Best Indie Short
Butterfly produced by Tim Astor and Chris Abernathy, and directed by Bonnie Foster (USA)
Best Drama Short
Hollow Tooth produced by William Sineux, Alexandre Melot, and Gabriel de Azevedo, and directed by Samuel Kaperski (France)
Best Documentary Short
Sockeye Salmon, Red Fish produced by Dmitriy Shpilenok, Petr Shpilenok, and Anna Sukhova, and directed by Dmitriy Shpilenok and Vladislav Grishin (Russia)
Best Romantic Short
They Won’t Last produced by Richard Bailey and directed by Portlynn Tagavi (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Campy Spy produced by Mirian Perez Colindres and Madison Webster, and directed by Sabrina Robinson (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Thumb Runner produced and directed by Dylan Bruno and Kasper Vejlø Kristensen (USA)
Best Action Short
Violet Rain produced by Nicholas Givanio, Shaun Lupton, McKinley J. Pearce, Mikey Rare, and Garrett Van Vleck, and directed by Shaun Lupton (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Eugene vs Humanity produced by Michael David Charles Hicks, Colin James O’Gorman, and Peter Oberth, and directed by Michael David Charles Hicks (USA)
Best Horror Short
Deep Shock produced by Luca Vannella, Alexis Continente, Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Bobby Holland Hanton, Ferdinando Merolla, and Roberto Paglialunga, and directed by Davide Melini (UK)
Best Mystery Short
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away produced and directed by Thad Lee (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
Dead Man’s Bluff produced by Doug Wirth, Calvin Green, Sandra McCurdy, and Eric Williford, and directed by Franklin Guerrero, Jr (USA)
Best Crime Short
One Last Last Heist produced by Courtney Hicks, Darrin Rose, and Cameron Macdonald, and directed by Darrin Rose (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short
Dance of the Porcelain Demons produced by Neil Clements and directed by Cat Watson (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Simulation produced by Khaled Abdallah and Hashem Al-Ghaili, and directed by Hashem Al-Ghaili (Germany)
Best Western Short
Spindletop: The Beginning produced by Jason Leal, Doug Underwood, and Joe Lee, and produced by Jason Leal (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Whispers produced and directed by Bruno Dayan (USA)
Best Student Short
Vincent produced by Disi Guo and directed by Gabriele Di Sazio (USA)
Best Animation Short
Umbrella produced by Helena Hilario and directed by Helena Hilario and Mario Pece (Brazil)
Best Children Short
Circus Sam produced by Georgina Pope and Roy Finch, and directed by Rayner Wang (Japan)
Best Women Short
Alia produced by Sreehari Purimetla, Aditya Joshi, Akshay Thaker, and Colorify Productions, and directed by Sreehari Purimetla and Aditya Joshi (India)
Best LGBTQ Short
Innocent Boy produced by Deiadra Armstrong and Brock Cravy, and directed by Brock Cravy (USA)
Best Microfilm
Amara produced and directed by Ethan Chance (USA)
Best Music Video
The Enigma Men – Marquis Of Vaudeville produced and directed by Toby Lawhon and Geneva Arena (USA)
Best Director (Female)
Annie Chen for Glitches (Taiwan)
Best Director (Male)
Sreehari Purimetla and Aditya Joshi for Alia (India)
Best Student Director (Female)
Cat Watson for Dance of the Porcelain Demons (UK)
Best Student Director (Male)
Gabriele Di Sazio for Vincent (USA)
Best Actress
Sanya Bansal for Alia (India)
Best Actor
Colin James O’Gorman for Eugene vs Humanity (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress
Angelina Capozzoli for God’s Gracie (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor
Keegan Bouton for Spindletop: The Beginning (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Vivian Davidson, Barsam Naemi, Maia Rose Michaels, Derrick van Wyk, and Dan Vaida for Little Philip’s Birthday (Canada)
Best Cinematography
Matthew Plaxco for Alina (USA)
Best Editing
Jonathan Lawrence for Carnival of Wonders (USA)
Best Visual FX
Moritz Bock, Pietro Coco, Monika Gross, Michael Grund, David Henning, Felix Knoche, Robert Masula, Delfina Mayer, Tobias Moenninger, Stefan Müller, Cong Nguyen, Jan Piccart, Daniel Rath, Tom Schirdewahn, Lennart Stenzel, Benjamin Sugar, Pál Tauszig, and Christoph Zippel for Simulation (Germany)
Best Original Score
Matteo Pagamici for Simulation (Germany)
Best Original Story
Michael David Charles Hicks for Eugene vs Humanity (USA)
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