Best in Fest
Best Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice
Best Featurette – Focal Point
Best Short Film – How The Rose Reaches
Grand Jury Awards – Films
Best Feature Film – Animation – The Storm
Best Feature Film – Comedy – Merry Heistmas
Best Feature Film – Documentary – Twitch: The Life and Times of Daniel Franco
Best Feature Film – Drama – I’ve Seen All I Need To See
Best Feature Film – Horror – Our Happy Place
Best Featurette – Drama – Pierre West
Best Featurette – Horror – Lochia
Best Short Film – Action-Thriller – Rob Roy
Best Short Film – Animation – 113 Words for You Today
Best Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Lonesome Town
Best Short Film – Comedy – Giving Mom the Talk
Best Short Film – Dance – Panes Taking
Best Short Film – Documentary – Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History
Best Short Film – Drama – A Guest In My Country
Best Short Film – Horror – The Re-Education of Jane Brown
Best Short Film – SciFi – Lawyered Up
Best Web Series – TV Pilot – – Tongue
Best Music Video – – Born Ready
Best Director – Feature Film – I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Zeshaan Younus
Best Director – Featurette – Focal Point – Raphael Buisson
Best Director – Short Film – A Guest In My Country – John Gray
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Where Darkness Dwells – Michael May & Alexandra Grunberg
Best Screenplay – Featurette – When The Clocks Stop – Brett Willis
Best Screenplay – Short Film – Wait To Tell Mother – Emma Elizabeth Steiger
Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice – Olivia Taylor Dudley
Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Lochia – Krsy Fox
Best Lead Performer – Short Film – A Guest In My Country – Bayo Akinfemi
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice – Shayn Herndon
Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Pierre West – Alexandra Lindqvist
Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – How The Rose Reaches – Katelin Chesna
Best Performance by a Duo – – The Mail Gaze – Kelly Hooper & Kathryn Ross
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Merry Heistmas
Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette – Focal Point
Best Performance by a Cast – Short Film – How The Rose Reaches
Best Cinematography – Feature Film – Abigail Before Beatrice – William Tanner Sampson
Best Cinematography – Featurette – Babushka – Robin Webster
Best Cinematography – Short Film – Willow and Wu – Sancheev Ravichandran
Best Production Design – Feature Film – Where Darkness Dwells – Jordan Wayne Long
Best Production Design – Featurette – Focal Point – Jessee J. Clarkson
Best Production Design – Short Film – How The Rose Reaches – Kelley Boonruang
Best Sound Design – Feature Film – I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Aidan Neuner
Best Sound Design – Featurette – The Storm – Richard Larimore
Best Sound Design – Short Film – Jokers Wild – Matt Broadfoot
Best Score – Feature Film – I’ve Seen All I Need To See – Benjamin Doherty
Grand Jury Awards – Screenplays (Unproduced)
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Lullaby of 1 Million Lurkers – Raqui Minwell
Best Screenplay – Series/Pilot – Blur – Oneika Mays
Best Screenplay – Short Film – Meeting Your Maker – Gregory Kasunich
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Disco Demolition Night – Matthew Taub
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Gilgo Beach – Maureen Anne Meehan
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – In The Garden – Christal Kahles-Jones & Kathy Krantz Stewart
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Lines In The Sand – Michael Peter Bolus
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – My Dog Loves Broccoli – Sam Gasch
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Sing Me Your Questions – Steven Traviss Smith
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – The Desert Shrine – V.R. Marianne Zahn
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – The Doll Keeper – Diane F Sismour
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Until the Candle Burns Out – Rich Van Tine
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series/Pilot – Blunt – Hadeel Ramadan
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series/Pilot – Bread and Circuses – Larry H. Pollack
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series/Pilot – Burking – Beauregard Rue Marie
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Series/Pilot – Childless Cat Lady – Meaghan Hynes Reese
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Cats Vs Geese: Vs Raccoon – Rachel Santos
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – Haunted Spotlight – Dinesh Chandra Cherukuri
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – The Stain – Phil Bucci
Finalist – Best Screenplay – Short Film – The Suitcase – Sophia Lee
Filmmakers Awards
Outstanding Series/TV Pilot – Sirens
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Playin’ Around
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Rob Roy – Enrique A. Mendoza
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Rob Roy – Ren Olivieri
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Action-Thriller – The Butchers
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Action-Thriller – Playin’ Around
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Animation – It’s Not For Me To Say
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Animation – 113 Words for You Today – Bo Qing Tang & Lan Zeng
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Animation – It’s Not For Me To Say – Ari Flesch
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Animation – Where the Rain Stops
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Is That a Mirage?
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Lonesome Town – Caleb Garrett
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Is That a Mirage? – Grace Shi
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – My Age Now
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Arthouse-Experimental – Is That a Mirage?
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy – More Dead Than Living
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy – The Nine
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Comedy – Weirdest Shit
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy – Giving Mom the Talk – Vidhya Iyer
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Comedy – The Nine – Lauren W. Bott
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Comedy – A Haunt in Bushwick – Daniel Padulo
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Comedy – More Dead Than Living – JT Doran
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Comedy – Roughing It
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy – DEVIL’S DILEMMA
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy – La Petite Mortimer
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Comedy – Outed
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama – Little Bird
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama – Out of the Fire
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Drama – Wait To Tell Mother
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – How The Rose Reaches – Belle Adams
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – Little Bird – Kirsty O’Donnell
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Drama – Wait To Tell Mother – Emma Elizabeth Steiger
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Good Samaritans – Marcus Lamar Corrothers
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Missing Rhythms – Aja Houston
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Drama – Willow and Wu – Kathy Meng & Harry Bacon
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Drama – Good Samaritans
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama – Dark Matter
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama – Missing Rhythms
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Drama – Pandaal
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Horror – A Really Good Deal
Outstanding Film – Short Film – Horror – Do Us Part
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – Do Us Part – Ryan Beene
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – Jokers Wild – Aaron William Bennett
Outstanding Director – Short Film – Horror – The Re-Education of Jane Brown – MK McGehee
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – Don’t Watch This – Daniel Pineros
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – Horror – HELP – Collin Black & Erin Bechler
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Horror – A Really Good Deal
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – Horror – Do Us Part
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror – Don’t Watch This
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror – Scissor Sleepover
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – Horror – The Falling
Outstanding Film – Short Film – SciFi – LOOM
Outstanding Director – Short Film – SciFi – Lawyered Up – Tatiana Blackington James
Outstanding Screenplay – Short Film – SciFi – What If … You Had The Perfect Person – Kristina Sullivan
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – SciFi – Lawyered Up
Outstanding Cast Performance – Short Film – SciFi – What If … You Had The Perfect Person
Outstanding Originality – Short Film – SciFi – Hey HeLP-O! Let’s Go!
Audience Awards
Best Feature Film – I’ve Seen All I Need To See
Best Feature Film – Documentary – The OC Effect
Best Featurette – The Storm
Best Short Film – Help
Programmer’s Prize
Benjamin, What Are You Doing Here?
Fledged
His Forbidden Sword
Hope
Jesus Loves Me
Life Support
Lifted
Lone Wolf
Maneater
Parikrama
PICKLE VISION
Sorry For Your Loss
TWEENS
Award Definitions/Explanations
Best In Fest – determined by the festival’s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre/category.
Grand Jury Awards – determined by the festival’s official selection committee.
Filmmakers Awards – given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
Programmer’s Prize – given by festival runner Jeff Howard as a reward for his hard work. Having his own award means that he never has to put his finger on the scale for the other awards.