Best Indie Short: Transpiration by Qianhui Gao and Xinyan Chen (China)
Best Drama Short: Pink Trees by Malhar Abhijit Talwalkar (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Beyond The Silence by Hyeri Shin (South Korea)
Best Comedy Short: My First Day of Yoga by Joe Michael Rosenheim (USA)
Best Action Short: Bangkok Dragons by Barret Walter Coates (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: As He Went by Jayde Dauley (USA)
Best Horror Short: Control by Zachary Padgett (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Alvis Helvig: Space Viking by Ethan David Henry (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Sergeant by Joshua Longfellow Wright (USA)
Best Western Short: Urban’s Legend by Chase Drummond (USA)
Best Animation Short: Skater Haters by Justice Nelson (USA)
Best Women Short: Madam(s) by Affoue Frederique Zakra (Côte d’Ivoire)
Best Romantic Short: Who We Once Were by Jasmine Gabriel Winoto (Indonesia)
Best LGBTQ Short: Good Boy by Brett Robert Culbert (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Gato by Athanasios Ntavlouros (Greece)
Best Student Short: The Wizard of Wellington by Sophia Emilie Jones (New Zealand)
Best Microfilm: Somewhere in Love by Shuangci Jin (USA)
Best Music Video: Der Weg 2 by Greg Jonkajtys (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Good Enough by Claudia Lau (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Leaf-a-teers by Stephen Hessel (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: All For Tomorrow by Russ Emanuel (USA)
Best Female Director: Janna Tamargo for The Social Appetite: The Field (USA)
Best Male Director: Hugo Will for The Experiment (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Kaitlyn Maher for Hard Break (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Jan Bross for No Volveré (I Won’t Come Back) (Mexico)
Best First Time Female Director: Sia Rass for Afterlife (Canada)
Best First Time Male Director: Amias Pierre for Mamá (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sumehr Nirvaan Kirpalani for Every Mind Belongs (India)
Best Actress: Esther Pidal for Mr. President (USA)
Best Actor: Hector Medina for Fragile (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Sawyer Fuller and Mack Bayda for Bon Voyage (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Hector Medina, Peter Galman, Diana Garle, Daniel Capote, Olga Storozhuk, Karla Kantorovich, Jessica Shaw, Justin Shaw, Sunita Spencer-Archer, and Gustavo Scarrone for Fragile (USA)
Best Original Story: John Wang for Outsourcing Rhapsody (China)
Best Cinematography: Don Freeman for Tires Velvet Paws (USA)
Best Editing: John Mills for Reverence: Reclaiming the Forgotten (USA)
Best Production Design: Orly Bross and Melissa Murawski for No Volveré (I Won’t Come Back) (Mexico)
Best Original Score: Shrijal Thapa and Hannah Smith-Phillips for The Trash Can (USA)
Best Short Script: Nothing’s Wrong by Pablo Catalan (Spain)
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