Best Indie Short: Everything Will Flow by Zhang Zhuotong (China)
Best Drama Short: The Fries Rebellion by Dan Hertzog (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Refuge: A Duty to Care by Annie V Goldson (New Zealand)
Best Romantic Short: Frontman by Hamilton McAfee (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Penalizer by Brighton Bucher (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Binate by Sahvannah Rae (USA)
Best Western Short: Outlast by Connor Nagel (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Wired by Daniel Salas (USA)
Best Student Short: Outlast by Connor Nagel (USA)
Best Animation Short: Z/Q by John Harrison Trinder (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Elevator by Julie Goldstone (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Centrum by Laure Gervais (Belgium)
Best Parody Short: Interrogation of A Guy Below Any Suspicion (Sospetti su un sospettato al di sotto di ogni sospetto) by Giorgio Zingone (Italy)
Best Female Director: Keenan Ferguson for R.E.S.C.U.E. (Kenya)
Best Male Director: Haoran Liu for Lost in the Strait (China)
Best Student Male Director: Sam Zheng for Flora (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Kat Sparks for Applause (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Marcus Mills for Elixir (UK)
Best Actress: Yidda Beatriz Eslava for Corkscrew (Peru)
Best Supporting Actress: Casey Breneman for Under the Hawthorn Tree (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Andreea Ramona Pasăre and Oana Anghel for Reflexiv (Romania)
Best Ensemble Cast: Veronica Reyes, Carl Mamawag, Jing Diaz, Jef Gaitan, Kevin Regalado, Vee Rolle, and Jen Pauline Lopez for Mi Unico Hijo (Philippines)
Best Cinematography: Yash Bhatnagar for Wired (USA)
Best Editing: Sida Wang for Shape (Australia)
Best Production Design: Clare Conway for Elixir (UK)
Best Original Score: Mark Doggett for Elixir (UK)
Best Original Story: Yidda Beatriz Eslava and Pedro Maldonado for Corkscrew (Peru)
Best Short Script: No Solicitation by Emily McGowan and Eli McGowan (USA)






















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