Best Indie Short: Paper Airplane by Mingjie Tang (USA)
Best Drama Short: Moments by Jeremy Carr (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Unsettled by Mohamad Sadeq Esmaeeli (Iran)
Best Comedy Short: Inconvenience Store by Danny Coolahan (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Meeting by DC Evans (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Open House by Tyson W Birmann (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Stuck In Love by Anne Marie Rocconi (USA)
Best Horror Short: Whitenoise by Byron Gamble, Raghav Ravichandran, Henry Moonrod, and Laura Ervin (USA)
Best Western Short: The Sins… by Lovie Johnson (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Err by Axel Cosnefroy and Antoine Poulet (France)
Best Student Short: 75 Cents by Safi Jafri (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Coincidental Killing of a Cat by an Unworldly Tune by Maya Kurdoglu (Turkey)
Best Children Short: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, FL by Mariana Medina (USA)
Best Women Short: Hollow Hour by April Mendozza (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Solitude by Fabio Grossi (Italy)
Best Romantic Short: Even by Anna K. Long (USA)
Best Microfilm: Cycle by Brendan Dwyer (Australia)
Best Screendance Short: The One I Wanted To Be by Paula Higa (USA)
Best Music Video: Alone – Queen V by Jeff Musillo (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Brianna by Amir Rogers (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Body and Soul by Emmy Perry (USA)
Best Parody Short: The Wheelchair Stays In The Picture by Jeff Noblitt (USA)
Best Director (Female): Annie Y. Hui for One1 (China)
Best Director (Male): Eugene Khazin for Steel Will (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Emmy Perry for The Portrait (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Surui Guo for Ring (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Delia Hou and Juan Cupini for The Trash Can (Argentina)
Best First Time Director (Male): Alex Martinez for Spanky: Episodes 1-4 (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Emmy Perry for Body and Soul (USA)
Best Actress: Jessica Pinfield for Red Giant (USA)
Best Actor: Spencer Valenzuela for Spanky: Episodes 1-4 (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Ashley Deuell for Staccato (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Zoe Cannella for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, FL (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Cory Watts and Bruce Clifford for 75 Cents (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Danny Bass, Jessy Leigh, Sean Manos, Taylor Adams, Jesse DiFranco, Brendan Firem, Diana Franhauser, Rob Grant III, Greg A. Smith, and Julie Temple for The Meeting (USA)
Best Cinematography: Mykola Nick Kovalenko for Steel Will (USA)
Best Editing: Paul N Foster for Perdition (USA)
Best Production Design: Solitude (Italy)
Best Sound Design: Ryan Blount for Disturbance (USA)
Best Original Score: K.M. Joshi for Citizen Blaine (USA)
Best Original Story: Lovie Johnson and Patrick Caberty for The Sins… (USA)
Best Short Script: Zeda The Hunter by Alexandru Ranta Gheorghe (Romania)

































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