Best Indie Short: Cowboypirate by Konstantin Schuch (Germany)
Best Drama Short: Academy Boy by Luke Jin (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Core City by Corban Aspegren (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Disasterpiece by Joe Dombrowski (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Never Been Better by Christopher Foster (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Quiver by Dalton Burdette (USA)
Best Horror Short: Portrait of Fear by Parker Viale (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: An AI Story – To Be or Not to Be by Steve Halpern (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Letters for the Time by Pietro Ragusa (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: Here After (미래) by Min Yeong Kwak (South Korea)
Best Student Short: Leave by Rama Sardar (USA)
Best Animation Short: Fried Chicken & Latkes by Melique Berger (USA)
Best Children Short: Tidal by Yanguo Hou (USA)
Best Women Short: Crestfallen Leaves by Mark Henderson (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Spritz by Elise Felber (USA)
Best Microfilm: Burned Reputation by Nicolas Pouilley (France)
Best Music Video: Boarding Schools by Noor-un-nisa Touchon (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Smudge by Brenna Powers and Alane Adams (USA)
Best Mobile Short: South Plug: Latitudes by Juan de Dios Valdivieso (Chile)
Best Female Director: Elise Felber for Spritz (USA)
Best Male Director: Jean Frenette for Deja Vu (Canada)
Best Student Female Director: Min Yeong Kwak for Here After (미래) (South Korea)
Best Student Male Director: Pablo Echevarría for Somnus (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Melique Berger for Fried Chicken & Latkes (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Jef Ross Doebler for Goodnight Darling (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Tommy Chae for 2’30” (Brazil)
Best Actress: Tania Villegas Ocampo for When I’m Gone (Mexico)
Best Actor: Jesse Printz for End of Life Inc. (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Seth Lawrence for End of Life Inc. (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Shadelle Smith and Jamie Littlewood for Crestfallen Leaves (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Won Joon Yoon, Gun Woo Shin, and Sekwon Kwon for The Demo Reel (South Korea)
Best Cinematography: Vicente Mayo and Nathaly Pinheiro for Hippocrites: A Broken Oath In Reproductive Health (USA)
Best Editing: Eddie Velez for Target Jeremy (USA)
Best Production Design: Kyle Roark for Dead Crush (USA)
Best Sound Design: Eddie Velez for Target Jeremy (USA)
Best Original Score: Thomas LaVoy for Smudge (USA)
Best Original Story: Luke Jin for Academy Boy (UK)
Best Short Script: My Beautiful Bones by Richard Breakspear (UK)
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