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Best Indie Short
Floating by Zihan Zhang (USA)
Leydenville by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Migration by Junyi Li (China)
Paris Is Just a Big Dirty City by Alexandra Barton and Patrick Levy (USA)
Soldiers by Zhaoshuai Wu (China)
Best Drama Short
Borrowed Time by Ginevra Gentil (UK)
The Hunt by Yann Reuzeau (France)
The Silent Canary by Vera Graziadei (UK)
The Train by Luo Pin (China)
When You Leave by Jason Yamamoto (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Eeyou Istchee Trauma Rescue by Kavi Singh and Mourad Boukabache (Canada)
Jawai by Katya Ignatiev (UK)
They Came From All Over by Rayka Zehtabchi (USA)
Best Romantic Short
That’s Enough Now Thanks by Aquila Chase-Daniel (USA)
The Imperfect Picture by Coxy Chiara Rodoni (USA)
The Ritz by Allex Tarr (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Bad at Small Talk by Viktor Horvath (USA)
Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale by Ben Élie (USA)
Clown Needs a Rock Fix by Mike Shea (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
A Dishonourable Death by Blok (UK)
Banshee by Michael David Charles Hicks (USA)
Old Time Radio: Your Move by Joel Harlow (USA)
Best Action Short
Angel Wings by Nick Simotas (USA)
Happy Noodle by Helen Chan (USA)
The Risk Takers by Xano Alexander Cuervo (USA)
Best Crime Short
El Paso 11:55 by Keith Jardine (USA)
Gemini by Tadeu Vieira Marinho (Brazil)
Warning by Axel Zeiliger (France)
Best Film Noir Short
Aquarium In The Fishbowl by Sabrina Jane (China)
Between The Ocean And The Snow by Peder Thomas Pedersen and Heine Kaarsbjerg (Denmark)
Searcher by Bugsy Riverbank Steel (UK)
Best Mystery Short
Caroline by Riccardo Constant (USA)
First Time Caller by Nate Allison (USA)
Pink Wings by Jaxon Whittington (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Lineage by Finnegan Haid (USA)
Loved by David Joseph Higgins (USA)
Takbir by Jordi Calvet (Spain)
Best Horror Short
Caught by Leon Sandy Mitchell (USA)
Means to an End by Tanya Wheeler (New Zealand)
Something Behind The Walls by Kit Wilson (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Dark Cell by Jean-Michel Tari (France)
Tender Moon by Mabel Amanda Maultsby (USA)
Truth by Sylvie Zaidman and Nic Shake (Belgium)
Best Fantasy Short
Another Dead Sailor by Jack Lennard Willoughby (UK)
Sinfonietta by Donald Scott Masterson (Canada)
Water Dawg by Christopher Baiza (USA)
Best Western Short
Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls by June K. Inuzuka (USA)
The Driver by Evan Oliver and Allen Baker (USA)
Twenty One at the Belle Saloon by Scott Seagren (USA)
Best Animation Short
Blue by Robert Petrie (USA)
Runelight by Matt O’Donnell (UK)
The Cocoon by David Shen Miller (USA)
Best Children Short
1.2m by Dongjuan lvy (China)
Mudi by Qin Luo (China)
Ripple Nipple by Yuying Tang (China)
Best Women Short
As Possible As Everything by Selen Örcan (Turkey)
cAtherinE by Hervine De Boodt (France)
Seven (Wolonwula) by Fousseyni Maiga (Mali)
Best LGBTQ Short
Cord of Three by Sophia Kindt (Germany)
Ja Tibia Ubju (I Love You) by Silvija Kuodytė (Lithuania)
Jelly Bean by Nessa Norich (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Dasher by Joaquim Adrià Pujol (USA)
Marble Worms by Juliana Betancourth (USA)
Untitled by Lin Song (USA)
Best Student Short
August by Eli McGowan (USA)
Someone You Loved by Elly Zhou (China)
Still Breathing by Emma Birkø (Denmark)
Best Microfilm
Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad by Christine Lakin (USA)
Oh Boys by Martina Magorin (USA)
The Astronaut by Damián Apunte (USA)
Best Music Video
Dust on Pebble by Vincent Naffréchoux (France)
Finger Bang Your Day by Jeff Hilliard and John Orphan (USA)
The Rebellion by Gabriel Hostetler (USA)
Best Screendance Short
My Mother’s Last Dance by Ivan Knyazev (Russia)
Perhaps We Wrong Them by John Scheibe (USA)
Rosé Haze by Emily Teague (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser by Sam Morgan (USA)
Hotel Sweet Hotel by Roberto Flores Prieto and Julio Azar (Colombia)
Kombucha Cure by Cecilia Choi (USA)
Best Female Director
Ginevra Gentil for Borrowed Time (UK)
Hervine De Boodt for cAtherinE (France)
Vera Graziadei for The Silent Canary (UK)
Best Male Director
Axel Zeiliger for Warning (France)
Finnegan Haid for Lineage (USA)
Jean-Michel Tari for Dark Cell (France)
Best Student Female Director
Emma Birkø for Still Breathing (Denmark)
Sabrina Jane for Aquarium In The Fishbowl (China)
Yuying Tang for Ripple Nipple (China)
Best Student Male Director
Eli McGowan for August (USA)
Luo Pin for The Train (China)
Zhaoshuai Wu for Soldiers (China)
Best First Time Female Director
Alexandra Barton and Patrick Levy for Paris Is Just a Big Dirty City (USA)
Allex Tarr for The Ritz (USA)
Elly Zhou for Someone You Loved (China)
Best First Time Male Director
Ben Élie for Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale (USA)
Keith Jardine for El Paso 11:55 (USA)
Yann Reuzeau for The Hunt (France)
Best Actress
Alexandra Barton for Paris Is Just a Big Dirty City (USA)
Jennifer Bartels for Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser (USA)
Vanessa Nerea Moliné for Still Breathing (Denmark)
Best Actor
Aidan Gillen for Mespil in the Dark (Ireland)
Joseph Sernio for Loved (USA)
Tony Stavola for Leydenville (USA)
Best Supporting Actress
Charlene Tilton for Leydenville (USA)
Heléna Antonio for Borrowed Time (UK)
Natalie Qaurry for The Silent Canary (UK)
Best Supporting Actor
Brice Fournier for Warning (France)
Geoff Bell for Another Dead Sailor (UK)
Keith Jardine for El Paso 11:55 (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress
Chloe Dong for The Silent Canary (UK)
Nora Harriet for The Astronaut (USA)
Ziyi Zou for Ripple Nipple (China)
Best Child/Young Actor
AnKai Zhu for 1.2m (China)
Jakob Wagner for August (USA)
Tommy Duffy for The Keeper (USA)
Best Acting Duo
Brendan Fehr and Keith Jardine for El Paso 11:55 (USA)
Gabriel Ebert and Jake Haddock for Lineage (USA)
Stephanie Savić and Robert Dill for Twenty One at the Belle Saloon (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Christos Lawton, Roger Thomson, Claire Rafferty, David Fulton, Gracie Wallis, Paul Chan, Robert Lee, and Phil Zimmerman for A Dishonourable Death (UK)
Jennifer Bartels, Beth Grant, Holmes Osborne, and Jackie Quinones for Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser (USA)
Tamara Braun, Denise Boutte, Jasper Cole, Robert Craighead, Jennifer Bassey, Angie Kim, and Jermel Nakia for Kombucha Cure (USA)
Best Cinematography
Andrew Jon Lane for First Time Caller (USA)
Donna Wade for The Silent Canary (UK)
Jean-Baptiste Rière for Dark Cell (France)
Best Editing
Ben Élie for Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale (USA)
Jean-Michel Tari for Dark Cell (France)
Troy Ruff for Loved (USA)
Best Original Score
Abigail Western for August (USA)
Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer for The Silent Canary (UK)
Siegfried Canto for Dark Cell (France)
Best Original Story
Finnegan Haid and Jake Haddock for Lineage (USA)
Sylvie Zaidman and Chloé von Arx for Truth (Belgium)
Vera Graziadei and Bex Harvey for The Silent Canary (UK)
See also
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