Best Indie Short: When I Died by Fredrik Lindton (Sweden)
Best Drama Short: You Are Here by Jason P. Schumacher (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Life Transformed: Aftermath of a Traumatic Injury by Bill Chayes (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Happily Never After by Tamara Hernandez (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Pardoner’s Sale by George N Koulouris (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Hangman by Mathew Young (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Closure by Ziv Sheffer (Israel)
Best Experimental Short: Meadows’ Disturbance by Antoine Pouilly (France)
Best Student Short: Message from the Mermaids by Marley Rankin (USA)
Best Animation Short: I Am The Warrior by Tara Audibert (Canada)
Best Children Short: Oliver by Liddy Salter (USA)
Best Women Short: On Charge by Jeannie Stachniewska (UK)
Best Microfilm: Sounds of Summer by Nathan Ronald Goldberg (USA)
Best Music Video: And Love Is by Natalia Ferrara (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Lipstick Traces by Mick Lexington (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Stay Connected by Celine Zabout (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Second Chance by Sebastiano Orfeo (Italy)
Best Parody Short: The Rite of Writing by Mitchell Treharne (Australia)
Best Director (Male): Dave Taylor for Unthinkable (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Lisha Chen for Human – Ghost: Food Delivery Drivers As Locals, Strangers, And Wanderers (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Jason Turner for I Am the Storm (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Xiaoxing Chen for Summer in Winter (China)
Best First Time Director (Male): Charles A. Honeywood for Pictures Only (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Victor Botelho for Surprise! (Canada)
Best Actress: Camirin Farmer for Dungo’s Palace (USA)
Best Actor: Stephen Sorrentino for A Tale of Redemption and Regret with Sunny the Heat (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Ana Marte for Sing (to me) (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Bethany Slater and Ben Bruckshaw for On Charge (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Maddie Shuman, Greg Rencken, and Marin Stewart for Killing Kitty (USA)
Best Cinematography: Hao Jiayue and Wu Jiacheng for The Secret Dimension (China)
Best Editing: Souls Of Men (USA)
Best Production Design: Dungo’s Palace (USA)
Best Special FX: Evilise Quijano for Souls Of Men (USA)
Best Sound Design: Jeremiah Dunlap for Still Waters (USA)
Best Original Score: Asher Kaplan for Message from the Mermaids (USA)
Best Original Story: Joey Medina for Beautiful Violence (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Reborn Redemption (USA)
Best Short Script: Slow Dive by Ethan Tague (USA)
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