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Best Director (Female)
Bianca Poletti for Fertile (USA)
Bronny Lane for Bad Dad (Australia)
Criss Gidas for Wireless (Australia)
Fernanda García for Doulas Beach (Mexico)
Kaleigh Spencer for Elephants Purr Like Cats Do (USA)
Oluwatoyin Giwa for Moments (USA)
Reyes Caballero for Cartas de Amor a un Torero (Spain)
Zyril Nica Bundoc for Tambay (Stand-By) (Philippines)
Best Director (Male)
Bide Yuan for Gone with the Ocean (USA)
Diego Freitas for Flush (Brazil)
Guo Dongxun for No Entry (Japan)
Hazrul Idzwan Bin Lamin for Laundromat (Singapore)
He Chunfeng for Dying in the Sun (China)
Ken Sagoes for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Matthew Wilkins for The Things We Tell the Ones We Love (USA)
Michael Leon for In The Dark (USA)
Best Student Director (Female)
Anike Niemeyer for Nowhere, Forever (USA)
Claire Imler for For Kate (USA)
Emmi Shockley for J-1 (USA)
Isabella Danzi for The Caretaker (USA)
Isabella Smith for Close (Australia)
Jennifer Karlsson for Bare Intimacy (Australia)
Pamela Flores Giralt for Reminiscence (Argentina)
Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male)
Elias Gandy for Luzi and the Nameless Generation (USA)
He Chunfeng for Dying in the Sun (China)
Paul Persic for Mouse Trap (Canada)
Pavel Bartovský for Visitor (Czech Republic)
Sheldon Donenberg and Thelonius Serrell-Freed for Runner’s High (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female)
Angie Castro for Salsa Mia (Colombia)
Bette Bentley for She Really Hurt My Feelings in Yoga Class (USA)
Felicia Romeo for Sweetooth (USA)
Jennifer Preshong for Fried Eggs and Toast (USA)
Krystal M. Harris for The New Jim Crow: Majority Rules (USA)
Madison Stewart Leonard for Flush Lou (USA)
Maryann Lonergan for The Fall Line (USA)
Stefany Rojo for Distance (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male)
Ben Howley for Hollywood Forever (USA)
Kirill Bach for Stop (Germany)
Mikkel Richardson for Keepsake (USA)
Nicolás Fernández for Amplitude Modulation (Chile)
Sam lam for A Dilemma (China)
Sam Mizrahi-Powell for Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Simas Lindešis for Love Is (Lithuania)
Tony Fair for Home Room (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female)
Ella Hicks for The Magic Fortress (USA)
Erika Lynn Jolie for The Haven Project (USA)
Gabriela Martínez Celaya for Ultimately (USA)
Nat DiCicco by Hydrate (USA)
WeiDuo Feng for Red Phone (China)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male)
Adamson Novak for Last Summer (USA)
Aidan Hall for The Closest Thing to Silence (UK)
Nat DiCicco for Smile, You’re On Camera (USA)
Sammy LeMieur for When A Pig Gets Sick (USA)
William Jack Thaxter for Callaghan (Australia)
Best Actress
Amy Okuda for Melinda’s Wish (USA)
Courtney Karwal for Lipstick City (USA)
Gabrielle Reublin for Metanoia (Episodes 1-2) (USA)
Jen Levinson for Vac Attack (USA)
Krystal M. Harris for The New Jim Crow: Majority Rules (USA)
Loretta Devine for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Martina Babišová for Visitor (Czech Republic)
Solanyi Rodriguez for Broken Angel (USA)
Best Actor
Bobby Moynihan for Melinda’s Wish (USA)
David Michael Trevino for For Kate (USA)
Jesse Allis for 5 Stages (USA)
Michael Naizu for Bound For Glory (USA)
Mike Greca for The Fall Line (USA)
Peter Wade for Mouse Trap (Canada)
Robert J Morgalo for The Dispensable (USA)
Soledad Hassett for Bad Dad (Australia)
Best Supporting Actress
Caitlin Thorburn for Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (USA)
Jenna Zafiropoulos for Heavy Minute (USA)
Kristen Vaganos for Bound For Glory (USA)
Moriah Sittner for Metanoia (Episodes 1-2) (USA)
Rylee Smith for Metanoia (Episodes 1-2) (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Derik Young for Bound For Glory (USA)
Jonathan Arons for The Dispensable (USA)
Laird Macintosh for Lipstick City (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress
Ariana McGee for Keepsake (USA)
Cadence Goblirsch for For Kate (USA)
Erika Lynn Jolie for The Haven Project (USA)
Isabel Gandy for Luzi and the Nameless Generation (USA)
Lian Erika Condrillon for Tambay (Stand-By) (Philippines)
Lillianna Valenzuela for Mijo (USA)
Linder Sutton for Elephants Purr Like Cats Do (USA)
Paloma Fuica-Martineau for The Gamer Girl (Canada)
Best Child/Young Actor
Jona Eisenblätter for Fulgidusen (Germany)
Kaleb Alexander Roberts for The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Mason Cufari for Pause. (USA)
Santiago Muñoz Esquer for Help Me, Please (Mexico)
Zakary Risinger for Hecklers (USA)
Best Acting Duo
Chris Boudreaux and AJ Troup for Runner (USA)
Courtney Karwal and Laird Macintosh for Lipstick City (USA)
David Long and Connor Foster for Killing Ray Yamamoto (USA)
Emily Killian and Leo Goodman for The Holdover (USA)
João Côrtes and Nicolas Prattes for Flush (Brazil)
Joey Ansah and Nathan Ampofo for Unlucky Number 7 (UK)
Michael Naizu and Derik Young for Bound For Glory (USA)
Nadia Hunter and Caitlin Pettit for Close (Australia)
Best Acting Ensemble
Cali Rossen, Erick McAllister, Cathy Irons, and Kim Shipman for Our Ghost Maid (USA)
Chris Ostrowski, Kitty Mortland, Frances Hearn, Peyton Michelle Edwards, Marek Brave, and Amelia Tague for The Things We Tell the Ones We Love (USA)
Heston Horwin, Jennifer Levinson, and Kate Spare for Trust (USA)
Krystal M. Harris, Jared Wofford, Sean Baker, and Steve Alderfer for The New Jim Crow: Majority Rules (USA)
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)
Miro Serrell-Freed, Bobby Parker, Fii Sperling, Reece Melendrez, Danielle Furman, and Eli Caplan for Runner’s High (USA)
Riggsby Lane, Mae Claire, Franky Hill, Al Nazemien, Martin Chadduck, Alex Copeland, and Jonathan Lane for In the Name of Prudence (USA)
Rose Marel, Alex Osmond, Rileigh Kimber, Rosie Keogh, Michael Rodrigues, and Hayden Maher for Hollow (Australia)
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