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GOLD AWARD WINNERS

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BEST FEATURE FILM - DRAMA

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Free Slave (dir. Mehmet Tanrısever, Turkey) 

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BEST FEATURE FILM - COMEDY

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Lift (dir. Alexander Kaminer, USA)

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BEST FEATURE FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER

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Lie Low (dir. Jamie Noel, United Kingdom)

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BEST FEATURE FILM - FOREIGN

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Bozkir Look at the Birds (dir. Mehmet Tanrısever, Turkey)

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BEST FEATURE FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER

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Exit 0  (dir. E.B. Hughes, USA) 

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BEST FEATURE FILM - FAMILY / FAITH

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Boarding Pass (dir. Mehdi Rahmani, Iran)

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BEST FEATURE FILM - EXPERIMENTAL

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Last Call (dir. Gavin Michael Booth, Canada)

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BEST FEATURE FILM - DOCUMENTARY

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Soldiers Without Guns (dir. Will Watson, New Zealand) 

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SHORTS

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BEST SHORT FILM - DRAMA

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The Dishwasher (dir. Sam Roden & Nick Hartanto, USA) 

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BEST SHORT FILM - WAR / MILITARY

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LEAD (dir. Benjamin Leichtenstern, Germany)

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BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY

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Lady Hater (dir. Alexandra Barreto, USA)

Bunker Burger (dir. Adam Yorke, Canada) 

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BEST SHORT FILM - FAMILY / FAITH

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Way Out (dir. Liv Li, USA)

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BEST SHORT FILM - FOREIGN

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I Will Wait (dir. Mohammed Sherwani, Iran)

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BEST SHORT FILM - ACTION

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#QuiProQuo (dir. Liil Serge Mbeutcha, France)

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BEST SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS

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Yoo Kyung (dir. Simon McEnteggart, Republic of Korea)

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BEST SHORT FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER

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Nasty Habits (dir. Allisyn Arm, USA) 

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BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY

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HA:NA (dir. Isadora Verissimo, USA) 

Relicious (dir.  Eugenio Villani & Raffaele Palazzoo, Italy) 

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BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY

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Violet is Blue: A Tale of Gibbons and Guardians

(Alex M. Azmi, Director / Michael Thau & Dan Watt, Producers) 

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BEST SHORT FILM - HORROR

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The Desecrated (dir. John Gray, USA)

Killer Date (dir. Colton Tran, USA)  

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BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENT

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East of the River (dir. Hannah Peterson, USA)

Erin (dir. Myles Yaksich, USA) ​​

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BEST SHORT FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER

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Heroines (dir. Katia Badalian, USA)

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BEST SHORT FILM - LOVE IS LOVE

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Lucky (dir. Lydia Lane, USA)

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BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATION

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My Mother’s Eyes (dir. Jenny Wright, USA)

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BEST SHORT FILM - SILENT

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His Hands (dir. Arron Blake & Darius Shu, United Kingdom)

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BEST SHORT FILM - EXPERIMENTAL

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Triskelion (dir. Stuart T Birchall, United Kingdom)

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BEST SHORT FILM - SPORTS / INSPIRATIONAL

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Champ (dir. Tomislav Vujcic, Germany)

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BEST MICROFILM

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Dog in the Woods (dir. Christian Chapman & Paul Jason Hoffman, USA)

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BEST COMMERCIAL / PSA

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Pink Tax PSA (dir. Dominique Cruz, USA)

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BEST TRAILER

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M (Trailer) (dir. Javier Devitt, Argentina)

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

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“The Assistant”

(Performed by Pac Lane from the film “The Assistant”) 

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / COMPOSITION

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The Ribbon (Composed by Jonathan Galland, USA)

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BEST POSTER

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Killer Date

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WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

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​BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

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M (dir. Javier Devitt, Argentina) 

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MUSIC VIDEO

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

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Under the Moonlight (dir. Jia Shijun, China)

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SCREENPLAY

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​BEST FEATURE SCRIPT

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Perfect Contrition

(by James Palmer USA) 

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​BEST SHORT SCRIPT

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The Hero in 9B

(by Michael Horwitz & Molly Knight Raskin, USA) 

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​BEST TV SCRIPT

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Pneuma, California

(by Maximilliano W.C. Del Rio, USA)