Best Indie Short: Traveller by Rao Fu (China)
Best Drama Short: Narcolepsy by Anastasia Vasileva (Russia)
Best Documentary Short: The Vet Van by Sarah Jenks and Lizzie Mulvey (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Nowhere Near by Christophe Filippi and Kayla Kalbfleisch (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Buzz Off by Jonathan Munoz (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The First Boy by Zak Bandit (USA)
Best Horror Short: Camping Fun by Thomas Burke (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Streamline by Dan Marcus (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Iguana Death in the American Suburbs by Nisa Neza (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Magdalene by Nicholas Peter Yee (UK)
Best Student Short: Forget Me Not by Simone Walsh (UK)
Best Animation Short: Backstreet to the American Dream by Patricia Nazario (USA)
Best Children Short: A Critter Fable by Grace Fisher (USA)
Best Women Short: Empty Nest by Olivia Johnson (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Don’t Stay Safe by Christina Franklin (USA)
Best Microfilm: Mother by Serge Velbovets (Canada)
Best Screendance: REwind by Alessia Ruffolo (Germany)
Best Music Video: V O I D by Elinor Lüdde (Germany)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Good Monsters: The Series: Episode 1-5 by Johannes Muhr and Julia Zimth (Germany)
Best Web and New Media: We’ll Meet Again by Roman Gerodimos (UK)
Best Mobile Short: No Greater Gift by Scott Mires (USA)
Best Director (Female): Anastasia Vasileva for Narcolepsy (Russia)
Best Director (Male): Jonathan Munoz for Buzz Off (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Bei Lameng for Back to Tibet (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Blake Gordon for Breaking Up and Entering (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Daryl Getman for Double Exposure (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Justin Morfin for Looking Through the Trees (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Yuanting (Tina) Luo for The Anniversary (New Zealand)
Best Actress: Brandy Seymour for Rubble (USA)
Best Actor: Gregg Christie for Fallen Leaf (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Andy Schofield for Rubble (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Imogen Danbury for 25% – A Confession (UK)
Best Child/Young Actor: Joshua Brail for Wake (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Cliffordkuju Henry and Drew Edwards for In Search of a White Identity (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Ashley Gordon, Ehmonie Hainey, Ricky Hopkins, Qituwra Anderson, Rod Damis, Ed Lewis, Hector Williams, Kemo Coleman, and Eiam Akell for Black Girl Single (USA)
Best Cinematography: Chase Brockett for Lucky, Lucky (Australia)
Best Editing: Namoh Kongdhana for The Kitchen Hierarchy (Thailand)
Best Production Design: Susan (USA)
Best Visual FX: Abu Saleh Badhon for The Adventures of the Gray Hat Hacker (USA)
Best Sound Design: Marco Marcus for Scallywag In Space – Episode Unknown (USA)
Best Original Score: Teddy Blass for Streamline (USA)
Best Original Story: Dan Marcus and David Hammond for Streamline (USA)
Best Short Script: White Is Not A Color by Gang Chen (China)
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