Best Indie Short: I Am Enough by Elizabeth Arends (UK)
Best Drama Short: Burying Baby by Benjamin Carlucci (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Song of the Village by Zelong Liu (China)
Best Romantic Short: It’s Not Me, It’s You by Coco Taylor (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Better Fate Than Never by Isabella Blake-Thomas (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Sweetest Vacation by Ryan Stevens Harris (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Waiting Room by Noah Friend (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Ice Breath by Leonard Alecu (Romania)
Best Student Short: Home of Salmon by Notin Nuoding Wang (Australia)
Best Animation Short: Cuisine Dream by Boyao Chai (USA)
Best Children Short: Slurpee Trail by Missy Greenberg (USA)
Best Women Short: Tommasa by Julie Casamonti (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Gloss by Grace Smith (USA)
Best Microfilm: Late Bloomer by Robert Murphy and Merrell M Molly (USA)
Best Music Video: The Midnight – Days Of Thunder by Nahla Zenati (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Tiny Teaching Tales by Julie Anne Burch (USA)
Best Parody Short: Portrait Haus by Alex Paisley Stedman and Gia Nevel (USA)
Best Female Director: Jessie D Mabrey for The Candle (USA)
Best Male Director: Sam Pallach Robinson for Touch (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Julie Casamonti for Tommasa (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Tobin Carter for Alone Together (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Florence Poppy Deary for SOS, But Don’t Worry If Not (UK)
Best First Time Male Director: Chuming Wei for Bunny’s Family (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Aydan J Stewart and Kody Lambourne for Wildermann (USA)
Best Actress: Lisa Winans for Real Mother (USA)
Best Actor: PJ Ocklan for Bus Stops (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Kabir McNeely for Rebel (USA)
Best Young Actress: Adele Marie Ruiz for For: LiLa (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Nicole Acosta and Zach Montou for The Pact (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: James Adomian, Sam Lochs, Yogi Paliwal, Christiana Jackson, Lola Davis, Donald Chang, and Jose Bedoy for Get a Real Job (USA)
Best Cinematography: Chuming Wei for Bunny’s Family (USA)
Best Editing: Elaine White for For All I Know (USA)
Best Production Design: Shelley Roxanne for Butterfly (USA)
Best Visual FX: Eric Rosenthal for Hollywood Alien Hunters (USA)
Best Special FX: Craig Hicks for Butterfly (USA)
Best Original Score: Jonas Göbel for Obolus (Germany)
Best Original Story: Gavin J. Konop, Landon Konop, Jacob Watson, and Justin De Anda for Attempted Murder (USA)
Best Short Script: Failures by Cesar Sanchis Romero (Spain)
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