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Best Producer: Michael Leon, Christine Llerins, Michelle Coulson, and Jesus Adrian for In The Dark (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Producer): Evaline Wu Huang and Jeffrey Penman for Melinda’s Wish (USA)
Best Director (Female): Criss Gidas for Wireless (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Director – Female): Fernanda García for Doulas Beach (Mexico)
Best Director (Male): Bide Yuan for Gone with the Ocean (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Director – Male): Ken Sagoes for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Emmi Shockley for J-1 (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Female): Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male): Sheldon Donenberg and Thelonius Serrell-Freed for Runner’s High (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Director – Male): He Chunfeng for Dying in the Sun (China)
Best First Time Director (Female): Maryann Lonergan for The Fall Line (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Director – Female): Madison Stewart Leonard for Flush Lou (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Sam Mizrahi-Powell for Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Director – Male): Nicolás Fernández for Amplitude Modulation (Chile)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female): WeiDuo Feng for Red Phone (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Filmmaker – Female): Erika Lynn Jolie for The Haven Project (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male): Adamson Novak for Last Summer (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Young Filmmaker – Male): Sammy LeMieur for When A Pig Gets Sick (USA)
Best Actress: Krystal M. Harris for The New Jim Crow: Majority Rules (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Actress): Loretta Devine for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Best Actor: Peter Wade for Mouse Trap (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Actor): Michael Naizu for Bound For Glory (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Caitlin Thorburn for Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Supporting Actress): Kristen Vaganos for Bound For Glory (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Jonathan Arons for The Dispensable (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Isabel Gandy for Luzi and the Nameless Generation (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actress): Ariana McGee for Keepsake (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Kaleb Alexander Roberts for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Child/Young Actor): Jona Eisenblätter for Fulgidusen (Germany)
Best Acting Duo: João Côrtes and Nicolas Prattes for Flush (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Acting Duo): Emily Killian and Leo Goodman for The Holdover (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Heston Horwin, Jennifer Levinson, and Kate Spare for Trust (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Acting Ensemble): Loretta Devine, Kaleb Alexander Roberts, Hiram A. Murray, Melvin Ward, Bob Rumnock, Thomas Gipson, Pablo Sandstrom, Kevin Flood, Temple Poteat, Sammie Wayne IV, Michael Nelson, and Ronan Barbour for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Best Production Design: Christine Llerins for In The Dark (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Production Design): Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Original Screenplay: Nonie Shiverick for Scales (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Screenplay): João Côrtes for Flush (Brazil)
Best Cinematography: David Bravo for Amplitude Modulation (Chile)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Cinematography): Nathaniël Siri for Willie in the Sky (USA)
Best Editing: Oleg Loparev for All We Need (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Editing): David Velick for The New Jim Crow: Majority Rules (USA)
Best Sound Design: Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Visitor (Czech Republic)
Best Sound Editing: Oleg Loparev for All We Need (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Editing): Nowhere, Forever (USA)
Best Sound Mixing: Ernesto Suarez for In The Dark (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Mixing): Daniel Carvajal for Salsa Mia (Colombia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Special FX): Momento Mori (USA)
Best Visual FX: Egidijus Urbonas, Jorius Tarabilda, and Modestas Jankauskas for Love Is (Lithuania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Visual FX): Xiaoli Zhang for Mirage (USA)
Best Costume Design: Natalie Vem for The Gliwensbourg Chronicles (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Costume Design): Michelle Rose for You’re the Kinda Guy (USA)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Karly Findley, Abbey Fraser-Saddleback, Rachel Kiu Hor Wong, and Martha Camara for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Makeup and Hairstyling): Caitlin Charrier for Less Worthy of Survival (USA)
Best Special Makeup: Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Best Original Score: Camilo Rodriguez for In The Dark (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Joseph Bucsit for Deep Fears (USA)
Best Original Song: “Only Day”, by Derek Halet, for This is Not a Drill: 38 Minutes that Changed Lives (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Song): “Give it Space”, by Sarah Goff, for Give it Space (Australia)
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