Best Indie Short: Almond Wood by James Frost (USA)
Best Drama Short: Imaginary’s Eyes by Stéphane Parientitho (France)
Best Documentary Short: Redline: Bernardo Sousa by Phillip Reese (Portugal)
Best Comedy Short: Servants by Sarah Tither-Kaplan (USA)
Best Horror Short: Where’s Weirdo by Duncan Peake (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Things She Wants by Kevin Andrew Heslop (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Almost Christmas by Xinyuan Zhao (USA)
Best Children Short: Seeds by Morningstar Angeline and Ajuawak Kapashesit (USA)
Best Women Short: Just A Little by Hanna Gruber (Austria)
Best Microfilm: Things She Wants by Kevin Andrew Heslop (Canada)
Best Music Video: DL? – Tutt Jones by Daffy London (USA)
Best Director (Male): Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi for The Game The Doubt (Iran)
Best Student Director (Female): Paloma Gonzales for Esther Eats the Bible (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Emily Penick for The Coronation (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Ilan Azoulay for Masada Dead Sea Denim (Israel)
Best Actress: Heather McPhaul for 1 (USA)
Best Actor: Will Brandt for Almond Wood (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Jizhong Zhang for The Monkey King (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Courtney Enea and Susan Solomon for Still (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Briana Marin, Erik Marmo, Renata Zhigulina, Brittany Lewis, Jae Kim, and Barbara Keegan for Alexis (USA)
Best Cinematography: Anastasiia Kulikalova for The Coronation (USA)
Best Editing: DL? – Tutt Jones (USA)
Best Production Design: The Coronation (USA)
Best Sound Design: Ryan Yurada for Scatterbrain (USA)
Best Original Score: Renata Mellão for Alexis (USA)
Best Short Script: Lump by Daniel Arora (Austria)



















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