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Content creators competing from Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Iran, Israel, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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AFROFUTURISM

• Cicada | Director Freddie Jarrett | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Short
  
• Dignity & Pride | Byron Burkes and Halo | Short Film | United States | 2rd Place Winner, Best AfroFuturism Short
• Don't Come Out | Directors James M. Ingram, Jr., Matthew Jacorey Jones, Jacob Johnson | Short Film | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best AfroFuturism Short
• Drapetomania | Director Richard Kofi | Short Film | Netherlands | Honorable Mention
• Duplicate | Director Erycka Anderson | Short Films - Women-Only Directors | United States | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Woman Director
• Imprenta | Director Junadry Leocaria | Short Film | Netherlands | Honorable Mention
• In Search of ... Amanicalifia| Writers John McCarney, Phil Hollins | Comic Book | United States | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Comic Book
• SATE - The Fool | Director Andrew Hamilton | Music Video, Short Film | Canada | Best Afrofuturism Music Video
• Ships A Comin | Director Ebony Gilbert | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Animation
• The Obituary of Jasper James | Director Ryan Fenson-Hood | Short Film | United States | Honorable Mention
• The Unconscious and the Reflective Nemesis | Director Adrian Stanley Thomas | Short Film | Student Project | United States | Winner, Best Student and Mental Health Advocacy AfroFuturism Short
• Transcend | Director T.J. Davidson | Short Film | United States | Honorable Mention
• Unchained Melodee | Writer Carl Burcham | Comic Book | United States | 2nd Place, Best AfroFuturism Comic Book
• Welcome To The Land Of Misfits | Director Sebastian H. Foxworth | Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• WTF - What The Future | Director Gabrielle Cornish | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced AfroFuturism Short

ADVERTISING/MARKETING

• Ebern - A New Life Begins | Director Christian Schu | United Arab Emirates | Winner, Best Advertising/Marketing Initiative

ANIMATIONS

• Canna Sistaz | Director Joy Shannon | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Animation
• Karla's Magic Soil | Director Bryan T Bostic | United States | Winner, Best Animation
• Remi | Director Shallah Jones | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Animation
• The Sprayer | Director Farnoosh Abedi | Iran | Winner, Best International Animation

COMMERCIALS

• Ebern - A New Life Begins | Director Christian Schu | United Arab Emirates | Winner, Best International Commercial
• Dungeons and Dragons: Play Your Way | Director Taylor Garrett | United States | Winner, Best Commercial
• Pianocide | Director Brice Blanloeil | France | Winner, Best International Commercial
• Texas Heat | Director Jumarcus Mason | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Commercial

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

• Black Daddy The Movie | Director Damon Jamal Taylor | United States | Winner, Best Black Fatherhood Documentary Feature
• Boricua Soy Yo | Director Rocco Anastasio | United States | Winner, Best Puerto Rican Culture Documentary Feature
• Hear My Voice: Born Black In America | Directors William Michael Barbee, Deidre L. Jackson | United States | Winner, Best Black Activism Documentary Feature
• PATOU: In Black & White | Director Fiona Cochrane | Australia | Winner, Best International Documentary Feature
• The Shadow Between Us | Director Lance Murphey | United States | Winner, Best Documentary Feature
• The Sound of Us | Director Chris Gero | United States | Winner, Best Music-Driven Documentary Feature
• The State of the State - Educated in Georgia | Director Patrick Antonia Albright | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced Documentary Feature
• We Will Not Be Silent | Directors Brian Seifferlein, David Koehn | United States | Winner, Best Youth-Forward Activism Documentary Feature

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

• Art Is Our Response | Directors Monica Villavicencio, Stephanie Liu | United States | Honorable Mention
• Black in the Newsroom | Director Collette Blakeney Watson | United States | Winner, Best Black Journalism-Focused Documentary Short
• Dignity & Pride | Directors Byron Burkes, Halo | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Documentary Short
• FOG | Director Michael Pedraza | United States | Winner, Best USA Homelessness Documentary Short
• Foldtastic | Director Matthew Curran | United States | Winner, Best Art-Driven Documentary Short
• Food Apartheid | Director Alan J. Chriest | United States | Honorable Mention
• Gemstones: Lessons in Unconditional Love | Director Kassandra Lauren Gordon | United Kingdom | Winner, Best International Documentary Short
• The Spiral | Director Gavin Wegener | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Documentary Short
• They Will Talk About Us: The Charlton-Pollard Story | Director Gordon S Williams | United States | Winner, Best Documentary Short
• Upcyclers Fashion's Climate Frontliners | Director Roxana Chapela | United States | Winner, Best Earth Sustainability Documentary Short
• We Went Out | Director Ian Kamau | Canada | Honorable Mention
  

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FEATURES

• EVAC | Director Che Ethridge | Student Film | United States | Winner, Best Georgia Gwinnett College Student Feature Film
• Until Forever | Director Corey N. Harris | United States | Winner, Best Feature Film
• Stuck in Between | Director Sherifat A. Mohammed | United States | Best Georgia-Produced Feature Film
• The Winners | Director Brent Duncan | United States | Winner, Best Comedy Feature Film
• Wit My Savages | Directors Ray Jamar Joe, Dolofilmz | United States | Honorable Mention

JOURNALISM - DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL

• Detangling the South | Episode #1 - New Orleans | Director Damien D. Smith | United States | Winner, Best Journalism Project

MOBILE FILM | MOBILE/WEB APPS AND DIGITAL GAME

• Space Junk | Director Adam Peltier | Mobile Film | United States | Winner, Best Mobile Film
• Come with Me | Created by Xin Ye | Mobile/Web Apps and Digital Game | United States | Winner, Best Digital Game

MUSIC VIDEOS

• Bellringer | Director Nolan Huber-Rhoades | State of Georgia Produced Project | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced Music Video
• Black Lives Matter in West Papua | Directors Peter Renzullo, Paul Cozens | Australia | Winner, UMF Founder's Award 2022
• I'll be There | Director Brice Blanloeil | France | 2nd Place Winner, Best International Music Video
• I Miss You | Director William Youngquist | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Music Video
• Moon Shadows | Director Hart Ginsburg | United States | Honorable Mention
• Names and Chains | Director Bella Grace Wyn and Company | Haiti | Winner, Best International Music Video
• Reminiscence | Director Jia Zhao | China | 3rd Place Winner, Best International Music Video
• SATE - The Fool | Director Andrew Hamilton | Canada | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Music Video
• Shank's Rain | Director Jonathan Rowan | United States |3rd Place Winner, Best Music Video
• Undercover | Director Razieme Iborra | United States | Honorable Mention
• We Should Do This Again | Directors Glen Dunzweiler, Ken Newman | United States | Winner, Best Music Video

PODCASTS

• Another Racial Reckoning in America-Stop AAPI Hate | Producer Lanita Duke | United States | Honorable Mention
• Apollyon | Producer Faith McQuinn | United States | Winner, Best Podcast
• A Woman ’s Rights, vs the Supreme Court’s Might | Producer Lanita Duke | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Podcast
• Burner Face | Producer John Gauntt | United States | Winner, Best Sci-Fi Podcast
• Doomed To Repeat | Producer Mayday Roleplay | United States | Honorable Mention
• Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services | Producer Lisette Alvarez | United States | Honorable Mention
• LTAR: The Second Pandemic - Domestic Violence in America | Producer Lanita Duke | United States | Winner, Best Socially-Conscious Podcast
• Project Gnosis: Arc 1 An Age of Monsters | Producer Matthew Curran | United States | Winner, Best Cyberpunk Urban Fantasy Podcast
• The Bread Unlimited Podcast [pilot] | Producer Shawn Patrick Greene | United States | Honorable Mention
• The Foxhole Podcast: The Episode Where Doc Hears Alex Is Dead | Producer Matthew Domenico | United States | Winner, Best Veteran Podcast
• What Can I Get Started For You Podcast | Director Kelsey Marie Harper | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Podcast
• You Might Be Wondering How We Got Here: SWAT Episode 67 - Finale and Fate Part 3: Reunion | Producer Rudyard Henry | United States | Honorable Mention

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSA)

• Bin Boy | Director Bauddhayan Mukherji | India | Winner, Best International PSA
• Rename Sq**w Valley | Director Kyle Lowe | United States | Winner, Best PSA
• Find A Friend PSA | Director Alexis Lloyd | United States | Winner, Best Student PSA

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SCRIPTS/WRITERS

• A Family is a Family | Writer Bryant Anderson | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Honorable Mention
• A Matter of Strife | Writer Roosevelt Lewis, Jr. | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Honorable Mention
• Amy and Angel | Writers Julia Verdin, Deedee Benkovich | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Feature Film Script
• Black and White | Writer Benjamin Burgess Jr. | Feature Film/Stage Play, Script - Spec/TV Series, TV Pilots/Series | United States | Honorable Mention
• Blue Honey | Writer SherLann Dearri Moore | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Honorable Mention
• Book of Malachi | Writer ShaDon A Manigault | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Winner, Best Feature Film Script
• H I D D E N | Writer Patricia D Lewis | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Honorable Mention
• Ink & Quill | Writer Alex Martins | Short Film | United States | Honorable Mention
• IN SEARCH OF... CALIFIA; The Last Queen of the Kush Empire | Writer Phil Hollins and John McCarney | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Feature Film Script
• Livin' the Dream (LTD) | Writer Jarrod Austin | United States | Winner, Best Spec/TV Series Script
• Miner One | Writer J.D. Elliby | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Short Film Script
• Shell Shocked | Writer Kevin Overton | Short Film | United States | Honorable Mention
• Straw on the Camel | Writer Lacye A Brown | Short Film | United States | Honorable Mention
• The War | Writer Isaiah Francis | Feature Film/Stage Play | United States | Honorable Mention
• We Fall Down | Writer DARIUS COTTRELL | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best Short Film Script
• With Salt | Writers Phyllis Toben Bancroft, Nikki Syreeta | Short Film | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Short Film Script

SHORT FILMS

• Abbie | Director Erica Young | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Short Film
• And the Winner Is | Dayvision Films Presents | Director Michael Day | United States | Honorable Mention
• Apple Core | Director Patrick Thomas | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Short Film
• Breathe | Director Jonathan Rowan | United States | Honorable Mention
• Category 5 | Director Kiandra Christopher | Women-Only Directors | Student Project | United States | Winner, Best Georgia Gwinnett College Student Short Film
• Dear Uncle Joe | Director Tim Myrick | United States | Honorable Mention
• Don't Come Out | Directors James M. Ingram, Jr., Matthew Jacorey Jones, Jacob Johnson | AfroFuturism | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best AfroFuturism Short
• Foresight | Directors Dave Rajkumar, Emerald Hardy | United States | Honorable Mention
• "F You" | Short Film | Director Wilbur W Henderson | United States | Honorable Mention
• Inches and Miles | Director Curtis Jean Harris, Jr. | United States | Honorable Mention
• L.A. Therapy | Director David Anthony Butler | United States | Honorable Mention
• Lay Me Down | Director ELI EL | United States | Best | Honorable Mention
• Miles Behind: A Spider-Man Fan Film | Director Tito Guillen | Canada | Winner, Best International Short Film
• Nice Things | Director Valentina Bespalaya | Russian Federation | 2nd Place Winner, Best International Short Film
• No Contact | Director LaToya Franklyn | United States | Honorable Mention
• Pictures Only | Director Charles A. Honeywood | United States | Winner, Best Short Film
• Say No More | Director Jamie Goldberg | United Kingdom | Honorable Mention
• Should I Stay or Should I Go | Director Dan Adams | United States | Honorable Mention
• Soaring Clouds | Director Anastasia Pavlova | Short Film | Russian Federation | Honorable Mention
• Sons of Toledo | Director Monty Cole | United States | Winner, Best Black Male-Driven Short Film
• The Conversation | Director Kevin Overton | United States | Honorable Mention
• The Interview | Director Egor Yatsenko | Russian Federation | Honorable Mention
• Ward | Director Angel Fajardo | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Short Film
• With Salt | Director Phyllis Toben Bancroft | Women-Only Directors | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Woman-Directed Short Film
• Zaungast | Director Petr Eremin | Germany | 3rd Place Winner, Best International Short Film

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SHORT FILMS – WOMEN DIRECTORS

• Category 5 | Director Kiandra Christopher | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best Georgia Gwinnett College Student Short Film
• Duplicate | Director Erycka Anderson | AfroFuturism | United States | Winner, Best AfroFuturism Woman Director
• Eureka | Director Miida Chu | Short Films | United States | Winner, Best Woman-Directed Short Film
• Home Soon | Director Maisha Azadi | Short | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Woman-Directed Short Film
• How to Hack Birth Control | Director Sassy Mohen | TV Pilots/Series | United States | Winner, Best TV Pilots/Series- Woman Director
• Just Love Stories: The Do Over | Director Iresha Picot | Short Films | United States | Honorable Mention
• Just Love Stories: Queens Rule Together | Director Tezarah Wilkins | Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• Lilian| Director Cathy Tyson | Short Films | United Kingdom | Winner, Best International Woman Directed Short Film
• Sheila | Director Gabri Christa | Short Films | United States | Honorable Mention
• Tell Me | Director Marquelle Young | Short Films - State of Georgia (USA) Produced Project | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced Woman Director
• The Last Song | Director Charlie Li | Short Films | China | 3rd Place Winner, Best International, Woman Directed Short Film
• The Present | Director Ursula Marini | Short Films | Brazil | 2nd Place Winner, Best International, Woman Directed Short Film
• This Much | Director Rowan Leigh Taylor-Laska | Short Films | United States | Honorable Mention
• With Salt | Director Phyllis Toben Bancroft | Short Film | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best Woman-Directed Short Film

STATE OF GEORGIA-PRODUCED PROJECTS

• Bellringer | Director Nolan Huber-Rhoades | in Music Video | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced Music Video
• EVAC | Director Che Ethridge | Student Film | United States | Winner, Best Georgia Gwinnett College Student Feature Film
• Past Knife | Director Michael Nash | Short Film | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best Georgia-Produced AfroFuturism Short
• Stuck in Between | Director Sherifat A. Mohammed | United States | Best Georgia-Produced Feature Film
• Tell Me | Director Marquelle Young | Women-Only Directors | United States
• The State of the State - Educated in Georgia | Director Patrick Antonia Albright | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced Documentary Feature
• WTF - What The Future | Director Gabrielle Cornish | Short Film | United States | Winner, Best Georgia-Produced AfroFuturism Short

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TRAILERS

• Cameras Rolling | Director Laura Poindexter | United States | Winner, Best Trailer
• Victoria's Secret | Directors Charles Andrews, Ryan Marsh | United States | Honorable Mention

TELEVISION PILOTS/SERIES

• Art of the Hustle (Pilot) | Director Kenny Tiller | United States
• Black and White | Writer Benjamin Burgess Jr. | United States
• Detangling The South Episode 1: New Orleans | Director Damien D Smith | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best TV Pilot
• Heaven on the 4th Floor (EP1) | Director Singing Chen | Taiwan | Winner, Best International TV Pilot
• Homegirl TV Show - Pilot Episode | Director Marlon Lewis | United States | Winner, Best Comedy TV Pilot
• How to Hack Birth Control | Director Sassy Mohen | United States | Winner, Best TV Pilots/Series- Woman Director
• Hybrid Film | Director Ronald Cromartie | United States | Honorable Mention
• Off Fairfax | Director Erica Eng | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best TV Pilot

VIDEOPALOOZA – Youth Filmmakers

• Blossom | Director Tyson Ronon Skinker | Documentary Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• Echoes from Lock One | Director Branda Miller – Documentary Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• Mama | Director Mackenna Mondo – Documentary Short - High School | United States | Honorable Mention
• On The Contrary | Director Ayana Ahuja | High School Students | United States | 2nd Place Winner, Best High School Filmmaker
• Out of My Mind | Director Colin Dowse | High School | United States | 3rd Place Winner, Best High School Filmmaker
• Perennial | Director Grace Shao, Shailee Sankhala – Documentary Short  - High School | United States | Honorable Mention
• Princess Emma | Director Alanna Crouch, Keira Crouch – Short | United Kingdom | Best International High School Filmmaker
• Suburbia | Director Daniel Lee | Experimental Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• The Audition | Director Eli Berliner | High School | United States | Winner, Best High School Filmmaker
• Time, Short | Director Eunice Shin – Short | United States | Honorable Mention
• Tomato Records | Director Grant Lee Bomar | High School | United States | Honorable Mention
• Youth on BLM  | Director Ayana Ahuja – Documentary Short | United States | Honorable Mention

VIRTUAL REALITY

• PAAR | Director Carly Lave | Germany | Winner, Best Virtual Reality Project

WEB SERIES/NEW MEDIA

• Complete Time Travel Guide / Denboran Bidaiatzeko Gida Osoa | Director Oliver Mend, Rose of Dolls | Spain | Winner, Best International Web Series
• #Situationships: The Web Series (S1E3) | Director Kristi J. Woodard | United States | Winner, Best Web Series