AUFF IMDb

Best Narrative Feature

Sheryl

Director Justin Best

Best Documentary Feature

Sitting in the Fire

Directors Alec Goldberg & Boson Wang

Best Horror Feature

Night Shoot

Director Taylor Katsanis

Best Sci-Fi Feature

Venus Effect

Director Andrew Burn

Best Drama Feature

Clocked

Director Noah Salzman

Best Comedy Feature

Glowzies

Director Hank Braxtan

Best Local Feature

Twin Flame Hotel

Directors Gavin Thagard & Michael Howell

Best Director(s) Feature

All I've Got & Then Some

Directors Tehben Dean & Rasheed Stephens

Best Narrative Short

Changes

Director Tim Casper

Best Comedy Short

There's a Klansman in the Trunk!

Director Xavier Ingram

Best Drama Short

Making A Friend

Director Anthony Carniello

Best Experimental Short

This Body Is A Shell

Director Ashley Eakin

Best Documentary Short

Float!

Director Azza Cohen

Best Foreign Short

3pm Thursdays

Director Michèle Kaye

Best Music Video

Letter From St. Anthony's

Director Franck Trebillac

Best Animated Short

A Guest from Elsewhere

Director Ethan Anderson

Best Micro Short

Shitter

Director Chris Schwab

Best Horror Short

Come Back Haunted

Director Logan James Freeman

Best Sci-Fi Short

ID EST

Director Shayda Frost

Best Student Short

The Rest of My Body

Director Kyle Andrew Hosea

Best Local Narrative Short

Mind Hacker

Director Gloria Faron Podlecka

Best Local Documentary Short

City of Kings: Atlanta

Director William Feagins, Jr.

Best Director(s) Short

Sugar Tits

Director Heath Benfield

Best Narrative Feature

Poundcake

Director Onur Tukel

Best Documentary Feature

Sweetheart Deal

Directors Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller

Best Horror Feature

Abruptio

Director Evan Marlowe

Best Director

Cash Cow

Director Matt Barats

Best Narrative Short

I Am Poem

Director Maite Bonilla

Best Comedy Short

Hey Pinky

Director Neil West

Best Drama Short

On/Off

Director Jurg Slabbert

Best Experimental Short

La Pequeña Muerte

Director Pedro Lavin

Best Documentary Short

Krush The Wrestler

Director Alex Megaro

Best Foreign Short

When the Saints Come Marching Back

Director Gerardo Tassan

Best Music Video

Backbone - MacGray

Director Aline Magrez

Best Animated Short

The Bridge

Director Gabriel Agustin Freire

Best Micro Short

Forward Fast

Director Lorraine Sovern

Best Horror Short

Rhyme or Die

Director Max Lincoln

Best Sci-Fi Short

PicMe

Director Molly Tomecek

Best Local Short

Mysore Magic

Director Abijeet Achar

Best Narrative Feature
Wild Bones
Director Jack James

Best Comedy Feature
RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary
Directors Chris Guerra, Matthew John Koppin

Best Documentary Feature
The Book of Harth
Director Pierre Guillet

Best Local Feature
Miles from Nowhere
Director Jono Mitchell

Best Drama Feature
Continue 9,8,7.
Director Lucas James Culshaw

Best Foreign Feature
Sweet Disaster
Director Laura Lehmus

Best Sci-Fi Feature
Planet b234
Director Keelie Sheridan

Best Thriller Feature
Lyla
Director Gordon Cowie

Best Pilot
Roger, Espionager
Director Brooke Jaye Taylor

Best Director
Alchemy of the Spirit
Director Steve Balderson

First-Time Filmmaker Award of Excellence
Sober
Director Dewayne Irving

Best Narrative Short

The Altruist 

Director Matt Smith

Best Animated Short

The Way to a Man’s Heart
Directors Jule Körperich, Karin Demuth  

Best Music Video

Glass Ship
Director Sam Balcomb 

Best Experimental Short

Capsule
Directors Taibi Magar, Tyler Dobrowsky 

Best Comedy Short

The Coupon
Director Laura Seay 

Best Horror Short

Household Demons
Director John Gray 

Best Sci-Fi Short

The Marinn Company
Director Emma Swider

Best Documentary Short

Rachel's Law
Director Cameron Ilan

Best Drama Short

Dreamer
Directors Vergi Rodriguez, Diana Zollicoffer

Best Foreign Short

Mirage
Director Arthur Fanget

Best Local Short

Post-Citrus
Director Madison Hatfield  

Best Student Film

Sweet Temptations
Director William Thomason    

Best Comedy Feature
Killer Whales
Director Will Hamilton

Best Drama Feature
This is Not a War Story
Director Talia Lugacy

Best Documentary Feature
Iron Family
Director Patrick Longstreth

Best Horror Feature
The Reenactment
Director Andrew Ford

Best Sci-Fi Feature
The Alternate
Director Alrik Bursell

Best Local Feature
Landlocked
Director Timothy Hall

Best Foreign Feature
Playdurizm
Director Gem Deger

Best Animated Short
Modo Crasticot
Director Jérémie Guy-Béland

Best Music Video
Rocking the Unemployment Line
Director Oksana Pryshchepa

Best Comedy Short
Good Head
Director Matt Servitto

Best Documentary Short
We Travel
Directors Ethan Payne, Brian Foster

Best Horror Short
Out at Night
Director Christopher Hewitt

Best Drama Short
Garage
Director Aaron Sanders

Best Local Short
Lorikeet
Director Elisee Junior St Preux

Best Foreign Short
The Wick
​Director Sabine Crossen

Best Experimental Short
Les Dieux Changeants
Director Lucio Arese

Best Action Short
Break Things & Run
Director Ramsey Telhami

Best Student Film
Gretel & Hansel: A New Musical
Director Alex Preston 

Best Feature
To Your Last Death
Director Jason Axinn

Best Documentary Feature
Mentally Al
​Director Joshua Edelman

Best Narrative Short
Body and Son
Director Chris Anthony Hamilton

Best Drama Short
Max
Director Kristina Arjona

Best Comedy Short
Eat the Rainbow
Director Brian Benson

Best Horror Short
​​​Bakemono
Directors Sumire Takamatsu, Jorge Lucas

Best Documentary Short
Considerations of Infinity
Director Kira Bursky

Best Animated Short
WALT
Directors Greg Yagolnitzer, Brendan Walter

Best Action Short
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood
Director Fabio Soares

Best Experimental Short 
Klaus Eats Butterflies
Director Shane Aquino

Best Music Video
Black Pumas - Colors
Director Kristian Mercado

Best Foreign Short
Aftershock
Director Gareth Wilkes

Best Local Short
Brown With Blue
Director Christian Nolan Jones

Best Director
Cassandra
Director David E. Tolchinsky

Best Feature 
PAGEANT MATERIAL
Jonothon Mitchell

Best Director
Cameron Schwartz
REST STOP.

Best Actor
Robert Solomon
DUKE

Best Actress
Madeleine Woolner
HOW FAR

Best Cinematography
Abijeet Achar
WATER HORSE

Best Local Short
WE SHOULD HANG OUT MORE
​Marquelle "Kelley" Young & Kelly Dawkins

Best Animated Short
GRYPHON ANIMO
Matthew Maloney

Best Comedy Short
PEGGY
​Justin Miller

Best Horror Short

RICK AND RUBY

Scott Woodburn

Best Sci-Fi Short

ORIGIN
David Parrella

Best Drama Short
JERKY
Amy Trefry & Brent Braaten

Best Music Video
SEX PLANET - LACIE
Zach Strum

Best Foreign Short

THE DELIVERER
Ron Morales

Audience Choice
LANGUAGE OF ESPIONAGE
Giovanni Tortorici

Best Feature
Rockaway
​by John J. Budion

Best Director
In This Gray Place
​​by R.D. Womack II

Best Cinematography
Ulysses
by Federico Alotto

Best Drama Feature
Lost Fare
by Bruce Logan

Best Comedy Feature
STUCK
​by Jillian Armenante

Best Ensemble Cast
Killer Unicorn
by Drew Bolton

Best Short Film
Life Partner
by Mairin Hart

Best Drama Short
Miscreant
by Rocky Ramsey

Best Comedy Short
Pigeonholed
by Robert Stuvland

Best Dark Comedy Short
Hangover Food
by Ross McGowan

Best Horror Short
Avulsion
by Steve Boyle

Best Sci-Fi Short
Bespoke
by Rik Cordero

Best Documentary Short
Candlelight
by Verónica Ortiz-Calderón

Best Foreign Short
Adnyat
by Santosh Sopan Davakhar

Best Animated Short
Empty Chair
by Alison Salazar

Best Music Video
HXXS - Seppuku
by Anders Ericsson

Best Local Short
Snapshot
by Brett Bagwell

Best Actor
Aleksander Ristic
In This Gray Place

Best Actress
Alexis Rosinsky
Lost Fare

Best Feature
Nowhere, Michigan
by Robert Vornkahl

Best Drama Feature
Back for Good
by Bailey Donovan & Molly Donovan

Best Comedy Feature
Danger, Dames & Dangerous Games
by Alex Salazar

Best Horror Feature
Devil's Whisper
by Adam Ripp

Best Documentary Feature
Tempest Storm
by Nimisha Mukerji

Best Thriller Feature
R U Safe
by Paul Ruven

Best Director(s)
Back for Good
by Bailey Donovan & Molly Donovan

Audience Choice Award (Feature)
Whitney Can I Be Me
by Nick BroomfielD & Rudi Dolezal

Best Short Film
ROPEd
by Riel Stone

Best Drama Short
Brothers
by Troy Elliott

Best Comedy Short
Emojional Breakdown
by Tom Chalmers

Best Horror Short
Tethered
by Daniel Robinette

Best Horror-Comedy Short
Death Metal
by Chris Mclnroy

Best Dark Comedy Short
Three Legged Dog
by Bonnie Kathleen Ryan

​Best Foreign Short
Son
by Cyrus Neshvad

Best Foreign Drama Short
Rive
by Angela Besharah

Best Foreign Horror Short
Holy F__k
by Christian Chalklen

Best Documentary Short
#FAFATL
by Sean Osorio

Best Animated Short
Sisters
by David Chontos

Best Action Short
Destroy Madrid
by Joseba Alfaro

Best Sci-Fi Short
Upgraded
by James Martin

Best Student Short
The Evans Girl
by Val Jashari

Best Ensemble Cast
Beat Around the Bush
by Brianne Nord-Stewart

Best Music Video
Don't Forget About Singapore
by Julien Thiry

Best Experimental Short
Gratus
by Sarah Johnson

Best Local Short
Eat Your Heart Out
by Adam Gambrel

Best Local Comedy Short
Quarter Life*
by Celia Quillian

Best Local Horror Short
Croak
by Matt Barrett

Best Local Drama Short
Last Lesson
by Badar Shahid

Best Director (Short)
Three Skeleton Key
by Andrew Hamer

Audience Choice Award
AmeriKa
by Ryan Ward  

Best Feature
The Head Thieves
dir. by Mike Hermosa

Best Documentary Feature
Missing Mom
dir. by Robert McCallum, Jordan Morris

Best Documentary Series
Colour meBlack
dir. by Kelvin Edwards and Dorothy Lucey​

Best Comedy Feature
The Unquenchable Thirst for Beau Nerjoose
dir. by Johnny Buell

Best Drama Feature
The Next Big Thing
dir. by Brody Gusar

Best Screenplay
The General Specific
dir by Matthew Stanasolovich

Best Editing
The Head Thieves
dir. by Mike Hermosa

Best Director
Raising Bertie
dir by Margaret Byrne

Best Short Film
A Tree in the Sea
dir. by Shahir Zag

Best Cinematography
The Story
dir. By Carolyn Pender, Cameron Dingwall

Best Comedy Short
Being Glen: A Puppeteer’s Story
dir. By Xavier Jordan

Best Drama Short
Lay in Wait
dir. by Jonathan Ade

Best Documentary Short
Effervescence
dir. by Garret Whittington

Best Foreign Short
Fatum
dir. by Radoslaw Pietruczuk

Best Animated Short
Poochini
dir. by Max Colson

Best Horror Short
The Herd
dir. by Colin Borden

Best Music Video
Mirror Lies
dir. by Adam Rosenberg

Best Experimental Short
Shell
dir. by Daniel Ahrens

Best Sci-Fi Short
Dog Bowl
dir. by Gordy Hoffman

Best Student Film
Wolf Spirit
dir. By Christopher Leary

Best Short Short
ArachNO!
dir. by Alex Mangen

Best Local Short
Game Night
dir. by Micah Hudson

​Audience Choice Award
Heartbreak & Beauty
dir. by Libby Banks, Nathan Basha, Robin Bryan, Genevieve Clay-Smith 

Best Feature
Driving While Black
dir. by Paul Sapiano

Best Documentary Feature
Searching for Eddie Running Wolf
dir. by Thomas Hartmann

Best Comedy Documentary Feature
Air Sex: The Movie
dir. by Brock LaBorde and Jonathan Evans

Best Comedy Feature
Winning Formula 
dir. by Tyler Farr

Best Director 
Dumbbells
dir. by Christopher Livingston

Best Drama Feature
Landmine Goes Click
dir. by Levan Bakhia

Best Short
Dennis Doesn't Live Here Anymore
dir. by Michael Nardelli

Best Comedy Short
My Life is a Dream
dir. by Brian Benson

Best Drama Short
Scrabble
dir. by Cristian Sulser

Best Documentary Short
JKTV
dir. by Elle Schneider

Best Foreign Short
Rise
dir. by Ali F. Mostafa

Best Animated Short
My Brother's Stocking 
dir. by Hannah Field

Best Horror Short
Lifeline
dir. by Jeffery Wang

Best Comedy-Horror Short
Invaders
dir. by Jason Kupfer

Best Music Video
Far Away and Long Ago
dir. by Dominic Mercurio

Best Experimental Short
Elk Mound
dir. by Chris Mars

Best Action Short
Brix and the Bitch
dir. by Nico Raineau

Best Short Short
The Break Up
dir. by Desta Reff

Best Local Short
Dream Writers
dir. by Nathan Bach

​Audience Choice
Charged
dir. by Ndosi Anyabwile 

Best Feature
Time Lapse
dir. by Bradley King

Best Documentary Feature
When My Sorrow Died: The Legend of Armen Ra & the Theremin
dir. by Robert Nazar Arjoyan

Best Comedy Feature
No Soliciting 
dir. by Will Dove

Best Animated Feature
Lovesick Fool: Love in the Age of Like
dir. by Dominic Polcino

Best Short
Stop Traffick
dir. by Wes Halula

​Best Comedy Short
Bigger 
dir. by Chad Fisher

Best Drama Short
Stammer
dir. by G Curtis Wilson

Best Foreign Short
Drops of Smoke
dir. by Ane Siderman

Best Animated Short
Baxter
dir. by Ty Coyle

Best Horror Short
The Embalming
dir. by Matthew Grave

Best Music Video
Brave Men 
dir. by Joe Zohar

Best Experimental Short
The Meteor
dir. by Charles Griffin Gibson

Best Local Short
What If I Told You... 
dir. by Kristofer Seppala

Best Director 
​Fix You
dir. by Christian Juru

Audience Choice
The Routine
dir. by Brian Groh