Best Indie Short: Never Leave Before Sunset by Anita Lashey (USA)
Best Drama Short: Say Something in German by Amit Barnathan and Mila Stephan (Germany)
Best Documentary Short: Field of Freedom by Cristina Principe (Italy)
Best Comedy Short: On The Way by Jake Randall (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Visionary by Matthew Quaid (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Prism by Conrad de Menil (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Turn by Hungyu Kuo (USA)
Best Student Short: Wisps by Haoran Chen (USA)
Best Animation Short: Kid Nature by James Moutsos (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Mime and the Clown by Jonathan Morgan Heit (USA)
Best Microfilm: Dances with my Daughter by Matthew Raymond (USA)
Best Music Video: Marcel – Spaceship by Dustin McLaughlin (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Max Health: Rides – NYC, Beauty Everywhere by Ken Grey (USA)
Best Female Director: Lena Popilieva for Voices of Tomorrow (USA)
Best Male Director: Glenn Robert Sweitzer for Trail Mix (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Zoe Deyermond for Omnipotent (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Haoran Chen for Wisps (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Tian Ni for Shoes (China)
Best First Time Male Director: Lyubomir Zhelev for Rent (Bulgaria)
Best Young Filmmaker: Parvi Anand for Leveling the Playing Field (USA)
Best Actor: Steven Loomis for Saint Christopher (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Emily Facey and Martha Macdonald-Roach for Unhinged Date (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Wilson Lamont, Ashley Morghan, Kenna Wright, and Shirley Jordan for Unknown Asset (USA)
Best Cinematography: Evan Zissimopulos for Argie Berman (USA)
Best Editing: Charles Lednicky for If I Let It Win (USA)
Best Production Design: Clara Sobreiro for The Light of Things (Brazil)
Best Original Score: Rodion Farafontov for Mina (Ireland)
Best Original Story: Benjamin Kent for Gem (Ghana)
Best Short Script: Onírico by Mateus Oazem (Brazil)
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