BEST FEATURE ACTION – VIRGIN CHEERLEADERS IN CHAINS

A group of friends sets out to make a no-budget horror movie in an abandoned orphanage, only to find a family of sadistic killers wants to rewrite their script. Ezekiel Z. Swinford; Kelsey Pribilski; Elizabeth Maxwell; Gary Warner Kent; Don Daro; Evan Glover; Michael T. Morford; Dominique Davalos; Lindsey Lemke; Ammie Leonards; Paulo Biscaia Filho, director. Graphic comic violence. USA

BEST DOCUMENTARY ACTION – BEAUTY BITES BEAST

Often humorous always dynamic documentary which flips ideas of women’s self-defense upside-down. Dolores Huerta; Gavin de Becker; Riane Eisler; Ellen Snortland; Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk; Ellen Snortland, director. Adult themes. USA

BEST FEATURE PRO-ACTION – STUCK

A down on her luck woman decides to win her ex-boyfriend back by moving in with him and his fiancé. Heather Matarazzo; Joel McHale; Felicia Day; Christina Moore; Kirsten Vangsness; Jillian Armenante, director. Adult situations. USA

BEST DOCUMENTARY PRO-ACTION – MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED

Women are changing the face of today’s fastest growing industry – cannabis. Join filmmaker Windy Borman as she discovers how they’re also changing the world. Windy Borman; Melissa Etheridge; Betty Aldworth; Kaylene Alvarez; Sara Batterby; Windy Borman, director. Drug themes. USA

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE – JILLIAN ARMENANTE, STUCK

A down on her luck woman decides to win her ex-boyfriend back by moving in with him and his fiancé. Heather Matarazzo; Joel McHale; Felicia Day; Christina Moore; Kirsten Vangsness; Jillian Armenante, director. Adult situations. USA

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FEATURE – THE SUNRISE STORYTELLER

A 17 year old girl sets about the world for six months to find positive stories about people trying to change the world. Kasha Sequoia Slavner, Actor, Cinematographer, Director, Producer. Family. Canada

BEST ACTRESS FEATURE – GEORGINA PHILIPPS, DEVIL SITS ON BOTH SHOULDERS

Evelyn Black is a pickpocket who stole the wrong wallet. The wallet she lifted, was actually being tracked down by a hit woman named Georgina Vitis. Georgina Philipps; Kelley VosBurgh; Cornelia Hanes; Drew Allen; J Gulinello; Jake Cullens; Joshua Price; Jonathan Shatoff, director. Adult themes, violence. USA

BEST ACTOR FEATURE – AMIR TALAI, STUCK

A down on her luck woman decides to win her ex-boyfriend back by moving in with him and his fiancé. Heather Matarazzo; Joel McHale; Felicia Day; Christina Moore; Kirsten Vangsness; Jillian Armenante, director. Adult situations. USA