Best Indie Short: The Baker by Taylan Yalkin (UK)
Best Drama Short: The Muse by Max Karpylev (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Merk by Bernard Gray (Canada)
Best Romantic Short: Long Weekend by Danielle Swanson (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Mr. and Mrs. by Weihao Wang (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Another Dead Sailor by Jack Lennard Willoughby (UK)
Best Action Short: The Infinite Mission by Sonny P. Louis (USA)
Best Crime Short: Re-Entry by RJ Zabasky (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Engaged by Anastasia Boyett (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Dahlia by William Hawks (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Dahlia by William Hawks (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Time Is Right by Diane Carol Harder (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short: Triggered by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (USA)
Best Student Short: Residence Book Mom by Fujie Huang (China)
Best Microfilm: V838 by Oliver Kane (UK)
Best Music Video: Broken Mirror – Kayla Burch by Steve Brock (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: RugbyTown by Patrick Guthrie (USA)
Best Director (Female): Diane Carol Harder for The Time Is Right (Canada)
Best Director (Male): Dan Whitehead and Christopher Stokes for SafeGuard (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Lama Naamneh for Cigarette (Palestine)
Best First Time Director (Male): Max Karpylev for The Muse (USA)
Best Actress: Hersha Verity for Salz Got Herpeez (UK)
Best Actor: Samuel Van Fossen for Fleeced (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Larry Pelham for SafeGuard (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Lucy Velik and Jesse Velik for Exhaust (Australia)
Best Ensemble Cast: Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm, Lenox Knight, Fernando Marrero, Sapphire Tabor, Robert Dobson, Steven James Tingus, and Michael Heger for Triggered (USA)
Best Production Design: Valentina Joy Orecic for The Time Is Right (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Alexey Butov Jr. for The Muse (USA)
Best Visual FX: Mikey Smith and Zdravko Stoichkov for V838 (UK)
Best Original Score: Aki Cao for Saturday Afternoon (USA)
Best Original Story: Thomas van Kampen for Mixed Signals (Canada)
Best Short Script: Dr. Jane by Chase Smell (USA)






















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