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Honorable Mention (Female Director): Monique Anya Linder for The Making of America (USA)

Best Male Director: Willie C. Simmons for Sticks & Holler (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Female Director): Vitorya Pez for Los Angeles Is Not Rio: Cinema Between Two Worlds (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Riley Vitale for Signal (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Ralf Muller for Blue Matter (Canada)

Best Young Female Filmmaker: Peiyi Yao for A Black Box (China)

Honorable Mention (Actress): Elysa Baino for Heaven (USA)

Best Actor: David Gamble Jr. for At the Mercy of Faith (USA)

Honorable Mention (Young Actor): Ivan Woods for At the Mercy of Faith (USA)

Best Acting Duo: D’jim Dewalsche and Louna Giriat for Twist (France)

Best Ensemble Cast: Willie C. Simmons, Gunner Willis, William McKinney, Nat Taylor, and Chase Bridges for Sticks & Holler (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Ingrid Elizabeth Nachstern for Pins in Her Eyes (Ireland)

Best Cinematography: Shea William Vanderpoort for The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want (USA)

Best Editing: Ralf Muller for Blue Matter (Canada)

Best Producer: Samuel Lee Taylor and Ly Taylor for At the Mercy of Faith (USA)

Best Production Design: Haoti Wen for Banquet of the Innocent (China)

Best Sound Design: Ralf Muller for Blue Matter (Canada)

Best Original Score: Adria Acker for Backwards Dad (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Original Score): Teddy Blass for Sweet Death (USA)

Best Original Song: Believe and Be Brave by Marcello Vieira, Debra Gussin, and Dale Effren (USA)

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