Best Indie Short: As The Winter Turns To Fall by Megan Arnold (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Dolls Game by Mehdi Mahaei (Iran)
Best Documentary Short: Refugio by Rebecca Basaure (Bolivia)
Best Comedy Short: Velvet Crush by Michael Boston (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Knell by Joseph Osei-Bonsu (Ghana)
Best Thriller Short: Invisible by Juan Lume (Chile)
Best Crime Short: The Last Breath by Anthony Cox (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: One Night Noir by Ernie Berger (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Lost Spirit by Jackie Chang (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Tales of a Paper Hair Goddess by Diandra Dwyer (Japan)
Best Romantic Short: It’s All a Game by Joan Kabugu and Yusuke Sato (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Self – A Trip in to the Subconscious by Jonathan Redavid (Italy)
Best Student Short: The Caretaker by Emil Engesnes Bråthen (Norway)
Best Animation Short: Comming Together: Seminal Dating by Michael Alvarado (USA)
Best Women Short: Untwined by Alexandra Fehrman (USA)
Best Microfilm: Kleptomaniac At The Magic Shop by Theresa Angela (Australia)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Tapu by Hinano Tekurio Tanielu and Manu Tanielu (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Silence Speaks Volumes by Christopher E. Terry (USA)
Best Director (Female): Alexandra Fehrman for Untwined (USA)
Best Director (Male): Shady A Mawajdeh for American Immigrant (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yutong Wu for Amazing Apple (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Jackie Chang for Lost Spirit (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Candice Kumai and Carlos Garcia DeDios for Kintsugi: Nagasaki (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Kenny Nguyen for Sad Sky (Australia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Hao Zhenjia for What If (China)
Best Actress: Ansa Woo for Golden Boy (USA)
Best Actor: Melvin Taylor II for The Fruit It Bears (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Marisa Moureau and Mimi Perez for As The Winter Turns To Fall (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Jennifer G. Taylor, Art Parsells, Spurgeon Perkins, Rachel Woodhouse, Paul Gibson, and Jeremy Carr for The Deal (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jonathan Redavid for Self – A Trip in to the Subconscious (Italy)
Best Editing: Tan Do and J.R. DeFord for Sad Sky (Australia)
Best Production Design: Invisible (Chile)
Best Sound Design: Jesus Castro for Paint On Paint # 4 (Portugal)
Best Original Score: James T. Sale for When a Honey Bee Stings (USA)
Best Original Story: Bradley Tangonan for River of Small Gods (USA)
Best Short Script: David by Matthew Forbes (Canada)






























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