Categories

· Best Youngstown, OH Area Film/Project - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre (Free)

· Best Short Film - 45 Mins or Less, Any Genre and includes Documentaries, Narratives, Animation, Experimental, Music Videos and International films.

· Best Ohio Film - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre. Must be made completely in Ohio.

· Best Horror Film - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre. Horror must be the main element of the film.

· Best Micro-Budget Film - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre, Under $1,000 in total production cost.

· Best LGBTQ+ Film - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best First Time Filmmaker - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Beyond the Box - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre. Dedicated to the brave, bizarre, wild, experimental, transgressive, plotless, or completely ridiculous filmmaking that keeps us all thinking long after the film is over. For the dreamers.

· Best Director - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Actor - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Actress - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Ensemble - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Cinematography - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Score/Music - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

· Best Writing - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre. Based on the judges consideration of the overall writing quality of the film as well as how the writing moves the story forward.

· Best Editing - 45 Mins or Less & Any Genre

*Categories with no submissions meeting the requirements will have no awards.