See also
Best Female Director
Janelle Christa for Wish (USA)
Maria Garcia for Dans (Mexico)
Rosie Day for Last Encounters (UK)
Best Male Director
Dan Hertzog for Jólakötturinn (USA)
Daniel B Foster for Did You Remember The Cat? (USA)
Jeremiah Zeier for Gunner’s Lament (USA)
Mikheil Gabaidze for Vasomotor Rhinitis (Georgia)
Ty Pierson for The Vacuum Salesman (USA)
Best Student Female Director
Alisa Lein for Tenebrae Aeterna (Serbia)
Madysen Dougherty for Until Daylight Comes (USA)
Naylani Burton for Beyond the Blue Line (USA)
Una Smoole for Little Candy Girl (USA)
Xiaolou Zhao for My Family’s Past (China)
Best Student Male Director
Brandon Floor for In the Limelight (USA)
Carson Honor for A Summertale in Maine (USA)
Daxon Geldmacher for A Gaping Wound, A Grinning Mouth (USA)
Emilio Landi for The Day of Cucurbitaceae (UK)
Zichuan Huang for A Death Of The Cartoonist (South Korea)
Best First Time Female Director
Alaa Adam Elhiraika for What Does Education Mean to Afghan Women? (USA)
Anqi Cao for All the Time in the World (China)
Coco Taylor for It’s Not Me, It’s You (UK)
Donna Di Novelli for When Last Seen (USA)
Natasha Luttjeboer for Next Steps: How to Live Your Life and (Maybe) Even Like It (South Africa)
Best First Time Male Director
Bruno Sorc for The Waltz of the Hands or Something Like That (Brazil)
Cameron Poletti for Banjo (USA)
Yang Wang for Bubble (China)
Best Young Female Filmmaker
Cynthia Cai for Echoes of Silk and Tides: An Ethnic Introspection (USA)
Eden Leshem and Olivia Sobolevsky for The Parallel (USA)
Yuge Ge for Ancestral Thatched Hut (China)
Best Young Male Filmmaker
TBA
Best Actor
John Salandria for The Vacuum Salesman (USA)
Kevin Croak for Gunner’s Lament (USA)
TJ Sullinger for Banjo (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
TBA
Best Acting Duo
Amber Anderson and Alistair Petrie for Last Encounters (UK)
Coco Taylor and Tyrelle Boyce for It’s Not Me, It’s You (UK)
Eduardo Martini and Kiko Pissolato for The Waltz of the Hands or Something Like That (Brazil)
Erin Fleming and Merrell Molly for Late Bloomer (USA)
Gerry Sanseviero and Phyllis Pastore for L’Inverno (The Winter) (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Brandon J. Somerville, Annalea Fiachi, Preston Fusci, Amber Li, David Hunter Jr, and Zoe Yale for Happy Pals (USA)
Fernando Marrero, Robert Dobson, Bridggett Bess, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm, Joshua Longfellow Wright, Siri Hull, Anthony Williams, Michael Heger, Matt Ishizuka, Isis Miette, and Alyssa Marie Lima for Triggered 2.0 (USA)
Jade Giovanna, Law Sharma, Mikah Conway, Zaya Kolia, Evelyn Case, and Emily Sargeant for Sexaholics Anonymous (USA)
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