Festival Host Ashley Johnson

• 72 Miles - Dir. Brian Stynes (Best Experimental Film)

• A Letter From Raqqa - Dir. Arash Asadi

• Aggrappati a Me - Dir. Luca Arcidiacono (Best Short Film, Best Sound Design)

• Along the Water's Edge - Dir. Jonathan Elliot (Best Socially Conscious Film)

• American Dream, The - Dir. Baldev Sandhu

• American Marriage - Dir. Giorgio Arcelli Fontana

• Augustus - Dir. John Alston (Best Historical Film)

• Brewchurch, The - Aaron Hose

• Children of Loners - Dir. Olga Dabrowska

• Coffee and a Donut - Dir. Cary Patrick Martin (Best First Time Filmmaker)

• Come (Eat) - Dir. Liziette Barrera

• Crickets Dance, The - Dir. Veronica Robledo (Best Feature Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Audience Choice)

• Day One - Dir. Xavier Vance (Best New Voice)

• El Padrino - Dir. Terrence Ross (Best Soundtrack)

• Eve's Dinner - Dir. Huanxi Li

• Gay as in Happy: A Queer Anti-Tragedy - Dir. Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim

• Ginger - Dir. James C. Boratyn, Melissa Boratyn (Best Actress - Susan Gordon)

• Helen's Birthday - Dir. Moira Rowan (Special Contribution Award)

• Holding Silence - Dir. Andre Kloer (Best Editing)

• I'm Press - Dir. Emmanual Fordjour (Best Original Score)

• January 14th - Dir. La'Chris Jordan (Best California Filmmaker)

• Jill and Giles - Dir. Alison Byrne (Ink Tip Prize)

• Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver - Dir. Dennis Gansel (Best Director)

• Karo's Hangi - Dir. Gianni Aro-Reid (Best Producer -Danni Liang, Elizabeth Hoyle, Ink Tip Prize)

• Last Memory - Dir. Neil P. George (Best Cinematography)

• Little Victories - Dir. Dean Cameron (

• Ms. Rossi - Dir. Pat Battistini (Best Short Short)

• My Farmland - Dir. Diana Dai (Best Feature Documentary)

• Noodles & Incense - Dir. Rey Tang (Best Young Filmmaker)

• One and Only Jewish Miss America, The - Dir. David Arond

• One Word Sawalmem - Dir. Natasha Deganello Giraudie, Michael "Pom" Preston (Best Environmental Film)

• Out of Thin Air - Dir. Abey Lin (Best Student Film, Best Original Song)

• Outside: Daniel Laurent - Dir. Jeffrey Palmer (Best Music Video)

• Recipe in Exile - Dir. Chantal Kassarjian (Best Animation)

• Red Yellow Pink - Dir. Jolanta Warpechowski (Best Drama, Best Actor - David Paul)

• Romance - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze

• Sidepiece - Dir. Teddy Tenenbaum (Best Comedy)

• Sisters - Dir. Edrei Hutson (Best Original Screenplay)

• Sign - Dir. Shay Albert (Best Animation)

• Truth and Reconciliation - Dir. Lis Cox (Best Short Documentary)

• Upside - Dir. Jim McMorrow (Best International Film)

• What Are You? - Dir. Richard B. Pierre (Best Recorded Sound, Ink Tip Prize)

• Where My Girls - Dir. Mads Engel

• White Van by Ooberfuse - Dir. Cherrie Anderson

• Willingboro: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Dir. Kelvin Phillips (Best Inspirational Film)

Ashley is an award-winning actor and producer currently based in Atlanta, GA. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and has appeared in numerous television shows and feature films produced in Los Angeles as well as Atlanta. She is known for her dedication, positive approach, and strong work ethic. Ashley will host all filmmaker interviews and Q&A sessions at the festival.