Jury Award : Patron Saint Buffalo Bill – Lily McCauley

Audience Choice Award:  Late Bloomer – Kyle Anne Grendys

Amanda M. Tames Award:  Jessica Correa

Helmut P. Epp Vanguard Award For Technical Innovation and Creativity - Trinh Võ

Honoring students who have innovated and advanced the craft of filmmaking at DePaul

Voice and Vision Award, Undergraduate - Lily McCauley

For Outstanding Creative Vision and Collaboration Across Multiple Projects

Voice and Vision Award, Graduate - Afrim Zenuni

For Outstanding Creative Vision and Collaboration Across Multiple Projects

MFA Screenwriting Award: Best Comedy Pilot: Julia Makarsky, Aquaholics

MFA Screenwriting Award: Best Drama Pilot: Tanner Maschka, 7 FC

MFA Screenwriting Award: Best Comedy Feature: Nicole Cunanan, Last Gay Standing

MFA Screenwriting Award: Best Drama Feature:  Colleen H. Ochab, A Brotherhood of Blood and Bronze

Storyboard Award Winner: Li Bilstad - Le Café 

Best Directing by an Undergrad Student 

WINNER: How to Love – Cee Phạm

Backseat – Tanner Sells

Cowboys & Cosmonauts - Max Aaron Tikhonov

Love192 - Haydon Mayer

The Sliver of Light Under Your Door – Lily McCauley

Yesterday – Ava Breslin

Best Directing by a Graduate Student

WINNER: Late Bloomer – Kyle Anne Grendys

Am I The Asshole – Michael Hendel

Lucid – Brent Ervin-Eickhoff

SERIAL EX-GIRLFRIEND - Anna Kotecki

SO & SO – Texas Smith

The Kid – Manda Mutai

Best Producing

WINNER: Lucid - Milton "Josh" Beal, Tanja Meyer, Adithya Rajan

Am I The Asshole – Kaity Holmes, Michael Hendel

Late Bloomer - Brent Ervin-Eickhoff, Rebecca Rhodes

SO & SO - Adithya Rajan

The Kid - Keiph Oliver, Adithya Rajan, Vansh Haridas, Manda Mutai, Emilio Araujo

The Sliver of Light Under Your Door – Willa Koster

Best Editing

WINNER: A Stop Away - Andrew Vincent Tan Yu Chang

How to Love  - Bella Latenser

Late Bloomer - Charles Becker

Love192 - Haydon Mayer

Patron Saint Buffalo Bill - Lily McCauley

Best Cinematography

WINNER: How to Love  - Enrique Gaona Jr

CLICKBAIT - Karson Kane

GET OUT OF THERE - Afrim Zenuni

Harsh the Wind May Strike - Isabella Siska

Late Bloomer - Madeline Haught

The Sliver of Light Under Your Door - Audrey Weber

Best Screenwriting

WINNER: Backseat - Mitchell Apse, Zach Schnitzer, Tanner Sells

Am I The Asshole – Michael Hendel

Beautiful Things – Ian Gram

Late Bloomer – Kyle Anne Grendys

SO & SO – Texas Smith

The Five Steps of Irish Catholic Grieving - Colin Wilber

Best Original Music

WINNER: Am I The Asshole - Michael Hendel

Cowboys & Cosmonauts - Max Aaron Tikhonov

GIRLSFOLLOWMOONLIGHT - Joey Syron

Love192 – Ian Gram

Scream 'Til You Bleed – Ian Gram

Best Sound Design

WINNER:  The Sliver of Light Under Your Door - June Ha

CLICKBAIT - Hannah Vrbancic

How to Love - Hannah Vrbancic & Trinh Võ

Lil' Somethin' in: Clash with the Cube Demon - Dan Sollaccio

Scream 'Til You Bleed - Chuck Howes

Wild Party - Ben Sztainberg

Best Cast

WINNER: SO & SO – Texas Smith

Am I The Asshole - Michael Hendel

CLICKBAIT - Jackson Coates

How to Love – Cee Phạm

Late Bloomer - Kyle Anne Grendys

Yesterday – Ava Breslin

Best Production Design

WINNER: Secret Garden - Miya Jefferson, Sarah Agolia

CLICKBAIT - AJ Walls

How to Love - Calvina Li

I Only Sleep When the Room is Pitch Black - Sydney Gralike

Lucid- Lila Nambo

Scream 'Til You Bleed - Fiona Schotz

Best VFX

WINNER: That’s My Love - Jacob Frost

Hell From The Shadows - Griffin Bermea

It Came From The Trash - Magnus Shipinski

VR: A Digital Frontier - Evan Carter

Where To Next? - Griffin Bermea

Best Animated Film

WINNER: A Stop Away - Andrew Vincent Tan Yu Chang

A Spell to Break - Ash Liang, Dorothy Vu, Isabella Johnson

Cowboys & Cosmonauts - Max Aaron Tikhonov

Lil' Somethin' in: Clash with the Cube Demon - Dan Sollaccio

My Lucky Scars - Isabel O'Connell

The Cryptid and the Crawdad - Carly Fraser

Best Experimental Film

WINNER: Patron Saint Buffalo Bill – Lily McCauley

GET OUT OF THERE - Afrim Zenuni

If You're Gonna Kill Yourself Please Just Tell Me First - Audrey Vincent Weber

In the Bag - Grantland Hawkins

tracks - Jake Panek

Uncle Sam Wants You! - Chaz Haines

Best Live Action

WINNER: Late Bloomer- Kyle Anne Grendys

Am I The Asshole – Michael Hendel

Backseat – Tanner Sells

How to Love – Cee Phạm

SO & SO – Texas Smith

What A Day - Billy Caruso

Best Music Video

WINNER: That’s My Love - Gabrielle Dacuycuy

Blue Smoke - Jay Lape, Milton "Josh" Beal

Jawaab Official Music Video – Magnus Shipinski

Kronovox - Lluvia - Víctor Garcés

Rabbit by Creeping Charlie - Leila Minara Boisvert

Best Documentary

WINNER: Harsh the Wind May Strike - Sara Teixeira Vianna

A Conversation with my Parents about Anxiety - Sarah McFeely

American Decay x Sad Heart Vintage: A Chicago Jewelry Oddity Shop - David Lopez

MAKE NO MISTAKE - Texas Smith

VR: A Digital Frontier - Evan Carter

Best Episodic 

WINNER: Stealing the Show - Olivia Parauda, Hailee Rose

Boy Village - Sarah Johnson

Carter Wallenius' Rabbit-Holes: "No More Sorrow" - Carter Wallenius

Neon Lights - Alexis Alvarez

Reverie - Jack Setters

unsex me - Katie Preo, Hannah Aman

Media for Social Change

WINNER: Beautiful Things - Ian Gram

BORNFREE - Shikha Patel

If You're Gonna Kill Yourself Please Just Tell Me First - Audrey Vincent Weber

My Lucky Scars - Isabel O'Connell

Patron Saint Buffalo Bill – Lily McCauley

Uncle Sam Wants You - Chaz Haines