Best Indie Short: Father, Daughter and Old Woman by Alfredo Gómez (Spain)
Best Drama Short: Seven Stages by Francisca Braithwaite (Australia)
Best Documentary Short: Fly Myself Home by Jose Restrepo (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Matty Boy by Shahid Kamal (UK)
Best Action Short: E.Y.E.S by Demetre Ramos-Davis (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Creeping Occupation by Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (Georgia)
Best Fantasy Short: Good Bye by Michael Lena (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Bench by Milad Ahmadvand (Iran)
Best Experimental Short: Help by Magnolia Ellenburg (USA)
Best Student Short: Six Seconds by Ingram Hodges (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Naked Lady Show by Lauren Rantala (USA)
Best Women Short: Jen, 28 by Iyin Landr (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Pancha Tequila by Frank Reyes y Luis Castillo (Spain)
Best Microfilm: Enemy Alien – Italian-American in Baltimore by David A. Taylor (USA)
Best Screendance Short: A Sand on the Seafloor by Joo Young (Judy) Kim (USA)
Best Music Video: Whirling Desert – Iasi Ensemble by Iasonas Psarakis and Nikolas Gkinis (Greece)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Hot Snacks by Anna Mae Gordon and M. Louis Gordon (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Family Planning by Quinn Hatch (USA)
Best Parody Short: The Story of Dirk and Chip by Eric Cade Schoenborn (USA)
Best Director (Female): Sailaja Bandyopadhyay for Inheritance (USA)
Best Director (Male): Adam Nowak for I Am Here (Poland)
Best Student Director (Male): Cole Cabiness for Opening Number (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Margherita Mazza for Alba (UK)
Best First Time Director (Male): Julian Clark for 8 Easy Steps (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Fletcher Turale for Not Here, Nor There (Australia)
Best Actress: Kathy Wilson for Opening Number (USA)
Best Actor: Steve Brock for Echoes of Kerberos (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Emma Bidic for Innocent Chat (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Jessica Sharples and Bobby Slaski for Jen, 28 (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Vincent De Paul, Emma Galliano, Aisha Jacob-Williams, Farida Bawa, Sophie Karl, Barry Newton, and Aman Badhan for Matty Boy (UK)
Best Cinematography: Luke Harris and Bijan Kazerooni for The Memory Palace (USA)
Best Editing: Samuel Bailey for CV19 (UK)
Best Production Design: Matty Boy (UK)
Best Special FX: The Meadow (USA)
Best Visual FX: Atomic: Ad Initivm (Spain)
Best Sound Design: Milo Evashchen and Magnolia Ellenburg for Help (USA)
Best Original Score: Luke Alonso and Kenny Duncan for Dude Samurai (USA)
Best Original Story: Josef Steiff for Jesse James (USA)
Best Short Script: Be My Guest by Jim Norman (USA)
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