Best Indie Short: The Dog Days by Ryan Kurt Whiting (USA)
Best Drama Short: Galaxies by Robert Brody (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Way the Wind Blows by Megan Sweeney (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Real Robbers by Adam Pine and Sean Pine (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The 7th Day After Father’s Death by Yufeng Meng (China)
Best Action Short: Zero Hour by Ali Ahmed (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Inside by Julien Martre and Estelle Martre (Canada)
Best Horror Short: A Shade Rolls In by Kenneth Ruddy (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Illusion of Moving Images by Hirotaka Ikeda (Japan)
Best Student Short: Dance Dance Dance by Lichang Tan (China)
Best Animation Short: How To Make It In Hollywood *While Being Black by Lawrence Jones (USA)
Best Children Short: A Celebration of Great Artists in Alan’s Universe by Susan Mey Lee Lim and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Best Women Short: The Feeling Part by Jesse Lowell Anholt (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Clownfish by David Charles Bird (USA)
Best Microfilm: Bracing Shadows by Bemnet (Bem) Yemesgen (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: How To Make It In Hollywood *While Being Black by Lawrence Jones (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Grandpa’s Magical Marshmallow Moss by Bryan Chadwick (USA)
Best Parody Short: The Liberry by Max Sterling (USA)
Best Female Director: Jenna Milly for Black Friday (USA)
Best Male Director: Brian Foyster for The Last Take (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Lilinaz Hakimi for For Her (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Anson Petrick for Guerrillas (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Malcolm Tircuit for Searchers in the Dark (USA)
Best Actress: Taylor Dupuis for The Stars in New Mexico (USA)
Best Actor: Marcel Grabowiecki for Ebb & Flow (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Dan Johnson for 1201 (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Coby Larinde and Scott Allen Kennedy for Domino Springs (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: William Bennett, Robert Slotnick, Silas Hastings, and Jackson Tropp for The Clownfish (USA)
Best Cinematography: Josh Shreve for The Stars in New Mexico (USA)
Best Editing: Matt Hardy for A Shade Rolls In (USA)
Best Production Design: A Shade Rolls In (USA)
Best Sound Design: Vic Nolasco for Loco Dreams (USA)
Best Original Score: Thibaut Falgairette for Domino Springs (USA)
Best Original Story: Hillary Carrigan for Nana (USA)
Best Short Script: P E E K A Boo by Per Hampton (USA)
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