Best Indie Short: Name Escapes Me by Humphrey Gibbs (UK)
Best Drama Short: Janna by Meriem Abid (Morocco)
Best Documentary Short: Capitaine by Johann Vorster (South Africa)
Best Romantic Short: Furca by Jonathan Kehoe (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Velcro by Lance Larson (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Mom’s Day Off by David Ebert (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Columbus by Freddie Paull (USA)
Best Crime Short: Are We Born or Made by Yi Zhang (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Viridian by Mikael Drobny (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Reading Room by Andrew Bond (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Flight by Stefan Fleischlig-Tangl (Austria)
Best Horror Short: Awful Dreams by Sean Cruser (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: #Anniversary by Ellis E. Fowler (USA)
Best Western Short: La Gringa by Alex Verlage (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Reading Room by Andrew Bond (USA)
Best Student Short: After Night by Hengrui Zhang (USA)
Best Animation Short: Billy, the Elephant by Michelle Morgan (USA)
Best Women Short: When La Rumorosa Quiets by Patricia Montoya (Mexico)
Best LGBTQ Short: Dear Aunt Noa by Dana Aliya Levinson and Michael Armstrong Barr (USA)
Best Microfilm: Ravage by Marcus Nobreus (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Patagonia Triple Crown by Nomade Media (Chile)
Best Music Video: Henryland Fantasies by Henry MacLean and Jordan Gustafson (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Christmas Time Is Here by Barry Kirsch and Flo Logan (USA)
Best Parody Short: Trillo and Suede by Ophir Ariel and Ryan Collins (USA)
Best Director (Female): Patricia Montoya for When La Rumorosa Quiets (Mexico)
Best Director (Male): Nick Chartrand for Brut (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Marielle Boland for Supernova (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Luca Nicolosi and Andrea Dragoni for Tales of a Falling Man (Italy)
Best First Time Director (Female): Kate Romero for Chronology (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Hank Slaughter for A Deadly Charter (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Haley Gabelsberg for There Is No Off Button (USA)
Best Actress: Marisa Davila for Beyond the Cracks (USA)
Best Actor: Evan Carver for There’s No Word for Us (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Jefferson Fonseca for Into the Light (Brazil)
Best Child/Young Actor: Ryan McNeil for Cravings from Within (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Dana Aliya Levinson and Michael Armstrong Barr for Dear Aunt Noa (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Alexandr Gerasimov, Oleg Sokolov, Yuriy Mergel, Eduard Sazhin, Igor Gor and Anton Yaguarov for The Box (Russia)
Best Cinematography: Anatoly Simchenko for Draft (Russia)
Best Editing: Matt Ryan Vilade and Will Cook for Haunted Roots (USA)
Best Special FX: Olfaction (South Korea)
Best Visual FX: Richard Monteiro for The Reading Room (USA)
Best Production Design: Alexah Acuña for Magic Kingdom (Hong Kong)
Best Sound Design: Rudy Brynac for The Reading Room (USA)
Best Original Score: Cris Tunes for Into the Light (Brazil)
Best Original Story: Paul Oakley Stovall for Columbus (USA)
Best Short Script: WiMe-5G by Patricia Hayes (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Run Nixon (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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