Best Indie Short: In_Sect Day by Polina Dvoretskaya (Russia)
Best Drama Short: Sixteenth Week by Hashem Jahromi (Iran)
Best Documentary Short: Kintsugi: Nagasaki by Candice Kumai and Carlos Garcia DeDios (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Deal by Jeremy Carr (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Butcher by Bruce Liang (USA)
Best Action Short: Sad Sky by Kenny Nguyen (Australia)
Best Film Noir Short: I, Me… by Makoto Inoue (Germany)
Best Mystery Short: Sundown Town by Mylo Butler (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Caretaker by Emil Engesnes Bråthen (Norway)
Best Experimental Short: Les Dieux Changeants by Lucio Arese (Italy)
Best Student Short: Moon in the Cloud by Liliya Roys (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Symfaunic by Erin Bergin and Darby Kate Snyder (USA)
Best Children Short: Dumplings by Johanna Xue (USA)
Best Women Short: Hot Girl by Shannon Sullivan and Heather Luscombe (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Love Blood Pain by Magnum Borini (Brazil)
Best Microfilm: Amazing Apple by Yutong Wu (China)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Kintsugi: Nagasaki by Candice Kumai and Carlos Garcia DeDios (USA)
Best Director (Female): Suzie Galler for True North: Sailing to Salvation (USA)
Best Director (Male): Asger Krøjer Kallesøe for Restless (Denmark)
Best Student Director (Female): Megan Arnold for As The Winter Turns To Fall (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Mylo Butler for Sundown Town (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Shannon Sullivan and Heather Luscombe for Hot Girl (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Makoto Inoue for I, Me… (Germany)
Best Young Filmmaker: Andray Lamba for The Believers (USA)
Best Actress: Shannon Sullivan for Hot Girl (USA)
Best Actor: Shady A Mawajdeh for American Immigrant (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Gráinne Good and Alan Hall for Another Day (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Philip Bedwell, Nansi Love, and Leej Ramirez for Limbo (UK)
Best Editing: Joey Angerone for Felis (USA)
Best Production Design: I, Me… (Germany)
Best Sound Design: Stephane Reichart, Stefano Civetta, and Greg Calbi for Ode to an Inanimate Companion (Singapore)
Best Original Score: Dane Bryant Frazier for Symfaunic (USA)
Best Original Story: Joey Angerone for Felis (USA)
Best Short Script: Destroyer of Worlds by John Kestner (USA)
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