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Film of the Season
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best Feature Documentary
Earthbound: Nzambi Matee
Farhoud Meybodi
Japan
Best Short Film
Wednesday's Child
Katreeva Phillips
United States
Best Short Documentary
STEVEN
Jakub Varinský
Slovakia
Best Student Film
Fall
Lison Danel
Belgium
Best Director Feature Film
Around the Same Table
Zeynep Üstünipek
Turkey
Best Muisc Video
La Manayé
Mar Orfila Obon
Spain
Best Director Short Film
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best First Time Director (Feature)
THE DARK GIRL
Enrico Saller
Germany
Best First Time Director (Short)
CINNAMON
Shahid Kamal
United Kingdom
Best Director Student Film
Surprise
Катерина Сергіївна Набережних
Ukraine
Best Director Music Video
Love In Vain
Rudy Strukoff
United Kingdom
Best Experimental
ARIA (air)
Brace Beltempo e Barbara Sirotti
Italy
Best Thriller
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best Drama
Princess Bessem
Elvis Johnson
Cameroon
Best Animation
Rebirth
Frank Kilpatrick
United States
Best Actor
Trek to Neverland
Aniket Dabas
India
Best Actress
Birthday
Nobuyuki Morikawa
Japan
Best Soundtrack
Love In Vain
Rudy Strukoff
United States
Best Visual Effects
Around the Same Table
Zeynep Üstünipek
Turkey
Best Adventure
Expedition on 3 Rivers
Irfan Alijagić, Ervin Duratović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Climbing Film
Aiguille du Midi Operation Electric Avenue
Georgi Kerezov, Stoil Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Best Enviromental Film
Venus Ascending: Gender Equality & Water (Director's Cut)
Asher Elias Anantham
United States
Best Fantasy Film
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best Indie Film
The Bet
BAPTISTE DETURCHE
France
Betst Inspirational Film
Expedition on 3 Rivers
Irfan Alijagić, Ervin Duratović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Costume
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best Editing
Love In Vain
Rudy Strukoff
United States
Best Production
The American Good Samaritans
Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
Best Cinematography
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Best Feature Script
The Place of the Lost Things
Jerzy P. Suchocki
Mexico
Best Short Script
Last Tattoo
Stephanie M Barton-Farcas
United States
Best Drama Screenplay
TRAISKIRCHEN
Ruzena Zatko
United States
Best Comedy Screenplay
Lover Haters Club
Christan van Slyke
United States
Best Thriller Screenplay
PRODIGIUM
Vincenzo Pandolfi, Filippo Santaniello
Italy
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
Transitioning
Ruzena Zatko
United States
HONORABLE MENTION
Honorable Mention Best Feature Documentary
Faces of war
Anton Zharov
Cyprus
Honorable Mention Best Short Film
Half Samurai
Rashad Haughton
Honorable Mention Best Student Film
Surprise
Катерина Сергіївна Набережних
Ukraine
Honorable Mention Best Short Documentary
The Woman Who Stops the Wind
Vesna Marich
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Honorable Mention Best Student Film
Lost Distance
Jakub Gontko
Japan
Honorable Mention Best Music Video
TARTAA – Gizeh
Damien Stein
France
Honorable Mention Best Experimental
Joyride
Dina Yanni
Austria
Honorable Mention Best Indie Film
The Woman Who Stops the Wind
Vesna Marich
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Honorable Mention Best Editing
The American Good Samaritans
Ara Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
Honorable Mention Feature Script
Curbside Service
Christan Van Slyke
United States
Honorable Mention Short Script
Infertility
Lily Baonhi Luong
Honorable Mention Comedy Screenplay
The Wandering Runaway and the Barefoot Bandit
Jerzy P. Suchocki
Mexico