Best Indie Short: The Whistleblower by Qinwei Hu (China)
Best Drama Short: Petit Louis by Andre Bato (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Cannabis + Creativity by Elana Frankel (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Stir by Tiffany Whitney Chang (UK)
Best Crime Short: I (Don’t) Blame. Trump by Igor Parfenov (Ukraine)
Best Experimental Short: Painful Flavours by Julian Hand (UK)
Best Student Short: Plot Development by Elias Gandy (USA)
Best Animation Short: Am I a Painter? (Czy jestem malarzem?) by Michał Kucharski (Poland)
Best LGBTQ Short: 43 York Road by Alex Figueiredo and Charleen Elea (UK)
Best Male Director: Alan Rexroth for #WAY_Aurelio (Germany)
Best Student Male Director: Elias Gandy for Plot Development (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Maui Barzuna for Woulda Coulda Shoulda (Costa Rica)
Best First Time Male Director: Taylor Joshua Rankin for The Snow Leopard (USA)
Best Actress: Rebecca Klingler for Dear Ernie (USA)
Best Actor: Alex Figueiredo for 43 York Road (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Tristan Pretty for 43 York Road (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Hervine De Boodt, Katharina Linder, Klaus Heindl, Margret Engel, and Miguel A Lopez for The Handbag (Germany)
Best Cinematography: The Funeral (白布) (China)
Best Editing: Brandon Yarbrough for Dear Ernie (USA)
Best Production Design: Brittany Porter for Petit Louis (USA)
Best Original Score: Taylor Joshua Rankin for The Snow Leopard (USA)
Best Original Story: Aleksei Borovikov for Brother (USA)
Best Short Script: Paps’ Trace by Cécile Vernant (France)
















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