Best Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)
Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis by Laura Lee (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)
Bottom of the Pits by Foxie Đinh (Viet Nam)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Sage by Skylar Piela (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
They Came From All Over by Rayka Zehtabchi (USA)
Best Short of the Month (Runners-up)
Ben by Sebastian Hou (USA)
Boris by Conor Scheinberg (USA)
Flow of Life by Marisa Papen and Michael Chichi (USA)
Run, Chad Run by Nadia Guo (China)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: Boris by Conor Scheinberg (USA)
Best Documentary Short: They Came From All Over by Rayka Zehtabchi (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis by Laura Lee (USA)
Best Mystery Short: God Hospital by Dan Fite, Jr. (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Run, Chad Run by Nadia Guo (China)
Best Experimental Short: Ben by Sebastian Hou (USA)
Best Student Short: Burn The Flower by Peipei Liu (China)
Best Microfilm: Life of a Stranger by Roman Daniel Rütten (UK)
Best Animation Short: What a Match by Björn Granberg Ahlmark (Sweden)
Best Women Short: Flow of Life by Marisa Papen and Michael Chichi (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Sage by Skylar Piela (USA)
Best Music Video: Shilpa Ananth – The Search by Suruchi Sharma (India)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Live To Farm by Jared Gagnon-Palick (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Red Threads by Yuchi Ma (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Misaligned by Sally-Ann Dunn (UK)
Best Female Director: Nadia Guo for Run, Chad Run (China)
Best Student Female Director: Foxie Đinh for Bottom of the Pits (Viet Nam)
Best Student Male Director: Hsieh Tsung Yu for Again3small (Taiwan)
Best First Time Female Director: Laura Lee for Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis (USA)
Best Actress: Chelsea Sik for Foreign Planetary (USA)
Best Actor: Daniel Simonsen for Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Patrick Breen for Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis (USA)
Best Cinematography: Justin Tang for Better Together (USA)
Best Production Design: Run, Chad Run (China)
Best Sound Design: Erick Tolentino for Looker (USA)
Best Original Score: Justin Timpane for The Strangle of Ivy (USA)
Best Original Story: Nadia Guo for Run, Chad Run (China)
Best Short Script: Daphna by Alexa Salimpour (USA)
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