Best Indie Short: La Crise by Rafaël Beauchamp (Canada)
Best Drama Short: Two Options by Gon Caride (France)
Best Documentary Short: Hamda by Ilona Szekeres (United Arab Emirates)
Best Romantic Short: Late Shift by David C. Hill (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Following by Arthur Studholme (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Conductor by Ramon Fernandez (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Closer by Michael Vargas (USA)
Best Crime Short: Bad Dad by Bronny Lane (Australia)
Best Horror Short: Void by Dagmar Scheibenreif (UK)
Best Fantasy Short: He/She by Norah Xi (China)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Clones by Rafael Cortes (UK)
Best Experimental Short: LogosField by Michael W. Barnard (USA)
Best Student Short: Photographs by Fabrizio Gómez (Paraguay)
Best Animation Short: The Human and Human by Zahra Shafiei (Iran)
Best Children Short: Beaver, Frog, and Frog BFF by John Kennedy (USA)
Best Women Short: Bare Intimacy by Jennifer Karlsson (Australia)
Best LGBTQ Short: Plantonic by Krit Komkrichwarakool (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Vacation by Dylan Filingeri (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Lovely by Connor Alhart (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Tabs & Clea by Morgan Elizabeth Millogo (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Grandpa Diaries by Michael Afendakis and Jonathan Leveck (USA)
Best Parody Short: Going to Taco Bell by Mike Greenwood (USA)
Best Director (Female): Ariel Neo for Firefalls (France)
Best Director (Male): Ken Sagoes by The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Keyi Zhang for The River Will Carry Them (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Dylan Filingeri for Vacation (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Anike Niemeyer for Nowhere, Forever (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Steven Marchessault for Orthostaticity (PoC) (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sammy LeMieur for When A Pig Gets Sick (USA)
Best Actress: Amy Carlson for The Letter (USA)
Best Actor: George Blagden for L A R A (UK)
Best Supporting Actress: Myhraliza Aala for Brightside (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Tudorel Filimon for The Wrong Day (Romania)
Best Acting Duo: Daniel Rainford and Shipra Jain Khanna for Things that Grow (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Erin Bright, Mary Basmadjian, Maeria Paez, Chevaughn Fruge, James Duenas, Eric Clayton, Kashuna Perfected, Willow Hale, and Kathleen Bright for Winnetka (USA)
Best Cinematography: Nelson Kao for Jadzia (Brazil)
Best Editing: Yiqing Yu for Under the Flag (USA)
Best Visual FX: Hazrul Idzwan Bin Lamin for Laundromat (Singapore)
Best Production Design: Frostbite On My Dick (USA)
Best Sound Design: Marwen Ben Cheikh aKa MRWN for Move_ (Tunisia)
Best Original Score: Julijana Hajdinjak for Red Candle (Canada)
Best Original Story: George Blagden for L A R A (UK)
Best Short Script: Worst Critic by Alyxandrya Prynce (USA)









































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