Animation
Winner
• Life Eternal
Nominees
• Ariel
• Love of the Land
• Monsoon Blue
• Scales
• The Ballad of Straw-Hat Sam
BIPOC Filmmaker
Winner
• The Avon Lady — Carolina Espiro
Nominees
• A Convincing Illusion — Marlon Gonzalez
• A Good Day Will Come — Amir Zargara
• Finale — Ryan Park
• How to Sue the Klan — John Beder
• Mucho Mucho, Siempre Siempre — Samuel Torres
Cinematography
Winner
• Daughter of the Plains — Dalton Augustus
Nominees
• Artifex — Joe Olivas
• Sweet Molly — Sam Sargeant
• The Shape of Halloween — Leon Clayton
Director
Winner
• Sweet Molly — J.C. McNaughton
Nominees
• I’m Not a Robot — Victoria Warmerdam
• Out of Pocket — Harrison Koford
• Sanctuary — John Cheney
Documentary Feature
Winner
• Join the Club
Nominees
• A Long Way From Heaven
• Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama
• Prisoners of Fire: The Dude Fire Story
• Safe Sets – Dying to Work in the Film Industry
• Shaka, A Story of Aloha
Documentary Short
Winner
• Wheelpower
Nominees
• A Life of Intent: Growing Desert Roots
• At the Doorway
• Illusion of Abundance
• Just Start
• Pushing Limitations
• The Curse of Stigma
• The Paternal Prism
• Capacity in Reserve
• Empress
Editing
Winner
• When the World Changes — Benjamin Caruccio
Nominees
• Power Through — Ward Evans
• Sweet Molly — J. C. McNaughton
• Vanished Years — Matthew Rees Smith
Ensemble Cast
Winner
• Masquerade Mix-Up
Nominees
• Empress
• Nowhere To Go
• The Shape of Halloween
Experimental
Winner
• Elm — Kay Qiao
Nominees
• Echoes of the Lake — Baro Lee
• Monica’s Painting — Othello Banaci
• Outlaws: A Poem — Jason Cox
• The Shadow in the Mirror — Katie Ann O’Keefe
• Traces — Allyson Sherlock
Feature Screenplay
Winner
• Lost — Victor Orel
Nominees
• Adult Children of the American Revolution — Juliette Fairley
• Angst — Jeff Kimball
• Detox — Jeanette Campbell
• On Glory Street — Jennifer Booth
• Reunion — Anhtuan Do
• The Christmas Pace — Whitney Russell
• The Red Arrow — Mark Rodney, Ronald Wenick, Anat Golan Mark Rodney, Ronald Wenick, Anat Golan
• The Salesman — Adam Seidel
• The Shadow Falls — Clay Callender
• The Union — Heidi McDonald
• Waiting for You — Zachary Blaine Maxfield
High School/Elementry Film
Winner
• Locker Problems — Conrad Paur
Nominees
• 5 More Minutes (pass goes to (Michael Carlino) — Kamiko Adcock
• Dinner Date — Jonathan Duke
• Game Night — Carston Hadlock
• Memorandum Inc. — Aidan Rutman
• Withered — Issac (B) Snow
Lead Actor
Winner
• Revelations — Richard Mofe-Damijo
Nominees
• Dogleg — Isaac Akers
• Give Me Your Eyes — Mauricio Ochmann
• I Luv U — Chris Garcia
• Lone Mountain — David Martinez
• The Shape of Halloween — Damarr Jones
Lead Actress
Winner
• Daughter of the Plains — Lindsey Hawkes
Nominees
• An Early Return — Mary Hailstone
• Masquerade Mix-Up — Shae Robins
• Mesmerized — Katie Leclerc
• The Possible Life — Lauren Call
• Give Me Your Eyes — Hunter King
LGBTQ+ Filmmaker
Winner
• Lost Connections — Rogelio Lenin Pena Rodriguez
Nominees
• A Spell For Queer Home — Amanda Madden
• Making Up — Ryan Paige
• Re-Entry — Ariel Mahler
• The Dolphin Dilemma — Olivia Andrus-Drennan
• When the World Changes — Benjamin Caruccio
Music Score
Winner
• Artifex — Michael Wall
Nominees
• Adolescent Plush — Rio Mangini
• April is Missing — Eamonn Larsen
• Lone Mountain — Jordan Roper
Music Video
Winner
• Die Shiny – Sacrament — Ryan Margetts
Nominees
• Backatown — Justin Pheng (Phengmyrath)
• Do Ya Wanna — Randy Gibson
• Edwin Disla – Midfall — Kato Wong
• Fin — Dru Williams
• Old Death — Kyle Garrett
Narrative Feature
Winner
• Geronimo
Nominees
• April is Missing
• Give Me Your Eyes
• Masquerade Mix-Up
• Mesmerized
• On The House
• Out of Pocket
• This Bloody Country
Narrative Short
Winner
• Sweet Molly
Nominees
• Adolescent Plush
• An Early Return
• Artifex
• Chosen
• Daughter of the Plains
• Delphinium
• Lone Mountain
• Once More, Like Rain Man
• Sanctuary
• The Witch of Endor
• Till Death Do Us Part
Performer Under 18
Winner
• Adolescent Plush — Kennedi Boren
Nominees
• Dogleg — June Clark
• Mop Monster! — Ryan Bouwhuis
• Run Niño Run — Zeka Nichols
Production Design
Winner
• Animal — Ariel Jean
Nominees
• A Convincing Illusion — Marlon Gonzalez
• Gruff — Whitney & Bennie Parker
• Till Death Do Us Part — Jacob Hamblin
Series
Winner
• The Last Evangelist
Nominees
• Bark 101
• Don’t Look Now
• Fitmess
• Nightfish
• Problematic
Short Screenplay
Winner
• Until Dark — Ashley Coles
Nominees
• Best Day Ever — Masho Paramiça
• Chinese Hopping Zombie — Howard Hong
• Dazy Girl — Charri Brummer
• Delphy — Lea Pfändler
• Foxy Roxy and the Hidebehind — Robert Salisbury
• He/She/Us — Susan Kelejian
• In Our Dreams — Cari Stewart
• Magic Trick — Gerald Teaster
• Morbid Sight — A.J. Moss
• Please Hang Up — Sophie & Andrea Tellez
• Troop 458 — Trevor Allen
Sound
Winner
• Dogleg — Zachary Sutton
Nominees
• Enemy No More — Kelsey Nie
• Monsoon Blue — Dave Cheung
• Power Through — Hayley Kay
Student Documentary
Winner
• Life After — Claire Timothy
Nominees
• Fishtail: The Last Best Place — Zoe Heafner
• From the Dust — Tonya Papanikolas
• Lost and Found — Ben Halladay
• Path of the Plume — Zealand Despain
• Worthy — Katie Green
Student Narrative
Winner
• Dogleg — Barret Schoenrock
Nominees
• Adagio — Sawyer Weidman
• An Unsweet Fix — Kari Angelica Peña
• Animal — Ethan Hawkins
• Carved In Stone — Porter Justus
• Everest Expedition 1951 — A.J. Lawrence
• My List of Bodies I Buried in the Woods — Andrew DeBennett
• Retribution — Brock Eastwood
• Thanksgiving — Ryan Jones
• The Entomologist — Lauren Chappell
Supporting Actor
Winner
• Gruff — Jared Palmer
Nominees
• Enemy No More — Jonathan Tanigaki
• Geronimo — Jason Wixom
• Revelations — Alex Boye
Supporting Actress
Winner
• Mesmerized — Miracle Laurie
Nominees
• A Convincing Illusion — Cassy Wall
• April is Missing — Melinda Yeaman
• Masquerade Mix-Up — Charla Bocchicchio
Women Filmmaker
Winner
• Wildcat — Laurie Powers Going
Nominees
• Breakfast Salad — Roe Moore
• Convicts & Chocolate — Ryan McDonald
• Fever Dream — Katie Mae Jones
• I Knew Her Before She Was A Virgin — Finn Staples
• My Little Hobby — Lauren Stava
• Nowhere To Go — Julie Cordell-Seamons
• Revelations — Tanya Price
• So Much For Solidarity — Alexandra Christensson
• The Serenade Charade – (Ryan Willer) — Diane Nierenberg