Best Indie Short: Magic Savior by Julien Drouin (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Apartment by Sahan Chamikara Fernando and Dulina Chandrasiri (Sri Lanka)
Best Documentary Short: Carnaval de Cuba by Jim Ryerson (Cuba)
Best Comedy Short: Forest Giants by Augusta Mariano (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Lizard by Darrin Williams and Curtis Leitch (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Charlatan by Colin Bowles (USA)
Best Horror Short: Let Me In by Matt Dooley (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: You Rock, Zé Perri! by Zé Dassilva (Brazil)
Best Experimental Short: The Silence of Day by Niranjan Raghu (India)
Best Student Short: Phasmophobia by Daohong Wang (USA)
Best Animation Short: Unsaid Words by Stark Zhao (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Unresolved by R. W. Jones (USA)
Best Women Short: DIVR by Zoey Martinson (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Not Her Fault by Beier Zhang (China)
Best Microfilm: Into The Mountains by Christopher Anagnostopoulos (Greece)
Best Music Video: That Sucks by Dominic Del Bene and Craig Billmeier (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Slammer! The Prison Girl Movie Musical by Jay A Nagle (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Dogwalk – The Finale by Val Gehley (USA)
Best Director (Female): Valentina De Amicis for Mother (Italy)
Best Director (Male): Joseph Le for Twisting Tiger (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Beier Zhang for Not Her Fault (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Daohong Wang for Phasmophobia (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Melissa Davidson for Unbarred (Australia)
Best First Time Director (Male): Zé Dassilva for You Rock, Zé Perri! (Brazil)
Best Young Filmmaker: WenWei Hu for NianWei (China)
Best Actress: Erin Clark for Forest Giants (USA)
Best Actor: Christian Bachini for Escalation (Italy)
Best Acting Duo: Marcin Bosak and Lidia Sadowa for Noir (Poland)
Best Ensemble Cast: Bob Spillman, Amber Smith, and Peter Dobson for White Mule (USA)
Best Cinematography: Edward Japp for The Hidden Kiss (UK)
Best Editing: The Silence of Day (India)
Best Production Design: Evelina Baumane for Show Me the End of Time (UK)
Best Sound Design: Love Potion (USA)
Best Original Score: Jeremy Chontow for The Deep Dark Pit (USA)
Best Original Story: Christian Bachini for Escalation (Italy)
Best Short Script: Marieta by Cassie C. Phillips (USA)
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