Best Indie Short: Tide by Pedram Mehrkhah (Iran)
Best Drama Short: Ashes by Lewis Martin Soucy and Mehdi Ajroudi (Tunisia)
Best Documentary Short: For Love of the Land by Cynthia Matty-Huber (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Oh Christmas by Dennis Edwards (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Waiting for Deading by Paul Sestakov (USA)
Best Crime Short: In Loving Arms by Sonny P. Louis (USA)
Best Mystery Short: In Loving Arms by Sonny P. Louis (USA)
Best Horror Short: Untouched by Alexander J Baxter (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short: Daydream by Zhang Heng (China)
Best Western Short: Redemption by Emiliano Ferrera (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: Neither Here Nor There by Hanlin Wang (USA)
Best Student Short: Heaven Stranded by Yao Songting (China)
Best Animation Short: Pursuit of Heavens by Pak Hou Chau (Macao)
Best Children Short: Home From School by Angela Lavelle (USA)
Best Women Short: Embodyment by Daniel Thorne (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Griffica by C.J. Arellano (USA)
Best Microfilm: Lessons by Jude Kalman (Australia)
Best Screendance Short: Embodyment by Daniel Thorne (USA)
Best Music Video: New World Order by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Fornicakes by Steve Becker (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Light In My Darkness by Blake Higgins (USA)
Best Director (Female): Angela Matemotja for The Good Balloon (USA)
Best Director (Male): C.J. Arellano for Griffica (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Emily Ventimiglia by Little Miss Hit Girl (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Emily Ruhl for Blue Moon (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Andy Dispensa for The Funny Thing (USA)
Best Actress: Courtney Ellis for Mimic (Australia)
Best Actor: Michael Marwitz for Morti’s Law (Germany)
Best Supporting Actress: Joy Sung Kim for Mother (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Nevaeh Rankine for Jubilee in the Jungle (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Brielle Angelique and Scott Lea for In Loving Arms (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Lita Lopez, Eric Flores, Danny Gonzalez, Becki Dennis, Sonya Eddy, GloZell, Hallie York, and Rich Liccardo for The Good Balloon (USA)
Best Cinematography: Shu An for Dos De Asada (USA)
Best Editing: Paul Rowe for Hot Mother (New Zealand)
Best Production Design: Emily Ruhl for Blue Moon (USA)
Best Original Score: Sean Staples for In Loving Arms (USA)
Best Original Story: C.J. Arellano for Griffica (USA)
Best Short Script: Cold Service by Peter Strupp (USA)
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