Best Indie Short: The Dream by Tamuna Shengelia (Georgia)
Best Drama Short: Be Still by Ben Hess (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Custom of the Sea by Fabrizio Polpettini (France)
Best Romantic Short: Preservation by Harlow Schuman (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Starship Impossible by Greg McLeod (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Day The Pubs Re-Opened by Kilian Pettit (Ireland)
Best Action Short: Trinity by Lieutenant Coopwood (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Mother by Samuel Son (South Korea)
Best Film Noir Short: The Mark by Jean-Noël Virèeye (French Guiana)
Best Thriller Short: Cycle by Nick Palodhick (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Visions by David Scrieciu (Canada)
Best Horror Short: Reverse the Punishment by Christopher J. Moriarity (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: A Youtuber and a Demon by Betty Kaplan (Germany)
Best Student Short: The Storm by Milo Ma (China)
Best Animation Short: Evil Professor by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (USA)
Best Children Short: Mosquito by Celina Igwe (USA)
Best Women Short: Jonnie Sunset… by Van Allen Cooper (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Homecoming of Princess by Ziyuan Chen (USA)
Best Microfilm: Clean Up Crew by Jean-Diar Kalantar (Canada)
Best Music Video: Earl Winston & The Funky Big Band by Daniel Andrew Streaty (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Ugly by Bella Maori and Alyse Riley (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Ugly by Bella Maori and Alyse Riley (USA)
Best Parody Short: The Audition or So You Think You Can Be America’s Next Top Idol with the Stars by Kaleb Rittenhouse and Meredith Mantik (USA)
Best Director (Female): Lena Popilieva for Cato’s Project on Poverty and Inequality in California (USA)
Best Director (Male): Ben Hess for Be Still (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yumeng Liu for Victims (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Lachlan Neumann Crichton for The Beauty Queen and the Pickle Truck (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Diane Malherbe for The Washing Machine (Spain)
Best First Time Director (Male): Marco Felipe Rossi for Professional Experience (Brazil)
Best Young Filmmaker: Harlow Schuman for Preservation (USA)
Best Actress: Amanda Johnson for Jonnie Sunset… (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Alexander McDaniel for Guns and Stuff (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Pascal Bulot and Betty Kaplan for A Youtuber and a Demon (Germany)
Best Ensemble Cast: Joseph Facente, Lea Kalish, and Brian Cristofono for Cycle (USA)
Best Cinematography: Matthew Rome for Wait for the Dog (USA)
Best Editing: Journey Home (UK)
Best Production Design: Journey Home (UK)
Best Sound Design: Battle of Gaman (Australia)
Best Original Story: Katie Prentiss and Andrew Allen for Front Porches (USA)
Best Short Script: Let The Music Play On! by Deborah Hodgetts (UK)
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