Best Indie Short: My America by Conrad Miles (USA)
Best Drama Short: Stuck in Muskogee by P.J. Sosko (USA)
Best Documentary Short: San Jose Is Not For Sale: A Community Project by Michael Cabana (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Everything is in Your Head by Igor Hnes (Ukraine)
Best Comedy Short: After Party by Shana Lauren McInnes (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Grave Diggers by Kyle Jamie Stutz (Australia)
Best Action Short: Let’s Fight by Silvija Kuodytė (Lithuania)
Best Crime Short: Paradox by Montgomery Mauro and Paul Gratland (USA)
Best Thriller Short: You Are Early by Ashish Sharma (Singapore)
Best Mystery Short: Bad Chemistry by Michael Rognlie (USA)
Best Horror Short: Just a Picture by Lisa Singletary (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Stranger by Dawn Brown (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Mark on the Wall by Shucheng Yan (USA)
Best Student Short: All That Glitters Is Not Marigold by Evey Yu (USA)
Best Animation Short: Into the Reds Tale by Alisdair Zhang (USA)
Best Women Short: Buried by Nicole Agostino (USA)
Best Microfilm: Belief by Yitong Liu (China)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Red Farm by Michael Ama-Psalmist Akinrogunde (Nigeria)
Best Mobile Short: Zer0 by Shiran Mostovoy (USA)
Best Female Director: Anne Paquette for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)
Best Male Director: Emile Biegel for Absumo (France)
Best Student Female Director: Fernanda Alberdi for Antonieta: A Modern Catastrophe (Mexico)
Best Student Male Director: Victor Quintana for Ringside (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Anna Danyi for Behind the Door (Netherlands)
Best First Time Male Director: Michael Cabana for San Jose Is Not For Sale: A Community Project (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Giulio Merati Foscarini for The Nuclear Dilemma (Italy)
Best Actress: Vivian True for All I Am (USA)
Best Actor: Igor Hnes for Everything is in Your Head (Ukraine)
Best Supporting Actress: Carolina Speroterra for Mother/Daughter (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Mitchell Anthony for As We Fall Silent (Canada)
Best Acting Duo: Haillye Young Miller and Taylor Abigail Rice for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Alina Pilecka, Robertas Petraitis, Angelina Andrėja Daukaitė, and Kristupas Budrys for Let’s Fight (Lithuania)
Best Cinematography: Matt Liang for Here With You (USA)
Best Editing: Or Schraiber for Strays (USA)
Best Production Design: Anne Paquette and Valerie Gresham for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)
Best Sound Design: Chang Xu for Laura, 29 Old Compton Street (USA)
Best Original Score: Cintia de Mita, Michael Cortez, and Charlotte de Mita for Back to the 8 Count (USA)
Best Original Story: Kate Armon and Craig Smith for The Celebrant (Australia)
Best Short Script: Helping Hands by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)
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