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Golden State Film Festival

2020 Awards  

BEST MICRO DOCUMENTARY SHORT - A STORY OF COURAGE, WHAT IF...

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - BAD COP, BAD COP EN ESPANOL

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - CHARACTERED BY TIME

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - ELAM

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BEST ENSEMBLE COMEDY SHORT - COVERT ACTIVITY

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BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SHORT - LOVE THONGS

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BEST SHORT COMEDY - CLEAN SHEETS

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BEST COMEDY FEATURE - OUR SCRIPTED LIFE

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BEST INTERNATIONAL ROMANTIC COMEDY SHORT - CALL ME

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BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY SHORT - How to make Love to Marichari Music

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BEST SPORTS THEMED SHORT - Huge Fan 

 

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT - INTERVENTION

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BEST DRAMA SHORT - JUSTICE FOR VINCENT

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BEST SUSPENSE THRILLER SHORT - LOFT202

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BEST THRILLER - Psychasthenia

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT - Ode to Daphine

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BEST FANTASY SHORT - TRICK OF THE OLD CAT

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BEST SHORT DARK COMEDY - CONTENT GUIDELINES

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BEST ROMANCE SHORT - ANNIVERSARY

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BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY

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BEST SCORE SHORT DOCUMENTARY - KEFI, THE STORY OF FDF, THE GREEK ORTHODOX FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL

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BEST SCORE DOCUMENTARY - WILD HONEY

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BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM -  HELLO DARLIN’

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BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA SHORT - THE CHAINS THAT BIND

 

BEST PROMOTIONAL SHORT - FORETOLD

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - Take My Hand 

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - THE THING BEFORE THE THING

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - BOYD GAINES/ROSES ARE BLIND

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - TOM BOWER/TWO WAYS HOME

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - DANA ALIYA LEVINSON/DEAR AUNT NOA

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - BONNIE BEDELIA/LIFE ON THE ROCKS

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BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - ERIN GRAY/THE MUSIC TEACHER

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BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - SARAH JAMIE LEWIS/LOVE IN DAYLIGHT

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BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Barachy Lucien/THERAPY

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BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - FREDERICK KEEVE/THE ACCOMPANIST 

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BEST SUSPENSE SHORT - THE LAWYER

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BEST WESTERN SHORT - THE MAGNIFICENT MARY

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BEST PILOT - THUMB RUNNER

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BEST YA SHORT - Here Today 

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - NICOLE JONES-DION/IN THE DEATHROOM

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - FIRST BLUSH

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS SHORT FILM - GHOST IN THE GUN

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS FEATURE - FORGOTTEN LEGACY

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - TO THE BOATS

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE - SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN SHORT - THE AFTER PARTY

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN FEATURE - Jaya Grace Girard/GAM CAM GRRL

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BEST SOUND DESIGN SHORT - THE LUNATIC

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BEST SOUND DESIGN FEATURE - INTO THE VOID

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - ALEX PLAT/CHARACTERED BY TIME & MARYANA

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PALMER/INVISIBLE CHILDREN OF LA

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BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - David Law, Aaron Little/CODE

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BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Richard Hall/Laurent Basset/The 600: The Soldiers story

 

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE -  Robert Cicchini/COMING UP FOR AIR

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BEST HORROR SHORT - THAT NIGHT

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BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - WHEN THE FEVER BREAKS

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BEST MICRO TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY - My Marina 

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BEST TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY STORY - CHASING A SUPERMOON

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BEST TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY - WITH

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BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - Song of the Open Road

 

BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE - SPIRIT

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - JINXSIE

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BEST EDITING - FEATURE NARRATIVE - NURSERY RHYME OF A MADMAN

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  MY DESTINY, THEIR CALL

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - WHY SHE SMILES

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - MICHAEL QUIGLEY/DIGGING FOR WELDON IRVINE

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM - RUSSELL & TREVOR PECKHAM/VINEYARDS

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BEST SHORT FILM SERIES - IMPOSTER SOCIETY, THE SEDUCERS, & THE SYMBOL

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO- PAWNS

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - Burning Bright 

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- Beyond Barriers

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE -  MARRY F*CK KILL

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - REGARDLESS: THE FREDDY SOTO STORY

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AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM - BAD IMPULSE

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GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - WORDS KILL

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GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT -  One Last Monster 

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GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - THE TURNAROUND

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST HISTORICAL SHORT - THE STORY OF ONE PHOTO

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - DREAMS AT SEA

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GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - FINAL FREQUENCY

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SCREENPLAY AWARDS

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BEST FEATURE THRILLER - COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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BEST FEATURE INSPIRATIONAL STORY - TAGS

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BEST FEATURE HORROR - AT THE MERCY OF FAITH

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BEST FEATURE FAUSTIAN TALE - THE RED RIVER

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BEST FEATURE FEMALE THRILLER - BREAKUP

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BEST FEATURE HORROR MURDER MYSTERY - YOU DIDN’T COME TO SEE MY BAND

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BEST FEATURE REVENGE STORY - BRICKBAT

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BEST FEATURE DRAMA STORY - 6 DAYS IN THE FALL

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