Best Indie Short: Townes by Katie Flynn (USA)
Best Drama Short: Love Theories: Ally by Hans Neumann (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Waterproof by Ross Kauffman (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Three Reasons To Kiss by Ta’ltosh (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Debbie by Niki Schwartz-Wright (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Hound Dog by Michael Robert Anderson and Matt Provenzano (USA)
Best Crime Short: Cashed Out by Michael Trainor (Canada)
Best Mystery Short: The Tell-Tale Heart: A Musicabre by Danny Ashkenasi (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Spirit: A Martian Story by Stimson Snead (USA)
Best Horror Short: Hound Dog by Michael Robert Anderson and Matt Provenzano (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Umbra by Zahra Shahhatami (USA)
Best Student Short: Watermark by Rebecca Maddalo (USA)
Best Women Short: Last Hurrah by David Del Rio (USA)
Best Microfilm: Manifesto by Richard Marra (USA)
Best Music Video: Head On Fire by Gavin Hignight and Joseph Rubinstein (USA)
Best Director (Female): CC Weske for Out of the Quiet (USA)
Best Director (Male): Nathan Johnson for At the Time (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Sarab Sahni for You Are the One (UK)
Best First Time Director (Female): CC Weske for Out of the Quiet (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Karoly Palfai for Lecho (Hungary)
Best Actress: Phoebe-Rey Subritzky for Grace (New Zealand)
Best Actor: Vincent Sarowatz for The Unseen (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Hampton for Out of the Quiet (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Maja Vujicic for Christmas Is Believing (Canada)
Best Acting Duo: Adam Hadi and Sebastian Slominski for Lost Tears (France)
Best Acting Ensemble: Nicholas Pople, Eleanor Thompson, William Bradley, Shaun French, Dan Wrigley, and Brindley Jackson for Leaving Smith’s Pond (UK)
Best Cinematography: Stephen Berke for Ghost in the Gun (USA)
Best Editing: Mikael Ottergren Larsson for Festival Of The Midnight Sun (Sweden)
Best Production Design: Kris Moyes for Townes (USA)
Best Sound Design: Festival Of The Midnight Sun (Sweden)
Best Original Score: Tom Verberne for Grace (New Zealand)
Best Original Story: Rachelle Mazzilli for Hard Proof (Canada)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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