Best Indie Short: Just a Bagel by Neo Manu Wagner (USA)
Best Student Short: In the Jar of Jelly by Ryan Boxer (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Survival of the Wooden Canoe by Joan Elizabeth Barrett (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Angel by Clay G Schoolman (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Dor by Bob Banday Shryock (USA)
Best Animation Short: Cats Cradle by Allyson Lorraine Glenn (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: Long Story Short by Leigh Mosley and Marques Mosley (USA)
Best Music Video: Just Like Selma by Nolan Williams, Jr. (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner by Hera Nam (South Korea)
Best Female Director: Rachel Keller for Noise (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Ryan Boxer for In the Jar of Jelly (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Leigh Mosley and Marques Mosley for Long Story Short (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Michael Hess for Awful Dreams (USA)
Best Actress: Natalie Moritz for Welcome To The Shitshow (USA)
Best Actor: Lucas Booth for Harrison Prime (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Erin Lucid and Chris Durmick for In the Jar of Jelly (USA)
Best Original Story: Bob Banday Shryock for Dor (USA)
Best Cinematography: Rob Watt for Marilyn’s Dark Paradise (USA)
Best Editing: Dirk van Sloten for Haunted Harmony (USA)
Best Production Design: Agnes Asplund for Our Monsters (Canada)
Best Original Score: Kelly Joe Richardson for The Pit and the Pendulum (USA)
Best Short Script: Same Difference by Morgan Grice (USA)
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