Best Indie Short: Down by Ben Rogers (UK)
Best Drama Short: Wind by Mingyi Jing (China)
Best Documentary Short: Moving Arts – Setting Hearts Ablaze by Zac Cornfield (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Bonkers by Sazan Pasori (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Night Trippin by Rory Charles Windhorst (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: In The Small Hours by Jake Marone (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Exchange by Monty Chaudoir (UK)
Best Microfilm: Break The Silence by Dax Phelan (USA)
Best Animation Short: Clay Bird by Kiran Bhakta Joshi (Nepal)
Best Male Director: Wing Cheong Lai for Out Of Service (Hong Kong)
Best First Time Female Director: Dia Frampton for You Have Arrived (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Gabe Zack for Backstage (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Man Wan Lai, Chun Kong Alan Luk, Hei Man Wu, Tin Chak Leung, and Wing Yiu Kam for Out Of Service (Hong Kong)
Best Cinematography: Ho Ming Wong for Out Of Service (Hong Kong)
Best Production Design: Brandon Cox for Death in the Afternoon (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Erick Jolley, Lisa K. Fowle, and Lawrence Everson for Break The Silence (USA)
Best Original Score: Alexander Taylor for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)
Best Original Story: Joonas Jaatinen for Rat King (UK)
Best Short Script: Still Morning by Pam Renall and Andres Irias (USA)
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