Best Indie Short: Debt Valley by Daniel Couts (USA)
Best Drama Short: Lonely Season by Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi (Iran)
Best Documentary Short: Send Nudes by Jonny Kapps (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Respira by Stefano Bolognini and Matteo Favero (Italy)
Best Crime Short: Marionettes by Paul Sestakov (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Limbo by Scott Slone (USA)
Best Horror Short: Curtain Call by Mikey D. Nunoz (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Bahamas by Fabio Orefice and Rodolfo “Belusci” Croce (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: High Altitude Love by Noé Balthazard (France)
Best Student Short: Madame by Valentina D Misas (USA)
Best Animation Short: In the Fray by Allyson Lorraine Glenn (Canada)
Best Women Short: I Dream in Color by Madison DeCory (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Catfish? by Nicholas Linnehan (USA)
Best Music Video: Entitled Space Sheep by Gad Zigdon (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: On Air by Amanda V Cabral (USA)
Best Director (Female): Maria Belafonte for Taming Kate (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Nicole Zhou for La Petite Mort (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Benjamin Hunt for Peaches (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Patricia Vonne for Cold Dark Hollow (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Molly Sasso for Partners in Crime (USA)
Best Actress: Christina Marie Leonard for Waiting for The Punchline (USA)
Best Actor: Dwayne Cameron for June (New Zealand)
Best Supporting Actress: Beth Littleford for Harvest Time (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Kevin Smith and Taylor Taylor for Bleed Purple (USA)
Best Editing: Tyler Dixon for Nate (USA)
Best Original Score: Louis Palfrey for Composition (USA)
Best Short Script: Wake-Up Call by Alexandra Salkin (France)
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