Winners & Nominees

WINNER
· THE LAST WITNESS (UK) · Piotr Szkopiak

NOMINEES
· MY FREEDOM(Latvia) · Ilze Kunga-Melgaile
· WAR BLADE(UK) · Nicholas Winter
· A FAMILY(Australia/Ukraine) · Jayden Stevens
· ISOLATED PEOPLE(China) · Jun Wang
· MIRACLE(Switzerland) · Miguel Sousa
(USA) · Guy Longstreet (USA) · Cristóbal Krusen· BLACK JADE
· LET ME HAVE MY SON

WINNER
· INTO TEMPTATION (USA) · Quinn da Matta

NOMINEES
(USA) · Emil Benjamin (France) · Caroline Tillette (UK) · Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter (USA) · McClain Lindquist (USA) · Maureen Payne-Hahner (Germany) · Oliver Kahl (UK) · George C. Siougas· THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES
· ELISABETH
· LOST INNOCENCE
· THE TELL TALE HEART
· BRUME
· KARMA IS A HITCH
· THE ONE NOTE MAN

WINNER
· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA) · Zach Siegel

NOMINEES
(Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina (France) · Joris Fleurot (Netherlands) · Everon Jackson Hooi (USA) · Samantha Severin (China) · Qianhang Shao (UK) · Carlotta Beck Peccoz (New Zealand) · Tanya Wheeler· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
· LA CROIX
· MONKEY BUSINESS
· NIKO & ELEANOR
· FILTER
· DOG DAYS
· MEANS TO AN END

WINNER
· BREATHE (Portugal) · Joana Vieira Da Costa, Ana Fernandes

NOMINEES
(UK) · Lesley Manning (Australia) · Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale (USA) · Dimitri Max (Republic of Korea) · Justin Lovett (Sweden) · Mats Landström (Switzerland) · Keanu Maier (USA) · Nadia Flamenco· SEVEN
· FUTURE HARVEST
· BANGER
· IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
· TRANSMISSION
· EDGE OF MIND
· JOSEFINA

WINNER
· THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES (USA) · Emil Benjamin

NOMINEES
(Finland) · Akseli Koskinen (USA) · Camille Morales-Zayas (Netherlands) · Youri Smaal (Sweden) · Angelica Abramovitch (Lebanon) · Abbas Abbas, Mhamad Hamadan Eidy (USA) · Abel B. Padilla (Latvia) · Dan Silov· SAARNA
· LAURA
· WAAR THUIS WAS
· THANK YOU SAM
· THE MAIL THIEF
· THERAPIST OF THE YEAR
· CATASTROPHE

WINNER
· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA) · Zach Siegel

NOMINEES
(USA) · Dan Levy Dagerman (USA) · Jenny Kleiman (USA) · Josef Steiff (USA) · Christopher J Hall (Australia) · Joseph Gardner, Andrew Cox (USA) · Brian Foyster (USA) · Amelia Annen· YOU, ME & HER
· GOOD GIRL
· EMERALD CITY
· THE PERFECT FIRST DATE
· VICTORIAN QUEENS
· THE LAST TAKE
· RURAL

WINNER
· THANK YOU SAM (Sweden) · Angelica Abramovitch

NOMINEES
(UK) · Parlour Collective (Poland) · Maciej Szkonter (UK) · Ken McMullen (Taiwan) · Yang Ju Chiang (Italy) · Domenico Lombardini (Italy) · Mariano Lamberti· SCENES, OVERHEARD
· JUST A MINUTE/CHWILA MOMENT/一瞬の出来事
· HAMLET WITHIN
· THE WHITE SNAKE
· FUORI DALLA CITTÀ "OUTSIDE THE CITY"
· DORIANA

WINNER
· DOG DAYS (UK) · Carlotta Beck Peccoz

NOMINEES
(New Zealand) · Tanya Wheeler (Georgia) · Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (USA) · Sarah Lotfi (USA) · Cole Borgstadt (USA) · Quinn Wolverton (Canada) · Mostafa Keshvari (USA) · Jeremy Iván Goei Videla· MEANS TO AN END
· THE FOURTH IS OF A DEVIL
· KNIGHT TO QUEEN
· VOICES OF GOD
· JAMES
· INFINITE 8
· LEO Y FERNANDO

WINNER
· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER (Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina

NOMINEES
(USA) · McClain Lindquist (USA) · Maureen Payne-Hahner (USA) · Giulio Meliani (USA) · Guy Longstreet (USA) · Andrew Adams (Spain) · Lucía Zamora (Australia) · Steve Hudson· THE TELL TALE HEART
· BRUME
· AION
· BLACK JADE
· AMERICAN MELTDOWN
· LOVE ME AGAIN
· KAPARA

WINNER
· WAAR THUIS WAS (Netherlands) · Youri Smaal

NOMINEES
(Spain) · Lucía Zamora (Switzerland) · Desmond Hudson, Nina Zogg (Canada) · Jacob Meirovich (Italy) · Elisabetta Cancelli (USA) · Micah Sanders Silva, Moritz Johnson (USA) · Maximus Cardillo· LOVE ME AGAIN
· LOSE ME NOT
· CLOTH, FRIENDSHIP & BRIMSTONE
· ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE
· FACES OF THE FUTURE
· REVELATION OF THE MIND

WINNER
· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA) · Zach Siegel

NOMINEES
(USA) · Quinn da Matta (France) · Joris Fleurot (Portugal) · Joana Vieira Da Costa, Kimber Ria, Kris Derban (Latvia) · Anna Kalnina andInga Rozentale (UK) · Paul Szambowski andPiotr Szkopiak (Netherlands) · Everon Jackson Hooi (Belgium) · Olivier Van Malderghem· INTO TEMPTATION
· LA CROIX
· BREATHE
· MY FREEDOM

· THE LAST WITNESS

· MONKEY BUSINESS
· AT THE CIRCUIT

WINNER
· LA CROIX (France) · Jean Combier

NOMINEES

(USA) · Matthew Plaxco (Latvia) · Maxim Efros (Netherlands) · Johan Dijkstra (UK) · Edward Ames (France) · Vicent Ricci (Finland) · Kaisa Andersson (Australia/Ukraine) ·· INTO TEMPTATION
· MY FREEDOM
· MONKEY BUSINESS
· THE LAST WITNESS
· ELISABETH
· SAARNA
· A FAMILYJayden Stevens

WINNER
· INTO TEMPTATION (USA) · Juan Manuel Salcito

NOMINEES
(UK) · Ian mckellen (UK) · ALEX PETTYFER (USA) · Brian Wolfe (China) ·· HAMLET WITHIN
· THE LAST WITNESS
· NIKO & ELEANOR
· ISOLATED PEOPLEZhen Liu

WINNER
· LA CROIX (France) · Joris Fleurot

NOMINEES
(Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina (USA) · Gui Agustini (USA) · Schirete Zick, Luke Warrington (Malaysia) · Kenneth Feinstein (Spain) · Ben Welsh (Greece) · Nefeli Asariotaki· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER
· ROSES ARE BLIND
· ENCOUNTER
· DISLOCATION-RELOCATION
· ABSENTIA
· BORDERS

WINNER
· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER (Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina

NOMINEES
(France) · Joris Fleurot (USA) · Tanner Beard (USA) · Nick Boxwell (Spain) · Jos Man (UK) · Ben Daly (Ireland) · Andy B Clarke· LA CROIX
· RADIO TELESCOPE
· THE TIN WOODS
· PRIMACY
· FEVER DREAM
· HEDY

WINNER
· THE ONE NOTE MAN (UK) · George C. Siougas

NOMINEES
(Latvia) · Ilze Kunga-Melgaile (Netherlands) · Everon Jackson Hooi (USA) · Emil Benjamin (Belgium) · Olivier Van Malderghem (Portugal) · Passos Zamith (Switzerland) · Joachim H. Böttcher· MY FREEDOM
· MONKEY BUSINESS
· THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES
· AT THE CIRCUIT
· ME AND MYSELF
· POLIERTE HERRENSCHUHE "POLISHED GENTLEMEN‘S SHOES"
· 9/10: LOVE BEFORE THE FALL(USA) · Daron Hagen

WINNER
· FLAMBOYANES (Mexico) · Javier Montes d'Arce

NOMINEES
(UK) · Lesley Manning (Canada) · Rubén Möller (USA) · Charly Santagado (Netherlands) · Clara Johansson Borg (Italy) · Diego Clericuzio (India) · Nader Mohandesi· SEVEN
· MORTE ET DABO: GIFT OF DEATH
· SOLDIER ISLAND
· AEON
· I AM MOVING
· REPUDIATION

WINNER
· INTO TEMPTATION (USA) · Quinn da Matta

NOMINEES
(Latvia) · Ilze Kunga-Melgaile (Netherlands) · Everon Jackson Hooi (Finland) · Akseli Koskinen (USA) · Samantha Severin (China) · Jun Wang (UK) · Carlotta Beck Peccoz· MY FREEDOM
· MONKEY BUSINESS
· SAARNA
· NIKO & ELEANOR
· ISOLATED PEOPLE
· DOG DAYS

WINNER
· MIRACLE (Switzerland) ·Miguel Sousa

NOMINEES
(Italy) · Maria Lodovica Marini (USA) · Andrew Adams (USA) · Dan Levy Dagerman (Finland) · Tuukka Matti Johannes (Spain) · Pablo Aragüés (USA) · Vincent Nel (USA) · Dan Hertzog· IL MORSO DEL RAMARRO
· AMERICAN MELTDOWN
· YOU, ME & HER
· NORTHERN QUALITY
· HOME OWNERS
· ANNO DOMINI
· DATING AUDREY

WINNER
· LA CROIX (France) · Joris Fleurot

NOMINEES
(USA) · McClain Lindquist (China) · Qianhang Shao (Turkey) · İlyas Soner Yıldırım (China) · Zhang Heng (Republic of Korea) · Sangwook Ahn (Bangladesh) · Sadik Ahmed (France) · Julien Rodrigues· THE TELL TALE HEART
· FILTER
· ALKARISI
· DAYDREAM
· SALVAR
· CITY OF OZ
· THIS IS MY HOME

WINNER
· THE LAST WITNESS (UK) · Piotr Szkopiak

NOMINEES
(USA) · James Fox (Switzerland) · Joakim Scheidegger (USA) · Curtis Pollock (Canada) · Brandon Lewis (USA) · William R.A. Rush (Canada) · Mauro John Capece (USA) · Stephen Emerick· CRYPTO SHADOWS
· TOI SANS MOI
· THE ROOMATE
· PARTUM
· GROUP
· UNLUCKY TO LOVE YOU
· BE CAREFUL OUT THERE

WINNER
· MEANS TO AN END (New Zealand) · Tanya Wheeler

NOMINEES
(USA) · Erika Lupo (USA) · Timothy Barry (USA) · James Paul Nelson (UK) · Alex Perry (USA) · Chris Stacy (UK) · Manoj Anand (USA) · Colette Copeland· HIDING BODIES
· CODE NAME SAUSAGE
· DIRTY DIRTY GAMES
· THE WORLD IS FAR TOO MUCH
· UGLY COP
· ABHIMANYA CALLING: KALI CHAUDAS
· THE ALIEN AND THE BORDER GUARD

WINNER
· WAR BLADE (UK) · Nicholas Winter

NOMINEES
(Saudi Arabia) · Abdulrahman Al Jandal (Canada) · Aaron Glanfield (Canada) · Matthew Stalletti (USA) · Ralph Giordano (USA) · Aaron Yamasato (USA) · Donald Watson· STREET 105
· THE AWAKENING | THE ORBS' ARCHIVE
· THE WICKED: REBORN
· KNOCKOUT
· NINJA EX: BIOKILLERS
· WHITEY ON THE RUN

WINNER
· YOU CAN STAY OVER (IF YOU WANT) (USA) · Zach Siegel

NOMINEES
(USA) · Emil Benjamin (Germany) · Oliver Kahl (USA) · Melissa Areffi (UK) · James Grogan (USA) · Matthew Fridg (USA) · Casey Lloyd· THE BREAKDOWN PARABLES
· KARMA IS A HITCH
· GLORY & INJUSTICE
· IT'S JUST THE GAME
· SAVING AMELIA
· DAUNTLESS AND THE DEMIGOD

WINNER
· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER (Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina

NOMINEES
(USA) · Jun Shimizu (France) · Jordan Inconstant (USA) · Dan Hertzog (USA) · Theo Burtis (UK) · Alex Mathieson (USA) · Troy Scoughton, Sr. (Finland) · Tero Puha· EYECATCHER
· BLOODY FURY
· DOMINO SPRINGS
· VOICES FROM THE VOID
· DEATH DATE
· RADIO SILENCE
· ORIGINAL

WINNER
· LIFE EXPECTANCY (France) · Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert

NOMINEES
(Portugal) · Joana Vieira Da Costa, Ana Fernandes (UK) · Gerald Conn (USA) · Paris Baillie (Brazil) · Sergio Kalili (USA) · Jim Middleton (Croatia) · Tomislav Gregl· BREATHE
· INNER POLAR BEAR
· TULPA
· FOREST LEAGUE
· SEULE TOD
· AD 1202

WINNER
· INNER POLAR BEAR (UK) · Gerald Conn

NOMINEES
(Portugal) · Joana Vieira Da Costa, Ana Fernandes (France) · Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert (Italy) · Martino Prendini (USA) · Arius Ziaee (USA) · Michael Long (Canada) · William Marty Charest Léveillée (Italy) · Massimo Avantaggiato, Giorgio Falcone, Andrea Simone, Mattia Simone· BREATHE
· LIFE EXPECTANCY
· VERTEBRAE LOMBORUM
· WE'RE HAVING A PARTY AND EVERYONE'S INVITED
· GORILLA TACTICS
· ANCORA
· CHRONOS ADVENTURE

WINNER
· GROWNUP (USA) · Jee Kim

NOMINEES
(Portugal) · Joana Vieira Da Costa, Ana Fernandes (UK) · Gerald Conn (France) · Léanne Pfeiffer, Samuel Desert, Maxime Liquard, Enola Durand, Olivier Radola, Maëlys Poulet, Clément Estrade, Quentin Wallaert (USA) · Brandon Manuel Werwa (Portugal) · Vasco Diogo (USA) · Logan Greene (UK) · Louise Stevens, Sharon Smith· BREATHE
· INNER POLAR BEAR
· LIFE EXPECTANCY
· BOWIE AND GERALDO VS. THE SHADOW MONSTERS
· ANIMA # 1-4
· LEMONADE STAND
· LITTLE HOUSE - MILK

WINNER
· EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE (Turkey) · Zeynep Gulru Kececiler

NOMINEES
(UK) · Lee Phillips (Poland) · Cezary Grzesiuk (Canada) · Jonathan Antoine (Australia) · Mark A Tarrant (USA) · John A. Kuri (USA) · Ozlem Ayse Ozgur (USA) · Andrea Sambuccetti· KARMA KHAZI
· ONE STEP FROM HOLINESS
· DENE DRUM SONGS IN GAHNĮHTHAH
· SKULL CRACK: COVID SAFE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY THE STATE, CHAPTER III
· SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS IN CONCERT
· TASTE BUD MEMORIES
· MEANT TO BE

WINNER
· NEWS WITHOUT A NEWSROOM (USA) · Oana Liana Whaples

NOMINEES
(USA) · Wesley James Trisnadi (Germany) · Danielle Rotholi, Roberto Luis Ellis (Australia) · Ying Chu (USA) · Eva L Fulton (Canada) · Alexandre Mahutte· SYNESTHESIA - CHAPTER 1: NEUROCEPTION
· FLOW & RIVE
· SISTERS "WE ARE FAMILY"
· FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE: HER SECOND SERVICE STORY
· BUILDING A NEST

WINNER
· THE ONE WHO SLEEPS ON HIS BREATH (USA) · Andy Byers

NOMINEES
(USA) · Robert Kroger (USA) · Gregg Jaden (UK) · Genevieve Sulway (Sweden) · Viktor Björnström, Kajsa Määttä (USA) · Sarah Goolishian (Australia) · Nicky Akehurst (Austria) · Pavi Lustig· WIRE AND WATER
· THE CURSE EFFECT
· WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
· TRACKS
· SILENT RHYTHM
· ABRAHAM'S GARDEN
· ENFIELD IS PRAYER: MYSTERY OF THE PALM LEAF LIBRARY

WINNER
· MEANS TO AN END (New Zealand) · Tanya Wheeler

NOMINEES
(UK) · Lesley Manning (United Arab Emirates) · Maxim Timofeev (USA) · Russell Emanuel (Australia) · Gaston Boulanger (USA) · Vibhas P A Kendzia, Elizabeth Martina Bishop (UK) · Denise Mack· SEVEN
· YOUR DREAMS (?)
· STAYCATION
· THE SILVER BULLET
· A POET'S CHILDHOOD: AWAKENING TO CONSCIOUSNESS
· MOURNING COFFEE

WINNER
· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA) · Sean Cartwright

NOMINEES
(UK) · Christian Elliott, Neal E Johnson (Puerto Rico) · Coco Bigles (USA) · Troy Christian (USA) · Rebecca Maddalo (Italy) · Francesco Chiot (USA) · Alexander Ezorsky-Lie (Israel) · Eyal Reginiano· B R E A T H E
· YOU DON'T KNOW ME
· CARE FOR YOURSELF
· VILLAIN
· DO IT TOMORROW
· ALEC HUTSON 'ETONIA'
· TILL THE END OF THE WORLD

WINNER
· YOU DON'T KNOW ME (Puerto Rico) · Coco Bigles

NOMINEES
· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE'(USA) · Sean Cartwright
· SILENCE(Australia) · Monique Grimme
· LUCKY YOU'RE MINE(USA) · Steven Santoro
· 30 WAYS TO GHOST YOUR BOY TOY: A PARODY(USA) · Tova Morrison
· POSSIBLE STRANGER(UK) · Lara Marks
· THIS IS ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS(USA) · Dalea Faulkner, Sir Earl Toon (Kool & The Gang) and Donna Britton Bukevitz (Switzerland) · Aidan Amore
· F00LVSWORLD

WINNER
· PLS&TY 'UPSIDE' (USA) · Sean Cartwright

NOMINEES
(UK) · Christian Elliott, Neal E Johnson (Puerto Rico) · Coco Bigles (UK) · Christian Elliott, Neal E Johnson (Puerto Rico) · Coco Bigles (USA) · Chris Villain (USA) · Scott Rowan (Poland) · Dorota Fórmanowska· B R E A T H E
· YOU DON'T KNOW ME
· B R E A T H E
· YOU DON'T KNOW ME
· FREAKSHOW
· FLOWER & FLY
· DON'T COME TOO EARLY

WINNER
· SOS HUMANITY: EARTH'S LAST DISTRESS SIGNAL (USA) · Kegan Thomas Witzki

NOMINEES
(Australia) · Jacq Ellem (USA) · Chris Shimojima (USA) · Benjamin Mulhern (USA) · Jorge “Jokes” Yanes (UK) · Teresa Dawn Taylor· TALES FROM THREE CORNERS
· SAFE SOCIETY
· THE HEATHEN SHANE STEVENS
· SILENT PARTNERS
· A SERIES OF MISHAPS'

WINNER
· PERMISSION (USA) · Joe Capucini

NOMINEES
(USA) · Linda Kampley (USA) · Janna Jones (USA) · Geoffrey Gould (Poland) · Brian Ghi (USA) · Chris Paschall (USA) · Michael William Hogan (USA) · Daniel Goldberg, Catherine Weingarten· THE COLOR OF THE EVENING SKY
· OVERDUE
· SHOWER SHADOW
· CHIANTI
· EVIE AND BECK KILL A MONSTER
· NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING
· WATERMELON SUGAR LAND

WINNER
· DRAGUL AND FORBES: THE ILKLEY HEIST (USA) · Anna Elizabeth Gant

NOMINEES
(USA) · Katherine Puntiel (UK) · Judy Elizabeth Brulo (USA) · Tom Normandy (USA) · Dominic Abeyta (USA) · Gary F St. Martin (Switzerland) · Daniel Bodenmann· SUGAR
· REVENGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE GODS
· AFTER US ALL
· 100 DEGREES
· DIRTY REVENGE
· UNCLE PAYBACK

WINNER
· FOOTSTEPS OF MY FATHER (USA) · Erik V. Wolter

NOMINEES
(USA) · Rod Kent (UK) · Michael Ellis (USA) · Bruno Timoteo (UK) · Jay Wheddon (USA) · Charlie J Finesilver (Italy) · Fausto Politi (USA) · Mikos Zavros· MUTINY IN THE DUGOUT
· BLACK DOG STANTON
· CODY
· GOING T*TS UP!
· HEIMRICH FARM
· THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER
· CYCLE OF PAIN

WINNER
· THE MEETING HOUSE (UK) · Sophie Neville

NOMINEES
(USA) · Fiore DeRosa (USA) · Horatio Tihanyi (USA) · Toneata Leona Martocchio (USA) · Millie Arlene Westermeyer (USA) · Novella Bex (USA) · Lynn Elliott (USA) · Kimberly Fisher· HELLGATE
· KRAZY DEAD
· DEADLY SHADOWS
· THE HOLY CITY VAMPIRE
· STELLA
· THE SCRIPT: A CELTIC HORROR TALE
· GIRL ON FIRE

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