Best Indie Short: Buffalo by Freddie Paull (USA)
Best Drama Short: Planet Earth Calling Ana by Fernando Bonelli (Spain)
Best Documentary Short: Reclaiming The Negative by Mike Beech (UK)
Best Romantic Short: I Won’t Say I Love You by Jamie Anderson (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s by Christopher Hall (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Canceled by Khomari Flash (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Express by Nimi Lkhagva (USA)
Best Crime Short: Canceled by Khomari Flash (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Other People by Chad Schollmeyer (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Far Away by Rodrigo Urriolagoitia (Bolivia)
Best Horror Short: Dead Batt by Eli Balce (Philippines)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Tender is the Kiss by Longwei Deng (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Mishin by Kitae Yang (South Korea)
Best Student Short: Hunting and Gathering by Zehua Yang (USA)
Best Animation Short: Monkey and Cat by Artie Romero (USA)
Best Children Short: Reflective Blue by Jocelyn Harp (China)
Best Women Short: Daisy Desire by Léa Sassi (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Mermaid by Fia Perera (USA)
Best Microfilm: Sincerely Yours by Ali Memarchi (Sweden)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: TechTalk by Jonny Caplan (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Memorio by Vadim Gordt (Russia)
Best Director (Female): Nimi Lkhagva for Express (USA)
Best Director (Male): Max Marklund and Anders Jacobsson for Thank You for Patiently Waiting (Sweden)
Best Student Director (Female): Maria Paula Arboleda for Tacet (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Yifu Li for Dinner Blue (China)
Best First Time Director (Female): Fia Perera for Mermaid (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): F. Thomas Vincent for Gladys and Dee Dee: Secrets (USA)
Best Actress: Rachel August for Music Box (UK)
Best Actor: Rafael Pettersson for Thank You for Patiently Waiting (Sweden)
Best Supporting Actress: Beatriz Rivera Lizarazu for Far Away (Bolivia)
Best Child/Young Actress: Xinyi Shan for Sixth Grade (China)
Best Child/Young Actor: Marik Knight for Mermaid (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Paul Oakley Stovall and James Andrew Fraser for Buffalo (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Meg DeLacy, Jeremy Shada, Toni Trucks, Adam Kang, Avy Samala, Ted Larkin Jr., Adi Shankar, and Terry VIrts for Scars (USA)
Best Cinematography: Binkai Xiang for Sixth Grade (China)
Best Editing: Annie Chen for Glitches (Taiwan)
Best Visual FX: Tender is the Kiss (USA)
Best Production Design: Sabrina Suarez for Magico (USA)
Best Sound Design: Glitches (Taiwan)
Best Original Score: Nicolas Prada for Magico (USA)
Best Original Story: Chuanfa Wan and Nan Jia for The Drone Over Corn Fields (China)
Best Short Script: Eminent Domain: A Love Story by Kitty Troll (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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