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Best Narrative Feature
THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF JEFF BOYD
UWE SCHWARZWALDER
Best Narrative Short
ARGIE BERMAN
FON DAVIS, SUZY STEIN & FERNANDO PEREZ
Best Documentary Feature
FOR A WILD TOMORROW
APRIL ANDERSON & MARTIN CHYTIL
Best Documentary Short
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
ALEXANDER LOZITSKY
Best Student Film
STOLEN VALOR
RON SONEDECKER
Best Comedy
ARGIE BERMAN
FON DAVIS, SUZY STEIN & FERNANDO PEREZ
Best Thriller
SPIN THE WHEEL
NEIL CHASE & DAVID HEACOCK
Best Horror
TRAGIC WASTE
NIGEL CANEPA & ORLANDO CHARVETTO
Best Inspirational Film
CROSS EXAMINATION
JOHN KESTNER
Best Feature Script
ALIYAH
MARTIN FOROZ
Best Short Script
SOUTH FOR WINTER
JILL FERRARI
Best Nature Film
FOR A WILD TOMORROW
APRIL ANDERSON & MARTIN CHYTIL
Best Woman Filmmaker
AFFIRMED
YVETTE HOCHBERG
Social Awareness Award
PRISONERS OF FIRE
SCOTT BRIGGS
CATEGORIES
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Best Director / Feature
PRISONERS OF FIRE
SCOTT BRIGGS
Best Director / Short
ARGIE BERMAN
FON DAVIS
Best 1st Time Director / Feature
TRAGIC WASTE
NIGEL CANEPA, ORLANDO CHARVETTO, & COSTAS MANDYLOR
Best Producer
IN TENEBRAS: INTO THE DARKNESS
MARTIN NUZA
Best Actor
TRAGIC WASTE
COSTAS MANDYLOR
Best Actress
ARGIE BERMAN
CYNTHIA ZITTER
Best Supporting Actor
STOLEN VALOR
THOMAS DUBYNA
Best Supporting Actress
THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF JEFF BOYD
SILVIA DE LEONARDIS
Best Ensemble
THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF JEFF BOYD
UWE SCHWARZWALDER, QUEENY KING, JULIAN BOOTH, VALENTIN GANEV, SURAJ TIWARI, SILVIA DE LEONARDIS & NIKOL OTASHLIYSKA
Best Debut Performance
THE INDEPENDENT
GARRETT RADER
Best Cinematography
THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF JEFF BOYD
CHRIS HIRSCHHÄUSER
Best Editing
ARGIE BERMAN
MIKE BUSTILLOS
Best Original Score
FOR A WILD TOMORROW
APRIL ANDERSON & MARTIN CHYTIL
Best Song
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
ALEXANDER LOZITSKY
Best Sound Design
ARGIE BERMAN
TODD ERIC VALCOURT
Best Original Story
THE RED ZONE
TERRY PODNAR
Best Screenwriter/Feature
BLOOD, SCUM & CHICAGO FIGHTS: PART I
BRETT HOWARD NELSON
Best Screenwriter/Short
SOUTH FOR WINTER
JILL FERRARI