Best Indie Short: Sketches From a Dancer’s Album by Arman S. Haghi (Australia)
Best Drama Short: Carolina by Simone Centinèo (Italy)
Best Documentary Short: Finite Water by Zachary Thomson (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Appetizer by Ayanda Chisholm (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Lesson #8 by Alberto Ferreras (USA)
Best Crime Short: TJ by Kunlin Wang (USA)
Best Thriller Short: A Night at the Table by Tamara S. Hall (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Night of the End of Days by Chris Rakotomamonjy (Madagascar)
Best Mystery Short: Swiped. by Dan Couri (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Zheng by Tianyi Wang (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Hollow Moon by Eric Robison (USA)
Best Student Short: A Service to My Gender by Elizabeth Burch-Hudson (Czech Republic)
Best Children Short: Fool’s Gold by Logan Thomas (USA)
Best Animation Short: Change Our Tune by Jeff Rolfzen and Rocky Steen-Rolfzen (USA)
Best Women Short: Itchy by Yimo Zhou (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Lukewarm by Mitch Yapko (USA)
Best Microfilm: Dani by Corey Allen (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Pineapple by Jane Chow (USA)
Best Web and New Media: NC-16 by Michael Spound (USA)
Best Music Video: Ride to the Light by Chaw Khanawutikarn (Thailand)
Best Director (Female): Latasha Kennedy for One Last Goodbye (USA)
Best Director (Male): Mark Pirc for Irrelephant: Wookie the Huge (Slovenia)
Best Student Director (Female): Rebecca Lafon for Breech (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Dane Liberatore for No One’s Own (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Tamara S. Hall for A Night at the Table (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Bobby Friedman for Under Cover Comic (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Thotti Cardoso for The Symposium (Brazil)
Best Actress: Ankolika Kumar for The News (India)
Best Actor: John Patrick Shulak for The Therapist (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Getar Jagatraya and Yudhi Arfani for One of Those Murder (Indonesia)
Best Acting Ensemble: Dierdra McDowell, Tamara S. Hall and David Alan Madrick for A Night at the Table (USA)
Best Cinematography: Irrelephant: Wookie the Huge (Slovenia)
Best Editing: JKG (USA)
Best Visual FX: The Night of the End of Days (Madagascar)
Best Sound Design: Jan Hetmer for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)
Best Original Story: Maza White for Ripple Effect (New Zealand)
Best Trailer/Teaser: The Gauntlet (USA)
Best Short Script: Slow Wave by Matt Quaid (USA)
