DIAMOND AWARDS
Best Feature Film: Sword and Sorrow, Dir. Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi
Best Short: Personalized Futures, Dir. Max Delfino
Best Documentary Feature: Hometown Legends, Dir. Kolby Akamu Moser, Nainoa Langer
Best Documentary Short: GOAL: Same Game. New Players., Dir. Karen Arango
Best Screenplay (Long-Form): Moksha, Written by Saurin Lakhia
Best Screenplay (Short-Form): The 22, Written by Amanda Gecewicz
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Best Feature: Kanne Kalaimaane (Apple of Mye Eye, My Dearest), Dir. Seenu Ramasamy Ramakrishnan
Best Short: Five Questions, Dir. David Arrow
Best Documentary Feature: Becoming Tigers – A Water Polo Journey, Dir. Tony Melanson
Best Documentary Short: Mountains, Dir. Alex Knopf
Best Screenplay (Long-Form): Familiar Realm, Written by Jose Montalvo
Best Screenplay (Short-Form): Off the Path, Written by Richard Redlo
AWARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Best Feature: Troubleshooter, Dir. King Jeff
Best Short: Family Gone, Brian Stamper
Best Documentary Feature: Great White Encounters, Dir. Jason Perryman
Best Documentary Short: Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart, Dir. Josh Aronson
Best Screenplay (Long-Form): As Scared of You, Written by Jesse Dorian
Best Screenplay (Short-Form): My Dad F*cks, Written by Julia Linger
ADDITIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Actor in a Lead Role:
Sana, Sana; Andrew Galindo
Actress in a Lead Role:
Five Questions, Amber Paul
Animated Short:
In Love, Dir. Damien Bastelica
Cinematography:
Pete’s Peak, Dir. Trevor James
Credit Sequence:
KAD (Korean Adoptee), Katharin Mraz
Cultural Impact:
Ukraine, Ukraine (Half the World Away); Dir. Christine E. Whitten
Director:
The Last Target, Matthew Kui
Editing:
Vax, Dir. Barak Shpiez
Educational:
Healthy Hero, Dir. Satchin Panda
Ensemble Cast:
What Found Me In The Woods On a Night Like Tonight, Dir. Kelton Walsh White
Experimental Movie:
Mallard Ballet, Dir. Mary Piller
Faith Based Movie:
Decamp, Dir. Faye Viviana
Family Film:
The Note, Dir. Daniel Vidal Perez
First-Time Filmmaker:
Bare Luxuries, Dir. Armando Smith
International Film:
Forgotten Neighbours – A History Lesson, Dir. Andrzej Dudziński
Micro Short:
Bird’s Eye View, Dir. Yue Yang
Music Video:
Synthetic Me, Dir. Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
Score:
Omnitask, Dir. Mark Renken
Produced Screenplay:
Three A.M., Dir. Karen Trachtenberg
Sound Design:
Folsom, Dir. Marlonino Banut
Trailer:
Deforestation, Dir. Kyle Zanika
Web Series:
Inland Empire, Dir. Renee J. Vaca
Youth Movie:
Bee the Solution, Dir. Charlotte Quintanar
YouTube Creation:
Decode the Mystery – A YouTuber Turned Filmmaker, Dir. Shihyun Wang
Screenplay (Long-Form) Finalists:
- Bounce, Written by Chris Manydeeds
- Dead Tooth, Written by Mitchell Jay Sulkess
- Flight Risk, Written by J.D. Brookshire
- Hazel the Viking, Written by Jim Norman
- Heroes, Just for One Day (Breaking Thick Ice), Written by Salvatore Riggio
- Hope and Faith – An Obsession of the Heart Part Two, Written by Adam Poulos
- Love, Beer, and Children; Written by James Bock
- Morituriosis, Written by Jesse Dorian
- On That Beach, Written by Felicity Fair Thompson
- The Garden of Earthly Delights, Written by Steven Howard
- The Pickleball Killer, Written by Jim Carroll
Screenplay (Short-Form) Finalists:
- A New Believer / Refound Faith, Written by Ellie Mae Louise Smith
- Applause, Written by Kat Sparks
- Asherah’s Colors II, Written by Gary Mazeffa
- Dinner with Dante, Written by Katherine Diane Schimmel
- Do Unto Others, Written by Joseph Michael Leone
- In Between, Written by Ryan Chong-Chun Huang
- The Leading Star, Written by Sophia Chou, Todd Lien
Short Honorable Mention:
- American Dream, Dir. Wayne Knight
- Big Momma Earth, Dir. Santiago Calogero
- Crickets, Dir. Macie Rose O’Neil
- Deserted, Dir. Gabrielle Thomas
- HoneyPill, Dir. Christopher Saucedo-Sandoval
- Rare Land, Dir. Ethimis Hatzis
- Talk Back, Dir. Alec Cohen
- Tattoo, Dir. Liam Andrew Karp
- The Sacred Bees, Dir. Kay Qiao
- Use Your Intuition, Dir. Orlando A. Joubert A., Jr.
- Who Knows, Dir. Brandon Rozo
- Wolves, Dir. Elias Garza
Documentary Feature Honorable Mention:
- Don’t Turn Your Back on Friday Night, Dir. Mike Schmiedeler, Michael O’Brien
- Hollywood’s Pastor: The H.K. Rasbach Story, Dir. Darryl M. Haase
- Invisible Corps, Dir. Chris Schueler
- Julian: A Jiu Jitsu Story, Dir. Max A. Bloom
- Palm Springs Air Museum “Women in Aviation,” Dir. Phillip Large
- The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music, Dir. Julya Jara
Documentary Short Honorable Mention:
- Bruce’s Beach: A Catalyst for Reparations? Dir. Swika Sampat
- Chistina Zenato and the Reef Shark Connection, Dir. Jason Perryman
- Dysability, Shihyun Wang