Best Indie Short: Driving There by Marlaina Smith (USA)
Best Drama Short: On the Paths Awakened by Axel Dahan (France)
Best Documentary Short: When Worlds Collide by Genevieve Sulway (UK)
Best Romantic Short: Lucida by Jamie Boots-Ebenfield (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Sober Sitter by Ellis Senger (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Vanilla by Chase Pearson (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Hit by Joseph Anthony Marcello (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Happy Together by Zahier Turner (USA)
Best Horror Short: Dead Forest by Julio Edwards (Canada)
Best Sci-Fi Short: AI vs Deep State by Katalin Weith (Hungary)
Best Western Short: Crowe by Alessia Devecchi (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Schwellenangst by Katya Scott (USA)
Best Student Short: Partner in Crime by Ben Bortner (USA)
Best Women Short: One to Five Minutes by Kelsea MacKay (Canada)
Best LGBTQ Short: Between the Lines (导演楚茗) by Chuming Xiang (China)
Best Microfilm: A Riot Erupted by Kaz Supernova (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Pledge: Change Is Good by Ariel K. Harris (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Definitely Not Based on a True Story by Sandi Todorovic (USA)
Best Female Director: Nicole F. Amarteifio for Baby Something (Ghana)
Best Male Director: Tommy Duncan for Not Alone (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Delicia Goh for Fruits (Germany)
Best Student Male Director: Rishabh Sharma for Max & Lilly (Czechia)
Best First Time Female Director: Laura Scarpati for The Isaiah House Project: Lessons in Dying and Compassion (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Zach Sung Jin Meyer for Star Night (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Bryce Michael Hughes for Embrace (USA)
Best Actress: Rachel Shin for Press 1 (USA)
Best Actor: Tommy Jay Dwyer for Hollywoo (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Frank Jícha and Nora Austin Murphy for Max & Lilly (Czechia)
Best Ensemble Cast: Vilma Jackson, Damyan Cholakov, Craig O’Hara, Judit Pasti, Elliot Fradkin, Jacqui Beckford, Sean Patrick, Maria Alejandra, Malachi Oram, Dik Maya Pun, George Ndirangu, and Samuel Adedeji for The Cycle (UK)
Best Cinematography: Zachary Padgett for Time to Kill (USA)
Best Editing: Christian Wehrle for World War II: The Shipwrecks Of Truk Lagoon (Germany)
Best Sound Design: An Aspiring Young Man (Denmark)
Best Original Score: Pierre H. Jax for Crowe (USA)
Best Original Story: Michael Lena and Vivian Ponte-Fritz for Lemonade (USA)
Best Short Script: Take This Faux Turkey and Shove It! by Mia Rivera (USA)
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