Best Indie Short: Dasher by Joaquim Adrià Pujol (USA)
Best Drama Short: Leydenville by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Regenerate Ojai by Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Livable Measure of Miserableness by Curt Neill (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Old Time Radio: Your Move by Joel Harlow (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Starry Eyed by Jessica Orcsik (Australia)
Best Thriller Short: Caught by Leon Sandy Mitchell (USA)
Best Horror Short: Caught by Leon Sandy Mitchell (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Dead Driver by Rachel Jacob (USA)
Best Experimental Short: These Wounds by David A Knight (Australia)
Best Animation Short: Let Go Of the Prisoner by Baowei Guo (China)
Best Women Short: Starry Eyed by Jessica Orcsik (Australia)
Best Microfilm: Happy Noodle by Helen Chan (USA)
Best Music Video: Feel The Love by Sookie Sookie by Dave Haws (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Kombucha Cure by Cecilia Choi (USA)
Best Female Director: Rachel Jacob for The Dead Driver (USA)
Best Male Director: Christopher Baiza for Water Dawg (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Amritpal Kaur for Zindagi Dobara – Life Again (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Xano Alexander Cuervo for The Risk Takers (USA)
Best Actress: Ambyr Michelle for The Little Girl Inside (USA)
Best Actor: Tony Stavola for Leydenville (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Gracie Silva for The Dead Driver (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Jakob Wagner for August (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Tony Stavola and Charlene Tilton for Leydenville (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Jakob Wagner, Meredith Johnson, Sam Cass, Ricky Smiley, Caleb Avery, Stuart Maxheimer, and Avery Kellington for August (USA)
Best Cinematography: Nina Miller for August (USA)
Best Editing: Sean Male for Farewell to a Legend: The Last Blast (UK)
Best Production Design: Dark Cell (France)
Best Original Score: Abigail Western for August (USA)
Best Original Story: Christopher Baiza for Water Dawg (USA)
Best Short Script: Change by Dan A Edwards (USA)




















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