BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Bubjan
Nicholas Mihm

Honorable Mention
Carpenter
Xelil Sehragerd

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Space, Hope and Charity
Sandy Cummings

Honorable Mention
Called to the Mountains
Josh Goleman & Robert H. Dyar Jr.

Honorable Mention
Wine, Women and Dementia
Kitty Norton

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BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

The Fourth
Johnny Kirk

Honorable Mention
After This
Kaitlyn Clare

Honorable Mention
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
Lisa Cole

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BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE

Nargesi
Shahab Hosseini

Honorable Mention
In the Form of Love
Siavash Asadi

Honorable Mention
Tokyo Cowboy
Marc Marriott

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LIMELIGHT AWARD – BEST STUDENT FILM
Esperanza
Shruti Parekh

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SERGIO ARAGONES AWARD – BEST ANIMATED FILM

Ice Merchants
Joào Gonzalez

Honorable Mention
The Flying Sailor
Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby

Honorable Mention
The Garbage Man
Laura Gonçalves

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Long Beach Island
Edson McClellon

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BILL PAXTON AWARD – BEST GOLD COAST FILM
Driftwood
Christopher Hills Eaton
Also recipient of Castaway 7 Studios Sound Package

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FESTIVAL THEME AWARD
Stories from the Violins of Hope
Susan Morgenstern

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SOCIAL IMPACT AND VISION AWARD

Live at Mister Kelly’s
Theodore Bogosian

Second Place
Nargesi
Shahab Hosseini

Honorable Mention
The Orchestra that Chuck Built
Christopher Stoudt

Honorable Mention
No legs. All Heart.
Pablo Durana

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Space, Hope and Charity
Sandy Cummings