Best Indie Short: Interlude by Eli Snyder (USA)
Best Drama Short: Precipice by Noel Davis Poyner (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Methamphetamine: Community Under Siege by Rodney Bodner (Canada)
Best Romantic Short: First and Last by Badar Tareen (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Dogmate by Amanda Thickpenny and Mollie Vogt-Welch (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: This is Cindy by Terance Miller (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Carma by Sunny Na (USA)
Best Crime Short: Valentine Jacobs by Jason Julien-Connage (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: The Lobbyists by Thomas Pace (USA)
Best Horror Short: Dead Lyft by Steven Belcher (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Dante Falls by Nancy Lin (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Shift by Brent S. Duncan (USA)
Best Experimental Short: To Her by Jacopo Ardolino (Italy)
Best Student Short: June Heist by Angela Marie Houston (USA)
Best Animation Short: The End by Tommy Kenney (USA)
Best Children Short: Double Life by Ma Xiaohan (China)
Best Women Short: Eb and Flo by Lois Brabin-Platt (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Knock Me Down by Erika Kramer (USA)
Best Microfilm: A Patch of Desert by Joey Scoma and Jon Salmon (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: GPS by Connie Jean (Spain)
Best Web and New Media: Game of Souls by Max Körner (Germany)
Best Music Video: Fine, I’ll Write My Own Damn Song by Allyson Rice (USA)
Best Director (Female): Lucia Senesi for A Short Story (USA)
Best Director (Male): Jacopo Ardolino for To Her (Italy)
Best Student Director (Female): Nancy Lin for Dante Falls (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Lucas Monteiro for Among the Debris (Ukraine)
Best First Time Director (Female): Cat Watson for Dance of the Porcelain Demons (UK)
Best First Time Director (Male): Enrique Suarez for Abroad (USA)
Best Actress: Sharon Shao for Ashes of Alyssa (USA)
Best Actor: Robert Chestnut for Carma (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Cadden Jones for Dogmate (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Anna Simunková for Dance of the Porcelain Demons (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Lily Rains and Tudor Munteanu for Impasse (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Lyna Dubarry, Lou Stassen, Oisin Nolan, Elliot Janks, Amelia Parillon, Hana Hrzic, and Anne Hayward for Métèque (UK)
Best Cinematography: Claudio Cadman for Valentine Jacobs (UK)
Best Editing: Michael Davis for The Grimoire Chapters: Rem (USA)
Best Visual FX: Adam (UK)
Best Production Design: 1814 Frost Fair (UK)
Best Sound Design: Hao Chen for Dante Falls (USA)
Best Original Score: Dibesh Mulmi for Mandala (Nepal)
Best Original Story: Lucia Senesi for A Short Story (USA)
Best Short Script: The Scarecrow by Gemma Paul (UK)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Running Between The Crack Of Time (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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