1. Best Feature Film

Birth/Rebirth – Laura Moss

• Divinity – Eddie Alcazar

• Starring Jerry as Himself – Law Chen

• The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story

• Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik

• I Like Movies – Chandler Levack

 

2. Best Short Film – US

nothing, except everything. – Wesley Wang

• The Errand – Amanda Renee Knox

• The Fourth – Johnny Kirk

• Game 11 – Vernard James

• Little Cuts – Maia Henkin

• Sugar – Evan Galiffa & Travis Huhn

 

3. Best Short Film - International

Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You – Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair (Ireland)

• Darker (Donkerster) – Frank van den Bogaart (Belgium / Netherlands)

• Fatih the Conqueror – Onur Yagiz (France)

• Made of Flesh (Poupées de chair) – Florence Rochat & Séréna Robin (France)

• Survivor – Karim Azimi (Iran)

 

4. Best Student Film – US 

Hey Sexy – Jesse DeRocco

• Day in the Country – Miles Tiller & Lucien Anderson

• First Time – Tony McCall

• Going on a Hike – Kyle Bloom

• Life of the Party – Graham Burrell

 

5. Best Animation

Everybody Goes To The Hospital – Tiffany Kimmel 

• Nubecita – Katalin Egely (Hungary)

• White Bird – Mathieu Epiney (Switzerland)

• A Guerra Finita – Simone Massi (Italy)

• O’O ‘Touche’ – Kelzang Ravach (France)

 

6. Best Comedy

Hundreds of Beavers - Mike Cheslik

• Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Kinda Feel Left Out – Jake VanWagoner

• I Like Movies – Chandler Levack

 

7. Best Documentary

The Sticklet Weaver – James Hollenbaugh

• Hi, Dad – Stephanie Tonneson

• I am Danny Torres – Abigail Torres

• Judy Pfaff – Bill Page

• Keepers of the Way – Evan Cohen

• Language Keepers – Ajuawak Kapashesit

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8. Best Experimental Film

Torn Together – Melissa Kunnap

• Lessons in Exile – Azariah Jones

• Even Monsters Sleep – Cooper J 

• House of Helixx – Ethan Minsker

• #ValleyMan – John S. Santo

• Falls Cry – Joshua Wann

 

9. Best Grindhouse Film

Even Monsters Sleep – Cooper J

• Bad Acid – Sam Fox

• Guts – Chris McInroy

• I Call Upon Thee – Michael Anthony Kratochvil (Australia)

• Meat Friend – Izzy Lee

• Order of the Cross – Alfredo Figueroa Herrera (Chile)

• Trick or Treat – Part 1 – Wesley Mellott

 

10. Best Horror / Sci-Fi Feature

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story

• Birth/Rebirth – Laura Moss

• Divinity – Eddie Alcazar

• 8 Found Dead – Travis Greene

• Deadland – Lance Larson

 

11. Best Horror / Sci-Fi Short

I Call Upon Thee – Michael Anthony Kratochvil (Australia)

• Life of the Party – Graham Burrell

• Darker (Donkerster) – Frank Van den Bogaart (Belgium / Netherlands)

• Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You – Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair (Ireland)

• Scooter – Chelsea Lupkin

 

12. Best LGBTQ Subject 

Campfire – Austin Lee Bunn

• Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You – Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair (Ireland)

• Iago and Tristan – Miguel Ibáñez Monroy (Spain)

• Gussy – Chris Osborne

• Sugar – Evan Galiffa & Travis Huhn

• Torn Together – Melissa Kunnap

 

13. Best Music Video 

House of Helixx – Ethan Minsker

• Dreaming – Jim Vacca 

• Kogershin – Malik Zenger (Kazakhstan)

• Nubecita – Katalin Egely (Hungary)

• O’O Touche – Kelzang Ravach, Clara Liu & Chloe Guillement (France)

 

14. Best Director – Narrative Feature

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story 

• Divinity – Eddie Alcazar 

• Birth/Rebirth – Laura Moss 

• Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik 

• Starring Jerry as Himself – Law Chen 

 

15. Best Director – International Short Film

Onur Yagiz – Faith the Conqueror (France)

• Jamie Delaney – The Cope (Ireland)

• TJ O'Grady Peyton – Sentinel (Ireland)

• Florence Rochat & Serena Robin – Made of Flesh (France)

• Ghriaghiar Rioghnach – Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You (Ireland)

• Frank van den Bogaart – Darker (Donkerster) [Belgium/ Netherlands]

 

16. Best Director – US Short Film

Vernard James – Game 11 

• Wesley Wang – nothing, except everything 

• Matthew Robert Vincini – Psycho Killer

• Maria Henkin – Little Cuts 

• Joshua Wann – Falls Cry

 

17. Best Student Director – US

Miles Tiller & Lucien Anderson – Day in the Country

• Jesse DeRocco – Hey Sexy

• Haley J. Hnatuk – Open Heart

• Tony McCall – First Time 

• Graham Burrell – Life of the Party

 

18. Best Screenplay – Feature Film

Birth/Rebirth – Brendan J. O’Brien & Laura Moss

• The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster – Bomani J. Story  

• Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews 

• I Love Movies – Chandler Levack

• Starring Jerry as Himself – Law Chen & Jerry C. Hsu

 

19. Best Actress – Feature Film

Marin Ireland – Birth/Rebirth 

• Judy Reyes – Birth/Rebirth

• Laya DeLeon Hayes – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 

• Romina D’Ugo – I Like Movies 

• Julieth Restrepo – Deadland 

 

20. Best Actor – Feature Film

Isaiah Lehtinen – I Like Movies 

• Chad L. Coleman – The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 

• Roberto Urbina – Deadland

• Stephen Dorff – Divinity 

• Jerry Hsu – Starring Jerry as Himself 

• Ryland Brickson Cole Tews – Hundreds of Beavers 

 

21. Best Actress – Short Film – International

Juliette Crosbie – Don’t Go Where I Can’t Find You (Ireland)

• Lauryn Canny – The Cope (Ireland)

• Mara Taquin – Made of Flesh (Poupées de chair) [France]

• Sayeh Abbaspor – Survivor (Iran)

• Paula Conrad – The Elevator (der Aufzug) [Germany]

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22. Best Actor – Short Film – International

Peter Coonan – Sentinel (Ireland)

• Iago and Tristan – Lluís Marquès (Spain)

• Sadegh Molaii – Survivor (Iran)

• Dann Stuyven – Darker (Donkerster) [Netherlands / Belgium]

• Thomas Curel – Fatih the Conquerer (France)

 

23. Best Actress – Short Film – US

Anna Mayo – Even Monsters Sleep 

• Anita Abdinezhad – Scooter 

• Elise Berggreen – Little Cuts 

• Maia Henkin – Little Cuts 

• Aline McEntee – First Time

 

24. Best Actor – Short Film – US

Rain Diaz – Sugar 

• Chevaan Ellis – Game 11 

• David Mazouz – nothing except, everything.

• Kontravious Harrell – The Fourth

• Mark Rowe – Campfire 

 

25. Local Hero – PA Filmmaker Award

Meats and Cheeses – Brian Kesek 

• Banshee – Michael David Charles Hicks 

• Black Point – Joseph Manno 

• Falls Cry – Joshua Wann 

• Panic! Attack! – Andy Wilczak 

 

26. PA Student Filmmaker Award

First Time – Tony McCall

• Fans Don’t Boo Nobodies – Zachary Gutherman

• Hey Sexy – Jesse DeRocco

• The Language of Luggage – David Toolan

• Open Heart – Haley Hnatuk

• What a Difference a Day Makes – Matthew Donley

 

27. Audience Award

Hundreds of Beavers – Mike Cheslik

 

28. Young Filmmaker Award

Carter Stoudt – The Box

 

29. Spirit of JTIFF Award

Keepers of the Way – Evan Cohen