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​​BEST FEATURE FILM

WINNER

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE (Austria)
Gerda Leopold

NOMINEES

PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Keith Arem 
ABILENE (USA)
John Cash Carpenter
WHEN YOU BECOME ME (Uganda)
Mathew Henry Nabwiso
ZERIA (Belgium)
Harry Cleven
ACCEPT ME (Sweden)
Karin Schill

BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM

​WINNER

COLLECTOR (USA)
Silas Dunn

​NOMINEES

SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE (USA)
Luis Felipe Delgado
FUGITIVE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adis Kutkut
DUST (USA)
Howard Woolf
AH! HARD RAIN (UK)
Greta Mendez
RED BLOODED (USA)
Roman S. Koenig
EGO SUM! (Brazil)
Waner Biazus
BELIEVE (USA)
Edward Monge
RED BLOODED (USA)
Roman S. Koenig

​​BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER

TWO (USA)
Lindsay Scanlan

NOMINEES

HARD SIDE OF MIRACLES (USA)
John Fornof
WHERE IS MY SONG (USA)
John Lockmer
INTERPRETIVE DANCE (USA)
Anne Brashier
FEELBLOCK (Iceland)
Halldór Frank Hafsteinsson
THE TASK (USA)
Trevor Alpert
THE COW (Ireland)
Justin John Carroll
SOUR PATCH (Canada)
Marie-Christine Roussel

BEST MICRO-SHORT FILM

WINNER​

HELP (UK)
Lesley Manning

NOMINEES

DINGHY (UK)
Sangeet Prabhaker
ADVENTURES OF SAMURAI BRON (USA)
Francesco Brunotti
S4S (Italy)
Alice Manieri
A DARKER KIND OF MIND (Australia)
Nathan Klooger
FEMINAM (Belgium)
Marijke De Belie
THE CALL  (USA)
Tom Balsamides
BEATE SITS IN THE BATHROOM IN SILENCE (Germany)
Valerie Knill

​​BEST STUDENT FILM

WINNER

TWO (USA)
Lindsay Scanlan

NOMINEES

PUT A STICK IN IT (USA)
Austin Kimmell
EAGLEMAN (USA)
Wesley Jamal Fleming
INTERPRETIVE DANCE (USA)
Anne Brashier
BABY IN THE BASEMENT (USA)
Dina Faye Gilmore

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

​WINNER

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE (Austria)
Gerda Leopold

NOMINEES

AH! HARD RAIN (UK)
Greta Mendez
ORION 1925 (Iceland)
Eva M. Ingolfsdottir
TOLERANCE BREAK (USA)
Trevor Alpert
FINDINGS (Germany)
Kristina Schippling
FEMINAM (Belgium)
Marijke De Belie

​​BEST TV SERIES OR PILOT EPISODE

WINNER

WHO'S ANNIE? (USA)
Sophia Peer

NOMINEES

BERMUDA CITY (USA)
Julian Jay Burton
FAIRYTALE FALLOUT (USA)
Adam Henry Garcia
ERIDIATI: DIFFERENT TYPE OF VAMPIRE (USA)
Charli Brown
GROWING UP GUIDE PUP (USA)
Matthew Thomas Chapman
QUIRKS (USA)
Steve Kwasnik
THE GOOD DEED (Australia)
Eugene E~NRG
THE SEVENTH SEAL (Poland)
Jacek Krawczyk
FAYUCA (Mexico)
Fernando Montes de Oca Martin
CHERZOSO THE SILENT FILM (USA)
Tracy Ann Chapel 
HEARING VOICES (USA)
Debra Knox

BEST ZERO / LOW-BUDGET FILM

WINNER

PORT (USA)
Andrew Lehman

NOMINEES

WHERE IS MY SONG (USA)
John Lockmer
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Niko Kostet
STELLAR FIVR POC (UK)
Laurence Patrick
FORGIVE US NOT (USA)
Ashley Kay
ACES (USA)
Jordan-Paige Sudduth
THE CONSPIRACY (Slovenia)
Goran Ajtič
YOU'RE NOT ALONE (USA)
Kaia Hathaway
THE VISITATION (USA)
Catherine M. Forster

​​BEST EMERGING DIRECTOR

WINNER

TWO (USA)
Lindsay Scanlan

NOMINEES

PORT (USA)
Andrew Lehman
MINING THE MOON (USA)
Susan Osberg, Tom Moore 
SURPRISE (USA)
Philip Lee
INDEPENDENCE (UK)
Joe Fuller
AN ORDINARY DAY? (UK)
Graham Sessions
SEASONING OF THE SOUL (USA)
Charli Brown
NOT TOO OLD TO DIE (Germany)
Marcel Flock
ATTITUDE FOR HOPE (USA)
Almarin Fisher
GOODBYE COVID-19 FOREVER (USA)
Brian Luna
MICHAEL STONE, RENAISSANCE MAN: Spoken Word (Brazil)
Walther Neto
DELTA LOVERS (USA)
Natasha C. Smith

BEST DRAMA

WINNER

HARD SIDE OF MIRACLES (USA)
John Fornof

NOMINEES

RED BLOODED (USA)
Roman S. Koenig
WHEN YOU BECOME ME (Uganda)
Mathew Henry Nabwiso
BEAUTIFUL VIOLENCE (USA)
Joey  Medina
GOODBYE COVID-19 FOREVER (USA)
Brian Luna
BREAKING & ENTERING (USA)
Michael Hogan

BEST ACTION, SCI-FI OR FANTASY

WINNER

PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Keith Arem

NOMINEES

COLLECTOR (USA)
Silas Dunn
PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Keith Arem 
SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE  (USA)
Luis Felipe Delgado
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Niko Kostet
THE TASK (USA)
Trevor Alpert
THE CALL  (USA)
Tom Balsamides
SURPRISE (USA)
Philip Lee
EGO SUM! (Brazil)
Waner Biazus

BEST DIRECTING

WINNER

COLLECTOR (USA)
Silas Dunn

NOMINEES
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HELP (UK)
Lesley Manning
WHO'S ANNIE? (USA)
Sophia Peer
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE (Austria)
Gerda Leopold
TWO BOROUGHS (USA)
Nick DeSimone
THE YEAR DOT (UK)
Eva Marie Wilshere
A KNOCK (USA)
Abraham Lopez
BEAUTIFUL VIOLENCE (USA)
Joey  Medina
UN•BIND (USA)
Daryl Sledge
RED BLOODED (USA)
Roman S. Koenig

​​BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER

HELP (UK)
H B Lyle

NOMINEES

WHO'S ANNIE? (USA)
Sophia Peer and Annie Sicherman
ARE WE DOING THIS? (UK)
Harvey Puttock
BREAKING & ENTERING (USA)
Michael Hogan
HARD SIDE OF MIRACLES (USA)
Kimberly Jade Soliman and Steve Stiles
DUST (USA)
Howard Woolf
FOR THE GREATER GOOD (USA)
Michael Gavino
WHEN YOU BECOME ME (Uganda)
KISAKA AGANZA and NGOBI AMBROSE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER

SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE (USA)
Andres Bermudez

NOMINEES

HELP (UK)
Daniel Morgan
COLLECTOR (USA)
Ryan Sadler
DUST (USA)
Danielle Bryant
ABILENE (USA)
Barry Strickland
PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Brandon Cox

​​BEST LEAD ACTOR

WINNER

COLLECTOR (USA)
Joel Ezra Hebner

NOMINEES

ABILENE (USA)
Jose Moreno
BELIEVE (USA)
Lawrence Kochoa
THE GOOD DEED (Australia)
Kynan Riely - Brown
BEAUTIFUL VIOLENCE (USA)
Bill Dawes
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Aki Haikonen

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

​WINNER

WHO'S ANNIE? (USA)
Annie Pisapia

NOMINEES

HELP (UK)
Julie Hesmondhalgh
BREAKING & ENTERING (USA)
Kiri Hartig
ABILENE (USA)
Ashley Ann Cooper
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Paula Kovanen

​​BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER

SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE (USA)
Thomas Plunkett

NOMINEES

BELIEVE (USA)
Daniel Martin Berkey
UN•BIND (USA)
Ralph McCain

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

WINNER

A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE (Austria)
Gerda Leopold

NOMINEES

ARE WE DOING THIS? (UK)
Harvey Puttock
HARD SIDE OF MIRACLES (USA)
John Fornof
ABILENE (USA)
John Cash Carpenter
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Niko Kostet
WHEN YOU BECOME ME (Uganda)
Mathew Henry Nabwiso
INTERPRETIVE DANCE (USA)
Anne Brashier
RED BLOODED (USA)
Roman S. Koenig

​​BEST VFX

WINNER

PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Keith Arem

NOMINEES

SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE  (USA)
Luis Felipe Delgado
FUGITIVE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adis Kutkut
ATONE (USA)
Joseph Daniel Rodriguez

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER

TWO (USA)
Lindsay Scanlan

NOMINEES

ABILENE (USA)
John Cash Carpenter
ORION 1925 (Iceland)
Eva M. Ingolfsdottir
A DARKER KIND OF MIND (Australia)
Nathan Klooger
FAYUCA (Mexico)
Fernando Montes de Oca Martin
FOR THE GREATER GOOD (USA)
Michael Gavino

​​BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER

SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE (USA)
Luis Felipe Delgado

NOMINEES

WHO'S ANNIE? (USA)
Sophia Peer
BREAKING & ENTERING (USA)
Michael Hogan
HARD SIDE OF MIRACLES (USA)
John Fornof
EAGLEMAN (USA)
Wesley Jamal Fleming
THE TASK (USA)
Trevor Alpert
EGO SUM! (Brazil)
Waner Biazus

BEST MAKEUP & SFX

​WINNER

COLLECTOR (USA)
Silas Dunn

NOMINEES

DINGHY (UK)
Sangeet Prabhaker
THE LAST REBEL (Finland)
Niko Kostet
MINING THE MOON (USA)
Susan Osberg, Tom Moore 
SEASONING OF THE SOUL (USA)
Charli Brown

​​BEST ANIMATION

WINNER

TWO (USA)
Lindsay Scanlan

NOMINEES

FEARLESS (USA)
Rohitash Rao
PORT (USA)
Andrew Lehman
FUGITIVE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adis Kutkut
DIXON MASON: THE SCENT OF THE WOMAN (UK)
Rey Janjua
PUT A STICK IN IT (USA)
Austin Kimmell
AGRINOUI (Cyprus)
Alexis Chaviaras 
ADVENTURES OF SAMURAI BRON (USA)
Francesco Brunotti
ATONE (USA)
Joseph Daniel Rodriguez
S4S (Italy)
Alice Manieri
TOLERANCE BREAK (USA)
Trevor Alpert
SHOOT THE MOON (USA)
William Rowe
DR. YES (USA)
Jervey L. Staley
TERROR MANAGEMENT (USA)
Ishan Rao

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

​WINNER

THE NEW ABOLITIONISTS (USA)
Christina Zorich

NOMINEES

A SIDE OF RICE (Canada)
Tamir Moscovici
NGUYEN (USA)
Sean James Spencer
THE JOURNEY OF ASKAVLOS (Greece)
Yorgos Arvanitis
産婆 "TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE" (Japan)
Paul Edward Foulkes
​IN CHINA (USA)
Les Owen
AMEN-AMEN-AMEN: A STORY OF OUR TIMES (USA)
Thomas Leo Gallagher, David Gibson
THE WORLD CRUZER (Germany)
Yorick Niess

​​BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

WINNER
​
UNFLINCHING GRACE (USA)
Bill Frakes

NOMINEES

SECRET SUPERSTARS: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY CUP (Ireland)
Tom O'Flaherty
DANNY'S RED BOX (UK)
Michael Slowe 
LOOKING FOR MOM (Taiwan)
Peter Hsui
​S.P. DINSMOOR, ED ROOT AND ME (USA)
Perry Schwartz
WE HAVEN'T UNDERSTOOD ANYTHING (USA)
Alfonso Lugo
EMILY'S DO (USA)
Gary Beeber
AN AMERICAN IN EUROPE (USA)
Johnny Vonneumann

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

​WINNER

FEARLESS (USA)
Rohitash Rao

NOMINEES
​
HOPE (Iceland)
Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson
WILD TIMES (Germany)
Igor Imhoff
TIME ZONES (USA)
Robert Cook
TRIO (Russian Federation)
Igor Chekin
HAPPY TRANS GIRL LIKE ME (USA)
Fran Sisco
I'VE BEEN AFRAID (USA)
Cecelia Condit

​​BEST ORIGINAL SONG

WINNER

HOPE (Iceland)
Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson

NOMINEES
​
WILD TIMES (Germany)
Igor Imhoff
TIME ZONES (USA)
Robert Cook
TRIO (Russian Federation)
Igor Chekin
JELLYFISH (Finland)
Tomi Christiansson
I'VE BEEN AFRAID (USA)
Cecelia Condit
WHY I DANCE (USA)
Lady Beaver

BEST FILM & SOUND EDITING

WINNER

HELP (UK)
Lesley Manning

NOMINEES
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COLLECTOR (USA)
Silas Dunn
UNFLINCHING GRACE (USA)
Bill Frakes
PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA)
Keith Arem 
FUGITIVE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Adis Kutkut
NGUYEN (USA)
Sean James Spencer
BREAKING & ENTERING (USA)
Michael Hogan
ABILENE (USA)
John Cash Carpenter

​BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

​WINNER

GHOST WARRIOR: THE AWAKENING (UK)
Michael Chase

NOMINEES

REALITY GAME (USA)
Greg Lyon
MICHELANGELO AND ME (USA)
Colleen Shannon
BENNY B (USA)
Michael Hogan
WIPE OUT (USA)
Maggie Viale
DANGEROUS GROUND (UK)
Brian Whiteman
IN THE VALLEY OF THE BRAVES (USA)
Sean McLaughlin Castro
THE LAST PRISON (USA)
Richard Geiwitz

​​BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

WINNER

THE LIGHT AT THE END (CANADA)
Lynda Simmons

NOMINEES

NEATH PORT TALBOT  (USA)
Jesse Mattson
NOT AN EXIT (USA)
Sid Kramer
REFRACTIONS (USA)
Paula Rossman

​​BEST DRAMA

WINNER

THE FIRST ONES (USA)
Regina Wills

NOMINEES

AVALON (UK)
Brian Whiteman
LAST OF THE GNOSTICS (USA)
Don Durrett
MILLIONS IN MANILA (Australia)
Jeffrey Milne
BROTHERS OF BABYLON (USA)
Gabriel Womack
RAGZI & THE DANSEUSE (USA)
Kevin Irvine 
SOUL WORK (USA)
Dan Roentsch

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