Best Drama Short: Sundown by Alec Ross Steele (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Meet Me Where I Am by André Robert Lee, Ross Kauffman, and Robin Honan (USA)
Best Romantic Short: This Time Tomorrow by Jordan Prescott (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Thrill of Missing Out by Robert Gilbert and Griffin Stevens (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Just The Hits by Christopher Vernale (USA)
Best Crime Short: Kiss Me At Dead Of Night by Dai Sako (Japan)
Best Thriller Short: Nana by Tianwei Wang (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Amorphe by Vincent Meilac (France)
Best Horror Short: Bot by Phil Miller (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Worm Food by Joel Slabaugh and Shane O’Loughlin (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Saints by Eslam Hozayen (USA)
Best Student Short: Finding the Lighthouse by Michael Cox (New Zealand)
Best Animation Short: Lockdown by Leon Joosen (UK)
Best Children Short: Lockdown by Leon Joosen (UK)
Best Women Short: Beneath The Surface by Chantal Van Zyl (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Capitol Barbie by Riley Del Rey (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Joytale by Paul Persic (Canada)
Best Music Video: Kingmaker by Nathan Mudry (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Capitol Barbie by Riley Del Rey (USA)
Best Parody Short: Sucksession by Tess Paras (USA)
Best Director (Female): Riley Del Rey for Capitol Barbie (USA)
Best Director (Male): Leon Joosen for Lockdown (UK)
Best Student Director (Male): Michael Cox for Finding the Lighthouse (New Zealand)
Best First Time Director (Female): Han-Ling Chuang for Darling Mother_B-side (Taiwan)
Best First Time Director (Male): Phil Miller for Bot (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Carson Severson for Phoenix from the Ashes (USA)
Best Actress: Elese Jones for Capitol Barbie (USA)
Best Actor: Al Nazemian for For I Am Dead (Belgium)
Best Child/Young Actress: Edie Yvonne for At Ease (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Andy Karl and Dominic Scaglione Jr. for Just The Hits (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Kinyumba Mutakabbir, Michael Anthony, Rodney Rashad, Xavier Mills, Jondahlyn Holston, Alexis Owens, Ni’Yelle Scott, LaTonya Blue, Laquanna Henny, Jamal Farrar, Gregg Lockett, Wanda Rouse, Lanita Jo Fox, Elijah Spencer, Paul Leroy, Jazmine Nichelle, and Blaiz Baker for Grief (USA)
Best Cinematography: Dominika Podczaska for For I Am Dead (Belgium)
Best Editing: Kingmaker (USA)
Best Production Design: Patricia Delso Lucas for For I Am Dead (Belgium)
Best Original Score: Julien Jardon for Amorphe (France)
Best Original Story: Sergio Jimenez for Man in a Maze (USA)
Best Short Script: Undecided by Francesca Scotti-Goetz (USA)
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