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DOMESTIC SHORT SCI-FI DRAMA
"Static Space"
Short Sci-Fi Drama (USA)
Directors John Klein, Kate Black
Jamie is a young woman living in rural Indiana struggling to figure out her place and identity.
When she inadvertently stumbles across a frequency on her ham radio and makes contact with astronaut Noa currently orbiting Earth,
the two women are presented with the opportunity to find meaningful connection, even while worlds apart.
KATE BLACK-SPENCE has primarily identified as an actor since graduating from Ball State University in 2008 and moving to Chicago. Consistently working in TV, film, and theatre, Kate gravitated toward world premiere plays where she worked closely with playwrights to find nuance in characters and often collaborated to clarify central storylines and alternate endings.
JOHN KLEIN is a happily married father of three, cinematographer, director, producer, camera operator, lover of dogs, Instagram addict, and all-around joyful dude. He currently teaches film production at Elmhurst University. He is also the producer of Glass City Films, a production company through which he has directed multiple award-winning short and feature-length films, including the Kickstarter-funded post-apocalyptic thriller Chrysalis. Having worked with Kate Black-Spence as an actress on several films, including NightLights and Cry It Out, he was thrilled to tackle Static Space with her as a full-on creative partner, and loved seeing it come to life.
FOREIGN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Documentary (Italy)
Director Filippo Vendemmiati
The film is about Franco Grillini, a somewhat late-blooming gay politician from Bologna, born in 1955 into a farming family, with a degree in education, who has always been active in the fight for the recognition of gay, lesbian, and transsexual civil rights.
Through the story told directly by its protagonist, the biopic, with a light tone and using original documentary material, reconstructs over thirty years of political history, bearing witness
to a tough and gentle fight in the name of dignity and equality.
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Hotel Malángel in Horror Spain |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| The Shame and the Courage in Zero Budget France |
OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
 Aligned in Drama Greece |
EXCELLENCE |
| AMERICA
YOU KILL ME in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Death, by Koji in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| Fabián. Apuntes 1969 in Experimental |
EXCELLENCE |
| GEORGIA in Drama United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| J in Comedy, Original Score (subcat), Original Song (subcat), Viewer Impact: Entertainment (subcat) United Kingdom |
EXCELLENCE:
Comedy EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Song (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Viewer Impact: Entertainment (subcat) |
| Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way in Documentary United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| KingDom in Loose Shorts United Kingdom |
EXCELLENCE |
| kwêskosîw (she whistles) in Tight Shorts Canada |
EXCELLENCE |
| The Coronation in Art-house Film, Experimental, Cinematography (subcat), Original Concept (subcat), Original Score (subcat), Sound Editing (subcat), Viewer Impact: Entertainment (subcat) United States |
EXCELLENCE:
Art-house Film EXCELLENCE: Experimental EXCELLENCE: Cinematography, Anastasiia Kulikalova (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Concept (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Original Score, Meredith Butterworth (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Sound Editing (subcat) EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Viewer Impact: Entertainment (subcat) |
| The Elevator in Student Canada |
EXCELLENCE |
| Venice Beach Scumbags in TV Show United States |
EXCELLENCE |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| Bees and Seas in Tight Shorts United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Before Night Shift in Student United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Casey: A True Story (no sex cut) in Drama Canada |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Family Affair in Drama United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Haunted in Horror, Actor: Lead (subcat) United States |
EXEPTIONAL
MERIT: Horror EXEPTIONAL MERIT: Actor: Lead, Alex Ringler (subcat) |
| Hiding in plain sight in Experimental |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Introducing Brian Broome in Documentary United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Lalito in Tight Shorts Mexico |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Liz and iris - Artists in Elkton in Documentary United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Look In My Eyes - Episodic Full in TV Show, Drama, Actor: Supporting (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL
MERIT: TV Show EXCEPTIONAL MERIT: Drama EXCELLENCE: Actor: Supporting, Aman Singh (subcat) |
| Love Like Spring Breeze in Student China |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Love Potion in Loose Shorts Israel |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| Some Nudity Required in Comedy United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Guppy's Death in Student China |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Lilos in Tight Shorts Mexico |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |
| The Tailor in Student Israel |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ALL |
| Trashed in Tight Shorts, Actress: Lead (subcat), Content/Message Delivery (subcat) Canada |
EXCEPTIONAL
MERIT ALL Tight Shorts Actress: Lead, Joanne Vannicola (subcat) Content/Message Delivery (subcat) |
| Velvet Jesus in Drama United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ALL |
| What's in a Name in Inspirational, Editing (subcat), Direction (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL
MERIT: Inspirational MERIT:Editing (subcat) MERIT:Direction (subcat) |
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| A Sensual Temple in Tight Shorts Australia |
MERIT |
| Almost Lost, Almost Loved in Student United States |
MERIT |
| Angela in Tight Shorts, Actor: Lead (subcat), Actor: Supporting (subcat) United States |
MERIT:
Tight Shorts MERIT: Actor: Lead, Brianna Martinez (subcat) MERIT: Actor: Supporting, Saul Preciado-Garcia (subcat) |
| Blood Runs Out in Student United States |
MERIT |
| Butterfly Skin in Student Australia |
MERIT |
| Cardigan in Student, Actor: Lead (subcat) Canada |
MERIT:
Student MERIT: Actor: Lead, Luis Garcia Fitz (subcat) |
| Chivalry Ain't Dead in Student Canada |
MERIT |
| Color Poetry in Zero Budget India |
MERIT |
| in Experimental Belgium |
MERIT |
| Dear whoever, Love Lebo in Documentary United States |
MERIT |
| Don't Let Go in Student, Direction (subcat) United States |
MERIT
ALL |
| Endless Possibilities: Jack Waters & Peter Cramer in Art-house Film United States |
MERIT |
| Falling in the spring nights in Student China |
MERIT |
| Famous Gays And Lesbians... Alleged And Otherwise - 15
Episodes in Webisode (Pilot) United States |
MERIT |
| LOST VEGAS: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow in our Gender
Diverse Community in Documentary United States |
MERIT |
| Love Yourself in Inspirational, Zero Budget, Actor: Lead (subcat), Tight Shorts United States |
MERIT
ALL Inspirational Zero Budget Actor: Lead, David Ditmore (subcat) Tight Shorts |
| Me & Three Others in Webisode (Pilot) United States |
MERIT |
| MENSTRUAL ROSARY in Experimental |
MERIT |
| No more, like dew-drop from the grass in Experimental Australia |
MERIT |
| Once A Nun Always A Medium (Medium Length) in Student United States |
MERIT |
| One's Company in Zero Budget Canada |
MERIT |
| Ourselves, in Stories in Documentary United States |
MERIT |
| Pandemic Romance: Do You Remember When We Met...IRL? in Experimental United States |
MERIT |
| Sleeping theydy in Student Canada |
MERIT |
| Taboo in Art-house Film United States |
MERIT |
| TempaKILL (Season Two) in Webisode (Pilot) United States |
MERIT |
| Terry Non-Binary in Student United States |
MERIT |
| The Gift in Student United Kingdom |
MERIT |
| TherActivist: They/Them/Theirs in Documentary United States |
MERIT |
| Town Meeting in Student Australia |
MERIT |
| Who I Wasn't in Student United States |
MERIT |
| Xreens-At the Back of The Screen in Documentary Sweden |
MERIT |
| XreensNotCensored in Documentary Sweden |
MERIT |
| Young & Afraid // Nattebarn in Documentary Norway |
MERIT |
| Zakaquito in Documentary France |
MERIT |
SUB-CATEGORIES
| TITLE - Country | AWARD (s) |
| App Rap in Original Song (subcat) United States |
MERIT |
| boy meets boy in Actor: Lead (subcat) Canada |
EXCELLENCE: Actor: Lead, Mike Azevedo(subcat) |
| Pink Feather-With Subtitles in Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat) |
MERIT |
| Ron Podmore's The Northern Triangle in Original Concept (subcat) Guatemala |
MERIT |
| THE
PASS in Content/Message Delivery (subcat), Original Score (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT ALL |
| Who
Holds Us (from REEMERGENCE: A Queer Visual Album) in Original Song (subcat) United States |
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT |