BEST OF FEST
Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Mist and Blood by Roland Collin
Native Speaker by Alex Ochman
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang
BEST SHORT FILM
Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang
BEST FEATURE FILM
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Raindrops from the Sun by Tomonao Sakurayashiki
Until the Night Arrives by Richard Thornéus
BEST SHORT DOC
Āmra by Imri Agmon
Mimmo by Matthew Bell
World Without Boundaries by Gisela Arantes
BEST FEATURE DOC
And Crying Out I’m Going To Die by Luis Bruzón Delgado
Making an Exoneree by Rob and Cindy Dorfmann
Spanish Olive Grove by Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Forget Me Not by Courtney LeBlanc and Saige Guevara
Knatataar by Deepayan Purkait
The Promise by Boris Bubnov
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Anietié, and the Sky will be there by Teymour Tehrani
In Remembrance by Hali Traina
Mantra by James Autery
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Dive, Dive, Dive by Dong Sub Kim
Hand of Time by Lejla Subasic
Let It Out by Ben Woolf
BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
Meaningful web-series didn’t show up this month, see you the next one!
BEST TRAILER
Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco
External by Jonathan and Leandro Taub
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischo
BEST POSTER
A Boat Heading for the Desert by Zhaoke
Servus Karl by Thomas Bischof
When the Tide Rises by Alex Jiang
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Casablanca by Dale Hogarth and Giorgio La Rosa
One More California by Dean H Huh
Ripple by Rory Tasker
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Oreb&Zeeb by Giacomo Seca
Southern Gothic by John Budge and Adam Davenport
Still Waters by James Everett
BEST DIRECTOR
Alex Jiang for When the Tide Rises
Jonathan and Leandro Taub for External
Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts
BEST SCREENWRITER
Alex Ochman for Native Speaker
Suzie Léger and Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts
Thomas Bischof for Servus Karl
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hans Selikovsky for Astronauts
Judith Stehlik for Servus Karl
Kio Qiu for When the Tide Rises
BEST EDITING
Jonathan and Leandro Taub, Benjamin De Vuyst and Alfredo Acevedo for External
Miguel Lomana for Astronauts
Sara Schober for Servus Karl
BEST SOUND
James Autery for Mantra
Jean Pourchier for Mist and Blood
Mariusz Orchel for Servus Karl
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Austin Buckett for Mantra
Clemens Salesny for Servus Karl
Lincoln Jaeger for Mimmo
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ge Gao for When the Tide Rises
Heike Mirbach for Servus Karl
Marta Kozioł for Native Speaker
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Junfan Wei and Jing Fang for When the Tide Rises
Marie Le Cam for Mist and Blood
Suzie Léger for Astronauts
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Erwin Steinhauer for Servus Karl
Laurent Maurel for Mist and Blood
Raphael Reboul for Native Speaker
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Ehrlich for External
May Garzon for Servus Karl
Laëtitia Rosier for Mist and Blood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bartosz Szpak for Native Speaker
Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts
Mateusz Malecki for Native Speaker