Best Indie Short: Ringo by Ren Akiba (Japan)
Best Drama Short: And Then, The Silence by Lucas Trochet (France)
Best Documentary Short: Lolo by Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Swipe by Anthony Sneed (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Symptoms May Include Shortness of Breath by Ben Hess (USA)
Best Crime Short: To Die Like A Peacock by Xiaohan Ma (USA)
Best Women Short: Lunch Stories – The Date Story by Akash Goila (India)
Best Microfilm: A Path by Timothy Dhalleine (Chile)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: True North: Honest Stories of Finding Home by Suzie Galler (USA)
Best Music Video: Desolvido by Andrés Roa Ariza (Colombia)
Best Mobile Short: Comeback-21 by David Camero (USA)
Best Director (Female): Christine Stronegger for What Happened To Us (Norway)
Best Director (Male): Ben Hess for Symptoms May Include Shortness of Breath (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yuan Yang for Candy Rain (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Lingming Lu for Nightingale (China)
Best Actress: Bella Hart-Peck for Dropping Out (USA)
Best Actor: Martin Delaney for Officer Down (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Mariano Cabaco for Astronauts (Austria)
Best Child/Young Actress: Nathalia Jackson for Shattering Faith (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Oscar Clitheroe for The Gangbuster (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Katie Prentiss and James Sweets for Second Story (USA)
Best Cinematography: James Montealegre for Desolvido (Colombia)
Best Editing: Amirul Bin Fadillah and Lee Amizadai for Tiny Garden (Singapore)
Best Production Design: Kat Vander Zwaag for Mountain Climber (USA)
Best Sound Design: Officer Down (UK)
Best Original Score: Joakim Alfvén for Over The Ocean (Sweden)
Best Original Story: Matthew Coonis for Huckleberry Jerry (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Obsidienne (USA)
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