Akihiko Matsuzawa (Japan), Shred, Film Short
Alexander Leontaritis (Cyprus), Waiting Room, Film Feature
Benjamin Long (USA), Extra/Ordinary Season One, Web Series
Derrek P. Horn (USA), Wrong Turn, Music Video
Firdaus Kharas (Canada), Whispers With Stones, Public Service Programming / PSA
Jinsuk Kim (USA), JIN (A Korean in America), Christian (Student)
Julia Fulmer (USA), Rachel’s Pitch, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Justin Ward (USA), Relish, Film Feature
Kshitij Sharma (India), Devil (Maupassant’s Le Diable), Actor: Leading (Kshitij Sharma as Dev Bhramar)
Lorenz Christian Köhler (Germany), mothers, Film Short
Paul W. Nethercott (USA), GRATEFUL, Documentary Short
Paula Castro (USA), Sanctuaries: A New Life, Documentary Short
Rob Loos (USA), Salt and Light – The Miracle in Hollywood, Documentary Feature
Sergio Umansky (Mexico), Eight out of ten, Actor: Leading (Noé Hernández as Aurelio), Actress: Leading (Daniela Schmidt as Citlali), Film Feature

Abdulaziz Khalifa and Bedour Bader (Kuwait), sellers of delusion, Film Short, Islamic, Women Filmmakers
Andreas Berger and Alexander Polic (Austria), Agony, Actor: Leading (Dominik Habe as George Birch), Film Short
Andy Cruz (USA), 2 Wrongs, African American
Angelo Reyes (USA), Groomed, Film Short, Asian
Anna Alfieri (United Kingdom), Borderline, Actress: Leading (Anna Alfieri as Anna), LGBT, Women Filmmakers
Brandan Haskell (USA), Saved By Grace, Film Short, Actor: Leading (Spencer Trinwith as Francis), Original Score (Saved by Grace composed by Mark Slater)
Brian Lutes (Canada), Painted Sharks, Script / Writer (Brian Lutes)
Brian Lutes (Canada), Ming… Voice of Deception, Actor: Leading (Brian Lutes as Daniel Partcher), Actress: Leading (Monika Lamora as Constance Partcher), Film Feature, Direction (Brian Lutes), Editing (Pavel Chichagov and Brian Lutes), Script / Writer (Brian Lutes), Lighting (Larry Munn)
Chunyu Bao (China), Fish Out of Water, Asian (Student)
David Smith (Australia), Pipe Dreams Fractured Lives, Documentary Feature
Denise Francis (United Kingdom), B is for Bully, Children / Family Programming
Dr. Anil Kumar  Mehta (Netherlands), Madhav – Every Child Needs A Mentor, Film Feature
Ella McKeon (USA), The Butcher Shop, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Eric Stanze (USA), In Memory Of, Actress: Leading (Jackie Kelly as Amber Sheridan)
Fernanda Terepins (Brazil), Pilsen Vintage, Documentary Short (Student)
Garland Waller (USA), The Silent Soldier and the Portrait, Documentary Feature
George Turnbull (Canada), Walking Together, Christian
Giorgio Miraflor and Chris Wallace (USA), Of an Angel, Actor: Leading (Giorgio Miraflor as Oscar)
Guido De Craene (Belgium), Don’t get mad, …, Film Short
Guido Orio (USA), The Last Time, Film Short

Haston McLaren (United Kingdom), A Life in August, Actress: Leading (Lisa Miller as Lisa)
Henriett Tunyogi (United Kingdom), Night Song, Film Short, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Women Filmmakers
Henry Young (Australia), Animal, Actor: Leading (Alastair Osment as Son)
Hortense Lingjaerde (USA), The Blood of a Woman, Women Filmmakers
Ivania Azucar (USA), Her Body, Film Short (Student)
Jack Impellizzeri (USA), ENTER, Actor: Leading (Zack Norman as Larry Howard)
Jamie DeWolf (USA), Farmly, LGBT
Jianhua Yang (China), Song for turbulent youth, Film Feature
Joe Cromer (USA), Holy Toledo, Documentary Short
Judson Vaughan (United Kingdom), Mexican Wave, Documentary Feature
Karen Cantor (USA), RETURN: Reclaiming Native American Foodways for Health and Spirit, Documentary Short
Lucy Lowe (United Kingdom), Uncle Art, Documentary Feature
Marcelo Presotto (Brazil), 2, Film Feature, Latin / Hispanic, Actor: Leading (Naomi Nero as Miguel), Actress: Leading (Barbara Riethe as Lis), Original Score (Composed by Zeca Baleiro)
Michael Satzinger (Austria), Momoko, Film Short (Student)
Mira Hamour (USA), Syria’s Tent Cities, Documentary Short
Nalini Elvino de Sousa (India), Special Envoy, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest
Nina Kojima (United Kingdom), Three Little Hearts, Children / Family Programming, Film Short, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Women Filmmakers
Peggy Callahan (USA), The Unit: Lessons On Living & Dying, Documentary Short
Peter Spann (Australia), Sydney, Film Short
Phil Alcabes (USA), Carli Munoz-Wangari Maathai, Music Video
Puthiyavan Rasiah (United Kingdom), SINGLE PALM TREE, Asian

Raanan Rosenbaum (Israel), SHMELKY, Jewish (Student)
Rafael Marziano Tinoco (Venezuela), Little Histories, Film Feature (Student)
Rakel Gardarsdottir and Ágústa M. Olafsdottir (Iceland), UseLess, Nature / Environment / Wildlife
Rodolfo Eduardo Moro (Argentina), Families like Yours, Documentary Short
Sadie Duarte (Spain), Blown Away (Enchufados), Latin / Hispanic, Women Filmmakers
Sarah Prikryl (USA), Family: A Love Story, Documentary Short
Sean Bloomfield and Cimela Kidonakis (USA), Where There is Darkness, Documentary Feature
Sebastiano Rizzo (Italy), The Princess’s Treasure, Film Short
Sergio Umansky (Mexico), Eight out of ten, Actor: Supporting (Raul Briones as Oscar)
Stephen James (USA), Conversations with Solomon – Episode 3 Inequality, Documentary Short
Ted Kay and Susan Frick, Without Warning® of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease (USA), Too Soon to Forget: The Journey of Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Documentary Feature
Temistocles Andres Diaz, Faisal Tisnes and Adelkis Reyes (Panama), Sin Mi, Film Short (Student), Latin / Hispanic (Student)
Vikram Razdan (India), Life Is Short, Film Short
Vladislav Khesin (USA), Flow, Experimental
Wu Jia (China), White Dream, Film Short
Yangfang (Frances) Chen (USA), Nina Saiza, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Yi-Feng Chang (Taiwan), Farewell to the Ark, Asian
Yonatan Nir (Israel), The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel, Jewish

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