HONORABLE MENTIONS
MAIN CATEGORY
SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM - DRAMA
The Gesture and the Word (dir. Helen Alexis Yonov, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - WAR/MILITARY
Heritage (dir. Mana Pakseresht, Iran)
BEST SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS
Alabaster (dir. Dan Ramm, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - FOREIGN
MEGURU, Goes around Comes around (dir. Thein Dan, Japan)
BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
C. P. CAVAFY | THE CITY (Wherever I Turn My Eyes To)
(dir. Panagiotis Kountouras, Aristarchos Papadaniel, Greece)
BEST SHORT FILM - MYSTERY/THRILLER
Paracusia (dir. Martin K Hansen, Denmark)
Remembrance (dir. Tom White, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI/FANTASY
Adam In Aeternum (dir. Pedro Jaen R., Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Detroit Landmarks: Inspiration (dir. Dr. William Huszti, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - LOVE IS LOVE
Relapse (dir. Aron Davidsson, Iceland)
BEST SHORT FILM - DANCE / FASHION
Will you please be quiet, please. (dir. Prem Jyothis, Tul Rodriguez, Estonia)
BEST MICROFILM
Lonely Ballet (dir. Dina Kazem, Egypt)
BEST COMMERCIAL
Pianocide (dir. Brice Blanloeil, USA)
WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
A Dog Act: Homicide on the Highway (dir. Anna Henderson, Australia)
The Anomalous (dir. Chinedu Omorie, USA)
MUSIC & POSTERS
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Wakeup (dir. Domenique Melchior, Austria)
Your Fire (dir. Emilia Mendieta Cordova, USA)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
'Otoño en Paris (From “Two Autumns in Paris”)
(by Francisco Villarroel and Axel Berasain, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
We Are Here (Composed by Fadi Awad, Canada)
BEST POSTER
Not Now
Operation Teddybear
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Pulled From Darkness (by George A. Johnson, USA)
Chusei (Allegiance) (by Phil Hollins & Christopher J. Washington, USA)
Taffeta (by Nancy Nyman & Heather McNama, USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Heaven Insurance (by Thomas Marshall-Wood, Australia)
BEST TV SCRIPT
Good Grief (by Lara Amersey, Canada)