Best Film of the Month (Special Jury Award)
Bona To Vada by Masha Ko (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Month (Special Jury Award)
Salvation by Lorand Banner Szucs (Hungary)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Migration by Junyi Li (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Someone You Loved by Elly Zhou (China)
Best Promising Newcomer Director (Special Jury Award)
Yuang Lin for Underwater (China)
Best Film of the Month (Runners-up)
Adversariis by Stefan Knezovic (Italy)
Could You Please Repeat That? by Minnie Nguyen (USA)
Lifetime Trial by Miya Wang (China)
Out Of The Abyss by Guang Wei Yan (China)
Smile by Jamon Tolbert (USA)
The Keeper by Patrick Krum (USA)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: Migration by Junyi Li (China)
Best Drama Short: Salvation by Lorand Banner Szucs (Hungary)
Best Documentary Short: Detained Under Houthis by Eric Francois Trometer (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Manager Position by Craig Trow (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Underwater by Yuang Lin (China)
Best Mystery Short: Contained by Chih-Chieh Yu (Taiwan)
Best Horror Short: Check The Locks by Eric Larson (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Entanglement by Yashaswini Nath (India)
Best Experimental Short: Bona To Vada by Masha Ko (USA)
Best Student Short: Someone You Loved by Elly Zhou (China)
Best Animation Short: The Thief by Arturo Brena (USA)
Best Women Short: Lifetime Trial by Miya Wang (China)
Best LGBTQ Short: Bona To Vada by Masha Ko (USA)
Best Microfilm: Eeyou Istchee Trauma Rescue by Kavi Singh and Mourad Boukabache (Canada)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Devil Show by Jón Þórðarson (USA)
Best Music Video: Dust on Pebble by Vincent Naffréchoux (France)
Best Director (Female): Masha Ko for Bona To Vada (USA)
Best Director (Male): Lorand Banner Szucs for Salvation (Hungary)
Best Student Director (Male): Wang Zhan for Happy Monsters (China)
Best First Time Director (Male): Jón Þórðarson for The Devil Show (USA)
Best Actor: J Brian for The Devil Show (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Sacco Sarkis for The Devil Show (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Sacco Sarkis, J Brian, Wendy Bellevue, and John David Ponte for The Devil Show (USA)
Best Cinematography: Grant Duncan for Bona To Vada (USA)
Best Editing: Jón Þórðarson for The Devil Show (USA)
Best Production Design: Alex Rose for Bona To Vada (USA)
Best Sound Design: Oren Dayan and Aidan Reynolds for Bona To Vada (USA)
Best Original Score: Aniruddh Immaneni for Agent Heads (USA)
Best Original Story: David Anderson and Sacco Sarkis for The Devil Show (USA)
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