

· DISLOCATION-RELOCATION (Malaysia)
Kenneth Feinstein

· HIDING IN THE GRAIN (Ireland)
Bara Palcik

· GABRIELLE (Russian Federation)
Aygul Abizgildina

· VIAGGIO: A JOURNEY (USA)
Colette Standish

· A POSTERIORI (UK)
​Natalia Jezova


OUTSTANDING SPECTACLE,
​ADRENALINE OR FANTASIA

· THE SKARA BRAE PROPHECY (USA)
Richard Neher

· SECOND GEN (USA)
Mike Madigan

· LILY'S - SACRED JOURNEY (USA)
JR Michael

· LOST COS (USA)
Robin de Levita
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· ISOLATION OF THE MIND (USA)
Maximus Cardillo

· REUNION 02: GENESIS (Japan)
Jun Kitamikado

· THE PROTECTORS OF NATURE (France)
Fabrizio Masini


OUTSTANDING MACABRE 
​OR SUSPENSE FILM

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

· THE CURSE OF HORUS (Denmark)
Patrick Andreas Marcher

· IN A PICKLE (Poland)
Katarzyna Buda

· THE PARKING LOT (USA)
Karina Alcantar

· REVELATION OF THE MIND (USA)
Maximus Cardillo

· HEARING VOICES (USA)
Debra Knox

· THE BASEMENT (USA)
Lavelle Lemonier, Devin Wilburn


BEST ANIMATED FILM

· ZERO X INFINITY TRAVEL BEYOND  (Italy)
Daniel Frevert

· ENFOLD (USA)
Steve Socki

· PILIPALA (USA)
Yinan Liang

· CORIANDER & A PENNY'S WORTH OF LONESOME (USA)
Julian Grant

· LITTLE HOUSE - MILK (UK)
Louise Stevens, Sharon Smith

· FORGIVE ME (USA)
Michael Covello, Elizabeth Schneider

​· PINCIO (UK)
Emanuele Gabbi


BEST DOCUMENTARY
​SHORT SUBJECT

​· DIARY: GISELE SHAW (Canada)
Jorge Barbosa

· INCANDESCENCE (USA)
Reisha Leize Perlmutter

· TASTE BUD MEMORIES (USA)
Ozlem Ayse Ozgur

· THE WAY SAM SEES IT (Australia)
Dan Sanguineti

· BATTLE OF ARES (Turkey)
Adnan Yaşar

· GAZA MONOLOGUES: TEN YEARS AND THE DREAM CONTINUES… (State of Palestine)
Iman Aoun, Yousef Nateel

· REMEMBRANCE (Germany)
Anna Faroqhi, Haim Peretz​


BEST NATURE
​DOCUMENTARY

​· SPANISH OLIVE GROVE (Spain)
Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada

· FLOW & RIVE (Germany)
Danielle Rotholi, Roberto Luis Ellis

· MAYA LAND: LISTENING TO THE BEES (USA)
Kata Beilin, Avi Weinstein

· EARTH TO ART: BASKETMAKER (USA)
David Zurick

​· WHITE GOLD (USA)
Katrin Baum


BEST SERIES OR PILOT

​​​· SYNESTHESIA - CHAPTER 1: NEUROCEPTION (USA)
Wesley James Trisnadi

· LOS ASPIRANTES "THE APPLICANTS" (Spain)
María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández

· COVID-19 GENERATION (Italy)
Attilio Rossi

· BAIT (USA)
Marishka S. Phillips

· SNOW HUNT (Denmark)
Patrick Andreas Marcher

· RIDESHARE (USA)
Trevor Alpert

· HAMLET & OPHELIA (USA)
​Scott Westerman


OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC SCREENPLAY

​· BORDERLINE JUSTICE (USA)
Lynn Elliott

· IN THE VALLEY OF THE BRAVES (USA)
Sean McLaughlin Castro

· LOVE WRITTEN IN THE RAIN (UK)
Ana Ingham

· RECORDING IN PROGRESS (USA)
Aubrey Thurman

· SEARCHING FOR MICHAEL (USA)
David Earle

· ESCAPE TO HOLLOW EARTH (USA)
Danny Weiss​

BesT LIVE ACTION
​FEATURE FILM

· BE RIGHT BACK (Germany)
Frauke Havemann

· PASSIONFLOWER (Canada)
Shelagh Carter

· THE MIRE ARCHIVE (UK)
Clive Myer, Lynda Myer-Bennett

· AM RANDE DER ZEITEN (Switzerland)
Jörg Reichlin


BesT LIVE ACTION
​SHORT FILM

· LE CHOIX DE SOFIA (ONE LAST THING) (Canada)
Alain Deslongchamps

· BORDER TO INFINITY (Austria)
Herbert  Gantner

· PARADOX? (USA)
Sai Man (Simon) Zhao

· CAMERA AND BODY (Slovenia)
Andrejka Skračić


BesT EXPERIMENTAL FILM

· SOMETIMES, I STAY UP WALKING AT NIGHT (Australia)
D. Alvarado

· LAZARE (Belgium)
Güldem Durmaz

· WOMAN (USA)
Lillian Carter

· (UN) SEEN (India)
Anjana Ghonasgi, Pratik Iyer

· WATER SPIRIT (USA)
Cherie Carson

· A SAND ON THE SEAFLOOR (USA)
Joo Young (Judy) Kim

· SANDLINE (UK)
Christopher Lewis-Smith


Best NEWCOMER DIRECTOR

· MIDWEST ICE AGE! (USA)
Douglas J. Corcoran

· GIFTED (USA)
Angelique Benicio

· THE AGE OF ANXIETY  (USA)
 Stephen Donovan, Mark Dendy

· THE MAGICIAN (USA)
Brielle S. Carroll 

· AWAKE (UK)
Meara Withe

· THE WAIT (UK)
Teresa Dawn Taylor

· ZANDER'S DREAM (USA)
Leslie Lashinsky


BesT SPANISH FILM

· THE WAY HOME (Mexico)
Darius Stevens Wilhere

· SHADOWS (Panama)
Haslam Ortega

· THE RED HOUR (Peru)
Juan Carlos Díaz Amaya

· I'LL THINK OF YOU WHEN I SEE THE VULTURES FLY (Spain)
David Heredia

· ANONYMOUS (Spain)
Michael Joseph Cassidy

· NEVER (Spain)
Mar de Luna

· CHILE 1973 (Costa Rica)
Mike Hoolboom, Jorge Lozano


OUTSTANDING DANCE
​OR POETIC FILM

· ECHO HOMO (Germany)
Wolfgang Christoph Schmiedt

· ZEITGEIST (Netherlands)
Puck de Haan

· I DON'T REMEMBER (China)
Bingqin Zhang

· FACE ME (Spain)
Cándida Massielle Asencio

· AEON (Netherlands)
Clara Johansson Borg

· THE REFLECTION OF FRANCISCA NEWMAN (USA)
Jon Frenkel Garcia

· NILUS COGUS (USA)
​Sadie Black


OUTSTANDING THRILLER

​· LƎFT (USA)
Edwin Escobar

· ADAPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS (Russian Federation)
Ivan Artemov

· FRIGHTEN (USA)
Mba Shakoor

· THE PROGRAMME (UK)
Antony Spina

· CONTINGENCY (Hong Kong)
Eve Zhao

· LINDY LOU (Australia)
Lisa Bertoldo

· RESERVATION FOR BRIDGET  (Canada)
Owen Thomas Meinert


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
​CHARACTER DESIGN

​· LIGHTFALL (Benin)
Hermann Kayode

· TIME-SPACE DOOR (USA)
Derrick Yung-Te Wu

· STARCATCHER (USA)
Cassandra Silverman

· MY DIGITAL TRUTH (UK)
Swen Werner

· BANKSIA (Australia)
Lachlan J Plain

· THE ESTEEMED PRIORITY (USA)
Al Bohl

· KEEP THE BUGS OUT OF MY SOUP!!! (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
​DOCUMENTARY DIRECTING

​· DR HELEN LIGHT AM VIDEO PORTRAIT (Australia)
John Hipwell

· WHO IS DR. S. ALLEN COUNTER? (USA)
S. Allen Counter, John A. Kuri

· MY TWO LIVES: CREATIVE RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST (Australia)
Sarita Gold

· PILGRIM (Mexico)
Ruben Eduardo Barraza

· ANYTHING YOU LOSE (USA)
Irina Vodar

· KRISTALLNACHT IN COLOUR (USA)
Dovid Loew

· SILK FINDS WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR (USA)
Peter Wick


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY EDITING & SOUND

· ISRAEL INDIVISIBLE (USA) · Stan Moore

· HOPLOVE: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOP YEAR AT LAKE CONSTANCE (Germany) · Sebastian Bauer

​· IN CHINA (USA) ​· Les Owen

· YEARNING OF THE NATION (Slovenia) · Matjaz Mihelčič

· PONTE MILVIO (Italy) · Riccardo Riande

· ZIKKARON KRISTALLNACHT: A FAMILY STORY (USA) · Eugene Marlow

​· THE ABANDONED CRAFT OF CHARCOAL BURNING (Slovenia) · Carole Ann Ryavec


BEST DIGITAL MEDIA

· THE JOURNEY OF LUCY (USA)
David Desio

· SYNDEMIC SUBLIME (USA)
Laura Splan
​
· ONCE A GLACIER (USA)
Jiabao Li

· THE BEAR (USA)
Alberto Vazquez

· COCOON REDUX (USA)
Marco De Ornellas

· I HAD AN AFFAIR, OR DID I? (USA)
Barbara Becker Holstein

· WELCOME TO THE WHIMSICAL DESERT! (GOING SOLO) (USA)
​Heidi Elisabeth Appe


OUTSTANDING, SPECTACLE, ADRENALINE OR FANTASIA

· ON A SLOW BOAT (USA)
Keith Houk

· GRACE AND DIGNITY: THE ARK OF THE SACRED SCROLLS (USA)
Laura Grody

· 63GEMINORUM (Italy)
Laura Calderini

· THE MAN & THE MERMAID'S TALE (USA)
Donna Loehrer

· A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS (USA)
Eddie Yaroch

· THE TRUTH SERUM (USA)
Martin Zitter

Best LIVE ACTION
​MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

· LEBEN (Poland) · Ania Plonka

· CATHARSIS, ASCENSION AND HELL RAVING (Italy) · Andrea Sardu

· SONGS OF THE CHAMBERMAIDS (UK) · Mark C. Hewitt

· THE CHIEF OF NASH VALLEY (USA) · Aundra’ Segrest

​· THE BEGINNING OF THE END (USA) · Justin Cole Mossa


BesT LIVE ACTION
​MICRO-SHORT FILM

· SKIN: TATTOOS TO DIE FOR (Italy)
Alessandro Antonaci, Stefano Mandalà, Daniel Lascar

· LULLABY (USA)
Elias Hinojosa

· TRANSMISSION (Sweden)
Mats Landström

· CHRISTMAS EVIL (USA)
Greg Maksudyan

· TO SERVE OR PROTECT (USA)
David Garegnani

· JOSEFINA (USA)
Nadia Flamenco

· FOG OF MIND (Colombia)
Simon Sepulveda


Best QUEER CINEMA

· COULD YOU TAKE MY EQUIPMENT? (Canada)
Sheila Warren
​
· PANCHA TEQUILA (Spain) ​
Frank Reyes, Luis Castillo

· RISE LIKE A PHOENIX (UK)
Carl Hunter

· FAREWELL (USA)
Laura Bayonas

· MIN’S TALE (Canada)
Rakesh Sidana

· HANGING BUDDY (USA)
John Kestner

· FELLINI MASTORNA: A FILM OF NO RETURN (USA)
Jennifer Glee Foley


Best ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

· FASHION POLICE (Switzerland)
Lara Maria Kuppel

· SCHOOL OF IDIOTS (USA)
Dean Morgan

· COMMONHEART. FROM A CHILDISH MIND (Norway)
Arild Remmereit

· ONE LAST GLANCE (USA)
Joe Ronca

· BEATE SITS IN THE BATHROOM IN SILENCE (Germany)
Valerie Knill

· THE RETURN OF CHARLIE MITCHEL (Canada)
James Calarco

· TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION, A COMING OF AGE SELFIE FILM ()
Barbara Becker Holstein


OUTSTANDING
​DRAMATIC FILM

​· ON THE LINE (Germany)
Silvia de Leonardis

· DÉJÀ VU: THE PERIL OF PAULINE (USA)
Cybela Clare

· LAST GIRLS' TRIP (USA)
Dusty Noval

· KIJANA MFALME "BOY KING" (USA)
Cutty, LaTrice Amanda Strong

· THE 5% (Canada)
Alexandra Hickox, Nathan Hughes-Berry

· LUISA LETS IT GO (USA)
Ester T. Ferman
​
· FATE'S SHADOW: THE WHOLE STORY (USA)
​Michelle Arthur 


OUTSTANDING COMEDIC
​OR MUSICAL FILM

​​· GIRLS IN THE BACK OF THE CLUB (Germany)
Charlotte Geissler

· THE ANT THEORY (India)
Sanil Thomas

· SALINGER'S TWO DARK MUSES (Netherlands)
Michael Lasoff

​· THE COLLEGE LIFE (USA)
Andretti Dante

· A VERY BAYOU HOLIDAY (USA)
Lavelle Lemonier, Devin Wilburn

· HOMELESS SAM & SALLY: THE MOVIE (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark

· DIOR LOVER (USA)
Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare


OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL CONCEPT

​​· LATE BLOOMER PRODUCTIONS' VIDEO NFTS COLLECTION 1 (USA)
Melissa Torriero

· SEE ME (USA)
Uma Rao-Labrecque

· NOW (USA)
Calin Matei, Cole McLester

· BUILDING A NEST (Canada)
Alexandre Mahutte

· JUST A QUESTION (USA)
Roy Eisenstein

· BRIGHT INNERMOST (UK)
Valentina Paglia

· HIGH WINDS & SLIPPERY SURFACES (UK)
​Pernille Spence, Corinne Jola, Zoë Irvine


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

​​· POINTS OF VIEW (Italy)
Pepi Romagnoli

· SEATS AT THE TABLE (USA)
Chris Farina

· SONG OF THE CICADA (USA)
Aaron Weiss, Robert Weiss

· NAFKOT: YEARNING (Israel)
Malka Shabtay

· ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL (Australia)
Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper

· DANISH (Denmark)
Sara Jordan

· WHAT’S IN A NAME (USA)
Jon Tracy


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
​DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY

​​· HERSTORY: SIDE SADDLE (Canada)
Victoria McFadyen

· LIFE WITHOUT A HEARTBEAT (Germany)
Wolfgang Christoph Schmiedt

· NIKI PILIC: THE LEGEND (France)
Zeljko Mirkovic

· RISE LIKE A PHOENIX (UK)
Carl Hunter

​· S.P. DINSMOOR, ED ROOT AND ME (USA)
Perry Schwartz

· MURALES EN MOVIMIENTO: JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO Y LAS HERMANAS CAMPOBELLO (Mexico)
Laura Gonzalez, Matute

· BOXED IN (USA)
Cindy Zhang​


BEST FILM ESSAY

​​· SURROUNDED BY WOODS (USA)
Yuke Ma

· LIVE OUT LOUD (USA)
Melissa Gregory Rue 

· PIONEERS OF ROCK SPRINGS (USA)
Don Aoki

· THE GUARDIAN: THE SANDWICH GENERATION (USA)
Ronald L. Sturgess, Jeanetta T. Sturgess

· MY NAME IS NOBODY (USA)
Christine Kenton

· RIC PRADO: SHADOW WARRIOR (USA)
Claudio Pereyra, Miguel Cossio

· THE PIGEON LADY (Italy)
​Giulia Brazzale


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

· JOHN DEMENA 'ETERNAL EYES' (USA)
Ishan Shukla

· AUFM DEICH (Germany)
Jakob Reuter

· IZAKMAN: CYBER LOVE (Israel)
Shay Ben Efraim

· THE BROWBOTS (Denmark)
Patrick Andreas Marcher

· LUNA (USA)
Eva-Marie Fredric

· CROSSROAD (Switzerland)
Piet Esch

· TELL ME (Italy)
Ivan Savino


BEST ACHIEVEMENT
​IN COMMERCIAL DIRECTING

· THE ROSE 'DARKER' (UK)
Hilary Campilan

· WANNA TASTE YOU TONIGHT (Australia)
Daniel Prypchan, Christian Barbeitos

· GOTTA GET SOME TISSUE! (USA)
Tyrone Evans Clark

· LIFE ON MARS 'ARE WE FOR REAL?' (Switzerland)
Aidan Amore

· I'VE BEEN AFRAID (USA)
Cecelia Condit

· V (Croatia)
Silvano Perozic

· GET OUTTA THE SHOWER (USA)
Eva-Marie Fredric