Best Narrative Film

Winner • "Cherry Blossoms" - Dir. Doris Dörrie (Germany, Japan)
• "Like Dandelion Dust" - Dir. Jon Gunn (USA)
• "Marcello Marcello" - Dir. Denis Rabaglia (Switzerland, Italy)
• "Universalove" - Dir. Thomas Woschitz (Austria, Luxembourg, Serbia)

Best Documentary Film

Winner • "D Tour" - Dir. Jim Granato (USA)
• "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority" - Dir. Kimberlee Bassford (USA)
• "Veer" - Dir. Greg Fredette (USA)
• "The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi Li" - Dir. Barbara Willis Sweete (Canada, China, Germany)

Best Narrative Short Film

• "The Aviatrix" - Dir. Toddy Burton (USA)
• "Haber" - Dir. Daniel Ragussis (USA)
Winner • "Memphis Calling" - Dir. Colin Mitchell USA)
• "Para Asia" - Dir. Fran Borgia (Singapore)
• "The Pond" - Dir. Sonja Phillips (United Kingdom)

Best Documentary Short Film

Winner • "12 Notes Down" - Dir. Andreas Koefoed (Denmark)
• "Anita's Africa" - Dir. Beverley Reid (Canada, Uganda)
• "If A Body Meets a Body" - Dir. Brian Davis (USA)

Best Animated Short Film

Winner • "Chicory 'n' Coffee" - Dir. Dusan Kastelic (Slovenia)
• "Fly Out Blue" - Dir. Jack "Ming-Huei" Shih (Taiwan)
• "Hot Dog" - Dir. Bill Plympton (USA)
• "KuyGorozh" - Dir. Sergey Merinov (Russia)

Best Experimental Short Film

Honorable Mention • "Flying Lessons" - Dir. Rosane Chamecki, Phil Harder, Andrea Lerner (USA)
• "Oh, Simone" - Dir. Stuart Gatt (United Kingdom)
Winner • "Slow" - Dir. Kurt Kuenne (USA)
• "Standing Start" - Dir. Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell (United Kingdom)

Best Student Short Film

• "27,000 Days" - Dir. Naveen Singh (USA)
• "Kid" - Dir. Miguel Alvarez (USA)
• "My Dad Ralph" - Dir. Nicholas Wong (Canada)
Winner • "The Watchman and the Little Girl" - Dir. Christoph Englert (Germany)

Narrative Feature Competition

• Misha McLaird, PhD
(Director of Acquisitions, Las Américas Film Network)
• Chris Wiggum
(Director of Public Relations and Business Development, Global Film Initiative)

Documentary Feature Competition

• Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
(Documentary Director)
• Teresa Hagen
(Owner, Cut Loose Productions)

Short Films Competition

• Erahm Christopher
(Director, Writer, and Producer)
• Jessica Sison
(Documentary Filmmaker and Editor)

Detailed profile of each juror coming soon.

Spirit of Humanity Award

• Kimberlee Bassford with "Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority"

El Dorado Award

• Bill Plympton

Discovery Award

• Francesco Mistichelli

Independent Award

• Jon Gunn

Awards
• Audience Award for Best Narrative Film
• Audience Award for Best Documentary Film
• Audience Award for Best Short Film

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