WINNERS
September 2019
Best Picture
GHOST IN THE GUN
Andrew Chen
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Best Narrative Feature
THE GREAT CHARADE
Rodeo Strange, Daniel Strange
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Best Narrative Short
THE EIGHTY FOURTH
Joe Bryant
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Best Indie Feature
YOU WON'T REMEMBER ME
Victor Blaho
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Best Indie Short
RESTART
Ryan Williamson
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Best Drama
ALIA
Sreehari Purimetla, Adithya Joshi
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Best Comedy
NO DAYZ OFF
Peter Calvin, Brent Crable
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Best Thriller
YOU WON'T REMEMBER ME
Victor Blaho
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Best Crime Film
GHOST IN THE GUN
Andrew Chen
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Best Sci-Fi
END POINT
Rafael Cortes
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Best Fantasy Film
BLUE CRYSTEL
Giuseppe Rossi
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Best Romantic Comedy
KISSING CARMEN
DC Brandon
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Best Inspirational Film
SINGFEST: THE LITERACY OF MUSIC
Amel Tresnjic
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Best Western
GHOST IN THE GUN
Andrew Chen
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Best Web Series
THE LAST RODRIGUEZ
Tania Luna, Brian Luna
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Best Documentary Feature
BULLIED
Thomas Keith
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Best Documentary Featurette
RETURN OF THE LOTUS-BORN MASTER: DECRYPTING THE DAKINI CODE
Laurence Brahm
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Honorable Mention: Documentary
WE SHALL NOT DIE NOW
Ashton Gleckman
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Best Animation
THE BUTTON
Kim Yuan Xu
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Best Music Video
PLASTIC GURU
Ari Takahashi
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Best Student Film
WE ARE VISIBLE
Karina Ulrike Sturm
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Best Director
END POINT
Rafael Cortes
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Honorable Mention: Director
NOBLE INC: 10 YEARS
Paul Brenno
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Best First Time Director
GHOST IN THE GUN
Andrew Chen
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Best Actor
THE EIGHTY FOURTH
Tony Cook
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Best Actress
SMALL CHOPS
Chika Ike
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Best Actor in an Indie Film
LIKE THE SHADOW IN THE DARK
Daniele Marcheggiani
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Best Actress in an Indie Film
YOU WON'T REMEMBER ME
Sarah Ward
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Best Supporting Actor
GHOST IN THE GUN
Ross Turner
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Best Supporting Actress
LIKE THE SHADOW IN THE DARK
Rebecca Zaccariotto
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Best Young Actress
GHOST IN THE GUN
Haley Camille
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Best Duo
NO DAYZ OFF
Brent Crable, Jeff Garlish
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Best Cinematography
DECODING THE DRIFTLESS
Timothy Jacobson, Jonas Stenstrom, Rob Nelson, Neil Rettig, Rodney Johnson, Mike "PleaseStandBy", Jordan Kjome, Jack Knowles
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Best Editing
GHOST IN THE GUN
Patrick Devaney, Sam Purdy, Stephen Berke, Rena Yamamoto
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Best Score
GHOSTMANTIC
Edgar Martinez
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Best Sound Design
GHOST IN THE GUN
Garret Peters
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Best Makeup
END POINT
Ryn Zhan
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Best Trailer
ATTACK OF THE CAT PEOPLE
Sarah Stephenson
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Best Original Story
GHOST IN THE GUN
Andrew Chen
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Best Screenplay
LAJJAWATI
Sumathy Ram, Charles Leopardo
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Best Television Script
ROUGH STOCK
Seppe Van Beneden
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PARTNER FESTIVALS
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STATUETTE
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