Best Indie Short: Lola by Ella Samoles-Little (UK)
Best Drama Short: Something Safe by Shaun Lupton (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Rose in Candle by Russ Reno (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Millennial Condition by Michael Welsh (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Two Best Buds and the Karate Beavers Agreement by Ronny Kurland (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Anxiety Feast by Michael Makrimichalos (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Skin Deep by Ember Crowley (USA)
Best Action Short: The Divine Carrion by Andrés Roa (Colombia)
Best Film Noir Short: If Memory Serves by Bruce Barker (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Guaquero by Andrés Roa Ariza (Colombia)
Best Horror Short: The Boy with the Sombrero by Constantine Konstin (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Guaquero by Andrés Roa Ariza (Colombia)
Best Sci-Fi Short: No Boundary by Tom Belding (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: Dear Covid-19 by Mark Watt (Canada)
Best Student Short: The Little Thief by Nicole Vanden Broeck (USA)
Best Animation Short: First Born by Justin Bruce Lee (USA)
Best Children Short: What Are You Waiting For? by Ella Jerrier (USA)
Best Women Short: In His Shadow by Dicot Alvarado (Philippines)
Best LGBTQ Short: Still Here by Tom Pardoe (USA)
Best Microfilm: Cyber Baby by Beidi Wang (USA)
Best Screendance Short: New Life by Chris Garcia (France)
Best Music Video: Somebody by Vision Zheng (Canada)
Best Mobile Short: The Escape by Pat Keegan (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Final Moments by Dax Phelan (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Fully Formed Adults: Pay Or Quit by Scott Boxenbaum and Nik Smith (USA)
Best Director (Female): Abbey Spacil for Sonya Slidez (USA)
Best Director (Male): Shaun Lupton for Something Safe (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Andi Rados for For You. (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Juan Alcantar and Saul Preciado-Garcia for Angela (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Izabella Fulop for Let’s See What’s Next (Greece)
Best First Time Director (Male): Derek Nicoletto for Brunch in Babel (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Skyler Gahyeong Lee for Bye (South Korea)
Best Actress: Saki Miata for Room 3 (USA)
Best Actor: Gorman Ruggiero for Calf Rope (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Yulia Kirilova for Cyber Baby (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Jeremy Good for Dirt (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Olivia Morris and Yanthe Louis for The Turtles (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Chelsea Bearce, Berenice Odriozola, Allan Ceppos, Mariana Parma, Susan O’Doherty, Genvieve Johnson, Hye Bin Lee, Shawn Arani, Mick Vazquez, and BJ Nichols for Brunch in Babel (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jiahao Zhang for Carnival (USA)
Best Editing: Lucas Stanton and Peter Roads for Flashback to the Pool (Australia)
Best Special FX: Dirt (USA)
Best Visual FX: Skitoz (France)
Best Production Design: Emily Perkins Rock for The Princess Pleasure Principle (USA)
Best Sound Design: Kathy Eng for Altered (USA)
Best Original Score: Fangzhou Lin and Qingyao Cui for Loop (USA)
Best Original Story: Tom Ruddock for Jacob’s Blessing (UK)
Best Short Script: Greetings From Sarajevo by Penny Jackson (USA)
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