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Best Producer

TBA

Best Female Director

Jiawei Lin forn Tibetan Ballads (China)

MK McGehee for Brown Hare (USA)

Zoe Peng for Lamp (China)

Best Male Director

TBA

Best Student Female Director

TBA

Best Student Male Director

Gino Cazzali for Union Avenue (USA)

Isaac Sunderland Hammon for Lavender and Thyme (USA)

Zeyu Jiang for Early Spring (China)

Best First Time Female Director

TBA

Best First Time Male Director

Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Ian Chen for Loose Ends (USA)

Ian White for Termite (USA)

Best Young Female Filmmaker

TBA

Best Young Male Filmmaker

Cody Richmond for The People’s Princess (USA)

Jack Werner Alvarado for The Watcher (USA)

Sawyer O’Brien for Somebody (USA)

Best Actress

Alexandra Grace for No Left Turns (USA)

Angela Zhang for Lamp (China)

Naosheen Ahmed for Pandaal (USA)

Best Actor

TBA

Best Young Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Alexandra Grace and Austin Barnes for 3 Minutos (USA)

Jonathan Tierney and Lué McWilliams for Birdsong (USA)

Torey Wickes and Dio Ring for Lavender and Thyme (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Gina Blount Jones, Erich Appleby, and Frita Walker for Samsara (USA)

Lincoln Stone, Todd Sheeler, and Caelan Mandigo for Seaside Bebop (USA)

Matt Heakes, Cassandra Phillips, Julien Franceschini, and James Chillingworth for The Green Room (Canada)

Naosheen Ahmed, Jai Jhala, Almanya Narula, and Shalini Srivastava for Pandaal (USA)

Yiana Pandelis, Elisha Moore, Jenna Mccarthy, and Bonnie Mcneil for Wild Rumpus (USA)

Best Original Screenplay

Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

MK McGehee for Brown Hare (USA)

Shashank Banawalikar Subhash for The Green Room (Canada)

Best Cinematography

Corey Adams for Pawns of Progress (India)

Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Lachin Kerbabaeva for Seaside Bebop (USA)

Oleksandr Shvets for I’m Back (Ukraine)

Saam Gabbay for Almost Zero (USA)

Best Editing

Aahir Ghosh for Lavender and Thyme (USA)

Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Ian Chen for Loose Ends (USA)

Best Production Design

TBA

Best Visual FX

TBA

Best Original Score

Douglas Ryan and Conan Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)

Hannah Warcola for Lavender and Thyme (USA)

Saam Gabbay for Almost Zero (USA)

Best Original Song

I’m Back by Kvitka Gaevska (Ukraine)

Loose Ends by Tommy Zee, Hunter Rao, Michael Zhang, and Lako (USA)

Timeless by Tom Ball, Ron Josef Danziger, Christina Teenz Tan, and Manu Martin (UK)

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