Best Indie Short: Distance by Jesse Edwards (USA)
Best Drama Short: A Love Not Lost by John Anthony (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Be Water by Cheuk Ying Cherie Chan (Hong Kong)
Best Romantic Short: Wow by Justice Gamble and Alex Benjamin (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Mixed Reception by Emma Richardson and Will Austin (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: TMARAMRLT by Egor Barkanov (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Waiting For Nicko by Howard Perry (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: R-E-V-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-Z by Lawrence Whitener (USA)
Best Crime Short: Reyna by Akinola Hassan (USA)
Best Horror Short: Orisha by Drew Anthony (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Circadian by Dylan Lunt (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Acaiaca by Axel Sande (Brazil)
Best Student Short: Anna and Sloane Go to the Beach by Willa Rydall (USA)
Best Animation Short: Ouroboros by Heather Knott (USA)
Best Children Short: Story Giver by Kevin M. Turner and Karsie Turner (USA)
Best Women Short: Pool Party by Polina Buchak (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Necromantic by Jordan Pfeifer (USA)
Best Microfilm: Note to Self by Samantha Mays (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Oxygen by Kevin De Nicolo (USA)
Best Music Video: Rising Sun by Ramesh Vijayan (JSA)
Best Mobile Short: Falling in Love by Barbara Becker Holstein (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Black on Both Sides by Alonge Hawes (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Ira and the King of Kings by Jeff Dingler (USA)
Best Director (Female): Imelda O’Reilly for Tumbling Towards Home (Ireland)
Best Director (Male): Robert Joshua Pafchek for Spending Time With You (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Emma Gobillot for American Vice (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Das Fuerst for When Fire Flies (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Christine Lavoie-Gagnon for Confined (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Male): Adam Swain Ferguson for Patrick (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female): Aiko Lozar for Seasonal (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male): Matthew Levine for Safe Space (USA)
Best Actress: Chelsea Murphy for Infinitus (USA)
Best Actor: Drew Schrum for Decrescendo (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Veronika Waga for Desolation Throe (Sweden)
Best Child/Young Actress: Megan Brown for Falling in Love (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Jayden Guarneri for The Good Teacher (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Caleb Harris and Joshua Leomiti for Patrick (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Riley Looc, Anthony D. Washington, Vivia E. Armstrong, Kelcey Watson, Ryleigh Leggett, Mildraide Lazarre, Lauren Hubbard, and Justice Gamble for Wow (USA)
Best Cinematography: Peter Mattsson for 1971 (Sweden)
Best Editing: Adam Nowak for ANGEL.A (Poland)
Best Visual FX: Brie Seaton and Whitt Hansen for Circadian (USA)
Best Production Design: Lily Kerns, Jenna Brewer, and Juan Belardi for Necromantic (USA)
Best Sound Design: Bob B Melanson for Circadian (USA)
Best Original Score: Thibaut Vuillermet for When Fire Flies (USA)
Best Original Story: Yaqi Tao for Mathilda (USA)
Best Short Script: Organik by Stacy Owens (USA)
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