Best Indie Short: Vulnerable by Adam Bellamy (UK)
Best Drama Short: Morning Glory by Hannah Chamberlain Conway (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Talk to Your Body by Xiaoxiao Liu and Tong Deng (China)
Best Romantic Short: Day One by Jiarong Lu (USA)
Best Action Short: One Shot by Banghui Zhang (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: A Tiger in the Subway by James Abrams (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Insomnia – 4:00 AM by Kary H. Sarrey (USA)
Best Student Short: Original Wish by Xinyu Guo (China)
Best Animation Short: Quinn Redshift by Kate Halley Fahr (USA)
Best Children Short: My Life: Dancing Queen by Ahmed Peerbux (UK)
Best Microfilm: Fobia by Thomas Wong (USA)
Best Music Video: Cogela by Joel Guevara (USA)
Best Female Director: Kary H. Sarrey for Insomnia – 4:00 AM (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Merivelle Hannah for Codependent on Desire (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Wenhan Zhang for Compromise (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Suzette Ferretti for Red Velvet (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Peter Svenzon and Joakim Envik Karlsson for Rum 444 (Sweden)
Best Young Filmmaker: Aaron Ing for Dinner Time (Australia)
Best Actress: Alyssa Yeo for Generation-R (Malaysia)
Best Actor: Al Nazemian for A Tiger in the Subway (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Mike Alves and Tim Eager for Almost Home Alone (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Celia Au, Josh Han, Popra Nakayama, and Kira Schaubeck for Dirty Rotten Tofu and the Gohan Girls (USA)
Best Cinematography: Thodoris Margaritis for Screenlife (Greece)
Best Editing: Pioneering Spirits (USA)
Best Sound Design: Peter Mack, Alexandria Kiser, Megan Davis, Alexis Guthan, and Mikael Frithiof for Fobia (USA)
Best Original Score: Jason Allen Weber for 37 (USA)
Best Short Script: The Gambler by John J. Lynch (USA)
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