Best Indie Short: Our Beautiful World by Ian Williams (USA)
Best Drama Short: From Under The Bridge: When Bullies Become Trolls by Paul James Houghton (USA)
Best Documentary Short: I am a Painter, not an Artist by Cheng Song (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Curtains Down: The Last Rod by John F Hebert (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Another Blood Sucker by Drake Dalgleish (USA)
Best Action Short: Hula Hoop Boy by Joshua Mesnik (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Deceiver by Joshua Leomiti and Jeanette Campbell (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Rehearsals by Jorge Antonio Guerrero (Mexico)
Best Horror Short: Luxuria by Charles-Edouard Dangelser and Grégoire Vaillant (France)
Best Fantasy Short: What a Day by Farhan Kamdar (USA)
Best Western Short: Path of the Damned by Jack Kockenmeister (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Das Resort by Mathias Kessler (Austria)
Best Student Short: Acquiescence by Grace Fitzgerald (USA)
Best Animation Short: Bastoor by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi (Iran)
Best Women Short: Women and Elephants by Barbara Stepansky (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Interrogation by Zenghiok Ng (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Proofs of Tenderness by Pegah Serajeh (USA)
Best Microfilm: Curtains Down: The Last Rod by John F Hebert (USA)
Best Music Video: The Exiled by Fabiano Montesano (Germany)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Art of the Hustle by Kenny Tiller (USA)
Best Director (Female): Pegah Serajeh for Proofs of Tenderness (USA)
Best Director (Male): Paul James Houghton for From Under The Bridge: When Bullies Become Trolls (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Zenghiok Ng for The Interrogation (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Farhan Kamdar for What a Day (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Nora Stock for Ecstasy Behind the Forgotten (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Emanuel Vazquez Santana for Keep on Looking (Argentina)
Best Actress: Cheslea J Smith for Night Visit (USA)
Best Actor: Jeffrey Pielago for My Mom Gave Me $200, All At Once (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Emily Battles and K Cody Hunt for Spice Things Up (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Rufino Romero, Gregory Zaragoza, Rainbow Dickerson, Duane Minard, J. Robert Spencer, Barret O’Brien, Reid Honeywell, Jonathan Luke Stevens, and Román Zaragoza for This is Their Land (USA)
Best Cinematography: Paukhofstrasse (Austria)
Best Editing: Olympia Stone for The Uncommon Garden (USA)
Best Production Design: Oliver Daly and Hilary Eden for Bellybutton (USA)
Best Sound Design: Carlos Cortes for Dimensions Of Self (USA)
Best Original Score: Abraham Fogg for Luxuria (France)
Best Original Story: Khalil S Zanika for Night Visit (USA)
Best Short Script: Debt Apocalypse by Phillip Alan Bowen and Chad Alan Rohn (USA)
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