BEST FEATURE FILM

HIS STRETCH OF TEXAS GROUND

Jeff Caperton

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BEST DRAMA FEATURE FILM

HEIR

    Jordan Abisror, Noah Marks, and Jack Hochman

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BEST SHORT FILM

PERCEPTION

Kedrick Parham

 

FINALIST: WHAT DIVIDES US by Justin Poage

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BEST DRAMA SHORT

BLOOD ON THE RISERS

Caleb Fanning

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FINALIST: A STAR IN THE DESERT by Zachary Kerschberg

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BEST COMEDY SHORT

DADDYDELPHIA

Harold Eric

 

FINALIST: I MET A GIRL by Chase Wilson

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BEST ACTION/THRILLER SHORT 

A BULLET FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Doug Williams

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BEST HORROR SHORT

13TH TAKE

Mart Sander

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BEST SCI-FI SHORT

MOSAIC
        Guo Zhuang

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

POOLSIDE

Alex Kinter and Erik Schuessler

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TWO FACES HAVE I

Aedan Jayce

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FINALISTS: EMOTION HAS NO VOICE by Chris Rouse

SILENT ECHOES by Raffaella Longobardi

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BEST ANIMATION SHORT

BEHIND THE GLASS

Pedro de la Llave

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FINALIST: THE CROW AND THE PITCHER by Charles Pearce

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WINNING SCREENPLAYS___________________________

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1. Best Screenplay 
    BLACK STAR RISING 
    by Doug Williams

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Finalist: WE THE PEOPLE by Abdallah Saleh

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2. Best Comedy Screenplay
    TARGETED 
    by Michael Zielinski

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3. Best Action Adventure Screenplay

    THE CARRIER
    by Todd A. Restler

     

    THE DON

    by Braxton Joy

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Finalist: BUCK WILDMAN by Sean Sullivan

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4. Best Dramatic Screenplay
    REGRETS

    by K. Jennifer Phagan

 

Finalists: GOOD LUCK CHUCK by Peter Pastuszek

KILLING THE SECOND DOG by Jerzy Kowynia

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5. Best Horror Screenplay

    LOCKRIDGE
    by Mikeal Burgin

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Finalist: THE GRAND BAY HOTEL by Steven Blows

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6. Best Thriller/Suspense Screenplay

   BFFS NEVER SAY DIE 

   by K. Jennifer Ilagan

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Finalist: RIGGED by Steven Ellis