To qualify for an award, entries had to receive a score of 90 or above in judging
 

Film awards

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WINNER - BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Bruised Fruit

Directed by Grace Alwyn Ashworth

 

WINNER - BEST MUSIC VIDEO

ALL OVER AGAIN 

Directed by Joseph McGovern

 

WINNER - BEST TRAILER

FOLLOW THE DOG

Directed by Cayce Mell

 

WINNER - BEST WEBSERIES

Alvin's Assignment Episode 1: The Check Engine Light

Directed by Michelle David

 

WINNER - BEST TV PILOT

ALVIS HELVIG SPACE VIKING

Directed by Ethan David Henry

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WINNER - BEST ANIMATION FEATURE

BIG CITY PIZZA

Directed by Dusty Saunders

 

WINNER - BEST ANIMATION SHORT

Bear and Ferret 

Directed by Lauren Abromavage, Kristin Thaeler, & Emily Purdum

 

BEST STUDENT FILM

RITUAL3

Directed by Emily Rivera-Fontanez

 

WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Unlikely Mermaid 

Directed by Lorraine Portman

 

WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

My Name is Robert Ruark 

Directed by Si Paros

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WINNER - BEST COMEDY SHORT

Casting Call 

Directed by Lina Ross

 

WINNER - BEST COMEDY FEATURE

THE BIG BREAK 

Directed by Avi Setton

 

WINNER - BEST OHIO FEATURE

Influenca 

Directed by Ian James Milheim, Justine Hope

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WINNER - BEST MICROFILM (under 5 minutes) 

Something Something Ectomy Something

Directed by Krista K. Miranda

 

WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM (over 5 minutes)

SKINERGY 

Directed by Will Custer

 

WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM/BEST OF FEST

TOP HATE

Directed by Michael Thomas Cain

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Screenplay awards

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BEST SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Distant Lightning
Written by David Mills

BEST SCREENPLAY (SHORT- Horror Comedy)
A Huge F*cking Spider!
Written by Shane Thompson

BEST TV PILOT SCRIPT
The Deadlands

Written by Alex Edward McComas and Morgan Cyrus 

 

BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
N-W-G (New World Gangsters)
Written by John Snell 

BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Fingering Bigfoot
Written by James Ferda & Erik William 

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BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
The Amazing Garrett Morgan
Written by David Siracusa 

BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Operation: ASHFALL
Written by D.J. Floyd 

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BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Subsidence
Written by Lisa Nagy Isaacson 

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BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Shadowplay
Written by Derek Stewart and Kira L. Wilson 

BEST SCI FI SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Goodbye, Sugar Planet
Written by Will Roane 

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BEST SCI FI SCREENPLAY (TV Pilot)
Vintrospection
Written by Lisa Nagy Isaacson 

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BEST SCI FI COMEDY SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
The Snatchers
Written by Ernest Steven Koehler 

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BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
I THINK MY GUMMY JUST KICKED IN
Written by Amy Leigh McCorkle and Melissa Goodman 

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BEST HORROR COMEDY SCREENPLAY (FEATURE)
Death Can Be a Funny Business
Written by Joe Fishel 

BEST DARK COMEDY SCREENPLAY (SHORT)
Flex
Written by Lea Devon Sorrentino 

 

 

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