Best Screenplay (feature) Winner:

EXHAUSTED - JAY REES

 

Runners up:

THE BABY IN THE BASKET - Tom Jolliffe

THE AMULET - James Brenton & Derek Hobart

ABRACADAVER! AND HIS MAJESTIC EMPIRE - Matthew L Stevens & Laurence P Stevens

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Best twist (feature)

HOSTILE TAKEOVER - JASON PEELE

 

Runner up 

SIX - Alex Clinch

RUITER - Jaxen Ross, Scott Needle & Surya Rankupalli

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best villain (feature)

THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US - ANITA KAYE

 

Runners up: 

CORPORATE MONSTER - Chelsea Schmidt

NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE - Jennifer Michelle Weber

VORE - Vincent Louis Scarsella

MARTIN - Erika Van Doren

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Most messed up death (feature)

NOODLES AND THE SOUTH SIDE BAWLERS - DESHON HENRY

 

Runners up:

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING - T. J. Stone

PLATOON Z - Vicky Dupuis

THE TERMINAL MEN - Ian Driscoll

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Best Screenplay (short) Winner:

CHURCHFIELD AVENUE - AMY CHILDS

 

Runners up:

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY - Carlos Perez

SHORT BUS - Shawnette Shields

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Best twist (short)

END OF CONTRACT - AOIFE GOWAN

 

Runners up 

SESSION - Meik V. Fischer

PANDORA, INC. - Joe Lueben

HOT QUESTIONS - Alexander Julian III

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best villain (short)

BOBBY YELLOW - JANINA LAMB

 

Runners up: 

DADDY - Chessie Reiss

YOU HURT SISSY - Joan Marie Philo

PERVERT - Luis Zaldivar

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Most messed up death (short)

NEXT - SADIQ DATOO

 

Runners up:

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT - Janet L. Loftis

THE MURDER CABIN - Lara Furtado Hazboun & Shamari Evan