Best Indie Short: Light Fantastic by Ned Caderni (UK)
Best Drama Short: Spaceman by Nolt Vutthisak (Thailand)
Best Documentary Short: Lydia Emily’s Last Mural by Christoph Johannes Superstar Green (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Hook Up by Alex Robert Mandelberg (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Killer Abs by Amy McPeak (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: An East Side Story: The Dame by Desi Jevon (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Baba by Cooper Harrison Levy and Cole Harrison Walderman (Canada)
Best Mystery Short: 30 Minutes Till by RJ Zabasky (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Snail by David Charles Bird (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Crystal by Kelsey McGee (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Carbonara Kids by Chiara Sabatini (France)
Best Student Short: Mr. Sysiphus by Jedi Joongoo Kang (South Korea)
Best Animation Short: Trace of a Butterfly by Xu Ran (China)
Best Children Short: Wheel Gone Kid 2 by Wayne Kelly (UK)
Best Romantic Short: Collapse! by Joseph Johnson (USA)
Best Women Short: Olive & Lynn by Helen Handelman (USA)
Best Microfilm: Neuramask by Kenneth Sousie (USA)
Best Screendance Short: 13% by Alexis Iritani (USA)
Best Music Video: Follow Me by Phineas Alexander (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Radio Gaga by Samuel Martin and Rahul Das (USA)
Best Parody Short: TempaKILL – Season Two by Rick Williamson (USA)
Best Director (Female): Rachel Jacob for Honey (USA)
Best Director (Male): Arnaud Rivaille for Fotos (France)
Best Student Director (Female): Lezhao Kong for Lover (UK)
Best Student Director (Male): Cyrus Jabbari for Cybernetic Vøid (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Sarah Warren for Midnight Sun (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Male): Nolt Vutthisak for Spaceman (Thailand)
Best Young Filmmaker: Jeff Huang for The Return: A Covid-19 Story (USA)
Best Actress: Tati Golykh for Three Stops (USA)
Best Actor: Şahin Çokbilir for Ant And Human (Turkey)
Best Supporting Actor: Hayden Livesay for Combattre (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Sierra Papps for Mute – The Loudest Silence (Australia)
Best Acting Duo: Bob Mclean and Tyler Gurciullo for AViL (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Daniel Burgess, Khalil Lewis, Lauren Kelly, Collin James O’Gorman, and Bernard Gasiorowski for Willingness and A Black Suit (USA)
Best Cinematography: James Cui for Meet Me at Ours (Australia)
Best Editing: Roberto Jimenez for Rain of Freedom (USA)
Best Production Design: Lezhao Kong for Lover (UK)
Best Sound Design: Enrico Ascoli for Carbonara Kids (France)
Best Original Score: Yongjin Jang for The Day When Irresponsibility Makes Life Easy (South Korea)
Best Original Story: Chatchawan Greblumjeak for Spaceman (Thailand)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Hood Tales – Sh*t Happens (USA)
Best Short Script: The Curb by Justin Moodie (USA)





































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