Best Indie Short: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)
Best Drama Short: Sukoon (Addiction of Silence) by Ahsan Minhas and Marwan Bakri (Saudi Arabia)
Best Documentary Short: 45 Mill Street by Daniel E Catullo III (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Gemini by Tadeu Vieira Marinho (Brazil)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Left by Skyler Bible (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Marble Worms by Juliana Betancourth (USA)
Best Student Short: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)
Best Women Short: Ruti and Yona by Ofri Galili (Israel)
Best LGBTQ Short: One Baby, Please! by Polly Pierce (Canada)
Best Microfilm: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)
Best Music Video: Old Flames by Fugitives (Canada)
Best Female Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher for Homing Instinct (USA)
Best Male Director: Damian Apunte for The Astronaut (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Yanguo Hou for The Water Has Memory (China)
Best Student Male Director: Jack Beckett Cohen for Bodywork (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Juliana Betancourth for Marble Worms (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Paul Alanis for It Listens (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Nora Harriet for The Astronaut (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Alexander Arvizu and Kaitlyn Miller for The Origin of Birds (USA)
Best Cinematography: Daniel Kyle Bower for Bodywork (USA)
Best Editing: Gemini (Brazil)
Best Sound Design: Nick Andrew for The Woman of the Sun (USA)
Best Original Score: Iasonas Psarakis for Missing Moments (Greece)
Best Original Story: Tadeu Vieira Marinho for Gemini (Brazil)
Best Short Script: Der Beker – A Gangster Short in Yiddish by Ruben Levi (Sweden)
















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