Best Indie Short: Ten Out of the Ten by Imre Mazlo (Hungary)
Best Drama Short: Otokunor by Albert Baffour Kyei (Ghana)
Best Documentary Short: Lawyers of China by Xiaolei Bai (China)
Best Romantic Short: Peekaboo by Qing Gan (China)
Best Comedy Short: Imma Head Out by Zaknafein Luken (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Manson Sisters by Douglas Bladimir Lopez (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Still Life by Mila Vilaplana (USA)
Best Horror Short: Good Night Sleep by Nicolaus Taylor (USA)
Best Experimental Short: My Relationship with Red Yarn by Lily Daroff (USA)
Best Student Short: A Tuesday Afternoon by Foster Grahn and Keziah Gamboa (USA)
Best Animation Short: We All Fall by Robert Walls IV (USA)
Best Women Short: Farewell by Laura Bayonas (USA)
Best Music Video: Affentanz – Hunter by Cyprian Hercka (Germany)
Best Screendance Short: Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter by Tori Elizabeth Pope (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders by Katherine J. Espin (USA)
Best Web and New Media: 35205 by Ilya Blokh and Daniel Blokh (USA)
Best Female Director: Mila Vilaplana for Still Life (USA)
Best Male Director: Nadir Sabirov and Khurshid Sabirov for Mendirman (I’m the One) (Uzbekistan)
Best Student Female Director: Katelyn Morin for Epilogue (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yakov Olivarria for Benny Bill (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Tia-Marie Brown for Moon Dance Medicine Music Video Project – Huey Tonantzin (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Rageeth Kollatt for A Prayer for the Devil (UAE)
Best Young Filmmaker: Stella Fife for Talk to Your Fish (USA)
Best Actor: Alex Goransson for They Took Jacob (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Michael Oilar and Clarice Lafayette for Mandje (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Orion Barnes, Lauren Crow, and Luke Wall for Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders (USA)
Best Cinematography: Anna Smoronova for Traps In My Feed (Czechia)
Best Editing: Lev Goltser for Ave Gradiva (Israel)
Best Production Design: Kim Kopf for 77 (USA)
Best Sound Design: Kiloherz (Germany)
Best Original Score: Max Davidoff-Grey for Men Grieving (USA)
Best Original Story: Kevin Mainenti for Space Eye (Croatia)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Lawyers of China (China)
Best Short Script: Neli by Tamar Natsvlishvili (Georgia)
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