If I Were to Love the Bay

Yearly:

• Cinematography
• Design
• Direction
• Documentary
• Editing
• Music
• Performance
• Visual Effects
• Writing

Monthly:

• August: Realism
• Best Character Study
• Best Character Transformation
• Best Coming-of-Age Film
• Best Cross-Cultural Narrative
• Best Cultural Documentary
• Best Depiction of Daily Life
• Best Environmental Story
• Best Existential Short
• Best Metamorphosis Film
• Best Narrative Based on True Events
• Best Natural Performance
• Best Portrayal of Psychology
• Best Realism Film
• Best Redemption Arc
• Best Story of Healing
• Best Under-Represented Story
• Best Unreliable Narrator
• Best Use of Native Language
• January: Metamorphosis
• March: Voices of the World
• Most Emotionally Raw Moment
• Most Inspiring Ending
• November: The Human Condition

Zones:

• Psychology
• Realism
• Spirituality
• Surrealism
• Visual Craft