First Edition

Dec/2024

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Best Narrative Film 
Choice
Director: Kaye Tuckerman

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Best Documentary 
Time to Fight
Director: Farschid Zahedi

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Best Animation 
Book!
Director: Chris John Georgenes

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Best Experimental 
"The Breaking of the Scream"
Director: Mimi Garrard

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Best Student Film 
Shut up, dad!
Director: Max Marcus Landergard

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Best Comedy
The crazy guy
Director: Adam Jones

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Best Web/Series/Pilot
Thee Third Act
Directors: Jeanne Taylor, Judy Heneghan, Brad Ashten

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Best Music Video 
Echoes of the Future
Director: Barry Ferrier

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Best Writer 
Long Way Home
Writer: TERRY LUKE PODNAR

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Best Director 
A Killer's Letter
Director: Doğu Turan

Best Indie Short 
Staunch Moderates Experience: Short Film
Director: Gregory T Simmons

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Best Human rights
Justice for Iran
Director: Arash Amini

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Best Environmental 
THE WORLD IS IN OUR HANDS
Director: Ayesha Zaki

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Best Female Directors
A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate
Directors: Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

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Best First time filmmaker
No Names
Director: Artemis Adamantopoulou