Congratulations filmmakers! Big Muddy film festival rolls the closing credits, Thank you everyone for a great year
| Best Smartphone | I’ve Been Afraid by Cecelia Condit |
| Best Animation | The Ephemeral Orphanage by Lisa Barcy |
| best Experimental | A.I. Mama by Asuka Lin |
| Best Short doc | Roots of Lacrosse by Shelby Tsioweri:iohsta Adams and Joanne Storkan |
| Best Short Narrative | Aayan by Alies Sluiter |
| New category! the John Waters award! | Eat the Rainbow by Brian Benson |
| best Feat Documentary | Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm by Ines Sommer |
| best Feature Narrative | Pureza by Renato Barbieri |
| John Michaels award for activist film | Undeterred by Eva Lewis |