Best Indie Short: Good Filipino Kids by Andrew Acedo (USA)
Best Drama Short: Roberta’s Rules by Derrex Brady (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Icons by Sophia Amato and Gary Carr (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Pee Pee Platter by Jon Conklin (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Snafu by Phillip Soulliere (USA)
Best Action Short: Prey by Alps Lifee (UK)
Best Crime Short: Pollo Loco by Derek Bauder (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Blue Bell Hill by Geoff Bell (UK)
Best Mystery Short: Prototype by Stian Glatthard (Switzerland)
Best Thriller Short: Just a Ride by Wil Willis (USA)
Best Horror Short: One Date by King Bach (USA)
Best Western Short: The First Cowboy by Jose-Luis Ruiz (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Lights from Submerged Worlds by Fabio Canale (Brazil)
Best Student Short: Hidden Above 2: The Mystery Unfolds by Parker Viale (USA)
Best Children Short: Blub Blub by Eddie Yukun Long (USA)
Best Women Short: What’s in the Forest by Zoe Alexandra (USA)
Best Microfilm: Places Been by Cameron Bortolussi (USA)
Best Music Video: Love Is My Gun by Valerie Verseau (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Big Girl Love by RaJeana Price (USA)
Best Male Director: Christopher Newhard for Self Tape (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Sydney A Steinberg for Sara (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yuanhao Deng for The Invisible Musical Note (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Sasha Landy for Scream (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Nolan Tondreau for Omerta: The Commission Has Fallen (USA)
Best Actress: Carmen Serano for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Actor: Derrex Brady for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Angela Grace Martin for The Can (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Ian Randolph for Snafu (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Giovanni Cristoff for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Shadow C. LaValley and Hannah Schill for The Can (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Derrex Brady, Carmen Serano, Page Kennedy, Aida Rodriguez, Giovanni Cristoff, Sean Holland, Vanoy Burnough, June Christopher, Casey Zeman, Jasmine Sim, Shane Dorriz, Mike Foy, David Michael Moran, John Taferner, Michael Gitomer, Tammie Young, Tiffany Walker, Sara Albrecht, Selam Seifu, Ryu Brady, Zara Morrison, Deborah Marcano, Phyllis Duke, Janina Bates, and Patricia Bates for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Cinematography: The Mudslingers (USA)
Best Editing: 5 Ways to Live Before You Die (USA)
Best Production Design: Motherlode (USA)
Best Sound Design: Sebastian Oswald for The PAntry (Germany)
Best Original Score: Jordan Paul Rousseau for Day 9 (USA)
Best Original Story: Andrew Pierce Chesworth for The Brave Locomotive (USA)
Best Short Script: Blood Will Have Blood by John Kestner (USA)
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