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To ensure that each film and screenplay is evaluated and graded on its own merits, we established a mechanism that ensures that entries are not judged against one another. They are, in essence, competing against themselves: we judge each item on its own merits and provide a score based on an innate value system. We want to make sure that when it's your moment to be judged, the judges' attention is focused on you and not on all of the other films in the queue; this ensures that they won't be thinking about comparisons when they should be thinking about YOU.
Judges score entries on a performance scale; winning entries are recognized and awarded for Best of Festival and Best of Show and for two levels of Awards of Excellence, two levels of Awards of Merit, and a Kudos Endeavor Award, or no award at all.
The best-scoring entry or entries are given the Best of Festival and Best of Show awards each season. Awards of Excellence are granted to entries with truly exceptional artistic and technical achievements; Awards of Merit and 'Kudos' are given to entries with notable achievements.





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SHUFFLE
Director Benjamin Flaherty
in Documentary
United States, United States


Through the lens of his own recovery, a filmmaker offers a character-driven look inside the billion dollar addiction treatment industry where young people are bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a system designed to keep them sick. What begins as an investigation of a street-level scam, explodes to uncover systemic conflicts-of-interest and collusion at the highest levels of government.



Dry Wells of the Paso Basin: A Tragedy of the Commons
in Documentary
United States		 BEST OF SHOW 
Sargassum
in Documentary
Canada		 BEST OF SHOW 







2 can play (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)
in Music Video
United States		 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE 
Marionette (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)
in Music Video		 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE 
The Moon Had a Shadow
in Science
Australia		 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE 
The OC Effect
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States		 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE 




Altrove - Elsewhere
in Documentary
Italy		 EXCELLENCE 
Another Day
in Experimental
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
America In The Dark: The J6 Pardons and Big Tech Censorship
in Documentary
United States, United States		 EXCELLENCE 
Are the Dolphins Alright?
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States, United States		 EXCELLENCE 
Art Show. Why Bother?
in Docu-drama Feature
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
BitterSweet (Final Cut)
in Comedy, Actor: Lead (subcat), Direction (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Original Score (subcat)
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
Ice Breath
in Art-house Film, Environmental, Experimental, Inspirational, Music Video, Cinematography (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
Romania		 EXCELLENCE 
Mission 17
in Tight Shorts, Stunt/Fight Choreography (subcat)
United States, United St		 EXCELLENCE 
My Father's Footsteps "Letters to the Fallen"
in Documentary
United States, United Sta		 EXCELLENCE 
The Long Road Home
in Docu-drama Short
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
Moon Over Capri (Ava Della Pietra - official music video)
in Music Video
United States, United St		 EXCELLENCE 
The Real Yellowstone
in Documentary
United States, United Sta		 EXCELLENCE 
Tricorder.Zero™ Online Ad
in TV Commercials, Zero Budget
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
Unseen, Unheard, Unafraid
in Documentary
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
When the East is in the House/Zentral Gelegen (Central Located)
in Drama
Germany		 EXCELLENCE 




Abraham's Land
in Social Issues
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Beauty and the biker
in Tight Shorts
United States, United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
BREAK THE SILENCE
in PSA, Actor: Lead (subcat), Direction (subcat), Editing (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat)
United States, United St		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT

Conscription
in AI Films (All categories, except Screenplays)
United States, United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
elemental
in Alternate Media, Experimental, Cinematography (subcat), Editing (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Fumio Demura_A personal tribute from insider Mike Anderson as sole survivor of Demonstration Team Two.
in Tight Shorts, Stunt/Fight Choreography (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Both
GREY LINES
in Drama, Original Concept (subcat)
United States, United St		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Happiness Experiment
in Human Spirit, Documentary
United States, United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Hero Honda Deluxe
in TV Commercials
India		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Jimmy Carter Tribute
in Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
A LITTLE PRAYER
in Art-house Film
Japan		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Mangyan Ambahan: Wisdom for Our Filipino Soul
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Philippines		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Only We Know
in Student
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Orange
in Music Video
China		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Prodigal Son
in Music Video
United States, United Stat		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Relâche - The Last Dance on Earth
in Art-house Film
Australia		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Reputation
in Zero Budget
Ireland		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
SHALOM PASSION; Never Again is NOW!
in Documentary
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Shoe
in Art-house Film
Mexico		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
This Stitching Will Last
in Documentary, Original Song (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
The Stoics
in Student
China		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
"Victoria: Triumph of Puerto Rican Theater!"
in Biography
Puerto Rico		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
I Will Build This World From Love
in Religious/Faith
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT



10 Minutes
in Tight Shorts
United States		 MERIT
CACCIA GROSSA
in Webisode (Pilot)
Italy		 MERIT
The Child Within
in Inspirational
United States, United States		 MERIT
First String 2: The Greenwood 20: Quest for the Great Dante
in Drama
United States, United States		 MERIT
GICANA
in Art-house Film
Nigeria		 MERIT
JamCation: The Chronicles of Now Defunkt
in Documentary
United States		 MERIT
Life Is Precious
in Tight Shorts, Original Score (subcat)
United States		 MERIT
surface tension | silver dollar | secret garden
in Art-house Film
United States, United States		 MERIT
...when you are here...
in Art-house Film
United States, United States		 MERIT



"a forest of collective subconscious
in Experimental
Germany"    KUDOS

a forest of collective subconscious
in Experimental
Germany

 KUDOS
a forest of collective subconscious
in Experimental
Germany

 KUDOS

Deserter
in Original Score (subcat)
Canada		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Echoes of the Past ...
in Cinematography (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Gulag
in Viewer Impact: Entertainment Value (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
Punch
in Actress: Supporting (subcat)
United States, United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT
I Swiped the Wrong One (film score)
in Original Score (subcat)		 OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE 
Joan of Arc
in Direction (subcat)
United States		 EXCELLENCE 
VISIONS OF HER (Full 43-minute Festival Version)
in Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)
United States		 EXCEPTIONAL MERIT