Tribute Awards presented to:
Lourdes Portillo
Dorothy Fadiman

Best Activist Film
In Sickness and In Health
Directed by Pilar Prassas

Best Short, Documentary
Down and Derby
Directed by Sarah Boothroyd

Best Work-in-Progress, Documentary
Moms Living Clean
Directed by Sheila Ganz

Best Directing, Documentary
The Gits
Directed by Kerri O'Kane

Best Story
A Summer Rain
Directed by Ela Thier

Best Editing
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford

Best Sound Design
Absent Spaces
Directed by Laila Hotait

Best Drama
Maria Desaparecida/Missing Maria
Directed by Bethynia Cárdenas Íñiguez

Best Local Voice
Soledad Is Gone Forever
Directed by Mabel Valdiviezo

Best Emerging Filmmaker
Jagadamba: Mother of Universe
Directed by Amber Field

Best Animated, Documentary
Sanctuary
Directed by Lovejit Dhaliwal

Best Cinematography
6 Yards to Democracy
Directed by Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia

Best Experimental, Animation
Notebook
Directed by Evelien Lohbeck

Best Role Model for Women
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford

Best Historical Documentary
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority
Directed by Kimberlee Bassford

Best Directing, Short Narrative
Dandelion Dharma
Directed by Veronica DiPippo

Best Short, Narrative
Palm Trees on Third Street
Directed by Maria Judice

Best Short, Comedy
Happy Birthday
Directed by Roberta Marie Munroe

Best Biography, Documentary
Isabel Allende
Directed by Paula Rodriguez Sickert

Best Feature Film
The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang
Directed by Stacie E. Hawkins

Best Women in Cinema
Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women's Film
Directed by Marie Mandy

Best Human Rights Director
Through Negev
Directed by Ya-Hsuan Huang

Best Director, Youth Competition
Sound Affect
Directed by Fifer Garbesi

Best Activist Film, Youth Competition
Generation Consolidation
Directed by Brooke Noel and Sami Muilenburg

Best Biography - Personal Story,
Youth Competition
Klaira's Story, Part I of As Old as Our Eyes
Directed by Klaira Markenzon

Best Drama, Youth Competition
Thicker Than Water
Directed by Camille Kolodziejski and Sami Kubo

Best Foreign Language Directing
Oysters Without a Shell
Directed by Jette Miller

Best Foreign Language Drama
Resta
Directed by Anna Bucchetti

Best Music Video
Rock the Like
Directed by Gina Mainwal

Best Experimental, Documentary
Shorn
Directed by Tomiko Jones

Best Short, Experimental
Discovering Composition in Art
Directed by Heidi Phillips