Best Indie Short: Missing by Laura Calle (USA)
Best Drama Short: Field Day by Naaji Sky Adzimah (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Pioneer Engineers – Diversity in Motorsports by Bob Dickinson (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Sonder by Shrijal Thapa (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Thirsty Thursday by Natalie Ruiz Varela (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Deep Time by William Barrios (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Entanglement by Darlene Conte (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Hugo by Rianne Cloudie (UK)
Best Student Short: Release by Zoltan Gergely Szabo (Hungary)
Best Animation Short: Deesis by Valor Aguilar (USA)
Best Women Short: Thirsty Thursday by Natalie Ruiz Varela (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: And The Rest is Her Story by Carmen Halphen (USA)
Best Music Video: Smoldering-Smoldering by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Opaque by Broderick Russell Jr. (USA)
Best Female Director: Darlene Conte for Entanglement (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Natalie Ruiz Varela for Thirsty Thursday (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Shrijal Thapa for Sonder (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Rianne Cloudie for Hugo (UK)
Best First Time Male Director: Ron Aldrin Bilon for Knight Owls (Philippines)
Best Young Filmmaker: Miles Zimmerman for Quarter Passion (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Thresa Richardson for Old Man and the Mirror (USA)
Best Young Actress: Vivienne G Wood for Harlowe’s Well (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Nicky Mondellini and Dee Casserly for After the Tears (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Martaviuus Baker, Adarius King, Ty Blount, Jerry Reeves, Dylan Cook, Justin Flores, Kelton Mickens, and Sana Mccarther for DJ’s MMP (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jacob Stone for Harlowe’s Well (USA)
Best Editing: Darlene Conte and Habib Zargarpour for Entanglement (USA)
Best Production Design: The Haze (USA)
Best Visual FX: Habib Zargarpour for Entanglement (USA)
Best Original Score: Nick Moss Rogers for Harlowe’s Well (USA)
Best Short Script: Deep Time by William Barrios (USA)
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