Best Film of the Month
Hands Up by Angela White (USA)
Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Prize)
Embodiment by Ced Pakusevskij (Italy)
Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Prize)
The Garage by Daniel McMellen (USA)
Best Film of the Month (Runner-ups)
Designation: Limbo by Callum John (UK)
Funeral in Chongqing by Zeng Kaixin (China)
Gone with the Ocean by Bide Yuan (USA)
Meguru, Goes Around Comes Around by Thein Dan (Japan)
Rum Go! by Markus Thorington (USA)
Trust by Santiago Calogero (USA)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: Funeral in Chongqing by Zeng Kaixin (China)
Best Drama Short: Hands Up by Angela White (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The ‘S’ Word by Robert Rosen (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Stay by Yudi Daisy Jiang (China)
Best Comedy Short: The Man Who Became A Meme by João Rabello (Brazil)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Flush Lou by Madison Stewart Leonard (USA)
Best Action Short: Roadtrip! by Max Laferriere (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Designation: Limbo by Callum John (UK)
Best Mystery Short: The Spray by Uwe Flade (Germany)
Best Film Noir Short: Meguru, Goes Around Comes Around by Thein Dan (Japan)
Best Crime Short: Aborted Traffick by Bea W. Bliss (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Revenge of the Supermom by Sara Page (Canada)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Embodiment by Ced Pakusevskij (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: Embodiment by Ced Pakusevskij (Italy)
Best Animation Short: Thatching Eggs by Max Marlow (UK)
Best Children Short: Thatching Eggs by Max Marlow (UK)
Best Women Short: Please, Have a Seat! by Eteri Nioradze (Russia)
Best LGBTQ Short: Got Game? by Fatimah Asghar (USA)
Best Microfilm: Don’t Come Too Early by Dorota Fórmanowska (Poland)
Best Screendance Short: Separated Waves Of One Ocean by Stefanie Sixt (Germany)
Best Music Video: Looking For a New Place to Begin by Henrique Sauer (Brazil)
Best Parody Short: Naked Pictures by Michael Coburn (UK)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Limbo by Pat Dortch (USA)
Best Drone Short: All That Matters Is How Much We Gave And How Much We Loved by Joel Cartier (USA)
Best Director (Female): Heather Horner and Kody Newton for Affective (USA)
Best Director (Male): Daniel McMellen for The Garage (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male): Paul Persic for Red Candle (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Female): Bea W. Bliss for Aborted Traffick (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Callum John for Designation: Limbo (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Adamson Novak for Last Summer (USA)
Best Actress: Katie Preston for Affective (USA)
Best Actor: Jay Lay for The Garage (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Joseph Lloyd Lopez for Rum Go! (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Jesyca Gu for Red Candle (Canada)
Best Child/Young Actor: Jack Coghlan for The Garage (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Elena Alferova and Aleksandra Verkhoshanskaya for Please, Have a Seat! (Russia)
Best Acting Ensemble: Pat Dortch, Gary Weeks, Drew Starkey, and Lacy Camp for Limbo (USA)
Best Cinematography: Lucas Miller for The Garage (USA)
Best Editing: Joe Stauffer for Limbo (USA)
Best Production Design: Rum Go! (USA)
Best Visual FX: Alexander Baehr for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Rum Go! (USA)
Best Original Score: Ignacio Ramírez for Ay Antonia (Argentina)
Best Original Story: Chris Vincent for The Garage (USA)
Best Short Script: Obolus by Kim Fabienne Hertinger (Germany)
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