Best Indie Short: Dripping with Tension by Ben Murphy (USA)
Best Drama Short: Big Noise by Andrea Antonio Vico (Italy)
Best Documentary Short: The Miami Kids and The Maya by Victoria Alonso Noujaim (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Mel by Emily Qiu (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Pink by Rachael Disher (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Corpse Control by Christopher Ragozzino and Dave Krause (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Need by Michael Rognlie and EE Tallent (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Stairwell by Brian Yuran (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Let Me by Francesco Dattilo (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: Listen by Casey Schaffer (USA)
Best Student Short: Hobson’s Choice by Daniel Robinson (New Zealand)
Best Animation Short: Jellyfish by Sylvia Wu and Zhe Li (USA)
Best Children Short: If I Were a Pony by Leonard Eckhaus (USA)
Best Women Short: Ocean Eyes by Shi Fang Teo (Malaysia)
Best LGBTQ Short: True Love by Yimao Zhang (China)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Bad Atmosphere by Mason Sperling (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Cuties by Missy Jubilee (Australia)
Best Parody Short: Crooked Alley by Jade Janet (USA)
Best Female Director: Grace Steel for Keep Going (USA)
Best Male Director: De’Angelo Maurice Young for Uptown Girlz (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Qiujun Ma for City of Angels (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Conrad Moody and Letitia Liu for Flicker (UK)
Best First Time Female Director: Olivia Martini for Seen (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: YuRi for Wandering Alone (China)
Best Young Filmmaker: Nicolás Dimópulos for Telescope (Argentina)
Best Actress: Martina Monti for Seen (USA)
Best Actor: Sam R Ross for Artist Falls (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Lauren Schaffel and Trey Santiago-Hudson for Emotional Logical (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Soren McVay, Bri Rodebaugh, Mason Sperling, Cordelia Watson, Solmyra Araiza, Danny Padilla, Anna Garcia, Anna Telfer, Anthony Cloyd, Zach Macias, and John Chapman for Bad Atmosphere (USA)
Best Editing: Keep Going (USA)
Best Production Design: The Stairwell (USA)
Best Original Score: Aidan Wiess for The Need (USA)
Best Short Script: Scene 8 by Oscar José Mayorga (USA)
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