Best Indie Short: Dead Cat by Caleb Hawn (USA)
Best Drama Short: Shift by Cheukyu Shao (China)
Best Documentary Short: America’s Dermatologist by Manuel Izquierdo (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Robo Sapiens by Sam Clark and Olivia Miller (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Ambush by Kenneth King (USA)
Best Horror Short: Layla by Sondos Yasser (Egypt)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Hi Cobi by Noah Wyss Le Brocq (UK)
Best Fantasy Short: The Sanguine by Patrick McNerney and Daniel Jones (USA)
Best Student Short: Blue Hour by Flora Jiang (China)
Best Animation Short: Varnish & PK: Killers at Large by Rana Wael Belal (Canada)
Best Women Short: Second Chance by Sameer Joshi (USA)
Best Screendance Short: S I C K by Taira Foo (UK)
Best Music Video: Lullaby by Oleksandr Shvets (Ukraine)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: End of the 8 by Daniel M. Dyer (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Before Mount Rushmore: The Story of Spotted Tail by Aaron Liberman (USA)
Best Female Director: Crystle Viviana Dorsey for Mr. Benjamin’s Birthday (USA)
Best Male Director: Manuel Izquierdo for America’s Dermatologist (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Juaquin Sebastian Rosales for Demesne (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Sondos Yasser for Layla (Egypt)
Best First Time Male Director: Sameer Joshi for Second Chance (USA)
Best Actress: Cat Masterson for The Alchemy of Strangers (USA)
Best Actor: Jordan Nancarrow for The Air Between Us (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Margie Valine, Anthony Vincenze Quintiliani, and Shari Fortino for The Monk Sisters (USA)
Best Cinematography: Egor Vetokhin for Dating A Suspicious Man (USA)
Best Editing: Faramawy for Layla (Egypt)
Best Production Design: Genevieve Mairiko Wilson for Haunted Harmony (USA)
Best Original Score: Kevin W. Walker for A Murder Rings Hollow (USA)
Best Short Script: Sunday by Rosanne Kang (USA/Canada)
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