Best Heartland High School Student Short
Best Heartland College Student Short – sponsored by Java Monster
Best Heartland Narrative Feature
Best Heartland Narrative Short
Best Heartland Documentary Short
Best Narrative Short-sponsored by Java Monster
Best Documentary Short – sponsored by Java Monster
Best Documentary Feature – sponsored by Java Monster
Best World Cinema Film
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
Best Ensemble Award
Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
Rick Cowan Award for Best Cinematic Heartland Film Locations- Sponsored by Kansas City Film Office
Best Heartland High School Student Short
POTLUCK directed by Olivia Squires, Jared Goudsmit
Best Heartland College Student Short sponsored by Java Monster
POPCORN directed by James Slaven
Best Heartland Documentary Short
WILBUR NIEWALD directed by Elizabeth Stehling, Steve Snell
Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
THE BATTLE OF BILLY JOE directed by Natalie LaTurno
Best Documentary Short sponsored by Java Monster
BETYE SAAR: Taking Care of Business directed by Christine Turner
Rick Cowan Award for Best Cinematic Heartland Film Locations
Sponsored by Kansas City Film Office
FLOOR 22 directed by Connor Simpson
Best Ensemble
MY DINNER WITH WERNER directed by Maverick Moore
Best Documentary Feature sponsored by Java Monster
WITNESS AT TORNILLO directed by Shane Franklin
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
SARAH ROSE HARPER in The Last Days of Capitalism
Best Heartland Narrative Feature
WRETCH directed by Matthew Dunehoo
Best Narrative Feature sponsored by Java Monster
THE BLACK EMPEROR OF BROADWAY directed by Arthur Egeli
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