Best Indie Short: Half-meter by Zebang Yang (China)
Best Drama Short: The Day I Became A Refugee by Julia Weiss (Ukraine)
Best Documentary Short: Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom by Jason Killian Meath (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Not Quite Fired Not Quite Hired by Shane Brunton (USA)
Best Action Short: Paper Line by Ryan Watson (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Rabbit by Isabella Ivoš (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Awake by William H. Abes (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Goodbye, Hello by Omkar Phatak (India)
Best Experimental Short: Roots Out by Ivan Knyazev (Russia)
Best Student Short: Mudi by Qin Luo (China)
Best Animation Short: Loontown by Nir Yaniv (USA)
Best Women Short: 360 by Jimmy Andrews (USA)
Best Microfilm: Dumdum by Giancarlo Diaz (USA)
Best Music Video: Kappe Raaga, the Song of Kumbara – A Night Frog by Prashanth s Nayaka (India)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Paper Line by Ryan Watson (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Chenxing Yang for Bliss and Sad (China)
Best Student Male Director: Anton Chernonog for Everything Is Not What It Seems (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Vika Stubblebine for Lonely Mary (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Omkar Phatak for Goodbye, Hello (india)
Best Actress: Julia Margaret for Everything Is Not What It Seems (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Vika Stubblebine, Evan Gamble, Tiana Okoye, Kathleen Kenny, and Maddie McCormick for Lonely Mary (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jordi Esgleas Marroi for Part of Me – Anuar Khalifi by Yasiin Bey (Spain)
Best Original Score: tRuth (Belgium)
Best Original Story: Sam Morgan for Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser (USA)
Best Short Script: Stop. Play. Forward by Luigi Rizzo (Italy)
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