BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - BIG CITY PIZZA

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BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM - SPIN

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BEST FAMILY FEATURE FILM - CHRISTMAS MIRACLE CHRONICLES

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BEST DRAMA SHORT - THE THINGS WE DO

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BEST DRAMA FEATURE FILM - SAE

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BEST MICRO SHORT - INTO THE ABYSS

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BEST HORROR SHORT - PERFECT TEN

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BEST COMEDY/HORROR SHORT - GRILLED CHEESE

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - BAD ALICE

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST FEATURE FILM - THE HEIRESS

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BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - AMEN I’M BLESSED

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - FOREST 779

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - JAY PAULSON/THE PERFECT PALM

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Eric Roberts/THE DEAD SPEAK

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - Me'Tra Dee Carter/PLEASE STOP!

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Anna Mae Gordon/WE BLEED PURPLE

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BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM

Christina Childress/WHILE YOU WERE FREEING THE WORLD

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BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Alexis Knapp/PICK UP ARTIST

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BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM -David Gianopoulos/I OFTEN DREAM OF TRAINS

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BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Mike Farrell/THE STRAWBERRY

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BEST INTERNATIONAL WEB SERIES - NOMEN NESCIO EPISODE 1

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO - ANOCHE

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - THE MIRACLE OF YOU

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM - BEGET

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BEST SHORT FILM DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 

"Day 474, and the Lingerings Thereafter"

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BEST MINDFULNESS FEATURE FILM - LA JESUS

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BEST DANCE SHORT - AIRE LIBRE

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BEST THRILLER FEATURE FILM - CONTRADICTION

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - CONSTANT BATTLES

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS SHORT FILM - OUTWIT THE DEVIL

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM

Debra Granieri/Barry & Bernice: L.A. Dating Chronicles

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY TV PILOT OR EPISODE - GROWING UP MOVIES

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Mary Patel Gallagher/MOUSER

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BEST COMEDY SHORT - THE WRONG BOZOS

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BEST COMEDY FEATURE - MISS MATCHED

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BEST SOUND MUSIC VIDEO - GUARDIAN ANGEL

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BEST SOUND SHORT ANIMATION FILM - BOOMSHAKAMAGA

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BEST SOUND SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM - SAPPHIRE & SONG

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BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - IN PLAIN SIGHT

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BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - Francisco Letelier: "I Write Your Name"

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BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - NOT TONIGHT 

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BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

Finding the Line - An Exploration of Structural Integration

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - WELCOME TO VEGAS

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BEST SCI-FI THRILLER FEATURE FILM -  SHORT FUSE

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN MUSIC VIDEO - DELUSION

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM - ROCKETSHIP

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - HEAVY LEATHER HITTERS

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BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - Glory O - The Bold Fenian Men

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BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - BRIDE

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BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - A DISASTER DIARY: LEARN. PRAY. PREPARE!

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BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE -  IT'S WEIRD NEXT DOOR

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM

MORGAN WOOD "EVERYTHING ALWAYS HAPPENS SO MUCH"

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - A PROMISE

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - IT'S NOT GOODBYE - DECEMBER FADES

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  LIKE A WILLOW TREE

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - OF WATER AND WILL

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - MY ASIAN CAM GIRL

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM - QLC

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BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO

Nick Andrea/WISKEY WISPERERS (LAW & CHAOS) & MISSUS 2ND PLACE (LAW & ORDER)

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BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Nolan Wang/THE SHOUTING FOX

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Nick Andrus/THREE BROTHERS IN SHANGHAI

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BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM - JOEY MEDINA/ROXY & THE MAN

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Chico Bryant/UNPUNISHED

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BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM -  Jack Littman/JINX

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BEST STUDENT FILM  - THE WAKE WE LIVE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Soda Gardocki - Waltzes, Trains, Wires & Wood

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - NONE OF THE ABOVE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- BEARS IN HOT TUBS

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - MEXICAN HAT

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES -  ROUND THE CORNER

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV PILOT OR EPISODE  -12 SIDED DIE, SEASON 2

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY - BY GEORGE

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - WE ARE ANIMALS

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AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - AMERICAN SPARK

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GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - TRAIN AT SUNSET

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GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - DOUBLE BILL

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -  ECHOES OF THE PALISADES 

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV PILOT OR EPISODE -  OUR FAMILY PRIDE

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE/WEB SERIES -  THE GOODYEARS

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GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - RADICAL

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GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY - TELEVISION - BEFORE THE FOREST FALLS

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GRAND PRIZE BEST TELEVISION FILM - Students Are Heroes: A Sickle Cell Warriors Story

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GRAND PRIZE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - NOTHING TO SEE HERE: WATTS

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - THE VANISHING TOUR

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MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL 2026 SCREENPLAY AWARDS

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

DRAMA/COMING OF AGE - STILLWATER BY Katie Ann O'Keefe

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY ANIMATION - POPS BY Jack Truman

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

COMEDY/FISH OUT OF WATER - ORANGUTAN SUMMER BY Steven M. Hirohama

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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY THRILLER

The BEDLAM BALLAD OF LADY JESUS BY J. Quinzelle

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - THE RURALS BY Judson Vaughan

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BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - GENERIC JENNY BY Andrea Holz

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BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PILOT

FOR MY BROTHER BY Lotty Jemima McNeil Greig

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - The Talisman BY Kurt Anbarci

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BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - DRAMEDY -  CENTRAL FILL BY MG Hardie

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BEST TELEVISION DRAMA - ANN ARBOR BY Richard Redlo

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BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY

MURDER/MYSTERY -  THE SINGING DETECTIVE “WHO KILLED LEX” BY Gary St. Martin

 

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - ACTION/MYSTERY-  RANGER BY COLIN COSTELLO

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BEST SCI-FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY - MINT BY Jon Carlson

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BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY -  TOKYO GHOST BY Rachel Walsh-Williams

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BEST ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY

DATING INCORPORATED BY Donna Keegan, Marian Sing

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BEST COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - STREAMER OF THE YEAR BY William McNeill

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BEST SUPERNATURAL THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY

ETERNAL BLESSINGS BY Michael Hilow

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BEST ENSEMBLE DRAMA SCREENPLAY - COME MONDAY BY Graham Streeter

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BEST SUPERNATURAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY - DAEMON BY Spencer Roberson

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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM 

ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY BY James M Corkill

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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY BASED ON A TRUE STORY 

CALIFORNIA LISTEN BY Darshana V Nadkarni

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GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY -  PEAK WATER BY  John Boal

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GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - DEAD EAST “NIPPON FLIGHT 319” BY Paul Alan Gober

 

GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT - GROWN-ASS THEATER KIDS BY Benjamin Adams

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - WAKE UP CALL BY Melanie Villines 

& CARRY ME HOME BY ROBERT AMICO