#FitnessProblems
Director Patrick Cavanaugh
Spotlight Gold Award
12th Street
Directors Gregory Lovett, Matthijs Heesemans
Spotlight Gold Award
52 - A Tale of Loneliness
Director Johnny DePalma
Spotlight Gold Award
Aberdeen Covenant
Director Ludi Askins
Spotlight Silver Award
A Coach's Duty
Director Dylan Gallimore
Spotlight Gold Award
After My Brother Died
Director Marianne Gardner
Spotlight Silver Award
Aftershock
Director Gareth Wilkes
Spotlight Platinum Award
Ain't God Alright
Directors Rasheed Lanier, Andrew J. Bullard IV
Spotlight Bronze Award
A King's Daughter
Director Don Richards
Spotlight Silver Award
Align
Director R.E. Wolfe
Spotlight Gold Award
Almost Midnight
Director Jan Fabris
Spotlight Silver Award
Alone
Director Micayla R Lyles-Young
Spotlight Silver Award
Alone
Director Sonia Bajaj
Spotlight Silver Award
Alzheimer's
Director Peter Vietro-Hannum
Spotlight Platinum Award
Ana
Director Tari K. Robinson
Spotlight Silver Award
A New Chapter
Director Susanna Wolk
Spotlight Gold Award
An International Girl
Director Kyra Zagorsky
Spotlight Gold Award
Another Wonderful Day in Paradise
Director Xiaoyu Yang
Spotlight Gold Award
Anytime
Director Merry May Ma
Spotlight Bronze Award
A Peek of Love
Director Jeremy Lu
Spotlight Gold Award
A Photo
Director Xinle Ding
Spotlight Gold Award
A Place to Train
Director Jessica Gomula-Kruzic
Spotlight Silver Award
A Real Man
Director Aurélien Mathieu
Spotlight Platinum Award
A Scene From A Friendship
Director Logan Slusser
Spotlight Bronze Award
Avernus
Director Simon Ross
Spotlight Gold Award
A Wink Or A Smile
Director C. Blake Evernden
Spotlight Gold Award
Badnapping
Director Zakiyyah BG
Spotlight Silver Award
Bakemono
Directors Sumire Takamatsu, Jorge Lucas
Spotlight Platinum Award
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood
Director Fabio Soares
Spotlight Platinum Award
Blue Devils
Director L. Robinson
Spotlight Silver Award
Body and Son
Director Chris Anthony Hamilton
Spotlight Platinum Award
Bodyhackers
Director Dale Metz, TL Westgate
Spotlight Gold Award
Boundless
Director Kate Campbell
Spotlight Gold Award
Brass Ring
Director Zachary Ross
Spotlight Silver Award
Brown With Blue
Director Christian Nolan Jones
Spotlight Platinum Award
Camping is Cheaper
Director Jaxson Varni
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Yael Deynes
Spotlight Gold Award
Cassandra
Director David E. Tolchinsky
Spotlight Platinum Award
Chiringo
Director Ovunda Ihunwo
Spotlight Bronze Award
Couch's Crazy Cartoon Commercials
Director Steve Couch
Spotlight Silver Award
Covered
Director Cherrye J. Davis
Spotlight Gold Award
Crab
Director Felix Crumbsy
Spotlight Silver Award
Crybaby
Director Gena Fridman
Spotlight Gold Award
Day 14
Director Sean Tretta
Spotlight Silver Award
Death's Door
Director Carson Bailey
Spotlight Gold Award
Decoupage
Director Kyle Kulmann
Spotlight Silver Award
Directors Chi Tsen, Mia Mathilda, Ethan Sands, Mika Heiskanen, Natalia Bahamón
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Noa Iimura
Spotlight Silver Award
Dignity
Director Pat Battistini
Spotlight Silver Award
Division Series
Director Ho Kwon Kim
Spotlight Gold Award
Dream Seller
Director Minye Cho
Spotlight Silver Award
Don't Change
Director Hayley Beveridge
Spotlight Gold Award
Dulce et Decorum Est
Director Walter Haussner
Spotlight Silver Award
Dweller for an Occasional Something: The Precursor
Director Caleb C. Lorentz
Spotlight Gold Award
Earth Freaks
Director Jennifer Miguel
Spotlight Silver Award
Eat the Rainbow
Director Brian Benson
Spotlight Platinum Award
El Cavil
Director Evgeniya Radilova
Spotlight Gold Award
Eternity
Director Gunter H. Sanderson
Spotlight Gold Award
Family Dinner
Director Robert Bowden
Spotlight Gold Award
Forest Folly
Director Kevin Dix
Spotlight Gold Award
Fugitive Zero
Director Joe Lam
Spotlight Gold Award
Furca
Director Jonathan Kehoe
Spotlight Silver Award
Ghosted
Director Phil Hawkins
Spotlight Silver Award
Goodies
Director Jackson Harvey
Spotlight Gold Award
Good Will Memory
Director Yang Bai
Spotlight Gold Award
Gotcha!
Director Deborah Pinkney
Spotlight Silver Award
Grace
Director Christopher Kay
Spotlight Gold Award
Directors Glory Zhai, Herong Cube
Spotlight Gold Award
GuilTV
Director Ryan Petre
Spotlight Gold Award
Hacking Santa
Director Matt Brandseth
Spotlight Gold Award
Healthy Mind
Director Terrance Lomax
Spotlight Silver Award
He Runs
Director Greg Roensch
Spotlight Gold Award
Hidden
Director Irina Hall
Spotlight Silver Award
Highland Home
Submitter Zach Stevens
Spotlight Gold Award
Home
Director Jiaxin Zheng
Spotlight Silver Award
Hush
Director Joseph McGovern
Spotlight Bronze Award
I Care, But I'm Done Trying
Director Ian Rayburn
Spotlight Gold Award
Imaginary Friend
Director Jason Sanchez
Spotlight Silver Award
I'm Home, Baby
Director Tim Pepper
Spotlight Bronze Award
Impreggnable
Director Robert Howat
Spotlight Silver Award
In Sane 2020
Directors Peter Evanchuck, Helene Lacelle
Spotlight Silver Award
Iric
Director Sandra Tamkin
Spotlight Silver Award
It's Desmond (Your Misguided Tour Guide)
Director Daniela Di Salvo
Spotlight Gold Award
Jenna Gets an Abortion
Director Jonothon Mitchell
Spotlight Platinum Award
Jims
Director Sammy Keyes
Spotlight Silver Award
La Schema
Directors Alex Bowling, Stephen Byrum
Spotlight Silver Award
Last Look
Director Grant and Jessica Marshall
Spotlight Silver Award
Learning to Fly
Director Anthony J. Turek
Spotlight Silver Award
Let Life Happen
Director Daniel Bolero Zaldivar
Spotlight Silver Award
Life Reflecting
Director John Alban Coughlan
Spotlight Bronze Award
Living Beyond Obstacles
Director Katie Kamala Haley
Spotlight Bronze Award
Luzi and the Nameless Generation
Director Elias Gandy
Spotlight Silver Award
Lyceum
Director Dianna Ippolito
Spotlight Gold Award
Manasanamaha
Director Deepak Reddy
Spotlight Gold Award
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Director TinNgai Chan
Spotlight Silver Award
Max
Director Kristina Arjona
Spotlight Platinum Award
Mend
Director Shannon Eubanks
Spotlight Silver Award
Milk
Director Peter Nogueira
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Jamal Hodge
Spotlight Gold Award
Mr. Myrtle Beach
Director Joel Allen
Spotlight Silver Award
Ms. Rossi
Director Pat Battistini
Spotlight Gold Award
Muse Over
Director William ' Bill ' Connor
Spotlight Gold Award
Directors Rachel Albanese, Al Chan, Mary Albanese
Spotlight Silver Award
Director Jerry Wang
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Michael Starobin
Spotlight Bronze Award
Nice Shoes
Director Jonathan Lawrence
Spotlight Platinum Award
Night Feed
Director David Schedler
Spotlight Bronze Award
Nineteen Ninety Nine
Director Grace Uther
Spotlight Gold Award
Noises and Silences
Director Julia Deak
Spotlight Bronze Award
No One Can Draw My Picture
Director Kohei Sengen
Spotlight Bronze Award
Not Me
Director Mahmoud Salimi
Spotlight Gold Award
Our House is On Fire
Director Micaa Thomas
Spotlight Silver Award
Pandora
Director August Aguilar
Spotlight Gold Award
Pardon My Condolences
Director Eric Alan Luse
Spotlight Gold Award
Parkour Is Easy
Director Andrea Ross
Spotlight Gold Award
Particular Friendships
Directors Mark Padilla, Nelson Varas-Díaz
Spotlight Silver Award
Please Be Seated
Director Stephen Gentry
Spotlight Gold Award
Pool Boy
Director Alexander Wilkins
Spotlight Silver Award
Preacher Droid
Director Robert Howat
Spotlight Silver Award
Pressure
Director India Hodo
Spotlight Silver Award
Raincoat
Director Keith Terrell
Spotlight Silver Award
Red
Director Frances Wilkerson
Spotlight Silver Award
Remember This
Director Sonia Bajaj
Spotlight Silver Award
Reverb
Director Minkyu Kang
Spotlight Gold Award
Ripples
Director Xinhao Wang
Spotlight Gold Award
Rolling Motions
Director Ethan Hasse
Spotlight Silver Award
Room 3
Director Sheng Feng
Spotlight Gold Award
Rosa
Director Frances Wilkerson
Spotlight Silver Award
Round
Director Jeffery James Bucchino
Spotlight Bronze Award
Run. Hide. Pray.
Director Liz Lugo
Spotlight Gold Award
Seek
Directors Anthony Stengel, Jaime Cruz
Spotlight Gold Award
Shadow Dancer
Director Bruce Brown
Spotlight Platinum Award
Signs of a Rebel Buddha
Director D. R. Thompson
Spotlight Silver Award
Sisters For Life- A Trajaquin film
Director Michelle Valines
Spotlight Silver Award
Sleeper
Director John Kennedy Eagle
Spotlight Bronze Award
Snakeskin
Director Wesley Clapp
Spotlight Silver Award
South Down 79
Director Matthew Price
Spotlight Silver Award
Stand Up Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement
Director David Pavlosky
Spotlight Silver Award
Stepping Home
Director Alexander Wilkins
Spotlight Silver Award
Strength
Directors Jack Brinson III, Bre' Akie Webster
Spotlight Silver Award
Summer Heat
Directors Herbert Moran, Brian Welch
Spotlight Gold Award
Sybaritic
Directors Ryan Czerwonko, Chelsea Christopher
Spotlight Bronze Award
THE
Director Xaque Gruber
Spotlight Gold Award
The Adventures of Forrest & Winnebago ft. Tommy the Kid - "The Donkey & The Hare"
Directors Keith Aaron Jarvis, Taidge Mathieu
Spotlight Silver Award
The Adventures of Kam & Adam: The Great Printer Fiasco
Director Katie Nahnsen
Spotlight Gold Award
The Best You Got
Director Taz Lake
Spotlight Gold Award
The Black Baptism
Director Stephanie Diane Ford
Spotlight Silver Award
The Box
Director Keenan Osborne
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Cancer Monster
Director Michael Costello
Spotlight Gold Award
The Chair
Director Ronnie Cramer
Spotlight Gold Award
The Eve
Director Luca Machnich
Spotlight Silver Award
The Formerly Session
Director Keith D. Bracker
Spotlight Silver Award
The Gifted Ones
Director Chadaporn Mitinunwong
Spotlight Gold Award
The Girl with Blue Eyes
Director Alireza Mirasadollah
Spotlight Gold Award
The Golden Age
Director Winchester 7
Spotlight Silver Award
The Grand Gesture
Director Jack Brame
Spotlight Gold Award
The Leap
Director Shanna R Riker
Spotlight Silver Award
The Menu for Tomorrow
Director Woody - Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Spotlight Silver Award
The Open Door
Director Yasir Duzcan
Spotlight Gold Award
The Package
Director Robin L Posavetz
Spotlight Gold Award
The Philosopher
Directors Simon Villaret , Danielle Eva Schwob
Spotlight Gold Award
The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre
Director Danny Ashkenasi
Spotlight Bronze Award
The Voices of Rohingya Refugees
Director Srobana Bhattacharya
Spotlight Silver Award
The Waiting Room
Director Lauren Littlejohn
Spotlight Platinum Award
Titus & Mirabella
Director Melania Crisan
Spotlight Silver Award
To Love a Ladybug
Director Mikael Trench
Spotlight Gold Award
Director Lisa Dunning
Spotlight Bronze Award
Trick Box
Director Godwin Onohwosa
Spotlight Silver Award
Turn Down Oranges
Director David Morton
Spotlight Silver Award
Uber Thoughts
Director Meredith Koch
Spotlight Gold Award
Underneath Those Years
Director Alexander Mülle
Spotlight Gold Award
Under The Skin
Director Silvana D'Mikos
Spotlight Gold Award
Walk a Mile
Director Judith Cowley
Spotlight Silver Award
Walk, Run, Ride, and Live.
Director Patrick Albright
Spotlight Gold Award
What The Mouse?
Directors Jhonathan Parks, Jhonny Parks
Spotlight Gold Award
Why Doesn't She Leave?
Director Sawyer Rodriguez
Spotlight Silver Award
Windows
Director Cliff Guest
Spotlight Bronze Award
Winter
Director Guodong Yu
Spotlight Gold Award
You Can't Give Up
Director Anthony Colling
Spotlight Silver Award
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