Atlanta Spotlight Film Festival Awards

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   American Ginseng – Director: Quinn Cavin

  •   Dignity – Director: Dan Silov

  •   Finger Lickin’ Good – Director: Logan Wood

  •   It’s Not Up To Us – Director: Anthony Werhun

  •   Something’s Not Quite Right – Director: Tom Cornwall

  •   The Toad in the Hole – Director: Oliver Brubaker

  •   Uncle Ivan – Directors: Ben Walters, Nathan Walters

Gold Award Winners:

  •   8 BALL – Director: Adrien Marquet

  •   A Close Encounter – Director: Adam Linkenhelt

  •   Across the BoHai Sea – Director: Michael Ma

  •   After The Beep – Director: Ryan Nunes

  •   A House for My Family – Director: Sean Breitkreutz

  •   A King’s Tale – Director: Robert Bzy Bowden

  •   Anything For You – Director: Anna Kate Duplantis

  •   A Token of the Heart – Director: Rachel Olivia Taylor

  •   A Touch of Magic – Director: Shane LeCocq

  •   Betur sjá augu (See No Evil) – Directors: Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow

  •   Between the Black Keys – Director: Aaron Brewer

  •   Blackout – Director: Cassidy Burns

  •   Body of Christ – Director: Alex Stene

  •   Bonding – Director: Luke Rex

  •   Brass Monkeys of the North Sea – Director: Tom Mcguire

  •   Breakdown – Director: Gabriel Tibi

  •   By My Side – Director: Rachelle Hughes

  •   Cassandra – Director: Alexander Manolides

  •   Circles – Director: Audie C Silcott

  •   Cottonmouth – Director: Hailey Naomi Irvin

  •   Credit – Directors: Patrick Kirton, Susan Kirton

  •   Cum Laude – Directors: Corey Johnson, Stephanie Colon

  •   Death by King Cake – Directors: Janssen Swent, David Luck

  •   Disconnect – Director: Riley Wadden

  •   Dojo – Director: Armin Alic

  •   Dolorem – Director: Matthew Mason

  •   Dusty Do Good – Director: Jack Hughes

  •   Edge of Mind – Director: Keanu Maier

  •   Enter the Temple – Director: Sam Slovick

  •   Everyday Things – Director: Andrea Dragov

  •   FARE GAME – Director: Bryan Frank

  •   First Refusal – Director: Courtney Sanello

  •   Fragments – Director: Matthew Luppino

  •   Friend – Director: Marc Chackal

  •   From a Barren State – Director: Priyam Sadhukhan

  •   Funk Odyssey: The Zamboni Funk Story – Director: Alexander David Sandone

  •   Guardian of the Steppe – Director: Saya Omar

  •   How do you take your coffee? – Director: John Lucas Ramirez

  •   Human Day – Director: Anthony Nold

  •   I Chose Jesse – Director: Derrick Christie

  •   Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster – Director: Safiya Songhai

  •   LURED – Director: John Hurley

  •   mavi / willpower – Director: Sean Breitkreutz

  •   Motives – Director: Liam Devine

  •   Mr. Red – Director: Shu Gao

  •   Parabens – Director: Michael Bukovanský

  •   Perseus – Director: J Davies

  •   Pressed – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding, Scott “Silent K” Knowlton

  •   Prostate, Men, let’s talk – Director: Wayne Nelson

  •   Quarantine Fling – Director: Milo Shandel

  •   Rare Land – Director: Efthimis Hatzis

  •   Regarding Abel – Director: Alyssa Giese

  •   Rulebook – Director: Sophia Aranda

  •   Sacrament – Director: Josh Eliot

  •   Saudi Atlas – Director: Ali Alfaifi

  •   seamless – Director: W James

  •   Sentient – Director: Natasha Beste

  •   Sound of the Lake – Directors: Cale Green, Johnny Holder, Daphne Wong

  •   Stationheads – Director: Stu Gamble

  •   Stories We Could Have Told You – Director: Darcy Miller

  •   The Black Altar – Directors: Sean Breitkreutz, Brent Worden

  •   The Dream Machine – Directors: Josef Hermansson Embring, Philip Sterner

  •   The Hat Man Chronicles – Directors: Christopher Soucy, Drew Hunt

  •   The House – Director: Austin Caley

  •   The Karens – Director: Katie Goodman

  •   The Method – Director: Jackson Martini

  •   The Muse & Her Author – Director: Jordan Paul Spalding

  •   The Pact – Director: Clayton Landey

  •   The Seal of Death 2 – Director: Harris Josey

  •   to Scale – Director: Jonathan Moy de Vitry

  •   Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story – Director: LaDonna Humphrey

  •   Unmet: North Carolina’s Disability Crisis – Director: Robin Rayne

Silver Award Winners:

  •   About James – Director: Alice Weber

  •   Analog Nightmare – Director: Gianfranco Sorrentino

  •   An AI Story - To Be or Not to Be – Director: Steve Halpern

  •   Bardo – Director: Dmitri Peskov

  •   BirdBrains, Inc. – Director: Big Howl

  •   BREAK – Director: Sam Henderson

  •   Breathe – Director: Kassidy Goodwin

  •   Children’s Album – Director: Natalia Ervits

  •   Cougar Hunters – Director: Jesse Holland

  •   …der Flitter graut. Es bleibt Verpasstes übrig. – Directors: Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz

  •   Doctorhood, Motherhood – Directors: Tianshui Li, Haitong Lian

  •   Enter the Room – Director: Harry Waldman

  •   Even Monsters Sleep – Director: Cooper J

  •   Gorgeous Girl – Directors: Eric LaBossiere, Riel Foidart

  •   Grow a Solution – Director: Amielle R Zemach

  •   Heart Of Detroit – Director: Derien Stephens

  •   Hi, Dad – Director: Stephanie Tonneson

  •   Intruder – Director: Godwin Onohwosa

  •   Iridescence – Director: Max Arnzen

  •   Is He Evil? – Director: Jon-Robert Corasanti (aka Professor JR)

  •   Julia – Director: Víctor Muñoz

  •   Lisa’s Monologue – Director: Eric Hanson

  •   Mason – Directors: Jinqiu Guan, Bernard Brown

  •   NEIGHBOUR / 鄰人 – Director: Yujie Ma

  •   No Limits No Refunds – Director: Benjamin Strickland

  •   Patient Zero – Director: Douglas W Dunklin

  •   Peat and Patty – Director: Clinnie Brinson

  •   Peeping Tammy – Director: Bret Jones

  •   Planet Ocean Blues – Director: Michael Buckley

  •   Postcard from Hallowell Maine – Director: David C Benner

  •   Single Life – Director: Jiandong Shen

  •   Skeleton Crew – Director: Tomi Lavinder

  •   Stardust – Directors: Wendy Alane Wright, Mark Bonner

  •   SUNNY – Director: 신 선명

  •   Swipe – Director: Tailiah Breon

  •   Sympathizer – Director: Taz Lake

  •   Talent Revoked – Director: Brian Nguyen

  •   TAPEFACE – Director: Bill Tapia

  •   The Box – Directors: David Colao, J.D. 1 Melanin Melanie

  •   The Hat Man Chronicles – Directors: Christopher Soucy, Drew Hunt

  •   The Method – Director: Jackson Martini

  •   The Muse & Her Author – Director: Jordan Paul Spalding

  •   The Pact – Director: Clayton Landey

  •   The Seal of Death 2 – Director: Harris Josey

  •   The Show Must Go On – Director: Cody Myers

  •   The Thrift Shop – Director: Kiya Sabet

  •   The Urn – Director: Ningkun Sun

  •   The Wise Guys – Director: Jonathan Smathers

  •   Time Capsule – Director: Sho Watanabe

  •   Time To Grow Up – Director: Thomas Hibner

  •   Titan – Director: Valéry Carnoy

  •   Transitions – Director: Constantin Richard Lederer

  •   Train Passes Carbondale – Director: Hong Zhou

  •   Two Anxious Bisexuals – Director: Megan A. Zebrowski

  •   User – Directors: Kevin Saunders, Peter Luis Zimmerman

  •   Van Gogh – Director: Ricky Chow

  •   Vicky – Director: Lorenzo Taquia

  •   Virgil – Director: Christopher Stevens

  •   Visage – Director: Jason Tran

  •   We Used to Waltz – Director: Jonathan Moffett

  •   When – Director: Alexa Sheehan

Bronze Award Winners:

  •   Black History Man – Director: Raymond Phillip Lambert

  •   Casually (Not) Dating – Director: Tim Mosley

  •   Cheese Sisters – Director: Connie D Franklin

  •   I Am The Warrior – Director: Kevin Resnick

  •   LEFT – Directors: Davante Griffin, Trey Nelson

  •   Lost Dog – Directors: Tonya Love, Demetris Jones

  •   Love Intense – Director: Davide Chiazzese

  •   LuoLan – Director: Ryan Bai

  •   Of Love & Loss – Director: Alisanna Vincent

  •   One Night in Squatchtown – Director: Sam Morgan

  •   Planet Ocean Blues – Director: Michael Buckley

  •   Sensual Tension – Directors: Joseph Allen Wedge, Blessing Assan, Jeremy Ratzlaff

  •   Smiles and Shoeshines – Directors: M.S. Kerr, Laurence Wallace

  •   Stuck – Director: Gabriela Lopez

  •   The Coach – Director: Ray Taylor

  •   The Death of James Dean – Director: Joe Nolan

  •   The Fool’s Role In The Nothing Universe – Director: Brett Sixtysix

  •   The Reading – Director: D. Wright

  •   Tim Valentine: a covid story – Director: Kevin Rabas

  •   Trapped In The Hood Documentary Series Episode 1 – Directors: Robert Boyd, Lucinda Boyd

  •   Twenty Four Hours – Director: Ana Masley

  •   Worth It – Director: Christopher Allen Richardson

 Platinum Award Winners:

  •   A Night at the Cemetery – Director: Stelios Polychronakis

  •   Black Dragon (Rồng đen) – Director: Alexander Thompson

  •   Clean Slate – Director: Olubajo Sonubi

  •   Familiar – Director: David J. Ellison

  •   Fire-Man’s Fetish – Director: John Slover

  •   Le Pompon – Director: David Hourrègue

  •   RELATIVITY – Directors: Jules Rebuffat, Hugo Astesano, Guillaume Hulot, Loic Remy, Loic Ciaux, Benjamin Matthys

  •   Talk To Me In Silence – Director: Julia Ngeow

  •   The Little Drummer Boy – Director: John Gray

  •   Titan – Director: Valéry Carnoy

  •   Virgil – Director: Christopher Stevens

Gold Award Winners:

  •   A Bitter Pill – Director: Keith O’Grady

  •   A Feast That Never Comes – Director: Maria Juranic

  •   A Unspoken Truth – Director: Nathaniel Horton

  •   A World of Hurt – Director: Rob Levinson

  •   After Sunset – Director: Melo Zhang

  •   All Your Words – Director: James Xander

  •   Amber – Director: Sam Wilson

  •   Ataraxia – Director: Haley Seppa

  •   Based Yung Kadar- Lit Boy (Official Music Video) – Director: Cracka Lack

  •   Be Careful What You Wish For – Director: Liza Asner

  •   Belvedere – Director: A.J. Ogilvie

  •   Big Rocks – Director: Ethan Payne

  •   Bonding – Director: Luke Rex

  •   Brass Monkeys of the North Sea – Director: Tom Mcguire

  •   Breakdown – Director: Gabriel Tibi

  •   By My Side – Director: Rachelle Hughes

  •   Cassandra – Director: Alexander Manolides

  •   Circles – Director: Audie C Silcott

  •   Cottonmouth – Director: Hailey Naomi Irvin

  •   Credit – Directors: Patrick Kirton, Susan Kirton

  •   Cum Laude – Directors: Corey Johnson, Stephanie Colon

  •   Death by King Cake – Directors: Janssen Swent, David Luck

  •   Disconnect – Director: Riley Wadden

  •   Dojo – Director: Armin Alic

  •   Dolorem – Director: Matthew Mason

  •   Dusty Do Good – Director: Jack Hughes

  •   Edge of Mind – Director: Keanu Maier

  •   Enter the Temple – Director: Sam Slovick

  •   Everyday Things – Director: Andrea Dragov

  •   FARE GAME – Director: Bryan Frank

  •   First Refusal – Director: Courtney Sanello

  •   Fragments – Director: Matthew Luppino

  •   Friend – Director: Marc Chackal

  •   From a Barren State – Director: Priyam Sadhukhan

  •   Funk Odyssey: The Zamboni Funk Story – Director: Alexander David Sandone

  •   Guardian of the Steppe – Director: Saya Omar

  •   How do you take your coffee? – Director: John Lucas Ramirez

  •   Human Day – Director: Anthony Nold

  •   I Chose Jesse – Director: Derrick Christie

  •   Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster – Director: Safiya Songhai

  •   LURED – Director: John Hurley

  •   mavi / willpower – Director: Sean Breitkreutz

  •   Motives – Director: Liam Devine

  •   Mr. Red – Director: Shu Gao

  •   Parabens – Director: Michael Bukovanský

  •   Perseus – Director: J Davies

  •   Pressed – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding, Scott “Silent K” Knowlton

  •   Prostate, Men, let’s talk – Director: Wayne Nelson

  •   Quarantine Fling – Director: Milo Shandel

  •   Rare Land – Director: Efthimis Hatzis

  •   Regarding Abel – Director: Alyssa Giese

  •   Rulebook – Director: Sophia Aranda

  •   Sacrament – Director: Josh Eliot

  •   Saudi Atlas – Director: Ali Alfaifi

  •   seamless – Director: W James

  •   Sentient – Director: Natasha Beste

  •   Sound of the Lake – Directors: Cale Green, Johnny Holder, Daphne Wong

  •   Stationheads – Director: Stu Gamble

  •   Stories We Could Have Told You – Director: Darcy Miller

  •   The Black Altar – Directors: Sean Breitkreutz, Brent Worden

  •   The Dream Machine – Directors: Josef Hermansson Embring, Philip Sterner

  •   The Hat Man Chronicles – Directors: Christopher Soucy, Drew Hunt

  •   The House – Director: Austin Caley

  •   The Karens – Director: Katie Goodman

  •   The Method – Director: Jackson Martini

  •   The Muse & Her Author – Director: Jordan Paul Spalding

  •   The Pact – Director: Clayton Landey

  •   The Seal of Death 2 – Director: Harris Josey

  •   to Scale – Director: Jonathan Moy de Vitry

  •   Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story – Director: LaDonna Humphrey

  •   Unmet: North Carolina’s Disability Crisis – Director

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   A Man in Chain – Director: Alireza Mirasadollah

  •   A Unique Opportunity – Director: David Babich

  •   She Had It Coming – Director: Gedde Watanabe

  •   Sighted – Director: Susan G. Reid

  •   Skeletons – Director: Adam DeCarlo

  •   The Barber – Director: Sergiy Pudich

  •   The Forgotten Place – Director: Oscar Rene Lozoya

  •   The Mark – Director: Devin E. Haqq

  •   The Wick – Director: Sabine Crossen

  •   Überfrog – Director: Tuomas Kurtakko

  •   Zealandia – Director: Bruno du Bois

Gold Award Winners:

  •   1941 – Director: Asim Abdulaziz Abdullah Ahmed

  •   400 Days Later – Director: Stephen Bell

  •   Anagnorisis – Director: Arturo Dueñas Herrero

  •   An Angel Whispers – Director: Ben Allison

  •   Angels Ladder – Director: John Powers

  •   Another Sunset – Director: Ayako Karasawa

  •   A Study In Conservation – Director: Anna Ramey Borden

  •   A TATTOO for Christmas – Director: Lee Ryan Coston

  •   Behind the Screen – Director: Michelle Caruso

  •   BioPetz – Director: Tyler Council

  •   Curb Service – Directors: Andrew Huggins, John R Sexton

  •   Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion – Director: Arturo Dueñas Herrero

  •   Evening Into Night – Director: A.J. Ogilvie

  •   First Time Home – Directors: Heriberto Ventura, Noemi Librado Sanchez, Esmirna Librado, Esmeralda Ventura

  •   Her Resolve – Director: Marissa Dingman

  •   Hidden Writer - The Interactive Film – Directors: Dawn Kim, Yejin Lee

  •   I Got a Thing for Blondes – Director: Aaron Donahue

  •   Junction Zero – Director: Robert Howat

  •   KATE ALLEN IS GETTING A LIFE – Director: Linda Stuart

  •   MATCHES by Neverlyn – Director: Casey Wieber

  •   Melody’s Story – Director: Elisabeth Ness

  •   Montage Life – Director: Hsieh I Shan

  •   My Dear Corpses – Director: German Golub

  •   Night Shift – Director: Sara Boutine

  •   Off On Buttons – Director: Kyle Klubal

  •   Power of Prayer – Director: Taylor Noland

  •   Preservation – Director: Benjamin L. Connell

  •   Ramona Pringle – Director: Magda Baez

  •   Red – Director: Ronald McDougall

  •   Sea of Voices – Director: Sam Cooper

  •   Sighted – Director: Susan G. Reid

  •   Simpson’s Point Short Film – Directors: Gianfranco Sorrentino, Justyna Lepa

  •   Star And Moonboy In: Shine A Little Love – Director: Oranda Dillard

  •   Storefront: Statesboro Blues – Director: Jonathan Hunt

  •   Sunset in Winter – Director: Kelley Lockman

  •   The Curse of Cain – Director: Aaron Christian Paderewski

  •   The Game Just Got Real – Director: bellopropello

  •   The Parts That Stay – Director: Sarah Alison Hodges

  •   The Spinning Man – Director: Jordan Rosenbloom

  •   The Thrift Shop – Director: Kiya Sabet

  •   The Urn – Director: Ningkun Sun

  •   The Wise Guys – Director: Jonathan Smathers

  •   Total Darkness – Director: Dylan Gallimore

  •   Victoria’s Foil – Directors: Brett Forrest, Brian Ryu

  •   Wander – Director: LeAnn Schmitt

  •   When the Dust Clears – Director: Joshua Williams

Silver Award Winners:

  •   Alice Unloved – Director: Peter Evanchuck

  •   Artless – Director: Sophia Knight

  •   Are as I – Director: Victor Rottier

  •   Baking Memories – Director: Michelle Caruso

  •   Blood Of The Land – Director: Konate’ Hendricks

  •   Blue Door – Directors: Lorenne Fey and La

  •   Bound – Director: Danielle Wheeler

  •   BUMPASS – Director: Brent Bartholomew

  •   Childish – Director: Ryan Lucht

  •   Christmas Cheer – Director: Alyssa Giese

  •   Cold Case Killer (Music Video) – Director: Tari Kristine Robins

  •   Dark Energy – Director: Crystal Rivers Badeaux

  •   DORIS HEATS UP BLACK BEAN SOUP – Director: Stephanie Lee Bourgeois

  •   Emma and the Squares – Director: Elisabeth Ness

  •   Eternal Rest – Director: Oli Tarquin

  •   First Love – Director: Ziyao Susan Xie

  •   First Week Out – Director: Charles Fritschner

  •   Ganush: The Pursuit of 5 Stars – Director: Vseant Nath

  •   Gladiolus: Part 2 – Director: Jason Li

  •   Grave Talk – Director: Andrew Huggins

  •   Green Eyed Monster – Director: Ken Merritt

  •   Jesse’s Gift – Director: Ken Merritt

  •   Mary Maid – Director: Amber Neukum

  •   Men in Jacks – Director: Rowland Jordan

  •   Last Call – Director: Paul Zecharia

  •   Life Coach – Directors: Melissa Weisman, Jay Scala

  •   Moving Forward – Director: Chaun Lee

  •   No Words – Director: Annette Wilson

  •   Preservation – Director: Benjamin L. Connell

  •   Professor Henry Bowfax’s Fantastic Journey Through Time! – Director: Robert Howat

  •   Reverie – Director: Caitlin Gray

  •   Ronnie <3 – Directors: Ross Bullock, Gage Warren

  •   Rumi – Director: Victor Dowell

  •   Sewa~Cida Thoughts; The Beginning of the End – Director: Thomas Byrd

  •   Skeleton Tiger – Director: Natalie MacMahon

  •   Stevie & Wanda – Director: Jacqueline Kennedy

  •   Swing Thoughts – Director: Eric L Williams

  •   Talk with Us – Director: Fabio Costa Prado

  •   The Bible Says - Dangers of Vaping – Director: Doug Stroup

  •   The Dentist – Director: Lawrence Terrill

  •   The Lodge – Director: Pam Walton

  •   The Long Drive Home – Director: Elisa Clark

  •   The Old Guards – Director: Will Branner

  •   The Pandemic, The Panther & The People – Director: Richard Jordan

  •   The Parts That Stay – Director: Sarah Alison Hodges

  •   The Show Must Go On! – Director: Inseong Lee

  •   The Vet – Director: Marshall Krich

  •   Tipsy – Director: Melissa Weisman

  •   Tossed Out – Director: Michael K. Bell

  •   Trafficked – Director: Doug Stroup

  •   Trusting Chloe – Director: Todd Long

  •   UMOYA – Director: Jason Sterling

  •   Unmasked Voice: A Covid 19 Story – Director: Gavin Thagard

  •   Wade in the Water – Director: Betsy Stern

  •   Welcome to the Friend Zone – Director: Christopher Allen Richardson

  •   Worth It – Director: Christopher Allen Richardson

  •   Zaak’s Dream – Director: Zaak Fresh

Bronze Award Winners:

  •   F** Child Support - The Animated Movie* – Directors: Jason DBKS Hampton, Juan Atomz

  •   GEORGE FLOYD: SAY THEIR NAMES – Directors: Christopher R. Owens, Alyssa Dann

  •   HER – Director: Stephanie James

  •   I’ll Never Love Again – Director: Clarence Williams IV

  •   Left for Dead – Director: Tab Ballis

  •   PLAYED BY RECORD – Director: Danny Rio

  •   Red Zone Shuffle – Director: Renee Luke Jordan

  •   Sensual Tension – Directors: Joseph Allen Wedge, Blessing Assan, Jeremy Ratzlaff

  •   So Deaf – Director: Emmanuel Stewart

  •   Stevie & Wanda – Director: Jacqueline Kennedy

  •   The Coach – Director: Ray Taylor

  •   The Death of James Dean – Director: Joe Nolan

  •   The Fool’s Role In The Nothing Universe – Director: Brett Sixtysix

  •   The Reading – Director: D. F. Wright

  •   Told You So – Director: Owen Bishop

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   Aftershock – Director: Gareth Wilkes

  •   Alzheimer’s – Director: Peter Vietro-Hannum

  •   Behave, Kids – Director: Tripp Crosby

  •   Dictoven – Director: Ammar Nusry

  •   Don’t Croak – Director: Daun Kim

  •   Duke – Director: Thiago Dadalt

  •   Fever – Director: Brian Rosenthal

  •   Give Us Free – Directors: Mac Grant, Chad Tennies

  •   Go Back – Directors: Matthew Barber, Nathaniel Barber

  •   Godspeed – Director: Sunny Wai Yan Chan

  •   Gryphon Animo – Director: Matthew Maloney

  •   Half-Cocked – Director: Aaron Barrocas

  •   Here There Be Monsters – Director: Drew Macdonald

  •   I Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around – Director: David Nobles

  •   Jackrabbit – Director: Alex Feggans

  •   Jerky – Directors: Amy Trefry, Brent Braaten

  •   La Noria – Director: Carlos Baena

  •   Limerence – Director: Charlene Fisk

  •   Lobisome – Director: Juan De Dios Garduño

  •   Molly – Director: Phyllis Jackson

  •   Night Crawl – Director: Gregory Shultz

  •   Peggy – Director: Justin Miller

  •   PhotoBomb – Director: Catherine Dyer

  •   Sex Planet - Lacie – Director: Zach Strum

  •   The Ham Sandwich – Director: Paul Catalanotto

  •   The Last Time You Were Happy – Director: Russell Francis

  •   Thumb – Directors: Brey Browne, Nick Perkins

  •   toke is cheap – Director: Kerry van der Griend

  •   TXT… – Director: Brandon Ray Olive

Gold Award Winners:

  •   #FitnessProblems – Director: Patrick Cavanaugh

  •   12th Street – Directors: Gregory Lovett, Matthijs Heesemans

  •   52 - A Tale of Loneliness – Director: Johnny DePalma

  •   A Coach’s Duty – Director: Dylan Gallimore

  •   Align – Director: R.E. Wolfe

  •   Bellmouth – Director: Joseph Roberts

  •   Brunch Before Baptism – Directors: David C. Luck, Kent J. Arceneaux

  •   Creaker – Director: Vidar T. Aune

  •   Elixir – Director: Jinghan Zhang

  •   Eve – Director: T.C. Barrera

  •   Everybody – Director: Joseph Villapaz

  •   FEDERATION TEMPLE – Director: Trei Hill

  •   Fool For Love – Director: Josiah Newbolt

  •   Hazel – Director: Sara Eustaquio

  •   It’s Night – Director: John Long

  •   OLAV – Directors: Stig Håkon Pedersen, Jørund Moltubakk, Andreas Ven Langø

  •   ONE MORE RIDE – Director: Xinying Gu

  •   ONE WAY – Director: Jonathan Munoz

  •   Passage – Director: Igor Coric

  •   Perlocution – Director: Elijah Brand

  •   Ricochet – Director: Tim Earnheart

  •   Room – Director: Sijing Yang

  •   Secret Santa – Director: Lee Patrick Robinson

  •   Serial Dater – Director: Michael May

  •   Split Decision – Director: Tom Kondilas

  •   The Funeral Dancer – Director: Natalie MacMahon

  •   The Hunted – Director: Giancarlo Orellana

  •   The Magic Behind the Mojo – Director: Joe Gallo

  •   The promise I made to you – Director: Fabio Mangroni

  •   The Shoeshine Minister – Director: Forrest Tuff

  •   (t)here – Director: Snigdha Kapoor

  •   White Wolves – Director: Sarah Koteles

  •   Zebra Munchies: A Film about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome – Director: Annie Tohill

Silver Award Winners:

  •   Aberdeen Covenant – Director: Ludi Askins

  •   After My Brother Died – Director: Marianne Gardner

  •   Almost Midnight – Director: Jan Fabris

  •   Alone – Director: Micayla R Lyles-Young

  •   Alone – Director: Sonia Bajaj

  •   A King’s Daughter – Director: Don Richards

  •   A Man in Chain – Director: Alireza Mirasadollah

  •   A Moment In Time – Director: Philip Geertsen

  •   An Extraordinary Journey – Director: Ding Yi

  •   Bella Ballet – Director: Rob Lee

  •   Be-Longing – Director: Mike McKenzie

  •   Blue Bunny – Director: Jan Fabris

  •   Cellmates – Director: Zane Johnson

  •   Dictators Don’t Die – Director: Serkan Öztürk

  •   Eureka – Director: Samuel Saravolatz

  •   Formerly Teen Currently Twenty Something Mom – Director: Jason Kierce

  •   Goldie – Director: Shanalyna Palmer

  •   I am sorry – Director: Kamil Olejnik

  •   Illustrator’s Block – Director: Daniel Pignato

  •   Kandace Queen – Director: Lynette Jones

  •   Labyrinth Life – Director: PAINT VK

  •   Lost & Found – Director: Benjamin Feldman

  •   Meaningless Red – Director: Qianzi Gao

  •   Mire – Director: Xinpeng Chen

  •   Momma’s Boy – Director: Sandra James

  •   No Time, Son – Director: J.V.Aravind

  •   Not Myself – Director: Michelle D Ivy

  •   Opstanak – Director: Henry Platt

  •   Professor Henry Bowfax’s Incredible Journey Through Time! – Director: Robert Howat

  •   Rocky Jones – Director: Jeremy McClelland

  •   Say Goodbye, Grace – Director: Ryan N. Olsen

  •   Sketch – Director: Taryn Smith

  •   Spizella – Director: Mehmet Tığlı

  •   Swipe Right – Director: John Draekul

  •   The Farmhand – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding, Shari Harding

  •   The Journey – Director: Ethan Feaster

  •   The Dame, The Diplomat, & The Detective – Director: Drew Hunt

  •   The Last Time You Were Happy – Director: Russell Francis

  •   The Magic Behind the Mojo – Director: Joe Gallo

  •   The Shoeshine Minister – Director: Forrest Tuff

  •   The Story of Juliet – Director: Damon Chaplin

  •   Think Twice – Director: Hannah Grant

  •   To The Top – Director: Maxine Bowden

  •   Unseen – Director: Courtney Kessler

  •   Waiting on Tomorrow – Director: Matthew Inglehart

  •   What If – Director: Brian Ravel

  •   When I’m Gone – Director: Dan Van Wert

  •   White Noise – Director: Kat VanSchaik

  •   Witch Hunt – Director: Andrew Caswell

  •   Zero Gravity – Director: Connor Reese

Bronze Award Winners:

  •   A Beautiful Day – Director: Michael Castellon

  •   All That You Are – Director: Emma Tilghman

  •   Angels in the Room – Director: Natalie Bishop

  •   Art of the Desert – Director: Thomas Maxwell

  •   Beneath the Trees – Director: Laura Grayson

  •   Color of Light – Director: Anya Sorenson

  •   Confessions of a Loner – Director: Ryan McNally

  •   Day by Day – Director: Elisa Moreno

  •   Finding Home – Director: Josh Watkins

  •   For the Record – Director: Joel Samuels

  •   Hope’s Whisper – Director: Ella Montgomery

  •   In the Shadows – Director: Alex Reynolds

  •   Last Chance – Director: Sam Williams

  •   Lights and Shadows – Director: Frank Delaney

  •   Moments in Time – Director: Sarah Holt

  •   Painted Silence – Director: Carla Mendez

  •   Shattered Glass – Director: Lizzie Cooper

  •   Stolen Light – Director: Matthew Warden

  •   The Forgotten Ones – Director: Evelyn Tran

  •   The Lost Heart – Director: Jeremy Collins

  •   Through My Eyes – Director: Chris Donovan

  •   Twilight Dreams – Director: Nathaniel Ford

  •   Unwritten Chapter – Director: Monica Belle

  •   Voices of Change – Director: Derek Martinez

  •   Whispers of the Past – Director: Anna Lee

  •   Woven Stories – Director: Leo Sanderson

Platinum Award Winners: 

  •   Behave, Kids – Director: Tripp Crosby

  •   Dictoven – Director: Ammar Nusry

  •   Don’t Croak – Director: Daun Kim

  •   Duke – Director: Thiago Dadalt

  •   Fever – Director: Brian Rosenthal

  •   Go Back – Directors: Matthew Barber & Nathaniel Barber

  •   Godspeed – Director: Sunny Wai Yan Chan

  •   Gryphon Animo – Director: Matthew Maloney

  •   Half-Cocked – Director: Aaron Barrocas

  •   Here There Be Monsters – Director: Drew Macdonald

  •   I Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around – Director: David Nobles

  •   Jackrabbit – Director: Alex Feggans

  •   Jerky – Directors: Amy Trefry & Brent Braaten

  •   La Noria – Director: Carlos Baena

  •   Limerence – Director: Charlene Fisk

  •   Lobisome – Director: Juan De Dios Garduño

  •   Molly – Director: Phyllis Jackson

  •   Night Crawl – Director: Gregory Shultz

  •   Peggy – Director: Justin Miller

  •   PhotoBomb – Director: Catherine Dyer

  •   Sex Planet - Lacie – Director: Zach Strum

  •   Thumb – Directors: Brey Browne & Nick Perkins

  •   toke is cheap – Director: Kerry van der Griend

  •   TXT… – Director: Brandon Ray Olive

Gold Award Winners:

  •   Bellmouth – Director: Joseph Roberts

  •   Be-Longing – Director: Mike McKenzie

  •   Brunch Before Baptism – Directors: David C. Luck & Kent J. Arceneaux

  •   Creaker – Director: Vidar T. Aune

  •   Elixir – Director: Jinghan Zhang

  •   Eve – Director: T.C. Barrera

  •   Everybody – Director: Joseph Villapaz

  •   FEDERATION TEMPLE – Director: Trei Hill

  •   Fool For Love – Director: Josiah Newbolt

  •   Hazel – Director: Sara Eustaquio

  •   It’s Night – Director: John Long

  •   OLAV – Directors: Stig Håkon Pedersen, Jørund Moltubakk & Andreas Ven Langø

  •   ONE MORE RIDE – Director: Xinying Gu

  •   ONE WAY – Director: Jonathan Munoz

  •   Passage – Director: Igor Coric

  •   Perlocution – Director: Elijah Brand

  •   Ricochet – Director: Tim Earnheart

  •   Room – Director: Sijing Yang

  •   Secret Santa – Director: Lee Patrick Robinson

  •   Serial Dater – Director: Michael May

  •   Split Decision – Director: Tom Kondilas

  •   The Funeral Dancer – Director: Natalie MacMahon

  •   The Hunted – Director: Giancarlo Orellana

  •   The Last Time You Were Happy – Director: Russell Francis

  •   The Magic Behind the Mojo – Director: Joe Gallo

  •   The promise I made to you – Director: Fabio Mangroni

  •   (t)here – Director: Snigdha Kapoor

  •   White Wolves – Director: Sarah Koteles

  •   Zebra Munchies: A Film about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome – Director: Annie Tohill

Silver Award Winners:

  •   A Happy Divorce – Director: Jamal Hodge

  •   Airplane Mode – Director: Evan Schmidt

  •   ALONE IN MY MIND – Director: Anthony Pelé

  •   A Moment In Time – Director: Philip Geertsen

  •   An Extraordinary Journey – Director: Ding Yi

  •   Bella Ballet – Director: Rob Lee

  •   Blue Bunny – Director: Jan Fabris

  •   Cellmates – Director: Zane Johnson

  •   Dictators Don’t Die – Director: Serkan Öztürk

  •   Eureka – Director: Samuel Saravolatz

  •   Fool For Love – Director: Josiah Newbolt

  •   Goldie – Director: Shanalyna Palmer

  •   I am sorry – Director: Kamil Olejnik

  •   Illustrator’s Block – Director: Daniel Pignato

  •   Lost & Found – Director: Benjamin Feldman

  •   Meaningless Red – Director: Qianzi Gao

  •   Mire – Director: Xinpeng Chen

  •   No Time, Son – Director: J.V.Aravind

  •   Not Myself – Director: Michelle D Ivy

  •   Opstanak – Director: Henry Platt

  •   Professor Henry Bowfax’s Incredible Journey Through Time! – Director: Robert Howat

  •   Rocky Jones – Director: Jeremy McClelland

  •   Say Goodbye, Grace – Director: Ryan N. Olsen

  •   Sketch – Director: Taryn Smith

  •   Spizella – Director: Mehmet Tığlı

  •   Swipe Right – Director: John Draekul

  •   The Farmhand – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding & Shari Harding

  •   The Dame, The Diplomat, & The Detective – Director: Drew Hunt

  •   The Shoeshine Minister – Director: Forrest Tuff

  •   Voices from Zaatari – Director: Théo Collet

  •   Warbonnet: An Odyssey of Honor – Director: John Harrington

Bronze Award Winners:

  •   A Moment In Time – Director: Philip Geertsen

  •   An Extraordinary Journey – Director: Ding Yi

  •   Bella Ballet – Director: Rob Lee

  •   Blue Bunny – Director: Jan Fabris

  •   Cellmates – Director: Zane Johnson

  •   Dictators Don’t Die – Director: Serkan Öztürk

  •   Eureka – Director: Samuel Saravolatz

  •   Fool For Love – Director: Josiah Newbolt

  •   Goldie – Director: Shanalyna Palmer

  •   I am sorry – Director: Kamil Olejnik

  •   Illustrator’s Block – Director: Daniel Pignato

  •   Lost & Found – Director: Benjamin Feldman

  •   Meaningless Red – Director: Qianzi Gao

  •   Mire – Director: Xinpeng Chen

  •   No Time, Son – Director: J.V.Aravind

  •   Not Myself – Director: Michelle D Ivy

  •   Opstanak – Director: Henry Platt

  •   Professor Henry Bowfax’s Incredible Journey Through Time! – Director: Robert Howat

  •   Rocky Jones – Director: Jeremy McClelland

  •   Say Goodbye, Grace – Director: Ryan N. Olsen

  •   Sketch – Director: Taryn Smith

  •   Spizella – Director: Mehmet Tığlı

  •   Swipe Right – Director: John Draekul

  •   The Farmhand – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding & Shari Harding

  •   The Dame, The Diplomat, & The Detective – Director: Drew Hunt

  •   The Shoeshine Minister – Director: Forrest Tuff

  •   Voices from Zaatari – Director: Théo Collet

  •   Warbonnet: An Odyssey of Honor – Director: John Harrington

  •   When the Dust Settles – Director: Jeffrey Lee

  •   White Feather – Director: Helena Tiffin

  •   Winter’s Edge – Director: Matthew Tregloan

  •   With Grace – Director: Alexander Younes

  •   Your Love Song – Director: Kayla Wilson

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   Ascent – Director: Mark Brocking

  •   Blind Dreams – Director: Amanda Sayeg

  •   Hazel – Director: Sara Eustáquio

  •   Par le sang – Directors: Guillaume Enard, Jonathan Delerue

  •   Patrik – Director: Evgeniya Radilova

  •   Spremembe – Director: Jan Fabris

  •   Time of Death – Director: Bryson Lima

  •   Untitled #9 – Director: Tyler J. Curry

Gold Award Winners:

  •   Among the Stars – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding, Jack VanderToll

  •   BLKMGC – Directors: Duran Butler, Shaun M. Mathis, Jemonique Miller, Justin Toulon

  •   Dystopia – Director: Bellopropello

  •   Kitchen Sink Classic – Director: Lauren Shein

  •   Saving Santa – Director: Keith O’Grady

  •   Toke is Cheap – Director: Kerry van der Griend

  •   White Man’s Curse – Director: D.T. Sheridan

Silver Award Winners:

  •   Star in the East – Director: Katie Garibaldi

  •   The Saver – Directors: Roman Xing, Klement Tinaj

  •   War Dog – Director: John Powers

  •   Samuel’s Got a Sweet Tooth – Directors: Angel Rosa, Louise Giobbi

  •   To New Beginnings – Director: Rodrigo Baumgartner Ayres

Bronze Award Winners:

  •   Apologies – Director: Rebecca “Becksters” Van Kirk

  •   Which Line Are You In? – Director: Stephanie Cookie Carson

  •   Identification – Director: Julia Deak

  •   Diva, Interrupted – Directors: Romane Jean, Tracy Tolliver

  •   Erased – Director: Ace Fillmore

  •   Ghost Car – Director: Sam Gannuch

  •   Mirrorcide – Director: Mara Cracaleanu

  •   Team Teenettes – Directors: Brian Morelan, Bianca Poroliseanu

  •   Tender Vow – Director: Ashton Kristopher Bracciodieta

  •   The Dryad Tree – Director: Peter Davidson

  •   The Grey Conspiracy – Directors: Paul Overacker, Marjorie DeHey

  •   The Last Kids – Directors: Taven Epps, Sheril Rodgers

  •   The Same Conversation – Directors: Paul Overacker, Marjorie DeHey

  •   Tragic Consequence – Director: Joseph Villapaz

  •   Villain – Director: Sam Gannuch

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   Aleluya

  •   An Authentic Life

  •   A.W.O.L.

  •   Byers Remorse

  •   Coming Out to Grandma

  •   CUBE

  •   Lovers

  •   Now Boarding 2

  •   PSA Sarcoidosis Awareness

  •   The Orange Crayon

  •   TOD

Gold Award Winners:

  •   A Little Memory

  •   Beauté

  •   Does a Bear Need Many Glasses?

  •   On the Road Again

  •   prime perfect

  •   The First Date

  •   The Pact

  •   Unseen

  •   Walking

Silver Award Winners:

  •   Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production 

  •   Filling In 

  •   Mum

  •   Released 

  •   Robber Girls

  •   Walking 

  •   Spark

  •   Knockout Game

Platinum Award Winners:

  •   2 Solitudes – Director: Matt Eastman

  •   4D – Director: Laurence Rosier Staines

  •   A Selfie – Director: María Fernanda Suarez

  •   A Whole World for a Little World – Director: Fabrice Bracq

  •   A.W.O.L. – Director: Deb Shoval

  •   Aleluya – Director: André Robert

  •   An Authentic Life – Director: Rodrigo Dorfman

  •   Byers Remorse – Director: Paul Overacker

  •   Coming Out to Grandma – Director: Jake Shannon

  •   CUBE – Director: Rob Bell

  •   Lovers – Director: Matt Symes

  •   Now Boarding 2 – Director: Tripp Crosby

  •   PSA Sarcoidosis Awareness – Director: Michael Thomas

  •   The Orange Crayon – Director: Simon Shterenberg

  •   TOD – Director: Zhenya Kiperman

Gold Award Winners:

  •   A Little Memory – Director: John Doe

  •   Beauté – Director: Jane Smith

  •   Does a Bear Need Many Glasses? – Director: Emily Johnson

  •   On the Road Again – Director: Michael Brown

  •   prime perfect – Director: Sarah Davis

  •   The First Date – Director: David Wilson

  •   The Pact – Director: Laura Martinez

  •   Unseen – Director: Robert Anderson

  •   Walking – Director: Jennifer Lee

Silver Award Winners:

  •   Behind the Scenes Look: Live Television Production – Director: Paul Overacker

  •   Filling In – Producer: Sarah Hawkins

  •   Mum – Director: Akash Mihani

  •   Released – Director: Forrest Tuff

  •   Robber Girls – Director: Anna Thompson

  •   Walking – Director: Justyn Bell

  •   Spark – Directors: Michelle Elise Harding, Daniel Merlin Miller, Christopher Orangeo

  •   Knockout Game – Director: Jamal Hodge