Best Indie Short: 1971 by Magnus Häll (Sweden)
Best Drama Short: The Favor by Bruno Henry (France)
Best Documentary Short: Use Your Words by Lauren Layton (USA)
Best Comedy Short: HotHed by David Spring (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Ghosty Mc Ghostface by Emma Richardson and Will Austin (UK)
Best Thriller Short: Judith Basin by George Dibble (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Collector by Scarlet Liu (China)
Best Crime Short: Kid by Praboo T Arivananthan (Malaysia)
Best Action Short: Dead in the Water by Liam Carter (New Zealand)
Best Mystery Short: Whatever You Want by Edoardo Ranaboldo (USA)
Best Horror Short: Necromantic by Jordan Pfeifer (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: When Fire Flies by Das Fuerst (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Panem et Circenses by Sofi (Turkey)
Best Student Short: Smithereens by Julie de Oliveira (Brazil)
Best Animation Short: Sharp as Stone by Jasmine Vahidsafa (USA)
Best Children Short: Sharp as Stone by Jasmine Vahidsafa (USA)
Best Women Short: Smithereens by Julie de Oliveira (Brazil)
Best LGBTQ Short: Your Giorgio by Matthew Leifheit (USA)
Best Microfilm: Just Friends by Marc Lesperut (Spain)
Best Music Video: Stay Home by Wagner Cinelli (Brazil)
Best Mobile Short: Oreb by Sigfrido Giammona (Italy)
Best Web and New Media: Visible Farmer by Gisela Kaufmann (Australia)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Gods Game by Tony Chaslas (France)
Best Director (Female): Elisa Sofia Fioretti for Muted Walls (USA)
Best Director (Male): Magnus Häll for 1971 (Sweden)
Best Student Director (Female): Wendi Tang for Janet (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Tanxuan Shi for Lip Reader: Game Of Detective (China)
Best First Time Director (Female): Julie de Oliveira for Smithereens (Brazil)
Best First Time Director (Male): Erdal Dizman for Aperture (Germany)
Best Young Filmmaker (Female): Dana Koops for Driver’s Ed (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker (Male): Sean Treacy for Broken Reflection (Ireland)
Best Actress: Nimisha Odedra for HotHed (UK)
Best Actor: Kaiwi Lyman for Juicy Girl (South Korea)
Best Acting Duo: Michelle J. Wright and Daniella Michieli for Waiting For Nicko (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Jarrel Yeo, Shashi Anbah, Sarankumar, Arun Chandran, Kesavan Krishnamurthi, Praboo Ariva, K. Y. Thean, Audrey Lim, and Seo Yiie Lyn for Kid (Malaysia)
Best Cinematography: Giacomo La Monaca for Notebook (USA)
Best Editing: Nathaniel Turner for Red: A Fairy Tale (USA)
Best Visual FX: Alejandro Alva for Red: A Fairy Tale (USA)
Best Production Design: Brie Seaton, Dylan Lunt, and Johnathan “Johnny-O” Olsen for Circadian (USA)
Best Sound Design: Kevin Peters for When Fire Flies (USA)
Best Original Score: Patrick Belaga for Your Giorgio (USA)
Best Original Story: Pieter De Cnudde and Diederik Haegeman for L’Escale (Belgium)
Best Short Script: Obama’s Dreams by James Fitzmaurice (UK)
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