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Best Director (Female)
Aline Pimentel for The Way It Is (Brazil)
Bonnie Dennison and Alison Barton for Manifest (USA)
Candace Patrick for The 5th Room (USA)
Dorota Fórmanowska for Don’t Come Too Early (Poland)
Erika Randall for Paula + Francesca (USA)
Lauren Campedelli for A Good Shake (USA)
Lauren Lox for Positive (USA)
Norah Xi for He/She (China)
Best Director (Male)
Alex Backes and Tanner Boyajian for Kick (USA)
Bryan Firks for Older Posts (USA)
Eric Itzi and Todd Rawiszer for Natural Habitat (USA)
George A. Velez for Children of the Night (USA)
Isaac Ruth for The Feeding (USA)
Jake Rist for One War (Australia)
Nico Nepola for The Time Travelers’ Dilemma (USA)
Sean Tretta for Day 14 (USA)
Best Student Director (Female)
Alyce Vest for Two Different Kinds of Love (USA)
Anna Martin for Lost Girl (USA)
Gabriela Lima for Compliance (USA)
Ilona Szekeres for Hamda (United Arab Emirates)
Jo Kyoung-won for Doong-ji (South Korea)
Best Student Director (Male)
Brendon Milán-Howells for Medusa (Mexico)
Daniel M. Rodriguez for When She Flies (USA)
Dylan Filingeri for Vacation (USA)
Ethan Gurule for Staccato (USA)
Jacob Wahlqvist for The Last Thing That Dies (Sweden)
Miguel Vite for A Certain Romance (Mexico)
Riagáin Grainger for A Brief Inquisition into the Luxury Dining Experience (and the World of Food) (UK)
Sid Patwa for Covid-20 (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female)
Brielle Bonetti for Seif (USA)
Elika Abdollahi for Pass (Iran)
Esther Mira for Inn Communication (USA)
Jette Newell for Audition Room 2 (USA)
Lisa Kannakko for Glad You’re Here (Canada)
Maïmouna N’Diaye for Madjigui (Burkina Faso)
Rakel Conk for With a Woman Like You (Peru)
Stephanie Osuna-Hernandez for Dreamer (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male)
Christopher Allen for Niobe (UK)
Collin Chute for Late Night Swim (USA)
Fernando Guisa for Funeral (Mexico)
Jesse Dez for Make Believe (USA)
João Cutileiro Nunes for Outlines Of Love (UK)
Kai Lendzion for Residue (USA)
Michael Schilf for The Fixer (USA)
Yang Ming for Monsters Never Know (China)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female)
Anna Martin for Lost Girl (USA)
Jade Missy Kim for See Through Me (USA)
Nadia Ansari for The Invisible Condition (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male)
TBA
Best Actress
Charletta Rozzell for The 5th Room (USA)
Christine Renaud for The Feeding (USA)
Esther Mira for Inn Communication (USA)
Izzy Roy for Empty Shelf (UK)
Katy Jordan for Retail Therapy (UK)
Maya Nohrstedt for My Demons (Sweden)
Mia Scott Shelton for Now Hiring (USA)
Sheilava for Positive (USA)
Best Actor
Antonello Velez for Children of the Night (USA)
George Blagden for L A R A (UK)
Jesse C. Boyd for The Fixer (USA)
John Fico for Democracy Sucks (USA)
John McQuiston for Hallowed Be Thy Name (UK)
Sten Ljunggren for The Last Thing That Dies (Sweden)
Tim Molyneux for The Body of Levi (USA)
Tyrone Huggins for People Show 138: Last Day (UK)
Best Supporting Actress
Ashley Deuell for Staccato (USA)
Katy Jordan for Hallowed Be Thy Name (UK)
Leslie Castañeda for Children of the Night (USA)
Shely Ben-Joseph for Terraforma (Israel)
Tiffany Shepis-Tretta for Day 14 (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Danny Trejo for The Fixer (USA)
George A. Velez for Children of the Night (USA)
Richard Stephenson Winter for Empty Shelf (UK)
Rishi Dhokia for Khushi (UK)
Robert A Wood for 8 Days Of Lights (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress
Cassidy Terracciano for The Truth (USA)
Jimena Peón for Medusa (Mexico)
Mia Tretta for Day 14 (USA)
Nolia Albihn for The Last Thing That Dies (Sweden)
Yashna Budoo for Khushi (UK)
Best Child/Young Actor
Maka Koa for Make Believe (USA)
Max Tretta for Day 14 (USA)
Tyler Keogh for See Through Me (USA)
Van Beaver for Truth Hertz (USA)
Walker Bryant for The Body of Levi (USA)
Best Acting Duo
Heather Ludwig and Esther Mira for A Good Shake (USA)
J.T Melaragno and Jason Strong for Staccato (USA)
Jamie Riggs and Talia Rossi for Interior (USA)
Katy Jordan and Paul Gilmour for The Weekend (UK)
Mia Tretta and Max Tretta for Day 14 (USA)
Michelle J. Wright and Daniella Michieli for Waiting For Nicko (UK)
Nick Bardin and Stephanie Saint-Côme for When She Flies (USA)
Rebekah Johnson and Jason K Roy for Closet Space (Canada)
Best Acting Ensemble
Alison Barton, Kieran Mulcare, Allison Strong, Orlagh Cassidy, and Matthew James Ballinger for Manifest (USA)
Danny Trejo, Jesse C. Boyd, Veronica Diaz Carranza, and Vincent van Hinte for The Fixer (USA)
Josh McKenzie, Morgan Albrecht, Byron Coll, Leisha Ward Knox, David Van Horn, Lucy Wigmore, Emma Eglinton, Catherine Yates, and Ryan Dulieu for A Hole (New Zealand)
Maria Do Carmo Trindade, Ricardo Castro, and A.J. Adams-Camacho for Outlines Of Love (UK)
Nicholas Bordelon, Liam Conn, Lee Dufour, Susan Freundlich, David Luck, Brandon Masters, Farrah Reyna, Cathy Rodriguez, Adam Salandra, and Tom Spencer for Brunch Before Baptism (USA)
Olivia Castanho, Sammi-Jack Martincak, and Collin Chute for Late Night Swim (USA)
Roksanna Dawidowksa, Jason Howe, Ryan Moohan, Christine Irvine, Tommy Bru, Eoín Hamill, Stewart Blair, and Bryan Gallagher for A Brief Inquisition into the Luxury Dining Experience (and the World of Food) (UK)
Sara Amini, Frank Caeti, Jon Keel, Rosemary Stevens, Emily Chang, and Marlon Young for Kick (USA)
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