2026 – Summer Classifiers
Interactive Summer results · Winter Classifiers
Best Film of the Competition
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFEEX AEQUO WINNER · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- DIABOLIEX AEQUO WINNER · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- SGT STUBBY: AN UNLIKELY HERONominee · Richard Lanni · Canada
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTURENominee · Igor Borghi · Italy
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- GUNNERNominee · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- PHOENIX INCIDENTNominee · Keith Arem · USA
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARANominee · Cellin Gluck · Japan
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- THE DANDELION GIRLNominee · Rogan Lovse · Canada
Best Feature Film
- SUMMER IN THE SHADEWINNER · Alice Millar · UK
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFENominee · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- SGT STUBBY: AN UNLIKELY HERONominee · Richard Lanni · Canada
- GUNNERNominee · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- PHOENIX INCIDENTNominee · Keith Arem · USA
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARANominee · Cellin Gluck · Japan
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- ECHO HOMOSemi-Finalist · Wolfgang Christoph Schmiedt · Germany
- EMILY OR OSCAR?!Semi-Finalist · Chris M. Allport · USA
- THE RULES OF THE GAMESemi-Finalist · Jon Cohen, Lani Castle · Australia
- RADIO SILENCESemi-Finalist · Troy Scoughton, Sr. · USA
- HOTEL PURGATORIOSemi-Finalist · Joey Agbayani · Philippines
- THE HEIRESSSemi-Finalist · Lee Harry · USA
Best Medium-Length Film
- THE EVEWINNER · Luca Machnich · Italy
- A RECIPE FOR REDEMPTIONNominee · Will Scott · USA
- THE GREENSTONE NARRATED BY ORSON WELLESNominee · Kevin Irvine · USA
- REUNION 03: PROLOGUENominee · Jun Kitamikado · Japan
- CITIZENS - THE CHOICE NOT TO FIGHTNominee · Yasushi Fuluichi · Japan
- SPACE BETWEENNominee · Robert Jarzen · USA
Best Short Film
- THE DANDELION GIRLWINNER · Rogan Lovse · Canada
- CASSANDRANominee · David E. Tolchinsky · USA
- IT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLENominee · Tanya Wheeler · New Zealand
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- ROSALINDNominee · David Hardberger · USA
- SEXEDNominee · Lydia Anne Stander · South Africa
- LIKE SON, LIKE FATHERNominee · Mark Bethea · USA
- THE MOSQUITO MANNominee · Shigeto Rage Sayama · UK
- OUR MONSTERSNominee · Mia Mango (Petrovic) · Canada
- FOREVERNominee · Michelle Worthington · Australia
- CHANDLER THE HANDLER…YOU CAN’T BULLY ME!Nominee · Kem Frasier, Warren Michael · USA
Best Micro-Short Film
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTUREWINNER · Igor Borghi · Italy
- SEVENNominee · Lesley Manning · UK
- FUTURE HARVESTNominee · Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale · Australia
- CRUSHNominee · Van Eesbeek Cédric · Belgium
- TERMINUS VINominee · Loic Zimmermann · USA
- MIXED SIGNALSNominee · Wayne Gibson · USA
- ALMOST LOVE.Nominee · Sarah Hà Duyên Ngô · USA
- EVERYTHING I COULDNominee · Christopher Armienti · USA
- THE COPS CODANominee · Sean Hunt · USA
- CACCIA GROSSANominee · Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti · Italy
Best Student Film
- OUR WEIRD SELVESWINNER · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- SEXEDNominee · Lydia Anne Stander · South Africa
- DREAM #9Nominee · Jose Flores · USA
- THE EMERALD PURSENominee · Kimberly Olsen · USA
- JANETENominee · Rebecca Cerqueira · Brazil
- OF ROBOTS AND REDNECKSNominee · Kevin Scott Davis · USA
- THE FUNERALNominee · Todd Bruno · USA
- MEMORY LANENominee · Joseph Foley · USA
- THE ORIGIN OF SPRING OR THE NECESSARY DEATH IN BROAD DAYLIGHTNominee · Julien Bonnin · Portugal
Best Genre-Bending Film
- ZONENWINNER · Nina Jeppsson · Sweden
- DESERT GRAVENominee · Samson Haveland · USA
- THE GREENSTONE NARRATED BY ORSON WELLESNominee · Kevin Irvine · USA
- REUNION 03: PROLOGUENominee · Jun Kitamikado · Japan
- 晚酌与仪式 "WHISPERS IN THE CLOUD"Nominee · Chuanfa Wan · China
- DO YOU KNOW HIM?Nominee · Sylvia Stewart · Canada
- AVAMPOSTO 81 "OUTPOST 81"Nominee · Sergio Sansone · Italy
- HEARTACHE LANENominee · Michael Beard · USA
- TABLE FOR TWONominee · Tom Logan · USA
- SPACE BETWEENSemi-Finalist · Robert Jarzen · USA
- BLACKBIRD BYE BYESemi-Finalist · Neill Fleeman · USA
- ABUSIVESemi-Finalist · Jodi Pavlock · USA
- THE CRONENBERG THEORY: THE MAN WITH NO FACESemi-Finalist · Danny Traverso · Spain
- HANNAHSemi-Finalist · Danny Traverso · Spain
Best Zero/Low-Budget Film
- SIERRA'S GOLDWINNER · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- WESTBOUNDNominee · James Curry · USA
- CHANDLER THE HANDLER…YOU CAN’T BULLY ME!Nominee · Kem Frasier, Warren Michael · USA
- FINAL TRANSMISSIONNominee · Sean Coleman · UK
- BLACK TEANominee · Duran Cribbs · USA
- AN ORDINARY DAY?Nominee · Graham John Sessions · UK
- DESTROY IMAGINATIONNominee · Chris Adam Abercrombie · USA
- THE SHAME OF THE TRUTHNominee · Mike Klug · USA
- LE POINT FINALESemi-Finalist · Dianne Weller · Australia
- NIGHT TERROR 2 THE AWAKENINGSemi-Finalist · David Duke · UK
- THE COPS CODASemi-Finalist · Sean Hunt · USA
- THE JUSTICESSemi-Finalist · Yahn Kawamoto · Japan
- WAY TO NORTHSemi-Finalist · Víctor Peceño · Spain
- THE SILENT CRAWLSPACESemi-Finalist · Richard Benter · USA
- THE HORRORSemi-Finalist · Apostolos Peter(TolyAK) Kouroumalis · Canada
Best Drama
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARAWINNER · Cellin Gluck · Japan
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- THE DANDELION GIRLNominee · Rogan Lovse · Canada
- ROSALINDNominee · David Hardberger · USA
- LIKE SON, LIKE FATHERNominee · Mark Bethea · USA
- A RECIPE FOR REDEMPTIONNominee · Will Scott · USA
- AMARGO SILENCIONominee · Freddy D'Elia · Panama
- CITIZENS - THE CHOICE NOT TO FIGHTNominee · Yasushi Fuluichi · Japan
- FOREVERNominee · Michelle Worthington · Australia
- SAINTS & SINNERSNominee · Steve Perkins, Lisa Sorenson · USA
Best Horror or Thriller
- DIABOLIEX AEQUO WINNER · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- THE EVEEX AEQUO WINNER · Luca Machnich · Italy
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- FUTURE HARVESTNominee · Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale · Australia
- CURIOUS CATERER: FORBIDDEN FRUITNominee · David Winning · Canada
- THE HARPIESNominee · Rogan Lovse · Canada
- 125Nominee · David Hardberger · USA
Best Comedy or Musical
- SEXEDWINNER · Lydia Anne Stander · South Africa
- EMILY OR OSCAR?!Nominee · Chris M. Allport · USA
- THE GREATEST SHOW OFFNominee · Paul Copeland · UK
- THE LIONNominee · Abigail Zealey Bess · USA
- THE MOSQUITO MANNominee · Shigeto Rage Sayama · UK
- IT'S PUMPKIN SEASONNominee · Zack Wilcox · USA
- SCHOOL OF IDIOTSNominee · Dean Morgan · USA
- THE HEIRESSNominee · Lee Harry · USA
- HONEYMOONAY NAМАНSemi-Finalist · Nishant Bhardwaj · India
- THE FUNERALSemi-Finalist · Todd Bruno · USA
- ONLY SORT OF HIGHSemi-Finalist · James Paul Nelson · USA
- STUDENT DRIVERSemi-Finalist · Olivia Dellums · USA
- THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN DRAGONSemi-Finalist · Tom Whiteley · UK
- TEMPLE OF THE MONEY CHANGERSSemi-Finalist · Nicole Blessing · USA
- "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CARED!"Semi-Finalist · Adam Scarborough · UK
Best Action, Sci-Fi or Fantasy
- GUNNEREX AEQUO WINNER · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- PHOENIX INCIDENTEX AEQUO WINNER · Keith Arem · USA
- CASSANDRANominee · David E. Tolchinsky · USA
- SIPHONNominee · Veronica Small · USA
- MIXED SIGNALSNominee · Wayne Gibson · USA
- RADIO SILENCENominee · Troy Scoughton, Sr. · USA
- WANTINGNominee · Nada Serhan · France
Best Directing
- OUR WEIRD SELVESWINNER · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFENominee · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- GUNNERNominee · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARANominee · Cellin Gluck · Japan
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- THE WOMAN WHO LIVED ON BIRD STREETNominee · Courtney Hood, Vibhus Kendzia · USA
- TERMINUS VINominee · Loic Zimmermann · USA
- ACCIDENTAL TRUTH: UFO REVELATIONSNominee · Ron James · USA
Best Directorial Debut
- DIABOLIWINNER · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- PHOENIX INCIDENTNominee · Keith Arem · USA
- CRUSHNominee · Van Eesbeek Cédric · Belgium
- THE DANDELION GIRLNominee · Rogan Lovse · Canada
- SEXEDNominee · Lydia Anne Stander · South Africa
- ZONENNominee · Nina Jeppsson · Sweden
- LIKE SON, LIKE FATHERSemi-Finalist · Mark Bethea · USA
- CHANDLER THE HANDLER…YOU CAN’T BULLY ME!Semi-Finalist · Kem Frasier, Warren Michael · USA
- THE FUNERALSemi-Finalist · Todd Bruno · USA
- ENEMY HEROESSemi-Finalist · Mark Diamond · USA
- TEMPLE OF THE MONEY CHANGERSSemi-Finalist · Nicole Blessing · USA
Best Original Concept Screenplay
- THE RULES OF THE GAMEWINNER · Jon Cohen, Lani Castle · Australia
- THE EVENominee · Luca Machnich · Italy
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTURENominee · Igor Borghi · Italy
- IT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLENominee · Tanya Wheeler · New Zealand
- THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC: ONLY YOU CAN SAVE HERNominee · Lynn Elliott · USA
- BRANCH ON A TREENominee · Chris Zarb · Malta
- ANCHESELIODIO "EVEN IF I HATE THEM"Nominee · Mauro John Capece · Italy
- WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINENominee · Wayne Gibson · USA
- CHILD OF DAWNSemi-Finalist · Leslie Anne Lee · USA
- TIMESemi-Finalist · Mario Telles · USA
- BINGO MANSemi-Finalist · Chris Beadnell · Australia
- HONEYMOONAY NAМАНSemi-Finalist · Nishant Bhardwaj · India
- DAYS IN THE FUTURESemi-Finalist · Graham John Sessions · UK
- THE STONES OF ROMESemi-Finalist · Sean Gregory Tansey · Greece
- THE LAST SUNRISESemi-Finalist · Blu de Golyer · USA
Best Cinematography
- GUNNERWINNER · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTURENominee · Igor Borghi · Italy
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- RODAS DE GIGANTENominee · Catarina Accioly · Brazil
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- RISE - THE SIYA KOLISI STORYNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- THE DANDELION GIRLNominee · Rogan Lovse · Canada
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- TERMINUS VINominee · Loic Zimmermann · USA
Best Lead Actor Performance
- THE DANDELION GIRLWINNER · Charles Ross · Canada
- GUNNERNominee · Luke Hemsworth · USA
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARANominee · Toshiaki Karasawa · Japan
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Foster Manley · Brazil, India, USA
- EVERYTHING I COULDNominee · Ben Cable · USA
Best Lead Actress Performance
- IT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLEWINNER · Courtney Eggleton · New Zealand
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Niamh Walter · UK
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTURENominee · Ogilvy Italy · Italy
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Sihe-isipho Nontshokweni · South Africa
- CASSANDRANominee · Sara Bues · USA
- TERMINUS VINominee · Lauren Alexandra Lewis · USA
Best Supporting Performance
- THE DANDELION GIRLWINNER · Brooklyn Hislop · Canada
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Justin Strydom · South Africa
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Anquinizia Hall · Brazil, India, USA
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Tiisetso Thiko · South Africa
- GUNNERNominee · Morgan Freeman · USA
Best Film/Sound Editing
- PHOENIX INCIDENTWINNER · Keith Arem · USA
- DIABOLINominee · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFENominee · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- GUNNERNominee · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- INACTIVE, AMERICA'S SILENT KILLERNominee · Karl Talbot · Canada
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- IN CHINANominee · Les Owen · USA
- ACCIDENTAL TRUTH: UFO REVELATIONSNominee · Ron James · USA
- HAUNTED ARKANSAS: THE CLAYTON HOUSENominee · Gavin Webb · USA
Best Art Direction
- PERSONA NON GRATA: CHIUNE SUGIHARAWINNER · Cellin Gluck · Japan
- SUMMER IN THE SHADENominee · Alice Millar · UK
- EVERYONE DESERVES A FUTURENominee · Igor Borghi · Italy
- GUNNERNominee · Dimitri Logothetis · USA
- SIERRA'S GOLDNominee · Adze Ugah · South Africa
- OUR WEIRD SELVESNominee · Marco Felipe Rossi · Brazil, India, USA
- TERMINUS VINominee · Loic Zimmermann · USA
- THE RULES OF THE GAMENominee · Jon Cohen, Lani Castle · Australia
- THE EVENominee · Luca Machnich · Italy
Best Experimental Film
- NO LONGER ON THE MAPWINNER · Ati Maier · Spain
- ÉMOUVOIRNominee · Don Gage · USA
- SECOND GENNominee · Mike Madigan · USA
- LONDON QUICK CITYNominee · Mark Lonsdale · UK
- LIKE A WILLOW TREENominee · S. Kyle Robisnon · USA
- MONSTER IN MENominee · Cecelia Condit · USA
- EUCLIDEAN MANNominee · Sebastian Pappalardo · Netherlands
- ONE MORE PHOTONominee · Lionel Frid, Andres Villaseñor · Spain
- INCURABLESemi-Finalist · Frédéric Roussel · Belgium
- JUST COFFEESemi-Finalist · Natalia Jezova · UK
- ARESSemi-Finalist · Michael Grabler · Austria
- UBI SUNTSemi-Finalist · Natalia Jezova · UK
- WALKING THROUGH THE PARKSemi-Finalist · Monica Ravalico · Italy
- THE OVEN OF THE PROPHETSSemi-Finalist · Massimo Fersini · Italy
Best Dance or Poetic Film
- ECHO HOMOWINNER · Wolfgang Christoph Schmiedt · Germany
- SEVENNominee · Lesley Manning · UK
- TOUCH THE BEASTNominee · Dora Frankel · UK
- ZONENNominee · Nina Jeppsson · Sweden
- HORSESNominee · Daniel Belton, Good Company Arts · New Zealand
- A LITTLE STORYNominee · Nada Serhan · State of Palestine
- WHEN NANAY COMES HOMENominee · Deborah Slater · USA
- SANDLINENominee · Christopher Lewis-Smith · UK
- WARBABIESSemi-Finalist · Lan Deal · USA
- DON'T SAY MY NAMESemi-Finalist · Ilmar Karuso · Australia
- CAPTIVITYSemi-Finalist · Brunilda Castejón · Austria
- "BROKEN EXILES"Semi-Finalist · Mimi Garrard · USA
- FRAGMENTS OF POESemi-Finalist · Dora Frankel · UK
- I AM A WORD AND ALSO ITS ECHOSemi-Finalist · Nuno Viega · USA
- LADY OF LIGHTSemi-Finalist · Adam Scarborough · UK
Best Episodic Series or New Media
- UNKINDWINNER · Jeff LeForce · USA
- REDACTEDNominee · Johnathan Magno, Jamie Petronis · USA
- DALI'S DREAMNominee · Lisa Monde · USA
- CARISSA TELLS IT ALLNominee · Mike Madigan · USA
- ERIDIATI: DIFFERENT TYPE OF VAMPIRENominee · Charli Brown · USA
- CHAINS: STAR WARSNominee · Poki Wong · Germany
- RESCUE ME LIZNominee · Dmitrii Zenkov · Vietnam
- ABNORMAL FIXATIONNominee · John Kenneth Muir · USA
- EVERYTHING I COULDSemi-Finalist · Christopher Armienti · USA
- DAYS IN THE FUTURESemi-Finalist · Graham John Sessions · UK
- HAUNTED ARKANSAS: THE CLAYTON HOUSESemi-Finalist · Gavin Webb · USA
- ONLY SORT OF HIGHSemi-Finalist · James Paul Nelson · USA
- BAT DIARYSemi-Finalist · Silvano Plank · Italy
- FRAGMENTS OF POESemi-Finalist · Dora Frankel · UK
- YELLOWSTONE WILD THROUGH TIMESemi-Finalist · Carol J. Amore · USA
- CACCIA GROSSASemi-Finalist · Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti · Italy
- LOVE COMES HOME TO HOLLYSemi-Finalist · Mysti Cozart Smith · USA
Best Music Video
- SYMBIOSISWINNER · Alberto Nacci · Italy
- SLUDGE (THE WATER BARONS' SHOW) - SYNTH FARMERSNominee · Grant Hunter · UK
- PIRATE JENNYNominee · Elisabetta DeLuca, Alessandro Freschi · Italy
- PRODIGAL SONNominee · Rudolf Strukoff · USA
- "DA RUSH"Nominee · Terrance "TCFILMZ" Colebrook, Ricardo "NRBARZ" Neeley · Bahamas
- DON'T SAY MY NAMENominee · Ilmar Karuso · Australia
- MAN WITH A GUNSemi-Finalist · Kevin Scott Davis · USA
- CELESTIAL CURRENTS: ACT 1 - TEMPORAL LUMINANCESemi-Finalist · Walter Holland · USA
- I AM THE CANDIDATESemi-Finalist · George Ohan, Joseph Eual Messer · USA
- MATERIALIZING DOGSemi-Finalist · Kathleen Renee Krenitsky · USA
- J'AIME PAS MA MÈRE "I DON'T LOVE MY MOTHER"Semi-Finalist · Gerard Cuq · France
Best AI Film
- METANOIAWINNER · Daniel Algarin · USA
- THE PROMPT FLOOR EPISODE 1Nominee · Mehdi Saqi · Morocco
- NALVORANominee · Mehdi Saqi · Morocco
- 2070 NEXT FAMILYNominee · Jae Yong Choi · South Korea
- ENEMY HEROESNominee · Mark Diamond · USA
- WALKERSNominee · William Mesa · USA
Best Original Song or Score
- RHYTHM OF LIGHTWINNER · Billy Mandarino · USA
- THE GREATEST SHOW OFFNominee · Paul Copeland · UK
- MOTYLNominee · Igor Chekin · Russian Federation
Best Feature Documentary
- RODAS DE GIGANTEWINNER · Catarina Accioly · Brazil
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- RISE - THE SIYA KOLISI STORYNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- GRANDMA'S WAYOUT PARTYNominee · Barbara Sharon Wiener · USA
- EXISTNominee · Viktor Telegin, Markus Bengtsson · Sweden
- THE BRIDE OF BELSENNominee · Richard Slater · UK
- IN CHINANominee · Les Owen · USA
- SALMON RUNSemi-Finalist · Pieter J Kruit · USA
- ACCIDENTAL TRUTH: UFO REVELATIONSSemi-Finalist · Ron James · USA
- VOICES OF THE UNHEARDSemi-Finalist · Rowland Jordan · USA
- MIRACLE IN THE HEART OF BOSNIASemi-Finalist · Dr Sam Osmanagich · Bosnia and Herzegovina
- WHAT MAKES A WOMANSemi-Finalist · Sonia Mercedes Machado-Hines · USA
- ACCIDENTAL TRUTH NEXT - BEYOND UFO DISCLOSURESemi-Finalist · Ron James · USA
Best Short Documentary
- DEKHA KYA? (SAW THAT?)WINNER · Aditya Bhasin · India
- HOMELESS STREET ARTISTNominee · Tysen Knight · USA
- UTOPIC STROKESNominee · Richard El Asmar · Canada
- STREETVETNominee · Stephanie Keelan · UK
- MY LIFE AS A PIECE OF SPACE DEBRISNominee · Damien Donnelly · Ireland
- THE CITY OF GOD BENEATH THE RIVERNominee · Edmund Tetteh Agorhom · Ghana
- ART FROM THE INSIDENominee · Barbara Wiener · USA
- GENERATION: CURENominee · Brett Langolf, Alex Boydston · USA
Best Film Essay
- GRANDMA'S WAYOUT PARTYWINNER · Barbara Sharon Wiener · USA
- THE WAY OF MIZOGUCHINominee · Danilo Del Tufo · Italy
- SAFE SETS: DYING TO WORK IN THE FILM INDUSTRYNominee · Paul Heinzelmann · USA
- THE FOOT: A COMMUNITY REMEMBEREDNominee · Gary Francis Quigg · USA
- ALONE ON THE MOUNDNominee · John Jeffrey Condit, Tom Friend · USA
- INACTIVE, AMERICA'S SILENT KILLERNominee · Karl Talbot · Canada
- STORMY REHEARSALS & PERFORMANCE OF THE SHADOW PLAY "THE LITTLE DUCK" IN THE BERLIN CRIME THEATERSemi-Finalist · Gilbert Brüning · Germany
- THEIR BLOOD CRIES OUTSemi-Finalist · Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley · USA
- LO SGUARDO ITALIANOSemi-Finalist · Sandro Del Rosario · USA
- DEVIL MAY CRY: EXPRESSION THROUGH STYLESemi-Finalist · Elizabeth Durbin · UK
- MOM, I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOUSemi-Finalist · Rick Miller · USA
- KEV FRANZI - WORKS 80 YEARS IN THE FILM INDUSTRYSemi-Finalist · Dianne Mary Lang · Australia
Best Portrait Documentary
- ZEF: THE STORY OF DIE ANTWOORDWINNER · Jon Day · South Africa
- HOMELESS STREET ARTISTNominee · Tysen Knight · USA
- RISE - THE SIYA KOLISI STORYNominee · Jon Day · South Africa
- UTOPIC STROKESNominee · Richard El Asmar · Canada
- THE BLUE ABOVE AND THE GOLD WITHINNominee · Pepi Romagnoli · Italy
- THE WOMAN WHO LIVED ON BIRD STREETNominee · Courtney Hood, Vibhus Kendzia · USA
- LEAVE THEM WANTING LESSNominee · Michael Malone · USA
- THE PRATT IN THE HATSemi-Finalist · Susan Hillary · USA
- LOUIE (KR.ONE) GASPARRO 5POINTZSemi-Finalist · Eirini Alligiannis · USA
- BEHIND SILENT EYESSemi-Finalist · William Collinson, Ian Goehring · USA
- FLY FISHERMAN LARRYSemi-Finalist · Pieter J Kruit · USA
- THE ART OF MANIFESTATION AND PURPOSESemi-Finalist · Tysen Knight · USA
- PIVOT DURING COVIDSemi-Finalist · Tom DiDonato · USA
Best Animated Feature Film
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFEWINNER · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- SGT STUBBY: AN UNLIKELY HERONominee · Richard Lanni · Canada
- HOTEL PURGATORIONominee · Joey Agbayani · Philippines
Best Animated Short
- DIABOLIWINNER · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- CHRISTO THE CIVILIZED BARBARIANNominee · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- CHAINNominee · Ling Han · USA
- WILD EYE PUBNominee · Filip Neřold · Czech Republic
- LIFTEDNominee · Daniel Robichaud · USA
- THE DOUBLENominee · Aljosha Klimov, Misha Sprits, Mitya Kokorin · Canada, Germany
- REFLECTIONNominee · Daniel Robichaud · USA
- CROAK SHOWNominee · Suresh Eriyat · India
- DESI OONSemi-Finalist · Suresh Eriyat · India
- DYNAMICSSemi-Finalist · Teo Baehler · Netherlands
- MINDLESS IDIOTSSemi-Finalist · Sean Silleck · USA
- ATLAS OF UNCERTAINTYSemi-Finalist · Massimo Vito Avantaggiato · Italy
- THINGS TO COME-YEAR 2020Semi-Finalist · Brunilda Castejón · Austria
- FOREST FAERIESSemi-Finalist · Conni St. Pierre · USA
- VARIETY SHOWSemi-Finalist · Janet Kusmierski · USA
Best Original Animation
- THE DOUBLEEX AEQUO WINNER · Aljosha Klimov, Misha Sprits, Mitya Kokorin · Canada, Germany
- LIFTEDEX AEQUO WINNER · Daniel Robichaud · USA
- PINOCCHIO AND THE WATER OF LIFENominee · Victor Luckysov · Spain, USA
- CHRISTO THE CIVILIZED BARBARIANNominee · Shaddy Safadi · USA
- HOTEL PURGATORIONominee · Joey Agbayani · Philippines
- SKINJOBNominee · Steve Simmons · UK
- YOKAITOPIANominee · Glenna Burmer · USA
- WILD EYE PUBNominee · Filip Neřold · Czech Republic
Best 2D Animation
- SKINJOBWINNER · Steve Simmons · UK
- YOKAITOPIANominee · Glenna Burmer · USA
- SABINENominee · Lydia Anne Stander · South Africa
- TALKIN' TRASHNominee · Andreas Wessel-Therhorn · USA
- SEAPER POWERS: THE RESCUENominee · Kim Cameron · USA
- CRAYON BOXNominee · Breana Greene · USA
- ONE SHOT AT A TIMENominee · Michael Horaney · USA
Best Feature Screenplay
- A POPPET FOR THE PRIESTWINNER · Jonah Jones · UK
- A FIRE IN THE MINDNominee · Ken White · USA
- GOING T*TS UP!Nominee · Jay Wheddon · UK
- SACAJAWEA, THE WINDCATCHERNominee · Jane Fitzpatrick · USA
- SEARCHING FOR SHADOWNominee · Marie Smalley · USA
- HER PLACENominee · John T. Frederick · USA
- LIONS OF FLORENCENominee · Ken White · USA
- RAGTIME WARRIORNominee · James B. Saunders · USA
- SOMETIMES MY FEARSSemi-Finalist · Linda Kampley · USA
- THE LAST SUNRISESemi-Finalist · Blu de Golyer · USA
- WANT LOVE?Semi-Finalist · Brad Smith, Mysti Smith · USA
- WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINESemi-Finalist · Wayne Gibson · USA
- IN BETWEEN THE RIVERSemi-Finalist · Tishia Malone · USA
Best Short Screenplay
- TERATOMAWINNER · Kay Adshead · UK
- PRELUDENominee · Kay Adshead · UK
- A VERY GOOD MANNominee · Michael Gavino · USA
- THE REVENGE CLUBNominee · Marla Eaton · Canada
- THE TROMBONE OR MODERN ROMANCENominee · Linda Kampley · USA
- THE FREQUENCY DIVIDENominee · Treena Wynes · Canada
- P.O.O.L.Semi-Finalist · George Sirois · USA
- COME SEE WHAT SPECIAL MEANSSemi-Finalist · Mario Luis Telles · USA
- SHARP FOR LIFESemi-Finalist · Candee Kramer · USA
- THE KINGSemi-Finalist · Trenton J Brisco, David Dobbs · USA
- TIMESemi-Finalist · Mario Telles · USA
Best TV Script
- AT THE FLASHWINNER · Sean Chandler & David Leeper · USA
- MIXED SIGNALSNominee · Henry Sarwer-Foner · Canada
- DESERT STAR NEWSNominee · Robert Haus · USA
- FALLOWNominee · Clementine Moss · USA
- HOT BAGNominee · Henry Sarwer-Foner · Canada
- SK8R RATNominee · Sally Llewellyn · UK
- MIKE GOES FISHINGSemi-Finalist · Wayne Gibson · USA
- THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC: ONLY YOU CAN SAVE HERSemi-Finalist · Lynn Elliott · USA
- THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWSemi-Finalist · Kris Francoeur · USA
- QUESTWALKER – REVEREND’S JOURNEYSemi-Finalist · Dalton Chase Crawford · USA
- SEIZEDSemi-Finalist · Chaz Fatur · USA
Best Original Concept Screenplay
- RUNNINGWINNER · Sean Chandler · USA
- GENERAL GRANT IS DOOMED!Nominee · James B. Saunders · USA
- REVIEWNominee · Jonathan Zarantonello · USA
- IN THE VALLEY OF HOOPSNominee · Benjamin Thomas Hopwood · UK
- BOSS TWEEDNominee · James B. Saunders · USA
- FOR NOWNominee · Billy Mandarino, Michael Bowker, Anthony Tambakis · USA
- KISSING THE FROG PRINCENominee · Sean Chandler, David Leeper, Michael Prichard, Kent Wilson · USA
- THE UNQUIET WITNESSNominee · Peter Gartner · UK
- BOTTOM - A STONER ROCK LOVE STORYSemi-Finalist · Clementine Moss · USA
- UNBROTHERLY LOVESemi-Finalist · Nick Abdo · USA
- THE CONNECTING BETRAYALSemi-Finalist · Vivianne Rosenberg · USA
- THE HEALERSemi-Finalist · Gini Graham Scott · USA
- SWEET CHILD'S NEMESISSemi-Finalist · Mervyn McCracken · Ireland
Best Action, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Screenplay
- KING OF BLADESWINNER · Paul Hikari · USA
- OVERWHELMING DARKNESSNominee · Steven Hart · UK
- CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!Nominee · James B. Saunders · USA
- EXPLOSION AT BLACK TOM!Nominee · James Saunders · USA
- CATACOMBS "JAKE AND THE FOUR MUSKETEERS"Nominee · Eric Gerard Sollars · USA
- CHILD OF DAWNNominee · Leslie Anne Lee · USA
- DROP PROJECTNominee · Paul Millward · UK
- MIMIC MENNominee · Toneata Leona Martocchio · USA
- FOR ALL TO SEESemi-Finalist · Jack Rice · USA
- NO ONE WINS ALONESemi-Finalist · John T. Frederick · USA
- MR MUGS AND THE ALIEN JELLYFISHSemi-Finalist · Stan Slater · USA
- FIVE DEFIANT WOMENSemi-Finalist · Vivianne Rosenberg · USA
- GOLD MINESemi-Finalist · Andrzej Ciesielski · UK
- ALTEREDSemi-Finalist · Trenton Brisco · USA
- THE OLD WAYSSemi-Finalist · Jack Rice · USA