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

Screenplay awards

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Finalists

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Vampira & Timbo - A.L. Jobrail

Underbelly - Joshua Ridings

L'Avocat - Rachel Walsh-Williams

Casting Couch - James Ferda

Send Me An Angel - Amy Leigh McCorkle, Melissa Goodman

Miles From Nowhere - Elle Phillips

The First Day of School - Shane Thompson

The Blood of a Dead God - James Ferda

 

Nominees

FLOVERR - Anita Udeep

Son of a Gun - Bence Kotany

Toilet Sharks - Bruce Griffiths

Baltimore Gray - David Frame

 

Best Mid-Length Screenplay -

1st place WINNER Distractions -- Bob Messinger

 

Best Feature Screenplay -

1st place WINNER The Plot Thickens! -  Russ Lindway

HONORABLE MENTION - Letters to Matthew, Amy Leigh McCorkle, Melissa Goodman

 

Best Short Screenplay -

1st place WINNER Eat Me - Jason Tostevin

2nd place WINNER Little Bug - Shane Thompson

 

Best Satire Short Screenplay -

1st place WINNER The Shepard Joshua and His Flock Bible Hour - James Ferda

 

Best Short Horror Comedy Screenplay -

1st place WINNER It's a Match - Jim Hagan

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​​Film awards

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Finalists

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The Every Day Life of Everyday Cups - Sofi Tongson

Dirty Talk - Nico Rao Pimparé

Christ Dance - Taylor Nice

I Swiped the Wrong One - Don Swanson

 

Semi-Finalists

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Alvin and the Existential Crisis - Michelle David

 

Nominees

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Unexpected Results - Megan Josephine Miskiewicz

The Ghost and His Unfortunate But Phenomenal Tale - Jim & Nick Zouni

Gotterdammerung Teaser - Phil Ramcke

Raid of the Living Dead-The Norse Awakens - Diane Jehn

Winner Takes All: Royal Flush - Noah Crissman

Dream Farm - Bryce Mackie

 

Best Microfilm Documentary -

1st place WINNER American Bison–Winter - Johnny Lam

2nd place WINNER The Message - Martin Novitsky, Uladzimir Taukachou

 

Best Feature Documentary -

1st place WINNER Streetcar City, Brad Masi

 

Best Action Drama Feature -

1st place WINNER Bullets, Brothers and Blood, Johnny K. Wu

 

Best Comedy Feature -

1st place WINNER Band on the Run - Jeff Hupp, Brian Cusac, Merritt Fritchie

 

Best Drama Feature -

1st place WINNER When Three Become One - Joy Millana

 

Best Trailer -

1st place WINNER Kill Two Birds - Marjoe Aguiling

2nd place WINNER Overemployed Trailer - Devon Ryan

3rd place WINNER The Fostered - Gunnar E Garrett Jr., Ritchie Greer

4th place WINNER Hold on to Me - Hailey Collins

 

Best Microfilm -

1st place WINNER An Eye for an Eye - B.J. Halsall, Ryan Chester

2nd place WINNER Rocks! - Elle Birdsell

 

Best Music Video -

1st place WINNER Holy Bee, Victor Maillard

 

Best Animated Short -

1st place WINNER A New Challenger - Vinh Hong Nguyen

 

Best Animated Feature -

1st place WINNER Pigsy - Li Wei Chiu

 

Best Dramedy TV Pilot -

1st place WINNER Cause Celebre - Patrick John Donnelly

 

Best Fantasy TV Pilot -

1st place WINNER St. Lou - Elizabeth Shryer, Kelsey Shryer

 

Best Musical/Drama TV Pilot -

1st place WINNER As the Cookie Crumbles - Aimiende Negbenebor Sela

 

Best TV Pilot -

1st place WINNER What Somalia Wants - Jade Bryan