JANUARY 2022

Betty Rodgers and Ken Rodgers (USA), I Married the War, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Darla Rae (USA), Courageous Warriors; Beauty from the Ashes, Original Score (Composed by Timothy Buckman), Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Dr. Sohan Roy (India), Black Sand, Documentary Short
Garrett Clancy (USA), Crazy Cat Lady, Documentary Feature
Hugo Dayan (France), So, still digging?, Documentary Feature
Ian Robert Smith (United Kingdom), UNSEEN, Documentary Short
Koko VanDernoot (USA), Why I Give, Documentary Short (Student)
Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama and Pat Josse (Australia), Djäkamirr:caretaker of pregnancy and birth, Documentary Feature, Native Peoples
Lisa Doolittle (Canada), Becoming Unlimited, Documentary Short
Lyndal Redman (Australia), You Are Not Alone – Web Series, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Malcolm A. Velazco (Philippines), TCCON Philippines, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Mary Elizabeth Gentle, Alia Tarraf and Dr. Staci Emerson (USA), A Hidden Star, Original Song (Sorrow composed by Gareth Dunlop)
Ryan Stock and Betty Chung (USA), One Last Drop, Documentary Feature

Adriana Davis and Carole Basri (USA), Saving the Iraqi Jewish Archives: A Journey of Identity, Documentary Feature
Andrew Harper (USA), Gut Soup, Documentary Short
Andrew Jowett, More Kids On Sailboats (USA), Win(d) Over Cancer, Documentary Short
Andy Yardy (USA), Kidnapped Redemption, Documentary Feature
Annie Leclair (Canada), Grounded, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational, Use of Film / Video for Social Change
Ashraf Mswaki and Eva Lundgren Stenbom (Sweden), Jikubali, Documentary Feature
Brenda Gillis (USA), Living Years, Documentary Short
Brent Deal (USA), Chasing Gold, Documentary Feature
Brett A. Schwartz (USA), Raised Up West Side, Documentary Feature
Jean Grover (USA), Thalidomide in the USA: the Forgotten Survivors, Documentary Short
Celia de Coca (Spain), Let’s talk, sister (Hablemos, hermana), Documentary Short
Chaerin Park (Korea), The Plight of the Child Soldier, Documentary Short (Student)
Cheryl Bookout and Cheri Gaulke (USA), Inside the Beauty Bubble, Documentary Short
Chloe Lipman (USA), Cowruption, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising (Student), Use of Film / Video for Social Change (Student), Nature / Environment / Wildlife (Student), Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (Student)

Chris Schueler (USA), Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Christina Georgiou (Cyprus), The Stray Story: A dogumentary, Documentary Feature, Women Filmmakers
Crystal Alcantara Cebedo (USA), Nomad: A Lifer’s Journey Through California Corrections, Documentary Short, Use of Film / Video for Social Change
Dan Rippl (USA), Sun, Soil & Water, Documentary Feature, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational, Original Score (Composed by Brian Steckler)
Daniel E. Kennedy (USA), Living Through It, Documentary Short
Daphne Matziaraki (Greece), Into the Sea, Documentary Short, Women Filmmakers
Darla Rae (USA), Courageous Warriors; Beauty from the Ashes, Documentary Feature, Original Song (Girls Like Me written by Timothy Buckman and Turi Aleta), Health / Medicine / Science, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery, Women Filmmakers
Dawn Alexander (USA), Chi-Town Guns, Gun Violence & NRA, Documentary Feature, African American, Women Filmmakers
Dritan Arbana (Albania), Australia My Home: An Albanian Migration, Documentary Feature
Edu Marin (Spain), Sea Weavers, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Emmanuel Bouvet (USA), The Green Wave: French Polynesia, Documentary Feature
Giacomo Arrigoni (Italy), Spicy Calabria, Documentary Feature, Narration / Voice-Over Talent (Esmeralda Spadea)

Incredible Films (USA), Hautism and Wilderwood, Documentary Short
Jake Tupman and Jack Somerville (Latvia), UTA – The Climb for Kosovo, Documentary Short
Jane Swanko (USA), I WILL SOAR, Documentary Feature
Jason Head (USA), Fighting for Daybreak, Documentary Feature
Jessica Sarah Flaum (USA), Abortion: Add To Cart, Documentary Short
John E. Quatroche II (USA), Deaf Reach: Hope for Pakistan, Documentary Short, Disability Issues
Karla B. Duarte (USA), On The Beat: Feeling Body, Documentary Short, Women Filmmakers
Kate Twa (Canada), Smashed: Breaking the Cycle of Alcohol Use Disorder, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Kiki Sage Prager (USA), AD[HD], Documentary Short (Student)
Krista Rowe (Canada), Promise House: Heather’s Story, Documentary Feature
Laura Hand (USA), The Tent Mender, Documentary Feature
Linda D. Taylor (USA), Champions Together, Documentary Feature
Linda Lee (Canada), A Coral Call from the Maldives, Documentary Short
Lisa Janae (USA), Common Characters, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Mariam Avetisyan (Armenia), The Desire To Live, Documentary Feature, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising

Mary Elizabeth Gentle, Alia Tarraf and Dr. Staci Emerson (USA), A Hidden Star, Documentary Feature
Mehmet Akif Güler (Turkey), The Last Photo, Documentary Short
Michael Shaw (Australia), Living in the Time of Dying, Documentary Feature, Native Peoples, Nature / Environment / Wildlife, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Niva Kay, Emily McDowell, Nia Phipps and Phil Stebbing (New Zealand), High Tide Don’t Hide, Documentary Feature
Niya Aleksandrova and Ayelet Heller (Bulgaria), Next Generation, Documentary Feature
Olga Lucía Jaramillo S. (USA), Of Dreams, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Olga Lucía Jaramillo S. (USA), The United States was my Mom, Documentary Short, Dramatic Impact
Richard Newman (USA), Addicted to Joy, Documentary Feature
Rodney Roldan (USA), Country and Courage, Documentary Feature
Ross Kauffman (USA), Waterproof, Documentary Short
Stephen Kolb (USA), Who Cares About DC?, Documentary Feature
Taimoor Sobhan (Myanmar), Exodus, Documentary Short, Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising
Tiago Bortolini and Ariel Kuaray Ortega (Brazil), Xadalu and Jaguaretê, Documentary Feature, Native Peoples
Vanessa Prigollini (Mexico), CONTRASTS, Documentary Short
Walter Schlomann (USA), Ezra: May His Memory Be For A Blessing, Documentary Feature
William McKeever and Paul Rachman (USA), Emperors of the Deep, Documentary Short

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