Best Drama Short: The Mark of Progress – United Farmers (Unnati ki Pehchaan – Ek Jut Kisaan) by Subhashsih De (India)
Best Student Short: Pitching Kitsch by Yeeun Moon (South Korea)
Best Documentary Short: Silvo Silva by Rodrigo Sena (Brazil)
Best Comedy Short: Help! by Hervine De Boodt (France)
Best Thriller Short: Am I Here? by Regina Gutiérrez Wilson (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Off Screen by Jean Paul Plaza (France)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Into Nowhere by Iurii Karasev (USA)
Best Animation Short: Initiating Program: Wonderment – Sirius AI: A Post-Apocalyptic Musical by John C Rodgers III (USA)
Best Children Short: Captain Princess by Michael E. Peter (USA)
Best Microfilm: Costly by Zac Vran (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: Sleeping Beauty by Ksenia Goland (USA)
Best Music Video: Simon – Sunday Artist by Oliver Ousterhout (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Bayla by Adriana Mourelle (UK)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Independent Newspaper Company by Frank Muller and Dan Husted (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Yuyan Zhang for Room (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Niloufar Imanian for Your Soul Knows (Germany)
Best First Time Male Director: Jean Paul Plaza for Off Screen (France)
Best Actress: Lena Heintze for For God’s Sake, Smile! (Germany)
Best Acting Duo: Quentin Morlaas and Alicia Mathenna for Off Screen (France)
Best Ensemble Cast: Racheal Odwogo, Julia Rose Fallon, and Nathan Bates for Pick Up (Australia)
Best Cinematography: Kevin ‘GK’ Frederik for Mantras At Midnight (USA)
Best Editing: Russell Lee for Too Many Dicks (Canada)
Best Production Design: Alejandro Rangel for Night Shift (Czechia)
Best Original Score: Curtis Green for Another Saturday (USA)
Best Original Story: Juwan Rashaad Howard for A Lasting Place (USA)
Best Short Script: The Fortieth Death by Ramiah Ariya (India)
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