Best Indie Short: Gone With The Tree by Shi Jie (China)
Best Drama Short: When Skies Are Grey by Lucas Ruderman (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Breathe, Nolan, Breathe by Daniel Catullo (USA)
Best Romantic Short: IRL by Lucien Frick (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Cash Printer by James Cui (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Part of a Balanced Breakfast by Jordan Rae Herron (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Shattered by Madison Kennedy (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Tarkov’s Keys by John Jaret (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Silver Rabbit by Grant Osman (USA)
Best Crime Short: Out Of Options by ChenJiang Dong (USA)
Best Horror Short: Parched by Charles Mesa (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Master by Jinyang Zhang (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: La Visiteuse (The Visitor) by Marit Liang (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Far-Flung by Ivo Nagel (USA)
Best Student Short: Melodrama by Nick Azzaro (USA)
Best Animation Short: Goalie by Maarten Lemmens (USA)
Best Children Short: Goalie by Maarten Lemmens (USA)
Best Women Short: I Turned Around And There She Was by Elina Kamby (Sweden)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Perfect Love by Clyde C Harris (USA)
Best Microfilm: Beatrice by Vincenzo De Sio (Italy)
Best Music Video: The Philosopher by Simon Villaret and Danielle Eva Schwob (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Covid Cabin Fever: Working From Home With Mum by Susie Sparkes (Australia)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Crystals by Gabriel Reyes (USA)
Best Web and New Media: La Cultura: A Puerto Rican Boxing Story by Dexter Henry and Bryan Fonseca (USA)
Best Parody Short: News by Bo Tanas (Canada)
Best Director (Female): Lori Shockley for Corked (USA)
Best Director (Male): Mark Cheng and Graham Brown for Something About Bubbles (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Xiaolin Liu for Symbiosis (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Juan Zuloaga Eslait for Gaia (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Polina Stepanova for Music Lives Here (Russia)
Best First Time Director (Male): Danny Miller for Pace (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Benjamin Nlomngan for 2037: Under Artificial Justice (France)
Best Actress: Georgia Beam for Melodrama (USA)
Best Actor: Matthew Clark for Gaia (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Brittney Wilson for Meeting (Canada)
Best Supporting Actor: Andres Simonian for Metanoia (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Evelyn Halbach for Space Ranger (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Ty Culberson for 5 O’clock Somewhere (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Anton Schrama and Marc Clement for The Body (Australia)
Best Acting Ensemble: Robert Chestnut and Mitch Thompson for Time Crisis (USA)
Best Cinematography: Avery Ramirez for Motel 32 (USA)
Best Editing: Émile Vallée for The Gentle Art Of Violence (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Cash Printer (Australia)
Best Production Design: Greek Gossip (USA)
Best Sound Design: Zombies2020 (Australia)
Best Original Score: Zorzes Katris for With New Eyes (Greece)
Best Trailer/Teaser: To Kill A Cop (USA)
Best Original Story: Mark Koenig for Jerome and the Poets (USA)
Best Short Script: The Feather by Osman Arslan (USA)
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