Best Indie Short: Breaking The Shelf by Randika Perera (USA)
Best Drama Short: Serenity’s Song by Christopher Andrew Schultz (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Ukraine Under Fire by Jordan Campbell (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Ultimatum by Abby Almodovar and Kai Mays (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Journeez by Rowan Wheeler (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Only Me by Subho Basu (India)
Best Mystery Short: Playboy by Nicholas Lane (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Ill Defined Shadows by Sean Niu (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse by Jax Azad (USA)
Best Animation Short: Lucid Nightmare by Seung-Heon Ham (South Korea)
Best Women Short: Skipping A Beat by Jimmie Lee Ward Jr for (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Someday Maybe by Suvaan Shunmugam (New Zealand)
Best LGBTQ Short: Fleeting by Luis Briceño (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Echoes by Daniel Andres Gomez (USA)
Best Student Short: Gardeners by Merry May Ma (USA)
Best Microfilm: Encounter by Renee Pezzotta (USA)
Best Music Video: Neil Cabana – Run for Cover by Neil Edward Cabana, Ali Mills, and Maria Usoz Sorozabal (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Hiroshima – 10 Seconds by Virag Vida (Hungary/USA)
Best Web and New Media: The World Applause by Hmida Ali Chrigui (Tunisia)
Best Female Director: LaShaunte Wade for When We Were (USA)
Best Male Director: Cameron Wilson for The Mountains We Climb (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Renee Pezzotta for Encounter (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Nicolas Chae for Elias (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Maren Wallevik Hansen and Charlotte Wallevik Hansen for Dinner with Friends & Enemies (Norway)
Best First Time Male Director: Sean Niu for Ill Defined Shadows (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Max Botica for Origins (Australia)
Best Actress: Bridget Regan for Serenity’s Song (USA)
Best Actor: Jack Rykert for Villain (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Priyantha Sirikumar and Kaushalya Fernando for Little Life (Sri Lanka)
Best Ensemble Cast: Sebastian Carr, Courtney Ally Miller, Shamita Siva, Jackson Peele, Teagan Nowicki, Ben McCarthy, Janine Kwok, Sinead Brown, and Alex Lloyd for Cut Out (Australia)
Best Original Story: Daniel Ståhl for They’re Not Gonna Get Us! (Sweden)
Best Cinematography: John Engstrom for The Sound Between (USA)
Best Editing: Maitland Lottimer for One Of One (USA)
Best Production Design: Jiayun Zhang and Tatiana McClung for Gardeners (USA)
Best Sound Design: Bruce Chianese for Second Shift (USA)
Best Original Score: Ben Rawlins for 21 Days to Save a Life (USA)
Best Short Script: Flex by Lea Devon Sorrentino (USA)
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