Best Indie Short: Another Saturday by J.A. DellaRipa (USA)
Best Drama Short: Five Things to Love by Makenna Perkal (USA)
Best Student Short: Pick Up by Idil Hermansen (Australia)
Best Microfilm: Just Being Nice by Jeronimo Geldart (Argentina/USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: You Had A Bad Day by Renee Vaunhefflyunn (USA)
Best Female Director: Makenna Perkal for Five Things to Love (USA)
Best Male Director: Takai Ginwright for Mantras At Midnight (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Idil Hermansen for Pick Up (Australia)
Best First Time Female Director: Melanie Fronicke for For God’s Sake, Smile! (Germany)
Best Actress: Ifeoma Ihuoma for Swine (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Makenna Perkal, Obum Éji, Elise Ogden, Mark Vidano, Amy Copsey, Ford Fanter, Hailee Lipscomb, and Kolten Horner for Five Things to Love (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jessy Sherif for A Lasting Place (USA)
Best Editing: John John Roque for Enneagram In Movement (USA)
Best Production Design: Jamar Anderson for It’s About Time (USA)
Best Original Score: Kelly Joe Richardson for A Descent into the Maelstrom (USA)
Best Original Story: Claire Delany for Swine (USA)
Best Short Script: Unverified by Dion Aralihalli (USA)
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