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GOLD AWARD WINNERS

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FEATURES
BEST FEATURE FILM - DRAMA
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
Lie Low (dir. Jamie Noel, United Kingdom)
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BEST FEATURE FILM - FOREIGN
Bozkir Look at the Birds (dir. Mehmet Tanrısever, Turkey)
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BEST FEATURE FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER
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
The Dishwasher (dir. Sam Roden & Nick Hartanto, USA)
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BEST SHORT FILM - WAR / MILITARY
LEAD (dir. Benjamin Leichtenstern, Germany)
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BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY
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
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
Nasty Habits (dir. Allisyn Arm, USA)
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BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY
HA:NA (dir. Isadora Verissimo, USA)
Relicious (dir. Eugenio Villani & Raffaele Palazzoo, Italy)
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BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
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
The Desecrated (dir. John Gray, USA)
Killer Date (dir. Colton Tran, USA)
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BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENT
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
Lucky (dir. Lydia Lane, USA)
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BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATION
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
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
“The Assistant”
(Performed by Pac Lane from the film “The Assistant”)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / COMPOSITION
The Ribbon (Composed by Jonathan Galland, USA)
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BEST POSTER
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
Under the Moonlight (dir. Jia Shijun, China)
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SCREENPLAY
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​BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
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)
