Andrew Arguello (USA), At the Mercy of Faith, Cinematography
Asher Dennis and Diego Mora (USA), The Loop, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Carlie Mantilla-Jordan and John Eliot Jordan (USA), Mid-lennial Life Crisis, Actress: Leading (Carlie Mantilla as Carlie Medina)
Collins Reagan (USA), Neptune’s Fallen Heroes, Documentary Short
Gautam Chaturvedi, Kahaani Company & Pine Tree Pictures (India), Tumhare Khat- Your Letters, Film Short
Grazyna Maria Gudejko (Poland), Birthday Cake, Film Short (Student), Actress: Leading (Student) (Alzbeta Lenska as mother), Direction (Student)
Jacob Surette (Canada), Justin’s Addiction Story: No Family is Immune, Public Service Programming / PSA
Jessie Bélanger (Canada), MOO!, Animation, Women Filmmakers
Junyan Li (China), Talk with Shadows, Script / Writer (Student /17 and younger)
Justen Mann (USA), Normal, Film Short
KC Schulberg (USA), THE URGENCY OF NOW, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Kunja Bihari Shyam Mody (USA), Revival, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Libbie Thornal Hegvik and Madison Munson (USA), The Donut Dollies: 627 Women Who Also Served In Vietnam, Women Theme
Maryam Hashempour (Iran), Voyeur, Women Filmmakers
Michael Rojo (USA), Closure, Ensemble Cast
Mohsen Panahandeh (Iran), And the Shadow Dances, Film Short
Nico Mastorakis (USA), ANIMA EX MACHINA, Original Score (Stamatis Spanoudakis)
Pam Renall and Carissa Blades (USA), Still Morning, Actress: Supporting (Carissa Blades as Lana), Original Song (The Nowhere Times by Freddie Long)
Sascha Schneider (USA), Ben & Tony, Television – Pilot Program
Tan Wang (China), 《Saving Dingding Opera》, Asian Theme
Zach Damon (USA), Resilience Revealed: Ann Arbor’s Disability Legacy, Filmmaker with Disability, Disability Issues
Zack Wilcox (USA), DOWN THE HILL, Film Short
Alan J. Chriest (USA), Say Can You See, Music Video, Film Short
Andrew Arguello (USA), At the Mercy of Faith, Christian Theme
Asher Dennis and Diego Mora (USA), The Loop, Film Short (Student)
Ausar Johnson and Anshul Katkar (USA), Intrepid, Animation (Student)
Chance Fuerstinger and Julien McGregor (USA), Bric-à-Brac: Reconcile, Actor: Supporting (William H. Parker Jr. as Father), Direction, Editing, Film Short
Dinesh Shukla (India), WEAVER WONDERS, Documentary Short, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine), My Love, Music Video
Jacob Surette (Canada), Justin’s Addiction Story: No Family is Immune, Documentary Short
John-Clay Burnett (USA), Burnett Detectives: Case of the Missing Boot, Christian Theme, Film Short
Jonathan Edward Sawyer (USA), In All Good Time, Movie Trailer, Direction
Joseph Davies (USA), Editor’s Enigma, Editing (Student)
KC Schulberg (USA), THE URGENCY OF NOW, Documentary Short
Libbie Thornal Hegvik and Madison Munson (USA), The Donut Dollies: 627 Women Who Also Served In Vietnam, Documentary Short, Women Filmmakers
Marco Santos (Portugal), The Shell, Film Short (Student)
Mark A. Tarrant (Australia), Nixon Addendum, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, History / Biographical
Mark D. Rose (USA), Alaska Rescue Story, Documentary Short
Mark Starks and Paul Ganus (USA), Glaciers: Nature’s Resilient Water Towers, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Matthew Nalbandian (Canada), Adios, Night City, Film Short, Cinematography, Editing
Michael Rojo (USA), Closure, Latin / Hispanic Filmmaker
Mohsen Khodabandeh (Iran), Sue, Film Short, Script / Writer
Navid Ghiasi (Iran), In an Impasse, Actor: Leading (Mohammad Hosseininia as Kaveh)
Nico Mastorakis (USA), ANIMA EX MACHINA, Experimental, Editing
Paul Cater Deaton (USA), Tomorrow, the Mara, Documentary Short
Pouyan Rostami and Kasra Tirsahar (Iran), Ramy, Cinematography (Kasra Tirsahar)
Rafael Maria Friebe (Germany), Love to the Ocean, Islamic Filmmaker, Islamic Theme
Salar Korangy (USA), Choosing Our Religion, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising (Student), Documentary Short (Student), Islamic Filmmaker (Student), Islamic Theme (Student)
Shaily Sanghvi (USA), Pandaal, Actress: Leading (Naosheen Ahmed as Durga), Direction, Film Short
Summer Kastner (USA), Everybody’s Doing It, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Trevor Black (USA), Renegade, Cinematography, Experimental
Tyler Waters (Australia), Unbroken, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising, LGBTQ+ Filmmaker
William James Strickler (USA), Miss Buttercup, Script / Writer
Yiyun Bian (China), Beneath the Surface, Asian Theme
Zannatul Yasmin (USA), The Sky I Made, Asian Filmmaker (Student), Script / Writer (Student), Women Filmmakers (Student)
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