Best Indie Short: Through the Breeze by Mohsen Emaminouri (USA)
Best Drama Short: Ruth by Shannon Jarrell-Ivey (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Bamboo: The Tradition of the Future by Johan Granberg (Qatar)
Best Romantic Short: Girl Tuesday by Dan Turner (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Half Chance of Evil by Sara Lohman (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Champagne and Cyanide by Li Hagman Schmalenbach (Sweden)
Best Action Short: Feint by Matthew Genecov (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Brut by Nick Chartrand (USA)
Best Crime Short: Into the Light by Saulo Guilherme Senra (Brazil)
Best Film Noir Short: Red Queen by Adriana Martins da Silva and Pedro Martins (Portugal)
Best Mystery Short: The Voodoo Man by Jason Farries (UK)
Best Fantasy Short: For An Absent Recluse by Dingding Ou (China)
Best Horror Short: Mama’s Boy by Brian Robert Oliver (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Columbus by Freddie Paull (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Eternal Escape by Ryo Takahashi (Japan)
Best Student Short: Tortun: A Poetry of A Girl Who Fell to Earth by Bouquet Napussorn (Thailand)
Best Animation Short: Urbanality by Evan McInnes (Australia)
Best Children Short: Say It to the River by Hongjia Yang (China)
Best Women Short: Tortun: A Poetry of A Girl Who Fell to Earth by Bouquet Napussorn (Thailand)
Best LGBTQ Short: A Kept Boy by Peter Chapman (USA)
Best Microfilm: Uncle Jake’s Place by Mack Judd and Don Markus (USA)
Best Music Video: Eternal Escape by Ryo Takahashi (Japan)
Best Mobile Short: Mislinked by Cristiano Soares (Brazil)
Best Director (Female): Jane Rowen and Nora Hawari for There’s No Word for Us (USA)
Best Director (Male): Dingding Ou for For An Absent Recluse (China)
Best Student Director (Female): Bouquet Napussorn for Tortun: A Poetry of A Girl Who Fell to Earth (Thailand)
Best Student Director (Male): João Dall’Stella for Stalls (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Elsa Levytsky for Goodnight Death (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Stefan Fleischlig-Tangl for Flight (Austria)
Best Actress: Ellyn Heald for Columbus (USA)
Best Actor: Callum Blue for Goodnight Death (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Atkinson for Old Aquatics (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Andrew Johnston for The Paperboy (Canada)
Best Acting Duo: Lisette Alexis and Kenny Johnston for Feint (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Jane Rowen, Evan Carver, Robin Middleton and Patrick M.J. Finerty for There’s No Word for Us (USA)
Best Cinematography: Guiseppe Masi for Goodnight Death (USA)
Best Editing: Bryan Morrison for Room 566 (USA)
Best Production Design: Mark Rivet for Columbus (USA)
Best Sound Design: Spocksone and Didier De Giorgi for Soul of Steel (Switzerland)
Best Original Score: Rolando Gori for Ruth (USA)
Best Original Story: Anton Baryshnikov for The Box (Russia)
Best Short Script: In Your Dreams by Arteta Stephane (France)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Help (Australia)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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