$10,000 & prizes - Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award

Lector

Written and Directed by Greg Marcks, Florida State University

$1,500 & prizes - Mole-Richardson Award for Production Design

The Ruby

Written, Produced & Directed by CARLOS ALVAREZ VELA, Hochschule Fur Fernsehen und film Munchen, Germany

$1,500 & prizes - Angelus Award for Audience Impact

Saanjh - As Night Falls

Written, Produced & Directed by SABRINA DHAWAN, Columbia University

$1,500 & prizes - Outstanding Non-Fiction Filmmaking

Death on a Friendly Border

Produced & Directed by RACHEL ANTELL

$1,500 & prizes - Outstanding Animation

Endstation: Paradies

Created by JAN THURING, Filmakadamie Baden Wurtemburg, Germany

Honorable Mentions

Outstanding Animation

Sitting Next to Bernie

Created by AIDAN KELLY, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver

Outstanding Documentary

Tsipa and Volf

Directed by DANIEL GAMBURG, San Francisco State University

Audience Impact

Ephemeral - Return to Sender

Written & Directed by HELEN KAPLAN, Columbia University, NY

Production Design

The Truce

Directed by ERIC ROLNICK, New York University