Best Indie Short: Suspicious Minds by Imelda O’Reilly (Ireland)
Best Drama Short: Eve Groves by Tristan Loraine (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Father’s Day: A Kirk Franklin Story by Kirk Franklin, Trish Amie, Ron Hill, Garrett Castillo, Joshua Chamberlain, and Meghan Hoffman (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Learn to Luv Me by Tim Bills and Charles Hand (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Juicy by Emily Weider and Emily Everhard (USA)
Best Thriller Short: How To by Chloe Dykstra (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Made in Technicolor by Millie Cupp (USA)
Best Experimental Short: False Awakening by Cordelia Angel Clarke (UK)
Best Student Short: The Departure of Nothing by Elliot Zhang (UK)
Best Animation Short: Mito by Steve West (USA)
Best Women Short: Arlene by Lindsey Formes (USA)
Best Microfilm: Ten Thousand Days by Orhan Sumen (Canada)
Best Music Video: Dirty Freaken Joe – Sci-Fi Sam by Timothy A Bennett (USA)
Best Female Director: Emily Weider and Emily Everhard for Juicy (USA)
Best Male Director: Christopher Schultz for Enemy No More (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Chloe Dykstra for How To (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Vinny O’Brien for Ellie (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Paloma Corzo for In the Middle of Somewhere (Mexico)
Best Actress: Hollie Bahar for How To (USA)
Best Actor: Vinny O’Brien for Ellie (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Aishwarya Desai for Rat in the Kitchen (India)
Best Child/Young Actress: Christiana Montoya for Suspended (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Andy Marques and Christian David Colbert for God in the Valley (USA)
Best Cinematography: Anya Krasnikova for Eve Groves (UK)
Best Original Score: Andrea Morricone for Eve Groves (UK)
Best Original Story: 一杰 李 for Echoes of Time (China)




















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