Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
No More Gravity At Night by Jaron Wong (China)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
The Java Plum Tree by Rafay Rashdi (Pakistan)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Growing Pains by Shengwen Ruan (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)
Best Short of the Season (Runners-up)
Cheers, by Jillian Smith and Reagan Yorke (USA)
Five and a Half by Heidi Nyburg (USA)
Song of the Conscripts by Chonglang Fan (China)
The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: The Java Plum Tree by Rafay Rashdi (Pakistan)
Best Drama Short: Cheers, by Jillian Smith and Reagan Yorke (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Forecast by Paula Randol-Smith (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Real Heroes Don’t Die by Roman Mitichyan (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dinner is Served by Aleksandr Boikov (USA)
Best Action Short: The Assassin by Preetu Kolla (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Botanists by Quinn Sheehan-Hipple (USA)
Best Horror Short: Red Rain by Samer Saifan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Jump by Ryan Serrano (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Deepest Dance by André Musgrove (Bahamas)
Best Student Short: No More Gravity At Night by Jaron Wong (China)
Best Women Short: Winter Is No More Lonely Than Other Seasons by Morgan Lu (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)
Best Microfilm: The Inconsolables by Hugo Roblin (France)
Best Screendance Short: Goddess – Path of Destiny by Dominika Prášková (Czechia)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: RugbyTown – Season 2 by Patrick Guthrie (USA)
Best Female Director: Heidi Nyburg for Five and a Half (USA)
Best Male Director: Rafay Rashdi for The Java Plum Tree (Pakistan)
Best Student Male Director: Shengwen Ruan for Growing Pains (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Ingvill Thorson Plesner for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best First Time Male Director: Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)
Best Actress: YuHsuan Lu-Chang for Winter Is No More Lonely Than Other Seasons (USA)
Best Actor: Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: James Hal Hardy for Five and a Half (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Lauren Jude Rosa for Five and a Half (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Robert Fleet, Ron Laskowski, Liam Hawley, and Khouri St. Surin for Red Rain (USA)
Best Cinematography: Andrew Kommers for The Jump (USA)
Best Editing: Lingling Qian for Growing Pains (China)
Best Sound Design: Hashem Al-Ghaili for Hiroshima (United Arab Emirates)
Best Original Score: Madison Lam for Elmstone (USA)
Best Original Story: Ingvill Thorson Plesner for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best Short Script: Aasmani by Sayani Gupta (India)
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