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SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM - DRAMA
Joyeux Noël (dir. Haley Webb, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - WAR / MILITARY
Punishment (dir. Jalal Veisi, Iran)
BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY
Caregiver Wanted (dir. Christopher Nunez, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS
Utopia (dir. Mahdi Ghorbani, Iran)
BEST SHORT FILM - FOREIGN
Varnish (dir. Mahnaz Ronaghi, Iran)
BEST SHORT FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER
The Carting Call (dir. Armin Nasseri, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY
VideoGenic (dir. Lawrence Whitener, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENT
The Last Page (dir. Nick Powers, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
The Last Top (dir. Shahin Mansoor, Iran)
BEST SHORT FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Ripple Effect (dir. Maza White, New Zealand)
BEST MICROFILM
The Blessing and the Curse (dir. David Kennedy, USA)
Silent Ruin (dir. Jonah Jones, United Kingdom)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / COMPOSITION
The Carting Call (Score)
(Original Score by Tarin Bai, USA)
BEST TRAILER
The Free Agent (Trailer) (dir. Anthony Molina, USA)
BEST POSTER
Eternal Code
WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
The Honey Trapper (dir. Bryce Williams, USA)
MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Pangea (dir. Derek Frey, USA)
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
The Dead Letter
(by Simon Olivier, United Kingdom)
Ice Cold
(by Clyde Higaki, USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Monster In The City
(by Alisa Robinson, USA)