Best Indie Short: Wireless by Criss Gidas (Australia)
Best Drama Short: Happiness by Houston Jones (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Baker by Chealy Jean (USA)
Best Romantic Short: 5 Stages by Alden Ehrenreich (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Like Daughter, Like Mother by Clyde Baldo (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Pact by Tyler Wallach (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Here Comes the Bride by Amshu Medapa (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Setdec & Props: Anthony Skinner by Lalo Dominguez (Guatemala)
Best Crime Short: Reckoning by Armando DuBon Jr. (USA)
Best Horror Short: Lies Inside by Corey Emanuel Jr. (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Confessions Of The Bat by Ronnie Henry (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Paradox by Jon Cohen (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Disconnection Point by Losing Truth (Italy)
Best Student Short: A Touch on the Edge by Yige Seleny Xie (USA)
Best Animation Short: Isolation Animation by Ruth Ducker (UK)
Best Children Short: Badnapping by Zakiyyah BG (USA)
Best Women Short: Scales by Robbie Barnes (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Karaoke by Axel Rezinovsky (Argentina)
Best Microfilm: Fire Breather by Tommy Duncan 3rd (USA)
Best Music Video: AnoMiC by Hugo Teugels (Belgium)
Best Mobile Short: Original by Bonnie Jean (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Happenstance – Episode Three by Brett Carmical (USA)
Best Web and New Media: 8:46 on Magnificent Mile by Michael Boctor (USA)
Best Parody Short: Dark Jack’s Knife by William Stancik (USA)
Best Director (Female): Anisha Savan for He Comes From a Good Family (USA)
Best Director (Male): Gert Kombate for The Last Pizza (China)
Best Student Director (Female): Hana Wagner for Stay Sane (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Elias Gandy for Luzi and the Nameless Generation (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Mega Dafiaghor for Neutral Good (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Pedro Melo for @ana (Brazil)
Best Young Filmmaker: Emma Quennell for Drowning Alone (France)
Best Actress: Yuuki Okumura for The Menu for Tomorrow (Japan)
Best Actor: Jesse Allis for 5 Stages (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Shely Ben Joseph for Terraforma (Israel)
Best Supporting Actor: Velton Lishke for The Making Of Alex (UK)
Best Child/Young Actress: Simone Stewart for Badnapping (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Liam Dow for Angry Young Man (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Natasha Clarke and Anton Kettunen for Stay Sane (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Shannon Haly, Harrison Tipping, and Kerrie Corcoran for Embered Youth (Ireland)
Best Cinematography: Andreas John for Forget Me Not (USA)
Best Editing: Ritendra Datta for Sweety Sonu ki Filmy Love Story (USA)
Best Visual FX: Luna (Sweden)
Best Production Design: Rachael Garcia for The Caretaker (USA)
Best Sound Design: Alex Mills for House Guests (Australia)
Best Original Score: Guillaume Wilmot for The Gliwensbourg Chronicles (France)
Best Original Story: Brett Carmical for Happenstance – Episode Three (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Not on My Watch (USA)
Best Short Script: Aurora by Tim DeBruler (USA)
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