Best Film of the Month
Runner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Month (Special Jury Mention)
The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Limbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)
Film of the Month: Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Restless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)
Best Film of the Month (Runner-ups)
American Immigrant by Shady A Mawajdeh (USA)
Forget Me Not by Saige Guevara and Courtney LeBlanc (USA)
In_Sect Day by Polina Dvoretskaya (Russia)
Moon in the Cloud by Liliya Roys (Canada)
Sixteenth Week by Hashem Jahromi (Iran)
The Dolls Game by Mehdi Mahaei (Iran)
Best Indie Short: The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
Best Drama Short: Restless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)
Best Documentary Short: Gregoris Mountain by Julius Ernst (Greece)
Best Thriller Short: Runner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)
Best Crime Short: Runner by Joel Cocciolone (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Limbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Mirror Matter by Emilija Skarnulyte (Lithuania)
Best Student Short: Limbo by Hsin Yu Chang (UK)
Best Animation Short: Forget Me Not by Saige Guevara and Courtney LeBlanc (USA)
Best Children Short: Symfaunic by Erin Bergin and Darby Kate Snyder (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: As Organism by Moe Taylor and Kathryn E F Taylor (USA)
Best Director (Male): Joel Cocciolone for Runner (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Liliya Roys for Moon in the Cloud (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Female): Hsin Yu Chang for Limbo (UK)
Best Actress: Sarah Boberg for Restless (Denmark)
Best Actor: Joel Cocciolone for Runner (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Maria Rita Silva for Pinnacle (Brazil)
Best Acting Duo: Andriu Freitas and Maria Rita Silva for Pinnacle (Brazil)
Best Acting Ensemble: John McCabe, Joel Cocciolone, Sophia Gasca, Erica Jean Mungor, Joshua Bitton, Henry Pitman, Kiara Chavez, and Steven Marcus Releford for Runner (USA)
Best Production Design: Fabricio Brandi for Limbo (UK)
Best Sound Design: Runner (USA)
Best Original Score: Manu Martin, Ron J Danziger, Joi Barua, and Matthieu Eymard for Ode to an Inanimate Companion (Singapore)
Best Original Story: Hsin Yu Chang for Limbo (UK)
Best Short Script: Sizwe by Micharn Pollock (South Africa)
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