Best Indie Short: Bare Luxuries by Armando Smith (USA)
Best Drama Short: Lullaby for the Cat by Andrew Gil (Ukraine)
Best Documentary Short: A Proper Education by MaryLanae Linen (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Break-Up Dinner by Zhiguang (Brandon) Chen (Canada)
Best Comedy Short: Our Late Father by Sylvia Ray (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Mike’s Fine, Mrs. Ackerman by David Breckman (USA)
Best Action Short: Dojo by Armin Alic (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Light On by Juan Octavio Lume (Chile)
Best Horror Short: Maluna by Jason Gonzalez (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Beam Me Up by Daniel Weaver (Australia)
Best Fantasy Short: Return by Kat Dubrow (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Scenes from a Seperation by Ramona Radi (Iran)
Best Student Short: Daffodils by Smahi Anand (USA)
Best Microfilm: Boss B*Tch by Meranda Walden (USA)
Best Women Short: Float! by Azza Cohen (USA)
Best Music Video: Writer’s Block by Benjamin Schwarzschild and Eli Waltz (USA)
Best Male Director: Daniel Alvarenga for Grenzen (Germany)
Best Student Female Director: Eunjin Lee for Playing House (South Korea)
Best First Time Female Director: Ashton Sasse for No Questions Asked (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Aleksandr Tretiakevich for The Tableherder (Russia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Kat Dubrow for Return (USA)
Best Actress: Amelia Conway for Digital Skin (Australia)
Best Actor: David Hutchison for Winter (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Lisette Torson for Winter (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Kabir McNeely and Brian Doolittle for Rebel (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Aryan Arjune, Asha Devi, Brian Shaw, Aidan Kirby, Shabab Haider, Bea Hundal, Aaditri Vyas, Carson Lee Cosper, Leosha Bristow, Cirena Carrillo-Haider, and Hari Bhaskar for Purpose (USA)
Best Cinematography: C.S. Chandler for Winter (USA)
Best Editing: Jody Hart for Winter (USA)
Best Production Design: The Operator (USA)
Best Original Score: Vladislav Zakharov for Squeezed (Canada)
Best Original Story: Aleksandr Tretiakevich for The Tableherder (Russia)
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