Best New Filmmaker
Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
Best Feature Film
Wake Up, Leonard – Directed by Kat Mills Martin and Produced by Maria Krovatin, Kat Mills Martin, Nigel DeFriez & Kira Pearson
Best Documentary Feature Film
Join or Die – Directed by Rebecca Davis and Produced by Rebecca Davis & Pete Davis
Best Short Film, Documentary
Wild Magnolias – Directed and Produced by Alexandra Kern
Best Short Film, Comedy
Fishmonger – Directed by Neil Ferron and Produced by Valerie Steinberg, Jordan Willcox & Neil Ferron
Best Short Film, Drama
The Ballad of Tita and The Machines – Directed by Miguel Angel Caballero and Produced by Helena Sardinha & Rafael Thomaseto
Best International Short Film, Drama
Big Bang – Directed by Carlos Segundo
Best International Short Film, Comedy
Sweet Refuge – Directed by Maryam Mir
Best Short Film, Animated
The Cave – Directed by Kim Jinman & Chon Jiyoung
Best New Media & Experimental
Sallad – Directed by Tramaine Townsend and Produced by Amir Meghani, Hance Taplin & Jairus Midget
Best Screenplay
Each Lovely Thing – Written by Paloma Nozicka. Lucas A. Ferrara & Vance Smith
Best Performance, Comedy
Galen Howard, What Wilderness Permits
Best Performance, Drama
Renee Victor, This One is For the Neighborhood
Best Cinematography
Morvarid Reyes Talebzadeh, Guillotine
Best Film Editing
Goldie Jones, I’m Sorry, I Tried, I Love You
Best Sound Design
Matt Cimino, Four Nights and a Fire
Best Score
Maha Al-Saati, VHS Tape Replaced