Best Indie Short: Floating Mountain by Wei Junfan (China)
Best Drama Short: Legacy by Jeno Hodi (Hungary)
Best Documentary Short: Going Deeper: Love Letter To Nazare by Luke Huxham (Japan)
Best Comedy Short: Tempted by Stanton Stephens (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Haiku by Matthew Quaid (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Little Things by Steven Alan Green (UK)
Best Action Short: Tempted by Stanton Stephens (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Dark Angel by Svend Ploug Johansen (Denmark)
Best Horror Short: What If by Tammy Klembith (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Mission Control by Josiah Savage (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Fabula Rasa by Clara Dubau (France)
Best Student Short: Gateway Drugs by India Altschul (USA)
Best Animation Short: 0 by Anna Wang (USA)
Best Children Short: Goodbye Home by Jonathan Chong (Australia)
Best Women Short: Madan Sara by Etant Dupain (Haiti)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Diamond Girls by Kathleen Quinlan (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Swoosh by Daniel Cawthorne (UK)
Best Music Video: Major Moment – The Flood by Tyler Ayers (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Incompleteness by David Ash (USA)
Best Director (Female): Tammy Klembith for What If (USA)
Best Director (Male): Sandu Negrea for Kandi Kids (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): India Altschul for Gateway Drugs (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Daniel M. Rodriguez for When She Flies (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Charmaine Kachibaia for Feelings of Invisibility (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Male): Nkosi Roma for Return To Sender (USA)
Best Actress: Vasiliki Makri for Nostos (Greece)
Best Actor: Justin Huen for Shevolution (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Wyatt Darling for Strung (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Dano Jason and Sherill Quinn for Haiku (USA)
Best Cinematography: Sean Kirby for Mori (USA)
Best Editing: Tyler Ayers for Major Moment – The Flood (USA)
Best Production Design: Jason Puccinelli for Mission Control (USA)
Best Visual FX: Mission Control (USA)
Best Sound Design: Shiwen Zhu for A Walk (China)
Best Original Score: Fan Xun Lilac for Rekindle (Singapore)
Best Original Story: Ciarán Moran for Mad One (Ireland)
Best Short Script: Desert Rose by Aina Swartz (USA)
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