Best Indie Short: An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Homecoming by Brian Timoney (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Decarb by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Best Comedy Short: Fragile by Alexandru Gherman (USA)
Best Action Short: Disconnected by Vít Hradil (Czechia)
Best Horror Short: We’ll Be Right Back by Lorena Stefania De Maddalena (Switzerland)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Bon Voyage by Dream Kasestatad (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Herbalist by Matt Somogyi (USA)
Best Animation Short: Broad Bruno by Jane Jiang and Kerry Sun (USA)
Best Women Short: Canon Event by Carmen Cecilia Halphen (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Plastic Leaves by Alexander Schroeder (France/USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Eat Me by Alice Fay Frishman (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Don’t Forget to Come Back by Hannah Freeman and Lluca Huatuco (USA)
Best Student Short: Mom by Ji Yeon Kim (South Korea)
Best Microfilm: Stai Bene by Sean Daniel Cunningham (USA)
Best Music Video: Forward by Chad A. Rivera (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Bhama by Esha Sunil Nanal and Himanshu Sanjay Pile (India)
Best Female Director: Hyeri Shin for Beyond The Silence (South Korea)
Best Male Director: Jalaludin Trautmann and David Mahmoudieh for Lovebug (Germany/USA)
Best Student Female Director: Alexandria Lopez for The Unsuspecting Victim (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Malhar Abhijit Talwalkar for Pink Trees (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Affoue Frederique Zakra for Madam(s) (Côte d’Ivoire)
Best First Time Male Director: John Wang for Outsourcing Rhapsody (China)
Best Young Filmmaker: Isaac Jaemin Shim for Wearing Colors (South Korea)
Best Actress: Zoe Young for An Iris Wild (USA)
Best Actor: Ben Mackay for The Homecoming (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Frank Crim and Ralf Nieder for Mr. Fleischmann (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Jinxin Wang, Jiachuan Lin, Ni Chuo, and Zhuoting Zhao for Outsourcing Rhapsody (China)
Best Original Story: V R Bhagat for Flower of Life (India)
Best Cinematography: Hugo Will for The Experiment (USA)
Best Editing: Yevdokymov Ihor for The Experiment (USA)
Best Production Design: Tabitha Odutayo for Decisions in the Deep (UK)
Best Sound Design: Getting Off The Wheel (Singapore)
Best Original Score: Kelly Joe Richardson for The Raven (USA)
Best Short Script: Upstate by Theo Stockman (USA)
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