Best Drama Short: On The Eighth Day by Han Wu (China)
Best Documentary Short: This Wall Must Come Down: The Annie Burns Hicks Story by Roland G. Parrish (USA)
Best Comedy Short: LovePump: A Guido Rockumentary by Marco Tazioli and Anthony Latona (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Shock, Drugs, Anger, Love by Ethan Thomson and Austin Cieszko (USA)
Best Action Short: Sifu – The Revenge by Benjamin Colussi (France)
Best Thriller Short: Pills by Co Richards (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Encounter by Schirete Zick and Luke Warrington (USA)
Best Horror Short: Closet Nightmares by Camila de los Santos Speed (USA)
Best Student Short: The Crimson Bounder by Parker Rawlins and William Cowser (USA)
Best Animation Short: Summer Blood by Sarah Natasha Djuandy (USA)
Best Women Short: Wonderfully Alone by Maria Chelidoni (Greece)
Best Romantic Short: La Bella Vita by Max Hakim (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Riptide by Joey West (USA)
Best Microfilm: Ants! by Michael Ean (USA)
Best Screendance Short: We’re All Pretty Broken by Prince Lyons (USA)
Best Music Video: Work – Charlie Manson by Sebastian Vignau (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Not Your Call 2: The Confrontation by Brent K. Katz (USA)
Best Director (Female): Vivian D. Payton for Save A Life (USA)
Best Director (Male): Roman Mendez for Hares and Foxes (Ireland)
Best Student Director (Female): Ani Stein for Pseudea (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Brooks Petershack for The Show Must Go On (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Jacquie DiTroia for Flesh Peddler (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Cristián Ortiz for Second Hand News (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Quinn Friedman for A Boy’s Best Friend (USA)
Best Actress: Riccarda Richter for Cord of Three (Germany)
Best Actor: Kevin Hernandez for You’re Welcome (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Theo Martinez for Blue Hour (Sweden)
Best Acting Duo: Sammy Carlucci and Grace Anne West for Riptide (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Dominic Piccinini, Havon Baraka, Melissa Lawson, Manny Spero, and Heidi Berg for Shock, Drugs, Anger, Love (USA)
Best Cinematography: Tyler McGuigan for Pseudea (USA)
Best Editing: Samantha Doria for Pseudea (USA)
Best Production Design: Animal Appetites (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Cecily Lo and Sebastian Vignau for Work – Charlie Manson (USA)
Best Original Score: Brooks Petershack for The Show Must Go On (USA)
Best Original Story: Joey West for Hard Pressed (USA)
Best Short Script: The Delusional PA by Frank P Mancuso (USA)
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