Best Indie Short: The Rain Lady by Lyla Mzayek (USA)
Best Drama Short: Brothers by Adrian Wong (China)
Best Documentary Short: StreetVet by Stephanie Keelan (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Just Matthew by Dmytro Malkov (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Sticky Note by Sam Orchard (Australia)
Best Mystery Short: Behind Closed Doors by Arty Fomin (Russia)
Best Fantasy Short: Rima’s Recipe by Bashar Durr (Israel)
Best Western Short: Darlin’ by Robert Gamperl and Travis Lee Eller (USA)
Best Student Short: Getting Back to You by Miranda Clapp (USA)
Best Women Short: Scattered Flowers by Raquel Gardner (USA)
Best Music Video: Maybe I’m a Queen – The Tasty Kings with Blondie Chaplin by Jacques Naudé (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Just Matthew by Dmytro Malkov (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Arty Fomin for Behind Closed Doors (Russia)
Best Young Actress: Journey Boudreau for Reckoning (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Melissa Kaye Bontempt, Michael Calas, Johnal Green, Brandon Halderman, and T Lauren for Cold Water (India)
Best Cinematography: Fung Kai Kai for Brothers (China)
Best Editing: Lines (Netherlands)
Best Production Design: Shantishree Patil for Peeling Off (USA)
Best Sound Design: Fangjian Li for Popcorn (USA)
Best Original Score: Shrijal Thapa for Sonder (USA)
Best Original Story: Lyla Mzayek, Yasmine Mzayek, and Aidan Peterson for The Rain Lady (USA)
Best Short Script: The Battle of the Fishermen by Pablo Andrés Fernández (USA)
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