2020 WINNERS

Best Picture

Two Autumns in Paris

Gibelys Coronado, Gustavo Michelena, Francisco Villarroel

Best Narrative Feature

Mambo Man

Mo Fini, Edesio Alejandro

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Best Narrative Short

Distance

Jesse Edwards

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Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Feed

Will Lee

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Best Indie Film

Spending Time With You

Josh Pafchek

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Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Hello, My Sweet Boy

Raphaël Dirani

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Best Drama

Two Autumns in Paris

Gibelys Coronado, Gustavo Michelena, Francisco Villarroel

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Best Horror

Orisha

Drew Anthony

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Best Sci-Fi

Infinitus

Cameron Currin

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Best Experimental Film

Love

Henri Bassil

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Best Inspirational Film

Justice for Vincent

Lawrence Chau, Andy Palmer

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Best Musical/Dance Film

Revenge of the Cyst

Kara Overlien

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Best LGBTQ Film

The Cruising Monologues

Jose Batista-Ayala

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Best Western

Mathilda

Yaqi Tao

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Best Parody

Elders React

Tom Carroll Armstrong

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Best Web Series

Benza English

Raito Nishizaka, Michael Williams, Christopher McCombs

Best Animation

Sight

Lee Lacey

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Honorable Mention: Animation

Depth of The Skin

Jay San

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Best Music Video

The Real Exorcist

Sayaka Okawa, Koutaro Ishida

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Best Commercial

Archetypes

Carlo De Agostini

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Best Director (Feature)

Mambo Man

Mo Fini, Edesio Alejandro

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Best Director (Short)

Distance

Jesse Edwards

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Best Indie Filmmaker

Battle

Emre Orun

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Best First Time Director (Feature)

City of Salt

Alicia Oberle Farmer

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Best First Time Director (Short)

Mathilda

Yaqi Tao

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Best Actor

Two Autumns in Paris

Slavsko Sorman

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Best Actress

Two Autumns in Paris

Maria Antonieta Hidalgo

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Best Actor in an Indie Film

Spending Time With You

Landon Tavernier

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Best Actress in an Indie Film

The Audition

Lydia Li

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Best Supporting Actor

Orisha

Jack Duarte

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Best Young Actress

Mathilda

Laurel Badenell

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Best Ensemble

Orisha

Juston Graber, Drew Anthony, Danny Brown, Luis Fernandez-Gil, Jack Duarte, Eric Hemeng, Peter Nuoffer

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Best Cinematography

Deadly Promises

Ian Brander, Alex Fahl

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Honorable Mention: Cinematography

Mathilda

Ai Chung

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Best Editing

Deadly Promises

Anthony Sylvers

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Honorable Mention: Editing

Orisha

Drew Anthony

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Best Score

Mathilda

Cali Wang

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Honorable Mention: Score

City of Salt

Donovan Colton

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Best Original Story

Two Autumns in Paris

Francisco Villarroel

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Honorable Mention: Original Story

Sierra Sisters

Casey Powers

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Screenplay of the Month

The Red Cloth

Bo Svenson

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Best Feature Screenplay

Escaping Dar

Peadar Mitchell

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Honorable Mention: Feature Screenplay

The Great Hunger

Paul G. Andrews, Thomas Keneally, Meg Keneally, Christopher Angel

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Best Short Screenplay

Breaking & Entering

Michael William Hogan

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Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay

Guards for Mr. Cook

Preston Randolph

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Best Drama Screenplay

The Red Cloth

Bo Svenson

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Best Thriller Screenplay

Hush

Connor Rielly

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Best Sci-Fi Screenplay

Starfunk and the Astral Pioneers

Glenn Towery

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Happy Medium

Aaron Lieben

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Machiavelli

Santi Esposito-Rose

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Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Blackhole

Morgan Hendrickson

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Honorable Mention: First Time Screenwriter (Short)

terrorist,THE

Kesari Bhattacharya

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Best Television Script

Farther and Out

Marc Bauer

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Honorable Mention: Television Script

Tee

David LeBlanc