Best Indie Short: Familiar by Rebecca Mlinek (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Can by Shadow C. LaValley and Danielle Purdy (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Wire and Water by Robert Kroger (USA)
Best Romantic Short: A Touch of Magic by Shane LeCocq (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Gift by Xiaotong Jiang (USA)
Best Crime Short: All Four Won by Nick Galarza (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Unspooling Wind by Jessy Dong (USA)
Best Student Short: The Wedding Eve by Xinyao Wu (China)
Best Animation Short: Nubbinwood by Tim Granberg (USA)
Best Women Short: (Wo)Men by Didi Cederström (UK)
Best Screendance Short: Unspooling Wind by Jessy Dong (USA)
Best Music Video: Perle (Pearls) – Giulia Oddi by Ari Takahashi (Italy)
Best Male Director: Matt Bieler for Cha Cha Charlie (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Jazmin Vasquez for You’re My Best Friend (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Tom Foy for Blue Cow (New Zealand)
Best First Time Female Director: Didi Cederström for (Wo)Men (UK)
Best First Time Male Director: Shane LeCocq for A Touch of Magic (USA)
Best Actress: Robbie Jean for Self Tape (USA)
Best Actor: Shadow C. LaValley for The Can (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Ryan De Quintal and Timothy Oakes for Omerta: The Commission Has Fallen (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Jon Fletcher, Jee Young Han, Craig Frank, Aleyse Shannon, Russ Bain, Bianca Cristavao, Darwin Shaw, and Hayley Magnus for It Is What It Is (Or The Standards Of Outrage) (USA)
Best Cinematography: Luke Catena for Beyond Lesser Things (USA)
Best Editing: Miles Ryder (USA)
Best Production Design: The Mudslingers (USA)
Best Visual FX: Ivo Apollonio for The Common Good (Austria)
Best Sound Design: Dan Kremer for Cha Cha Charlie (USA)
Best Original Score: Tom Hambleton for The Brave Locomotive (USA)
Best Original Story: Tim Granberg for Nubbinwood (USA)
Best Short Script: Wolf Street by Frank Mancuso and Christopher J Adams (USA)
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