18th Edition
April, 2022
Best Narrative Film
The Punishment
Director: Seth Fuller
Best Documentary
Happy
Director: Ivan Rodin
Best Indie Short
Sincerely, yours
Director: AJ Bate
Best First Time Filmmaker
Borders
Director: María Tomás
Best Experimental
Let the sea take me
Director: Fernanda Dias
Best Animation
The Cat
Director: Mary Apick
Best Web/TV Pilot-Series
Grey Nomads 2
Director: Felix Williamson
Best Thriller
Power In The Blood!
Director: ranjit singh
Best Music video
A Feast That Never Comes
Director: Maria Juranic
Best Horror
Badlands
Director: Gabriel Chicano
Best Science Fiction
Las Parcas
Director: Ivan Mulero
Best Student Film
LAND
Director: Changjuanyong Liu
Best Comedy
Where's The Bitch?
Director: Sarah Hendry
Honorable Mention Comedy:
Forest Giants
Director: Augusta Mariano
Best Unproduced Script
"It's An Italian Thing. No, It's a Black Thing!"
Writer: Fran Sisco
Best Trailer
American Hero
Director: Manny McCord
Best Short Film Director
Director: Brigg T Bloomquist
THE TENANT
Best Short Film Producer
Gabriel Sengès
A Witcher's Tale - The Lost Souls
Best Short Film Actress
Vergi Rodriguez
Dreamer
Best Short Film Actor
Cass Braido
Knockout
Best Short Film Cinematographer
Michael C.Jenkins
Dying for a Living
Best Short Film Script
Ms. Broome's Secret
Writer: Ima von Wenden
Best Short Film Editor
Emir Kumova
Dream of Aces
Best Female Director
Sherise Dorf
The Favor
Best Composer
Michael W. Choi
Across the Ocean
Best Youth Actor/Actress
Actress: Ella Grace Helton
Hummingbird
Actor: Micah Pedley
Mikey
Best Poster
The Barn
Damon Nash White
Honorable Mention producer:
Sofiya Vozyakova for Dawn
Honorable Mention producer:
ANA MARIA ESTRADA CARDENAS for A Stranger at the Funeral
Honorable Mention Indie Short:
The Four Walls of Charlotte Moreland
Joe Benedetto, Alison Stover
Honorable Mention Directing:
PAUL OLIVER DAVIS, Julia L. Rosengren for Leaves