The 2020 Bjo Awards

The 2020 Bjo Awards Panel of Judges

For information about our panel of judges, please visit the Panel of Judges page.


Eligible Films Selected for Review for the 2020 Bjo Awards
	Release Date & IMDb Link	Series or Film Name & Web Site Link	Episode or Film Title & Online Video Link	Run Time
1	1/31/2019	Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1"	0:26:46
2	1/31/2019	Temporal Anomaly	"Part 2"	0:24:19
3	2/2/2019	Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	0:16:02
4	2/16/2019	Starship Deimos	"Diplomatic Relations"	0:08:45
5	4/30/2019	Starship Antyllus	"Desperate Gambit"	0:30:39
6	5/12/2019		*The Holy Core*	0:30:47
7	5/25/2019	Starship Deimos	"Children of Eberus"	0:10:54
8	5/25/2019	Starship Triton	"Confrontations"	0:15:05
9	6/11/2019	Tales from The Neutral Zone	"The Looking Glass, Part 1"	0:11:27
10	6/12/2019	Tales from The Neutral Zone	"The Looking Glass, Part 2"	0:11:21
11	6/15/2019	Dreadnought Dominion	"Redemption at Red Medusa"	0:23:30
12	6/21/2019	To Have Boldly Gone	"Part 1"	0:15:31
13	6/21/2019	To Have Boldly Gone	"Part 2"	0:14:10
14	6/22/2019	Starship Tristan	"Repercussions, Part One"	0:15:02
15	7/21/2019	Star Trek: Unity	"The Lewis Inquiry"	0:44:40
16	7/27/2019		*Line of Duty*	0:20:01
17	7/27/2019	Starship Tristan	"Repercussions, Part Two"	0:14:43
18	9/14/2019	Star Trek: Unity	"Tabula Rasa"	0:02:51
19	10/9/2019		*The Human Adventure*	0:13:31
20	10/21/2019	Starship Deimos	"The Solomon Gamble"	0:11:27
21	10/29/2019	The Federation Files	"Galaxy Hopper"	0:14:48
22	10/30/2019	Avalon Universe	"Demons, Part 1"	0:19:12
23	10/31/2019	Dreadnought Dominion	"The Heist"	0:17:02
24	11/7/2019	Avalon Universe	"Demons, Part 2"	0:16:36
25	11/17/2019	Battlecruiser Kupok	"A Matter of Trust"	0:09:53
26	12/7/2019		Shakedown	0:13:51
27	12/7/2019		Break Free	0:32:01
28	12/7/2019		Eleventh Hour	0:11:25
29	12/7/2019		All Roads Lead to Home	0:17:09
30	12/7/2019		The Scribbler	0:16:20
31	12/18/2019	Starship Antyllus	"As It Is Written..."	0:39:09
32	12/31/2019	The Federation Files	"The Equinox Effect"	0:25:22


The 2020 Bjo Awards Finalists
Best Special & Visual Effects
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Samuel Cockings, Joshua Michael Irwin
Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Samuel Cockings, Joshua Michael Irwin
The Holy Core		David Combe, Jim Riker, Gary O'Brien
Line of Duty		Samuel Cockings
Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1" and "Part 2"	Samuel Cockings

Best Sound Design, Editing & Mixing
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Joshua Michael Irwin
Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Joshua Michael Irwin
The Holy Core		Gary O'Brien
Tales from The Neutral Zone	"The Looking Glass" Part 1 and Part 2	Cliff Stoner, Dan Scanlan, Michael Heath, Jr.
To Have Boldly Gone	"Part 1" and "Part 2"	Dan Scanlan

Best Original Music
All Roads Lead to Home		Adam Mullen
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Nicholas McFarland
Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Nicholas McFarland
The Federation Files	"The Equinox Effect"	Kevin McLeod
Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1" and "Part 2"	Matt Milne

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Victoria Fox
Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Emmanuel J. Rodriguez, Leah French, Victoria Fox, Heather Meré
Battlecruiser Kupok	"A Matter of Trust"	Randall Landers, Ann Elliott Drew
The Federation Files	"The Equinox Effect"	Leah French, Stephania Masco, Michelle Reynolds, K. T. Blessing
Line of Duty		Sankari Sivaramalingam
Starship Tristan	"Repercussions" Part One and Part Two	Renda Carr, Ann Elliott Drew, Randall Landers

Best Costuming
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Joshua Michael Irwin, Victoria Fox
Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Victoria Fox, Glen L. Wolfe
The Federation Files	"The Equinox Effect"	Glen L. Wolfe, Emma Patricia Roberts
Line of Duty		Gina Vanderkley
Tales from The Neutral Zone	"The Looking Glass" Part 1 and Part 2	Stephanie Mann

Best Guest Actor or Actress
*David Butler Agrinsonis as Excalibur* Helmsman**	Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2
Lillian Cole as Captain Gaia Starr	Battlecruiser Kupok	"A Matter of Trust"
Tracie Frank as Lt. Commander Pyper	Dreadnought Dominion	"Redemption at Red Medusa"
John Laws as James Laws	Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2
Glen L. Wolfe as Captain Harris	Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2

Best Supporting Actor or Actress
Victoria Archer as Engineer Jamie Archer	Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"
Victoria Fox as Bartley/T'Xi	Break Free
Victoria Fox as Lt. Mary Bartley	Shakedown
Emma Long as Commander Eleanor	Star Trek: Unity	"The Lewis Inquiry"
Jessica Niven as Fletcher	Line of Duty
Sankari Sivaramalingam as Doctor	Line of Duty
Gill Sutton as President Jillian / Laura Lee	Star Trek: Unity	"The Lewis Inquiry"
Paul Walenkamp as Captain	Line of Duty

Best Lead Actor or Actress
Hannaj Bang Bendz as Cmdr Boltzmann	The Holy Core
Mary Jane Blystone as Janessa Mitchell	All Roads Lead to Home
Marcus Churchill as Ensign Sam Harriman	Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1" and "Part 2"
Victoria Fox as Commander Beck	Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2
Juliet Godwin as Hero	Line of Duty
Will Leach as Charlie	Line of Duty

Best Original Story or Screenplay
Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"	Joshua Michael Irwin, Victoria Fox
The Holy Core		Paul Laight, Gary O'Brien
Line of Duty		Aaron Vanderkley
Starship Deimos	"Children of Eberus"	Randall Landers
Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1" and "Part 2"	Samuel Cockings

Best Director
Joshua Michael Irwin, Victoria Fox	Avalon Universe	"Avalon Lost"
Victoria Fox	Avalon Universe	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2
Gary O'Brien	The Holy Core
Aaron Vanderkley	Line of Duty
Samuel Cockings	Temporal Anomaly	"Part 1" and "Part 2"
Lawrence Fleming	To Have Boldly Gone	"Part 1" and "Part 2"

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
*Avalon Universe*	"Avalon Lost"	Joshua Michael Irwin, Victoria Fox
*Eleventh Hour*		Vance Major
*Line of Duty*		Aaron Vanderkley
*Starship Deimos*	"Children of Eberus"	Randall Landers

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
*Avalon Universe*	"Demons" Part 1 and Part 2	Joshua Michael Irwin, Victoria Fox
*The Holy Core*		Alexander Mayer
*Temporal Anomaly*	"Part 1" and "Part 2"	Samuel Cockings, Alex Nikitin, Glen L. Wolfe

The 2020 Bjo Awards Winners


CATEGORY		PRODUCTION/FILM
BEST SPECIAL & VISUAL EFFECTS		*Line of Duty* Samuel Cockings
BEST SOUND DESIGN, EDITING & MIXING		Avalon Universe, "Demons" Part 1 and Part 2 Joshua Michael Irwin
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC		Avalon Universe, "Demons" Part 1 and Part 2 Nicholas McFarland
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING		*Line of Duty* Sankari Sivaramalingam
BEST COSTUMING		*Line of Duty* Gina Vanderkley
BEST GUEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS		John Laws as James Laws Avalon Universe, "Demons" Part 1 and Part 2
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OR ACTRESS		Paul Walenkamp as Captain Line of Duty
BEST LEAD ACTOR OR ACTRESS		Juliet Godwin as Hero Line of Duty
BEST ORIGINAL STORY OR SCREENPLAY		*The Holy Core* Paul Laight, Gary O'Brien
BEST DIRECTOR		Aaron Vanderkley Line of Duty
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM		*Line of Duty* Aaron Vanderkley
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM		*The Holy Core* Alexander Mayer

Summary
Line of Duty won seven of twelve awards (Best Special & Visual Effects; Best Makeup & Hairstyling; Best Costuming; Best Supporting Actor or Actress; Best Lead Actor or Actress; Best Director; Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form); Avalon Universe, "Demons" Part 1 and Part 2 won three awards (Best Sound Design, Editing & Mixing; Best Original Music; Best Guest Actor or Actress); and The Holy Core won two awards (Best Original Story or Screenplay; Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form).

The three awards won by Avalon Universe, "Demons" Part 1 and Part 2 were accepted by executive producer Joshua Michael Irwin at the awards ceremony. The seven awards won by Line of Duty were shipped to executive producer Aaron Vanderkley in Australia. The two awards won by The Holy Core were shipped to executive producer Alexander Mayer in Great Britain.

This year's award plaques were sponsored by the Bjo Awards' Patreon patrons and Eric L. Watts.

The 2020 Bjo Awards Ceremony

Front row: Avalon Universe actress, Mistress of Ceremonies and awards presenter Pixi "Ilia" Neried; Treklanta Chairman, Bjo Awards producer and Master of Ceremonies Eric L. Watts. Back row: Avalon Universe director of photography Neal Bilbe; Avalon Universe executive producer and award winner Joshua Michael Irwin.

Attending via Zoom, top row: Visual effects artist, Temporal Anomaly writer/director/executiver producer and award winner Samuel Cockings; Line of Duty director/executive producer and multiple award winner Aaron Vanderkley. Bottom row: Avalon Universe actor Tyler Dunivan; Avalon Universe actress Ashley Wyles.