Best Indie Short: Corazon De Piedra (A Heart Of Stone) by Ivana Rauchmann (Austria)
Best Drama Short: Echoes of Us by Joe Rajan (India)
Best Documentary Short: SU by Haisu Mu (China)
Best Comedy Short: In Me I Trust by Frederique Amelie Attuel (France)
Best Dark Comedy Short: In Me I Trust by Frederique Amelie Attuel (France)
Best Action Short: Gutter by Jevon Edward Donaldson and Jordan Nicolas Donaldson (USA)
Best Crime Short: River: The Last Butterfly by Chad Ansermet (Switzerland)
Best Thriller Short: To Kill A Man by Denis Albrecht (Germany)
Best Fantasy Short: Isle Of The Dead by Jeremy Braunsberg (Austria)
Best Western Short: Wanted by Adam Moses and Jacob Dalton (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Hole by Shu Dai (USA)
Best Student Short: Cut by Isabella Mangano (Australia)
Best Animation Short: Spark by Rylie Prentice (Canada)
Best Children Short: Cul De Sac by Vivek Elangovan (USA)
Best Women Short: People by Laura Anastasia Jones (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: ASL by Cal Freeman (UK)
Best Microfilm: Self Control by Jared Adler Gomez (USA)
Best Web and New Media: My Science Fiction Twin by Michael E Cole (USA)
Best Female Director: Frederique Amelie Attuel for In Me I Trust (France)
Best Male Director: Tommy Jay Dwyer for Solus (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Isabella Mangano for Cut (Australia)
Best Student Male Director: David Zheng for That Was Me (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Curt Samlaska for Forgiving Retribution (USA)
Best Actress: Jordan Tofalo for Solus (USA)
Best Actor: Evan Strand for Can I Have Your Autograph? (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Javi Armas and Carmen Martin Rubio for Corazon De Piedra (A Heart Of Stone) (Austria)
Best Ensemble Cast: Racquelle Vox, Royce Lundquist, Aleis Work, Jacob Dalton, Chris Schulte, and Adam Moses for Wanted (USA)
Best Cinematography: Dominic Anastasi for People (USA)
Best Editing: Qiaoran Ma for Hole (USA)
Best Production Design: Maria Chelidoni for Gods Have Problems Too (Greece)
Best Original Score: Aravind Murali for Penumbra (USA)
Best Original Story: Antonio Harper, Abby Burton, and Jeremy Hsing for Forward Thinking (USA)
Best Short Script: Closet Cases by Joseph Anthony Francis (USA)
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