Best Indie Short: Still Alive by Jaehee Cheong (USA)
Best Drama Short: Dolma by Emir Calikkocaoglu (Turkey)
Best Documentary Short: Ink Therapy by Valheria Luccia Sanchez (USA)
Best Comedy Short: A Date With Semone by Tarik Curry (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Caged by Jeff Perreca (USA)
Best Crime Short: Penitence by Iain P Smith (USA)
Best Mystery Short: I..I..I… (Your Dreams Should Be Bigger Than Your Fears) by Suresh Makkar and Ashish Sharma (Australia)
Best Horror Short: Gateway Eyes by Andrew Graziosa (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Empyrean by Hannah Smith (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Nora’s Wedding Anno 1905 by Melanie Ekholdt (Norway)
Best Student Short: Cat Lady by Liam Loughran (USA)
Best Animation Short: Family Tree by Xin Yan (USA)
Best Children Short: Friendship by Lin Tam (USA)
Best Women Short: Phoenix 2021/A Survival Guide by Stilvi Psilopoulou (Greece)
Best LGBTQ Short: Digital Warfare by Stephanie Farber (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Nora’s Wedding Anno 1905 by Melanie Ekholdt (Norway)
Best Music Video: Toy Llama by Mayuri and Edwin (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The God Couple by Cayleigh Pine (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Redeemable Son by Imani Mfalme (J.King) Shu’la (USA)
Best Director (Male): Peder Thomas Pedersen and Heine Kaarsbjerg for Between The Ocean And The Snow (Denmark)
Best Student Director (Female): Valheria Luccia Sanchez for Ink Therapy (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Max Gardiner for Newtown (New Zealand)
Best First Time Director (Female): Stilvi Psilopoulou for Phoenix 2021/A Survival Guide (Greece)
Best First Time Director (Male): Iain P Smith for Penitence (USA)
Best Actress: Zoë Yeoman for Dispatch (USA)
Best Actor: Peder Thomas Pedersen for Between The Ocean And The Snow (Denmark)
Best Acting Duo: Tara Batesole and Jamie Harper for Saturday Morning, 9:28am (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Bob Lloyd, Adra Mayer, Charles Osborn, Kevin Richard Best, Anthony LeDonne, Paul Kevins, Ralphy Lopez, Rebi Paganini, and Todd Cole Toure for The Chambers – In God We Trust (USA)
Best Cinematography: Tyler Kirby for Clown Needs a Rock Fix (USA)
Best Editing: Hankland (USA)
Best Production Design: Nickole Klarou and Jaehee Cheong for Still Alive (USA)
Best Sound Design: Omega (USA)
Best Original Score: Alan Bucki for Demiurg (Poland)
Best Original Story: Jaehee Cheong for Still Alive (USA)
Best Short Script: Seventeen by Geqi Li (China)



























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