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WINNERS
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
DISCHARGED
Jas Boothe
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
BE YOUR KIND
Amir Zargara
BEST SCI-FI SHORT
DARK SPECTER II
Chad Finnerty
BEST DOCUMENTARY
7TH GENERATION
Jim Warne
John-L Voth
NOT KIDDING
Bettina Hanna
BEST SHORT
BONSAI DREAM
Jimmie Chiverelli
FIRST FRIDAYS
Brett Cullen
BEST FOREIGN SHORT - CANADA
MY NAME WAS JANUARY
BEST STUDENT FILMMAKER
A STORY OF REGRET
Colin Wang
BEST MUSIC SCORE
GOODNIGHT, MY DEAR
FEATURE PRESENTATION
PULLUP LA
Owen Korb
WINNING SCREENPLAYS___________________________
1. Best Screenplay
ROME OF THE DEAD
( Sherwin Allen )
2. Best Comedy Screenplay
MIRAGE
(John Robert Franklin)
3. Best Action Adventure Screenplay
SERPENTINE
( David Tittone and David Torre )
4. Best Dramatic Screenplay
A FOUR-SIDED BED
(Elizabeth Searle)
5. Best Horror Screenplay
MONOCHROME
( Chloë J. Hightower )
6. Best Thriller/Suspense
IN THE QUIET OF THE EVENING
(Ben Fiore and Raymond Izaac)
BEST FEATURE COMEDY
LIVING FULLER
Monique Marvez
Sadiki Fuller
BEST WOMEN FILMMAKER
ME 3.769
Elaine De Valle
Taryn Kosviner
Debbie Esko - Gold
Randy Valdes
Elizabeth Mitchell
BEST WEBISODE
YALLAH HABIBI
Nora Hawari
Joanna Delane
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
VIETNAM AFTERMATH
Tom Phillips
BEST DRAMA SHORT
UNORGANIZED CRIME
NIck Vallelonga
MIke Hatton
Mark Sherman
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BARREL OF A GUN
Tanne Willow
SUMMER ON LOCK
Emily Perry
BEST HORROR SHORT
FRESH BLOOD
Richa Rudola
BEST DIRECTOR
WHOREHOUSE VISITOR
Rencheng Liu
BEST COMEDY_SHORT
CLUELESS
Tammy Legford
BEST FEMALE ACTOR
LUCK
Amy Schumacher
BEST MALE ACTOR
TONY
Hugo D Garcia
BEST DOC FEATURE
OLDER LGBTQ, AND HOMELESS
Luciana Lagana