Best Indie Short: The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Best Drama Short: Generation Well by Jack Serra (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Single Buffalo by Laura Anastasia Jones (USA)
Best Comedy Short: #1 Bad Dad by Natalie Camou (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Carve by Femke Huurdeman (Netherlands)
Best Film Noir Short: Shock Value by Sam Veeramachaneni (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Vibeland: Zodiac by Rodrigo Williams and Alexi Papalexopoulos (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Mya: The Beginning by Frederick Taouil (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Welocome To The Doghouse by Joo-Hyun Kim (South Korea)
Best Student Short: First Wing by Alexx Simone Johnson (USA)
Best Animation Short: Holy Cow by Karthik Swaminathan (USA)
Best Women Short: M/Other by Andy Twyman (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Not Another Coming Out Story by Rufus Shaljean (UK)
Best Music Video: Marionettes – Marquis of Vaudeville by Toby Lawhon and Geneva Arena (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Sourabha Rao for Huliyappa (India)
Best Actor: Yingnan Dongmen for Reciprocal Causation (China)
Best Ensemble Cast: Rance Nix, Thomas Everett, and Tatiana Turan for Forward Thinking (USA)
Best Cinematography: Thomas McQuillan for The Pursuit Of Forgiveness (Ireland)
Best Editing: Natalie Pellegrino for Single Buffalo (USA)
Best Original Score: Chris Stucker, Eric Ackerman, Maggie Grazioso, and Laura Anastasia Jones for Single Buffalo (USA)
Best Original Story: Max Hoedl for Isle Of The Dead (Austria)
Best Short Script: Cornered by Judah Eric Meade (UK)



















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