Best Indie Short: Together Days by Isabella Tan (Malaysia)
Best Drama Short: Tallulah Park by David Guillermo Borges (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Belly Button – Chapter 2: Mezcal by Dan Goldberg (USA)
Best Comedy Short: My Lor Gig (S1:E1) by Mia Musa (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dadda by Aimee Hoffman (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Sagdid by Taylor John (China)
Best Experimental Short: Out of the Fire by Maximilian Curnow (UK)
Best Student Short: Feliz Cumpleaños by Angel Rodriguez (USA)
Best Animation Short: Lifted by Daniel Robichaud (USA)
Best Children Short: Happy Thanksgiving by Brooklynn Prince (USA)
Best Women Short: Next Up by Marion H von Loewenstern (UK)
Best Microfilm: SOS, But Don’t Worry If Not by Florence Poppy Deary (UK)
Best Music Video: Forever 21 by Bonnie McKee and David Richardson (USA)
Best Parody Short: The World of James Gagmy by Lon Takiguchi (USA)
Best Female Director: Kim Fabienne Hertinger for Obolus (Germany)
Best Male Director: Gavin J. Konop for Attempted Murder (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Jiayi Liu for Rose Ice Jelly (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Eloïse Frammery for Freedom for the Living (France)
Best First Time Male Director: Suhas Premkumar for Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (India)
Best Young Filmmaker: Zelong Liu for The Song of the Village (China)
Best Actress: Hervine De Boodt for Next Up (UK)
Best Actor: Edoardo Miranda for For: LiLa (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Madison Ireland for Happy Thanksgiving (USA)
Best Young Actress: Sienna Evangeline for 13th & Sunny (USA)
Best Young Actor: Sebastian Vazquez for Feliz Cumpleaños (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Deryl Kenfack and Sandro Di Stefano for Obolus (Germany)
Best Ensemble Cast: Dallas Knight, Kylie Simmons, Jayden Mimikos, Alexandra Rooney, Brayden Benson, Madison Ireland, Aiden Santiago, Lars Figueroa, Chandler Springer, Ashlyn Ward, Asher Colton Spence, Alyessia Chiavatti, and Cullen Michael Prince for Happy Thanksgiving (USA)
Best Cinematography: Ben Zäch for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Best Editing: Rob Burgos and Malik Myers for For: LiLa (USA)
Best Production Design: Weizi Huang and Xiaoxuan Weng for Bunny’s Family (USA)
Best Sound Design: Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)
Best Original Score: Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Best Original Story: Levi Gordon and Adad Warda for The Hard R (USA)
Best Short Script: Thank You For the Ride, Aileen by Harvey Pullings, Jr (USA)
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