Best Indie Short: The Rocking Chair by Jenö Hodi (Hungary)
Best Drama Short: Matthew by Matt Servitto (USA)
Best Documentary Short: There and Back Again by Will Allen-DuPraw (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Coffee and Listerine by Eric T. Roth (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: A Prayer for the Devil by Rageeth Kollatt (UAE)
Best Mystery Short: Kiloherz by Jakob Gessner (Germany)
Best Horror Short: Affentanz – Hunter by Cyprian Hercka (Germany)
Best Experimental Short: Wait by Reagan Yorke and Jillian Nicole Smith (USA)
Best Student Short: The Egg by Zilan Lin (USA)
Best Animation Short: Roses by Hyunjoon Kang (South Korea)
Best Children Short: Letter by Yiwei Zhao (China)
Best Music Video: Mad Fox – Cinerama by Matt Fulks (Mad Fox) (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Replica by SimonaGun (Nicolas Simon and Virna Hagen Auvergne) (France)
Best Web and New Media: AI-lice Through the Looking Glass by Pemanagpo (Switzerland)
Best Female Director: Lexi Johnson for They Took Jacob (USA)
Best Male Director: Yuchen Ding for Lao Du (China)
Best Student Male Director: Kevin Mainenti for Space Eye (Croatia)
Best First Time Female Director: Pemanagpo for AI-lice Through the Looking Glass (Switzerland)
Best First Time Male Director: Li Huan-Yu for Ten Thousand Times (Taiwan)
Best Actress: Lee Malka for Ave Gradiva (Israel)
Best Actor: Doron Brokman for Ave Gradiva (Israel)
Best Supporting Actress: Shira Katzenelenbogen for Ave Gradiva (Israel)
Best Acting Duo: SJ Kennedy and Sachin R Nayak for A Prayer for the Devil (UAE)
Best Ensemble Cast: Miklós Székely B., Franciska Farkas, and Béla Mészáros for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)
Best Cinematography: Gábor Szabó for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)
Best Editing: Mendirman (I’m the One) (Uzbekistan)
Best Production Design: Just 14 (UK)
Best Sound Design: Tarpuna: Guardians of the Coconut and the Mangrove (Ecuador)
Best Original Score: Arthur Valentin Grósz for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)
Best Original Story: Tom Slevin for Matthew (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Just 14 (UK)
Best Short Script: Body Count by Bill Pierce and John Kestner (USA)
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