Ascent
by Mark Brocking
Spotlight Gold Award
Among the Stars
by Michelle Elise Harding, Jack VanderToll
Spotlight Gold Award
Apologies - A Short Film
by Rebecca "Becksters" Van Kirk
Spotlight Bronze Award
BLKMGC
by Duran Butler, Shaun M. Mathis, Jemonique Miller, Justin Toulon
Spotlight Gold Award
By Blood
by Guillaume Enard, Jonathan Delerue
Spotlight Gold Award
Changes
by Jan Fabris
Spotlight Gold Award
Dancing In Place
by Navied & Tasnim Setayesh
Spotlight Silver Award
Depressoholic
by Wes L. Walker
Spotlight Silver Award
Dirty Undercover
by Konate' Hendricks
Spotlight Silver Award
Diva, Interrupted
by Romane Jean, Tracy Tolliver
Spotlight Silver Award
DOMESTICATED
by Juan Francisco Viruega
Spotlight Gold Award
dystopia
by bellopropello
Spotlight Gold Award
Erased
by Ace Fillmore
Spotlight Silver Award
by Jasmine Cannon, Branden Hampton, Yingxu Jane Hao
Spotlight Bronze Award
Forever
by Patrick Peacock
Spotlight Silver Award
He Calls Them All By Name
by Chad Sogas
Spotlight Gold Award
Hero Complex
by Mohamad Yamani
Spotlight Gold Award
Identification
by Julia Deak
Spotlight Bronze Award
Kids' Table: What Happened to Alicia?
by Greg Bowen
Spotlight Silver Award
Marvin
by Ryan Konig
Spotlight Silver Award
Mirrorcide
by Mara Cracaleanu
Spotlight Silver Award
Oblivion: Performed by Jimmy Bonilla
by Pablo Lopez
Spotlight Silver Award
Permanent Sanctuary
by Niall Glennon
Spotlight Bronze Award
Saving Santa
by Keith O'Grady
Spotlight Gold Award
Sisters with the Same Mister
by Vanessa D. Fant
Spotlight Silver Award
Still Waters
by Ladarris "Quik" Boykin
Spotlight Bronze Award
SWAGCHECK
by Roosevelt Merisier
Spotlight Gold Award
Tapferkeit
by Joseph Quinn
Spotlight Gold Award
Tender Vow
by Ashton K Bracciodieta
Spotlight Silver Award
The Dryad Tree
by Peter Davidson
Spotlight Silver Award
The Last Interview
by Jamie Wang
Spotlight Silver Award
The Same Conversation
by Marjorie DeHey
Spotlight Silver Award
The Soothing System
by Sarah Cronk, Mari Meyer, Erik Spink
Spotlight Silver Award
The Untold Story of Romeo & Juliet
by John Tso
Spotlight Gold Award
T(HE)Y
by Caroline Callender, Silver Liftin
Spotlight Gold Award
Til Kingdom Come
by Luke Harvey
Spotlight Bronze Award
Toilet Man
by Chenyang Shu
Spotlight Gold Award
Tragic Consequence
by Joseph Villapaz
Spotlight Silver Award
Transitions
by Paris Holmes
Spotlight Silver Award
Unhappy Holiday
by Anna Haas
Spotlight Gold Award
Villain
by Samuel Gannuch
Spotlight Silver Award
Who?
by Justin Stearns
Spotlight Gold Award
Why Are the Trees Pink
by Trystan Millet
Spotlight Gold Award
Young of the Year
by Kristin Holodak
Spotlight Gold Award
A Universal Love Story
by Natalie MacMahon
Spotlight Silver Award
Another Mother's Son
by Rene Calvo
Spotlight Silver Award
Blind
by Stephen Burns
Spotlight Gold Award
Blind Dreams
by Amanda Sayeg
Spotlight Gold Award
Bordered
by Anaïsa Visser
Spotlight Gold Award
Bottled Up
by Daljit Kalsi
Spotlight Silver Award
Buried
by Cherie Julander
Spotlight Gold Award
Damian
by Jose Luis Anaya
Spotlight Platinum Award
Derek's Thirteen Nightmares
by Pete Jacelone
Spotlight Bronze Award
Drum
by Nathan Ford
Spotlight Bronze Award
Egret & Joliah
by Aaron Levine
Spotlight Gold Award
ENTER
by Jack Impellizzeri
Spotlight Gold Award
Ghost Car
by Samuel Gannuch
Spotlight Silver Award
Goliath 22
by Tyler Winther
Spotlight Platinum Award
Grandpa Turns Model
by Nishi Malhotra
Spotlight Silver Award
Heroes in Our Minds
by Scott McKinney
Spotlight Gold Award
Homeless
by Heng Kang
Spotlight Gold Award
Job
by Bryan F. Davis
Spotlight Silver Award
Kitchen Sink Classic
by Lauren Shein
Spotlight Gold Award
Lustrum
by Paola Flores & Michael Lozano
Spotlight Gold Award
Namibia
by Matthieu Vinel
Spotlight Gold Award
Night Light
by Kevin Molony
Spotlight Silver Award
Occupied
by Ella Sahlman
Spotlight Silver Award
On Ice
by Katie Anne Moy
Spotlight Gold Award
Patrik
by Evgeniya Radilova
Spotlight Gold Award
Peopleflake
by Patrick Lacan
Spotlight Gold Award
Pineda's Dream
by Zheyu Liang
Spotlight Gold Award
RAW & UNCUT: The Heroin Problem
by Beth Cefalu
Spotlight Bronze Award
Reap It
by Felix Crumbsy
Spotlight Gold Award
Refuse
by Steffen Hauglum
Spotlight Silver Award
Salute to Karima
by Shanaz Ramzi
Spotlight Bronze Award
Skuggi (Shadow)
by Richard D. Lavoie
Spotlight Gold Award
Somnium
by Surhay Kilic & Fuat Degirmenci
Spotlight Platinum Award
Star in the East
by Katie Garibaldi & Marc Morgan
Spotlight Silver Award
Surface Tension
by Andrew Ferrer & Javier Gonzalez
Spotlight Gold Award
Team Teenettes
by Brian Morelan & Bianca Poroliseanu
Spotlight Silver Award
The Grey Conspiracy
by Paul Overacker
Spotlight Silver Award
The Last Kids
by Sheril Rodgers
Spotlight Silver Award
Time of Death
by Bryson Lima
Spotlight Gold Award
To New Beginnings
by Rodrigo Baumgartner Ayres
Spotlight Silver Award
The Saver
by Roman Xing
Spotlight Silver Award
Tropical Gardens
by Morten Savage
Spotlight Gold Award
True Teddy
by Joe Naylor & Joe Pellegrino
Spotlight Silver Award
Twenty Minute Coffee
by Zane Ally
Spotlight Silver Award
Untitled #9
by Tyler Curry
Spotlight Gold Award
We Now Return To Your Regularly Scheduled Broadcast
by Nathan Ragland
Spotlight Bronze Award
Which Line Are You In?
by Stephanie Carson
Spotlight Bronze Award
White Man's Curse
by Peter Duncanson
Spotlight Gold Award
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Silver Awards
awarded to unforgettable films with the third highest scores from our panel.
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awarded to films with high artistic achievement with the fourth highest scores from our panel.
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