Best Indie Short: Ting Ting by Li Yuhan (China)
Best Drama Short: Ideologies & The Promise by Alexandro Pacheco (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Hou’ley by Alexander Sworik (Canada)
Best Comedy Short: Fairview by Sam Clark (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Intelligence by Ben Caplan (UK)
Best Action Short: Burst by Zachary Crooms (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Requiem for Dylan Lei (USA)
Best Crime Short: Pastiche by Shivaan Makker (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Sleepless by Kami Sadraei (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Voices by Frank Zotter and Shaz Mohsin (Canada)
Best Horror Short: Milk by Robert Vaughn (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Mailman by Matt Hourigan (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Children Are Monsters by Matthew Jarjosa (USA)
Best Western Short: Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Synchro by Jii Zhang (Japan)
Best Experimental Short: Pneuma by Eyal Ben Simon (Israel)
Best Student Short: La Fayette by Alex Howat (UK)
Best Animation Short: Creatures in My House by Ilena Finocchi (USA)
Best Children Short: Tub Soup by Artie Romero (USA)
Best Women Short: Patient 27 by Alex Merkin (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Poly Andrew by Brad McDermott and Fred Kuhr (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Sanctum by Joud AlAmri (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Resort by Yuri Yamamura (Japan)
Best Music Video: Losing the Fight by Liza Ludick (Vietnam)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Velvet Flowers by Jordan Pease (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Holding the Rope by Harlow Schuman (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Director (Female): Eva Daoud for Salman Bin Hamad – A Vision of Promise (Bahrain)
Best Director (Male): Alex Merkin for Patient 27 (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Erin M Wiljanen for The Primary Difference is Who You See in Yourself (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Mehroz Amin for 5 Star (Pakistan)
Best First Time Director (Female): Zhou Weijia for Away (China)
Best First Time Director (Male): Michael L.D. Lena for Love is Always Losing (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Harlow Schuman for Holding the Rope (USA)
Best Actress: Peng Qi for Ting Ting (China)
Best Actor: Frankie Wilson for Tell Tale Signs (UK)
Best Supporting Actress: Marie France Louis for Hurtful Truth (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Chet Peeples for Love is Always Losing (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Erin Addison for Waiting Games (UK)
Best Child/Young Actor: Ryan McNeil for Pandamonium (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Jake Ingrande and Marthilia Svarna for Fools (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Angie Jho Lee, Janey Nalin, and Matt Nino for Wasteland (USA)
Best Cinematography: Katiana Weems for 111 (USA)
Best Editing: Inuk Jørgensen for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)
Best Production Design: Ronnie the Milkman (USA)
Best Visual FX: Dario Antepara for I Left My Heart In Pluto (USA)
Best Sound Design: Roy Sharabi for Pneuma (Israel)
Best Original Score: Sara Galiana for A Quiet Odyssey (USA)
Best Original Story: G.C. Montgomery for Rules To Rule (USA)
Best Short Script: Throwaways by Andy Carpenter (USA)










































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