OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

 

- Ira Childs and Lionel L. Chapman (shared award) for Fury

- Wei Geng for Terror from the Light (m)

- Carol Jackson for A 1969 Comet's Tale

- Laura Lewis-Barr and Donna Steel for The Clown (shared award)

- Brigid Lohrey for The Waratah Inn

- Timothy Martinez for Reaper Island

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QUARTERLY AWARD:

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-Best Worldwide Non-Animated MLC Short:

*Keep the Change by Tom Doherty

*Rudy (Red) by Karina Węgiełek

*I'll Tell You When You're Older by Andy Epsilantis

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-Best Worldwide Animated MLC Short:

*The Widow by Hibiscus Cloudberry

*Temptation Of Saint Francis by Johnnie Semerad 

*The Clown by Laura Lewis-Barr

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  -Best Midwest-Made Short:

*A Sisterhood of Signatures by Okema Gunn 

*Every Moment by Francisco C. Torres 

*Keep the Change by Tom Doherty

 

  -Best Western/Mob/Psycho Short Film:

*Down There by the Train by Andrew McNeill, Thomas Pollock

*Ranch Hands by Travis Mills

* Fury by Ira Childs, Lionel L. Chapman 

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  -Best Western/Mob/Psycho Feature Film:

*Eminence Hill by Robert Conway

*Booze, Broads and Blackjack by Rickey Bird Jr.

*The Nights Before Christmas by Paul Tanter 

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  -Best AFV –Adventure/Fantasy/VFX- Feature Film:

*Lake Fear 3 by Michael Crum

*Survival Guide by Fritzy

*Mambo Man by Mo Fini, Edesio Alejandro 

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  -Best AFV –Adventure/Fantasy/VFX- Short Film:

*Terror from the Light (m) by Wei Geng

*Nebula by Borja Ros Espejo

*The Acquisition by Lance J. Reha

 

-Best Series Episode:

*One Actor Short - 1 by Yuval David

*A Day Late and Ten Pounds by Alyssa Bouma and Ryan Neely 

*The Sandra West Diaries by Scott Rhodes, Olivia Dunkley

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-Best Audiobook Narrator:

*Cheryl Denise Bannerman for Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping

*Daniel Wisniewski for Soulstealer

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-Best Audiobook:

*The Feast and Other Horrifying Tales by Victor Warren and David Vorhees (shared award)

*The Waratah Inn by Brigid Lohrey (author Lilly Mirren)

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* Best Documentary Short: 

-Womanspace-Rockford by Karen Busser 

-A 1969 Comet's Tale by Carol Jackson

-Mr. India by James Fink-Jensen

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* Best Feature Length Documentary: 

-Finding Courage by Kay Rubacek

-Whisper to be Heard Tim Hale with Hales Tales

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  -Best Actor on a Leading Role - Feature Film:

*Hector Noas for Mambo Man

*Vincent Pastore for Booze, Broads and Blackjack

*Joshua Winch (Lake Fear 3)

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  -Best Actor on a Leading Role - Short Film:

*Rick Jermain for I’ll Tell you When You’re Older

*Nelson Owen Gutierrez for Keep the Change

*Miroslaw Zbrojewicz for Rudy (Red)

 

  -Best Actress on a Leading Role - Feature Film:

*Sarah French for Booze, Broads and Blackjack

*Colleen Madden for Survival Guide

*Isael Yudexi de la Torre Mesa for Mambo Man

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-Best Actress on a Leading Role - Short Film:

*Izabela Baran, for Rudy (Red)

*Anita Nicole Brown for Fury

*Mani Yarosh for TMARAMRLT 

 

  -Best Overall Film Score:

*Mambo Man (Arturo Jorge et al. shared award: up to 2 more names)

*A 1969 Comet's Tale (Neil Strawbridge)

*Reaper Island Part II (Timothy Martinez)

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-Best Song in a Film:

*Mambo Man (Arturo Jorge/"Finca Santa Elena")

*When La Rumorosa Quiets. 

Patricia Montoya (lyrics) and 

Moranoba Sotelo (performed by). Same song title (shared award)

*Seeing (Nolan Furne/"What you did")

 

  -Best Film Editing:

* Keep the Change (Tom Doherty)

* Alabaster (Dan Ramm)

* Vulgar Reading (Conner Zornow)

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  -Best Film Cinematography:

* Keep the Change (Josiah Sjostrom)

* I'll Tell You When You're Older (Chip Rittenhouse)

* Nebula (Borja Ros Espejo)

 

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SPECIAL JURY MENTION AWARD:

 

* Promising Young Actor/Actress: 

-Robin Smallman (Survival Guide)

-Maya Hooks (A Sisterhood…)

-Saskia Den Boon (Every Moment)

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* Memorable M-obster Flavor Individual Performance:

-Vincent Pastore for Booze Broads and Blackjack

-Simon Phillips for The Nights Before Christmas

-Barry Corbin for Eminence Hill

 

* Memorable L-atino Individual Performance:

-Hector Noas for Mambo Man

-Loarina Gonzalez for Karmen

-Sandra Martinez Orenes for Nebula

 

* Memorable C-omedic Flavor Performance:

-Ryan Neely for A Day Late and Ten Pounds Overweight

-Garazi Beloki for Do you want to go out with me

-Rodja Troscher How to Obtain Breathing Masks

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* Outstanding Supporting Role Performance 

-Louie Iaccarino (Eminence Hill)

-Nyajai Ellison (Survival Guide)

-Drew Maniscalco (The Acquisition)

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* Outstanding Ensemble

Performance

-Adam Rabora and Michael Malley for Two Bad

-Hector Noas and Alejandro Palomino Infante for Mambo Man (shared award)

-Gus Edwards and Regi Obie for Ranch Hands

 

* Scene-Stealing Performance

-Xavier Goodman for Club City

-James Duval for Booze Broads and Blackjack

-Bruno Santillo for Down by There by the Train)

 

HONORABLE MENTION AWARD:

 

* Best Quarantine/Pandemic Film

-KO & VID by Vladimir Angelove

-Corona Dating by Rodja Martin Tröscher

-Fear of the Real by Antonio Lugo

 

* Strong Filmmaking Talent on a Feature Film

-Kay Rubacek (Finding Courage)

-Robert Conway (Eminence Hill)

-Ricky Bird Jr (Booze, Broads & Blackjack)

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* Strong Filmmaking Talent on a Short Film

-Jayleen Perez for Karmen

-Karina Wegielek  for Rudy (Red)

-Andy Epsilantis for I’ll Tell You When You’re Older

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* Great Series Potential in a Film:

-Club City (Gino Terrell)

-Mangai (RISHEEKESAN / VIKNES PERRABU)

-KingPin A Fan Series (Aaron Rathbone)

 

* Production with Outstanding SFX Work:

-Survival Guide (Jon Philips and Michael Heron)

-Terror from the light (m) – Wei Geng

-Lake Fear 3 (Michael Crum)

 

* Production with Outstanding Sound, Voice or Narration Quality

-Soulstealer (Daniel Wisniewski)

-The Clown (Donna Steele)

-A Day Late and Ten Pounds by Alyssa Bouma &  Ryan Neely (shared award)

 

*Best MLC Jewel –creative videos- (Apr-Jun Qtr):

-How to Obtain Breathing Masks by Rodja Martin Tröscher

-The Last Macbeth by Terry Blade/ThatKidGoran/Kanisi Ltd.)

-Journey to the ONE by Natalia Duzhenko / Olha Hdulia (shared award)

 

* Best Color Treatment (Apr-Jun-Qtr):

-Whisper to be Heard (Mike Bruckman)

-Un autre jour à LA (Jill Von Dae / Marie Tollec)

-Do You Want to Go Out with Me? by Mikel Arraiz (dir) & Fran Condor (color) - shared award

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